Coolmore Reveals Mares In St Mark’s Basilica Book

St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), a Group 1 winner at two and an unbeaten Classic winner at three who earned Horse of the Year honours last year, is set to cover a strong book of mares at Coolmore this season when he debuts at €65,000.

A handful of black-type winners and producers have already been scanned in foal to St Mark's Basilica, including:

  • Believe'N'Succeed (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}): the dam of G1 Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and New Zealand champion sprinter Bounding (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus});
  • Scream Blue Murder (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}): a Group 3 winner and the dam of listed winner Too Soon To Panic (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire});
  • Blanc Bonheur (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}): winner of the G3 Keeneland Cup in Japan and third in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies;
  • Angelic Light (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}): a listed-winning 2-year-old;
  • Joailliere (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}): Moyglare Stud's stakes-winning homebred and the dam of 'TDN Rising Star' Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB});
  • Lacily (Elusive Quality): the dam of G3 Molecomb S. winner Yalta (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus});
  • Knyazhna (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}): the dam of Sacred Life (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), a Grade/Group 3 winner in America and France;
  • Chrissycross (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), the dam of triple group-winning sprinter Gustavus Weston (Ire) (Equiano {Fr})

Group 1 producers already covered by St Mark's Basilica include:

  • Prudenzia (Ire) (Dansili {GB}): the dam of Group 1 winner Magic Wand (Ire), Classic winner Chicquita (Ire) and last year's Classic-placed Philomene (Ire);
  • Chenchikova (Ire) (Sadler's Wells): the dam of G1 Prix de Diane winner Fancy Blue (Ire);
  • Queen Titi (Ire) (Sadler's Wells): the dam of G1 Dewhurst S. winner Beethoven (Ire); and
  • Chintz (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}): the dam of G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and G1 Sussex S. winner The Gurkha (Ire)

Group winners and/or producers already covered by St Mark's Basilica include:

  • Holy Dazzle (GB) (Sunday Break {Jpn}): the dam of G2 Prix Greffulhe winner Roman Candle (GB) (Le Havre {Ire});
  • Llew Law (GB) (Verglas {Ire}): the dam of George Strawbridge's triple Group 3 winner Who's Steph (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire});
  • Instant Sparkle (Ire) (Danehill): Moyglare Stud's dam of the dual Group 3-winning Making Light (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB});
  • Carta Embrujada (Arg) (Storm Embrujado {Arg}): a triple Argentine Group 1 winner;
  • Mot Juste (Distorted Humor): Robert Barnett's G3 Oh So Sharp S. winner;
  • Lady Wannabe (Ire) (Camelot {GB}): the G3 Darley S. winner

Group 1 winners or producers on the books still to be covered by St Mark's Basilica include:

  • Estimate (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}): The Queen's G1 Gold Cup winner;
  • Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules): The Niarchos Family's G1 Matron S. winner and black-type producer;
  • Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil): the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner who was bought by SAS Gerard Larrieu for 450,000gns at Tattersalls in December;
  • Cursory Glance (Ire) (Distorted Humor): Merry Fox Stud's G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner;
  • Deirdre (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}): the G1 Nassau S. winner;
  • Arabian Queen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}): Jeff Smith's G1 Juddmonte International winner;
  • Safari Queen (Arg) (Lode): Wertheimer et Frere's multiple graded winning dam of G1 Prix Saint-Alary victress Queen's Jewel (GB) (Pivotal {GB});
  • Timepiece (GB) (Zamindar): Juddmonte's homebred G1 Falmouth S. winner;
  • Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}): Juddmonte's homebred six-time Group 1 winner and stakes producer;
  • Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}): Teruya Yoshida's Group 1 and Japanese Classic producer;
  • Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}): the G1 Oaks winner and dam of triple group winner Ambition (GB) (Dubawi {Ire});
  • Reckoning (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}): the dam of last year's champion stayer Subjectivist (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and fellow top-class stayer Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB});
  • Shamiyra (Fr) (Medicean {GB}): the dam of G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Shakeel (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire});
  • Path Of Peace (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}): the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Belvoir Bay (GB) (Equiano {Fr});
  • Recambe (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}): the dam of six-time Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr), by St Mark's Basilica's sire Siyouni;
  • Here To Eternity (Stormy Atlantic): Kirsten Rausing's dam of Hong Kong Group 1 winners Time Warp (GB) and Glorious Forever (GB), both by Archipenko;
  • Beatrix Potter (Ire) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}): the dam of champion sprinter Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and G2 Mill Reef S. winner Pierre Lapin (Ire) (Cappella Sansevero {GB});
  • Motivation (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}): the dam of GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S. winner Rockemperor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}); and
  • Night Visit (GB) (Sinndar {Ire}), the dam of G1 Irish Derby winner Trading Leather (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}).

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Zarkava To Visit Siyouni

Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), the Aga Khan's unbeaten 2008 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner and the dam of last year's champion French first-season sire Zarak (Fr), will be covered by another Aga Khan superstar, Siyouni (Fr), in 2022. Zarkava has already produced the listed-winning filly Zaykava (Fr) from a mating with Siyouni, and she has a yearling colt by the French champion sire. Zarkava's listed-winning and Group 1-placed daughter Zarkamiya (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) is currently in foal to Siyouni.

Siyouni stands for a second consecutive season for €140,000 at the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval, and his 2022 book also includes Bob Scarborough's Cabaret (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the dam of Siyouni's 2021 Horse of the Year and dual Classic winner St Mark's Basilica (Fr).

Other Aga Khan homebred Group 1 performers or producers booked to Siyouni this season include the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic victress Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}), whose first two foals are stakes performers; Ebiyza (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}), the dam of high-class fillies Edisa (Kitten's Joy) and Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor); and the maiden mare Sagamiyra (Fr) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), who won the G3 Prix du Pin last year and was second to Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) in the G1 Prix Rothschild.

Outside breeders supporting Siyouni include Wertheimer et Frere, George Strawbridge and Kirsten Rausing, who will collectively send Group 1 winners Solemia (Ire) (Poliglote {GB}), Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Madame Chiang (GB) (Archipenko). Juddmonte will send the dams of Group 1 winners Viadera (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) and Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}).

Siyouni's 2022 book also includes sisters to Group 1 winners Japan (GB), Mogul (GB), Secret Gesture (GB), Lope De Vega (Ire), Zelzal (Fr), Timepiece (GB), Passage Of Time (GB), Sacred Life (Fr) and National Defense (GB), as well as the dams of Group 1 winners A Raving Beauty (Ger) and Wings Of Eagles (Fr).

Among the mares due to foal to Siyouni this season are Starlet's Sister (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the dam of Siyouni's Arc and Prix du Jockey Club winner Sottsass (Fr); Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed Eziyra (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}); Group 1 winners Kitesurf (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Watch Me (Fr) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) and Qemah (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), and Venetia's Dream (Ire), the dam of G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Dream And Do (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}).

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Juddmonte Reveals 2022 Mating Plans; Enable To Visit Dubawi

For the 2022 breeding season Juddmonte will be utilizing over 30 different stallions, with the home roster getting its usual strong support.

Frankel's book includes the group and listed winners Alocasia (a half-sister to G2 winner Set Piece), Capla Temptress (G1 winner), Classical Times (a half-sister to Newspaperofrecord), Environs (a half-sister to Frankel's G3 winning son Delaware), Grand Jete, Soffia, Starformer (the dam of listed winner Flavius) and Winsili (G1 winner).

He is also covering the proven producers Bird Flown (dam of G1 winner Siskin), Portodora (dam of the aforementioned Alocasia and Set Piece), Ruscombe (dam of Frankel's listed winning daughter Petricor, who is now in training with Bill Mott), and Scuffle (the dam of Logician). He is also covering the blacktype performer Peace Charter – who is a daughter of multiple G1 winner Emollient and therefore a half-sister to the very promising Frankel filly Raclette.

Kingman had another stellar season in 2021 – Palace Pier, Schnell Meister and Domestic Spending winning six G1 races between them last year, and he will be represented by over 190 beautifully-bred 2-year-olds this year.

His book of mares mirrors his standing as one of the world's best sires and includes G1 winners Emulous, Juliet Foxtrot, Quadrilateral and Samba Inc, and proven producers Flare Of Firelight (dam of G2 winner Threat), Mirror Lake (dam of G2 winner Imaging), Nimble Thimble (dam of the aforementioned Quadrilateral) and Trojan Queen (dam of G3 winner Sangarius); and young group/graded-winning mares Dandhu, Gaining, Isabella Giles, Lucky Kristale (a half-sister to Love), Nay Lady Nay (a sister to Arizona), Pocket Square and Sun Maiden (a half-sister to Midday).

2022 will see the first runners hit the track for the top-class 2-year-old/miler Expert Eye (whose dam is visiting Mehmas) and Juddmonte are continuing their strong support of the son of Acclamation.

The mares going to him include the G2 winning-miler Modern Look (dam of the G3 winner/G1 placed Grand Jete), listed winner Pavlosk, Showcasing's blacktype sister Tendu, and her winning Frankel filly Beheld. Tendu is a daughter of Oasis Dream, the sire of the European champion 2-year-old Native Trail, and amongst others he will cover the G1 winner Announce, G3 winner Hot Snap (a half-sister to Oasis Dream's outstanding daughter Midday) and the winning Frankel filly Wensleydale, whose dam is the Group-winning sprinter Divine.

Bated Breath will be standing for a career-high £15,000 this season and his mares include Photographic (the dam of G3 winner Shutter Speed) as well as the listed winners Variable and Zaminast (a half-sister to Famous Name), the young group-placed mare Midweek, and Star Snap, who is a Galileo daughter of the G3 winner Hot Snap.

Other homebred stallions being supported include New Bay who is covering the Listed winner Heliac amongst others; Showcasing, whose mares include G1 winner African Rose (dam of Fair Eva and relative of Native Trail), Continental Drift (a daughter of Intercontinental and dam of Listed winner Masen) and Deliberate (dam of G2 winners Headman and Projected, the latter by Showcasing); and Time Test, whose book includes Across The Floor, the dam of Irish G3 winner Acanella.

Time Test's dam, the G1 winner Passage Of Time, is one of several mares visiting Dubawi – other mares include Enable (along with her half-sister Entitle and dam Concentric), Frankel's sister Chiasma, and Frankel's black type winning daughters Fount (G3 winner out of multiple G1 winner Ventura, who herself visits Night Of Thunder), Mori (listed winner out of Midday) and Obligate (G2 winner and a granddaughter of Hasili).

Joyeuse, a half-sister to Frankel, will visit Camelot, while her daughter Jovial will visit Wootton Bassett (along with Enable's half-sister Portrush and Banks Hill's G1-winning daughter Romantica).

Joyeuse's other daughter Jubiloso is visiting Sea The Stars, along with Bated Breath's G1-winning daughter Viadera.

Viadera's dam Sacred Shield is one of two G1-producers visiting Siyouni, the other being Juliet Foxtrot's dam Kilo Alpha.

Siyouni's Gr.1-winning son St Mark's Basilica will be covering the G1 winners Midday and Timepiece.

G1 winner Proviso will visit Lope De Vega, along with G3 winner Big Break (the dam of listed winner Georgeville).

Matings which produced talented 2-year-olds last year are being repeated – with Straight Answer's dam Straight Thinking returning to Kodiac – and Juncture's dam Occurrence visiting Dark Angel again.

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Knicks Go Crowned World’s Best Racehorse

Last year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Knicks Go (Paynter) was named the Longines World's Best Racehorse of 2021 during a virtual ceremony of the Longines World Racing Awards streamed live from the National Horse Racing Museum in Newmarket, England on Tuesday. Also during the ceremony, the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe–won last year by Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger})–was announced as the Longines World's Best Horse Race of 2021, and Ryan Moore was celebrated as the Longines World's Best Jockey.

The 6-year-old Knicks Go earned a rating of 129 for his Classic win at Del Mar, and is widely expected to be named the U.S. Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards on Feb. 10 off a campaign that also included victories in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S., the GI Whitney S., the GIII Cornhusker H. and the GIII Lukas Classic S. Knicks Go, who is trained by Brad Cox and owned by the Korea Racing Authority, is set to defend his title in the Pegasus this weekend before heading to stud at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky.

“He's got a ton of class and he's a very intelligent horse,” said trainer Brad Cox during the virtual ceremony. “He's been at this for a few years now. Some of the things that set Knicks Go apart from other very good horses is definitely his ability to shut off things mentally. He's aggressive training, but when he's finished training he takes a deep breath and relaxes. He's gotten better as he's gotten older mentally and I think that's one thing that really benefitted him this past season.

“Going into the Classic we had a lot of confidence in him. He was training really well and he obviously had a fantastic start to the season. We had a little bit of a setback with a race in New York, the [GI] Met Mile [when fourth], but then he really started capping off a nice string of races. Obviously his second half of the year was fantastic with big wins at Saratoga and Churchill, and ultimately the Breeders' Cup Classic was the race that put him in a position to become the top-rated horse in the world.

“He had a fantastic year and this was the cherry on the top with regards to what he could accomplish in 2021. It's a very prestigious honour to be mentioned along with the past recipients of this award, champions throughout the world, and to be at the top is just a true honour and something we're very proud of.”

A trio of European-trained runners were joint-second with ratings of 127. Godolphin's G1 Derby winner Adayar (GB) (Frankel {GB}) earned that mark with his win over older horses in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S.-the Charlie Appleby-trained colt was the first 3-year-old to record the Derby/King George double since his grandsire Galileo 20 years earlier.

“It was a great performance from a great horse, and the horse is very straightforward to ride,” said jockey William Buick. “He won at Epsom, he won the King George against older horses. He's won in big fields, small fields, slow ground, faster ground, so he's very versatile. He is everything a good horse should be.”

Adayar, who stays in training at four, was the joint highest-rated 3-year-old in the world last year with the Coolmore partners' St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who went unbeaten in four starts on the season encompassing the French Classic double of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and the G1 Prix du Jockey Club, the G1 Coral Eclipse S. and the G1 Irish Champion S. to be named Europe's Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt. St Mark's Basilica, who covers his first book at Coolmore this season for €65,000, earned his rating of 127 in the Coral-Eclipse.

St Mark's Basilica was a tremendous horse,” said jockey Ryan Moore. “He'd relax so well in his races and he'd just do whatever you wanted him to do; whatever you asked him to do, he'd do it straight away. So he was very unique, and the turn of foot was something exceptional. He was an excellent racehorse.”

Adayar and St Mark's Basilica were joined at 127 by Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), who compiled an intercontinental Group 1 campaign. The 2020 G1 Prix du Jockey Club winner won the Saudi Cup before it achieved Group 1 status, as well as the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in the Gulf region. He returned to Europe to hit the board behind St Mark's Basilica and Adayar in the Coral-Eclipse and the King George before romping by six lengths in the G1 Juddmonte International, where he earned a rating of 127. Mishriff is preparing to defend his Saudi Cup title next month.

Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) flew the flag for Japan last year, returning from his Triple Crown-winning campaign of 2020 to scoop the G1 Japan Cup, earning a rating of 126. Contrail's compatriot and G1 Tenno Sho Autumn conqueror Efforia (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) was also a worthy representative for Japan, earning marks of 124 for that victory and also for his win in the G1 Arima Kinen. Both of those were victories over older horses for the then-3-year-old. A rating of 124 was also earned by American runners Flightline (Tapit), Life Is Good (Into Mischief) and Medina Spirit (Protonico), as well as Australian sprinter Nature Strip (Aus) (Nicconi {Aus}).

Four runners from three different nations are tied on a rating of 125. Shadwell's Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) burst onto the scene in June last year as a 3-year-old and eventually went unbeaten through a six-start campaign, culminating in wins in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. The William Haggas-trained Baaeed earned a 125 for his win in the QEII, in which he beat the subsequent European champion older horse Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}). That was the John and Thady Gosden trainee's lone defeat during a season in which he took the G1 Lockinge S. (125 rating), G1 Queen Anne S. and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois. Palace Pier stands this season at Dalham Hall Stud for £55,000.

Torquator Tasso also achieved a mark of 125 for his victory in last year's world's highest-rated race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, in which he defeated a star-studded field at odds of 72-1. Torquator Tasso, owned by Gestut Auenquelle and trained by Marcel Weiss, had previously bested the G1 Deutsches Derby winner Sisfahan (Fr) (Isfahan {Ger}) in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden, and was Germany's highest-rated horse last year.

Golden Sixty (Aus) proved the highest-rated Hong Kong-trained runner of 2021, earning a rating of 125 for his title defense of the G1 Hong Kong Mile. The 6-year-old Golden Sixty had a 16-race win streak snapped on the weekend when he was second in Sha Tin's G1 Stewards' Cup.

ParisLongchamp's 'Arc' was named the World's Best Horse Race for the fifth time in its 100th running. The World's Best Horse Race is based on annual race ratings, which are calculated from the first four finishers, and in the Arc last year those were Group 1 winners Torquator Tasso, Tarnawa (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Hurricane Lane (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Adayar. The Arc achieved a rating of 124.75, and was followed by the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (124.5) and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Qipco S. (123.5).

Jockey Rene Piechulek, who rode Torquator Tasso to victory on the first Sunday in October, talked the audience through his ride in the Arc during the ceremony.

“We jumped off and I had a good position behind Adayar so I stayed behind him,” he said. “I spoke with the trainer before and he said, 'we have to run on the outside so we don't go between horses' and that's why I was happy with my position. William Buick [on Adayar] took the lead after a slow race and I said 'ok, I can't follow him, I have to stay where I've been'. I was happy with my position going around the last bend and I was waiting for somebody to try to pass me. [Deep Bond] was the first one to try this so I waited until he was close to me, and when he was close to me I started to push. When I switched the whip to the left side he started to run very fast. The last 200 metres I thought, 'I'm going to earn money', but I didn't think I could win the race. In the last 100 metres, I knew I was going to win.

“It was an amazing race and I still can't believe it. It's the dream of every good jockey.”

Ryan Moore was announced in December as the Longines World's Best Jockey of 2021, an award decided based on performance in the 100 highest-rated Group and Grade I races in the world. Moore, who was also the world's best jockey in 2014 and 2016, said, “I've always felt throughout my time riding that racing was a global sport and the most important thing was to be competitive all around the world, then you know where you are.

“You only win these awards because of the horses you're riding and I'm very lucky I get to ride some of the best horses for some of the best owners all around the world. You can't do anything without the horse, so it's only because of them.”

The Longines World Racing Awards are co-organized by Swiss watch brand Longines and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. Click here for the complete list of ranked horses and the top 100 Group 1 races for 2021.

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