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Advertise Leads National Stud Roster

Three-time Group 1-winning sprinter Advertise (GB) leads the 2021 stallion roster at the National Stud, where he will once again stand for £25,000. The son of Showcasing, who won the G1 Phoenix S. at two and the G1 Commonwealth Cup and G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at three, was supported by 67 black-type producers or performers in his first book last year, including the dams of Group 1 winners Aclaim (Ire), Dick Whittington (Ire) and Maarek (GB).

The aforementioned Aclaim, the winner of the G1 Prix de la Foret and G2 Park S., will be available at the National Stud next year for £9,500. The son of Acclamation (GB) from the family of Montjeu (Ire) had his first yearlings this year, and they sold for up to 145,000gns to Shadwell.

Also with his first yearlings this year was Time Test (GB), and they made up to 150,000gns. The four-time group-winning son of Dubawi (Ire) will stand for £8,500 in 2021.

The National Stud roster is rounded out by Rajasinghe (Ire) and Flag Of Honour (Ire), who will each stand for £3,000.

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Cartier Awards To Be Shown On Sky Sports Racing

With COVID-19 preventing the traditional ceremony from taking place, this year’s Cartier Awards will be broadcast on Sky Sports Racing from 8 p.m. on Nov. 20.

Laurent Feniou, managing director of Cartier UK, said, “In what has proved to be a year in which so many people have faced exceptional challenges, I am delighted for the Cartier Racing Awards to be broadcast on Sky Sports Racing. Despite the cancellation of our traditional dinner and ceremony at The Dorchester, we are thrilled to have the racing public join us to watch the Cartier Racing Awards presentation this year. Thank you very much to Sky Sports Racing for stepping in and generously offering to broadcast the presentation of the Cartier Racing Awards.”

Rob Dakin, head of racing for Sky Sports Racing, said, “We have always been very happy to give the Cartier Racing Awards significant coverage over the years and stepping in to broadcast the presentation of the awards in 2020 was not a hard decision for us to take. Sky Sports Racing broadcasts many highlights of the Flat season in Europe, headed by Royal Ascot and our exclusive coverage of French racing. With the Cartier Racing Awards celebrating the very best in European Flat racing, it feels like a very natural partnership. I am confident that our innovative broadcast will appeal across the spectrum of racing’s stakeholders and it is great to be able to support Cartier’s longstanding sponsorship of these prestigious awards.”

The nominations for the Cartier awards were also unveiled on Friday. They are as follows:

Horse of the Year: Addeybb (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), Battaash (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

Cartier Older Horse: Addeybb, Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Ghaiyyath and Magical.

Cartier 3-Year-Old Colt: Kameko (Kitten’s Joy), Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) and Siskin (First Defence).

Cartier 3-Year-Old Filly: Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Fancy Blue (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}).

Cartier Sprinter: Battaash, Dream Of Dreams (Fr) (Dream Ahead), Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead), Glen Shiel (GB) (Pivotal {GB}).

Cartier Stayer: Galileo Chrome (Ire) (Australia {GB}),

Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}), Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Wonderful Tonight.

Cartier 2-Year-Old Colt: Battleground (War Front), Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Van Gogh (American Pharoah).

Cartier 2-Year-Old Filly: Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never), Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}) and Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}).

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Arqana Autumn Begins With Yearlings

Arqana’s four-day Autumn Sale begins on Saturday with a single session of flat-bred yearlings, with 220 set to be offered after scratches. Following a dark day on Sunday, the sale will pick up on Monday and continue through Wednesday with horses in training, stores and National Hunt-bred yearlings. The single-session National Hunt Breeding Stock Sale will take place immediately following the Autumn Sale on Nov. 19, comprising the jumping stock that was set for the December Breeding Stock Sale.

With France in the midst of its second national lockdown due to the coronavirus, it is remarkable that the sale is happening at all, but Arqana officials have worked with government in recent weeks to agree on protocols including restricting the sale to those attending in a professional capacity and staging the sale in its outdoor main yard walking ring rather than in the indoor pavilion.

Highlights of the yearling catalogue on paper include lot 4, a Dabirsim (Fr) half-sister to Group 3-winning juvenile Evasive’s First (Fr) (Evasive {Fr}); lot 25, a Myboycharlie (Ire) filly from the great family of Miesque and Karakontie (Jpn); lot 33, a colt from the first crop of Recorder (GB) who is a half-brother to stakes winner Mister Hughie (Elusive City); lot 42, a Dream Ahead filly out of stakes winner Chasing Stars (GB) (Observatory) from the family of the excellent producer Modena; a pair of colts out of half-sisters to Classic winner Brametot (GB) (151, by Shalaa {Ire} and lot 156, by Ultra {Ire}); lot 176, an Iffraaj (GB) filly out of multiple stakes winner Persona Grata (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}); and lot 212, an Anodin (Ire) filly out of a half-sister to stakes winners Silver Pond (Fr) (Act One {GB}) and Silver Point (Fr) (Commands {Aus}).

The Aga Khan and Wertheimer et Frere are among the breeders that bring quality drafts to Deauville, and representatives of those include the 97-rated 3-year-old Irshad (Fr) (Raven’s Pass) (lot 393); 3-year-old Vardani (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}), the winner of two of his three starts (lot 394); 4-year-old Flambeur (Mizzen Mast), a stakes winner last year who took his most recent start (lot 427); and 3-year-old Healer (Fr) (Medicean {GB}), a winner on debut and runner-up in a Clairefontaine Class 2 race (lot 428).

Many leading trainers also field drafts, like Andre Fabre with the 102-rated ParisLongchamp stakes winner Arapaho (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) (lot 418) and the listed-winning the Group 3-placed Measure Of Time (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), rated 103 (lot 419).

There are many quality National Hunt offerings and wildcards also on offer. The full catalogue is available here.

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Invincible Spirit To Stand For €80,000

Invincible Spirit (Ire), who was this year represented by new Group 1 winners Nazeef (Ire) and Digital Age (Ire), once again leads the stallion roster at the Irish National Stud and will be priced at €80,000 in 2021. The 23-year-old is down from €100,000 this year, with the entire roster at the Kildare nursery taking fee cuts in the midst of a difficult economic climate.

Invincible Spirit’s eight stakes winners in 2020 were led by the aforementioned Nazeef, winner of the G1 Falmouth S. and G1 Sun Chariot S. as well as Royal Ascot’s G2 Duke Of Cambridge S. Digital Age won the GI Turf Classic S. in the U.S., while Make A Challenge (Ire) was among the top sprinters in Ireland.

G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) was introduced at the Irish National Stud last year at €15,000, covering 148 mares, and the highest-rated son of Lope De Vega (Ire) is available this year for €12,500.

The well-bred Group 1 winner Free Eagle (Ire) was this year represented by the high-class Khalifa Sat (Ire), winner of the Listed Cocked Hat S. and second in the G1 Epsom Derby, and the son of High Chaparral (Ire) will stand for €8,000 in 2021.

Group 1 winners Decorated Knight (GB) and National Defense (Ire) will both be represented by their first runners next year, and will stand for €7,500 and €5,000, respectively.

The Irish National Stud’s new recruit for 2021 is Equiano (Fr), and the sire of two Group 1 winners and 29 stakes performers will stand for €3,000. Rounding out the roster are Elusive Pimpernel (Ire) (€2,500) and Dragon Pulse (Ire) (€2,000). Equiano, Elusive Pimpernel and Dragon Pulse’s fees are all due in advance of covering.

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