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Adlerflug Earns Fee Increase to €16,000

German Champion Sire elect Adlerflug (Ger) (In the Wings {GB}) will stand for €16,000 in 2021, Deutscher Galopp reported on Wednesday. This marks an increase from €10,000 for the Gestut Schlenderhan resident. In 2020, the chestnut sired three black-type winners so far, among them G1 German Derby hero In Swoop (Ire) and G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin victor Torquator Tasso (Ger). The 16-year-old has sired 10 black-type horses in 2020 and 15 stakes winners overall.

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King Of Change Retired To Derrinstown

Group 1-winning miler King Of Change (GB) (Farhh {GB}-Salacia {Ire}, by Echo of Light {GB}) has been retired from racing and will stand in 2021 at Derrinstown Stud for a fee of €7,000.

Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock and campaigned by owner Ali Abdulla Saeed with trainer Richard Hannon, King Of Change was placed in each of his two starts at two before breaking his maiden on seasonal debut in April of his 3-year-old campaign. He outran odds of 66-1 to finish second to Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in last year’s G1 2000 Guineas, and justified that form by winning his two subsequent starts: the Listed Fortune S. at Sandown and the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. on Champions Day at Ascot last year with the likes of Magna Grecia, Benbatl (GB), Phoenix Of Spain (Ire), Mohaather (GB), Veracious (GB), Lord Glitters (Fr) and Accidental Agent (GB) in his wake. King Of Change has not raced since.

Out of the Echo Of Light (GB) mare Salacia (Ire), King Of Change is a half-brother to triple group-winning and Group 1-placed miler Century Dream (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Their second dam is the G3 Prix Fille de l’Air scorer Neptune’s Bride (Bering {GB}).

Derrinstown also released the remainder of the their stallion roster on Wednesday. Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), already the sire of SW Ebeko (Ire) and the SP A Taad Moody (Ire) from his first crop, is €10,000. Group 1 sire Tamayuz (GB) (Nayef), the sire of 22 black-type winners, is at €8,000. Markaz (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is €3,000, while Haatef (Danzig), who has sired six stakes winners, has been priced at €2,000.

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Half-Sister to Midday Debuts at Kempton

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday’s Insights features a half-sister to MG1SW Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}).

5.35 Kempton, Nov, £6,300, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT)
Khalid Abdullah’s MAYTAL (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) is kin to four black-type performers, headed by MG1SW distaffer Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), and faces one dozen rivals in this debut for the Sir Michael Stoute yard. They include George Bolton and Will Farish’s 850,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling Positano (GB) (War Front), who is a Roger Varian-trained half-sister to G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}).

6.35 Kempton, Nov, £6,300, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT)
The Queen’s COMPANIONSHIP (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), one of 12 declarations for this second division of a split novices’ heat, is an unraced daughter of G1 Galaxy H. heroine Sweet Idea (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) and opens up for William Haggas. Opposition features Lordship Stud’s homebred debutante Loving Dream (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who is a John Gosden-trained half-sister to GI American Oaks placegetter Amandine (GB) (Shamardal) out of G1 Moyglare Stud S. third Kissable (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).

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Ballylinch Roster Topped by Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega (Ire) (Shamardal), who has enjoyed a stellar year with his progeny on the track, has seen his fee increased to €125,000 from €100,000 at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland. In 2020, the sire of 77 black-type winners total, has enjoyed four Group 1 winners, including juveniles Lucky Vega (Ire) in the G1 Phoenix S. and Aunt Pearl (Ire) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Previous Grade I winner Newspaperofrecord (Ire) scored in the GI Just a Game S. Stateside and Gytrash (Aus) saluted in the G1 Lightning S. Down Under. Overall, there have been 18 black-type winners by the Ballylinch resident in 2020, 12 at the group or graded level.

Freshman sire New Bay (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})’s fee has been set at €20,000. The 8-year-old is already on the black-type board with group winners New Mandate (Ire) and Saffron Beach (Ire), while two other first-crop juveniles have placed at listed level.

Arc hero Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire})’s first foals will soon be at the breeding stock sales. He covered 117 mares in his first season with 63 stakes performers or producers in the book and will stand for €17,500.

G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Mishriff (Ire) was the star performer for Make Believe (GB) (Makfi {GB}), whose eldest foals are sophomores. Mishriff was supported by Group 3 winners Rose of Kildare (Ire) and Believe in Love (Ire), as well as a brace of additional group-placed 3-year-olds. His fee is €15,000.

Rounding out the roster is first-season sire and MG1SW Fascinating Rock (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) at €5,000. From just 16 runners so far in 2020, he has sired three winners and it is notable he did his best running as an 4- and 5-year-old.

“We are thrilled with the results of our stallions this year, and very grateful to the breeders who made these achievements possible,” said Ballylinch’s John O’Connor. “We feel we have priced our stallions fairly to give breeders every opportunity to continue our shared successes into the future. Lope de Vega’s rise to the very top of the stallion ranks continues. This year’s crop of 2-year-olds included his 11th and 12th Group 1 winners.”

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