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Audarya Fit and Well, Likely to Remain in Training

GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has exited her Keeneland victory in good order and will be hopefully kept in training next year owner Alison Swinburn revealed, subject to input from trainer James Fanshawe. A winner of the G1 Prix Jean Romanet earlier in the season, it was the first Breeders’ Cup win for both parties.

“Last night was one of the most exciting, most thrilling, amazing nights of my life,” said owner Alison Swinburn to the GBRI notes team. “We were screaming her home. I’ve never been prouder.

“James and Jacko [Fanshawe] have done a phenomenal job out in Keeneland, and not just them; Helen, the travelling head girl who took Audarya out there, Geoffrey, her work rider, they’ve all done an amazing job at delivering the filly to the start of the race in absolute peak condition. She looked superb.

“His [James’] whole thing was keeping her relaxed and well within herself, which obviously she was because she ran the race of her life.”

Swinburn wasn’t yet ready to send her star to the paddocks however.

“Once she gets back, she’ll have a very well deserved rest and then I think I’ll sit down with James and discuss next year. Personally, I think I’d like to keep her in training for a year. Hopefully this damned pandemic will have gone and I’ll actually be able to go and enjoy watching her run and then maybe at the end of next season be looking at sending her to the paddocks.

“But I think that’s a decision we’ll all make. We’ll look at the calendar, work out what’s best for her and then go from there.”

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Almanzor Leads Haras d’Etreham 2021 Roster

Champion and MG1SW Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who will have his first 2-year-olds in 2021, leads the Haras d’Etreham roster at €30,000, the French stud announced on Sunday. Also a shuttle stallion to Cambridge Stud in the Southern Hemisphere, a 1/50th share in the Cartier champion 3-year-old colt of 2016 was bought for €310,000 at the Arqana Online Sale this past Wednesday and his yearlings have been well received, selling for up to €280,000.

Joining him at €30,000 is Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}-Pretty Please {Ire}, by Dylan Thomas {Ire}), who will cover his first mares in 2021. A winner of the G1 French 2000 Guineas, G1 Prix d’Ispahan and G1 Prix du Moulin, the 4-year-old’s final race was a good third in the G1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Another new stallion at d’Etreham is MG1SW Hello Youmzain (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}), who will also shuttle to Cambridge Stud in New Zealand alongside Almanzor. Successful in the G1 Betfair Sprint Cup and G1 Diamond Jubilee S., he will command €25,000.

Second-season sire City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) will remain at €7,000 after receiving 137 mares in 2020, over one-third of them black-type performers or producers. The Flat roster is rounded out by Scissor Kick (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) at €5,000. His oldest foals will be 3-year-olds in 2021.

In the National Hunt sphere, Haras d’Etreham boasts a quartet in 2021 led by established sire Saint des Saints (Fr) (Cadoudal {Fr}) at €15,000. Haras d’Etreham will also stand a jumps trio at Haras de la Tuilerie– Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) at €5,000, Goliath du Berlais (Fr) (Saint des Saints {Fr}) at €7,500 and new stallion and G1 Irish Derby hero Latrobe (Ire) (Camelot {GB}-Question Time {GB}, by Shamardal) at €4,000.

“I would like to take advantage of this announcement of our stallion feed to reconfirm our policy of limiting our sires to 140 mares,” said d’Etreham’s Nicolas de Chambure. “This seems to us to be the best way to respect and support breeders who place their trust in our stallions. This allows them, during this uncertain period, to be assured of a certain exclusivity and value of their progeny on the market. In a competitive context, pricing policy does not suffice. Breeding and stallion management are activities which must be considered with a long-term view.”

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UK GSSS Awards to Be Broadcast Live on Racing TV

The 17th UK Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards will be shown live and free-to-air for the first time in 2021 on Racing TV, the British Horseracing Authority, Godolphin and Racing TV jointly announced on Sunday. As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the awards ceremony will be held virtually on Feb. 22. The awards are sponsored by Godolphin, and run by the BHA in association with the Racing Post and Racing TV. Nominations for the GSSS Awards will close on Nov. 10. For more information or to nominate, please visit www.studandstablestaffwards.co.uk.

“These awards are without doubt the most meaningful on the horseracing calendar, and Racing TV has been delighted to support the event over the years with the filming of nominee videos, as well as being an event partner,” Lindsay Davidson, Deputy Director of Broadcast at Racing TV, said. “We are therefore delighted to extend our involvement by ‘hosting’ the awards from the Racing TV studio.”

“It’s fantastic news that the 2021 Awards will be broadcast on Racing TV and we are very grateful to them,” added Hugh Anderson, Managing Director (UK & Dubai) of Godolphin. “It will allow as many people as possible to celebrate the extraordinary dedication of our stud and stable staff from the comfort and safety of their own homes, and also mean we can bring the magic of the awards to more people than ever before.”

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Camelot’s Sunny Queen Reigns In Munich

After the dust had settled on another edition of the Breeders’ Cup extravaganza Stateside, elite-level action continued apace in Germany with Munich staging Sunday’s Allianz-sponsored G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern, the country’s penultimate pattern-race event of the season, and Cayton Park Stud’s Sunny Queen (Ger) (Camelot {GB}) stepped forward to claim a career high in the 12-furlong feature. The February-foaled bay, untested as a juvenile, registered a May 7 debut third at Hannover when the German season rebooted in earnest and pounced for a first stakes success in the Listed Goddert Sybrecht-Erinnerungsrennen back there two week’s later. On a brief sabbatical until running fourth in Baden-Baden’s Sept. 12 G2 T von Zastrow Stutenpreis, she returned to Hannover and regained the winning habit in the Oct. 4 Listed Gorilla Millions Cup, but was narrowly denied when a short-head second in the Oct. 25 G3 Grosser Preis der Mehl-Mulhens-Stiftung back at the Neue Bult venue last time. Making her first start in the Cayton Park Stud silks here, Sunny Queen settled several lengths off the pace as Tabera (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}) and Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) established a clear advantage up front. Making eyecatching headway under urging as the pacesetters were swamped in the straight, the 23-1 chance moved to within striking distance with 300 metres remaining and kept on resolutely under a late drive to deny G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin hero Torquator Tasso (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) by a neck nearing the line for a career high. The winner’s stablemate Dicaprio (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) finished another two lengths adrift in third.

“I’m speechless,” jockey Rene Piechulek told GaloppOnline after registering a first Group 1 win of his own. “The filly has a huge heart, I knew that she could fight and that was amazing.” Trainer Henk Grewe added, “I don’t know if [former owner] Stefan Hahne is happy or not, there have already been many offers for her and now she is worth even more. I paid slightly more attention to Dicaprio during the race and when they turned for home I realised that Sunny Queen also had a very good chance of winning.”

Sunny Queen becomes the fourth Group 1 winner this year, and seventh overall, for her sire and she is also the first top-level scorer for multiple winner Suivi (Ger) (Darshaan {GB}), herself kin to a quartet of black-type scorers, headed by G2 Grosser Hansa-Preis and G2 Grosser Mercedes Benz-Preis scorer Simoun (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}). Suivi, whose five winners also feature Listed Neue Bult Derby Trial victor Suestado (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), is also half to the stakes-winning dams of GSW G1 Deutsches Derby runner-up Savoir Vivre (Ire) (Adlerflug {Ger}) and MG1SW US champion Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), who in turn produced MG1SW dual Japanese champion Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}). Sunny Queen’s third dam Sea Symphony (Faraway Son) is kin to four stakes winners, most notably MGISW Breeders’ Cup Mile hero Steinlen (GB) (Habitat) and the stakes-winning dam of G1 Irish Derby hero Zagreb (Theatrical {Ire}). Suivi has an unraced 2-year-old filly and a yearling colt by Isfahan (Ger) to come.

Sunday, Munich, Germany
ALLIANZ – GROSSER PREIS VON BAYERN-G1, €155,000, Munich, 11-8, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:40.94, sf.
1–SUNNY QUEEN (GER), 125, f, 3, by Camelot (GB)
1st Dam: Suivi (Ger), by Darshaan (GB)
2nd Dam: Suivez (Fr), by Fioravanti
3rd Dam: Sea Symphony (GB), by Faraway Son
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€35,000 Ylg ’18 BBAGS). O-Cayton Park Stud Ltd; B-Anahita Stables (GER); T-Henk Grewe; J-Rene Piechulek. €100,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, €124,450. *1/2 to Suestado (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), SW-Ger. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Torquator Tasso (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Tijuana (Ger), by Toylsome (GB). (€24,000 Ylg ’18 BBAGO). O-Gestut Auenquelle; B-Paul H Vandeberg (GER); T-Marcel Weiss. €30,000.
3–Dicaprio (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Donna Lavinia (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger). (€10,000 RNA Ylg ’18 BBAGO). O-Christoph Holschbach & Thomas Krauth; B-Christoph Holschbach (GER); T-Henk Grewe. €15,000.
Margins: NK, 2, 3. Odds: 22.70, 2.40, 3.10.
Also Ran: Secret Advisor (Fr), Tax For Max (Ger), Antonia de Vega (Ire), Morando (Fr), Tabera (GB), Indian Soldier (Ire), Walderbe (Ger), Manuela de Vega (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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