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First Stakes Winner For Dubai Turf Hero Real Steel, As All Parfait Rises To The Top At Hanshin

All Parfait (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) made it back-to-back victories with a half-length triumph in the 1600-metre G2 Daily Hai Nisai S. at Hanshin on Saturday. Second was race favourite Danon Touchdown (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), who left the gates at 5-2.

The first stakes-winner for his 2016 G1 Dubai Turf-winning sire, the 2-year-old colt broke in the centre of the course from gate 10 and sped up to take command inside the first 100 metres. Hard on the steel, he covered his first 600 metres in :35.30. He soon came under pressure from Shomon (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits), but remained a neck in front with 600 metres to travel. Asked for his run in early stretch, the bay lengthened away to a several-length advantage. All Parfait pegged back Danon Touchdown to score, with the latter rallying dramatically from last to just miss. It was a length back to a game Shomon in third.

All Parfait ran second versus newcomers when unveiled over a mile at Tokyo on June 4 and was promptly shelved. He returned over that trip to take a Nakayama maiden on Oct. 2 and was 4-1 on Saturday.

Pedigree Notes

The dual Classic-placed Real Steel (Jpn) has 113 juveniles in his first crop. Fifty-three of his progeny have raced, 13 have won, and All Parfait is his first stakes and group winner.

Unraced as a juvenile, Queen Grace (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}) scored both of her victories at three over 2000 metres on firm turf at Nakayama on debut and in her career finale at the same course going a mile. All Parfait is her first foal, and she has since produced the yearling colt Glory One (Jpn) (World Ace {Jpn}) and a Kizuna (Jpn) filly of this year foaled on May 4.

Second dam was the winning Pikes Peak (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}), while All Parfait's third dam was the GII La Prevoyante H. and GIII Glens Falls H. heroine Arvada (GB) (Hernando {Fr}). Knocked down to Shadai Farm for $800,000 in foal to Empire Maker at the 2005 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, the G1 Prix Saint-Alary third would go on to produce 11 foals in Japan, for 11 runners and eight winners.

Saturday, Hanshin, Japan
DAILY HAI NISAI S.-G2, ¥72,510,000, Hanshin, 11-12, 2yo, 1600mT, 1:33.20, fm.
1–ALL PARFAIT (JPN), 121, c, 2, by Real Steel (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Queen Grace (Jpn), by Rulership (Jpn)
                2nd Dam: Pikes Peak (Jpn), by Agnes Tachyon (Jpn)
                3rd Dam: Arvada (GB), by Hernando (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Ryoichi Endo;
B-Kataoka Farm (Jpn); T-Yuji Wada; J-Takuya Ono.
¥38,357,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0. Click for the
   free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick
   Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Danon Touchdown (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)–Epic
Love (Ire), by Dansili (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK
   TYPE. (¥240,000,000 Ylg '21 JRHAJUL). O-Danox Inc.;
B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥15,102,000.
3–Shomon (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Mind Your Biscuits–Epoxi (Jpn), by
Deep Impact (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE.
(¥17,000,000 Wlg '20 JRHAJUL). O-Eiko Hayashi; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); ¥9,551,000.
Margins: HF, 1, 1. Odds: 4.90, 2.50, 5.10.
Also Ran: Silver Duke (Jpn), Cruzeiro do Sul (Jpn), Shonan Alexa (Jpn), Four Side Nine (Jpn), Tosen Tram (Jpn), Daydream Beach (Jpn), Emi Sakihokoru (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video.

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Goffs Chief Henry Beeby: ‘This Is A Sale People Cannot Afford To Miss’

It was at the November Foal Sale at Goffs in 2015 when Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) shot the lights out at €1.1 million and the wheel will turn full circle this week with the Kildangan Stud-based sire represented by 14 foals in what promises to be another high-class edition.

The sale takes place from Monday, November 14 at 10am to Thursday, November 17 and will be immediately followed by the two-day November Breeding Stock Sale.

It was at that sale when Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) was sold for €6.6 million and Goffs chief Henry Beeby is looking forward to what he thinks will be another productive week.

He said, “The Goffs November Foal Sale is the preferred choice for the majority of the foals who come to the market in Ireland. We have the cream of the Irish foal crop and there are some very special pedigrees in there. It's a very big and exciting entry.

“Anyone who is interested in buying a foal, be they pinhookers or end users, they will be here at Goffs. We're looking forward to it.”

Asked what he is most excited about at the foal sale, Beeby added, “There's a Kingman (GB) half-brother to Skitter Scatter, the Teofilo (Ire) half-sister to Dawn Approach (Ire), the Churchill (Ire) half-brother to Sonnyboyliston (Ire) and the own brother to Sea The Moon (Ger).

“There's also a Sea The Stars (Ire) brother to Sea Of Class (Ire), a couple of Wootton Bassetts (GB) and a half-brother to Arrest (Ire). You could go on and on. There are so many commercial sires in there and this is a very successful sale for pinhookers. Everyone comes here with fresh order books as this is the first major foal sale and we have something for everybody.

“The days are graded. Monday and Wednesday would be at the commercial end and Tuesday takes a step up. Thursday is when the real blue bloods will be sold.”

Along with Ghaiyyath, Arizona (Ire), Circus Maximus (Ire), Earthlight (Ire), Far Above (Ire), King Of Change (GB), Shaman (Ire) and Sottsass (Fr) are just a number of the stallions represented by their first crop of foals at the sale. But it's not just the first-season sires that Beeby is looking forward to.

He said, “We have seen a fair few of the foals by first-season sires and are guided by the breeder. We will start looking at them in more detail alongside the buyers from Saturday onwards. It's from Saturday when the excitement really starts to build.

“It's always fascinating to see the first crop of sires that you were familiar with on the racetrack. We've the last Galileo (Ire) foal being offered at public auction and the first-season sires. The great thing about the November Foal Sale is that it is all about potential.”

The major talking point from the Orby and Sportsman's Yearling Sales at Goffs last month was the presence of international buyers. While the foal sales are predominantly attended by a domestic market, Beeby is expecting international players to turn out in force.

He said, “One of our most famous lines is, 'Goffs is the gateway to the world for Irish breeders.' Of course, the biggest group of buyers at this sale will be the Irish pinhookers. The majority of the buyers don't have to travel very far and they certainly don't have to get on a plane. But we will have a lot of British-based pinhookers and we will have a fair few French, European, Scandinavian and American buyers as well. We have some Japanese buyers engaged and some will be bidding online. It will be another international gathering, that's for sure.”

Chicquita may be the poster girl of the November Breeding Stock Sale but top-class producers have gone through the ring at Goffs in recent seasons.

Beeby explained, “This sale has really punched above its weight. As per all of our marketing, the fact that we have had the dams of Saffron Beach (Ire), Blackbeard (Ire), Little Big Bear (Ire) and Alcohol Free (Ire) come out of this sale says a lot. Ghaiyyath and Alcohol Free were also sold here as well. We can go to people and say, 'look what you can get here.'

“We probably don't have another Chicquita this year but we have a really good bunch who will appeal to an international audience. If there are breeders looking to invest in broodmares, this is a sale they simply cannot afford to miss.”

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Wildcards Added To Tattersalls Online November Sale

Four wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls November Online Sale, which begins Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. and closes 24 hours later.

The newest entries are headed by the 4-year-old Apollo One (GB) (Equiano {Fr}), who is being offered by Peter Charalambous and James Clutterbuck's Pond House Racing. Already a four-time winner at the races, the chestnut most recently validated 100-30 favouritism in the Unibet London Sprint Series final at Kempton Nov. 9, earning a shade more than £41,000 for the victory. Rated on 96 following the effort, Apollo One is an invited runner for the Bahrain Turf Series 2022/2023.

Also among the newest additions are Gary Moore Racing's 4-year-old Barn Owl (GB) (Frankel {GB}), twice victorious and placed a further four times in his career; Dreams Delivered (Ire) (Morpheus {GB}) from Darren Bunyan's Blackmiller Stable who has won on turf and all-weather at a variety of distances; and Cheese The One (GB) (Outstrip {GB}), a two-time winner during the month of September and produced by a sister to listed winner Go Angellica (GB) (Kheleyf).

These newest entries are in addition to a strong catalogue which already includes a breeding right to standout young sire Havana Grey (GB) and a share in Almanzor (Fr).

For more information, visit www.tattersallsonline.com. All enquiries regarding the breeding right and stallion share can be directed to tattersallsonline@tattersalls.com.

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Invincible Spirit Takes Pride Of Place On Irish National Stud Roster

Invincible Spirit (Ire) tops the 2023 Irish National Stud roster in 2023. The sire of 21 Group 1 winners lifetime, the 25-year-old will stand for a private fee. His progeny won 10 stakes this year, led by Pearls Galore (Fr)'s victory in the G1 Matron S. and Shartash (Ire)'s win in the G2 Railway S. among his seven group winners.

Classic winner Phoenix Of Spain (Ire)'s first runners will step out on racecourses next year and he has been priced at €12,000. G1 Phoenix S. winner Lucky Vega (Ire) will stand his second season for €15,000, while Group 2 scorer Nando Parrado (GB), whose first foals will also arrive in 2023, will command an unchanged fee of €6,000.

Established stallions Decorated Knight (GB) and Free Eagle (Ire) are both priced at €5,000. They are joined by the trio of Dragon Pulse (Ire), Elusive Pimpernel and Equiano (Fr), all set to cover at €2,000.

“While 2022 will certainly be remembered for strong market performance at all the major sales the headwinds for 2023 suggests the need for a cautious outlook,” said Irish National Stud CEO Cathal Beale. “With that in mind the Irish National Stud are delighted to present an exciting team of stallions with fees maintained or reduced across the board.

“With incredible support from Mr. Zhang's Yulong Investments, Lucky Vega has the ammunition required to make him a champion. Likewise, the Coventry S. winner, Nando Parrado, proved remarkably popular in year one with 130 mares covered. Incredible looks, raw speed, precocity and hailing from the proven Kodiac (GB) sire line, he brings fantastic credentials.

“Phoenix of Spain will have 93 first crop 2-year olds to run. He won his maiden in July, the G3 Acomb in August, placed in the G2 Champagne in September and was a short head second to a future Classic Winner in the G1 Vertem in October. [He is] a top class 2-year old, [and] a 2000 Guineas-winning 3-year old.

“For those seeking proven credentials the roster is stacked with great value options. Free Eagle, Decorated Knight, Equiano, Elusive Pimpernel and Dragon Pulse provide commercial success in the sales ring and high-class performers on the track, all for €5,000 or under.

“And then there is Invincible Spirit. This year brought over 20 2-year old winners including the G2 Railway S. winner, Shartash. His yearling average price was over €150,000 and a new Group 1 winner as a broodmare sire arrived in Breeder's Cup Champion Victoria Road (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}).”

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