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Plying Lives Up To Star Billing

KILDARE, Ireland–Four days of foal trade certainly whetted the appetite for a quality auction of breeding stock at Goffs on Friday, and the widely anticipated sale of the Group 1 producer Plying (Hard Spun) (lot 1185) certainly didn't disappoint when the dam of Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) sold to Michael Donohoe of BBA Ireland for €825,000. This was the most successful edition of this breeding stock session for a number of years with 13 lots making €250,000 or more; the corresponding number for the past two years was three. At the close of business, the aggregate amounted to €13,913,500, well over twice as much last year's figure of €5,479,600, when the sale was staged in a single session. The clearance rate was 86% while the average came in at €70,627 and the median was €30,000, both major increases on 2020. Last year's aggregate for 173 sold was €5,479,600. The average was €31,674, and the median €14,000.

The tale of the sale topper had been well documented in the build up to the sale, with the mare having been bought by Martin Cooney of Jossestown Farm and Elaine Shaw for just €21,000 at Goffs three years ago. Of course, Plying received the mother of all pedigree updates when Alcohol Free won the G1 Cheveley Park S. last year, but she added further lustre to the family when adding both the G1 Sussex S. and G1 Coronation S. to her CV this year. Offered in foal to one of the best stallions in the business in Lope De Vega (Ire), it was no surprise when the bidding quickly surpassed the €500,000 mark and as it progressed it was Donohoe's BBA Ireland colleague Adrian Nicoll who countered each of Donohoe's bids before Nicoll cried enough at €800,000. As has been the case with many of Donohoe's big ticket purchases, he was acting on behalf of Yuesheng Zhang's Yulong Investments.

“We thought this represented a fantastic opportunity to buy a blue hen mare and I actually think she was good value at that price,” the agent said afterwards. “I think Alcohol Free is a proper champion filly, she is so tough and honest and she stays in training next year as well which is great. The Lope De Vega cover is obviously a big attraction as well as he is a stallion very close to Mr Zhang's heart. We haven't decided who we will cover her with next year, we will take our time before deciding, I'm just delighted to have bought her.”

 

Derrinstown In Demand

The Derrinstown Stud draft provided some rare jewels and one of those, the stakes placed Riqa (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1238), commanded the day's second highest price when selling to David & Diane Nagle's Barronstown Stud for €550,000. Part of that premium was due to the fact the 13-year-old was offered in foal to Kingman (GB), but the fact that she is the dam of the very smart triple group winner Tantheem (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) did her prospects no harm.

The quality of the Shadwell mares was evident from early on, and a date with five-time Group 1 winner and exciting young stallion St Mark's Basilica (Fr) is on the cards for the Shadwell mare Aaraas (GB) (Haafhd {GB}) after she was knocked down to John McCormack for €380,000. Lot 1077 had obvious credentials, being the dam already of a top-class performer in Madhmoon (Ire) who won the G2 Golden Fleece S. and was runner up in the G1 Epsom Derby two years ago. After seeing off Jeremy Brumitt to land the 12-year-old mare, McCormack said, “I've bought her for an overseas client but she will stay locally for the time being. There are a number of very exciting young stallions in Europe and after careful consideration we have decided to send her to St Mark's Basilica. He was a wonderful racehorse and I think it will be an excellent marriage. This is a very accomplished mare and to me she was one of the obvious ones to try and buy. She is proven and has already bred one very good horse so there is no reason she cannot do that again. When I saw some very respected breeders follow her into the ring, it persuaded me to go the extra yard to try and get her.”

McCormack returned to the fray late in the evening when purchasing Eylara (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) (lot 1246) for €350,000. The Aga Khan-bred filly won last year for Dermot Weld, attaining a rating of 91 in the process and is a half-sister to Eziyra (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) from a family replete with black-type horses.

A Shadwell mare called Garmoosha (Kingmambo) (lot 1085), who is also the dam of a Group 2 winner in Raabihah (Sea The Stars {Ire}), surpassed the price paid by John McCormack when selling to MV Magnier for €430,000. The 13-year-old had been covered by Sea The Stars (Ire) but is not in foal and is from the immediate family of two Oaks winners in Eswarah (GB) (Unfuwain) and Midway Lady (Alleged).

“She is a lovely mare and she could suit either Wootton Bassett or St Mark's Basilica so we will see. St Mark's Basilica is a very special horse to do what he has done on the track and we will be supporting him strongly,” said MV Magnier.

Another mare that will make Tipperary her new home is Muteela (GB) (Dansili) (lot 1147). She is off to Mountarmstrong Stud after Noel O'Callaghan bought her for €350,000. In foal to Night Of Thunder (Ire), the stakes winner has already bred two smart 2-year-old winners and gave birth to a Night Of Thunder colt earlier this year.

Mags O'Toole was pushed to the same price of €350,000 to secure Zahratty (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) (lot 1244) from Derrinstown. The 4-year-old, in foal to Lope De Vega (Ire), is a daughter of stakes winner Beach Bunny (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and a half-sister to two black type runners.

Games Boosts Sister

One of the pinhook results of the year was pulled off when the Castlebridge Consignment sold Feminism (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 1192) for €370,000 to Jill Lamb. The 4-year-old was bought four months ago at the July Sale in Tattersalls for 34,000gns by Barry Lynch on behalf of a long-standing Irish client, but at that stage her 2-year-old half-brother Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) had only finished fifth on debut in a maiden. Since then, of course, he has gone on to plunder the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar having won the G3 Somerville S. at Newmarket en route. Add in Feminism's 3-year-old full brother Modern News (GB), who looks a pattern horse in waiting, and it all came together perfectly for her. Having purchased Feminism on behalf of Newsells Park Stud owner Graham Smith-Bernal, Lamb said, “She's a lovely physical with a lot of quality. Obviously the pedigree has blown up but there should be more to come from Modern Games, and Modern News looks like he should get black-type.”

Not content with landing the sale topper alone, Mick Donohoe was on something of a high-end shopping spree throughout the day, and he had earlier gone to €265,000 for Ballylinch Stud's Siyouni (Fr) mare So Unique (Fr) (lot 1153). Stakes-placed in France, the 5-year-old had a colt by Waldgeist (GB) this year and was sold back in foal to the Arc winner. The mare is likely to visit Lucky Vega (Ire), having been bought by Donohoe for Yulong Investments.

“While Mr Zhang's main aim is to support the foals and yearlings by Lucky Vega in the sales ring, he also wanted to buy a few high-class mares to send to him himself and this mare fit the bill,” Donohoe said afterwards.

A few minutes later Donohoe struck for the Aga Khan mare Eytarna (Ire) (Dubai Destination), (lot 1159) for €330,000. The 15-year-old is in foal to Teofilo (Ire) and has bred G2 Blandford S. winner Eziyra (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) as well as the listed winner Eshera (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}). She too will be covered by Lucky Vega when he begins stallion duties at the Irish National Stud in the spring. Donohoe also tapped into the Baroda Stud and The Castlebridge Consignment drafts when paying €225,000 each for Grenadine (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1181), sold in foal to Wootton Bassett (GB), and Sapphire Ring (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1188), who is carrying to No Nay Never.

Star Mares For New Sire

Another Aga Khan mare bought to support a young stallion was Ediyva (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 1158), who was knocked down to Northern Star Bloodstock for €300,000. The mare was bought by David Ward, who is keen to send some high-quality mares to his champion sprinter Starman (GB), who will embark on his new career at Tally-Ho Stud in a few months. Ediyva has the not insignificant task beforehand, though, of delivering a Siyouni (Fr) foal, due in February. “There's been a great reception to Starman and he has been very well received so far,” Ward said. “We are keen to get a number of mares to send to him and it's very exciting.”

Ward had earlier spent €160,000 buying Muraaqaba (GB) (lot 1146) from the Shadwell draft. The Derrinstown mares were a testament to the endeavors of the late Sheikh Hamdan over the last few decades and another to sell well was Albaraah Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (lot 1080). The 13-year-old was offered in foal to Blue Point (Ire) and was knocked down to Barronstown Stud for €230,000. Albaraah was a stakes winner herself and she has already produced two stakes winners, while she has a yearling colt by Sea The Stars (Ire) and a filly foal by Lope De Vega (Ire) waiting in the wings.

Four lots later, it took a bid of €210,000 from Summerhill to buy Ajaazah (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) (lot 1084). The stakes-placed filly was sold in foal to Teofilo (Ire) and her colt foal by Exceed And Excel (Aus) sold for €130,000 in Goffs on Tuesday.

Michel Zerolo's Oceanic Bloodstock made its presence felt online when purchasing Moonlight In Paris (Ire) (lot 1099) for €165,000. Consigned by Baroda Stud, the mare was rated 102 on the track and was sold in foal to No Nay Never on her first cover.

Another overseas purchaser to utilise the Goffs online portal was Morinaga Bokujo, who went to €175,000 to buy lot 1119 from Alice Kavanagh's AK Thoroughbreds. Raheeq (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) was an impressive winner of her only start as a 2-year-old for Roger Varian, but never made it to the track thereafter. Purchased by Stroud Coleman for 37,000gns this time last year, she returned in foal to Dark Angel (Ire) which added significantly to her value.

Goffs wraps up its flat sales action for the year on Saturday with another day of breeding stock beginning at 10 a.m.

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Champion Racehorse, Sire Pivotal Dead

Pivotal (GB) (Polar Falcon-Fearless Revival {GB}, by Cozzene), Cheveley Park Stud's homebred champion sprinter who went on to have a huge impact as a sire and broodmare sire, died age 28 peacefully in his paddock at Cheveley Park Stud on Friday morning. Pivotal had been pensioned at Cheveley Park since covering a very select book of mares earlier this year.

Chris Richardson, managing director of Cheveley Park Stud, said, “The story associated with the 'Mighty' Pivotal is truly extraordinary, considering he was the result of the very first covering his sire, Polar Falcon, was given. Thankfully, as a yearling, it was decided to retain him to race, rather than offer him for sale, as we did with the other yearling colts by Polar Falcon that year. Whilst in the hands of trainer Sir Mark Prescott, Pivotal truly put Cheveley Park Stud on the map, giving owners David and Patricia Thompson their first Group 1 winner in the stud's famous red, white and blue colours.

“Having covered a relatively small book of mares in his first year, his resulting progeny excelled and inspired at all levels, which they have continued to do throughout his career, both domestically and internationally. On the world stage, Pivotal has excelled as a sire, a sire of sires and as a broodmare sire, to the highest level and all of us at Cheveley Park Stud have been so blessed to have been part of his life for 28 years.”

Bred by David and Patricia Thompson out of another homebred, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained dual winner Fearless Revival, Pivotal joined the Sir Mark Prescott ranks in 1995 when, as detailed by Richardson, he was kept back from the yearling sales.

“Pivotal was a very interesting horse because he was big and awkward and clumsy as a yearling,” recalled Prescott in an interview with the TDN's Emma Berry last November. “He was the first covering of his sire and he was the first foal of his mother. And neither ever did as good again.”

Prescott recalled the first time he saw Pivotal at Cheveley Park Stud.

“I can see the field now actually, and there standing in the corner was Pivotal: wet, and bedraggled, and heavy,” he said. “He fell off the box when he came here but the first time we worked him, he absolutely flew. And it was a complete shock; normally you've got an idea.”

Pivotal broke his maiden at second asking in October of his 2-year-old campaign by 2 1/2 lengths going six furlongs at Newcastle. As referenced by Prescott, Pivotal would only once more go that far, when off the board behind Anabaa in the 1996 G1 July Cup, but that lone blip at three was bookended by victories in the G2 King's Stand S. and G1 Nunthorpe, enough to earn him champion sprinter honours.

“Sir Mark put him on the map,” said Richardson. “He broke the all-age track record at Folkestone and he gave the Thompsons their first Group 1 win in their Cheveley Park colours, which was obviously very special to have a homebred colt do that.”

Pivotal returned to his birthplace to take up stud duties in 1997, standing for £6,000. He would dip to £5,000 in years three through five but would never again stand for less than five figures following his first season with 3-year-olds. That first crop would come to number nine stakes winners and three Group 1 winners headed by Cheveley Park's Kyllachy (GB), who emulated his sire with a Nunthorpe win before joining him at stud, while Golden Apples (GB) won a trio of Grade Is in America. Another multiple Grade I-winning mare in America followed in the next crop in Megahertz (GB), and by the time that Cheveley Park-bred won the 2005 GI Yellow Ribbon S. for Bobby Frankel, Pivotal's fee had climbed to £65,000. That is because the likes of triple Group 1-winning sprinter Somnus (GB), G1 Sun Chariot and G1 Lockinge S. winner Peeress (GB) and G1 Irish 1000 Guineas scorer Saoire (GB) had continued to boost his stock.

Among those to follow shortly thereafter were the G1 Sun Chariot S., G1 Nassau S. and G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Halfway To Heaven (Ire); G1 Pretty Polly S. and G1 Prix Jean Romanet victress Izzi Top (GB); G1 Dubai World Cup winner African Story (GB); dual Oaks scorer Sariska (GB); G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and G1 Coronation S. winner Immortal Verse (GB); G1 Champion S. and G1 Lockinge S. scorer Farhh (GB); G1 Deutsches Derby winner Buzzword (GB); G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere scorer Siyouni (Fr), his heir apparent at stud; and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Falco (GB).

If there is one trend among the aforementioned Group 1 stars, it is that there aren't many: the Pivotals soon proved their ability to win the best races in any country, on any surface and at nearly any trip, and to maintain their ability over many seasons. This is perhaps best exemplified by his 2014 crop, his last large crop, which included two of his best-ever runners in Addeybb (Ire)-the winner of the three Group 1s in Australia and Ascot's G1 Champion S. over the past two seasons at ages six and seven–and Avilius (GB), who won three Group 1s Down Under ranging from a mile to a mile and a half in 2019 at the age of five. Pivotal's 2014 crop also included Glen Shiel (GB), winner of the G1 British Champions Sprint S. last year at age six, and runner-up in the same race this year.

Pivotal, who stood for as much as £85,000, has sired 157 stakes winners, 89 of those group winners and 32 Group 1 winners. He has sired stakes winners at a rate of 11% of his starters, and those have come in 12 different countries. Beginning with his 2015 crop, Pivotal began covering greatly reduced numbers, but prior to that he averaged 8.5 stakes winners per crop. Pivotal was eight times the leading British-based sire by individual winners in a calendar year, and was twice the leading British-based sire by earnings.

It didn't take long, either, for Pivotal to establish himself as an extraordinary force as a broodmare sire, with no greater example than the aforementioned Halfway To Heaven, whose three stakes winners include the prolific Group 1-winning daughters of Galileo (Ire), Rhododendron (Ire) and Magical (Ire). Another blue hen daughter of Pivotal among the Coolmore broodmare ranks is Beauty Is Truth (Ire), who is responsible for the Group 1 winners Hydrangea (Ire), Hermosa (Ire) and The United States, all by Galileo.

Pivotal is likewise the broodmare sire of Love (Ire) and Cracksman (GB), both standouts of their generations, as well as American turf champion Main Sequence, standout sprinter and young sire Advertise (GB), triple G1 Prix de la Foret victress One Master (GB), G1 Commonwealth Cup winner and young sire Golden Horde (GB) and French Classic winners Olmedo (Fr) and Precieuse (Ire) among many others. Pivotal's daughters have produced 26 Group 1 winners, the most recent of those, appropriately, being Immortal Verse's 2021 G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Tenebrism (Caravaggio). Pivotal was champion European broodmare sire in 2017 and 2019, and his daughters have supplied 127 stakes winners, 74 of those group winners.

Seven of Pivotal's sons have sired Group 1 winners, with the most prolific of those being the Aga Khan's French-based Siyouni, whose six Group 1 winners include the generational leaders St Mark's Basilica (Fr), Sottsass (Fr), Laurens (Fr) and Ervedya (Fr). With the first two now in their formative years in the Coolmore stallion barn, Pivotal's sireline looks short odds to live on.

“He has had a fantastic life, but it is a sad day,” Richardson said. “It is hard for everybody here. The stallion handler, John Rice, has looked after him for all these years, day and night, and has slept next door to him. So it is very hard for everybody here. It is like seeing somebody for 20 years every day–they become really close friends.”

The Pivotal story is not yet finished being written, either.

“Of his last crop of foals, we have two fillies and a colt, and from the last crop of 30 mares he covered in 2020, he got 15 in foal,” Richardson said. “There are around 10 foals born this year, that we will look forward to seeing perform. We are fortunate that around 75% of our broodmare band has a Pivotal influence.”

 

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Lord Glitters Lunges Late For International Glory

By Emma Berry

SAKHIR, Bahrain–He's been a star of Royal Ascot and a star of Meydan, and on Bahrain's biggest race day the charismatic Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper) triumphed once more, snatching the G3 Bahrain International Trophy from the Godolphin duo of Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) and Magny Cours (Medaglia d'Oro) with a perfectly timed late run. 

His trainer David O'Meara had warned earlier in the week that his 8-year-old stable star comes alive in the heat of the Middle East and under an excellent ground-saving ride from Jason Watson, the popular grey charged from last to first down the middle of the straight to win by half a length from his fellow multiple Group 1 winner Barney Roy. 

“I might have been quoted in the past saying that he is a horse of a lifetime and I think he is for us,” said O'Meara, who excels in sending older horses far and wide to race him his Yorkshire stable.

“He has proved it once again and we don't have loads of horses like him, so he is very special to us. His last two runs weren't ideal, but the races hadn't work out for him. His run in August in the Strensall Stakes gave us confidence that he would be competitive in this race. He did well in Dubai last year and that is the plan again if he comes out of this race well. The Saudi Cup meeting is an option now so we will bring him home and see how he is and start planning for that.”

He added, “We came here last year and finished fifth in a steadily run race that was won from the front but today there was a lot of talk that it was going to be well run which we were delighted to hear. Going abroad to win any big race is brilliant but out here is really classy.”

While it was a return visit to the Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club (REHC) for horse and trainer, for jockey Jason Watson, who had been called in to replace injured stable jockey Danny Tudhope, it was a first visit to the Bahrain track with major plans for expansion on the horizon. 

Describing Watson's ride as “absolutely brilliant”, O'Meara added, “Jason is a hell of a talent. He's substituting for Danny today but he's done a fantastic job.”

Lord Glitters, who races in the colours of Sandra Turnbull and her late husband Geoff, cannot be described as the most straightforward of horses. An exuberant worker in the mornings, he was on his toes entering the paddock and scattered some of those gathered in the enclosure as he veered off the path and onto the grass. O'Meara was clearly anxious to get Watson aboard and to post early while the jockey was temporarily delayed as he lined up for a team photo with his fellow riders. 

Once safely installed in gate 12, Lord Glitters then jumped slightly awkwardly, missing the break, and was quickly switched to the inside rail by Watson who dropped him in at the back of the pack on a track which can often favour front-runners. But with early leader Pogo  (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) being taken on up front by Dubai Future (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the early pace appeared to be strong, with the eventual first five home all coming from relatively far back. Watson was content to bide his time at the rear as a tightly-packed field swung wide off the turn, and he gradually inched his mount towards the centre, stalking the Andre Fabre-trained Magny Cours as he tussled with his fellow Godolphin runner Barney Roy. 

The victory clearly meant much to the quietly spoken Watson, who parted company with Roger Charlton in July after three years as his stable jockey. 

“For me, having my first race over here and my first ride aboard him it's a big deal,” said the 21-year-old. “I've recently connected to David O'Meara's yard and to have a big winner for him like this is very special.”

He added of Lord Glitters, who was winning for the tenth time from 42 starts in six different countries, “He ran a creditable race last year and you could see when he finished his racing in Dubai after coming here last year he has just taken a bit of time to get ready. But he's come here in tiptop form, he's carried a penalty and he was by far the best horse in the race.”

Watson continued, “He's an old horse and he knows his job very well. David said to me 'ride him to be placed, don't go into it thinking you're going to win', because he's the type of horse who is best left alone. You just have to have a bit of faith in him and let him do it himself. 

“To be honest I was hoping that we did half-miss the break because he can have a tendency to race a bit too freely early on but I was very lucky he was kind to me today. I'm just a passenger on a horse like this–he's been there and got the t-shirt. He clearly retains his ability very well and it wasn't that long ago he was winning a Group 1 in Meydan. He's a true champion.”

It has been a magnificent season for Britain's champion trainer-elect Charlie Appleby, who arrived in Bahrain fresh from his treble at the Breeders' Cup, but he had to settle for second this time around with Barney Roy, while his other runner, the favourite Zakouski (GB) (Shamardal), finished tenth of the 13 runners. With just a neck separating Barney Roy and Magny Cours, Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}), who has been the exercise companion of Lord Glitters all week, was another to run home strongly to collect fourth place for Richard Fahey and the Nick Bradley Racing syndicate. She will be seen next on the Tuesday of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale when she will be offered as lot 1758.

In its first year with Group 3 status, the Bahrain International Trophy can be credited with having drawn a strong line-up, with two former Group 1 winners filling the top two places. A number of trainers associated with runners on the day had commented in the build-up to the race that the competition was stronger than they had anticipated and, as outlined by the REHC executive director Shaikh Salman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa on the eve of the meeting, the club has plans to expand its international race day. First, though, it will oversee the launch of the 10-race Turf Series which it is hoped will also attract plenty of international participation from December to February.

A number of European jockeys are currently based in Bahrain throughout this winter, including John and David Egan and Neil Callan, and Watson clearly wouldn't mind returning before too long.

Having arrived in Bahrain on Tuesday evening to accompany Lord Glitters on two mornings of track work, he said, “I'm one of these people who usually likes to fly in and fly out and not hang around too long, but I have enjoyed every minute of my time here. The track rides incredibly well considering the climate they have to contend with over here and this race is only going to get bigger and bigger.”

Pedigree notes
Bred in Normandy, Lord Glitters hails from a family long developed by the Lepeudry family of the Elevage de Tourgeville, who bred him in partnership with Hilary Erculiani. He is a son of the dual listed-placed Lady Glitters (Fr) (Homme de Loi {Fr}), herself a half-sister to stakes winners Grey Glitters (Fr) (Grey Risk {Fr}) and Loupy Glitters (Fr) (Loup Solitaire). That trio's dam, Marie Glitters (Crystal Glitters), is a half-sister to the G3 Prix Fille de l'Air winner Marie De Ken (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}), whose descendants include the dual group winner and Group 1-placed Ana Marie (Fr) (Anabaa), the listed-winning and Group 1-placed Ana Americana (Fr) (American Post {GB}) and the American Grade II winner Charmo (Fr) (Charnwood Forest {Ire}). Along with eight winning offspring, Lady Glitters has a once-raced 2-year-old filly by Zarak (Fr) named Princess Glitters (Fr) and she foaled a colt in April by Shalaa (Ire).

Friday, Sakhir, Bahrain
BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL TROPHY-G3, £525,001, 3yo/up, 1m2fT, gd.
1-LORD GLITTERS (FR), 131, g, 8, by Whipper
                1st Dam: Lady Glitters (Fr), by Homme de Loi (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Marie Glitters, by Crystal Glitters
                3rd Dam: Marie De Vez (Fr), by Crystal Palace (Fr)
(€25,000 yrl '14 AROOCT; €270,000 HRA '17 ARQJUL) O-
Geoff & Sandra Turnbull; B-Sca Elevage De Tourgeville & Mme
Hilary Erculiani; T-David O'Meara. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng
& UAE, 42-10-10-5. £262,500. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2-Barney Roy (GB), 128, g, 7, Excelebration (Ire)-Alina (Ire), by
Galileo (Ire). (30,000gns wnl '14 TATNOV; £70,000 yrl '15
DNPAUG) O-Godolphin; B-Eliza Park International Pty Ltd; T-
Charlie Appleby. £131,250.
3-Magny Cours, 128, g, 6, Medaglia d'Oro-Indy Five Hundred,
by A.P. Indy. O-Godolphin SNC; B-Godolphin; T-A Fabre.
£65,625.
Margins: 1/2, NK, 2. Also Ran: Fev Rover (Ire), Cadillac (Ire), What A Welcome (GB), Dubai Future (GB), Naamoos (Fr), Victory Chime (Ire), Zakouski (GB), Penja (Fr), Pogo (Ire), Emperor Of The Sun (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Purplepay Among Three Arqana Wildcards

Purplepay (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), the four-length winner of the Criterium Arqana and third in the G1 Criterium International, has been added as a wildcard to the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale and will sell on Dec. 4 as lot 150. The 108-rated filly is from the productive family of Group 1 winners Ectot (GB) and Most Improved (Ire) and Group 3 winner and G1 1000 Guineas third Daban (Ire). Purplepay was offered through an Auctav online sale earlier this month and was bought back at €1.35-million.

Joining Purplepay on the wildcard list are 3-year-old filly Rumbles Of Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) (lot 180), 102-rated and the winner of a pair of listed races this season for Jerome Reynier and a descendant of GI Kentucky Oaks winner White Star Line; and 4-year-old filly Frankel's Magic (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 190), who was second behind Rumbles Of Thunder in the Listed Prix Panacee on Oct. 4 and is from the productive German line of Goonda (GB) (Darshaan {GB}).

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