TDN Q&A With Julian Dollar

[Wandering Eyes]

Waldlerche (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), who resides at Newsells Park Stud, is the dam of Group 1 winner Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Group 2 winner Waldlied (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Waldstern (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). With Waldgeist aiming toward the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe this weekend and a Kingman (GB) half-brother to the above horses hitting the Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale as lot 185, Alayna Cullen talks to Julian Dollar of Newsells Park Stud about Waldlerche and her success as a broodmare.

TDN: Congratulations on the successes of Waldlerche’s progeny to date. Can you tell us a little bit about her first?

Julian Dollar: She comes from Mr. Jacobs’s favorite mare and favorite family. Mr. Jacobs sadly passed away about 10 years ago now, but when he first established Newsells Park Stud back in 2000, he obviously invested in a lot of bloodstock, a lot of mares, but he actually invested in a few racehorses and even a couple of foals. And he always wanted to get into the W family, which is one of the best families in Germany. He approached the breeders who had the core of the W family, and he was able to buy a Mark of Esteem (Ire) foal out of the family who was a mare subsequently called Waldmark (Ger). She subsequently had a daughter, a Monsun filly who went off to the Deauville Sales.

She didn’t have any lovers really in Deauville but Crispin de Moubray, who’s an acquaintance of ours and does work with the Jacobs family and is a representative for Dietrich Von Boetticher, really liked her. And it was put to Dietrich that he might like to buy half and race in partnership with Newsells. So we raced her. We subsequently called her Waldlerche.

TDN: What do you think makes her such a good breeder? What does she pass on to her stock?

JD: I think if I really knew the answer to that I would be a lot better at buying prospective broodmares. It’s a great family and ultimately pedigree, pedigree, pedigree, pedigree is all important. This mare has pedigree and it’s a lovely family. She’s obviously has got the physical attributes that’s come from that family. The toughness, the soundness from German breeding, which a lot of us have talked about over the last few years. And she’s obviously has got a will to win and a temperament and I think that is so important.

TDN: Waldgeist heads to the Arc after winning the G2 Prix Foy. How are you all feeling about the race?

JD: I can’t speak for Mr. Von Boetticher or Dr. Jacobs but I think that’s the dream, isn’t it? Certainly if you’re Andreas Jacobs or you’re Dietrich von Boetticher, a chance to win the Arc or just to run in the Arc is always the dream. It’s the wonderful end of the year mile and a half race. It’s what everybody would like to win so and if you’re German breeding mile and a half, middle distance is where it’s at. So trying to win the crème de la crème of middle distance races is a dream come true.

Waldgeist is in great order. I think everyone is very happy with him. He came out of the race well. He didn’t have a hard race, he had a long break obviously of nearly two months between runs. It was very much the idea to give him a gentle run, not hammer him and as a prep for the Arc. So we’ll give it a go.

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TDN: Have any plans been made for Waldgeist’s stallion career?

JD: Not as yet. That’ll be down to Andreas Jacobs and Mr. Von Boetticher to discuss. You know he is an interesting horse. He’s won nearly a million euros in prize money, he’s won a Group 1 as a 2-year-old, a Group 1 as a 4-year-old, two Group 2s, a Group 3 and he was second in the French Derby, which is a mile and a quarter race, and was also fourth in the Irish derby. He’s got all the attributes to be a stallion. But plans for him are still fluid. It might be make more sense to carry on running him and racing him if he’s in good order and he seems to be.

TDN: Newsells Park Stud also has another interest in the Arc with Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) going to defend her crown. What are your thoughts on her?

JD: She comes from Nathaniel’s first crop and obviously Nathaniel is one of our stallions and a horse we are very keen on and very excited about. To get a champion like her from his very first crop was hugely satisfying. And she’s just a star isn’t she. So if we are going to be beaten, if it’s by Enable I wouldn’t mind.

TDN: Waldlerche looks to have an exciting prospect for the future in her 2-year-old son Waldstern, who is a TDN Rising Star. Tell us a little about him.

JD: Waldstern, he’s a horse by Sea the Stars and very much bred to be a 3-year-old, Classic horse, mile and half horse. He is a nice horse and although I can’t speak for Mr. Von Boetticher I imagine they will be looking for a nice race for him before the end of the year and then with his profile you’d think he’d be looking for all the top middle distance races next year. It was nice to have Waldstern a rising star because Waldgeist was a ‘Rising Star’. It is nice that two of the three has been rising stars.

TDN: Newsells is offering a yearling sibling at the Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale. How is everything with him?

JD: Yeah, he’s by Kingman, which was a slightly different mating. My idea was to try and bring in a little bit of speed and obviously Kingman was a brilliant miler who certainly possessed a lot of speed. He’s probably the most commercial looking of all our stock and I say that because he’s little bit rounder. He looks more of a ready-made horse for next year. He’s got a lot of scope, he’s got a lot of quality, but he’s got a little bit more roundness and substance than his half-brothers and sisters had in the past. So he’s a lovely horse, we just need a little bit of luck.

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