Where Did They Come From?

[Wandering Eyes]

Ahead of the Classics, we examine the pedigree and sales history of each contender. The runners in Saturday’s G1 2000 Guineas run the gamut from homebreds to bargain sales purchases, as well as those that required their buyers to dig a little deeper.

ADVERTISE (GB) (Showcasing {GB}-Furbelow, by Pivotal {GB})
Bred by Cheveley Park Stud and sold for £60,000 to Dermot Farrington at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale in 2017, Advertise is the third foal out of the winning Pivotal mare Furbelow, who is herself a full-sister to the Del Mar listed winner Red Diadem (GB) and a granddaughter of Heart Of Joy (Lypheor {GB}), winner of four graded races in Southern California.
O-Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited 1. B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd. T-Martyn Meade.

AL HILALEE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}-Ambivalent {Ire}, by Authorized {Ire})
The first foal out of the G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Ambivalent, Al Hilalee was bred by Rabbah Bloodstock and purchased from that associate by Godolphin for 300,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 out of The Castlebridge Consignment. Al Hilalee, who was herself a 24,000gns yearling, was offered at the 2015 Tattersalls December sale carrying Al Hilalee and was bought back by Hillwood Stud for 1.6-million gns.
O-Godolphin. B-Rabbah Bloodstock. T-Charlie Appleby.

AZANO (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}-Azanara {Ire}, by Hurricane Run {Ire})
Azano, placed in the G3 Horris Hill S. and Listed European Free H., is out of an unplaced half-sister to G1 Prix Ganay winner Astarabad (Alleged) and Asmara (Lear Fan), the dam of champion older horse, four-time Group 1 winner and sire Azamour (Ire) (Night Shift). A sister to that latter luminary produced this year’s standout Australian 3-year-old The Autumn Sun (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}).
O-M J & L A Taylor. B-Elysian Bloodstock Ltd. T-John Gosden.

DARK VISION (IRE) (Dream Ahead-Black Dahlia {GB}, by Dansili {GB})
A €15,000 Goffs November foal on his first trip through a sales ring, Dark Vision was plucked out of the Ballylinch Stud consignment by Mark Johnston for 15,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 2. He made his first three starts-all winning ones-for Johnston’s Kingsley Park and was bought privately by Godolphin after winning the G2 Vintage S.
O-Godolphin. B-SF Bloodstock. T-Mark Johnston.

EMARAATY ANA (GB) (Shamardal-Spirit of Dubai {Ire}, by Cape Cross {Ire})
The G2 Gimcrack S. winner Emaraaty Ana was, like Al Hilalee, bred by Rabbah, and he is raced by Sheikh Mohammed’s cousin, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid. Emaraaty Ana is the second and thus far the most accomplished foal out of the British listed winner Spirit of Dubai, whose as-yet unraced 2-year-old is a New Approach (Ire) filly named Arabian Maiden (GB).
O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum. B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited. T-Kevin Ryan.

GREAT SCOT (GB) (Requinto {Ire}-La Rosiere, by Mr. Greeley)
Great Scot failed to find a new home when led out unsold at £2,500 from the Kinsale Stud consignment at the Ascot November mixed sale as a yearling. He has already punched way above his weight, then, with a listed win last year at two. He was beaten just 1 1/4 lengths when fifth in the G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy S., and was three-quarters of a length second in the G3 Greenham S. on Apr. 13.
O-Empire State Racing Partnership. B-Clyne, Mound, Thompson. T-Tom Dascombe.

KICK ON (GB) (Charm Spirit {Ire}-Marika {GB}, by Marju {Ire})
Kick On was a good pinhook for Pier House Stud. Peter and Ross Doyle signed for the son of the Listed Cecil Frail S. winner Marika for 80,000gns from Keith Harte’s draft at the Tattersalls December Sale before David Redvers secured him back in that same ring at Book 1 as a yearling for 135,000gns. Marika had also produced two stakes winners by the time Kick On won the Listed Feilden S. at the Craven meeting: the dual French listed winner Sabratah (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and the Australian listed winner Raw Impulse (GB) (Makfi {GB}).
O-Qatar Racing Limited. B-Shutford Stud. T-John Gosden.

KING OF CHANGE (GB) (Farhh {GB}-Salacia {Ire}, by Echo Of Light {GB})
Yet another in here bred by Rabbah, King Of Change will be a longshot having just broken his maiden in his third try on Apr. 10, but he does have pedigree on his side being a half-brother to Century Dream (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), the winner of two stakes at a mile or slightly further last year including the G3 Diomed S.
O-Ali Abdulla Saeed. B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited. T-Richard Hannon.

MADHMOON (IRE) (Dawn Approach {Ire}-Aaraas {GB}, by Haafhd {GB})
A homebred for Sheikh Hamdan, Madhmoon is out of another Shadwell homebred in Aaraas, who was four times stakes placed, once at seven furlongs and three times at 10 furlongs. Sheikh Hamdan’s 2016 G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) is out of a half-sister to Aaraas.
O-Hamdan Al Maktoum. B-Shadwell Estate Company. T-Kevin Prendergast.

MAGNA GRECIA (IRE) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}-Cabaret {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire})
Magna Grecia was picked up by connections as a foal at Tattersalls December for 340,000gns. The G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy winner is out of the G3 Silver Flash S. winner Cabaret, who has a 2-year-old filly by Kodiac (GB) and a yearling colt by Siyouni (Fr).
O-Smith/Mrs Magnier/Tabor/Flaxman Stables. B-Woodnook Farm. T-A P O’Brien.

MOMKIN (IRE) (Bated Breath {GB}-Contradict {GB}, by Raven’s Pass)
Roger Charlton sends out this son of one of his former luminaries, Bated Breath, as a homebred for Prince Faisal’s Nawara Stud. His third dam is Prince Faisal’s crown jewel Rafha (GB) (Kris {GB}), the G1 Prix de Diane winner and dam of Invincible Spirit and Kodiac, and second dam of G1 Gran Criterium winner Nayarra (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and G2 Superlative S. winner Gustav Klimt (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).
O-Prince A A Faisal. B-Nawara Stud Ltd. T-Roger Charlton.

NAME THE WIND (GB) (Toronado {Ire}-Trust The Wind {GB}, by Dansili {GB})
Name The Wind, who jumps into stakes class for the first time, was bought by Amanda Skiffington for 58,000gns as a foal from the consignment of co-breeder Hungerford Stud. Offered the following October at Book 1 by Egerton Stud, the bay was purchased by Rabbah for 62,000gns. Name The Wind’s third dam is the G1 1000 Guineas winner Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy).
O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum. B-Hungerford Park Stud & Al Shaqab Racing. T-James Tates.

ROYAL MARINE (IRE) (Raven’s Pass-Inner Secret, by Singspiel {Ire})
A homebred for Godolphin, the G1 Jean Luc Lagardere winner Royal Marine is the latest black-type winner at or around a mile for Inner Secret. She has also produced the G3 Jebel Ali Mile victor Secret Ambition (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), as well as the Dubawi (Ire) filly Crystal River (GB), who was a listed winner at nine furlongs in France.
O/B-Godolphin. T-Saeed bin Suroor.

SET PIECE (GB) (Dansili {GB}-Portodora, by Kingmambo)
Set Piece looks to follow in the footsteps of Camelot (GB) as a 2000 Guineas winner out of a Kingmambo mare. He could, like that one, however, be best suited to long trips, with G1 Oaks winner Reams Of Verse (Nureyev) and G1 Coral-Eclipse and G1 Champion S. winner Elmaamul (Diesis {GB}) appearing on the page. It is also the extended family of Juddmonte’s excellent mare Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Portodora’s progeny have indeed excelled thus far from a mile up to 12.5 furlongs.
O-K Abdullah. B-Juddmonte Farms. T-Hugo Palmer.

SHINE SO BRIGHT (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}-Alla Speranza {GB}, by Sir Percy {GB})
The Listed European Free H. winner Shine So Bright has plenty of experience in the sales ring. He was originally a 57,000gns foal bought by Rathasker Stud from breeder Kirsten Rausing’s St. Simon Stud at Tattersalls December before Rathasker moved him on for €27,000 to Aidan O’Ryan and Nick Bradley at Goffs Orby. Shine So Bright won on debut for Martin McHale & Partner at Nottingham last June, after which he was put in the Goffs London Sale and picked up by Alastair Donald on behalf of King Power Racing for £375,000.
O-King Power Racing. B-Miss K Rausing. T-Andrew Balding.

SKARDU (GB) (Shamardal-Diala {Ire}, by Iffraaj {GB})
The G3 Craven S. winner Skardu races as a homebred for Sheikh Abdulla Al Khalifa. Click here for an Andrew Caulfield Pedigree Insights on Skardu and his sire, Shamardal.
O-Abdulla Al Khalifa. B-Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa. T-William Haggas.

SPORTING CHANCE (GB) (Kodiac {GB}-Elpida, by Giant’s Causeway)
Picked up by Con Marnane for 41,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Sporting Chance was flipped for £88,000 at last April’s Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Breeze-Up Sale, where he was bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock. Sporting Chance’s second dam is a half-sister to Poet’s Voice (GB), who excelled over a mile, winning the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. and the G2 Celebration Mile, as well as the G2 Champagne S. over seven furlongs as a 2-year-old.
O-Abdulla Al Mansoori. B-Ropsley Bloodstock & St Albans Bloodstock. T-Simon Crisford.

TEN SOVEREIGNS (IRE) (No Nay Never-Seeking Solace {GB}, by Exceed and Excel {Aus})
The unbeaten G1 Middle Park S. winner Ten Sovereigns went through the ring during Book 2 at Tattersalls in 2017, and it was Charlie Gordon-Watson’s name on the ticket when he was sold for 200,000gns. His dam, Seeking Solace, raced as a homebred for Godolphin and was picked up by BBA Ireland for 65,000gns at the 2011 Tattersalls July Sale. Ten Sovereigns has already set the bar high for his 2-year-old and yearling full-sisters.
O-Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor. B-Camas Park, Lynch Bages & Summerhill. T-A P O’Brien.

URBAN ICON (GB) (Cityscape {GB}-Fauran {Ire}, by Shamardal)
Breeder Minster Stud parted with Urban Icon at the Tattersalls Ireland Ascot yearling sale, where he was bought by Peter and Ross Doyle for £23,000. Urban Icon’s third dam is also the third dam of the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix de Diane winner Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}).
O-Michael Pescod. B-Minster Stud. T-Richard Hannon.

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