Where Did They Come From?

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Ahead of the Classics, we examine the pedigree and sales history of each contender. Sunday’s G1 1000 Guineas contenders range all the way from fourth-generation homebreds to high six-figure auction buys.

ANGEL’S HIDEAWAY (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}-The Hermitage {Ire}, by Kheleyf)
Angel’s Hideaway was a €390,000 Goffs Orby yearling purchase by Cheveley Park Stud from the Yeomanstown Stud consignment. The G3 Princess Margaret S. winner and recent G3 Nell Gwyn S. third is out of the listed-placed The Hermitage, who has also produced the G2 Mill Reef S. and G3 Hackwood S. second Perfect Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).
O-Cheveley Park Stud. B-Yeomanstown Stud & Doc Bloodstock. T-John Gosden.

DANDHU (GB) (Dandy Man {Ire}-Poldhu {GB}, by Cape Cross {Ire})
Dandhu, a half-sister to the listed-placed Maid A Million (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), was a 75,000gns Book 2 yearling. The G3 Fred Darling S. winner is out of a half-sister to the one-mile G1 Falmouth S. winner Rajeem (GB) (Diktat {GB}), the dam of multiple Group 3-winning sprinter Invincible Army (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).
O-The Dandhu Partnership. B-Barton Bloodstock. T-David Elsworth.

FAIRYLAND (IRE) (Kodiac {GB}-Queenofthefairies {GB}, by Pivotal {GB})
Fairyland is the most expensive public purchase of this group, having been bought from breeder Tally-Ho Stud for 925,000gns as a yearling at Book 1. Remarkably, the mare’s now 2-year-old filly by Muhaarar (GB) brought the exact same price at Book 1 last year when sold to Shadwell off the back of Fairyland’s G1 Cheveley Park S. win. Queenofthefairies is a half-sister to the joint champion 2-year-old and multiple Group 1-winning sprinter Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}), and her second foal, Now Or Never (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}), won the G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial and was third in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas.
O-Mrs E M Stockwell & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith. B-Tally-Ho Stud. T-A P O’Brien.

FLEETING (IRE) (Zoffany {Ire}-Azafata {Spa}, by Motivator {GB})
Originally a €50,000 Arqana December Foal when picked up by HSV Agency from the Ombreville draft, Fleeting doubled her price at the Arqana August yearling sale when Robert Nataf’s Horse France signed the ticket at €100,000. Fleeting’s dam Azafata was the champion 3-year-old filly in Spain, and the extended family includes the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner and sire Poliglote (GB) (Sadler’s Wells).
O-Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith. B-Fernando Bermudez. T-A P O’Brien.

GARREL GLEN (GB) (Mount Nelson {GB}-Azure Mist {GB}, by Bahamian Bounty {GB})
Garrel Glen, not seen since winning a novice median auction race in October, is raced by co-breeder David Noblett. Garrel Glen is the fourth foal and second winner thus far out of the mare, who has a yearling colt by Bated Breath (GB).
O-David P Noblett. B-Dullingham Park Stud & Mr D Noblett. T-Mark H Tompkins.

HERMOSA (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}-Beauty Is Truth {Ire}, by Pivotal {GB})
Representing the potent Galileo over Pivotal cross, the G3 Weld Park S. winner Hemosa is the latest standout for the excellent mare Beauty Is Truth, who has also left the multiple Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed sprinter Fire Lily (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) and, from matings with Galileo, G1 Ranvet S. winner The United States (Ire) and G1 British Champions Fillies & Mare S. and G1 Matron S. winner Hydrangea (Ire). Unsurprisingly, the relative of champion sprinter Last Tycoon (Ire) and the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and G1 Coronation S. winner Immortal Verse (Ire) has been mated exclusively with Galileo since 2010, and she has 2-year-old and yearling fillies to come.
O-Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier. B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate. T-A P O’Brien.

ICONIC CHOICE (GB) (Sixties Icon {GB}-Adorable Choice {Ire}, by Choisir {Aus})
Iconic Choice was second by just a short head to Dandhu in the Fred Darling, and if she were to go one better on Sunday it would be a true fairytale story, as she was bought back for just £4,500 by vendor Kinsale Stud at Tattersalls Ireland’s Ascot November mixed sale as a yearling.
O/B-John Brown. T-Tom Dascombe.

IRIDESSA (IRE) (Ruler of the World-Senta’s Dream {GB}, by Danehill)
Iridessa, who last year became the first Group 1 winner for her young sire Ruler of the World when winning the G1 Fillies’ Mile, is a granddaughter of the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf victress Starine (Fr) (Mendocino)
O-Mrs C C Regalado-Gonzalez. B-Whisperview Trading Ltd. T-Joseph O’Brien.

JUST WONDERFUL (Dansili {GB}-Wading {Ire}, by Montjeu {Ire})
Just Wonderful is a typical beautifully bred homebred for the Coolmore partners. The G3 Flame of Tara S. and G2 Rockfel S. winner Just Wonderful is out of Wading, who also won the Rockfel and is herself out of Cherry Hinton (GB) (Green Desert), a sister to Sea The Stars (Ire) and Galileo (Ire). Wading has a 2-year-old colt by War Front named Bluebeard’s Castle and a yearling colt by American Pharoah.
O-Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier. B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt. T-A P O’Brien.

LADY KAYA (IRE) (Dandy Man {Ire}-Kayak {GB}, by Singspiel {Ire})
Lady Kaya, a daughter of the Italian listed-placed Kayak, was bought by Chinook Farm from the Ballylinch Stud draft for €15,000 as a Goffs November foal. Unsold as a yearling for €12,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, she entered the stable of trainer Sheila Lavery in the colours of her niece, Joanne, and enters the 1000 Guineas a huge chance off an eye-catching win in the G3 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown on Apr. 6.
O-Joanne Lavery. B-John O’Connor. T-Ms Sheila Lavery.

LOOK AROUND (GB) (Kingman {GB}-Magic America, by High Yield)
Look Around is a homebred for George Strawbridge out of the G3 Prix Miesque winner and G1 Prix Morny second Magic America, a 625,000gns acquisition in December 2007 who was moved on for 60,000gns in 2016 after foaling Look Around. She had previously produced the French Group 3-placed Sara Lucille (GB) (Dansili {GB}) for Strawbridge and has 2-year-old and yearling colts by Zoffany (Ire).
O/B-George Strawbridge. T-Andrew Balding.

MOT JUSTE (Distorted Humor-Time On {GB}, by Sadler’s Wells)
Another homebred, the Nell Gwyn runner-up Mot Juste is from a line of stakes producers owned and bred by Robert Barnett. Her dam, Time On, won the G2 Prix de Malleret and the second dam, Time Away (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), was victorious in the G3 Musidora S. and third in the G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Nassau S. and is also the second dam of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor). The fourth dam, also bred by Barnett, is the brilliant four-time Group 1-winning mare Time Charter (Saritamer).
O-R Barnett. B-W&R Barnett. T-Roger Varian.

QABALA (Scat Daddy-Entwine, by Empire Maker)
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s Al Shahania Stud spent $300,000 on Qabala, from the last crop of Scat Daddy, as a weanling at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2016. The second dam is Flute (Seattle Slew), winner of four Grade Is as a 3-year-old including the GI Kentucky Oaks.
O-H H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani. B-Eutrophia Farm. T-Roger Varian.

SKITTER SCATTER (Scat Daddy-Dane Street, by Street Cry {Ire})
Another daughter of the much-missed Scat Daddy to line up here, the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Skitter Scatter is out of a winning half-sister to the G1 Dewhurst S. winner Intense Focus (Giant’s Causeway), while third dam Zavaleta (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}) won the Listed 1000 Guineas Trial S. and is a half-sister to G1 Gran Criterium winner Sholokhov (Ire). The mother-and-son team of Sonia and Anthony Rogers bred Skitter Scatter’s dam, Dane Street, in partnership with Three Chimneys Farm and in November 2016, just months after she’d produced Skitter Scatter, the Rogers’s bought Three Chimneys out of the partnership of Dane Street for $260,000 at Keeneland November.
O-Anthony Rogers & Mrs Sonia Rogers. B-Anthony Rogers & Mrs Sonia Rogers. T-John Oxx.

STAR TERMS (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}-Best Terms {GB}, by Exceed and Excel {Aus})
Another homebred here for Robert Barnett, Star Terms is in fact from the same family as Mot Juste. Like that one she counts the Barnett-bred G1 Oaks and G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. winner Time Charter as her fourth dam but the lines branch off thereafter. Star Terms’s third dam is the Shirley Heights (GB) mare By Charter (GB), the dam of three stakes winners as well as Sharp Terms, who produced Barnett’s G2 Queen Mary S. and G2 Lowther S. winner Best Terms, the dam of Star Terms.
O-R Barnett. B-W&R Barnett. T-Richard Hannon.

 

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