Where Did They Come From: G2 Albany S.

[Wandering Eyes]

A large field for the G2 Albany S. has something for everyone: from a vendor buyback at €1,000 to a representative of one of the most illustrious families in the modern-day studbook

ANGEL’S HIDEAWAY (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire})
An impressive winner at Haydock on her second starts, she was bred by the O’Callaghan family at Yeomanstown Stud and sold to Cheveley Park Stud at the Goffs Orby Sale for €390,000. Her dam The Hermitage (Ire) (Kheleyf) was bought form the Darley draft at Tattersalls in 2010 for 29,000gns. B-Yeomanstown Stud & Doc Bloodstock.

BYRON BAY (FR) (Showcasing {GB})
Another to break her maiden in impressive fashion, this time at Chantilly, this first Royal Ascot runner for Yan Durepaire was bought by the trainer from co-breeder Pierre Talvard of Haras du Cadran for €100,000 at the Arqana August Sale and is out of a Diesis (GB) half-sister to the G1 Famouth S. winner Giofra (GB) (Dansili {GB}). B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran & Ecurie JMI Racing.

CHICAS AMIGAS (IRE) (Dragon Pulse {Ire})
Following the success Down Under of multiple Group 1 winner Global Glamour (Aus), the Irish wing of the It’s All About The Girls syndicate can enjoy its first Royal Ascot runner with this €25,000 Goffs Orby yearling. B-Irish National Stud.

COTUBANAMA (GB) (Heeraat {Ire})
More experienced than many of her rivals with four starts and one win under her belt already, Cotunbanama bids to become the first group winner for her freshman sire and was unsold as a foal at 2,500gns when offered for her trainer/breeder through Norman Court Stud. B-M Channon.

FAIRYLAND (IRE) (Kodiac {GB})
Bred by a different branch of the O’Callaghan family at Tally-Ho Stud, this smart filly runs in the successful colours of Anne O’Callaghan’s mother Evie Stockwell. The owning partnership is completed by Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith and Fairyland, out of a Pivotal (GB) half-sister to Dream Ahead, was bought for 925,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1 by Mrs. Stockwell’s grandson MV Magnier, the Mayfair Speculators and Peter and Ross Doyle. B-Tally-Ho Stud.

HAWAYEL (IRE) (Dandy Man {Ire})
Bought as a foal by Richard Knight for 23,000gns, she was subsequently bought again by the agent in partnership with owner Sheik Abdullah Amalek Alsabah for €19,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland September Sale. B-Nafferty Stud.

JENSUE (IRE) (Red Jazz {Ire})
A Salcey Forest Stud pinhook bought for €3,000 as a foal at Goffs and later sold for €13,000 to SackvilleDonald at the Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sale. Breeder Ciaran Mac Ferran bought her dam Gold Tobougg (GB) (Tobougg {Ire}), a sister to the talented Sweet Lilly (GB), for €26,000 from Rabbah Bloodstock. B-Ciaran Mac Ferran.

JUST WONDERFUL (IRE) (Dansili {GB})
This great granddaughter of Urban Sea out of the G2 Rockfel S. winner Wading (Ire) is a stand-out on pedigree and made a winning debut at The Curragh on May 26. B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt.

LA PELOSA (IRE) (Dandy Man (Ire})
Bought as a foal by Tally-Ho Stud for €52,000 and subsequently bought back at €40,00 at the Orby Sale. Holding on to her until her 2-year-old season paid dividends as she was bought by Godolphin for 280,000gns at the Tattersalls Craven Sale and has won her only start by three lengths. B-Elton Lodge Stud.

MAIN EDITION (IRE) (Zoffany {Ire})
This physically imposing half-sister to the admirable Group 2-winning miler Major Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) is unbeaten in two starts. She was bought by trainer Mark Johnston from the Castletown Stud draft at Book 1 of the October Sale for 62,000gns. B-Minch Bloodstock.

MERRY GO ROUND (FR) (Literato {Fr})
Bred by Gilles and Aliette Forien at Haras de Montaigu by their resident stallion Literato and out of homebred listed winner Wedding Night (Fr) (Valanour {Fr}), she was sold at the Osarus Septemer Sale for €22,000 to her initial trainer Didier Guillemin, for whom she won on debut at La Teste de Buch. B-Mme G Forien & G Forien.

NAKAKANDE (IRE) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB})
A representative of this season’s leading first-season sire, this filly was twice unsold, at €1,400 and €1,000 when offered as a foal and a yearling at Goffs. She won on her second start at Nantes in the French provinces for Stan Moore but has since been transferred to Jamie Osborne. B-Tom McDonald.

NO MORE REGRETS (IRE) (Kodiac {GB})
Never out of the first three in three starts, including finishing second in the listed Premio Vittorio Crespi, this filly has been through four sales in her short life, being bought as a foal for €32,000 by Springield, then selling from Horse Park Stud to Con Marnane for 40,000gns. She was one of a number of Bansha House offerings who went unsold at the breeze-up sales but her racecourse form ensured she was not overlooked at Monday night’s Goffs London Sale, where she was bought by King Power Racing for £130,000. B-Michael G Daly.

OCTAVE (IRE) (Dawn Approach {Ire})
A Godolphin homebred, she won on debut at Lingfield on May 29 and was then runner-up to subsequent G2 Coventry S. winner Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}) on that colt’s debut at Newmarket. Her grandam Diminuendo (Diesis {GB}) was a treble Oaks winner for Sheikh Mohammed. B-Godolphin.

PRETTY POLLYANNA (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB})
A winner on debut just last week at Yarmouth, the third-generation Gredley homebred was offered for sale at Book 1 of the October Sale where she was bought in at 50,000gns. B-Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs.

REPONSE EXACTE (FR) (Rajsaman {Fr})
Bought back as a foal for €4,000 by co-breeder Sylvain Vidal, she subsequently fetched €50,000 as a yearling through the La Motteraye Consignment. Breezed by Roger Marley and John Cullinan of Church Farm & Horse Park Studs at Arqana’s Breeze-up Sale, she elicited a bid of €85,000 from David Redvers and now runs for David Howden from the stable of Maisons-Laffitte-based American trainer Gina Rarick. Reponse Exacte made a winning debut on Saturday in the colours of Catherine Hassett. B-S Vidal & Mme E Vidal.

SATISFYING (IRE) (Fast Company {Ire})
Still a maiden after three placed starts, she was sold by her breeder as a foal through Ennell Lodge Stud for €7,000. She was reoffered by Chasemore Farm as a yearling at Ascot where she was bought by breeze-up pinhookers Cristiano Martins and Patrick Moyles for £17,000. They then received 68,000gns for Satisfying at the Craven Sale, where she was bought by Richard Hughes and Stephen Hillen.B-Littlejohn Bloodstock Ltd.

STILLWATER COVE (Quality Road)
British-based breeders Hugo Lascelles and Ben Sangster teamed up in this filly who was a winner on the dirt at Keeneland on debut for Wesley Ward on Apr. 6. She was unsold at $45,000 when offered at the next-door sales complex last September. B-Lofts Hall Stud and Ben Sangster.

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