Y "CASUALMENTE" SEA THE MOON IRA A PADREAR A LANWADES STUD - INGLATERRA

En la foto, quien suscribe junto a Kirsten Rausing -Propietaria-Administradora-Manager de Lanwades Stud - Inglaterra

UNA JOYITA!!! TRILILI, NIETA MATERNA DE GALILEO ADQUIRIDA PARA SER CUBIERTA POR SABA EMPEROR - COMPARTE QUINTA MADRE CON TREVE -GANADORA DEL ARCO DE TRIUNFO 2013- LE INTERESA CONTAR CON ALGO ASÍ EN SU PLANTEL? CONTACTESE

Familia de:

TRIPTYCH:

At 2. Won: Prix Marcel Boussac(FR-G1), 2nd: Prix d'Aumale(FR-G3)
At 3. Won: Irish 2000 Guineas(IRE-G1), Irish 1000 Guineas Trial S.(IRE-G3), 2nd: Oaks S.(GB-G1), 3rd: Benson & Hedges Gold C.(GB-G1), Rothmans International S.(CAN-G1)
At 4. Won: Champion S.(GB-G1), La Coupe(FR-G3), 2nd: Coronation C.(GB-G1), Eclipse S.(GB-G1), International S.(GB-G1), 3rd: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S.(GB-G1), Irish Champion S.(GB-G1), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe(FR-G1)
At 5. Won: Champion S.(GB-G1), Irish Champion S.(IRE-G1), Coronation C.(GB-G1), International S.(GB-G1), Prix Ganay (FR-G1), 3rd: Eclipse S.(GB-G1), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S.(GB-G1), Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe(FR-G1)
At 6. Won: Coronation C.(GB-G1), Prix du Prince d'Orange(FR-G3), 3rd: Prix Ganay(FR-G1), Eclipse S.(GB-G1), Irish Champion S.(IRE-G1)

TRILLION:

WON Prix Ganay (Fr-G1), Prix Dollar (Fr-G2) 2x, Prix d'Harcourt (Fr-G2), Prix de Royallieu (Fr-G3), Prix Foy (Fr-G3), Prix Minerve (Fr-G3), 2nd Turf Classic (G1).
USA Champion Grass Mare, 1979. Champion Older Mare in France.

JUVENIA:

At 2: 1st Prix Marcel Boussac Gr.1 (Fr). 2nd Prix d'Aumale (Fr-G3)
At 3: 2nd Prix de Saint-Alary (Fr-G1), Reloy H. (USA-LR); 3rd Prix de L'opera (Fr-G2), Prix de la Grotte (Fr-G3).

GENEROUS:

Won Dewhurst S. (Eng-G1), Derby S. (Eng-G1) Irish Derby (IRE-G1), King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. (Eng-G1), Reference Point S., Garter S.
2^nd Coventry S. (Eng-G3)
3rd Vintage S. (Eng-G3)
4th The 2000 Guineas (Eng-G1)
Head of The 1991 European 3Y.O. Classification.

TREBLE:

1st Prix Saint-Alary (Fr-G1, 2000m).
2nd Prix Vanteaux (FR-G3, 1800m)

TAMARISK:

Champion 3YO Sprinter in Europe & GB in 1998. 5 wins at 6f, 7f, £206,567, Haydock Sprint Cup, Gr 1, Lingfield Leisure S., L, 2d Newmarket July Cup, Gr 1, Dewhurst S., Gr 1, Windsor Leisure S., L, Doncaster Stanley Racing Conditions S. 

BULLISH LUCK:

At 5: 1st Hong Kong Gold Cup (HK-G1), 2nd Hong Kong International Cup (HK-G1).
At 6: 1st The Champions Mile (HK-G1).
At 7: 1st Yasuda Kinen (Jpn G1), The Champions Mile (HK-G1). 
At 8: 3rd Dubai World Cup (UAE G1). 
At 9: The Centenary Vase (HK-G3)
Registered as 'AL MOUGHAZEL' in GB
2004-05 H.K. Champion Miler
2005-06 H.K. Champion Miler
2005-06 Hong Kong Horse of the Year.

SLIM SHADEY:

At 4:
Won San Marcos S. (G2,SA,10fT), John Henry Turf Championship S. (G2,SA,10fT)
2nd Woodford Reserve Turf Classic S. (G1,CD,9fT), Charles Whittingham Memorial H. (G1,Hol,10fT), San Luis Rey S. (G2,SA,12fT)

At 5:
Won San Marcos S. (G2,SA,10fT)

At 6:
Won Elkwood S. (Mth,8f)
2nd San Gabriel S. (G2,SA,9fT)
3rd Red Bank S. (G3,Mth,8fT), Birdstone S. (Sar,14f)

ALBERTUS MAXIMUS:
At 3: 2nd Swaps Breeders' Cup S. (G2), Affirmed H. (G3)
At 4: Won Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Windy Sands H.; 3rd Goodwood S. (G1)
At 5: Won Donn H. (G1)

TREVE:

At 3:
1st Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-G1) 2400m, Prix de Diane (Fr-G1) 2100m (course record), Prix Vermeille (Fr-G1) 2400m
At 4:
2nd Prix Ganay (Fr-G1) 2100m
3rd Prince of Wales's Stakes (GB-G1) 2000m
2013 Cartier Horse of the Year
2013 Cartier Champion 3yo Filly

LO QUE HACE EL HARAS MAS IMPORTANTE DE LA ARGENTINA CON UN HIJO DE FITZCARRALDO O- SEATTLE FITZ, UN "CAPRICHO" QUE SE TRANSFORMO EN EXITO - extractado de Turf Diario

El padrillo elegido por Juan Carlos Bagó da que hablar con su promisoria primera generación en la Argentina Juan Carlos Bagó siempre bromea cuando se le recuerda el momento en que decidió comprar a Seattle Fitz en los Estados Unidos para sumarlo al grupo de padrillos del Haras Firmanento. “Fue el capricho del viejo”, suele decir entre sonrisas el reconocido farmacéutico, aunque, a la luz de los resultados que vienen obteniendo sus primeros hijos en las pistas argentinas, la historia se aproxima más a la de una corazonada (también suele contar que lo eligió con el corazón) acertada de un hombre exitoso.

Nunca llegó a correr en la Argentina el zaino negro que impresionaba de mañana bajo la preparación de Jorge Mayansky Neer. Pero Bagó y todo el equipo de su cabaña sabían perfectamente de sus cualidades. Carlos Ezcurra lo adquirió para ser rematado luego en Dubai, y allí comenzaría su campaña, destacándose, claro.

Ganó debutando en Nad Al Sheba, y luego repitió, abordando invicto el UAE Derby (G2) de 2002, donde terminaría sexto. Enviado a los Estados Unidos, y con los colores del West Point Thoroughbreds, le costaría un poco entrar en clima, pero cuando lo consiguió fue para sobresalir. Su primer gran triunfo llegaría en el Aqueduct Handicap (G3), para luego sumar el William Donald Schaefer Handicap (G3) y el histórico Brooklyn Handicap (G2). Entre medio, quedó segundo del mismísimo Medaglia D’Oro (El Prado) en el Donn Handicap (G1), por delante del Derby Winner Funny Cide (Distorted Humor), entre variados arrimes en carreras de peso.

Kiaran McLaughlin, su entrenador en el Norte y el mismo que poco después guiaría la campaña de un tal Invasor (Candy Stripes), nunca dudó en calificarlo como uno de los caballos más versátiles y profesionales que tuvo a su cargo.

Bagó siempre deseó encontrar continuidad a la línea paterna de Fitzcarraldo, el mejor padrillo en la historia de Firmamento, un emblema en Sierra de los Padres. De allí que haya apoyado a caballos buenos como Llers Fitz, Dalí Fitz o Casals Fitz como parte de las pruebas piloto. Para el criador, Seattle Fitz era prácticamente la última bala importante... Fue el famoso tiro del final.

Toma la palabra Enrique Delger, uno de los hombres de peso y opinión en el interior de la gaviota: “Fue una idea exclusiva de Juan Carlos, que quería darle oportunidades a un caballo nacional de gran campaña, una conformación excelente y con un pedigree notable, en una madre Seattle Slew como Hug a Slew que funcionó muy bien en el haras, y en la familia 13-c, la misma de Mr. Prospector y del propio Seattle Slew. En los Estados Unidos recibió malos libros de yeguas, pero las mejoraba mucho y eso hacía que hubiera buenas perspectivas de encontrar un caballo generoso ofreciéndole vientres de calidad”.

Seattle Fitz volvió a la Argentina en 2009. Delger agrega: “Sirvió libros medianos en sus 4 primeras temporadas, pero con buena carga genética y un alto porcentaje de madres clásicas; tuvo entre 61 y 74 crías por generación”.

Las razones que empujaron a que Firmamento confiara en Seattle Fitz encuentran ahora un correlato en la pista, con el reproductor ya establecido como uno de los freshman sire que brillan en la temporada de la mano del G1 Seattle Mat, del reciente vencedor del Martínez (G2), Seattle States, del también ganador clásico Ver Seattle y de otros hijos prometedores como Seattle Twins, Seattle End, Seattle Dette y Dinamic Seattle, entre otros, con productos ganadores en Perú, también.

Las estadísticas iniciales de Seattle Fitz son muy interesantes, pues, al 21 de septiembre último -considerando San Isidro, Palermo, La Plata y San Luis-, son 30 sus hijos que corrieron y 8 los que ya consiguieron ganar un total de 11 competencias, tres de ellos en el plano clásico.

De tal palo...

Fitzcarraldo fue un caballo cuyos potrillos y potrancas alcanzaban el tope de rendimiento de tres años en adelante, más allá de que en su generosa progenie haya muchos nombres de destaque precoz; Seattle Fitz repite esa tendencia. “Conocíamos de memoria de esa condición de los Fitzcarraldo, y hasta el propietario del caballo en Estados Unidos nos sugirió no apurar a sus hijos, que tenían motor. Pero allá los exigieron demasiado temprano. Aquí los reportes en los primeros meses del año decían mayormente que los Seattle Fitz servían, pero que tenían que madurar y, por sobre todo, que mostraban un muy buen temperamento”.

En el Norte, Seattle Fitz es padre de 80 ganadores, cuatro de ellos en el plano black-type: Bet Seattle, Holly’s Way, Fitz Just Right y Flirty Fitz.

En un año en que varios padrillos nuevos ofrecen muestras para la ilusión (allí están también Emperor Richard, Asiatic Boy, etc.), Seattle Fitz está entre los primeros de esa nómina y, lo que es mejor, todo indica que lo brillante de su parte aún está por venir. “En esta etapa es cuando la lógica dice que las crías del caballo comenzarán a crecer, a desarrollarse y a mejorar, y esperamos que el fuerte esté entre los 1400 y los 2000 metros, pero con capacidad de llegar más arriba en la distancia, como pasaba con su padre”, suma Delger, conocedor como poco puertas adentro de las cualidades de las crías del padrillo que da que hablar y del propio Fitzcarraldo.

Mucho se espera de aquí para adelante de Seattle Fitz y sus crías, pues en Firmamento recibirá en 2014 un mayor número de yeguas madres en su libro. “Su temprano y promisorio comienzo, sumado a lo correcto que produce y a lo mucho que mejora a las yeguas chicas hicieron que esta temporada se cumpla con un plan de presentarle 120 vientres, el noventa por ciento de ellas propias y de calidad”, agrega Delger.

La confianza es grande en Firmamento para con su padrillo revelación, por estos días, compartiendo cartel con Van Nistelrooy (Storm Cat). Juan Carlos Bagó y su gente decidieron apoyarlo más que nunca, por lo que entre las 95 reproductoras fatto in casa que esperan su cita hay 16 productoras clásicas y otras doce ganadoras de grupo (ver recuadro).

“El capricho del viejo” es hoy un feliz acierto. Al fin, en mucho, el turf se trata de seguir los pálpitos, un poco intuición y jugársela. Ni más ni menos...

Diego H. Mitagstein

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LA GRELEE - 7ma. madre de AUSTRALIA (GALILEO en OUIJA BOARD)

Introduction

In our continuing attempt to include as many international mares as possible on our Reine-de-Course list, we find that we have neglected the stud of one of France’s finest breeders, Elisabeth Couturie (photo).  While we did, in fact, cover her great horse Right Royal, he was profiled when Quiver was named a Reine-de-Course almost 10 years ago. 

Since it has been such a long time, we feel that what she wrote of this magnificent animal should be mentioned again, as it speaks to her love of horses:  “I like to think that to all the men who knew and loved him, Right Royal brought something of value to their lives.  He rests now where he was born and died, a rest that is well deserved. 

“Such is the story of Right Royal, a great horse with a heart as big as himself.  I cannot help but think that with horses, it is the same as with mankind.  It is the qualities of the heart that really count the most.”  Anyone who wrote so eloquently about a beloved horse brought not only a knowledge of the breed to her contribution, but a special kind of insight into that intangible quality we call by many names – courage, bottom, and yes, heart.  So with apologies to subscribers with a special affection for Mme. Couturie’s grand horses for taking so long to include them, let us begin.

A Foundation With American Flavor

Without the intervention of the American William Chanler, there is some doubt whether or not the Couturie family would ever have ventured into Thoroughbred breeding.  Their lovely farm, Le Mesnil, complete with a chateau, had some dairy cattle and grew good vegetables, but the only horses on the place were animals kept for pleasure riding.

Chanler was looking to establish a breeding operation in France and wanted a good start for his stallion, Olympian.  Chanler believed that land which produced good dairy cattle also produced good-boned runners, so he and Jean Couturie, the future husband of Elisabeth, struck a deal.

Olympian proved no bargain and was pretty much a total flop.  However, some of the mares that Chanler sent to France were quite a different story.  Also, as Peter Willett wrote in his great book, Makers of the Modern Thoroughbred (to which this article owes much of its information), the Chanler connection proved invaluable in later years as a touchstone to other American breeders like the Widener family.

No Quantity To Speak Of, Just A Touch of Greatness Here And There

The stallion Helicon was, overall, nearly as big a flop as Olympian.  Only a moderate runner, he was at his best at 10 furlongs, winning the Hastings Plate and Redcar Welter Handicap at that distance.  He did manage to stretch out to 1 ½ miles for the North Derby at Newcastle, but no one mistook him for a classic horse.

Lurking in his pedigree, however, was the blood of Grand Duchess, the third dam of Reine-de-Course Our Lassie (Mill Reef, Blushing Groom, *Khaled, etc.)  He was also tail-male to the speed influence Bend Or, so his was a pedigree that might well have done more had his race record attracted consistently better mares.

But despite his lack of luster, the stud book as we know it today would be very different without him.  As it is said that the final tagline boils down to Galopin having sired St. Simon, it is equally true that when Helicon sired the mare Helene De Troie, dam of *La Troienne and Adargatis, he too became immortal. And he did even more -  also getting the mare La Grelee, of which Madame Couturie wrote, “She bred us nothing but classic animals.”

The Reject

La Grelee was the proverbial accident that happened because Jean Couturie was, like his wife, soft-hearted.  From one of the first mares that Chanler sent to France, Simper, descended the mare Grignouse.  In 1918 she produced a terribly crooked foal to the cover of Helicon and Chanler decreed that she be destroyed.

Couturie pled for her life and Chanler gave in but would not take any money for the crippled filly, since he was sure she was totally worthless.  This ‘worthless’ individual turned out to be La Grelee, the classic producer and  sixth dam of Ouija Board.

The Best Offspring

La Grelee’s finest son was the Rabelais colt Rialto.  Winner of the (now) Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan and second in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe we find him today most frequently via Wild Risk, which means he is everywhere, as Wild Risk is in the pedigree of Unbridled.  Rialto also sired Sif, dam of Sicambre, sire of Prix Ganay and D. C. International winner Diatome, Belmont winner Celtic Ash and broodmare sire of  Epsom Derby winner *Sea-Bird.  Sicambre also appears in the pedigree of recently-retired Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo.

In addition to Rialto, La Grelee got French One Thousand Guineas winner Roahouga, who sadly did not advance the family, and classic placed Romeo and Phebe in addition to Prix d’Ispahan winner Alycon.

Phebe’s branch of the family is responsible for such standouts as Washington D. C. International winner and French champion Argument and Del Mar Oaks (G1) winner Famous Digger.

Anywhere, Any Time

If there is one quality that best describes this group of horses, it is “international”.  Few families can claim so many high-class individuals in so many diverse nations. 

Naturally there are many good French horses like Rex Magna and Tahiti II, but there are also major winners in the U. S. like Famous Digger, Approach The Bench and of course Ouija Board.  We find a huge Australian contingent, led by champion Kingstown Town and there are champions in Italy (Ibn Bey), Spain (Cumbrales [IRE]), and England (Owington).

Like his close relation Ouija Board (who has won or placed in races everywhere from Hong Kong to Texas), Ibn Bey was

Teleprompter, though a gelding and unable to help the family line, was nonetheless a fan favorite and his win in the Arlington Million was a most popular one.  But mares like his half sister Rosia Bay have kept the family strong, and there are many young mares who suggest that it will stay that way for years to come.

Ouija Board all by herself is a prime prospect, and though her dam died in 2002, she has a producing daughter in Draft Board by Rainbow Quest which is currently based in Germany and also an Inchinor daughter who is based in Ireland. 

The Derby Stud first became involved with Le Mesnil when the 18th Lord Derby was named British ambassador to France in 1918.  He boarded his mares with the Couturies and thus established a relationship that later resulted in a trade which proved most fortuitous to the English breeder. 

Lord Derby swapped a half sister to the great runner Alycidon for Gradisca, the dam of French Oaks winner Tahiti II.  Gradisca would later become the fourth dam of Ouija Board.

The Pedigree of La Grelee

La Grelee is a member of the No. 12 family (one of the Royal Mare families), via the 12-B (Duchess Diamond) branch.  As was previously noted in our discussion of her sire, Helicon, La Grelee is tail-male to Bend Or, himself tail-male to Stockwell, “the Emperor of stallions”.

She has 13 close-in lines of Pocahontas (1837), all via sons Stockwell, King Tom and Rataplan.  She is also inbred to Alice Hawthorn x4 (Thormanby x3/Lady Hawthorn); to Banter x5 (Touchstone x2/Jocose x3) and her dam Grignouse is inbred to Queen Mary x4 (Bonnie Scotland x2/Blinkhoolie/Haricot).  Finally, there are no less than eight crosses of Beeswing, six via Newminster and two via Honeysuckle and four of Guiccioli, three via Birdcatcher and one via Faugh-A-Ballagh.

This takes us to the very genesis of the breed and intensifies all the best of it, laying down a wondrous patch of primordial genes from whence a dynasty emerged.  All because of a kind man who could not bear to see a crooked filly destroyed.

A Most Unique Woman

Elisabeth Couturie was ahead of her time in many ways.  Carrying on alone after her husband’s death in 1948, Elisabeth continued to make the name of Le Mesnil shine not only in French racing but around the world.

A proponent of such advanced ideas as good nutrition for horses, experimenting in breeding white Thoroughbreds, tracking genes and scolding breeders for ‘going commercial’ and not breeding for true classic horses, she sounds very much like she would fit in today. 

One of her more radical ideas was that all good horses should be able to be hurdlers even if they were never asked to go over fences.  And to this day, soundness is found in families where ‘chasers excel.  Thus when one thinks of all the traveling that Ouija Board has done, we see Mme. Couturie’s handiwork come to life in a most modern way.  This is a woman we would very much like to have known!

New Reines-de-Course

New members of this elite family named Reines-de-Course thanks in large part to the pivotal part that Ouija Board has played in recent international racing are:  La Grelee; Phebe, Philomela, Galatina, Gradisca, Ouija, and Rosia Bay.  This family is both classic and female dominated.  It is better to have a filly from this family as a producer than to stand a stallion from its members. 

One day in the not-too-distant future, we hope to re-visit this family to add Ouija Board herself.  We are not at this stage of our lives easily impressed, but the race that Ouija Board ran in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf is one we will long remember. 

Extractado del sitio REINES DE COURSE - de Ellen Parker

Me gustaría exponer el pedigree de HELICON, padre en una reducidísima producción (9 hijos) de LA GRELEE y padre de HELENE DE TROIE (madre de LA TROIENNE y de ADARGATIS), para que los atentos lectores saquen sus propias conclusiones:

SEA THE MOON JUNTO A SU MADRE

Sea The Moon - Der Favorit im IDEE 145. Deutschen Derby

LAS COMPARACIONES MUCHAS VECES SON SALUDABLES PARA OBSERVAR REALIDADES

Brasil en el año 2013 registró un efectivísimo 81% de nacimientos sobre el total de yeguas. Si comparamos con Uruguay, el número de nacimientos representa en 2013 un 57% de las yeguas grávidas, porcentaje que bajaría si se tomase el total de reproductoras de nuestro país, como se hace en la tabla de la imagen superior, que es la información presentada por el Sr. Sergio Coutinho Noguera, Presidente de la ABCPCC en su disertación llevada a cabo en Maroñas el viernes pasado.

Otro análisis que cabe es si miramos que en 2012 hubo 3.250 yeguas servidas en Uruguay, las cuales al año siguiente (2013) produjeron 1.719 nacimientos, ese porcentaje es del 52%, 

PARALELOS PARA UNA EVENTUAL TRIPLE CORONA - UNA OBSERVACION DEL AMIGO FLORINDO CHINATTI

SIR FEVER e INVASOR - Ambos poseen interesante estructura cuando se mira sus cuartas madres......y la madre del actual candidato se asemeja bastante a el pedigree del otro.

(en la imagen coloqué ambas cuartas madres, un pedigree sobre el otro),