footstepsinthesand ( foaled 15 february 2002 ) is a retired , undefeated thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in the united kingdom but trained during his racing career in ireland .

he won both his races as a two-year-old in 2004 and won the 2000 guineas stakes at newmarket on his three-year-old debut in 2005 .

footstepsinthesand sustained an injury during the race and never ran again , retiring to stud undefeated after a career of only three races .

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son but others such as footstepsinthesand and first samurai have also had their share of success .
footstepsinthesand is standing at $ 33 , 000 at coolmore , while shamardal ' s price at darley is $ 55 , 000 .
o’brien decided not to give footstepsinthesand a preparatory race for the 2 , 000 guineas , in which the colt clashed with another unbeaten colt , dubawi .
in winning the gr . 1 2 , 000 guineas , footstepsinthesand went one better than his sire , who suffered one of his few defeats in the newmarket classic .
footstepsinthesand : shamardal and footstepsinthesand helped establish giant’s causeway’s talent as a sire , and now they are both contributing to his growing success as a sire of sires . whereas shamardal costs €50 , 000 , footstepsinthesand is standing his third consecutive season at €10 , 000 . the 2005 2 , 000 guineas winner has a fine record with danehill mares , notably siring the tough chachamaidee , and his pedigree becomes more impressive every year . his half - brother pedro the great won the group 1 phoenix stakes in 2012 , a few months after power – a colt out of a half - sister to footstepsinthesand – had won the irish 2 , 000 guineas . his 2013 two - year - olds should be well worth keeping an eye on .
his victory in the race also vindicated the jockey ' s judgment - fallon selected footstepsinthesand ahead of oratorio , the better of the pair at two , who finished fourth in the guineas .
footstepsinthesand is substituting for giant ' s causeway , who is to be rested following unprecedented demand for his services in kentucky this year , at a fee of us $ 200 , 000 .
giant’s causeway and footstepsinthesand were both unbeaten at two and so were footstepsinthesand’s first two dams , glatisant and the high - class dancing rocks . glatisant won the gr . 3 prestige stakes over 1 , 400 metres at goodwood , where dancing rocks triumphed in the gr . 2 nassau stakes over 2 , 000 metres . glatisant is also the grandam of this year¹s gr . 2 ribblesdale stakes winner thakafaat
while footstepsinthesand and oratortio have gone to join the enviable stallion roster at coolmore , there ' s plenty of juvenile talent waiting in the wings to bolster the classic challenge from the renowned tipperary stable next term .
a niggling problem with the foot he bruised on the very fast ground at newmarket has forced footstepsinthesand’s premature retirement . although nothing major , the injury requires rest , which would rule him out of the summer¹s major mile events .
the o ' brien - fallon team got off to a flier with a rare newmarket guineas double and , although the unbeaten footstepsinthesand had to be retired after his 2 , 000 guineas romp , this alliance unearthed other stars .
footstepsinthesand , who was produced from the rainbow quest mare glatisant , won all three of his starts , including the urltoken two thousand guineas ( eng - i ) . he began his stallion career this year in coolmore australia .
after finishing a respectable fifth in the queen anne stakes at royal ascot on his penultimate outing , the jane chapple - hyam - trained son of footstepsinthesand found only mutakayyef too strong in the summer mile back at the berkshire track last saturday .
the arrival of the unbeaten footstepsinthesand , just a few months after his victory in the gr . 1 2 , 000 guineas , will be all the more welcome because he is a son of giant’s causeway , the so - called ‘iron horse’ who has made such a sensational start as a stallion . in addition to footstepsinthesand , giant’s causeway has also enjoyed group 1 success with shamardal and maids causeway , who recently completed the very difficult st james’s palace - coronation stakes double at the royal ascot meeting .
footstepsinthesand will begin his northern hemisphere stallion career at coolmore stud in ireland at a fee of 25 , 000 euros rather than for $ 30 , 000 at the farm ' s north american satellite , ashford stud near versailles , ky . , as originally planned .
footstepsinthesand , winner of the 2 , 000 guineas , has been retired because of injury . the giant ' s causeway colt is the second british classic winner to be retired this week and follows last year ' s derby winner , north light , off to stud .
father ' s sons : four weeks ago breeders received the shock news that emerging stallion giant ' s causeway would miss the 2005 australian breeding season . but now two of his sensational three - year - old sons , footstepsinthesand and shamardal , are heading to coolmore and darley studs .
this year ' s 2 , 000 guineas was not a vintage one but footstepsinthesand will be remembered as the first leg of an historic 1 , 000 / 2 , 000 guineas double for kieren fallon and aidan o ' brien and the brilliant start it gave the new trainer - jockey combination .
footstepsinthesand will be retired to coolmore along with antonius pius . a smart but somewhat quirky three - year - old last year , antonius pius threw away the french 2 , 000 guineas by swerving violently in sight of the winning post . he finished last in last week ' s golden jubilee stakes .
coolmore australia have announced two newcomers to its stallion roster for the forthcoming season . one , footstepsinthesand , is a winner of this year¹s english 2 , 000 guineas in england , while the other , antonius pius , is a classic winner in all but name as he was a very unlucky loser of the 2004 equivalent in france .
pure champion is by the northern dancer line stallion footstepsinthesand , who won the english 2000 guineas , from a danehill mare . reflecting his own international career , close relations include hong kong horse of the year indigenous , champion english female miler nannina , star japanese galloper fenomeno , leading european stayer and successful new zealand stallion sea anchor and sydney cup winner
churchill gave o ' brien his eighth success in the race , all with horses carrying the coolmore silks . the winning sequence began in 1998 with king of kings and followed on with rock of gibraltar ( 2002 ) , footstepsinthesand ( 2005 ) , george washington ( 2006 ) , henrythenavigator ( 2008 ) , camelot ( 2012 ) and gleneagles ( 2015 ) .
in the meantime , third dimension enjoyed a group 1 win in india when her grand - daughter maisha ( footstepsinthesand - my pension ) won the bangalore fillies championship stakes , gr . 1 . in great style . she is now india ' s leading 3yo filly having been first or second in all of her six starts to date ( www . indiaracing . com ) .
she seems to be cut from a different cloth and whilst most fillies shrivel up in the winter volunteer point refuses to comply with that assessment . last night at wolverhampton , the daughter of footstepsinthesand romped home in the seven furlong fast - track qualifier under graham gibbons to set her on what we all hope will be another tilt at the fillies & mares race on the all weather champions day in the spring .
footstepsinthesand was never seriously challenged in his three appearances . after leading throughout for a highly impressive 4 1 / 2 length debut victory in a 20 - runner maiden race over 1 , 200 metres last october , the blue - blooded colt immediately stepped up to group company . tackling the gr . 3 killavullan stakes over an extra 200 metres eight days later , he landed the odds by two lengths , with the rest well beaten off .
at least as surprising as o ' brien ' s runners left in were those omitted . footstepsinthesand , whom we were belatedly told had suffered a stone bruise in the course of his 2 , 000 guineas victory , is out , as is albert hall , who was second to motivator in the racing post trophy at doncaster last season and ran in york ' s dante stakes this , both appointments suggesting epsom was a natural stopping - off point .
the offspring resultant from redoute ' s choice ' s first european season ( at haras de bonneval in 2013 ) will be making their debuts in the coming months . redoute ' s choice ' s first northern crop represent intriguing prospects , asimplied by the fact that his only representative in this weekend ' s arqana breeze - up sale at deauville fetched $ 775 , 000 , the daughter of sunday nectar ( ire ) ( footstepsinthesand { gb } ) being bought by stephen hillen bloodstock to join the english stable of kevin ryan .
like showcasing and hugely promising south african sire , querari , former irish 2000 guineas winner , power , is a son of champion sprinter and world class sire , oasis dream . also victorious in the gr1 national stakes at two , the blue blooded sire ( he is a half brother to gr1 ep taylor stakes winner , curvy ( galileo ) while his dam is a half sister to unbeaten 2000 guineas winner , footstepsinthesand ) has made a smart start with his first 2yos this year . power is currently the fourth leading first crop sire ( by prize money ) in the uk , with his first 11 winners numbering gr3 anglesey stakes winner , peace envoy , among them .
after a short but fantastic trip to india the foals that had been overdue finally came very close together . this is great as they make perfectly aged - matched pals . ezalli had a strong iffraaj colt and first time foaling pasalsa produced a bay filly by cape cross on st patrick ' s night . she can only be called patricia ! although it has remained quite cold recently both visiting mares kahara and path wind have been covered by sea the stars and bluebell visited newcomer australia at coolmore . also covered this week was nisriyna ( holy roman emperor ) while brushing had a positive heartbeat scan to footstepsinthesand . she will return home to dullingham park stud next week . also pregnant is khatela , she is in foal to born to sea .
flat racing these days abounds with arabic names such as mutakayyef , bahaarah and elhaame , which don’t mean much to the rest of us . but that is fair enough : most of them have arab owners who are crucial to the continuance of our sport . what irritates me is the modern fashion for compound names . you could excuse welliesinthewater , who was after all sired by footstepsinthesand . and i guess enough of us remember the exchanges between the voice of boxing harry carpenter and heavyweight frank bruno for unowhat - imeanharry to strike a chord . perhaps it solved a dispute when bryan smart’s winning sprinter was called nameitwhatyoulike . imagine , though , being a racecourse commentator and having to cope at speed with a group including canicallyouback , formidableopponent , howyadoingnotsobad , douneedahand and alwaystheoptimist . a recent salisbury race was contested by , among others , whatdoiwantthatfor and thatsallimsaying . even less appropriate for me are the current names niqnaqaqpaadiwaaq , tukitinyasok , wernotfamusanymore and eeueteotl . they may have seemed like a good idea over a drink or two , but i could not look a horse in the face and land it with a moniker like those , or even the punctuated the geegeez geegee .
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the colt , trained by aidan o ' brien , had a short but unbeaten racing career . he ran twice as a juvenile and only the once at three , in the newmarket classic . there , he quickened well to lead as they hit the rising ground and kept on to repel the runner - up rebel rebel by a length and a quarter .
though he is a classic winner , it will be argued that , in only one outing at three , his full potential on a racecourse was never realised . in the process of winning at newmarket , he bruised a foot , and the injury has caused his premature retirement .
the derby used to be such a simple race , with just one of the myriad questions that attached themselves to lesser races . all a punter had to do in the old days was consider a single issue : what is lester going to ride ?
these are more complex times , but the strategy does carry a modern application : what is kieren going to ride ? kieren fallon has won the last two derbys , on north light and kris kin , and whatever colt he decides to partner on 4 june will get a bashing in the bookmakers ' lists . whatever , though , is a rather grand question itself at the moment .
we can determine that fallon will ride an animal for his new employers at ballydoyle , but that was a flimsy tool of deduction yesterday when aidan o ' brien nominated seven contenders among the 27 horses left in the blue riband .
a last - minute search is now being conducted to find the magnificent one among the ballydoyle seven . the markets tell us that gypsy king , whom insiders at the ballydoyle yard tell us has always been o ' brien ' s idea of his derby horse , is the one . but then there is also grand central , who ran in the derrinstown stud derby trial , the modern pointer to blue riband success . grand central has been beaten twice this season yet still the money comes for him . he must be some sort of gallops horse .
also in the ballydoyle herd are falstaff , the early favourite to be the derby pacemaker , the apparently exposed indigo cat and almighty , as well as the more interesting scorpion and oratorio . the former is unbeaten , albeit after a single maiden race , and more will be known after he tackles another derby consideration in john oxx ' s ehsan in the gallinule stakes at the curragh on sunday . oratorio , the 2 , 000 guineas fourth , runs in the irish equivalent on the same card in another ballydoyle block booking .
o ' brien saddles almost half the field in his domestic colts ' classic , with albert hall being found a place there , in addition to the less vaunted showdance and hills of aran . also on a retrieval mission is godolphin ' s dubawi , a supposed wonder horse before the 2 , 000 guineas but just another disappointment afterwards as he trotted home in fifth place .
team dubai appear to have a weak challenge for the blue riband itself as dubawi is entered with another flop , the predominate stakes third , belenus , as well as shamardal , who is much more likely to go for the french version , the prix du jockey club .
the owner with the mostest is michael tabor , who has four declarations in his own name and one with sue magnier , sir michael stoute ' s chester maiden winner , mountain high .
the partnership is also represented by mona lisa in the oaks , for which 16 fillies were declared yesterday , though they also have the option of supplementing sunday ' s irish 1 , 000 guineas favourite , virginia waters , for £20 , 000 at the five - day stage ( the derby supplementary fee is a more meaty £75 , 000 ) .
also in the oaks mix are the trial winners eswarah , the ante - post favourite , cassydora and something exciting , the last - named having scooped the lupe stakes at goodwood on wednesday .
something exciting is in good form and has come out of the race well ,
david elsworth , her trainer , reported yesterday .
she ' s been led out for a pick of grass and has a great big smile on her face .
* yesterday ' s meeting at goodwood had to be abandoned after a thick sea fret descended on the track just before the first race . officials at the sussex venue tried in vain to save the card by delaying the opening race but were forced to abandon at 2 . 45pm , 35 minutes after the race had been due off .
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the a - z ( australia - zoffany ) of coolmore’s 2016 stud fees . .
this is the time of year in which studs announce their 2016 fees . in the coming weeks , i will consider the prices announced by the major operators and whether they match my idea of value . in the words of warren buffett “price is what you pay . value is what you get” . i will begin with europe’s dominant player , coolmore .
stallion 2016 fee ( 2015 fee ) australia €50 , 000 ( €50 , 000 ) - ( 2011 by galileo ex ouija board by cape cross ) verdict : i thought that there might have been a slight reduction in his second year but obviously they are confident demand will remain strong . australia has everything you would want in a prospective stallion being a superior derby winner out of an outstanding oaks winner so difficult to really quibble with his fee .
verdict : his reputation when he went to stud was a long way removed from what it was for most of his racing career . he was narrowly denied the honour of being the first triple crown winner since nijinsky by encke a horse who was subsequently caught up in the mahmood al zarooni steroid scandal . on that basis you could argue that he represents good value , however to date montjeu’s sons are more miss than hit , and he seems fully priced .
verdict : a good season with his first two years olds has seen him deliver plenty of winners ( 30 to date ) and a good sprinkling of quality as well with two group winners in painted cliffs and most beautiful and a listed winner in aktoria . his sales results were unexceptional to date and i’m not sure his runners have done enough on the track to justify the increase .
verdict : . a superb miler who was unfortunate to live in the era of frankel . excelebration’s fee has dropped slightly each year and his sales medians are unremarkable . will have his first runners in 2016 so using him involves a punt on their likely performance .
verdict : had a good season with three group 1 winners in qualify , fascinating rock and diamondsandrubies and a promising two year old in turret rocks . to me his overall european record is still modest given the quality of mares he covered in his first few seasons his last reported european fee was €30000 in 2011 and despite his recovery this season i wouldn’t pay more than half that for him and i doubt very much coolmore would trade at anything like that price .
verdict : has stood at this level for a number of years . commercially is facing a decline in popularity as new kids arrive on the block . a reasonable stallion but wouldn’t be high on a wish list of stallions at that price .
verdict : for much of the season it seemed he was going to be usurped by dubawi in the race for the title of european champion sire . however in the end it proved another remarkable year for galileo who sired an incredible 10 group or grade 1 winners . his fee is rumoured to be around the 300k mark and although you could never say that such a fee represents a bargain it can certainly be justified .
gleneagles €60 , 000 new ( 2012 galileo ex you’resothrilling by storm cat ) .
verdict : a dual guineas winner , first past the post in 5 group 1’s and out of a full sister to giant’s causeway - what is there not to like ? well firstly his career ended in two underwhelming performances in the qe2 at ascot and in an overly optimistic attempt at the breeders cup classic . in addition the failure to run him from june to october using the ground as an excuse gave rise to a suspicion that he wasn’t quite the superstar his connections had described him as being . to me his fee is too rich and i would have expected at most a 45k fee . given the choice of unproven stallion sons of galileo , i’d opt for australia over gleneagles at their respective prices .
verdict : a better horse than gleneagles but his fee has come down from an initial $ 65000 ( when he stood at ashford ) to next year’s €7 , 500 . the reason for the decline is simply the lack of sufficient quality offspring ( c . 1 % stakes winners ! ) . his two year olds of 2016 will have been conceived from a 30k covering fee so he might show a small rebound but all aspects of his career to date show him to be a poor stallion that you could not recommend .
verdict : had a very quiet year on the track in europe and is proving to be an inconsistent sire . his fee deserved a bigger reduction than the one he received . his yearling averages held up well in 2015 but the market may not be so forgiving if 2016 does not prove more rewarding on the track .
verdict : really ! zebedee has had his fee reduced to €8000 and although this guy was classic placed and was the most expensive zebedee yearling , his overall record shows that he never won after july of his two year old days and was beaten in his final 7 runs . his fellow coolmore stallions should be insulted by his presence on the roster 🙂
verdict : unfortunate in that injury kept him off the track in 2015 . winner of the racingpost trophy at two , runner up to australia in the derby , winner of the st leger and a close up fourth to treve in the arc . ironically if he hadn’t won the st leger his fee would probably be higher . his overall pedigree is unexceptional but given his quality as a racehorse i wouldn’t quibble with his fee . mastercraftsman €35 , 000 ( €40 , 000 ) ( 2006 danehill dancer ex starlight dreams by black tie affair )
verdict : a stellar first crop saw him provide two classic winners in 2015 in kingston hill and the grey gatsby . amazing maria become the third group 1 winner to emerge from that crop when she notched a group 1 double in 2016 . nothing comparable emerged from his subsequent crops to reach the track which explains the reduction in fee . still has a few crops conceived at much lower fees to work their way through the system so might be quiet for a period , before his better bred crops emerge .
verdict : although he won a st james palace stakes this guy must be a hard sell even for the coolmore marketing team . a modest fee for a modest performer .
verdict : a big powerful precocious two year old who dominated his contemporaries in the norfolk stakes and the prix morny . to be fair he also showed useful form at three including when runner up in a breeders cup sprint turf . his sire scat daddy had a very good year in 2015 and his fee has been hiked from $ 35000 to $ 100000 . regardless its a no nay never from me at the quoted fee . pour moi €10 , 000 ( €12 , 500 ) ( 2008 montjeu ex gwynn by darshaan )
verdict : interesting at the price but still not quite cheap enough to represent value . the expectation was that he was not going to sire two year olds so it was a bonus that he sired a nice listed winner in only mine , however it is a decision for the brave to invest for next year .
verdict : attractively priced for a group 1 winning two year old who went on to win an irish 2000 guineas and comes from a strong family . i’d certainly use him over ivawood .
verdict : was an unusual dansili in being so speedy and precocious ( just like his dam ) . i have a prejudice against atypical sons of stallions so that puts me off him and i’m not sure what he did to justify an increase in fee for his fourth season
verdict : interestingly he remains the second highest rated son of galileo after frankel . had a group 1 winner in his first crop with dick whittington but had a very quiet year in 2015 . seems destined for export unless things change quickly in 2016 . rock of gibraltar €10 , 000 ( €12 , 500 ) ( 1999 danehill ex offshore boom by be my guest )
verdict : overall record is modest given the opportunities he received . has had his moments as a sire but not enough to still warrant a 10k fee .
verdict : a beautifully bred derby winner who finished close up in a champion stakes . being a half brother to the now south african based duke of marmalade is also starting to look like a positive after duke of marmalade had a good season in europe . obviously his merit is still unknown but he is competitively priced given his pedigree and performance .
verdict : a big beast of a horse but hard to argue with 10 group 1’s between europe and australia . i didn’t think much of high chaparral as a sire and the australian side of his pedigree will be unfamiliar to many here but did enough as a racehorse to justify his fee at least until his runners hit the track .
verdict : a quality sprinter on two continents and a very good first crop of two year olds . didn’t have a similar impact with his current two year olds and some of the initial fanfare has faded . also suffers from fertility issues so that will dissuade some mare owners but his fee probably reflects the additional risks .
verdict : an impressive coventry winner and subsequent dewhurst winner but one who disappointed at three . the war front bandwagon rolls on , so commercially you can see how he would appeal . zoffany €45 , 000 ( €12 , 500 ) ( 2008 dansili ex tyranny by machiavellian )
verdict : probably surprised even his biggest supporters at coolmore when he landed a royal ascot treble with waterloo bridge , washington dc and illuminate . champion first season sire and plenty of runners who look like they will train on including royal lodge winner foundation . its a huge fee increase but you can’t say he didn’t deserve it .
beauty is in the eye of the beholder and defining value is a very subjective measure . looking at the published fees for 2013 there were a few fees that took my eye as representing particularly poor value . i wouldn’t have time to list all the overpriced first season sires , so i’m restricting myself to those sires with runners……
i could just cut and paste my comments from last year regarding high chaparral - yes he was a great racehorse , yes he has done very well in australia / new zealand but there is no way his european results merit a €25000 fee . it is extraordinary to think that he has yet to sire a european group 1 winner from his huge number of european conceived progeny . his sales returns have been good for the past two years but sooner rather than later european breeders will wake up to the fact that he is only managing 3 % stakes winners and is due a significant cut in fee . by way of comparison for the same fee you could access dalakhani who has 5 % stakes winners and has sired 5 individual european group 1 winners .
not as egregiously bad value as his stud mate but nonetheless i think footsteps has been a disappointment and is now overpriced . he has managed only 2 % stakes winners and if you take into account that his stud fee was over 20k for his first three years at stud , his record is not going to improve in the coming years . his median for the past two years has hovered around his stud fee so the commercial market is hardly in love with him . interestingly he is the last and only storm cat line horse now in coolmore ireland but i’m sure if a suitable offer came from overseas , coolmore would be happy to offload him and that particular experiment would come to an end without too many tears being shed by ireland’s breeders . by way of comparison you could use azamour for the same fee and he has 4 % stakes winners .
i wrote about elusive city last year when he was france’s most expensive stallion at €15000 . he no longer holds this particular title but he still remains a sire who manages only 2 % stakes winners and he remains considerably overpriced . you could pick 20 stallions who represent better value but two similarly priced mr prospector line stallions that are far better sires ( albeit standing in the uk ) are medicean and zamindar .
i might be eating my words on this one , given that he produced three very nice two year old colts last year in loch garman , havana gold and trading leather . however i’m not arguing that teofilo isn’t capable of producing high class horses but to me he didn’t do enough last year to justify a hike from €25000 to €35000 . this is particularly the case when i felt that his three year olds were somewhat disappointing although admittedly the absence of his first crop star parish hall had a big impact on this . his stud fee owes a lot to the growing belief in galileo as a sire of sires and the fact that he shares the galileo / danehill cross with frankel probably helps along with some strong autumn sales results . people are taking a punt of fashion and on potential and although he is an interesting sire his fee should have stayed at its 2012 level until he truly delivered on that potential . by way of comparison at the exact same fee , his stud mate cape cross has demonstrated his ability to produce the goods and i would rather the proven over the possible any day .
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established as a source of g1 juveniles and classic excellence . sire of 11 % stakes winner to runners . his 19 g1 winners are headed by lope de vega and mukhadram .
1st dam : helsinki by machiavellian . winner ( 10f ) at 3 , 3rd prix melisande . sister to street cry . dam of 12 foals , 9 to race , 7 winners :
geoffrey chaucer ( c montjeu ) 2 wins ( 8f ) at 2 , beresford s ( g2 ) , 3rd derrinstown stud derby trial s ( g3 ) .
diamond necklace ( f unbridled’s song ) 3rd victor mccalmont memorial s . dam of :
yorgunnabelucky ( c giant’s causeway ) 5 wins ( 10f - 14f ) at 3 and 4 .
helsinka ( f pennekamp ) 2 wins ( 10½f - 11f ) at 4 .
velikiy zevs ( c giant’s causeway ) 2 wins ( 6f - 7f ) at 2 and 4 .
2nd dam : helen street by troy . 3 wins ( 6f - 12f ) at 2 and 3 , irish oaks ( g1 ) , prix du calvados ( g3 ) , 3rd yorkshire oaks ( g1 ) . dam of 10 winners :
street cry ( c machiavellian ) 5 wins , 2 to 4 , dubai world cup ( g1 ) , stephen foster h ( g1 ) , 2nd whitney h ( g1 ) , 3rd breeders’ cup juvenile ( g1 ) . champion sire .
historian ( f pennekamp ) 5 wins at 2 and 3 , prix rose de mai . dam of :
antiquities ( f kaldounevees ) 2nd prix cleopatre ( g3 ) . dam of : mary tudor ( f dawn approach ) salsabil s , 2nd ebf naas oaks trial , 3rd debutante s ( g2 ) .
sovetsky ( g soviet star ) winner at 3 to 4 , 2nd prix du lion d’angers .
grecian slipper ( f sadler’s wells ) 3 wins at 3 . dam of :
magna graecia ( f warning ) prix de barbeville ( g3 ) . dam of : taranto ( f machiavellian ) 2nd river eden fillies’ s . grandam of : territories ( c invincible spirit ) prix jean prat ( g1 ) , prix de fontainebleau ( g3 ) , 2nd 2 , 000 guineas ( g1 ) , prix jacques le marois ( g1 ) , prix jean - luc lagardere ( g1 ) , 3rd prix la rochette ( g3 ) , prix du palais ( g3 ) . sire .
latona ( f fantastic light ) winner at 3 . dam of : paximadia ( c commands ) sandown guineas ( g2 ) , carbine club s ( g3 ) , 3rd t j smith s ( g1 ) .
anna dana ( f chester house ) 2nd valdale s , cincinnati trophy s .
helena ' s secret ( f five star day ) winner at 2 . dam of : thronum ( c snitzel ) stanley wootton s ( g2 ) , 2nd william reid s ( g1 ) .
ilia ( f shadeed ) unraced . grandam of : dovil boy ( c clodovil ) 2nd prix du guiche ( g3 ) ; le roi mage ( g city on a hill ) 2nd prix altipan , prix lyphard ; street force ( f blue air force ) 2nd criterium femminile .
, 7f , newmarket , by 2½l , beating oratorio , montgomery ' s arch , iceman , librettist , perfectperformance , etlaala .
, 8f , york , by 3l , beating ad valorem , oratorio , rocamadour , kandidate , indesatchel .
, 10½f , chantilly , beating hurricane run , rocamadour , gharir , ruwi , laverock , gold sound , vatori , scorpion .
, 8f , longchamp , beating indesatchel , gharir , early march , helios quercus , laverock , tony james , montgomery ' s arch .
pakistan star recorded his second g1 victory with an impressive one - and - three - quarters length victory in the standard charter champions & chater cup at sha tin .
kaspersky will tackle a new trip on his final start in britain next month in the betfred hungerford stakes at newbury .
plans are in place to drop the six - year - old back to seven furlongs for the first time in his career in the group two on august 19 before he is shipped out to australia to resume his racing career .
chapple - hyam said :
that was a good effort in the summer mile and he will probably be geared up for the hungerford at newbury before packing his bags and heading to australia .
martin ( harley ) said he probably ran better on saturday than he did at royal ascot . he is a trier and gives it a go . the handicapper must have thought he has done okay as he has put him up to 113 from 111 .
it will be the newbury route rather than york for the strensall stakes as my own gut feeling is that i would rather come back than go up in trip , where he might just fade in the last furlong .
you have got to have a strong finisher to get the seven furlongs down the straight at newbury . i probably should be looking at a group three but i don ' t want to go up another furlong and i don ' t want to travel too far before australia , so the hungerford is the only real option .
chapple - hyam ' s bullington bandit could drop back down to six furlongs on his next start , with the qatar richmond stakes earmarked as a potential target .
after springing an 80 / 1 shock on his debut , the son of canford cliffs finished down the field in last weekend ' s superlative stakes at newmarket .
chapple - hyam added :
the draw in gate two had me on the wrong side of the track . coming into the dip i thought ' here we go ' and then he floundered in the dip .
he showed good speed to get into the race early on , so we might go for the richmond and come back to six .
i might be out my depth at goodwood but i am never afraid of giving it a go . i believe in the horse so we might stick our neck out and have a go .
keith hamer previews the evening cards at windsor , ripon and roscommon and has a tip for every race .
the six - day entries are in for the darley july cup , john smith ' s cup and bet365 bunbury cup and aidan o ' brien has left ten in the former .
david ord makes a rebecca bastiman - trained sprinter his best bet at pontefract on tuesday after he caught the eye last time .
david ord has a horse - by - horse guide to saturday ' s darley july cup and he ' s siding with a potential improver to shake - up the established sprinting stars .
ashley iveson fancies shenanigans to land the feature race at pontefract - and he has a tip for every race in the uk and ireland .
the early results of this term ' s bunch of european first - season sires are providing the usual interest . several young sires have already made smart starts , while the most celebrated of the freshmen , frankel ( gb ) ( galileo { ire } ) , currently has statistics of one winner from one runner , courtesy of the victory at newbury which ensured that cunco ( ire ) has the distinction of being frankel ' s first foal , frankel ' s first runner and frankel ' s first winner .
another extremely distinguished horse among europe ' s current freshmen is a stallion who is a proven sire and first - season sire simultaneously : redoute ' s choice ( aus ) ( danehill ) has been champion sire of australia three times and notched his 30th group 1 winner on saturday , but he is a new - comer as far as european breeding is concerned .
redoute ' s choice has found the perfect way of keeping his name in lights as we await the debuts of his first french - conceived youngsters . many stallions find their rates of success slowing down as their third decade looms . not so with redoute ' s choice , who will turn 20 on aug 1 and whose stock are currently doing him proud . at the start of march , his lifetime tally of individual group 1 winners stood at 27 . now it stands at 30 , courtesy of the successes of the ill - fated peeping ( aus ) in the coolmore classic at rosehill , abbey marie ( aus ) in the australasian oaks at morphettville and , most recently , howard be thy name ( aus ) in the south australian derby at the same venue on saturday .
for redoute ' s choice , a stint at stud in the northern hemisphere seems only natural . while he has been the pre - eminent australian - bred stallion of the current century , his background is one which is as synonymous with newmarket and belmont as it is with randwick and flemington . his family has only been in australia for two generations , the importation of his u . s . - bred granddam dancing show ( nijinsky ) to the antipodes in 1988 ranking in retrospect as one of most notable arrivals in australasian bloodstock history . thanks to dancing show , this family has become a notable part of the bloodstock scene down under , just as it already was on both sides of the atlantic , her granddam best in show ( traffic judge ) having been voted kentucky broodmare of the year in 1982 .
by the late ' 80s , best in show was already ancestress of the likes of el gran senor ( northern dancer ) , try my best ( northern dancer ) and malinowski ( sir ivor ) . her subsequent descendants to have achieved celebrity status in the northern hemisphere include rags to riches ( a . p . indy ) , spinning world ( nureyev ) , xaar ( gb ) ( zafonic ) , peeping fawn ( danehill ) and jazil ( seeking the gold ) . furthermore , the hong kong champion designs on rome ( ire ) ( holy roman emperor { ire } ) descends from best in show ' s half - sister stolen date ( sadair ) . dancing show was imported into australia via new zealand .
she had been covered to southern hemisphere time in 1987 by miswaki at walmac international farm in kentucky , and the resultant colt was born in new zealand in 1988 . she subsequently moved on to australia , imported by norman carlyon of muranna stud in victoria . at what turned out to be the twilight of the era of the dominance of star kingdom ( ire ) ( stardust { gb } ) - - ie . just before danehill began to have runners - -
carlyon sent her to a couple of very good stallions from the star kingdom line . in 1990 she visited the 1988 g1 golden slipper winner star watch ( aus ) ( bletchingly { aus } ) , and in 1991 she visited the 1990 golden slipper winner canny lad ( aus ) ( bletchingly { aus } ) . dancing show ' s miswaki colt turned out to be umatilla ( nz ) , who won at group 1 level as a 2 - year - old in the 1990 / ' 91 season , taking the karrakata plate in perth at a time when it still was a race of national significance , worthy of group 1 status .
her star watch colt became her second group 1 - winning juvenile : named hurricane sky ( aus ) , he landed the blue diamond s . in 1994 . her canny lad filly shantha ' s choice ( aus ) , a three - parts sister to hurricane sky , was less successful , winning one minor race over 1200 metres , but she now stands as a very high - achiever . by the time shantha ' s choice had retired to stud , the era of danehill had begun . shantha ' s choice duly did what many well - credentialed star kingdom - line mares did during the ' 90s and the early years of this century : she visited danehill , the consequence of which was that redoute ' s choice was born in 1996 . he went on to be a top - class racehorse , winning the blue diamond at two and the caulfield guineas at three .
even greater achievements followed once he had retired to arrowfield , and dancing show ' s legend continued to grow with shantha ' s choice ' s subsequent children including platinum scissors ( aus ) ( danehill ) and manhattan rain ( aus ) ( encosta de lago { aus } ) .
dancing show ' s next daughter after shantha ' s choice , show dancing ( nz ) ( don ' t say halo ) , also went on to be a top broodmare , most notably producing g1 australian guineas winner al maher ( aus ) ( danehill ) . redoute ' s choice has been australia ' s champion sire three times , and hasfinished in the top five on the general sires table in 10 of the past 11 years . he needs no introduction down under , and such is the freedom of information in the internet era , he needs no introduction anywhere else , either . he is adept at siring both high - class juveniles and classic horses , while eight of his aus - bred sons have sired at least one group 1 winner .
that number seems sure to rise , and one of the young sires who could swell that tally is elzaam ( aus ) , who was conceived at arrowfield to northern hemisphere time in february 2007 and who raced with distinction in england , landing the carnarvon s . at newbury in 2011 by six lengths after failing by only a nose in the previous year ' s g2 coventry s . at royal ascot . elzaam retired to ballyhane stud in ireland in 2013 . his first juveniles currently include three winners , headed by king electric ( ire ) , who scored at the curragh two weeks ago .
in the two years in which he stood as a reverse - shuttler at haras de bonneville , redoute ' s choice was easily the most expensive stallion in france . he thus received some very good mares , and consequently it looks certain that some very good racehorses will eventuate . over and above the aforementioned filly out of sunday nectar , those for whom particularly high expectations might be held include two who sold very well as yearlings in 2015 : a half - sister to last year ' s g1 1000 guineas heroine legatissimo ( ire ) ( danehill dancer { ire } ) and a half - brother to g2 prix du conseil de paris winner vadamar ( dalakhani { ire } ) .
the former was bought by mv magnier in tattersalls book 1 for 725 , 000gns and is now named smoulder ( gb ) ; while the latter fetched i950 , 000 at arqana in august to the bid of john ferguson and is now named valcartier ( ire ) . redoute ' s choice ' s other european 2 - year - olds include the aga khan ' s homebred zarmitan ( fr ) , a son of the brilliant zarkava ( ire ) ( zamindar ) , who has joined alain de royer - dupre ' s stable and who holds an entry for next year ' s derby . redoute ' s choice ' s current total of 30 individual group 1 winners is remarkably good , but what is even better is that it is almost certain to continue to rise for years to come , courtesy of good horses in both hemispheres .
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lethrinops microdon is an endangered species of cichlid endemic to the southern part of lake malawi where it occurs at depths of 35 to 100 metres ( 115 to 328 ft ) in areas with soft substrates .

this species grow to a length of 13.1 centimetres ( 5.2 in ) sl .

lethrinops microdon

843 nt - - lethrinops microdon clone lmicro828 mitochondrial control region , complete sequence .
lethrinops microdon eccles & lewis text & photo by guest author : prof . george f . turner university of hull , uk lethrinops microdon , male above , female below ; photo copyright more
lethrinops microdon is a species of fish in the cichlidae family . it is endemic to malawi . its natural habitat is freshwater lakes . source - * kazembe , j . & darwall , w . 2005 . lethrinops microdon . more
the lethrinops microdon is classified as endangered ( en ) , considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild .
an individual of lethrinops microdon freshly collected at the southeast arm of lake malawi [ malawi ] . photo by george turner . determiner ad konings
lethrinops microdon eccles & lewis , 1979 , should you have one you would like to contribute , please get in contact the cichlid room companion editor . more
conservation : lethrinops microdon is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as ( en ) endangered ( 2006 ) .
886 nt - - lethrinops auritus mitochondrion d - loop region , complete sequence .
lethrinops cf . marginatus mri - 2005 clone lmarg132 control region , complete sequence ; mitochondrial .
lethrinops cf . marginatus mri - 2005 clone lmarg131 control region , complete sequence ; mitochondrial .
lethrinops cf . parvidens mri - 2005 clone lparv851 control region , complete sequence ; mitochondrial .
lethrinops cf . parvidens mri - 2005 clone lparv852 control region , complete sequence ; mitochondrial .
lethrinops sp . ' deep - water albus ' control region , complete sequence ; mitochondrial .
suggested citation of this page : turner , g . f . ( 2004 ) lethrinops microdon eccles & lewis . urltoken in :
the cichlid fishes of lake malawi , africa
( m . k . oliver , webmaster ) , http : / / malawicichlids . com . accessed [ date ] .
justification : l . microdon has suffered a recorded decline in fishery catches in the southern part of the lake of more than 70 % in the last 10 years . this species is not often recorded outside the southern part of the lake so it is assessed as endangered , on the assumption that the decline has affected the main part of the population . the threat is ongoing as the trawl fishery continues .
suggested citation of this page : turner , g . f . ( 2002 ) lethrinops ' oliveri ' . urltoken in :
the cichlid fishes of lake malawi , africa
( m . k . oliver , webmaster ) , http : / / malawicichlids . com . accessed [ date ] .
eccles , david h . & d . s . c . lewis . 1979 .
a taxonomic study of the genus lethrinops regan ( pisces : cichlidae ) from lake malawi . part 3
. ichthyological bulletin of the j . l . b . smith institute of ichthyology . n . 38 ; pp 16 - 19 ( crc01044 )
maréchal , c . , 1991 . lethrinops . p . 233 - 240 . in j . daget , j . - p . gosse , g . g . teugels and d . f . e . thys van den audenaerde ( eds . ) check - list of the freshwater fishes of africa ( cloffa ) . isnb , brussels ; mrac , tervuren ; and orstom , paris . vol . 4 . ( ref . 4985 )
it has a larger number of lower gillrakers ( 24 - 29 ) than most similar species . it can be quickly distinguished from most superficially similar species by the number of bars below the dorsal fin ( 7 , compared to 8 - 9 ) and by the absence of a midlateral spot . it generally has a larger mental ( chin ) process than the similar , but smaller , lethrinops ' oliveri ' . individuals of the species reach a maximum size of around 20 cm ( 8 inches ) total length and feed on benthic diatoms , principally the filamentous aulacoseira , with occasional crustacean and chironomid fragments .
freshwater ; demersal ; depth range 35 - 100 m . tropical ; 13°s - 15°s
africa : endemic to the southern part of lake malawi , specially in the south - east arm .
maturity : l m 13 . 7 range ? - ? cm max length : 13 . 1 cm sl male / unsexed ; ( ref . 4985 )
occurs over soft bottoms which have thick layer of sedimentary diatoms . feeds on diatoms ( ref . 5595 , 54527 ) . dominant species in malawian demersal trawl fishery .
phylogenetic diversity index ( ref . 82805 ) : pd 50 = 0 . 5000 [ uniqueness , from 0 . 5 = low to 2 . 0 = high ] .
bayesian length - weight : a = 0 . 01000 ( 0 . 00244 - 0 . 04107 ) , b = 3 . 04 ( 2 . 81 - 3 . 27 ) , in cm total length , based on all lwr estimates for this body shape ( ref . 93245 ) .
trophic level ( ref . 69278 ) : 2 . 0 ±0 . 00 se ; based on food items .
resilience ( ref . 69278 ) : high , minimum population doubling time less than 15 months ( preliminary k or fecundity . ) .
vulnerability ( ref . 59153 ) : low vulnerability ( 18 of 100 ) .
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endemic to lake malawi where it is known to occur in the southeastern arm of the lake .
occurs over soft bottoms that have a thick layer of sedimentary diatoms at depths of 35–100 m . its preferred depth is 50 m where it is reported to be abundant . it feeds on the diatoms by scooping them from the substrate . also feeds in the open water on plankton when available . reported not to have been exported in the aquarium trade ( 1990 ) . max . size : 15 cm tl .
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species . it gets to about 15 cm ( 6 inches ) total length and is a common cichlid species at depths of 65 - 130m ( approx . 210 - 425 feet ) or more in the se arm of lake malawi , between monkey bay and boadzulu island . it has fewer lower gillrakers ( 17 - 21 ) , a smaller head and a less prominent mental ( chin ) process than
, which could not stand the heavy fishing pressure in that area . i am not sure who came up with the nickname , but when i worked at monkey bay in the early 1990s , this species had long been known as ' oliveri ' after mike oliver  none other than the webmaster of this site . the photo shown here is of a mature male , but not showing the brightest breeding dress .
last updated : 24 may 2008 page first posted : 1 december 2002 web author : m . k . oliver , ph . d . copyright © 1997 - 2018 by m . k . oliver - all rights reserved
text & photo by guest author : prof . george f . turner university of hull , uk
species from the deep - water mud - bottom habitats of lake malawi . ( the upper fish is male ; the lower , female . ) it has suffered badly from heavy trawl fishing in the area where it was most abundant . in the se arm of the lake , it used to make up 44 % of the cichlid catch in experimental trawls between 60 and 80 m ( 200 - 260 ft ) depth , and it comprised 28 % of the catch of the commercial demersal trawls . it has not been observed at all in recent surveys , and it may be extinct in the area . although only a single specimen had previously been recorded by expert taxonomists from outside the se arm , fisheries recorders have recently reported that this species is still abundant near karonga , where the habitat is similar to the southern arms . this remains to be confirmed .
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1 the fraction of non - missing nucleotides in an ideal alignment if no gaps had to be introduced . low values indicate that cluster sequences are heterogeneous in length , with possibly only local homologies ( for example , if one sequence is a complete mitochondrial genome , and others are single mt genes ) .
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