elusive kate ( 10 february 2009 – april 2015 ) was an american-bred , british-trained thoroughbred racehorse .

she was one of the leading two-year-old fillies in europe in 2011 when her wins included the prix du calvados and the prix marcel boussac .

in 2012 she won the prix rothschild and was placed in the falmouth stakes , prix jacques le marois , sun chariot stakes and queen elizabeth ii stakes .

in 2013 she won the falmouth stakes and a second prix rothschild .

elusive kate

multiple group 1 winner elusive kate died recently while giving birth to her first foal .
her return this year had been delayed and elusive kate missed out on a classic challenge .
elusive kate ' s foal , a colt by dansili , was placed on a nurse mare .
trainer john gosden paid tribute to elusive kate after the high - class mare died while giving birth to her first foal .
elusive kate was trained by john gosden throughout her career . she was purchased privately by teruya yoshida during her juvenile season .
elusive kate ' s 2015 colt by dansili was placed on a nurse mare . ( photo via british champions series twitter feed )
elusive kate survived a stewards ' inquiry to win the falmouth stakes at newmarket ' s july meeting from odds - on favourite sky lantern .
it is a matter of generations . sky lantern is the star three - year - old and elusive kate is the best older filly .
elusive quality set a world record for the mile in the 1998 poker stakes .
connections of duntle are keen to avoid another showdown with elusive kate after finding john gosden ' s filly too good at deauville on sunday . elusive kate produced a stunning display to claim the prix rothschild for the second successive year , with the david wachman - trained duntle finishing best of the rest in second .
a talented filly whom announced herself on the top stage at this racecourse last season , elusive kate is back and with an exciting season ahead of her .
elusive kate probably should have won this race last year . she stumbled coming out of the gate and lost a shoe , but still ran very well .
. starting as the 10 / 11 favourite , he beat cityscape by three lengths , with elusive kate a further three and a quarter lengths behind in third place .
there have been no problems with elusive kate since her last run , she likes the course and likes the ground . there is not much more to say .
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patrick barbe , racing manager to her owner teruya yoshida , revealed : “it will be up to john gosden but the qipco sussex stakes is an option for elusive kate .
a four year old daughter of elusive quality , elusive kate has regularly saved her best for the duo of courses that newmarket provides but , despite some standout performances owing to the circumstances around the efforts , she was yet to reign supreme at either of the courses .
elusive kate , left , drifted across the track but the objection of sky lantern ' s jockey was thrown out by the stewards . photograph : steven cargill / racingfotos . com
connections of sky lantern were unsuccessful in their appeal against the result of the etihad airways falmouth stakes , with elusive kate confirmed as the winner , the british horseracing authority confirmed .
. elusive quality initially topped the 2002 freshman sire list by progeny earnings , but got bumped when it was determined elusive city raced on a banned substance and the purse money was redistributed .
elusive quality has had an outstanding year with his multiple g1 - winning three - year - old daughter elusive kate , and the outstanding , undefeated juvenile filly certify , a g1 winner in 2012 as well . he will remain at a fee of $ 50 , 000 .
in - form duo john gosden and william buick landed their fifth group one win in a golden season as elusive kate made all the running to win the prix rothschild at deauville .
when it comes to in - demand selfies , there’s none more elusive than the royal selfie .
elusive kate aims to confirm her superiority over old rival sky lantern as the pair engage in a highly - anticipated rematch in the kingdom of bahrain sun chariot stakes at newmarket on saturday .
john gosden , often the spearhead for many a us challenge from britain , has notable end of season considerations for his filly , elusive kate , with a return to france en route .
william buick rides a blinder on board elusive kate and holds off favourite , sky lantern to the line in the 2013 etihad airways falmouth stakes at newmarket on day two of the july meeting .
results have been mixed for the duo since , with elusive kate going on to clinch her fourth group one verdict in the prix rothschild , before finishing well beaten in the prix jacques le marois .
elusive kate had also carried sky lantern across much of the width of the course as the two horses fought to the line but reversals in the stewards ' room are rare under british rules and the stewards decided that it could not be said with any certainty that elusive kate had improved her position . buick received a three - day ban for careless riding , but the original result was allowed to stand .
patrick barbe , bloodstock agent for elusive kate ' s owner teruya yoshida , is keeping his fingers crossed the four - year - old can win the argument with her younger opponent once more this weekend .
sent off as a long odds on shot , sky lantern was heavily favoured to enhance her reputation with a third consecutive group 1 success , but william buick and elusive kate had other ideas about this renewal .
he told his website urltoken
elusive kate is just one of six classy fillies that we have to beat , but everything we have seen at home suggests that sky lantern is at the top of her game .
“kate has played it beautifully , ” said kate reardon , the editor of tatler magazine . “she appears to be modest and conservative and un - showoffy and everything that we would love her to be . ”
second in this race last year on her seasonal reappearance , elusive kate had thrusted her name into many a notebook when bravely going down by a neck in this contest that year . a victory next time out in a french group 1 readily rewarded her followers , yet despite being heavily favoured as the main rival to animal kingdom in last month ' s queen anne stakes , the supprot for elusive kate was seemingly lacking in this contest .
beaming kate gazes lovingly at sleeping prince louis as she and william attend his christening in their . . .
william buick would like elusive kate to take on sky lantern again as he believes the john gosden - trained filly did not get the credit she deserved after coming out on top in a tight finish to the falmouth stakes .
elusive quality also shuttled to australia and brazil for the international darley operation . he was a leading sire in brazil , siring champions sai de baixo and ana luisa . in australia , he sired two - time champion sepoy , now a darley stallion . his other leading international runners included european champion elusive kate , a group 1 winner in england and france , english group 1 winner certify , french group 1 winner elusive city , and mexican champion el capitan .
despite hughes ' strong case , elusive kate was eventually confirmed the winner . a result which will baffle the connections of sky lantern , but one that is just a temporary blip for sky lantern ' s progression within this division .
drawing from nature and everyday life , kate’s work is both bold and quirky , an interpretation undoubtedly all her own . her world is best described as witty , unconventional , and rhythmic , chasing the elusive balance of playfulness and precision .
a life - size image of prince william and kate middleton made its way near trafalgar square in london on wednesday .
it was a second group one victory in france for elusive kate , who won the prix marcel boussac at last season’s arc meeting at longchamp . having won on two previous runs at deauville , she is also unbeaten in four races across the channel .
kate miller - heidke and her technicolour dream gigs make her a niche artist with a big fanbase . picture : andrew tauber
here come the godparents ! kate and william are joined by childhood friends - including guy pelly - and the . . .
although just a narrow winner over just the judge in the group one qipco 1000 guineas at newmarket in may , sky lantern was far more devastating when bursting clear to win the coronation stakes at royal ascot in june , and on her most recent outing she was narrowly beaten in somewhat controversial fashion by four - year - old elusive kate in the group one falmouth stakes at newmarket earlier this month , elusive kate having franked the form in some style when winning yesterday’s group one prix rothschild at deauville in a comfortable fashion .
whereas diana courted the media , kate says nothing . nothing to feed the growing frenzy of engagement speculation . the one certainty about kate middleton is her image - artless , maybe , but coupled with the sneaking suspicion that she knows it very well indeed .
elusive kate completed back - to - back victories in the prix rothschild with a fluent success at deauville . winner of a controversial race for the falmouth stakes at newmarket ' s july meeting , the john gosden - trained filly was far too good for her rivals in france .
the prix rothschild is the obvious next race ,
said gosden , referring to a race elusive kate won last season .
there are also races like the matron , the prix jacques le marois and we might even want to go for the breeders cup mile .
australian champion and leading thoroughbred sire lonhro will stand his third season at darley america’s stud farm next year and has already proven to be very popular with breeders . in fact , he was north america ' s leading sire of weanlings by sales average for 2013 . perennial leading stallion elusive quality continues to sire high - class runners year after year including elusive kate , who added a third g1 victory to her record in 2013 .
elusive quality ' s progeny continued to show up at the highest levels , however . his second crop included eclipse champion 3 - year - old colt
' i hope he stays like this ' : kate and the archbishop of canterbury share a joke about sleeping louis as she . . .
it ' s a hat trick for mcqueen ! kate repeats the look she chose for george and charlotte ' s christenings in . . .
the prix rothschild [ which elusive kate won last season ] is the obvious one to go for , and then after that there ' s races like the matron stakes and the prix jacques le marois , and you might want to go for a breeders ' cup mile later on .
four - year - old elusive kate was the joint top - rated two - year - old filly in europe in 2011 after a three - length win in the group one prix marcel boussac and doubled her group one tally last season when taking the prix rothschild at deauville , france , in july . the daughter of elusive quality was last seen out in the group one queen elizabeth ii stakes sponsored by qipco at ascot in october , finishing third .
50 words for snow , to be released on 21st november , will be kate bush ' s first album of original material for six years .
the man of the hour , construction worker sam wayne , snagged his second royal selfie thursday during prince william and princess kate’s visit to cornwall .
i have to concur with brian . sky lantern looked like she ' d get there if kate hadn ' t continued to push her out .
elusive kate ( usa ) b . m , 2009 { 16 - a } dp = 7 - 6 - 17 - 2 - 0 ( 32 ) di = 2 . 05 cd = 0 . 56 - 17 starts , 7 wins , 2 places , 2 shows career earnings : £885 , 120
richard hannon ' s filly was produced with what looked like a winning run by richard hughes , but after a heated tussle and much barging , the john gosden - trained elusive kate and william buick held on by a neck , surviving a stewards ' inquiry and a subsequent appeal from the hannon camp .
as the riders entered the final stages , sky lantern loomed large on the outside of the gosden trained filly , yet buick continued to gradually slip his mount some reign . inch by inch he slowly provided elusive kate with her head , asking her to increase the pace and ensuring that sky lantern would not have things all her own way , but just when the duo of talented fillies entered into the final furlong it was elusive kate whom would drift violently across the track , taking sky lantern with her , and ensuring that her victory would still be disputed inside the stewards room for what seemed like an eternity .
. when sky lantern moved up to challenge elusive kate in the final quarter mile , the older filly hung to the left , carrying sky lantern across the width of the straight , before prevailing by a neck . the result was allowed to stand after a stewards ' enquiry , although the winner ' s jockey
kate miller - heidke has enjoyed chart success and critical acclaim but her next big challenge is the muriel’s wedding stage play and a best of album .
, elusive kate , gordon lord byron and soft falling rain . hughes restrained the colt at the back of the field before moving forward with three furlongs left to run . he took the lead approaching the final furlong and won by three and a quarter lengths from top notch tonto , with kingsbarns in third place .
animal kingdom faces a dozen rivals of which aidan o ' brien ' s declaration of war ( by war front ) stands out . formerly trained in france by jean - claude rouget , the american - bred has won 3 of 5 for ballydoyle . the consistent pair of elusive kate ( by elusive quality ) , from john gosden ' s yard , and aljamaaheer ( by dubawi ) , an inmate of roger varian ' s stables , are other live each - way prospects .
that person is now believed by several newspapers to be the elusive banksy , who has never confirmed his identity and of whom no picture is definitely known to exist .
elusive kate returned to the scene of some of her greatest efforts for a wire - to - wire success in the group 1 falmouth stakes on friday at newmarket , but it wasn ' t without controversy as the filly drifted all the way across the track - resulting in a lengthy stewards inquiry before the result was confirmed .
there are exciting older fillies and mares , including sajjhaa , a dual group one winner in dubai for godolphin earlier this year , the wildenstein family’s beauty parlour from the stable of sir henry cecil who sent out the great frankel to win the qipco sussex stakes in the last two years , and the john gosden - trained elusive kate .
there are exciting older fillies and mares , including sajjhaa , a dual group one winner in dubai for godolphin earlier this year , the wildenstein family’s beauty parlour from the stable of sir henry cecil who sent out the great frankel to win the qipco sussex stakes in the last two years , and the john gosden - trained elusive kate .
a tactical affair was expected in this contest and william buick , who himself was entering the newmarket july festival after an outstanding performance in the saddle at a a minor kempton polytrack meeting on wednesday night , opted to utilise elusive kate ' s versatility through the early stages , asking his mount to take things up at the head of affairs .
four - time grade 1 winner quality road inherited elusive quality’s brilliance , establishing multiple track records during his own career . now a young stallion at lane ' s end in kentucky , he is represented by kentucky oaks winner abel tasman in his second crop . elusive quality ' s other standouts include eclipse award champion female sprinter maryfield and champion steeplechase horse demonstrative .
maybe they were replaced by doubles . could be that the real wills and kate are on some tropical island somewhere and they left these lookalikes to deal with the royals . kate was probably most thankful to be done with her grandma - in - law who struts around like she ' s the queen of england . who needs that ?
however , in a season where no other rival has been able to establish herself as europe ' s top filly at a mile , elusive kate is now in poll position . having flopped when hot favourite for the falmouth , golden lilac produced a much improved run but she is struggling to live up to the massive expectations held for her this year .
she has done it all her life . when she won the marcel boussac as a two year old she ended up on the far rail - which is a long way at longchamp ,
said winning jockey , william buick .
as far as the race is concerned there is no question elusive kate was the best horse in the race
and the drama - filled where ? from the rabbits closes one disc while the elusive elysian fields finally makes it onto a record courtesy of the live performance with the tasmanian symphony orchestra .
how quickly the tides changed . then again i can see that even then , charles horse faced genes were just bubbling under the surface . kate looks plainer than usual .
kate middleton with prince william this month at witton country park in northwest england . she has formally spoken to the press only once , on the day they announced their engagement .
“kate’s struggle to hold down a job since graduating has reportedly earned the displeasure of the queen , ” declared the guide , hana umezawa , as earnestly as if she were explaining the spanish armada . “the closest kate has come to having a regular job was when she worked at jigsaw as a part - time assistant accessories buyer from 2006 to 2007 . ”
yet , even with those facts to hand , kate remains elusive . some portrayals cast her as a ' sensible ' middle - class graduate who embodies meritocratic britain ; others as the socially aspiring millionaires ' daughter who wouldn ' t be seen dead beyond the king ' s road . some describe a wholesome english rose ; others claim she set her cap at william before university .
despite his minor suspension , the falmouth was won thanks to a well - judged , frontrunning ride by buick . hughes was alive to the danger of giving elusive kate , herself a previous group one winner , an easy lead and sat close behind her from the start , but he still proved unable to summon enough of a finish from sky lantern to get her to the post in front .
elusive quality entered stud in 1999 , and his first crop placed him a close third on the 2002 freshman sire list behind distorted humor and awesome again . all three would go on to be classic sires .
so it just leaves us to conclude that we ' d like to acknowledge our colleagues jia lin , nick , julian , kate , adele , bill , fiona and mita . thank you .
kate asson , who teaches personal finance courses , describes financial independence as “being fully self - reliant . the income you use to meet your expenses is driven by you and you alone . ”
after an eight week break , sky lantern returned to racing on 28 september , when she was again matched against elusive kate in the sun chariot stakes over one mile at newmarket . she started the 7 / 4 favourite in a field also included just the judge , duntle and la collina , the winner of the matron stakes . hughes held the filly up at the back of the field before taking the lead in the last furlong and winning comfortably by a length from integral , with duntle third and elusive kate in fourth . on her final appearance of the season , sky lantern was sent to hong kong to contest the hong kong mile at sha tin racecourse . she started the 5 / 1 third favourite but never looked likely to win and was eased down in the closing stages , finishing last of the fourteen runners .
classic sire and former world record - holder elusive quality has been pensioned from stallion duty . the 24 - year - old stallion will live out his retirement at darley’s american base at jonabell farm in lexington , ky .
how her mother , carole , has ancestors who were miners , and how carole left behind her working - class roots when she and kate’s father , michael , founded a successful internet business that sells party accessories . how their newfound wealth allowed them to move into a grand country house and to send kate to marlborough college , an elite boarding school , where she excelled at sports but not , unfortunately , at misbehaving .
their courtship at the university of st . andrews , where both were students , has been told in endless articles , books and television specials . but only a few insiders know if the episode that is supposed to have ignited the royal passion — when kate appeared at a fashion show in a see - through dress and william uttered the prosaic but fateful words , “wow ! kate’s hot ! ” — really happened that way .
a live broadcast of the stewards inquiry was provided by british television , a welcome addition to the broadcast , which showed an eloquent richard hughes confidently put his case across for the demotion of elusive kate in favour of his mount sky lantern whilst buick , seemingly confident that the result would not be overturned , seemed to lack in providing the stewards with the information required and having to be prompted to detail how he attempted to keep his mount straight .
this man claimed not only to have met the elusive artist but was able to give a name - robin gunningham - and it doesn ' t require much imagination to work out how such a name could result in the nickname banksy .
the distant rumble of attention and speculation is about to become a thunderous stampede . the spectator cover trailed an essay by patrick jephson , former secretary to princess diana , arguing that kate ' s youth and glamour will provide a much - needed boost to ' brand windsor ' . the latest issue of tatler magazine boasts on its cover : ' twenty - five things you didn ' t know about kate middleton . ' most people would struggle to tell you 25 things they did know about kate middleton . according to tatler her middle name is elizabeth , she likes to blow - dry her hair , she drinks jack daniel ' s and she enjoyed netball at school .
watchful’s dam canny miss , by marscay , is a half - sister to the group one - winning duo of canny lad and canny lass , the former another champion two - year - old who became a stalwart of the woodlands stud stallion ranks and broodmare sire of redoute’s choice . elusive quality , of course , needs no introduction in europe despite having spent his entire northern hemisphere stud career in kentucky . his most accomplished european son is raven’s pass , who is already off the mark as a stakes - producing sire with his first - crop runners this season , while group winners elusive kate , certify and questioning have done a great job in enhancing his reputation on this side of the atlantic in recent seasons .
when is a bush like a bus ? when you wait for years for the elusive creature to give another tantalising taste of her unique sound . then , just when you ' d given up all hope , she arrives with two albums in six months .
having shuttled to australia from 2003 - 08 and to brazil in 2009 - 10 , elusive quality is now represented by 126 black - type winners and 50 grade / group winners worldwide . his progeny have collectively earned more than $ 115 . 6 million .
“kate’s big wedding secret revealed , ” it promised on the cover of last week’s issue . inside it disclosed , citing unnamed sources , that miss middleton would not hire a professional makeup artist for her wedding but would apply her own .
several of his sons have been in particularly good form in recent years . for example mr greeley was responsible for the gr . 1 winners finsceal beo , saoirse abu , aruna , western aristocrat and crusade , while elusive quality’s team included the 2008 breeders’ cup classic winner raven’s pass , the highly talented american colt quality road and the champion two - year - old fillies elusive kate and certify . proud citizen , another american - based son of gone west , was represented by the champion three - year - old filly proud spell from his first crop and sired the kentucky oaks winner believe you can in 2012 . speightstown , another young son , made a very eye - catching start , with six gr . 1 winners , including lord shanakill and haynesfield .
according to a report from at the races , the 6 - year - old mare by elusive quality had notched four group 1 wins from ages two through four during her stellar career – prix marcel boussac , prix rothschild ( twice ) and the falmouth stakes .
the wind is in kate ' s sails for the time being , however . she is acclaimed for her poise , elegance and grace under paparazzi fire she apparently enjoys good relations with the queen , prince charles and the duchess of cornwall .
here , ms . umezawa related , william’s friends were believed “to treat kate unkindly by making derogatory references to her middle - class background , ” including muttering the flight - attendant phrase “doors to manual” when they saw her . it was also here , she said , that william came to celebrate after he and kate ( briefly ) broke up in 2007 , leaping onto a table , yelling “i’m free , ” and amassing an $ 18 , 000 bar bill in less than a week .
the 24 - year - old son of gone west was the second stallion to stand in america for sheikh mohammed , who campaigned him . though elusive quality didn ' t win a grade 1 , he delivered several high - level performances that included breaking a track record at
the cherubic six - month - old baby boy couldn’t appreciate his privileged position as he is handed back and forth between his parents kate miller - heidke and keir nuttall as they compose the songs which will feature in the sydney theatre company production next year .
london — the theme of the walking tour was the forthcoming royal wedding , but the object of the group’s obsession was kate middleton , the royal bride . in mayfair , the guide paused at the next important landmark : the jigsaw store on dover street .
not that kate ' s ascent can be portrayed as the stuff of eliza doolittle . her parents , michael and carole middleton - former airline stewards - live in a detached , five - bedroom house in the berkshire village of bucklebury and run a company providing accessories for children ' s parties . at 14 , ' pale and under - confident ' according to one profile , kate was sent as a boarder to the £20 , 000 - a - year marlborough college , where she put up a poster of william in her dormitory .
asked in their engagement interview whether she in fact did display a poster of william in her dorm room , kate grinned and said , “he wishes . ” ( she added : “i had the levi’s guy on my wall — not a picture of william . sorry . ” )
the number of runners in a race is a poor guide to the excitement it will generate , and the four - strong field for the group one falmouth stakes here certainly delivered value for money . the result was still in doubt a quarter of an hour after elusive kate had passed the post a neck in front of sky lantern , the odds - on favourite , thanks to an extended stewards ' inquiry , broadcast live on channel 4 , in which richard hughes , the rider of sky lantern , argued that william buick ' s whip had twice struck his mount on the head .
discretion has proved kate ' s most potent weapon . jephson says : ' we know very little about her and probably never will , providing they do their job right . historically a degree of mystery about royalty has been an advantage ; we project on to then what we want . '
sky lantern is an irish - bred , british - trained thoroughbred racehorse . she was one of the leading european two - year - old fillies of 2012 when she won the moyglare stud stakes in ireland . in may 2013 she won the 200th running of the 1000 guineas . she followed up with a win in the coronation stakes , and recovered from a controversial defeat by elusive kate in the falmouth stakes to record a fourth group one win in the sun chariot stakes . she remained in training as a four - year - old but failed to reproduce her best form , finishing unplaced in three races .
the headline shed light on her significance : ' the next people ' s princess . ' kate is the girlfriend of prince william and , according to a growing chorus , a racing certainty to be his wife . which means that , barring accidents , she will be one day be queen .
largely influenced by her background in textile design , artist kate roebuck finds inspiration in form , pattern , color , and texture . exploring these classical themes , she seeks to create open - ended visual dialogue and to shed light on the ever - evolving relationship of the creator and the created .
her year began with the sydney festival run of the rabbits , the opera she composed based on the picture book by john marsden and shaun tan , was wondrously punctuated in the middle with the arrival of ernie and ends with the release of the best of kate miller - heidke : act one .
the fugue has never finished out of the first four and a lack of luck contributed to the talented filly only winning one group one this year , the markel insurance nassau stakes at goodwood . she could easily have triumphed on her latest start in the breeders’ cup filly & mare turf on november 2 but found her run blocked and also did not have the rub of the green in other races . nevertheless , she did enough to gain the cartier three - year - old filly award for owner / breeders lord & lady lloyd - webber ahead of another john gosden - trained filly elusive kate , was , shirocco star and beauty parlour .
but for those who may not have encountered the comedic kate , this collection will prove revelatory . miller - heidke is one funny lady , as you can hear on live favourites including australian idol , southern cross tattoo and i’m growing a beard downstairs for christmas , which features , of course , the beards .
though john gosden watched his string exercise this morning on a sun - warmed warren hill under a pristine sky , he readily identified a grey cloud ready to thwart his hopes of a first group one victory of the year . on friday his charge elusive kate will try to better last year ' s close runner - up spot in the falmouth stakes , the season ' s first clash of the generations for the best female milers , but despite the four - year - old ' s creditable warm - up fourth in the queen anne stakes at royal ascot , she is first choice of neither the bookmakers , the punters nor – seemingly – her trainer .
not surprised in the least . kate ' s always been a good filly , but on her best she can really bring it . sky lantern is still very impressive and i don ' t think this is a hit to her reputation at all . both are really great to watch at their best . : )
since they’ve reconciled — “kate , by her aloof behavior , gained the upper hand , ” ms . umezawa explained — they have lived together in anglesey , wales , where william works as a search - and - rescue pilot for the royal air force . they reportedly do their own shopping and possibly even their own cleaning .
if diana , princess of wales , was an aristocrat with a common touch , kate middleton is a commoner who has triumphed among aristocrats . but just as it did with diana , a public voracious for new juicy details will have to make do with recycled scraps from a banquet that has long since been served and cleared away .
there is some debate over how early miss middleton became aware of prince william as a potential husband . in his book “william and kate : a royal love story , ” christopher andersen describes her as having spent her teen years fantasizing about william , poring over news articles about him , even putting images of him up on her wall .
the best of kate miller - heidke : act one is out now . she performs at the melbourne exhibition and convention centre on january28 , qpac , brisbane , march 10 , sydney opera house , march 24 and 25 , perth concert hall , march 31 , canberra theatre , april 7 and federation concert hall , hobart , april 11 .
bred in kentucky by john and marie costelloe ' s silver springs farm , elusive quality broke his maiden at first asking as a 3 - year - old , and three races later finished second in the 1996 king ' s bishop stakes ( g2 ) . at 4 he broke the track record at gulfstream , where he covered seven furlongs in 1 : 20 . in just his second start on the turf , he broke the world record for a mile on grass by taking the 1998 poker handicap ( g3t ) at belmont in 1 : 31 . 63 . he won seven other races , including the 1998 jaipur handicap ( g3t ) . elusive quality retired from racing with 9 - 3 - 2 record from 20 starts and earnings of $ 413 , 284 .
the newmanns make an ideal mother and - daughter working duo . their talents as editors and facilitators complement one another . kate is a cambridge honours - english graduate with an ma cantab from king’s college . she was an editor for the institute of irish studies , in queen’s university , belfast , and is very experienced in the complexities of book production .
the spectator is a venerable magazine with a venerable readership . in any given week subscribers might reasonably expect a dissection of middle east politics , a conservative polemic about europe or a nostalgic lament for thatcher . what few people will have been prepared for was last week ' s front cover showing a fresh - faced 24 - year - old named kate middleton .
of course , such success is rarely an accident of birth and sepoy was bred to be a champion . from one of the best families in the australian studbook , his dam , the danehill mare watchful , is a full - sister to the g1 queensland derby winner camarena , who has herself bred a group one winner by elusive quality , sepoy’s very close relative , the top - class juvenile camarilla .
elusive quality has had two great careers , but it ' s the right time for him just to relax and take it easy here at jonabell ,
said dan pride , chief operating officer for godolphin in america .
but given the success of his current sons at stud , along with the production from his daughters , his will certainly be a legacy that will last for quite some time .
what do you say about a young woman who went to college , fell in love and became engaged ? with kate and prince william ’s wedding a little more than a week away , the chances of the public — that is , us — learning anything new about miss middleton before she turns into a princess ( or a duchess , depending on which title she takes ) are zero .
prince harry has declared he hates them . and while the queen has been in a few , it’s reported that although she’s a fan of social media , she misses having direct eye contact with those who come out to see her . princess kate made her snapchat debut this summer , but she’s yet to share selfies with prince george and princess charlotte ( though we’re patiently waiting ! ) .
in order for me to feel whole about the complexities of the life i live ,
wambach tells espn’s kate fagan in an espn w feature story ,
whether it be the fitness , the pressure , the nutrition , the daily sacrifice , all of that , it will be a lot easier for me to understand if i go off into retirement with a world cup title .
the young stallion entered stud at gainsborough , which was then owned by sheikh mohammed ' s eldest brother , sheikh maktoum . upon sheikh maktoum ' s death in 2006 , elusive quality was relocated to jonabell . he entered stud with a $ 10 , 000 fee in 1999 , but it didn ' t remain at that level very long . his very first crop produced 11 black - type winners , including french group 1 winner and champion
elusive quality , a son of gone west , was multiple grade 2 - placed on dirt and set a track record at gulfstream going seven furlongs in 1 : 20 . 17 . he carried his brilliance to turf later in his career , with a pair of grade 3 wins in 1998 , including a six - length score in the poker stakes at belmont park , scorching the mile in what was then a world - record 1 : 31 . 63 .
from his second crop emerged smarty jones , who won his first eight starts , including the 2004 kentucky derby and preakness stakes , before finishing second in the belmont stakes to end his triple crown bid . the eclipse award champion powered elusive quality atop the north american general sire list for the season . he ranked in the top five on that list again in 2008 , when his son raven ' s pass , a group 1 winner in england , captured the breeders ' cup classic .
when william opted for the university of st andrews , it was alleged in an earlier spectator that kate ' s ambitious mother persuaded her to abandon her first choice of university and ' target ' william by enrolling on the same course . she wore black underwear on the catwalk at a student fashion show - out of character for one who never otherwise hints at the dangerous . she became flatmates with william and two other students in 2002 and started a relationship with him the next year .
william is said to relish the normality of life with kate , who reportedly quipped : ' he ' s lucky to be going out with me . ' former fellow students describe her as kind - hearted and demure and impossible to dislike . such timidity might be seen as an asset by royals . but robert jobson , author of william ' s princess , counters : ' anyone who walks down the catwalk in front of a prince in knickers and a bra has to have some spark . '
but while william is embarking on military service , kate has taken 18 months since graduation to get a job as an assistant accessories buyer at the high street chain jigsaw - whose owners , john and belle robinson , are old friends of the middletons . phil hall , former editor of the news of the world , warns : ' i don ' t think the british people will accept a clothes horse in public life . there ' s a danger that people will think there ' s no substance there . '
during her student years in queen’s university , joan was a member of philip hobsbaum’s belfast group , which included seamus heaney , james simmons and stewart parker . the influence of hobsbaum was acknowledged by kate when she described him as ‘one who had the ability to appreciate and delight in the work of others’ . the same could be said of the newmanns themselves and their philosophy . summer palace press takes its name from joan’s and kate’s home in kilcar near killybegs in south west donegal . the location itself is part of the underlying stimulus for many pieces written during the workshops that have taken place there . the house overlooks donegal bay and the stretch of atlantic down to sligo , where , on a summer’s evening , queen maeve’s cairn on knocknarea is visible in the distance . to be part of a workshop with the newmanns at the summer palace is always a memorable and magical experience . writers from ballycastle , derry , sligo and donegal have attended workshops facilitated by prominent guest poets including michael longley , eiléan ní chuilleanáin , paula meehan , macdara woods , theo dorgan , frank ormsby , leland bardwell and kerry hardie . the atmosphere on these occasions is always positive and encouraging ; the work dealt with in a reflective , incisive and insightful manner , sometimes interrupted by peals of laughter . the room , filled to capacity , somehow has space for the late arrival . time takes on a new malleability on these afternoons , imaginative energy explodes and trajectories change : ‘ make something strong that will survive , ’ paula meehan urged . these workshops helped new writers with that elusive task , ‘finding your voice’ .
like a father choosing between two much - loved sons , snowden’s decision couldn ' t have been an easy one to make but it underlines the extraordinary success of sepoy throughout a 14 - run career which garnered ten victories , four of which came at group one level . champion two - year - old status is not easily earned and the elusive quality colt was out early in his juvenile season , building a cv which would lead to the title and a 124 + rating from timeform , the highest earned by a two - year - old for an entire decade .
kate kohler has lived her life in montana . born and raised in great falls , she moved to bozeman and decided to stay . her first solo album , elusive victory , is a reflection of her love of music and her respect for love , life and death . currently she resides with several furry family members and makes use of her time teaching others the joy of music and writing more of her own . she has played the piano and sung for as long as she can remember , which makes sense , since her entire family is musically inclined . her training encompasses composition and piano . her teachers include laurel yost , eric funk , daniel moore , her mother marjorie kohler , and her father , the late john kohler . they taught her many life lessons as well as the joy of sharing and creating music . her performance experience includes jazz , classical , musical theater , improvisational musical theater and pop / rock / funk . she has performed with many talented musicians including : mark dixon , johnnie corrie , brad edwards , angela funk , eric funk , craig hall , rob kohler , lee kohler , marjorie kohler , geno kreis , cheri ladd , ivy merriot , john mest , alex safford , nancy weiss , and m . j . williams . her compositions include many works including : 5 solo piano works , 7 kidsongs - ensemble pieces for student piano and solo instrument , 5 preludes for piano , prelude for ansa for 2 pianos , and song for strings and brass choir , 2 violin , viola , cello , and brass choir . cd ' s she has performed on are blues and things - kohlers and friends ( vocals ) , this world - this world ( background vocals ) , and christmas album - marjorie kohler ( piano and flute ) . elusive victory is her first solo album .
whereas diana was 12 years younger than charles , catherine elizabeth middleton was born five months before william . whereas diana was from aristocratic stock , kate is a ' commoner ' . the author christopher wilson has traced her family tree back 200 years to ancestors who survived coalmining , malnutrition and a cholera epidemic in north - east england . he says : ' to have soot running through her veins is better than blue blood : it gives her the strongest claim to be the
people ' s princess
. the old aristocracy surrounds the queen , but if william replaces them with meritocracy it will be the best thing that could happen to the royal family . '
to date , thirty - eight books have been published by summer palace press , bringing the work of thirty - two poets / writers to national and international readership . for the majority , it was their first individual collection ; six of the thirty - two poets have released a second collection in the past two years . the driving force for the work of the press , kate explained on the evening is ‘the love of poetry and faith in the poets’ . this faith has been justified ; three of the summer palace poets have been included among the twenty - four in the watchful heart : a new generation of irish poets ( salmon poetry ) edited by joan mcbreen .
in the tradition of old - school horror , the novel begins as a girl , along with her mother and mentally ill father , move into an old , creaking estate with an elusive earl and many hidden passageways . what ' s particularly masterful about the way clare writes is the impending sense of dread he weaves into every paragraph . there are a few glimpses of true supernatural elements but , for the large part , the fantastical element is simply there because you inhabit thirteen - year - old delphine ' s mind and she believes it to be . moreover , rather than doubting the narrator as unreliable , i got so caught up in the world she described that i immediately believed her to be correct which , of course , she was .
in the late 1990s few of them had the expectation of having a collection published . the work and expertise of joan and kate changed that through their workshops and readings . having discovered and nurtured new talent , they continued with their endeavours . ‘ there were a great number of people who were worthy of publishing , who had no hope of ever doing so with the publishing situation as it was in 1999 . rather than moan about the ageism and sexism of the poetry scene , we decided to pool our joint expertise , ’ explains joan . they founded summer palace press in 1999 so that voices from the peripheries of this island could be heard . ‘different climates and different bloods have different needs’ , wrote ezra pound . the summer palace poets demonstrate variety and freshness ; a self - forgetfulness and a stubborn hope for the future despite our contradictory times . ‘the only whole lives are the broken lives’ , a line from stewart parker’s ‘the broken lives’ , sums it up . ‘we publish all kinds of poetry , if it meets a high enough standard , ’ says kate . ‘the manuscripts submitted are carefully read and commented on and undergo a close editing process , involving the author , down to the third proof . the end product is a beautiful book , sewn and bound ( not just glued ) , and we use the work of a living artist for the cover image . ’ the books are printed by nicholson & bass ltd , belfast . like most small publishers , the press depends on grants from different bodies for its future . funding for storage is never calculated into grants given and the price of postage is exceedingly high , especially to america and australia . yet , despite the obstacles , summer palace press is confidently evolving . ‘we are on amazon , and are in the process of completing a new website , ’ says joan . what gives them the greatest satisfaction ? ‘we are proud of each of the thirty - eight books that we have published . ’


sunshack ( foaled 8 february 1991 ) is a british-bred thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was trained in france and the united states .

he showed very good form as a two-year-old in 1993 when he won two of his four races including the criterium de saint-cloud .

in the following year he struggled for form before ending his season with a win in the prix du conseil de paris .

he reached his peak as a four-year-old in 1995 when he won the prix jean de chaudenay , defeated a world-class field in the coronation cup and then stepped up in distance to take the prix royal-oak .

his later career was limited by injury and he failed to win again .

he stood as a breeding stallion in japan and france with very little success .

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after raintrap , suntrap produced sunshack . after that she was introduced to sadler ' s wells , a preeminent stallion , but she lost that foal and in recent years has had problems getting in foal .
marlin , the high weight sunday at 119 pounds , beat sunshack by three - quarters of a length in the san luis rey stakes on march 23 , but that was at 1 1 / 2 miles . sunshack , a 6 - year - old with large lungs , might have the advantage at the capistrano distance , which at nearly 1 3 / 4 miles is about a quarter of a mile longer .
the frenchman has taken the prize five times - with saint estephe ( 1986 ) , in the wings ( 1990 ) , apple tree ( 1994 ) , sunshack ( 1995 ) and swain ( 1996 ) .
sunshack ciders are made with love in mittagong , nsw , using only the finest apples and pears , and pure water from our sandstone spring . they’re a perfect pair to share with good friends and good times .
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raintrap was a chestnut horse bred in england by his owner khalid abdullah ' s juddmonte farms . he was sired by rainbow quest who won the prix de l ' arc de triomphe before becoming a very successful breeding stallion . rainbow quest ' s other progeny included quest for fame , saumarez , sunshack , nedawi , armiger , spectrum and millenary . [ 3 ] sunshack ' s dam suntrap was a successful racemare who won three minor races and finished third in both the prix d ' aumale [ 4 ] and the lupe stakes . [ 5 ] as a broodmare went on to produce raintrap ' s full - brother sunshack . [ 6 ] raintrap was sent into training with andre fabre in france .
bon point races for juddmonte , the stable name for prince khalid abdullah of saudi arabia . juddmonte owns only 25 % of sunshack , having sold the rest of the horse to californians robert and geri witt , who raced him for the first time in the san luis rey .
khalid abdullah , victorious with rainbow quest ( 1985 ) and sunshack ( 1995 ) , is also responsible for brass ring ( john gosden ) and retirement plan ( lady cecil ) , who both had three starts last season , each winning a maiden and a handicap , before having their seasons cut short through injury .
juddmonte farms , which raced suntrap , bred her back to rainbow quest the next year , and that resulted in the colt sunshack , who has a good chance sunday at santa anita to win the 58th running of the capistrano . it would be rare indeed for full brothers to win a major stake in consecutive years .
shanawi , brice blanc , 113 pounds ; awad , pat day , 117 ; marlin , chris mccarron , 119 ; african dancer , mike smith , 113 ; joy of glory , julio garcia , 111 ; bon point , corey nakatani , 115 ; poliglote , alex solis , 117 ; and sunshack , kent desormeaux , 118 .
a r dennis : 5 - 1 lammtarra , 8 - 1 carnegie , 10 - 1 hernando , tamure , 12 - 1 winged love , 14 - 1 pure grain , valanour , 16 - 1 presenting , sunshack , 20 - 1 swain , 25 - 1 angel in my heart , diamond mix , lando , luso , strategic choice , 33 - 1 others .
his sire rainbow quest , champion older horse in europe , won the prix de larc de triomphe ( albeit on protest ) and has sired some sixty - six stakes winners at stud including the champions saumarez , raintrap , sunshack , and group one winners knights baroness , croco rouge , spectrum , armiger , rainbow dancer , right generation , nedwai , edabiya and japanese horse of the year sakura laurel .
the french classic clean sweep was achieved in 2004 when american post took the poule d’essai des poulains . that followed the earlier juddmonte home - bred french classic triumphs in the prix du jockey club ( 1990 sanglamore ) , poule d’essai des pouliches ( 1990 houseproud , 2002 zenda ) , prix de diane hermes ( 1992 jolypha , 2003 nebraska tornado ) and prix royal oak ( 1993 raintrap and 1995 sunshack ) .
a full - brother to raintrap , sunshack is one of eight fabre entries for the derby . he fulfilled his potential when beating zindari , a previous pattern race winner who was fourth to lost world in the grand criterium , by an effortless four lengths in the criterium de saint - cloud over 10 furlongs and has outstanding claims for the prix du jockey - club or derby . ( a fabre for k abdullah )
ladbrokes : 5 - 1 lammtarra , 10 - 1 hernando , pure grain , carnegie , 14 - 1 tamure , winged love , 16 - 1 sunshack , 20 - 1 lando , strategic choice , swain , valanour , 25 - 1 freedom cry , luso , millkom , monsun , muncie , only royale , poliglote , richard of york , rifapour , singspiel , spectrum , song of tara , 33 - 1 others .
the $ 400 , 000 san juan capistrano , which will be run on the second - last day of santa anita ' s 86 - day season , drew eight horses , including sunshack ' s stablemate , bon point , who will also be saddled by trainer bobby frankel . bon point , a 7 - year - old who last won in the oak tree championship at santa anita in october , finished fifth in the san luis rey .
sir michael stoute enjoyed successive coronation cup victories with saddlers’ hall in 1992 and outstanding middle - distance performer opera house a year later , before fabre rattled off a hat - trick of wins , starting with apple tree in 1994 , who had been demoted from second 12 months earlier . the french trainer returned in 1995 to saddle sunshack to victory and celebrated another win the following year when subsequent dual king george vi & queen elizabeth stakes winner swain took the spoils by a neck .
1984 alphabatim ( 5th ) , cataldi ( 16th ) ; 1985 damister ( 3rd ) ; 1986 dancing brave ( 2nd ) ; 1987 bellotto ( 3rd ) ; 1990 quest for fame ( won ) , digression ( 11th ) , aromatic ( 17th ) ; 1991 toulon ( 9th ) , arokat ( 12th ) ; 1992 rainbow corner ( 11th ) ; 1993 commander in chief ( won ) , tenby ( 10th ) ; 1994 sunshack ( 19th ) ; 1996 dushyantor ( 2nd ) .
beaten a short - head by sunshack at longchamp in september , goldmine lost his maiden status over a mile at saint - cloud the next month . his sire comes from the same family as last year ' s royal ascot winner gold splash . ' goldmine is strongly built and has done extremely well over the winter . he ' s a nice prospect who ' ll have a prep race before the poule d ' essai des poulains , ' his trainer , says . ( c head for j wertheimer )
rainbow quest ( usa ) ( bay 1981 - stud 1986 ) . 6 wins - 2 at 2 - from 7f to 1½m , longchamp prix de l ' arc de triomphe , gr . 1 . sire of 803 rnrs , 549 wnrs , 107 sw , inc . quest for fame ( the derby , gr . 1 ) saumarez , raintrap , sunshack , fiji , millenary , sought out , colour vision , nedawi , bright generation , rainbow dancer , croco rouge , spectrum , urgent request , edabiya , special quest , armiger , crowded house , knights baroness , abitara , fashion statement , etc .
ignore the french at your peril . in the last three seasons they have won 72 of the 22l group one races in europe at a strike - rate of over 32 per cent . although betting on this year ' s british classics is dominated by the home - trained horses , alhaarth and bosra sham , celtic swing held a similarly lofty perch in 1995 yet was toppled in the 2 , 000 guineas by andre fabre ' s pennekamp . he , along with sunshack and cherokee rose were winners at the highest level in britain and , with the leading arab owners continuing to patronise chantilly stables , the french have every chance of improving on that tally . fabre , with 11 group one wins in 1995 , dominates the training ranks , but there is a strong word for criquette head ' s 1996 team , and john hammond , jonathan pease , alain de royer - dupre and elie lellouche are also to be feared in the main events .
1972 pentland firth ( 3rd ) ; 1973 freefoot ( 3rd ) ; 1974 charlie bubbles ( 13th ) ; 1975 grundy ( won ) ; 1976 oats ( 3rd ) ; 1977 night before ( pu ) ; 1978 formidable ( 9th ) ; 1979 new berry ( 17th ) ; 1980 pelerin ( 4th ) ; 1981 riberetto ( 8th ) ; 1982 golden fleece ( won ) ; 1983 salmon leap ( 4th ) ; 1984 el gran senor ( 2nd ) ; 1985 law society ( 2nd ) ; 1986 wise councillor ( 17th ) ; 1987 bellotto ( 3rd ) ; 1988 red glow ( 4th ) ; 1989 mill pond ( 5th ) ; 1990 quest for fame ( won ) ; 1991 toulon ( 9th ) ; 1992 rainbow corner ( 11th ) ; 1993 tenby ( 10th ) ; 1994 sunshack ( 19th ) ; 1996 dushyantor ( 2nd ) ; 1997 silver patriarch ( 2nd ) ; 1998 king of kings ( 15th ) ; 1999 salford express ( 14th ) .
vodafone derby record : 1972 pentland firth ( 3rd ) ` ; 1973 freefoot ( 3rd ) ; 1974 charlie bubbles ( 13th ) ; 1975 grundy ( won ) ; 1976 oats ( 3rd ) ; 1977 night before ( pu ) ; 1978 formidable ( 9th ) ; 1979 new berry ( 17th ) ; 1980 pelerin ( 4th ) ; 1981 riberetto ( 8th ) ; 1982 golden fleece ( won ) ; 1983 salmon leap ( 4th ) ; 1984 el gran senor ( 2nd ) ; 1985 law society ( 2nd ) ; 1986 wise councillor ( 17th ) ; 1987 bellotto ( 3rd ) ; 1988 red glow ( 4th ) ; 1989 mill pond ( 5th ) ; 1990 quest for fame ( won ) ; 1991 toulon ( 9th ) ; 1992 rainbow corner ( 11th ) ; 1993 tenby ( 10th ) ; 1994 sunshack ( 19th ) ; 1996 dushyantor ( 2nd ) ; 1997 silver patriarch ( 2nd ) ; 1998 king of kings ( 15th ) ; 1999 salford express ( 14th ) .
bower et al . 2012 reported two mtdna haplotypes in modern descendants of chelandry , one of which is the haplotype expected for family 1 .
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the 12 - year - old mare suntrap is out of the breeding business ahead of her time , but she already has made her mark .
mated with rainbow quest in her first trip to the breeding shed in 1989 , suntrap produced raintrap , who won last year ' s san juan capistrano handicap .
as a runner , suntrap wasn ' t much . she was bred in kentucky , a daughter of roberto , the english derby winner who was owned by the late john galbreath . galbreath once owned the pittsburgh pirates and named one of his best horses after his best ballplayer , the late roberto clemente .
in england , france and ireland , suntrap won only three of 11 starts and earned less than $ 30 , 000 . she never won a stake . but as a broodmare , she and rainbow quest , an english champion who won the arc de triomphe , france ' s biggest race , were a dashing couple . their first offspring , raintrap , was france ' s champion 3 - year - old colt in 1993 . the next year , en route to california to join frankel ' s barn , juddmonte dropped off raintrap at woodbine near toronto and he won the $ 1 - million rothmans international .
raintrap , a small - framed horse whose soundness problems have required special attention from frankel , has raced infrequently and accomplished little in california , but he out - finished the mare windsharp in last year ' s san juan capistrano . raintrap ' s next start will be in the elkhorn stakes at keeneland next friday .
deputy commander , fifth in the arkansas derby , will skip the kentucky derby and be pointed for the preakness at pimlico on may 17 . . . . hollywood park - based touch gold will run sunday in the lexington stakes at keeneland . . . . glitter woman , the probable likely favorite in the kentucky oaks at churchill downs on may 2 , is a possible for the preakness . laffit pincay , sidelined since march 26 , when he suffered three broken ribs in a spill at santa anita , hopes to return to action when hollywood park opens next friday . . . . a victory by funontherun in today ' s $ 200 , 000 california derby at golden gate fields might rekindle . kentucky derby fever for his owners , herb and david alpert . funontherun won the san rafael stakes at santa anita , beating hello , a horse who ' s derby - bound , but in his last start , the jim beam stakes at turfway park , he showed little . . . . corey nakatani has taken a derby mount on acceptable .
persistence with ponies pays for garber : horse racing : tarzana man owns thoroughbreds for nearly a decade before hitting jackpot with quintana , who ran sixth in last year ' s kentucky derby .
bush and breeder go way back : profile : will farish , who enjoys an extremely close relationship with the president , aims to raise the best racehorses in the world .
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we harvest only the finest granny smith apples & williams pears from select high country orchards .
our fruit is crushed into pulp then fed into the basket press which presses all the juicy juices out .
we filter the cloudy fermented cider into clear cider love , add a spoonful of sugar , a tickle of bubbles & a ray of sunshine .
the juice is coldfermented to retain all the natural apple & pear flavours , with pure water from our sandstone spring .
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debate ? sure , we can and will debate all night long . . .
this is our list of the 10 top music tracks to get your blood pumpin , as voted by our impartial panel of judges consisting of . . . me .
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you could have a sun - bed ! we would advise you first . we’d look at your skin type and tell you what happens and then put you on a bed for a certain number of minutes . people with olive skin go longer . usually we start you off with four minutes for fair skin .
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is fully expected to live up to the expectations set by champion sires such as rainbow quest ( the producer of derby winner quest for fame ) , warning ( sire of cheveley park winner prophecy ) , zafonic ( sire of champion two - year - old xaar ) and also zamindar ( who produced the classic winning zenda from his first crop ) .
breeders have shown tremendous support for oasis dream , sending him the dams of a number of gr . 1 winners together with a further 58 blacktype performers including airwave ( cheveley park stakes gr . 1 in 2002 ) , attraction ( cherry hinton stakes gr . 2 in 2003 ) , acclamation ( diadem stakes gr . 2 in 2003 ) , superstar leo ( champion two - year - old filly of 2000 ) and definite article ( national stakes gr . 1 ) .
arrive ( kahyasi – kerali by high line ) won three races including bahrain trophy l . own - sister to hasili ( prix des sablonnets l . ; dam of the gr . 1 perfomers banks hill – champion three - year - old filly in europe , champion grass filly in usa , joint top - rated older mare in europe , dansili – prix du muguet gr . 2 and second poule d’essai des poulains gr . 1 , heat haze – beverly d stakes gr . 1 and matriarch stakes gr . 1 and intercontinental – third 1000 guineas gr . 1 ) and half sister to skiable ( dam of three valleys ) .
dance dress ( nureyev – private line by private account ) won three races in france including prix fille de l’air gr . 3 , and prix madame jean couturie l . her dam private line ( atalanta mile stakes l . ) is half - sister to most precious ( second prix de la salamandre gr . 1 ; dam of matiara – poule d’essai des pouliches gr . 1 ) .
daring miss ( sadler’s wells – bourbon girl by ile de bourbon ) won four races including grand prix de chantilly gr . 2 , second grand prix de saint - cloud gr . 1 . half - sister to apogee ( prix de royaumont gr . 3 ; dam of dance routine – prix de royallieu gr . 2 , second prix diane hermes gr . 1 ) .
fragrant view ( distant view – musicanti by nijinsky ) winning own sister to distant music ( joint second top - rated two - year - old in europe in 1999 , dewhurst stakes gr . 1 , third champion stakes gr . 1 ; sire ) . her dam musicanti is half - sister to vanlandingham ( washington dc international gr . 1 ) , jenkins ferry ( second san juan capistrano gr . 1 ) . family of temperance hill and kirkwall .
imbabala ( zafonic – interval by habitat ) winner in france and dam of kalabar ( prix guillaume d’ornano gr . 2 , second prix du conseil de paris gr . 2 , prix eugene adam gr . 2 and third prix la force gr3 in 2003 ) . half - sister to cheyenne dream ( prix de bagatelle l . ; dam of dream chief - second prix du gros - chene gr . 2 ) and krisia ( dam of continent – july cup gr . 1 , prix de l’abbaye de longchamp gr . 1 ) . her dam interval ( prix maurice de gheest gr . 2 , second lowther stakes gr . 2 and third 1000 guineas gr . 1 ) .
insinuate ( mr prospector – all at sea by riverman ) won swanley stakes l . and third fern hill stakes l . half - sister to imroz ( third las cienegas handicap gr . 3 ) . her dam all at sea ( prix du moulin de longchamp gr . 1 , musidora stakes gr . 3 , pretty polly stakes l . , second juddmonte international gr . 1 ) .
orford ness ( selkirk – nesaah by topsider ) won three races in france including sandingham gr . 3 , third prix messidor gr . 3 and prix de lieurey l . ; dam of weightless ( prix dollar gr . 2 , prix du prince d’orange gr . 3 at three years in 2003 ) . second dam sylph ( princess royal stakes gr . 3 , second park hill stakes gr . 2 ) is the dam of privity ( prix de malleret gr . 2 , third flower bowl invitational handicap gr . 1 ) and zindari ( prix saint roman gr . 3 ) ; also own - sister to leading counsel ( irish st leger gr . 1 ) .
shining water ( kalaglow – idle waters by mill reef ) won three races including solario stakes gr . 3 , second park hill stakes gr . 2 and third hoover fillies ' mile gr . 2 ; dam of six blacktype performers including tenby ( joint top - rated three - year - old in europe in 1993 , grand criterium gr . 1 ; sire ) , bristol channel ( harvest stakes l . , third long island handicap gr . 2 ) .
gr . 1 , racing post trophy gr . 1 , second great voltigeur stakes gr . 2 , third woodbine international gr . 1 , 2002 - 03 ) and half - sister to moon search ( prix de royallieu gr . 2 , prix de la pepiniere l . in 2003 ) . her dam eva luna ( park hill stakes gr . 3 ) is half - sister to rougeur ( dam of multiple gr . 1 winner flute ) .
valencia ( kenmare – de stael by nijinsky ) placed at two years and dam of deportivo ( flying five gr . 2 , rose bowl stakes l . , king of beers stakes l . , and balmoral handicap at royal ascot ) and irish vale ( harry roseberry stakes l ) . half - sister to wandesta ( champion turf mare in usa in 1996 , matriarch stakes gr . 1 , santa barbara stakes gr . 1 , santa ana handicap gr . 1 ) , de quest ( prix du conseil de paris gr . 2 ) , source of light ( chester stakes l . ) and turners hill ( prix la moskowa l . , second prix du conseil de paris gr . 2 ) .
wince ( selkirk – flit by lyphard ) won four races including 1000 guineas gr . 1 , fred darling stakes gr . 3 , second milcars star stakes l . half - sister to fleeting glimpse ( second prix saint alary gr . 1 ; dam of half glance – may hill stakes gr . 3 ) and ulundi ( wolferton rated stakes l . ) . her dam flit is own sister to skimble ( wilshire handicap gr . 2 , third matriarch stakes gr . 1 ; dam of gr . 1 skimming ) .
this month stallion advertising begins in earnest and what better way to grab someones attention than through a metropolitan treble . quest for fame let his progeny do his talking a fortnight ago when represented by winners in three separate states  the quaintly named i scream ( from the mare ice cream sundae ) won her sandown debut , cheam saluted at rosehill and questamatic at cheltenham .
i scream and cheam are trained by john hawkes for woodlands stud proprietors jack and bob ingham who stand quest for fame at their hunter valley property . woodlands have supported the son of rainbow quest since his arrival in australia in 1993 and have enjoyed a virtual monopoly of the breed ever since . of the thirteen stakes winners sired by quest for fame in the southern hemisphere an amazing eleven have been bred by woodlands stud and raced out of their crown lodge stables .
he ' s had horses like unworldly and viscount in the past year or so ,
said hawkes
and then there ' s ones like tributes who won the oaks or a horse like this one ( i scream ) who won over the short trip on debut .
viscount ( ajc sires produce stakes - g1 , champagne stakes - g1 ) and unworldly ( ajc flight stakes - g1 , stc tea rose stakes - g2 , tatts nsw furious s - g3 ) teetered on the brink of superstardom before injury and accident ended their respective careers .
dracula ( ajc champagne stakes - g1 , ajc george main stakes - g1 , qtc sires produce stakes - g1 ) and tributes ( vrc oaks - g1 ) , join viscount and unworldly at racings elite level and lease ( stc tulloch stakes - g2 ; 2 nd ajc doncaster h - g1 , qtc classic - g1 ; 3 rd vrc australian guineas - g1 ) , hockney ( ajc expressway s - g2 , stc star kingdom s - g3 ) pursuits ( gosford guineas - lr ; 3 rd vrc emirates s - g1 , stc rosehill guineas - g1 ) salty ( ajc fernhill hcp - g3 ; 2 nd ajc champagne s - g1 ) , noise ( ajc carbine club - listed ; 2 nd ajc breeders plate - listed ; 3 rd ajc all aged s - g1 , stc phar lap s - g2 ) , undertone ( sajc walter brown s - listed ) , and le mans ( vatc debutante s - listed ; 3 rd ajc roman consul - g3 ) round out woodlands stakes successes with quest for fames progeny .
quest for fame is a grandson of blushing groom who has already known great success in this region through the deeds of nassipour , sire of melbourne cup heroine and australian horse of the year lets elope , multiple millionaire tie the knot , derby winners redding and shivas revenge to name but a few .
a dual group one winner on two continents , quest for fame numbers the prestigious epsom derby amongst his five victories . richard ulbrichs weighty volume peerage describes him as
a rangy eye - catching individual , almost black in colour thoroughly game and absolutely genuine
.
quest for fames dam , aryenne , was the original flag bearer for nijinksys son green dancer . an unbeaten two - year - old , aryenne helped her father secure champion first season sire honours in france and went on to win five races from ten starts including the french one thousand guineas . once again ulbrichs peerage tells us aryenne
usually raced from the rear , winning her races with a long last to first run . she loved to swoop down on her rivals and accelerate past them with arrogant nonchalance
.
there is little doubt her grand children share her ability , if not her attitude .
at the major sales this year , just seventeen quest for fame yearlings went under the auctioneers hammer , a mere handful compared to his woodlands counterparts octagonal ( fifty three offered ) , strategic ( twenty eight ) , grand lodge ( sixty ) , canny lad ( twenty nine ) and desert prince ( forty six ) . the adage quality not quantity applied , with ten yearlings selling for an average price of $ 101 , 000 , the top lot ( at easter ) knocked down to tim martin for $ 175 , 000 was a colt from the bletchingly mare regina madre .
this small number of commercial yearlings is no reflection of the esteem in which quest for fame is held , however , with a further fifty - nine living foals in the corresponding crop . woodlands have been responsible for the returns of at least thirty - nine of those foals , now rising two - year - olds , and all but six of those have already been named . amongst those that will find their way into the crown lodge racing machine is a sister to dracula named
insouciance
.
quest for fame will stand his tenth season at woodlands this year for a fee of $ 33 , 000 . alongside him will be his sons viscount , at the introductory fee of $ 27 , 500 , and dracula ( $ 8 , 250 ) who was represented by his first crop of yearlings this year .
the trio are descendants of the direct male line of nasrullah through his son red god , sire of blushing groom . they offer breeders a high - class alternative to the danzig line horses prevalent today .
owner - breeders who would like to utilise this sire line but are perhaps on a tighter budget might consider using the emirates park horse urgent request ( by rainbow quest ) who stands at a fee of $ 5 , 500 . an extremely fast horse from a mile to a mile and a quarter urgent requests biggest racetrack success came in the group one santa anita handicap ( 2000m ) . a striking , grey individual urgent request takes his coat colour from his dam oscura by caro from the olden times mare dusk . dusk is the dam of group one washington international stakes winner johnny d and has been represented at group one level in australia through the deeds of her great grandson sober suit ( group one vatc toorak handicap ) , a half - brother to the exciting two - year - old titanic jack .
bullet train is the first foal of kind , a dual listed winner over five and six furlongs and half - sister to coolmore’s globe - trotter powerscourt , who was victorious in the group one tattersalls gold cup and the grade one arlington million .
the sadler’s wells colt made a winning debut in a mile maiden at yarmouth on 27 october , getting the better of lion mountain by a short - head , despite showing signs of greenness . he made his seasonal return in a competitive 10 - furlong conditions race at newbury on 16 april , which had been won in the past by the likes of 2007 investec oaks heroine light shift and high heeled , who was third in the epsom fillies’ classic last year . after racing wide down the straight , bullet train took the lead inside the final furlong , but was unable to repel the challenge of myplacelater near the line and went down by half a length to the david elsworth - trained filly .
bullet train announced himself as a live contender for the investec derby with victory in the group three urltoken derby trial on 8 may , as he made all of the running in the extended 11 - furlong contest to record a two and a quarter - length verdict over dubawi phantom .
prince khalid abdulla , who prefers to be known just as mr abdulla on the racecard , is a first cousin to king abdullah of saudi arabia . he owns extensive racing and breeding interests in america , britain and ireland .
a businessman presiding over a huge international conglomerate known as “mawared” , he developed a love for british racing during the 1960s when renting a house in london and , with the help of former trainer humphrey cottrill , had his first winner on 14 may , 1979 , when charming native scored at windsor .
born in taif , saudi arabia , in 1937 , abdulla has been one of the most successful owner - breeders in europe in the past four decades and is the only current owner to have owned and bred the winners of all five british classics – his winners being investec derby ( 1990 quest for fame , 1993 commander in chief ) , investec oaks ( 1997 reams of verse ) , 2000 guineas ( 1980 known fact , 1986 dancing brave , 1993 zafonic ) , 1000 guineas ( 1999 wince , 2010 special duty ) and ladbrokes st leger ( 1991 toulon ) .
he has won most of the other major european races such as the prix de l’arc de triomphe with rainbow quest ( 1985 ) , rail link ( 2006 ) and the legendary dancing brave ( 1986 ) , who was an unlucky loser in the investec derby . abdulla also races with great success in france and the united states , where under the juddmonte farms banner he won a first triple crown race in 2003 with empire maker in the belmont stakes .
in 2003 his greatest successes in europe came with star sprinter oasis dream , winner of the july cup at newmarket and nunthorpe stakes at york and french oaks heroine nebraska tornado , while american post was triumphant in the prix jean - luc lagardere ( grand criterium ) at longchamp and the racing post trophy at doncaster , helping abdulla to become champion owner in both britain and france , while he also finished third in the usa owners’ championship that year .
american post went on to classic success in the french 2 , 000 guineas in 2004 and polish summer triumphed in the dubai sheema classic the same year , while intercontinental gave abdulla a second breeders’ cup filly and mare turf in 2005 , following full - sister banks hill three years earlier . abdulla’s french - trained horses again led the way in 2006 , with prix de l’arc de triomphe winner rail link proving the highlight .
in 2007 , juddmonte farms bred 27 individual group / stakes winners of 33 races , including zambezi sun , who wore the famous abdulla colours to victory in the group one grand prix de paris , while in 2008 promising lead took the pretty polly stakes at the curragh , proportional won the prix marcel boussac and african rose landed the ladbrokes sprint cup .
midday , winner of the group one nassau stakes at goodwood and runner - up in the investec oaks , added victory in the breeders’ cup filly & mare turf last season , while twice over captured the emirates airlines champion stakes . special duty was crowned champion two - year - old filly after her scintillating win in the group one electrolux cheveley park stakes at newmarket , while spanish moon was a group one winner in france .
this season special duty has claimed both the english and french 1 , 000 guineas with special duty with the filly awarded both races in the stewards’ room after suffering interference .
abdulla is an honorary jockey club member and his daughter was married to the late prince fahd salman , owner of 1991 derby victor generous .
born in aberdeen , scotland , on 11 january , 1943 , henry cecil has achieved just about everything he could have dreamed of in a training career spanning almost 40 years .
if classic success is a measure of achievement on the flat , the 10 - time champion trainer is second to none among current trainers having won every domestic classic at least twice and amassed a total of 23 english classic victories . the lord howard de walden - owned slip anchor , partnered by steve cauthen , brought cecil the first of his four investec derby triumphs in 1985 with an emphatic victory . reference point , also ridden by cauthen , won the 1987 investec derby holding off the challenge of most welcome while commander in chief , cecil’s supposedly second string behind tenby in the 1993 investec derby , and oath in 1999 – partnered by cecil’s then stable jockey kieren fallon – provided his third and fourth successes .
cecil has also landed the investec oaks eight times , the urltoken 2000 guineas twice , the urltoken 1000 guineas six times and the ladbrokes st leger on four occasions . having sent out 100 winners during the 1998 season , cecil’s yearly tally dropped every year until 2006 , when his 25 victories included passage of time’s group one success in the criterium de saint cloud – the stable’s first group one victory since beat hollow in the 2000 grand prix de paris .
his passion for the turf was nurtured by his stepfather , sir cecil boyd - rochfort , with whom a young cecil served as assistant trainer between 1964 and 1968 , before taking out his own licence to train in 1969 . it was not long before he staked his claim among the ranks of the leading trainers with a victory by wolver hollow in the eclipse stakes of that year .
on the retirement of sir noel murless , father of his first wife julie , in 1976 , cecil took over warren place stables in newmarket where he has remained . he won the oaks for the eighth time in 2007 with light shift and has 126 horses in training in 2010 . he almost captured a ninth oaks in 2009 when midday only found sariska too good while the same filly went on to claim the group one nassau stakes at goodwood and also gave cecil a first success at the breeders’ cup when taking the filly & mare turf at santa anita .
his other significant success in 2009 was provided by twice over , who landed the group one emirates airline champion stakes at newmarket .
cecil has made a bright start to the 2010 campaign and had the first horse past the post in the urltoken 1000 guineas , jacqueline quest , although she was demoted for causing interference to the runner - up special duty .
tom queally has come a long way since riding his first winner aboard the john roche - trained larifaari at clonmel on 13 april , 2000 . born on 8 october , 1984 , he was only 15 when enjoying that first success and was crowned ireland’s champion apprentice the same season .
from dungarvan in county waterford , where his father declan combines farming with a small training operation , tom was out hunting on his pony by the age of seven . after a spell showjumping , he was a leading figure on the pony racing circuit by the age of 13 and was apprenticed to trainer pat flynn two years later . but that apprenticeship was terminated when queally’s parents insisted he finish his leaving certificate at school .
at the end of a quiet 2002 season , when he was apprenticed to his father , he moved to aidan o’brien at ballydoyle , winning the following year’s group three ballysax stakes on balestrini . with the help of barney curley , he moved to britain in 2004 and joined david loder’s newmarket stable , winning the british apprentices’ championship that year . he won the 2008 group three princess elizabeth stakes at epsom aboard lady gloria and is now attached to henry cecil’s warren place stable .
since his move to cecil’s yard , he has recorded significant victories on midday , who finished runner - up in the 2009 investec oaks before going on to claim the group one nassau stakes at goodwood and the breeders’ cup filly & mare turf . last season he also won two group one sprints , partnering the michael bell - trained art connoisseur in the golden jubilee stakes and fleeting spirit , trained by jeremy noseda , in the darley july cup at newmarket .
allison is the publisher of eclipse magazine . she loves going to the races and is learning to bet ( despite being officially the worst bettor in the history of the universe ) , there’s a lot more to learn…
allison is the publisher of eclipse magazine . she loves going to the races and is learning to bet ( despite being officially the worst bettor in the history of the universe ) , there ' s a lot more to learn . . .
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timeform provisionally rate workforce on 132 after today’s stunning seven - length victory , making it their best investec derby - winning performance since generous in 1991 .
timeform’s flat editor jamie lynch explained : “workforce produced a remarkable performance – as good as has been seen in the investec derby since generous in 1991 – in winning by seven lengths , breaking the track record in the process .
“ballydoyle’s pacemaker at first sight slipped the field and it reflects great credit on workforce that , not only was he the only one to get to him , but that he ran right away from him and the rest in the finish .
“this marks him down as potentially every bit as good as sea the stars , who ran to a timeform rating of 126 when he won at epsom last year . ”
progressed into a smart stayer last season , winning four races including a group 2 at longchamp and group 3 over nearly two miles at deauville . only seventh behind celtic swing in the prix du jockey - club and fifth to classic cliche in the st leger , but can improve further and become a contender for races like the ascot gold cup .
unbeaten half - sister to prix du cadran winner shafaraz . won longchamp maiden in october and impressed in landing the group 3 prix thomas byron at saint - cloud the following month . should stay beyond a mile and is expected to prove one of the aga khan ' s best three - year - olds . ( trained by a de royer - dupre for aga khan )
burst on to the classic scene when easily winning a listed contest at saint - cloud by six lengths last month . referring to her 1992 1 , 000 guineas winner , her trainer describes a votre sante as
hatoof mark two
. could run in the 1 , 000 guineas , although the french equivalent is more likely . her grandam , mrs penny , won the prix de diane and prix vermeille so should get further than a mile . ( trained by mme c head for marshall w jenney )
did the independent ' s french 12 - to - follow proud last season in landing the prix de diane and vermeille . returned with a satisfactory second to valanour in the prix d ' harcourt at longchamp on sunday when firm going was against her . ( trained by mme c barbe for t yoshida )
third on only juvenile start in a good longchamp maiden . held in high regard and should make mark in useful company over a mile and a half this season . comes from a quality family - dam was second to sagace in the 1994 arc - and has an oaks entry . ( trained by j pease for s niarchos )
like a votre sante , dark nile could hardly have scored in better fashion on his seasonal debut when landing the listed prix de courcelles at longchamp last week .
he has both stamina and speed and is the perfect type for the prix du jockey - club ,
his trainer said . ( trained by mme c head for k abdullah )