ebaziya ( foaled 18 march 1989 ) is a retired irish-bred thoroughbred racehorse and mare who won three listed races .

as a broodmare , she has bred four individual group 1 winners .

ebaziya

ebaziya <EOT> enzeli was sired by kahyasi out of the dam ebaziya enzeli was foaled on 01 of january in 1995 .

ebaziya joined the true broodmare greats when daughter , estimate , won thursday’s gp1 gold for her majesty the queen . in doing so , estimate became , not only the second gold cup winner produced by her dam , but the fourth individual gp1 winner ! ebaziya ( darshaan ) is the first since feemoss ( levmoss , le moss ) to have produced two individual gold cup winners .

estimate’s dam ebaziya had ironically been an 80th birthday present to the queen , a keen racehorse breeder , from the aga khan who remains synonymous with the ill - fated shergar’s success in the 1981 epsom derby .

other mares to have bred more than one gold cup winner include astronomie , trimestral and barbelle . what makes ebaziya’s feat of breeding four individual g1 winners remarkable is that they are by four different sires from three different sire lines .

ezallis dam ezilla and estimates dam ebaziya are full sisters by the great broodmare sire darshaan , and so are lettre spirituelles dam epistole and simenons dam epistoliere ( both by alzao ) . simenon will now be aimed at the melbourne cup .

the first presentation of the evening was the irish field “blue hen” award , won by william mcneile from the united kingdom , who was presented with a cheque for €250 and trophy for his article on ebaziya which will be published in the irish field in the coming weeks .

the aga khan bred filly estimate ( by monsun ex ebaziya ) wins the ascot gold cup for the queen and sir michael stoute . second is the tough simenon ( marju ex epistoliere ) , trained by willie mullins , johnny murtagh up and third is joerg vasiceks top trip .

given her race record , estimate naturally owns the potential to become a pivotal mare for the royal studs . however , she is also supported by an extremely strong family that descends from albanilla , also the ancestress of darshaan ; bred by the aga khan’s studs , estimate is out of ebaziya and therefore a half - sister to g1 winners ebadiyla , enzeli and edabiya .

taghrooda’s dam ezima is the product of an oft - tried and highly successful cross , as she’s by sadler’s wells out of a mare by darshaan . ezima did her bit for the nick’s statistics winning three irish listed races at up to 14f . ezima is very closely related to an even better product of the sadler’s wells / darshaan cross , in the irish oaks - gr . 1 and grand prix de paris - gr . 1 heroine ebadiyla , who is out of ebaziya , a sister to ezima’s dam ezilla .

ebaziya is dam of two other very good performers in enzeli and estimate , who both recorded success in england’s premier stamina contest , the 20f ascot gold cup - gr . 1 . ezilla was bred by park place international , but she has a strong aga khan / marcel boussac background , as not only was her sire darshaan , bred by his highness from a boussac family , but ezilla’s dam ezana , was also bred by the aga khan out of evisa , a half - sister to darshaan’s third dam marilla . this is a branch of boussac’s most famous family , that of frizette , also eventually ancestress of mr . prospector and seattle slew .

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n . 18 urltoken dariyan ex masaola , bred by mr and mrs renk . " he is a nice strong foal , he is well developed and we’re very happy with him . " georges rimaud

owner : his highness the aga khan ' s studs s c breeder : h . h . aga khan winnings : 9 starts : 4 - 2 - 2 , $ 72 , 604 1st ballysax s . , oyster s . , trigo s . 2nd killavullan s . ( gr . 3 ) 3rd blandford s . ( gr . 2 ) only mare in history to produce 4 individual group 1 winners ; dahlia produced a mix of 4 group 1 and grade 1 winners . ( close )

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no nay never is a member of the third crop of leading freshman sire , scat daddy , who is also sire of u . s . graded scorers lady of shamrock ( gr . i ) , handsome mike , daddy nose best , finale , shared property , scatman and dice flavor , as well as daddy long legs , a group / graded winner in england and dubai . no nay never is out of the elusive quality mare , cat’s eye witness , a half - sister to graded stakes winning sprinter / miler cat’s career . the second dam , comical cat , was by the stayer , exceller , but was herself very speedy ( showing the vagaries of genetics when it comes to distance ) . she’s from a john c . mabee family , and half - sister to half a year , who took the st . james’s palace stakes ( gr . ii ) at royal ascot , and to the dam of event of the year .

rated truenicks a + before his win , no nay never is one of four stakes winners from only 21 starters by scat daddy from gone west line mares , the others including scatman , and el bromista , a chilean juvenile who clocked 1 : 33 and change while taking a grade one event over a mile last weekend . scat daddy is out of a mare by mr . prospector , and no nay never is one of seven stakes winners from 67 starters by scat daddy out of mares by sons or grandsons of mr . prospector . we can note that scat daddy is a northern dancer / mr . prospector cross , and his dam is a reverse of that cross , as is no nay never’s broodmare sire , elusive quality .

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1845 - 1853 called the emperor ' s plate . in 1917 - 18 run at newmarket as the newmarket gold cup . between 1941 - 1944 the race was run at newmarket at a 2 1 / 4 mile distance . in 2005 the ascot races were held at yorkshire . in 1920 buchan finished first , but was disqualified ; in 1971 the purse was taken away from the winner , rock roi , and awarded to random shot , the second place runner .

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royal ascot is still in full swing but the most thrilling race of the meeting for us has been run yesterday . update : irish kind wins at maisons - laffitte and is khatelas second winner of the week !

both our new mares ezalli and lettre spirituelle have a pedigree update after yesterdays thrilling victory of estimate in the ascot gold cup and simenons courageous second place . this was the first win for her majesty in this historic race and her first group 1 winner since 1977 when dunfermline won the st leger . she now has owned an amazing total of 22 royal ascot winners since her first one which was choir boy in 1953 and most of them were homebred as well .

but our warmest congratulations go to diana and joerg vasicek who own the beautiful and hugely successful kenilworth house stud near clonmel . what an achievement to own and breed one of the best current young staying horses in top trip ( dubai destination ex topka by kahyasi ) .

june is shaping into a lucky months for us and our homebreds continue to run well . busted tycoon notched up a hat - trick when winning very easily again in uttoxeter on wednesday . congratulations to trainer tony martin , rider denis o regan and owner john breslin . bluebell ( owned by coolmore and trained by aidan o brien ) who won her maiden at limerick last week will be seen in stakes company next .

update : khatela follows up with her second winner of the week in the shape of irish kind by cape cross , who wins a conditions race at maisons - laffitte this afternoon . congratulations to trainer m delcher sanchez , owners sunday horses club and rider stephane pasquier . this is our fourth win in the space twelve days !

bluebell in action at limerick last week and at goffs in february 2012 . time flies . . . .

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with promising 3 - year - old light music among those waiting in the wings for the queen this season , 2016 has the potential to become one of the most interesting in the history of the royal studs .

there has already been cause for celebration at the stud this year through the arrival of a dubawi foal out of estimate . the colt is the first foal out of his dam , who provided one of the iconic moments of 2013 when carrying the queen’s colours to victory in the ascot gold cup .

a particularly tough and talented stayer , the daughter of monsun was also trained by sir michael stoute to win the doncaster cup , sagaro stakes and queen’s vase .

“her majesty has inspected estimate’s foal , ” says her racing advisor john warren , “and was absolutely thrilled as he is a strong , healthy , correct and attractive individual . ”

in an industry that relies increasingly on sadler’s wells and danehill blood , the fact she is a daughter of monsun also makes her an interesting mate for a variety of stallions . similar comments apply to her background , which contains no northern dancer – a rarity in today’s era .

while estimate ( pictured with her foal ) is set to return to dubawi this season , another high - profile resident , top australian sprinter sweet idea , is booked to galileo .

sweet idea joined the stud late last year in a purchase facilitated by the sale of queen’s homebred peacock , a royal winner of the fairway stakes in may , to hong kong .

trained by gai waterhouse , sweet idea was a major flagbearer for arrowfield stud’s snitzel – currently one of the most popular stallions in australia - as an eight - time winner who banked just over a $ 2 . 4 million in prize - money . she enjoyed her finest moment when the wide - margin winner of last season’s g1 galaxy at rosehill but was also a multiple g2 winner who ran placed in the g1 golden slipper stakes , g1 coolmore classic , g1 memsie stakes and g1 myer classic .

“the queen sent carlton house to race in australia several years ago and currently has bold sniper in training there , so i’ve been a regular visitor down there in recent seasons , ” says warren . “so sweet idea was a horse who came to our attention . she ticks all the boxes – she’s a mare of g1 calibre who was a top 2 - year - old but also trained on to win at group level at three and four .

“she also nicks brilliantly with galileo as a daughter of snitzel , a grandson of danehill . ”

sweet idea’s pedigree also lends itself to another of europe’s super sires , as warren explains : “she’s out of a mare by timber country and he is from the same fall aspen family as dubai millennium [ sire of dubawi ] . so sending her to dubawi in the future gives us some quite interesting inbreeding . ”

sweet idea is out of the g3 - placed flidais , also the dam of listed winner rush as well as a snitzel yearling colt who realised a $ 1 . 1 million to dean hawthorne at last month’s magic millions gold coast yearling sale . her granddam is g1 winner electronic .

thanks to the recent additions of estimate and sweet idea to the broodmare band , it can be argued that the royal studs has rarely been in ruder health . but the stud is also home to memory , the g2 cherry hinton stakes and g3 albany stakes winner , whose first foal , recorder , looked potentially top class for william haggas when winning last year’s g3 acomb stakes at york .

unfortunately , the son of galileo was ruled out of the remainder of last season by injury and continues to remain on the sidelines for now . however , haggas’ yard does house a potentially exciting 3 - year - old for the queen in the filly light music . by elusive quality out of listed winner medley , she broke her maiden by 14 lengths at leicester and later followed up in the listed radley stakes at newbury , in which she showed a brave attitude to repel another of the queen’s homebreds , make fast , by a neck .

the general consensus following that race was that light music didn’t appreciate the prevailing soft ground at newbury . with that in mind , it wouldn’t be a surprise to see her acquit herself well in good company once she returns to a sound surface this season .

since the vault first published , it has been my goal to research and write about the development of the thoroughbred and the sport in australia and new zealand . while the story of phar lap is universal and the exploits of the incomparable black caviar and so you think turned world attention to thoroughbreds from “down under , ” these contemporary champions are only the most recent in a star - studded history . in fact , australia and new zealand have produced absolutely brilliant individuals that could hold their own in the company of great thoroughbreds anywhere and the history of how these stars came to be is rich and fascinating . as well , uncovering some of this history has only reinforced my sense of how intermingled the families of thoroughbreds are worldwide and how these connections have brought us the individuals who light up the turf from great britain to the usa to india to japan today .

this , then , is the first of a series on thoroughbreds from australia and new zealand and begins , quite properly , with a thumbnail history of the origins of the sport .

( note : being canadian and having few contacts in either australia or new zealand , it has been very difficult trying to discern what books to buy that would give me a good history of the australian and new zealand thoroughbred , including significant people as well as thoroughbred champions . any suggestions from vault readers would be deeply appreciated ! )

the horse wasn’t indigenous to australia , but with the arrival of british colonists it quickly became an essential component of settling the “new” land ( i . e . “new” to the settlers , that is ) .

as is the case worldwide , the australian and new zealand ( aus + nz ) thoroughbred owes its origins to great britain , where the breed originated . however , aus + nz have a history of close collaboration in the development of their thoroughbred horse , much like that of england and ireland . although often lumped together for this reason , aus + nz are , of course , different cultures with different histories , even though australians have embraced new zealand - bred champions as their own . to this day , prestigious trainers like bart cummings ( so you think , kingston rule , saintly and countless other great individuals ) visit the new zealand bloodstock sales looking for future stars — and they are seldom disappointed .

there are , of course , differences in the breed and the sport itself in aus + nz that make comparison with other countries difficult , if not impossible . in the southern hemisphere ( sh ) , a thoroughbred’s birthdate is august 1 , not january 1 as it is in the northern hemisphere ( nh ) . in other words , in any given year , a nh thoroughbred is more than half a year older than a sh thoroughbred . the best way to compare individuals has always been to race them against each other , but sh horses have historically done poorly when shifted to nh climes , and vice versa . there have been a few exceptions , of course , but they are too few and far between to aid in any serious comparison . even black caviar seemed at a distinct disadvantage at royal ascot ; the same might be said of so you think , a great champion in his native australia who adjusted rather poorly to his new digs at ballydoyle .

another unique feature of aus + nz racing is that geldings are invited to run in classic races . and a good thing , too , since a number of aus + nz’s greatest thoroughbreds have been geldings , among them the mighty phar lap , who was bred and born in new zealand and became one of australia’s best - loved thoroughbreds during the depression era .

so you think , a two - time winner of the cox plate , was equine royalty in australia before he was shifted from trainer bart cummings to ballydoyle in ireland . despite his victories in great britain , can we say that we really saw the true so you think ?

champion skyline ( 1955 ) typified the “look” of the aus + nz thoroughbred which focuses on “solid and sensible . ” however , with the recent appetite for speed , we are inclined to wonder if that “look” with its emphasis on stamina is undergoing a qualitative shift .

this painting of hector is an indication of the significance of his arrival to aus in 1830 . the travel companions were also known as old hector and old northumberland respectively , making the tracing of their influence even more complex .

by 1840 the australian racing committee was formed , re - named the australian jockey club ( ajc ) in 1842 . in keeping with their mission to nurture the development of a unique aus thoroughbred , one known for strength and stamina , the ajc inaugurated and organized a program of classic races , the chief among them the vjc derby ( aus oldest derby ) , the ajc derby and the melbourne , sydney , brisbane and caulfield cups . all of the races accepted into the classic program were at distances of 1 . 5 miles or better . other states and jurisdictions in australia developed their own racing clubs in the 19th century , including victoria , which inaugurated its own victoria jockey club in 1864 , as well as queensland , southern and western australia and the island of tasmania . by 1883 , 192 racing clubs were registered with the ajc .

another important early influence was fisherman ( 1853 ) , a british stallion imported by hurtle fisher in 1860 to stand at his stud in victoria , maribyrnong .

fisherman ( 1853 ) was one of the foundation sires of the aus + nz thoroughbred . he is depicted here by the great equine artist , john frederick herring , sr .

if ever a horse was the incarnation of stamina and strength , it had to be fisherman who , during his racing career , won 70 races , including 21 wins from 35 starts in a single racing season . winner of 26 queen’s plate trophies and two ascot gold cups , fisherman on the occasion of his win of the first gold cup , was rewarded by being saddled up the very next day to run in the 3 + m queen’s plate — which he won stylishly , ears pricked . fisherman was one of the best british stayers of the nineteenth century and it was little wonder he exercised such a potent influence on the aus + nz thoroughbred : in a short 5 seasons before his death , the champion sired 10 stakes winners and his progeny boasted a total of 25 stakes wins .

new zealand began to import its earliest thoroughbreds from new south wales ( aus ) in the 1840’s - 1850’s , having been infected by the “racing bug” through the commerce and exchange with its larger australasian neighbour . what new zealand brought to the table was a lush , fertile environment for raising horses , in contrast to the markedly small territory that australia could offer , given its vast reaches of dry , arable land . by 1890 , nz racing had been organized under a central authority when all of its racing clubs were affiliated with the nz racing conference . what began as the influence of one neighbour upon another continues between aus + nz to this day , a recent example being m . j . moran and piper farm’s ( nz ) superstar , so you think , who quickly earned the love and respect of australian racegoers . so you think is just one of many champions to travel from nz to aus , where they earned the love and loyalty of a racing public who would never forget them .

still another sire of great importance to the flourishing of the breed in new zealand was traducer ( 1857 ) , a son of the libel ( 1842 ) who was imported in 1862 . despite his reputedly savage temperament , traducer got 9 winners of the nz derby and another 8 winners of the canterbury cup , a weight - for - age race run over a 2 . 5 m course .

blink bonny : the peerless daughter of melbourne , won both the epsom derby and oaks in 1857 .

the amazing musket , who had won at distances up to 3m , would give the nz thoroughbred a world - class status .

as great as were musket’s gifts on the turf , in the breeding shed he lent his superb genes to sons trenton ( 1881 ) and martini - henry ( 1880 ) . from the latter would descend the 1946 epsom derby winner , nimbus ( 1943 ) , and the superb grey sovereign ( 1948 ) , twice leading sire in france . the brilliant trenton excelled at stud , producing 404 winners over 9 seasons ; a daughter , rosaline ( 1901 ) , became the grandam of the great british sire , gainsborough ( 1915 ) .

but musket’s most superb gift of all came in 1885 , when carbine was foaled .

wallace was the best of carbine’s sons born in australia and an important sire there . painting by martin stainforth

at welbeck abbey , carbine continued his career as a sire of champions , the arguably most famous among these being the english derby and grand prix de paris winner , spearmint ( 1902 ) . although of delicate constitution himself , spearmint became a sire of classic winners . he also turned out to be a brilliant bm sire . among other spearmint progeny : the great sire chicle ( 1913 ) who sired america’s mother goose ( 1922 ) and was the bm sire of shut out ( 1939 ) ; the 1920 epsom derby winner spion kop ( 1917 ) ; johren ( 1915 ) , winner of the belmont stakes in 1918 and an american hoty ; the 1922 st leger stakes winner royal lancer ( 1919 ) ; as well as spike island ( 1919 ) , winner of the 1922 irish derby ; the exceptional filly fausta ( 1911 ) , winner of the 1914 italian derby and oaks ; and spelthorne ( 1922 ) , winner of the 1925 irish st leger stakes .

carbine’s best british son was spearmint . although a fragile runner with poor legs , spearmint’s progeny were noted for their classic lines and it was he more than any other carbine progeny who assured his sire’s place in the development of the thoroughbred .

spearmint’s daughter , plucky liege , exerted an enormous influence on the breed through her sons bull dog and sir gallahad iii .

next time : the series continues with a look at some of the greatest aus + nz champion thoroughbreds in the first part of the twentieth century .

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royal ascot is about to open and in 2014 will host a veritable who’s - who of the british and european turf . an exciting twist for american racing fans is provided by the entry of rosalind , trained by kenny mcpeek , in either the ribblesdale stakes on june 19 or the coronation stakes on friday , june 20 . in addition , verrazano , now in training with aidan o’brien , will be starting in either the queen anne ( june 17 ) or the prince of wales ( june 18 ) stakes .

rosalind is set to make her uk debut in either the ribblesdale or the coronation stakes . both of these races are designed for fillies .

impossible as it is to focus on every horse entered at royal ascot , there are several who have become familiar names to racing fans worldwide . keeping our readership and their needs in mind , we have focused on a few of the star - studded cast who will assemble at royal ascot next week . at the time of this writing , the fields were still not quite set and since several of the entries described below remain co - entered in two different races , readers are encouraged to go to the racing post site for royal ascot to check the racing cards early next week : urltoken

arc winner , treve , is set to kick off in the prince of wales stakes on wednesday , june 18 in what will be her first start on british soil . last seen in neck - to - neck combat with the outstanding cirrus des aigles in april at longchamps in the prix ganay ( below ) , which treve lost by a whisker in her first - ever defeat , trainer cricket head - maarek’s champion seems ready to add another jewel to her crown next week .

as satisfying as it will be for head - maarek to see her great mare return to the winner’s circle at ascot , the prince of wales is thought to be a prep race for treve who’s real objective is likely to be the 1 million purse in the king george vi and queen elizabeth ii stakes at ascot in july , where it is very possible that she will meet up with derby winner , australia . from there , if all goes well , treve will defend her title in the 2015 prix de l’arc de triomphe . if anyone can get her through this arduous campaign it is head - maarek , a trainer of no small merit who hails from the family of freddie head , trainer of the brilliant goldikova . here is treve in - training prior to the prix ganay , with commentary from the distinguished jockey , frankie dettori , who has ridden some of the greatest thoroughbreds of the last twenty years .

the prince of wales is shaping up to be a solid race including aidan o’brien’s 2013 epsom derby winner , ruler of the world , john gosden’s globetrotting mare , the fugue , the william haggas - trained mukhadram , second in last year’s dubai world cup , and dank , trained by sir michael stoute , last seen by north america in her record - setting run in the breeders cup filly and mare turf in november 2013 ( below ) . ( note : ruler of the world is co - entered in the hardwicke stakes , saturday , june 21st . check on monday , june 16 to see where he is going . )

of particular interest to american racing fans will be the entry of verrazano , last year’s winner of the wood memorial , who is now being trained by aidan o’brien . o’brien reports that he is pleased with verrazano’s progress to date . the 4 year - old made his first start for o’brien at newberry in may , where he finished a very respectable third to champion olympic glory in the jlt lockinge stakes ( below ) . ( note : verrazano is co - entered in the queen anne stakes which will run on tuesday , june 17 . verrazano fans should check at on the weekend or monday , june 16 when the entries should be finalized for june 17 . )

olympic glory ( shown in video above in connection with verrazano ) is another champion who has won very consistently over 13 career starts for trainer , richard hannon . a son of choisir , the first australian - trained horse to win at royal ascot ( 2003 ) who became almost as famous for his weird headgear , olympic glory carries “the danehill gene” that never seems to disappoint . accordingly , the colt has won seven times in france and england , and was seen last year at royal ascot winning the queen elizabeth ii stakes ( below ) . despite coming in 4th at longchamps to the mighty cirrus des aigles , expect olympic glory to be well in the mix on opening day .

choisir , the sire of olympic glory , shown here winning the golden jubilee stakes at royal ascot in 2003 . choisir was as famous for his headgear as he was for his immense talent .

perhaps the most heartwarming moment of last year’s royal ascot was the delight of hm the queen as she greeted her filly , estimate , in the winner’s enclosure after the gold cup .

it’s a fair guess that aidan o’brien’s leading light will push estimate to the limit if he can get the distance . successful at navan in may , the son of montjeu has only lost twice in 8 starts . out of the gone wes t mare , dance parade , leading light was the brilliant winner of the st . leger last year as a 3 year - old , and at royal ascot 2013 showed true grit in winning the queen’s vase .

a sentimental favourite is the hardy simenon , whose problem won’t be the distance . rather , it will be his age . at seven , with 38 starts under his belt , simenon may be getting past his best but he’s one of the most honest horses in the race . too , there is richard baldwin’s whiplash willie , who ran a very decent third at sandown last time out to the favourite , brown panther .

another serious contender for the gold cup will be ted dascombe’s brown panther , a son of shirocco and grandson of monsun . as of this writing , brown panther has won his last two races decisively and with 20 starts and 9 wins under his belt , appears to be peaking at just the right moment . the dascombe - trained 6 year - old is currently listed as the favourite going in to royal ascot week , given that his last win came at the gold cup distance over a soggy track at sandown . although it has taken him some time to get there , brown panther deserves the attention he’s getting .

bred by his owner , michael owen , a british and international soccer ( football in the uk ) star who now does football commentary for the british media , brown panther represents the zenith of his owner’s career in horse racing . and he’s come along very nicely under ted dascombe’s patient tutelage , since his male family have a tendency to come into their own rather slowly by today’s standards and dascombe understands this .

as footage of his most recent win at sandown was not available , here is brown panther ( turquoise shirt ) winning the artemis goodwood cup at glorious goodwood a year ago , where he beat the likes of colour vision soundly . by all accounts , he’s an even better distance runner this year .

america’s rosalind will have her work cut out for her , making her first start on grass at royal ascot in either the ribblesdale ( june 19 ) or the coronation stakes ( june 20 ) . either way , she will be in heady company , including a contingent from ballydoyle that includes wonderfully , john gosden’s criteria , roger varian’s excellent sea the stars filly , anipa , godolphin’s ihtimal , john oxx’s talented filly my titania ( another by sea the stars ) , andre fabre’s miss france , together with lightly - raced fillies like wonderstruck , dermot weld’s edelmira or william haggas’ cape cross filly , token of love .

still , rosalind will have a huge fan following from america , where she is a favourite and they will be rooting for her all the way . the daughter of broken vow whose bm sire is theatrical has several excellent grass runners in her pedigree , including britain’s last triple crown winner , nijinsky ii , as well as sassafras and nureyev , who was born and raced in france where he got champion 3 year - old honours . her owners , landaluce educe stables and trainer , kenny mcpeek have little reason to doubt either her quality or her determination . having only finished out of the money twice in 8 starts , rosalind is shown here in a gutsy win over room service in april at keeneland :

however , a little - publicized truth ( according to ballydoyle ) is that the “war fronts can be quite lazy” and war command pulled that card in his most recent outing in may at newmarket , where he finished a dismal 9th in the 2000 guineas , failing to pick up the pace when it counted most . if he does this again at royal ascot , he’ll likely be pummelled by either the brilliant night of thunder or kingman .

night of thunder , a 3 year - old son of dubawi , is trained by the eminent richard hannon . having won 3 of his 4 lifetime starts , the colt has never been out of the money . more importantly , night of thunder is this year’s winner of the quipco 2000 guineas , taking it despite hanging out very far as he and jockey keiron fallon came to the finish . but he beat war command , the subsequent derby winner , australia , as well as a very good colt in kingman despite what could have been a disastrous error :

kingman and night of thunder have been challenging each other throughout the season . while juddmonte’s kingman lost to his rival in the quipco 2000 guineas , he went on to subsequently take the irish 2000 guineas in devastating fashion . the son of invincible spirit has only ever lost once in his 5 lifetime starts . accordingly , prince khalid abdullah and trainer john gosden’s champion has been accorded the status of favourite to take the st . james palace next week :

the war fronts make up a small army , with newcomers war envoy and the great war running in the prestigious coventry stakes for 2 year - olds on june 17 ; guerre and due diligence running on the same day in the king’s stand ; giovanni boldini joining war command in the st . james palace stakes ; and a filly , peace and war is running for sheikh suhaim al thani / qrl / m al kubaisi in the queen mary stakes ( june 18 ) .

elusive quality is represented in the st . james palace stakes ( june 17 ) by michaelmas who runs for ballydoyle ; great white eagle in the jersey stakes for ballydoyle ( june 18 ) ; elusive guest for john guest racing runs in the jersey stakes ( june 18 ) ; and the fabulous mare certify is due to run in the duke of cambridge stakes ( june 18 ) for godolphin .

big brown is represented by the very good colt , darwin , who runs in the king’s stand ( june 17 ) for ballydoyle .

bluegrass cat is represented by biting bullets who runs for mrs . joanna hughes in another 2 year - old race , the windsor castle stakes ( june 17 ) .

quality road has a 2 year - old colt , hootenanny , running in the windsor castle stakes in the colours of tabor , magnier and smith ( june 17 ) .

street cry has street force running in the jersey stakes ( june 18 ) for saeed mañana .

dynaformer is represented by somewhat who runs in the colours of sheikh majid bin mohammed al maktoum in the king edward vii stakes ( june 20 ) .

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federico tesio , who many would regard as the greatest thoroughbred breeder of all time , once famously stated that ' the thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended , not on experts , technicians , or zoologists , but on a piece of wood : the winning post of the epsom derby . if you base your criteria on anything else , you will get something else , not the thoroughbred . '

if one follows the logic of this statement , then surely the ultimate classic mating should be between a winner of the english derby and the female equivalent , the english oaks . the existence of such a horse has been a possibility since the early 1780s , but in more than 230 runnings , prior to 2014 , a horse by the first home in the english derby and out of a mare who was first home in the english oaks had never won a derby at epsom ( although we can note that lammtarra , the 1995 derby hero was by nijinsky ii out of snow bride , who was second home in the 1989 oaks , but who was subsequently awarded the race when the first home aliysa , was disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance ) .

a 525 , 000 guineas yearling , the history making horse australia didn’t look overly expensive at the time , on the basis of his derby winner / oaks winner pedigree . he’s had the reputation of being a coming star for some time , and even potentially the best to come out of ballydoyle in the aidan o’brien era . he’s not only by a derby winner out of an oaks winner , but his parents are actually two of the most distinguished winners of those races .

a son of galileo , the sadler’s wells stallion who most would acknowledge as the world’s leading sire , and an english derby winner who has sired two previous english derby winners , australia is out of the globe - trotting ouija board . heroine of the english oaks in 2004 , ouija board was the european horse of the year in 2004 and 2006 , and champion us turf mare in both of those years . she captured seven gr . 1 events , including the english and irish oaks , two renewals of the breeders’ cup filly and mare turf and the cathay pacific hong kong vase . prior to australia , she produced the mrc easter cup - gr . 3 ( our ) voodoo prince to kingmambo who has been in fine form since being sold to race in australia .

ouija board is by the green desert son and former shuttler cape cross . her dam , selection board ( by welsh pageant ) , is a sister to another horse with form in several different countries in the shape of gelded teleprompter , whose credits included the arlington million - gr . 1 and queen elizabeth ii stakes - gr . 2 . selection board is also half - sister to rosia bay , dam of ibn bey ( a group winner in five different countries , include the irish st leger - gr . 1 , gran premio d’italia - gr . 1 , europa preis - gr . 1 and grosser preis der berliner bank - gr . 1 and roseate tern , winner of the yorkshire oaks - gr . 1 , runner - up in the english oaks and third in the st leger - gr . 1 .

there are a number of other major winners under the third dam , ouija ( by lunchtime’s sire , silly season ) , including gr . 1 winner red bloom , and group winners chatoyant , moiquen and mabadi . ouija board’s fourth dam gradisca ( goya ) , is also dam of the french oaks heroine tahiti , and third dam of the great australian runner kingston town . we should also note that australia is bred by the stanley estate and stud co , stanley being the family name of the earls of derby , the 12th of whom gave the epsom classic its name .

the earls of derby have a long history on the turf , but the family has not been represented as the breeder of a winner of the eponymous classic at epsom since hyperion scored in 1933 ( although watling street took a wartime derby in 1942 ) , both being bred by the 17th earl , the grandfather of the current earl , the 19th holder of the title .

the day before australia’s triumph , another aidan o’brien - trained galileo offspring marvellous had started favorite for the oaks . she could do no better than sixth as the lightly raced taghrooda took her record to three wins in three starts with an impressive 3 . 75 length triumph .

sea the stars , who is by cape cross the broodmare sire of australia , made a relatively quiet start with his first two year - olds in 2013 , although the “vibes” remained plenty positive . in this case the rumours proved well founded and sea the stars is now represented by six stakes winners , taghrooda , being joined as a group scorer by vazira , my titania and afternoon sunlight .

the classic victories by half - brothers made another piece of history . as one might imagine , it’s rather rare for a mare in a major racing jurisdiction to throw derby - winning brother or half - brothers . it’s probably even more rare for both siblings to go on to sire classic winners themselves , and given that , it must be unusual indeed for the pair to get classic winners in the same season . as far as the english derby and oaks are concerned , it appears that prior to this weekend , one has to go back to 1866 , when lord lyon , by “the emperor of stallions” stockwell , took the derby on his way to the becoming the third winner of the english triple crown , and tormentor , by stockwell’s half - brother king tom , captured the oaks , to find the offspring of siblings completing the derby / oaks double in the same year .

given that sea the stars is a half - brother to galileo , it is no surprise that he’s been tried quite frequently with mares by galileo’s sire sadler’s wells . in fact there are 19 foals of racing age on the cross , seven have started with taghrooda , being the only black type performer to date .

observant readers will have noted by now the remarkable similarity in the pedigrees of taghrooda and australia , one by sea the stars , a cape cross half - brother to galileo , out of a sadler’s wells mare , and the other by galileo , a sadler’s wells half - brother to sea the stars , out of a daughter of cape cross .

french classics in recent years , there have been a number of french stallions who , either on the basis of pedigree or racetrack performance , didn’t exactly shape as top commercial prospects when they retired to stud , but have proved to be smart or better stallions . now , to examples such as linamix , chichicastenango , muhtathir and kendargent , we might soon be adding the name of le havre , who is represented by the french 1000 guineas - gr . 1 and oaks - gr . 1 winner avenir certain with his first crop of three year - olds .

there was nothing too much to knock about le havre’s race record . he won four of six starts , and on his last two outings finished second in the french 2000 guineas and the scored a decisive victory in the french derby . le havre’s pedigree is less imposing . his sire noverre , a rahy three - quarter brother to the brilliant juvenile arazi , was a good two year - old and miler , winning the sussex stakes - gr . 1 and champagne stakes - gr . 2 , but made a generally disappointing start , and was exported from ireland to india , where he died young .

le havre’s dam marie rheinberg is by the relatively rarely seen surako , a gr . 3 winner who also finished second in the german derby - gr . 1 and who is by one great german sire konigsstuhl and out of a half - sister to another in surumu . on a brighter tack , we can note that marie rheinberg is half - sister to polar falcon , the sire of pivotal .

avenir certain’s dam , puggy ( by mark of esteem ) , was group placed in england and scandinavia . she is out of jakarta , a machiavellian mare who is half - sister to blue monday ( by mark of esteem’s sire darshaan ) , a talented middle distance runner who won four gr . 3 events in england and france , and was also three time gr . 1 placed at around a 10f . blue monday’s brother lundy’s lane never won a black type event , but was third in the italian derby - gr . 1 . third dam lunda is half - sister to several smart runners , including warrsan , who took two renewals of the coronation cup - gr . 1 ; italian derby - gr . 1 winner luso ; needle gun , a multiple group winner who was second in the italian derby - gr . 1 ; and cloud castle , who won the nell gwyn stakes - gr . 3 and who was second in the prix vermeille - gr . 1 .


polymixis lichenea , the feathered ranunculus , is a moth of the noctuidae family .

it is found in western europe and morocco .

it is mainly found in coastal areas .

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polymixis lichenea <EOT> polymixis lichenea subsp . lichenea polymixis lichenea subsp . lichenea ( hübner , 1813 )

feathered ranunculus ( polymixis lichenea ) - norfolk moths - the macro and micro moths of norfolk .

ssp . lichenea found in norfolk . tends to be paler in calcareous areas .

polymixis flavicincta - large ranunculus , found on my lavender just outside my front door .

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the distribution of this moth is mainly coastal , in the southern half of britain and north - west england and wales , but occasional records do turn up in inland localities .

it frequents a range of dry habitats , including waste ground , sandhills and shingle beaches , and flies from august to october .

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notes : local on sea cliffs , sand - dunes , shingle beaches and grassy slopes , on the coast of england and wales . in hampshire fairly common in the south and on the isle of wight , but very uncommon in the north . wingspan 39 - 43 mm . can only be confused with black - banded p . xanthomista or large ranunculus p . flavicincta , which see . larva feeds on hound ' s - tongue , sea plantain , thrift and biting stonecrop .

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for the county , we have a total of 2308 records from 88 sites . first recorded in 1883 .

: this mainly coastal species is now spreading again in yorkshire . it has been re - recorded from its scarborough haunts mentioned by porritt ( 1883 - 86 ) and other coastal areas as well as at several new inland localities . this is unusual for this species so far north .

vc63 . elland , 25 . 9 . 2000 det . heb ( pt ) . new vice - county record .

: this is predominantly a coastal moth in the uk and it is doing well in yorkshire particularly at flamborough and spurn . we also have two unusual inland sites where it is recorded regularly ; knaresborough where it has been known since the 1960s and in calderdale where it was discovered in 2000 and seems to be resident . records occasionally come from other inland sites but these seem to be wandering individuals .

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as it ' s national moth night in the uk , one of last night ' s catch .

this one came to my light trap - or living room as gill prefers to call it - last night . i had no idea what it was but am very grateful to eastendswift who was able to pin it down within minutes , even though they aren ' t found in scotland ! ! thanks again david !

an odd name for a moth - ranunculus is the latin name for buttercup , yet they seem to like to feed on mint , and favour gardens . they had been absent from south herts for some years but appear to have recolonised since about 2006 .

a bit of an opportunistic shot here with an iphone , but i thought i ' d post it anyway . i ' ve not come across this attractive species before now .

i had a devil of time focusing on this moth at my village shop this morning . i was not sure if my camera had picked up this moth as it was about four feet above my head and at an angle . also this was the first time i had seen this species and i did not want to get to close to it in case i disturbed it and it flew away .

i have been getting reasonable numbers of these at a number of coastal sites in north antrim over the past couple of weeks .

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out side my front door again this beauty was loving the lavender , i watched it for over half and hour and it was digging in deep just like the bee ' s were also .

there are still straw dots , mother of pearls and small phoenix flying , last night i went out on a field trip and we managed some great moths including a few shockingly late species . . . more on that tomorrow now .

i trapped once more last week on the 17th and managed a very small catch with just one new moth for the year , a lovely large ranunculus after having a ( rarely recorded ) second brood small ranunculus last week .

i also saw my second of the year at work today which was indoors .

may be edible . see the plants for a future link below for details .

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brassica oleracea is the species of plant that includes many common foods as cultivars , including cabbage , broccoli , cauliflower , kale , brussels sprouts , collard greens , savoy , kohlrabi and kai - lan . in its uncultivated form , it is known as wild cabbage . it is native to coastal southern and western europe .

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