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than wondrous. As for the fillies, well, She’s
A Tiger is probably on top after crossing
the wire first in the Juvenile Fillies, only to
lose the race to longshot Ria Antonia after
a minor bout of bumping. Victories for
British visitors Outstrip and Chriselliam
at the Breeders’ Cup suggested there were
few stars in the ranks of US turf juveniles.
Groupie Doll and Mizdirection both
merit a special mention after defending their
Breeders’ Cup crowns in the Filly & Mare
Sprint and the Turf Sprint; within days of
their Santa Anita triumphs, both had been
sold for a couple of million and more.
The anti-bleeding medication
furosemide, better known by former trade
name Lasix, shows no signs of dropping off
the agenda after pressure from US horsemen
forced the Breeders’ Cup to pull back on
its decision to outlaw the substance in
two-year-old races. Lasix will again be
permitted across the board in 2014.
AUSTRALASIA

DARLEY shuttler Exceed And Excel was
crowned Australia’s champion sire for the
2012-13 season after his progeny
dominated the country’s showpiece
two-year-old races. His daughter
Overreach led home her paternal
half-brother Sidestep in the Golden
Slipper at Rosehill in April and a week
later she finished third to her paternal
half-sister Guelph (fourth in the
Slipper) in the Inglis Sires
Produce Stakes at Randwick.
Guelph – who emulated
her dam Camarilla with victory in
that race – went on to land the
Champagne Stakes later in April
and the Darley homebred filly
started her three-year-old season
in perfect style, recording victories in
two more Group 1s, the Coolmore
Flight Stakes and Schweppes Thousand
Guineas.
Exceed And Excel had the ultimate
tribute paid to him when he was chosen
as the first mate for outstanding sprinter
Black Caviar, who took her unbeaten
record to 25 in 2013 with victories in
the Lightning Stakes, William Reid
Stakes and TJ Smith Stakes.
Overreach’s trainer Gai Waterhouse
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secured a first Melbourne Cup in November
with last year’s runner-up Fiorente, one of
five Group 1 winners worldwide for the late,
lamented German sire Monsun this year
after Estimate, Maxios, Novellist and Silasol.
A first Melbourne Cup still eludes British
trainers, with Ed Dunlop’s Red Cadeaux
second and Luca Cumani’s Mount Athos
in third, but European breeders can feel
pleased with themselves that all of the first
five home, including the Ballymacoll-bred,
formerly Sir Michael Stoute-trained winner,
were bred in Britain and Ireland.
Results like that have fuelled strong
demand from Australian owners and trainers
for British and Irish-trained middle-distance
horses and stayers.
DUBAI

ANIMAL KINGDOM goes down as a US
winner of the Dubai World Cup but no
horse in training this year demonstrated the
globalisation of racing more clearly.
The 2011 Kentucky Derby hero was
trained in Maryland by British-born
Graham Motion for the international racing
syndicate Team Valor. Born in
Kentucky, he is by the Brazilianbred Grade 1-winning miler
Leroidesanimaux out of
German-bred Group 3 winner
Dalicia, a daughter of Acatenango.
After misfiring in the Queen Anne Stakes
at Royal Ascot, Animal Kingdom was retired
to Arrowfield Stud in Australia and, thanks
to a part-purchase by Darley, will shuttle to
Jonabell Farm in Kentucky in 2014.
Leroidesanimaux, meanwhile, has been
acquired by Lanwades Stud in Newmarket.
More international flavour was added
to Dubai World Cup night with victories
for South African raider Shea Shea,
a son of National Emblem, in the Al
Quoz Sprint, and for Dubai-trained
Reynaldothewizard