The Gr1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (1600m) for the fillies (French 1000 Guineas) was won by an Aga Khan homebred, a LOPE DE VEGA filly named ROUHIYA, who was having her first try in a Black Type race.
ROUHIYA wins the Gr1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Rouhiya's victory in the Gr1 Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches provided a perfect illustration of the Aga Khan's maxim that “racing and breeding racehorses is a game of chess with nature.”
Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard, said, "You make your plans, and I knew she was in top form so it’s marvellous. Last year when she won at Deauville, I knew she must be good because of the way she finished. This filly has really become much stronger and when it came to D-day, she was there for us."
Just a month ago, Rouhiya finished third in a conditions race at Longchamp. She had a win and a placing last season and was third. Second-up here she rose to the challenge of this Group 1 assignment.
Rouhiya had flourished since her resumption run, and returning onto better ground, produced a decisive turn of foot under rider Maxime Guyon to run down the Kathmandu. Fellow visitors Vespertilio and Romantic Style were a head and a short-neck further back.
ROUHIYA Returning to the Winners Circle
"It took a long time to get her out this season because she's a real good-ground filly and unfortunately I ran out of time, so had to run her here on tacky ground in what was really the last option," said her trainer Graffard.
"But she came on a bundle for that run. I really hesitated before committing to this race, but Princess Zahra [Aga Khan] said to me that there’s only one Poule d’Essai and that we should try our luck. It’s my first Group 1 win for the Aga Khan and it’s a Classic, with a filly I’ve always loved."
Asked whether Rouhiya will be asked to step up to 1m 2½f (2100m) in the Longines Prix de Diane, Graffard said: "I don’t know, she might stay further as she's a filly that can drop the bit and relax. We’ll discuss it among the team and in the meantime enjoy the victory."
With the Sangster family colours on Kathmandu looking certain for victory, Rouhiya dived through late between runners to snatch a narrow victory.
Graffard said: “We weren't well drawn, but Maxime got a good position very easily and latched onto the back of the Godolphin horse (Romantic Style), and then I thought we had an obvious chance. I thought coming in we were in business; Maxime waited a while, but Rouhiya really picked up well. The ground made a huge difference and she had come on loads for her prep run,”
Rouhiya is entered in the Gr1 Coronation Stakes and bookmaker Paddy Power cut the daughter of Lope De Vega from 50-1 into 33-1, while bookmaker Coral were more impressed and go 12-1.
Rouhiya is the second winner from stakes-placed Raven’s Pass (Elusive Quality) mare Rondonia, a half-sister to Gr2 winner Raydara from stakes-winner Raydiya.
CHAMPION SIRE - LOPE DE VEGA
She became the 128th stakes-winner for LOPE DE VEGA and is his 20th Group 1 Winner.
LOPE DE VEGA stands at Ballylinch Stud Ireland at a fee of €125,000.
He did shuttle to Australia in the early years with tremendous success.
Sire of 20 Stakes Winners and 11 Stakes Placegetters including 5 Gr1 Winners in Australia.
The sensational sire saw 13 of his yearlings foal to Southern Hemisphere time in Australia for the 2022 season.
They are current yearlings in 2024, where his crop consists of 9 Fillies and 4 Colts.
OUR COLT after purchase
Interestingly, of his 4 colts, 2 were retained by breeders, whilst of the other 2 colts, Dynamic Syndications purchased one of these off Yulong Stud from the Inglis Premier Sale.
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OUR COLT at the yearling sale
Our COLT was LOT 464 from the mare PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) (Sepoy).
PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) Winning in Great Britain
The Dam was a winner at 1450m in Great Britain and was one of the mares sent to LOPE DE VEGA to Southern Hemisphere time.
PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) in foal to LOPE DE VEGA in Australia
She arrived in Australia and was placed into the Magic Millions Broodmare Sale in 2022 by Twin Hills Stud where she was purchased in foal for $180,000 by Yulong Stud for their Tagaloa Stallion Syndicate.
PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) is a half-sister to Gr3 Winner FOUR WHITE SOCKS (f Lope De Vega).
FOUR WHITE SOCKS
Therefore, this makes our colt the three-quarter-brother to FOUR WHITE SOCKS. (1950m, 2000m)
SUN BOAT
Our Colts 2nd Dam Peppermint Green (Green Desert), is a half-sister to Gr2 Winner SUN BOAT (1600m, 1700m) and to the Dam of Gr3 Winner HOO YA MAL (1400m, 2800m).
HOO YA MAL
Our Colts 3rd DAM was the high quality racemare ONE SO SPECIAL (Nashwan). She was the Champion Older Female of Europe in 1998. She won from 1400m to 2050m.
The 4th Dam is Gr2 placed SOMEONE SPECIAL (Habitat) (1400m) is also the Dam of 4 Stakes Winners: ONE SO WONDERFUL; ALNAR ALWASHEEK; RELATIVE SPECIAL and RAUCOUS LAD.
ROUHIYA who this story is about winning her Gr1, is bred this same way as our colt!
Our COLT is by LOPE DE VEGA ex a daughter of SEPOY who is a son of ELUSIVE QUALITY.
ROUHIYA is by LOPE DE VEGA ex a daughter of RAVEN’S PASS who is a son of ELUSIVE QUALITY.
Genetically this is a terrific cross.
ABOUT THE SIRE:
LOPE DE VEGA – CHAMPION 3YO in FRANCE (Int.) – Dual CLASSIC Winner 1600m & 2100m
LOPE DE VEGA – 9 sts: 4 Wins, 1 Third & $1,448,154
LOPE DE VEGA – 1st - Prix Du Jockey Club (2100) Gr.1; 1st - Poule D'Essai Des Poulains (1600) Gr.1
LOPE DE VEGA – ONE of the WORLD’S LEADING SIRES!
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - 2023 CHAMPION SIRE by WINNERS in EUROPE
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - 2024 SERVICE FEE in Ireland €125,000 ($208,161 AUD)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - Sire of 20 Gr.1 Winners; 128 Stakes Winners,
84 Stakes Placed (209)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - Sire of Multiple BREEDERS CUP Winners
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - Current 2024 Europe Season: 3rd by SW;
4th by Winners, 6th by Earnings
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - 890 Winners; 2705 Wins; +$143.5m Earnings (12/5/24)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - 70% Wnrs:Rnrs and 14.4% SW:Wnrs,
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - In Australia: 191 Winners; 20 SW; 11 SP;
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA – 5 Australian Gr1 Winners: SANTA ANA LANE,
GYTRASH, ARAPAHO, VEGA ONE, VEGA MAGIC.
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - Colts: 534 Winners (76.7% Wnr:Rnr) &
119 Stakes Horses (17.1% SH:Rnrs)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - is a Son of Leading Sire – SHAMARDAL (USA)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - is a Grandson of the Leading Sire –
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (USA)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - is a Great-Grandson of the CHAMPION Sire –
STORM CAT (USA)
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - 2024 Yearling Sales in Australia: 8 Sold =
Ave $233,125 & Med $250,000
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale: 2 Sold:
Filly $70,000 and Colt $80,000
SIRE – LOPE DE VEGA - World Yearling Sales Last 5 Years: 301 Sold:
Ave $253,169, Med $190,507
"Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" : Here’s the PROOF -
He’s a Leading Sire in the World:
2024 Current European Racing Season: 3rd By Winners
(1) Dark Angel (50); (2) Siyouni (49); (3) Lope de Vega (45); (4) Frankel (42); (5) Kingman (41)
2024 Current European Racing Season: 6th By Prizemoney
(1) Kingman, (2) Dark Angel, (3) Siyouni, (4) Frankel, (5) Dubawi, (6) Lope de Vega,
2024 Current European Racing Season: Equal 3rd By Black Type Winners
(1) Dubawi; (2) Zarak; (equal 3) Lope de Vega, Kingman, Frankel, etc.
2024 Current European Racing Season: 5th By Leading Sire of Milers in Europe Winners
(1) Dark Angel; (2) Siyouni; (3) Kingman; (4) Footstepsinthesand (5) Lope de Vega
2024 Current European Racing Season: 5th By Leading Sire of Middle-Distance Horses in Europe
(1) Mastercraftsman; (2) Sea The Stars; (3) Anodin; (4) Frankel; (5) Lope de Vega
2023 Season – Number 1 Leading Sire in Europe 2023 by Winners
LOPE DE VEGA is a son of: SHAMARDAL (USA) (Bay 2002-Stud 2005). 6 wins-3 at 2, Chantilly Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1. Champion Hong Kong Sire in 2014-15. Sire of 1435 rnrs, 1075 wnrs, 170 SW, inc. Tarnawa (Breeders' Cup Turf, Gr.1), Pakistan Star, Lope de Vega, Blue Point, Able Friend, Pinatubo, Earthlight, Speedy Boarding, Faint Perfume, Amaron, Zazou, Crackerjack King, Lumiere, Dariyan, Dunboyne Express - Dan Excel (H.K.), Victor Ludorum, Baltic Baroness, etc
ABOUT THE DAM: PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE)
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - Winner (1450m) in England & twice
Fourth in 7 Starts & £4,687
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - Our COLT is her First Foal.
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - Was one of 14 mares covered by
LOPE DE VEGA to produce a foal in
Australia to Southern Hemisphere Time
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - by CHAMPION 2YO & CHAMPION 3YO –
SEPOY
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) – SEPOY as a Broodmare Sire has 54 Wnrs;
4 SW; 7 SP
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - is a daughter of PEPPERMINT GREEN
(by Green Desert).
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - PEPPERMINT GREEN is a 1/2 Sister to
Gr2 Winner SUN BOAT
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - PEPPERMINT GREEN is a 1/2 Sister to
SENSATIONALLY (dam of
HOO YA MAL (by Territories) Gr3 Winner;
2d The Derby Gr1, Hill S. Gr2.)
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - Her Grand-dam is Gr1 Winner -
ONE SO WONDERFUL (by Nashwan) –
CHAMPION Older Female in Europe
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) - Her 3rd Dam is Gr2 placed
SOMEONE SPECIAL (by Habitat)
DAM - PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) – by Sepoy - Australian Champion
Two-Year-Old in 2010/11 and Australian
Champion Three-Year-Old Colt in 2011/12.
Sepoy went on to win 10 of his 13 starts, including 4 at Group One level.
Sepoy is by world record-breaking stallion Elusive Quality out of the Danehill mare Watchful.
Watchful is the full sister to Camarena, winner of the Group One Queensland Derby
* A COLT has a physical advantage of an early foaling date – 10 August 2022
* A COLT 3/4 Brother to FOUR WHITE SOCKS (by LOPE DE VEGA) Gr3 Wnr;
2 wins 1900m-2000m
* A COLT who has a terrific Genetic Rating Worldwide of: A 224% Q5
* A COLT bred on this Brilliant Cross: 10 Runners = 6 Winners (60%) inc
3 Stakes Horses (30%) inc Gr1 Winner & Gr1 Placegetter (20%).
* A COLT with a Black Type Page to AIM at Blue Riband CLASSICS
* A COLT eligible to compete for the Rich INGLIS Race Series
* A COLT eligible to race for the Huge VOBIS Bonus Prizemoney in Vic
* A COLT offering tremendous Value for Money with enormous upside
* A COLT who is Rare: just One of Two COLTS in Australia offered
For Sale in 2024
* A COLT is one of only 4 COLTS bred from a crop of 13 Yearlings
in Australia: 2 Sold & 2 Retained
TRAINER
* A COLT entrusted into the CARE of Australia's LEADING Stable CIARON MAHER RACING - Australia’s Number 1 Stable for Winners
MARVELLOUS MATING PATTERN
LOPE DE VEGA (by Shamardal) over PRINCESS LAYAN (by Sepoy – a son of Elusive Quality)
OUR COLT is bred on a Brilliant CROSS – SHAMARDAL over ELUSIVE QUALITY 10 Rnrs: 6 Wnrs, 3 SH
OUR COLT is bred on the Similar Genetic Patters that has produced:
3 Perfect Matches; 8 Stakes Winners 20/20 Mating and 13 Stakes Winners with Similar Pedigrees
STAKES WINNING HORSES WITH SIMILAR ANCESTRY PATTERN SCORES:
Ghibellines M 31
Four White Socks F 31
Castle Lady F 22
Endless Drama M 22
Shaman M 22
Sasparella F 22
Summerghand M 20
Skardu M 20
Faint Perfume F 18
No Evidence Needed F 18
French Fern F 18
Shamalia F 18
Royal Crusade M 18
A Perfect Match: 3 Stakes Winners
A Perfect Match occurs when there are 2 or more Group Stakes Winners with common ancestors placed in each quarter of the pedigree of the subject horse.
Of all 20/20 Matches, only 1 in 25 (4%) are a “Perfect Match”
Ghibellines Male Gr2 Winner Common Ancestors = 31
Summerghand Male Gr3 Winner Common Ancestors = 20
Skardu Male Gr3 Winner Common Ancestors = 20
LOPE DE VEGA over GONE WEST Line Mares:
Sex
|
Rnrs
|
Runs
|
Wnrs
|
Wnrs/Rnrs
|
Wins
|
SW
|
SH
|
Colts
|
6
|
165
|
3
|
50.0%
|
23
|
1
|
1
|
Fillies
|
4
|
19
|
3
|
75.0%
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
Total
|
10
|
184
|
6
|
60.0%
|
28
|
2
|
3
|
ROUHIYA (FR) 2021 f, by Lope de Vega - Rondonia, by Raven's Pass. 2 wins-1 at 2-at 6½f, 1m, €339,020, to 2024, ParisLongchamp Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Gr.1, Deauville Prix La Bamba, 3d Saint-Cloud Prix Barquette, ParisLongchamp Prix du Louvre.
SUMMERGHAND (IRE) 2014 g, by Lope de Vega - Kate the Great, by Xaar. 17 wins to 6¼f, £600,642, €12,500, 66,793Dhs, to 2023, Newmarket Abernant S., Gr.3, Hopeful S., L, Lingfield Golden Rose S., L, York Constantine Heritage H., Sky Bet Constantine Heritage H., Goodwood Stewards' Cup, Ayr Ayr Gold Cup, Lingfield All-Weather Sprint Championship S., Haydock Betway Dash H., Newmarket Southend Airport to Venice H., Doncaster Sun Bets Like Us on Facebook H., 2d Ascot Bengough S., Gr.3, Newmarket Hopeful S., L, Royal Ascot Wokingham H., Newmarket Longholes H., Weatherbys TBA H., Betway H., Ripon Great St Wilfrid H.-twice, Lingfield AWC Sprint Trial H., 3d Curragh Renaissance S., Gr.3, York Sky Bet Dash H., Haydock Bet365 S., 4th York Duke of York S., Gr.2, Doncaster Cammidge Trophy, L, Lingfield Kachy S., L.
Rose Bloom (IRE) 2021 f, by Lope de Vega - Xaarienne, by Xaar. 2 wins at 2, €208,440, in 2023, Deauville Arqana Series des Pouliches, Chantilly Prix de la Lorie, 2d ParisLongchamp Prix Marcel Boussac, Gr.1.
Liberal (IRE) 2016 g, by Lope de Vega - Liberating, by Iffraaj. 5 wins at 1m, £914, US$169,450 in U.S.A.
Welleef (IRE) 2020 c, by Lope de Vega - Romaana, by Iffraaj. Winner at 7f in 2023 in GB.
No Lockdowns (AUS) 2019 f, by Lope de Vega - Chrisellaine, by Iffraaj. Winner at 2 in Aust.
Whilst there are 35 Stakes Winners bred on the 3 x 3 Cross of:
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (Sire of Shamardal; Grand-Sire of LOPE DE VEGA)
over
GONE WEST (Sire of Elusive Quality; Grand-Sire of SEPOY)
Including 5 Group 1 Winners: FROST GIANT 2003 G1; PASO REAL 2013 G1; CASTLE LADY 2016 G1; JUST ONE TIME 2018 G1; ROUHIYA 2021.
BONUS ELIGIBILTIES:
OUR COLT will be paid-up to become eligible for: $12.55m INGLIS RACE SERIES including the
$5m INGLIS XTRA Bonuses. Inglis Race Series $12.55m = $5,500 including GST.
Nomination Fee includes the Inglis Race Series Xtra. This is $5m on offer over 50 Maiden Races at $100,000 per eligible race.
Next, VOBIS SILVER (Category B) and VOBIS GOLD (Have Both Been Already Paid).
VOBIS Silver Category B is a Foal Bred in Victoria to Victorian Based breeders and the Mare is covered by Victorian Based Sire for following season.
PRINCESS LAYAN (IRE) was covered by Tagaloa.
Then upgraded to VOBIS GOLD for additional fee = Total VOBIS Eligibility Costs Paid were $2,420.
Also, Blue Diamond & Blue Sapphire plus Golden Slipper & Golden Rose = $770.
All-Up, to Race for the Extra Hugh Bonus Monies available on top of the Record Prizemoney, a cost of $8,690 has been paid on OUR COLT.
HE MOVES LIKE A WELL OILED MACHINE:
OUR COLT on 27 March
He is keen to bowl along
Working with a mate in the paddock
Working with a mate on the sand track
Lovely action covering the ground effortlessly
Reports are exciting how he moves under saddle
To find out more about this Classics Contender by one of the Best Sires in the World give ADAM WATT a call at Dynamic Syndications on 02 9540 1511 or 0409 464 378 and have a chat.
At this stage we have not created a website listing for the colt as he is not due to be listed for sale until the new financial year.
Lope De Vega x Princess Layan Colt with Ciaron Maher from Dynamic Syndications on Vimeo.
Lot 464 - Lope De Vega (IRE) x Princess Layan from Dynamic Syndications on Vimeo.
Inglis Premier Sale - Lot 464 - Lope De Vega x Princess Layan filly (Auction Video) from Dynamic Syndications on Vimeo.
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