Our French Fillies- Thank you, Hoop!

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France Galop has approved the four French filly names. 

War Command - Azafata : is Attendante. She is in training with Yann Durepaire
Dabirsim - Salzburg: is Salzengel. She is in training with Jane Soubagne
Dabirsim - Alma Thomas: is Cafe Alma. She is in training with Henri-Alex Pantall
Camelot - Martinette: is Heliabel. She is in training with Simone Brogi.
Hooper

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Nice. I really like the Camelot filly, she has a bit of pedigree power. Will be following their progress with keen interest, as Colleen and I are now minority owners in all four!

Hooper very generously gave us a small slice of these gals, so we can now say "yeah, we've got a few fillies in training" whenever anyone asks us in the paddock at the Spa. Super excited about this! Colleen may have to sign a recusal form, however, giving up her rights to root against Brady and the Patriots for several seasons. Negotiations continue...

UIC has allowed us to meet some fine folks with varied interests in the game, and we couldn't have asked for a better group of racetrack friends. I've known some of you for over fifteen years now, and I treasure all the good times we've shared. I wish all UICers could get together for a day at the races, and experience the camaraderie first-hand. If you can ever find your way to Saratoga, you'll always have a warm welcome!

Thanks Hoop.

TW 

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Attendante

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Salzengel

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Cafe Alma

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Heliabel

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Update:

HELIABEL is the named accepted for the French-based juvenile filly by Camelot.

In the Arthurian Legend, Heliabel is the sister of Sir Percival, who was on the “Grail Trail” in Medieval England.

The filly is a striking, tall daughter of leading second year sire Camelot. The filly is training with Simone Brogi

in the South of France. She was bought as a yearling last October at the Arqana sale in Deauville.

Description and painting. www.onceuponatimebabynames.com/2017/12/heliabel.html

CAFÉ ALMA, the juvenile Dabirsim filly in with Alex Pantall

is “very beautiful and seems to have a lot of talent.”

The trainer confirmed a nomination to the 250,000 Euro stakes on Arc weekend

restricted to graduates of an Arqana yearling sale. The filly was bought at the October vendue.

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ATTENDENTE is in training in the South of France. Her half-sib Fleeting won a UK G2 in 2018

SALZENGEL, reports trainer Jane Soubagne, “works well and is changing. She doesn’t look like a baby anymore.”

The juvenile Dabirsim filly is training in the South of France for the developer of Group 3 hero The Black Album.

Of the four fillies... I think Salzengel is my favorite... but I love 'em all! ~ Dell.

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From Barry today. Backward = immature.

Jim

HELIABEL, the 2-year-old Camelot filly bought last October in Deauville and now trained by Simone Broggi, “is a very nice, very athletic filly, with a good action--absolutely no problems with her,” said the trainer. “I was just thinking that a break for a few weeks to let her down a bit might just help her, as she is quite backward and does not figure to race in the first half of the season.” B. Irwin agreed, so the classic-looking filly will be sent to a farm for awhile before she resumes training.

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UPDATE:

SALZENGEL, the Dabirsim juvenile filly trained near La Teste by Jane Soubagne,

“Works good, she is changing always in her physical, but very good in her head,

I think she is a filly for this early summer.” She is among 4 French yearling fillies

bought last October at the Arqana yearling vendue.

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SALZENGEL (Ger) - "SALT ANGEL" 

I fell in love with her the moment I saw her!

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Latest news from France plus video.

It is early days as a future racehorse for the juvenile filly Café Alma, the daughter of leading juvenile sire Dabirsim.

“As for the Dabirsim filly,” Pantall says, “she is good looking with good parts to her, a handsome type, She is going well

and has very pretty action, she does everything well, she is right in the head, I think that she will be very interesting.”

Barry Irwin reckons that Pantall is “curbing his enthusiasm” to avoid disappointments later if she fails to live up to her early promise,

but he really thinks a lot of her so far.

Find attached a 6 minute video of trainer Henri-Alex Pantall, 

his training center, another Team Valor filly Devant

and from 4:48-5:50 some video of Cafe Alma.

video vimeo.com/326324483/adac21542e

vimeo.com/326324483/adac21542e

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ATTENDANTE, the juvenile War Command half-sister to last year’s Group 2 May Hill Stakes heroine Fleeting,

is training forward in the South of France for Yan Durepaire, who said “She looks like a filly that will be ready to run

in August when they go 7 furlongs to a mile. Actually, a mile will be better for her. Other than a skin disease,

she has had no problems. She is a good-moving filly, very well balanced, with a good temperament.

She has not missed a day of work. She is changing a lot and growing a lot. With a break in the weather,

her coat is looking very nice as well.” Meanwhile Fleeting reportedly will use the Cheshire Oaks

as a prep for the Classic, Epsom Oaks on May 31.

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Latest from France:

CAFÉ ALMA is being characterized as a “serious youngster” by trainer Henri-Alex Pantall,

who has had the Dabirsim juvenile filly since last fall. The experienced French conditioner

has made nothing but positive comments about the powerful young filly since he first began training her.

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FRENCH FILLIES juvenile Attendante will have her 3yo half sister Fleeting contest this weekend’s Group 1 English One Thousand Guineas at Newmarket.
She is co-ninth choice in the betting at odds of 25 to 1 for Aidan O’Brien. Last season she won the Group 2 May Hill Stakes going a mile.


SALZENGEL is reported going well and the Dabirsim juvenile filly is scheduled to breeze on the grass this month,
which bodes well for an early summer outing this season.

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ATTENDANTE’s 3yo half-sister Fleeting made the biggest news so far in the LLC when coming from

the back to finish fastest of all for third place in the Classic, Group 1 English Oaks for trainer Aidan O’Brien.

Look for her to make her third start of the campaign in the impending Group 1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh.

As for Attendante, her trainer Yann Durepaire reports that she is doing everything right and maturing

and he expects her to make her racing debut in late August or early September.

HELIABEL, says the Camelot filly’s trainer Simone Brogi, “is the tallest 2-year-old I ever seen.

She is gigantic. So we must take our time with her. She does things fine, but I seriously doubt

she will run at 2 or if we even want to try her at 2. She is for 3 years old.” Irwin said.

“She was a bargain basement steal and so what if it takes her awhile to get to the races.

We can afford to be patient.”

CAFÉ ALMA was eyeballed by Irwin and Berry yesterday at the training yard of conditioner Henri-Alex Pantall

near Beaupreau about an hour outside of Nantes. The filly has grown into a tall, substantial filly.

“She will take some time because there is so much of her,” Pantall said. BI/JB saw her breeze yesterday morning

and she displayed an extremely long stride. Pantall hopes to have her ready in September of October.

“I know she is by a speed sire in Dabirsim, but she will go long,” Irwin guessed.

Café Alma figures to top out well over 16 hands 1 inch. Her conformation suggests

that she will be effective going long next season. She has the scope and quality to excel at 3.

SALZENGEL is the most advanced filly in the group and she is likely to breeze this month or in July

and make the races in August. Jane Soubagne has remarked from day one that she is a sharp 2yo prospect.

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SALZENGEL breezed on the grass for the first time in La Teste on Wednesday for Jane Soubagne,

who said “We will do a few more of those. She should be ready in early September at the latest and I hope to run her in August.”

The tall, stout Dabirsim juvenile filly is part of a package of 4 French-bought yearling fillies syndicated

last fall by Team Valor with the idea of racing and selling them.

Salzengel, like many of the Dabirsims, is a lot of filly, with a long hip and gigantic motor behind.

She could be the first starter among the 4 juvenile fillies.

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SALZENGEL, 2-year-old Dabirsim filly

training in the South of France at La Teste by Jane Soubagne,

is now making rapid progress as she nears her racing debut.

Her weight level has improved and a hint of rib is visible, indicating fitness.

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CAFE ALMA is coming along nicely,

as can be seen in the photo taken yesterday

at the French training yard of Henri-Alex Pantall.

The big daughter of Dabirsim is turning out to be a different type

than the pure sprinter-like usual representatives of France’s top 2-y-o sire.

She is tall, she is long and while her hip and quarters are ample,

they are not overdone like most of the Dabirsims.

The trainer is likely to start looking for races in late September or early October.

She appears to be more of a prospect for 3-year-old racing than this season at 2.

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HELIABEL, the gigantic 2-year-old filly by super sire Camelot,

is pictured above in a photo taken in France yesterday.

“She has filled out remarkably well and developed impressively over her hip and hindquarters.

She probably will barely make a race this season at 2, but could be well worth waiting for as a 3-year-old.”

Simone Brogi trains her in the South of France.

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SALZENGEL, reports Jane Soubagne, “is in hard work now and she is able to maintain a very good attitude.
We continue to like her very much. She is not that far off a run.” The filly is likely to debut next month in the South of France.

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Attendante news:
Our 2yo filly Attendante's half sister Fleeting is running in the G1 Beverly D on Saturday.
She must be live with Ryan Moore up.
Exciting!!!
Access PP’s here under sire Speighstown... 
www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/briswatch.cgi/public/Winstar_Farm_LLC/SPEIGHTSTOWN/1998/summary.html

HELIABEL update:
Our Camelot filly is well. Big girl for late this season or early 2020.
Her close relative Siskin is running in a G1 Friday at The Curragh.
www.racingpost.com/news/arizona-absent-as-siskin-takes-on-four-in-the-phoenix-stakes-at-the-curragh/394221

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Siskin won the G1 Phoenix today providing us with a nice catalog update. www.racingpost.com/news/latest/siskin-toughs-it-out-to-win-the-phoenix-stakes-and-extend-his-unbeaten-sequence/394587
It is also the same female family of Travers hopeful Tacitus.
Good day today and Fleeting can make it a great weekend in The Beverly D on Saturday.
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For those that might have interest in some of the family highlights.
Hooper

Siskin is the third group/grade 1 winner by First Defence, after his near relation Close Hatches and another Juddmonte color bearer in Antonoe. The sire—by Unbridled's Song out of Honest Lady, a grade 1-winning half sister to celebrities Chester House and Empire Maker —was sent out by Bobby Frankel to a wide-margin win in the Forego Handicap (G1) at Saratoga Race Course in 2008.

First Defence formerly stood at Juddmonte Farm in Kentucky but was sold to Saudi Arabia at the end of 2016, so Siskin hails from his last Kentucky-bred crop.

Siskin is the second foal out of Bird Flown, who won over seven furlongs on soft ground at Clairefontaine as a 2-year-old for Andre Fabre. The dam is a half sister to listed Carey Group Buckhounds Stakes winner and Hardwicke Stakes (G2) runner-up Barsanti and to Rising Tornado, who produced Close Hatches, a five-time grade 1 winner in the US, as well as grade 2 winner and grade 1-placed Lockdown.

Close Hatches in turn got her broodmare career off to an almost perfect start as her first foal is this year's Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G2) winner Tacitus, who also placed in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1).

Bird Flown is out of Silver Star, a listed-placed sister to champion 2-year-old Xaar and fellow stakes winners Diese and Masterclass; Diese is the dam of dual grade 1 scorer Senure.

Silver Star, meanwhile, is out of Monroe, a group 3-winning daughter of Sir Ivor and blue hen Best In Show.

Best In Show features as ancestress of numerous top-class runners. Her Kentucky Oaks (G1)-winning daughter Blush With Pride founded a fruitful family that includes the Belmont Stakes-winning siblings Jazil and Rags To Riches, as well as Peeping Fawn and her half brother Thewayyouare.

Best In Show's daughter Minnie Hauk is the taproot of a family that includes group/grade 1 winners Aldebaran, Aviance, Chief Contender, Chimes of Freedom, Denon, Good Journey, Lizzie L'Amour, Pathfork, Saddex, Spinning World, and War of Will.

Another of Best In Show's daughters, Sex Appeal, produced champions El Gran Senor and Try My Best and is ancestress of Almond Eye, Chinchon, and Domedriver.

Best In Show's daughter Show Lady has proved highly influential in Australasia thanks to her daughter Dancing Show, who the likes of Al Maher, Hurricane Sky, Manhattan Rain, Redoute's Choice, Shoals, and Umatilla all trace back to.

Besides Siskin, Close Hatches, and Xaar, the Monroe tribe also includes the high-class half brothers Bated Breath and Cityscape and grade 1-placed Requete.

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What did you think of FLEETING's run?

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Needs 12F to be at her best I believe. Maybe 10F below G1 level.
Hooper

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Attendante:
Her yearling half sister by Olympic Glory sold for 400,000 Euros this week at Arqana.
www.arqana.com/lots/august_yearling_sale/251/77264

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SALZENGEL has had her feed cut back a bit and worked harder of late,

but her trainer Jane Soubagne has been unable to trim her huge belly

enough to get her fit to race. She is hopeful the limited diet and strong

workload will soon pay dividends. Unlike most Dabirsims, she is not precocious so far.

CAFÉ ALMA has also taken longer to come around than trainer Henri- Alex Pantall would have thought,

but the growthy Dabirsim filly continues to get taller and larger. The master juvenile trainer hopes to give her

an introduction in October. She is as large as any mature horse though just a juvenile filly.

HELIABEL has continued to train forwardly for Simone Brogi who is happy with the progress

of his extra-tall daughter of Classic winner and Classic sire Camelot. He plans to start breezing her a bit soon

and thinks the increased workload will immediately give him an idea of whether the tall miss is capable of racing at 2

or if she needs to wait until she is a 3-year-old.

ATTENDENTE was getting close to a start for trainer Yan Durepaire until she tied up one morning last week

at his stable in the South of France. Durepaire will naturally take all of the steps one does to treat a filly

suffering from tie-up syndrome, including changing her feed, warming her up more before she starts serious track work

and making sure not to give her too much of a workload until she shows that she is capable of handling it.

Most fillies with tie-up syndrome grow out of it or their handlers learn to deal with it.

Brief Description
“Tying up” or exertional rhabdomyolysis refers to muscle stiffness and pain after exercise.

It can occur sporadically or chronically. Sporadic “tying up” is due to a temporary problem in muscle cells caused by fatigue,

heat exhaustion, or electrolyte imbalance, and can occur in any breed. Chronic or recurrent “tying up” is an inherited problem

with the way muscle cells use calcium, and is mainly seen in Thoroughbreds, Arabians, and Standardbreds.

Supplements that May Lend Support
Horses with the sporadic version of “tying up” may have imbalances in their diet or inconsistencies in their training program.

These issues may be corrected through the use of dietary supplements, a change of feed, or a more regular training schedule.

When modifying the diet, particular attention should be paid to whether or not Vitamin E and selenium supplementation is necessary.

The horse’s electrolyte requirements should also be considered.

Horses with the chronic version of “tying up” should also have their diet examined for the nutrients mentioned above.

In addition, research has shown some benefit to supplementing with the minerals Chromium and Magnesium.

There are also anecdotal reports of benefit from adding Dimethylglycine (DMG) to the diet.

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SALZENGEL is starting to come fast now that she has dropped her belly
and can be expected to be the first runner for the Valor French Venture
of current juvenile fillies bought last year in October at the Arqana yearling sale.
Her trainer, Jane Soubagne is very happy with the filly’s improved look.