Lot

Mr Nafplion

Account of CAMBRIDGE BLUE AGISTMENT, Hamilton (As Agent).

Lot

258

Foaled 13th August 2018

Bay Gelding

Box

B69

Branded: bp3nr sh; 2 over 8 off sh

Sire

Rock 'n' Pop (AUS)

2008

Fastnet Rock

Danehill

Danzig

Piccadilly Circus

Royal Academy

Popsy

Sir Tristram

Sir Ivor

Beks

In the Purple

Dam

Kovka (IRE)

2012

Rip Van Winkle

Galileo

Sadler's Wells

Looking Back

Stravinsky

Opera Comica

Dr Fong

Kris S

Comic

Be My Chief

ROCK 'N' POP (AUS) (Bay 2008-Stud 2013). 3 wins at 1200m, 1600m, New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1. Sire of 101 rnrs, 57 wnrs, inc. SW Surely Sacred - Super Oasis (H.K.) (ARC Auckland Guineas, Gr.2), SP Go Dixie, Gold Spice, Rock 'n' Affair, The Lord Mayor and of Bully Boy, Chevalier Prince, Lucky Missile, Orleans Rock, Rainbow Thief, Red Hot Chillypins, Boomtown Rat, Breakdance, Katie Perrie, Paris Rock, etc.

1st dam

KOVKA, by Rip Van Winkle. Unplaced. This is her second foal. Dam of one foal to race.

2nd dam

OPERA COMICA, by Dr Fong. Placed at 2 & 3 in GB. Half-sister to COMIC STRIP - VIVA PATACA (H.K.), LAUGHING , Shambolic , Blinking (dam of TWITCH ), Flatter (dam of OPSTINATE ). Dam of 6 named foals, 5 to race, 1 winner, inc:-

Marju Prince. 4 wins 1400m to 1600m in Germany.

3rd dam

COMIC, by Be My Chief. 2 wins at 1¼m, 11½f in GB. Half-sister to BRAVE ACT , JELLABY ASKHIR . Dam of 12 named foals, 10 to race, 9 winners, inc:-

COMIC STRIP - VIVA PATACA (H.K.) (Marju). Horse of the Year in Hong Kong in 2009. Champion Hong Kong Older Horse in 2007. 18 wins-5 at 2, 4 in succession-1200m to 2400m, £58,909, HK$75,212,500, 3,680,000Dhs, HKJC Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Gr.1 -twice, Pontefract Silver Tankard S., L , HKJC International Cup Trial, L -twice, Sha Tin Trophy, L , Hong Kong Derby, L , Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup, L -3 times, Hong Kong Gold Cup, L -twice, Epsom RHT Anniversary 2YO S., 2d HKJC Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Gr.1 , Hong Kong Cup, Gr.1 , Nad al Sheba Dubai Sheema Classic, Gr.1 , HKJC Champions & Chater Cup, L , Hong Kong Gold Cup, L , 3d HKJC Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Gr.1 , Stewards' Cup, L -3 times, Champions & Chater Cup, L -twice, Chairman's Trophy, L -twice, International Cup Trial, L , 4th Hong Kong Cup, Gr.1 -twice.

LAUGHING (Dansili). 8 wins-4 in succession-1m to 11f, €37,580, US$1,124,387, Saratoga Diana S., Gr.1 , Belmont Flower Bowl S., Gr.1 , Saratoga Ballston Spa S., Gr.2 , Monmouth Matchmaker S., Gr.3 , Eatontown H., Gr.3 , Leopardstown Nijinsky S., L , 2d Laurel Lady Baltimore S., L , 3d Belmont Athenia S., Gr.3 , Pimlico Gallorette H., Gr.3 .

Shambolic (Shamardal). 2 wins at 2 at 7f, 1m, Ascot Royal Foresters 2YO Fillies' S., 2d Newmarket Pretty Polly S., L , Goodwood Height of Fashion S., L , 3d Newmarket Chalice S., L , 4th Newmarket Fillies' Mile, Gr.1 .

Blinking. Unraced. Dam of 5 winners-

TWITCH (Azamour). 2 wins at 1½m, 1¾m, Bath Beckford S., L , 2d Newmarket Aphrodite S., L , 3d Goodwood Lillie Langtry S., Gr.3 , Saint-Cloud Prix Belle de Nuit, L , Goodwood Daisy Warwick S., L .

Broadlands. Unraced. Dam of 3 winners-

ROMSEY (Mukhadram). 2 wins at 2 at 1400m, 1500m in 2019, Düsseldorf Winterkönigin Trial, L , 3d Milan Premio Dormello, Gr.2 .

Flatter. Unraced. Dam of 4 winners-

OPSTINATE (Dutch Art). 12 wins-3 in succession-1200m to 2000m in Turkey, Istanbul Hagia Sophia S., L , 2d Istanbul Zühtü Erisen, L .