Select Yearling Sale

Account of THE OAKS STUD, Cambridge.

BACHELOR DUKE (USA) (Bay 2001-Stud in Ire. 2005, NZ 2005). Winner at 1m, Irish Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, 3d Newmarket Somerville Tattersall S., Gr.3, 4th Newmarket Dewhurst S., Gr.1. Half-brother to SW Translucid. Out of a half-sister to SW Miss Tobacco. From the same family as SW Sadler's Wells, SW Nureyev, SW Thatch, SW King Pellinore, SW El Condor Pasa, etc. His oldest NZ-bred progeny are yearlings.

1st dam

GALEJADE, by Rory's Jester. 2 wins at 2, SAJC Sunday Mail 2YO H., MVRC FCL Interstate Transport H., 3d SAJC C2000 Classic H. Half-sister to FIRE PHOENIX (II), Du Bourg, Soldado. This is her fifth foal. Her fourth foal is a 2YO. Her third foal is an unraced 3YO. Dam of two foals to race, inc:-

Faster Faster (g. by Fasliyev). Winner at 1200m in 2006-07, HKJC Plantation H., 2d HKJC Six Furlong H.

2nd dam

SILOEL, by Vice Regent. Winner at 2 in U.S.A. Half-sister to BIN SHADDAD, OH SO RISKY, Social Secret (dam of HARD BUCK). Dam of 11 named foals, 9 to race, all winners-

FIRE PHOENIX (II) (Bellotto). 6 wins from 1400m to 1800m, 436,256Rgt. in Mal, Perak TC Coronation Cup, L, Selangor TC Piala Emas Sultan Selangor, L, Centenary Cup, 2d Selangor TC Piala Emas Sultan Selangor, L, Singapore TC Raffles Cup, L, 3d Perak Derby, L, Selangor Gold Cup, L.

Du Bourg (Last Tycoon). 6 wins from 1200m to 2200m, A$105,220, AJC The Racing Club H., Cotswold Gallery H., 2d STC Canterbury Cup, Gr.3, AJC Condell Park H., 3d AJC Diggers Function Centre H., Starlight Foundation H.

Soldado (Military Plume). 6 wins from 1600m to 2900m, A$131,975, VRC Portland Player H., MRC Captain Peri H., 2d VRC Piping Lane H., Rising Fast H., 3d VRC Duke of Norfolk S., L, SAJC HC Nitschke S., L.

Principatus. 3 wins to 1400m, 2d STC Clubs NSW Eastern Metropolitan Region H.

Reluctant Prince. 6 wins from 1200m to 1600m in Aust.

Army Princess. Unraced. Dam of-

Army Prince. 5 wins from 1200m to 1650m, A$106,450, WATC Fair Alert H., Ellicorsam H., Winning Edge Presentations Cup, Forehand H.

Subcontinent. Unraced. Dam of-

Hurricane Dancer. 3 wins to 1250m, SAJC Carlton Draught Club 500 H., Adelaide Airport Limited H., Ramsay Health Care SA H.

3rd dam

EXPEDIENCY, by Vaguely Noble. Placed at 3 in France. Sister to GONZALES, MISSISSIPIAN, half-sister to YOUTH, SILKY BABY, BEST OF BOTH, Fargaze. Dam of 9 foals, all raced, 7 winners, inc:-

OH SO RISKY (Kris). 9 wins-1 at 2-from 7f to 2½m, £204,031, Longchamp Prix Gladiateur, Gr.3, Ascot Hurdle, Cheltenham Triumph Hurdle.

BIN SHADDAD (Riverman). 8 wins from 1400m to 2000m in GB, Italy and Ger, Badener Meile, Gr.3, Baden-Baden Spreti Rennen, Gr.3, Grosser Preis der Gelsenkirchener Wirtschaft, Gr.3, 2d Cologne Elite Preis, Gr.2. Sire.

Social Secret. Unplaced. Dam of-

HARD BUCK (Spend a Buck). 7 wins-1 at 2-from 1m to 11f, £165,000, US$341,816, 1,472,000Dhs in U.S.A. and Brazil, Gavea G.P. Linneo de Paula Machado, Gr.1, Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup H., Gr.1.