2025 MARCH (Late) Online Sale
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Buyer: C Warner - $3,250
Particulars
Name: | Port Vendres (JPN) |
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Category: | Broodmare |
Sire: | Daiwa Major (JPN) |
Dam: | Lady Deauville (FR) |
Colour: | Grey |
Sex: | Mare |
DOB: | 22 March 2014 |
COB: | JPN |
Disclosures: | Colic Surgery |
GST: | Yes 100% |
Location: | 1148 Segenhoe Rd SEGENHOE NSW |
Broodmare's Breeding Status
In foal: | No |
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Selling with a foal at foot: | No |
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Description
A Group-placed imported mare whose first foal made $500k at Sydney Easter Yearling Sale.
Port Vendres was a talented racemare registering 3 wins and placing in a Gr3 to Deirdre, a subsequent Gr1 winner in both Japan and the UK.
Her first foal, a $500,000 Sydney Easter yearling, was placed at his first two starts before injury hampered his career. Her second foal Fortissimo, a Snitzel 2yo won on debut on 21st March for Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich. Port Vendres also has a weanling colt by proven Gr1 sire Dundeel (sire of 8 Gr1 winners).
This Danehill-free mare is a daughter of Sunday Silence Gr1 winner Daiwa Major, sire of 48 SWs with 9 of them Gr1 winners including Champion 2YO of Japan Admire Mars. As a broodmare sire Daiwa Major has already left 14 SWs, two of them Gr1 winners: Namur and Arma Veloce.
Port Vendres was not covered after a late foaling.
Port Vendres has had previous colic surgery.
Height 16.2 hh
While efforts are made to disclose any past issues, potential buyers are advised to conduct independent veterinary inspections.
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Pedigree
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PORT VENDRES (JPN) | ||||
Grey mare | Foaled 2014 |
DAIWA MAJOR (JPN) (2001). 9 wins from 1600m to 2000m, Tokyo Yasuda Kinen, Gr.1. Brother to SW Daiwa Rouge. Half-brother to SW Daiwa Scarlet (Nakayama Arima Kinen, Gr.1). Sire of 1358 rnrs, 995 wnrs, 48 SW, inc. Admire Mars, etc. Sire of the dams of SW Arma Veloce, Namur, Moryana, Ravel, Kimiwa Queen, Pod Vader, Balsam Note, Lord Fons, Maruka Rapid, Grand Bridge, Grand Officier, Stripe, Al Satwa, Shonan Nadeshiko, SP Arsenaal, Yamanin Ad Hoc, Westerwald, Burning Pesca, Bell Pit, etc.
1st dam LADY DEAUVILLE, by Fasliyev (USA). 6 wins-2 at 2-from 1200m to 2000m, £117,047, €116,100 in GB, France and Germany, Hannover Hessen Pokal, Gr.3, Newbury Radley S., L, Ayr Doonside Cup, L, Salisbury Upavon S., L, Bath Dick Hern S., L, Fontainebleau Prix Zeddaan, L, 2d Maisons-Laffitte Prix Miesque, Gr.3, Sandown Star S., L, Maisons-Laffitte Prix Le Fabuleux, L, 3d Deauville Prix du Calvados, Gr.3, Newbury Fred Darling S., Gr.3, 4th Chantilly Prix de Sandringham, Gr.2, Goodwood Select S., Gr.3, Ayr Firth of Clyde S., Gr.3, Warwick Warwickshire Oaks, L, Toulouse Prix Max Sicard, L. Half-sister to FABULOUS LA FOUINE (dam of GUSTAVE CRY), Zambuka Les Planches (c by Deep Impact). 4 wins-2 at 2-at 1600m, 1800m, 2d Kyoto Kisaragi Sho, Gr.3. Port Vendres (f by Daiwa Major). 3 wins. See below. Trouville Manhattan Lady Trois Vallees Mikki Deauville Villefranche Graffias Lady Modern Rose Rapidash
2nd dam MERCALLE, by Kaldoun. Champion Older Female Stayer in Europe in 1990. 8 wins-2 at 2-from 1200m to 4000m, 1,246,850fr., Longchamp Prix du Cadran, Gr.1, Toulouse Prix Panacee, L, Prix Caravelle, L, 2d Longchamp Prix des Fédérations Régionales, L, La Teste Grand Prix Inter-Regional des 3 Ans, L, Toulouse Prix Max Sicard, L, 3d Evry Prix Minerve, Gr.3, Bordeaux Derby du Midi, L, Toulouse Grand Criterium du Languedoc, L. Dam of 15 foals, 13 to race, 6 winners, inc:- LADY DEAUVILLE (f Fasliyev (USA)) 6 wins. See above. FABULOUS LA FOUINE (f Fabulous Dancer) Champion 3YO Filly in Japan in 1996. 4 wins from 1200m to 2000m, 226,100,000¥, Kyoto Shuka Sho, L, Tokyo New Zealand Trophy Yonsai S., L, 2d Japan Cup, Gr.1. Dam of 9 winners- GUSTAVE CRY (c Heart's Cry) 5 wins from 2200m to 3000m, 175,270,000¥, Hanshin Daishoten, Gr.2, Tokyo Soshun S., 2d Tokyo Diamond S., Gr.3, 3d Kyoto Daishoten, Gr.2. Superieure Narita Hurricane (c King Kamehameha) 5 wins-1 at 2-from 1400m to 1900m, 112,575,000¥, Kyoto Momoyama S., 2d Sapporo Kinen, Gr.2. Fabulous Cat Crack Seed (f King Kamehameha) 3 wins at 1600m, 1800m, 82,907,000¥, 2d Nakayama Shion S., L, Tokyo Kagayaki Sho. Producer. Lovelinessof Paris SIFFLEMENT (c Harbinger) 5 wins at 1800m, 2000m, 106,520,000¥, Chukyo Miyakooji S., L, Sekigahara S., Hanshin Kyobashi Tokubetsu, 3d Hanshin Wakaba S., L. Champagne (c Chichicastenango) 3 wins-1 at 2-from 1800m to 2600m, Sapporo Akanko Tokubetsu, 2d Kyoto Manyo S., L. Fabulous Time Ranryo O (c Pyro) 12 wins-4 at 2-from 800m to 2600m, 203,800,000¥, to 2024, Ohi Tokyo Kinen, 2d Kawasaki Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, L. La Fouine Trail Giant Leap (c Neo Universe) 4 wins from 2000m to 2400m, 78,419,000¥, Kyoto Biwako Tokubetsu, 3d Kyoto Shimbun Hai, Gr.2. Blaze a Trail (c Daiwa Major) 6 wins from 1600m to 2000m, 141,134,000¥, Nakayama Shufu S., 2d Niigata Keisei Hai Autumn H., Gr.3. Zambuka ZAMRUD (f Samum) 2 wins at 2000m, 2400m, €148,700 in Germany, Baden-Baden T von Zastrow Stutenpreis, Gr.2, 2d Düsseldorf Preis der Diana, Gr.1, Hamburg Mehl Mülhens Trophy, Gr.3. Zirconic Star (c Samum) 2 wins-1 at 2-at 1800m, 1850m in Germany, 2d Düsseldorf Derby Trial, L. Policalle Nova Luz Ecrin des Bieffes (g Shakespearean) 5 wins-1 at 2-at 1400m, 1500m, €91,960 in France and Spain, Chantilly Prix Princeline, 3d Toulouse Grand Criterium du Languedoc, L. Sojitzen Leoube Diego Ventura (c Mehmas) 2 wins at 2 in 2024, Ascot Juddmonte British EBF Restricted Novice S., 2d Newmarket Somerville Tattersall S., Gr.3. Queen of Deauville DEAUVILLE PRINCE (g Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)) 3 wins-2 at 2-to 7f, Ripon Champion 2YO Trophy, L, 2d Meydan Classic S., L, 4th Milano Gran Criterium, Gr.1, Longchamp Prix des Chenes, Gr.3.
Race Record: 3 wins at 1600m, 1800m, Hakodate Kamomejima Tokubetsu, 3d Nakayama Shion S., Gr.3.
Produce Record: Dam of 2 named foals, both raced, 1 winner. 2020 Barker 2022 Fortissimo 2024 (c by Dundeel (NZ)). Missed in 2021, 2023; not served in 2024. |