Premier Yearling Sale

THUNDER GULCH (USA) (Bay 1992-Stud in USA 1996, Aust. 1996). Top of The 1995 International 3YO Classification (Intermediate). 9 wins-2 at 2, Kentucky Derby, Gr.1. Champion USA Sire, 2001. Sire of SW Spain, Shot of Thunder, Tempest Morn, Point Given, Tully Thunder, Tweedside, C'Est l'Amour, Mystic Lady, Clonmel, Thunder Queen, Veil of Avalon, Balbina, Stylish, Thunder Bertie, Vita, Anatomy, Class, Instinct, etc. 

1st dam

HELEN'S SONG*, by Arctic Tern. Winner at 1600m in Aust. Sister to GLACIAL STORM, half-sister to CHAUDENNAY (dam of STONELEIGH, CHADAYED, To be a Lover), Kiska (dam of CORBETTA), Lepikha (dam of Barzah). This is her eighth live foal. Her seventh foal is a 2YO. Her sixth foal is an unraced 3YO. Dam of five foals to race, inc:-

Ultra King (c. by Fairy King*). 3 wins at 1000m, 3d BTC Queenstat Maiden H.

Nkomo (c. by Danehill*). Placed up to 1300m in Aust.

2nd dam

HORTENSIA, by Luthier. 3 wins at 1500m, 2100m, Longchamp Prix de l'Opera, Gr.2, Saint-Cloud Prix Cleopatre, Gr.3, Prix Zariba, 3d Longchamp Prix de Malleret, Gr.2, Prix de la Seine, L, 4th Yorkshire Oaks, Gr.1. Half-sister to HOT, Heil (dam of EGESIA, EZRALOW). Dam of 12 foals, 9 to race, 6 winners, inc:-

GLACIAL STORM (Arctic Tern). 2 wins-1 at 2-at 7¼f, 15½f, £239,998, Longchamp Prix de Barbeville, Gr.3, Newbury Horris Hill S., Gr.3, 2d The Derby, Gr.1, Newmarket Jockey Club S., Gr.2, Sandown Guardian Classic Trial S., Gr.3, Kempton Bonusprint September S., Gr.3, Lyon Prix Rene Bedel, L, 3d Budweiser Irish Derby, Gr.1, York Dante S., Gr.2, Baden-Baden Oleander Rennen, Gr.3, 4th Epsom Coronation Cup, Gr.1, Royal Ascot Hardwicke S., Gr.2. Sire.

CHAUDENNAY (Assert). 2 wins at 1m, 12¼f, Cheshire Oaks, L, 2d Garden State Vineland H., Gr.3, Penn National Breeders' Cup H., L, Meadowlands Castle Forbes S., L, 3d Aqueduct Display H., Gr.3, Meadowlands Squan Song S., L, Philadelphia Lindsay Jay S., L. Dam of-

STONELEIGH (Affirmed). 3 wins, Meadowlands Boiling Springs H., Gr.3.

CHADAYED (Woodman*). 2 wins-1 at 2-in Ger, Krefeld Preis vom Niederrhein, L, 3d Cologne Oppenheim Union Rennen, Gr.2, Munich Grosser Dallmayr Preis von Deutschland, Gr.2.

To be a Lover (The Minstrel). 3 wins, 3d Milan Premio Pietro Bessero, L.

Kiska. Winner in GB. Dam of-

CORBETTA (Polar Falcon). 4 wins to 1800m, Milan Premio Seregno, L.

Lepikha. Winner at 2¼m in GB. Dam of Barzah (Darshaan).

3rd dam

HELENOUCHKA, by Nijinsky. Winner at 2400m, Longchamp Prix de la Chaussee. Half-sister to Hynictus (dam of LORD AMERICO, HARAD, HAZARD), Nassau Melody (dam of NAUGHTY MARIETTA). Dam of 13 foals, all raced, 7 winners, inc:-

HOT (Tennyson). 2 wins at 2000m, Rome Premio Niccolo dell'Arca, L, 2d Rome Premio Lazio, Gr.3.