MODERN GAMES Pedigree

NEW APPROACH Champion 2YO & 3YO Colt in Europe in 2007 & 2008. Champion 3YO in GB in 2008 (Intermediate). Champion 3YO in Ireland in 2008 (Intermediate & Long). 8 wins-5 at 2-from 7f to 1½m, £1,302,317, €858,708, Leopardstown Irish Champion S., Gr.1, The Derby, Gr.1, Newmarket Champion S., Gr.1, Dewhurst S., Gr.1, Curragh National S., Gr.1, Futurity S., Gr.2, Leopardstown Tyros S., Gr.3, Curragh Jebel Ali Stables 2YO S., 2d The Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Irish Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, 3d Newmarket International S., Gr.1. Leading GB/Ire. First Season Sire in 2012. Sire of winners of over $73 million - 62 stakes winners, inc. MASAR, MAY'S DREAM, TALENT, SULTANINA, DAWN APPROACH, ELLIPTIQUE, POTEMKIN, MAC SWINEY, CASCADIAN, LIBERTARIAN, etc. Maternal sire of winners of over $47 million - 32 stakes winners, inc. MODERN GAMES, MUSTANG VALLEY, MAWJ, EARTHLIGHT, ROSALLION, LIVE IN THE DREAM, CORNICHE, AMBITION, TIZ INVINCIBLE, CARLA'S WAY.

1st Dam

MODERN IDEALS (GB) Champion Older Female Stayer in Ireland in 2023., ran twice at 3 and 4 years in France; Broodmare of the Year in Ireland in 2023. .; dam of four winners from 5 runners and 6 living foals of racing age including-

MODERN GAMES (IRE) (2019 c. by Dubawi (IRE)), see above.

MAWJ (IRE) (2020 f. by Exceed and Excel (AUS)) Leading 3yr old filly on 2023 WBR Rankings (Mile)., won 6 races at 2 and 3 years, 2023 at home, in U.S.A. and in U.A.E. and £1,054,608 including Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, Keeneland, Gr.1, The One Thousand Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1, Duchess of Cambridge Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2 and placed 3 times including second in Breeders' Cup Mile, Santa Anita, Gr.1, Albany Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.3, third in Cheveley Park Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, fourth in Lowther Stakes, York, Gr.2, from only 11 starts.

MODERN NEWS (GB) (2018 g. by Shamardal (USA)), won 6 races at 2 to 4 years and £175,803 including Royal Windsor Stakes, Windsor, L and placed 7 times including second in Diomed Stakes, Epsom, Gr.3, Sovereign Stakes, Salisbury, Gr.3, Midsummer Stakes, Windsor, L, Business Bay Challenge Stakes, Meydan, L, third in Pomfret Stakes, Pontefract, L, Meydan Challenge Stakes, Meydan, L.

2nd Dam

EPITOME (IRE), placed twice at 3 years, from only 3 starts; dam of eleven winners from 14 runners and 16 foals of racing age including-

ULTRA (IRE) (c. by Manduro (GER)), won 4 races at 2 and 4 years in France and £215,069 including Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix Jacques Laffitte, M'-Laffitte, L and placed once viz. second in Prix Eugène Adam, M'-Laffitte, Gr.2, from only 6 starts; sire in France.

SYNOPSIS (IRE) (f. by In The Wings), won 2 races at 3 years in France and £58,244 including Prix Minerve, Deauville, Gr.3 and placed twice including third in Prix Fille de l'Air, Toulouse, Gr.3, fourth in Park Hill Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.2, Prix de Royallieu, Longchamp, Gr.2.

Epic Similie (GB) (f. by Lomitas (GB)), won 2 races at 3 years in France and £35,389 and placed 3 times including third in Derby de l'Ouest, Nantes, L, Prix Panacee, Toulouse, L, from only 7 starts; dam of a winner.

Figure of Speech (IRE), 1 race at 2 years and £43,645 and placed twice including second in July Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, Sirenia Stakes, Kempton, Gr.3, fourth in Richmond Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.2.

Autumn Snow (GB), ran once at 2 years; dam of BEHIND ENEMY LINES (GB), 2 races at 3 years, 2023 at home and in U.S.A. and £172,026 including Cutler Bay Stakes, Gulfstream Park, LR and placed once viz. second in Penn Mile Stakes, Penn National, Gr.2.

Panegyric (GB), ran twice at 3 years in France; dam of a winner.

Lackeen (GB), 4 races at 3 to 5 years in France and in Australia and £238,304 and placed 8 times including second in Prix Pelleas, Compiegne, L, fourth in Bill Ritchie Handicap, Sydney, Gr.3.

3rd Dam

PROSKONA (USA) Champion 3yr old filly & 3yr old Sprinter in Italy in 1984., won 5 races at 3 and 4 years in France and in Italy including Premio Umbria, Roma, Gr.2, Prix de Seine-et-Oise, M'-Laffitte, Gr.3, Prix de Boulogne, Longchamp, L and placed twice viz. second in Prix du Petit Couvert, Longchamp, Gr.3, Prix de Honfleur, Deauville, L; dam of seven winners from 11 runners and 14 living foals of racing age including-

CALISTA (GB), won 6 races at 2 to 4 years in France, in U.S.A. and in Canada including Canadian Handicap, Woodbine, Gr.2 and placed 6 times including second in Pebbles Handicap, Belmont, Gr.3, Prix de Psyché, Deauville, Gr.3, Honey Fox Handicap, Gulfstream Park, Gr.3, third in Suwannee River Handicap, Gulfstream Park, Gr.3, from only 14 starts; dam of winners.

NOESIS, won 2 races at 3 years in France and placed 6 times; dam of winners.

IBUKI PERCEIVE (JPN), 3 races at 2 to 4 years in Japan including Daily Hai Queen Cup, Tokyo, L and placed twice viz. second in Oka Sho, Hanshin, L, third in Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, Hanshin, L; dam of winners; grandam of CHIEF KITTEN (USA), 3 races at 2 and 6 years in U.S.A. and £111,796 including Pulpit Stakes, Gulfstream Park West, LR and placed 15 times including third in Woodhaven Stakes, Aqueduct, LR.

Summer Sonnet (GB), 1 race at 3 years in France and placed 4 times including third in La Coupe Piaget, Deauville, L; dam of ACT ONE (GB), 5 races at 2 and 3 years in France and £342,792 including Prix Lupin, Longchamp, Gr.1, Critérium International, Saint-Cloud, Gr.1 and placed once, all his starts; sire, SUMMER SOLSTICE (IRE), 3 races at 3 and 4 years in France and in U.S.A. including Prix de Thiberville, Deauville, L and placed twice including second in Prix Madame Jean Couturié, Vichy, L; grandam of SUMMER BREEZING (USA), 7 races at 2 to 7 years in U.S.A. and £211,601 including Tiller Stakes, Belmont, L and placed 6 times including third in Troy Stakes, Saratoga, L, ADIRONDACK SUMMER (USA), 2 races at 2 and 3 years in U.S.A. and £92,238 including Dania Beach Stakes, Gulfstream Park, L and placed 5 times including third in Transylvania Stakes, Keeneland, Gr.3, from only 9 starts, SUMMER STAR (IRE), 2 NH flat races and 2 races over hurdles at 4 and 5 years and £48,823 including Champion INH Flat Race, Limerick, L and placed twice under both rules including third in Nas Na Riogh Novice Chase, Naas, Gr.2; dam of a winner; ancestress of SHE FEELS PRETTY (USA), 2 races at 2 years, 2023 in U.S.A. and in Canada and £283,823 including Natalma Stakes, Woodbine, Gr.1 and placed once viz. third in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Santa Anita, Gr.1, all her starts, LORD GOLD (BRZ), 4 races at 2 to 4 years, 2023 in Brazil and £13,770 including G.Plate Adhemar e Roberto Gabizo de Faria, Gávea, Gr.3 and placed 3 times including third in G.Plate Copa ABCPCC Velocidade Mario Belmonte Moglia, Gávea, Gr.3, SOLO ALBUM (USA), 2 races at 3 years, 2023 in Canada and £144,025 including Selene Stakes, Woodbine, Gr.3 and placed 5 times, MAEDEAN (USA), 2 races at 2 years in U.S.A. and £148,063 including Tempted Stakes, Aqueduct, L and placed twice including second in Demoiselle Stakes, Aqueduct, Gr.2.

SPACE RITUAL (IRE), won 1 race at 2 years in France and placed 3 times.

Space Time (FR), placed once at 2 years in France; dam of SPLASHDOWN (GB), 2 races at 2 and 3 years and £53,294 including Ballymacoll Stud Stakes, Newbury, L and placed 4 times, from only 8 starts, COSMODROME (USA), 2 races at 3 years and £25,450 including Height of Fashion Stakes, Goodwood, L and placed once viz. second in Warwickshire Oaks, Warwick, L; dam of winners; grandam of AKTABANTAY (GB), 11 races at 2 to 7 years at home and in U.S.A. and £274,598 including Solario Stakes, Sandown, Gr.3 and placed 13 times including second in Superlative Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, REINA MADRE (IRE) Champion 2yr old filly in Spain in 2020., 3 races at 2 and 3 years in France and in Spain and £81,389 including Prix Imprudence, Deauville, Gr.3 and placed 3 times including second in Grand Critérium de Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Le Bouscat, L.

National Portrait (IRE), placed 4 times at 3 years in France; dam of a winner.

LOVE LETTER (JPN), 1 race at 3 years in Japan and £23,588 and placed once; dam of LOVING ANSWER (JPN), 8 races at 2 to 7 years in Japan and £1,222,859 including Shunrai Stakes, Nakayama, L and placed 6 times including fourth in Keio Hai Spring Cup, Tokyo, Gr.2, REAL VENUS (JPN), 3 races at 2 and 3 years in Japan and £288,553 including Aoi Stakes, Kyoto, L and placed twice; dam of a winner.

Kapuchka (IRE), ran at 3 years; dam of a winner.

KENTUCKY ROSE (FR), 2 races at 3 years in France including Prix Joubert, M'-Laffitte, L and placed 4 times including second in Prix de Flore, Saint-Cloud, Gr.3; dam of KEEGSQUAW (IRE), 4 races at 2 and 4 years in France and £95,999 including Prix Dahlia, Saint-Cloud, L and placed 6 times including second in Prix Luth Enchantée, Clairefontaine, L; dam of winners; grandam of PITCH (FR), 6 races at 3 and 4 years in France and £79,120 including La Coupe de Marseille, Marseille Borely, L and placed 5 times, WEDGE TRUST (IRE), 3 races at 2 and 3 years in France and £96,231 including Prix de Bonneval, Chantilly, L and placed 4 times including second in Prix de Seine-et-Oise, M'-Laffitte, Gr.3; dam of a winner.

Kiftsgate Rose (FR), unraced; dam of a winner; grandam of RED ROSES (JPN), 6 races on the flat, 1 race over fences at 2 to 7 years in Japan and £1,140,501 including Fukushima Mimpo Hai, Fukushima, L and placed 12 times including second in Principal Stakes, Tokyo, L.

Bonnie Doon (IRE), unraced; dam of a winner.

BONHOMIE (GB), 1 race at 3 years and placed 4 times; dam of LANEQASH (GB), 3 races at 2 to 5 years, 2023 at home and in U.A.E. and £144,280 including City Plate, Chester, L and placed 4 times including second in Hungerford Stakes, Newbury, Gr.2.