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News From England i Migoli Juvenile Budding Chomp By CLIVE GRAHAM London Correspondent, Daily Racing Form LONDON, England, June 19.— The results of the Ascot meeting must be left until next weeks letter. It was tragic how : rain spoilt the pag-eantryand also the going on the opening day. It was another minor tragedy that Golden God, probably by far the best two-year-old colt seen out this season, should have been kept idle in his stall suffering from splint trouble. Golden God is one of the second crop sired by Migoli, the . i ; L • . nine-year-old gray horse who used to carry the Aga Khans colors. Migoli, in his racing days, was handled by Frank Butters at Newmarket, who sent him across to France in 1938 to w in the Prix de lArc de Triomphe from Nirgal and Bey. On his retirement from racing, he was syndicated for 00,000. In addition to his racing merit, he has an interesting pedigree. His sire, Bois Roussel, won the 1948 Derby, and is closely related to Bull Dog. His dam, Mah Iran, from whom he derives his gray coat, was a very speedy filly when in training. She is a daughter of Bahram from Mah Mahal — the dam of Mahmoud. So it is not surprising: from the point of view of performance and pedigree that Migoli should now be the father of a budding champion. Unfortunately, for the shareholders in the syndicate, Migolis performance during the mating season just past has not been entirely satisfactory. He does not figure among our leading stallions up to the eve of Ascot racing. Nasrullah was still on top with twelve individual winners of fourteen races valued at approximately 0,000. His most notable performer is the three-year-old, Nearula, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas. Next comes Chanteur n., sire of Derby winner, Pinza. He has had six other winners of seven races, to bring an aggregate of 0,000. At this figure, he has a narrow lead over the English. National Stud stallion, Big Game, 10 individual winners of 13 races. Big Game owes his position mainly to the filly, Ambiguity, winner of the Epsom Oaks. Fourth in the list comes Royal Charger eight winners of 100 races, who would be even higher if Irish racing were taken into account. The Fair Trial horse, Court Martial, is fifth with 13 winners of 19 races. A large proportion" of these have been two-year-olds, but it remains to "be seen whether his youngsters will train on. Some of them show every sign of doing so, and H. J. Joel has a particularly fast young colt by this sire called High Reason. Our stallion list is disappointing in that it includes so many ancient stallions. Hyperion is now in his twenty-fourth year, while Precipitation is rising 21. These two are in fifth and sixth places, respectively, closely followed by 17 -year-old Panorama, and 18 -year-old Nearco. Panorama, a brilliant sprinter in his day, so far has been the most prolific winner-producer. Fifteen of his sons and daughters have won 23 races between them. Other stallions high on the list of winning progency are Dante and Straight Deal, the 1943 Derby winner. We visited Dante recently at the Yorkshire Stud Farm to which he was retired after his 1945 Derby victory. His eyesight was affected during his racing career, and he is now completely blind in both eyes. There have been no signs that this failing is being transmitted to his stock, and he looks the picture of well being. It has been known for blind stallions to turn savage, but Dante has the most charming and affectionate temperament. He is like a small boy in his love for all forms of candy, and he snickers and whinnies with delight when he hears the crinkly sound of paper being unwrapped. Apart from his winning progeny in England, he has an exceptional three-year-old colt in Italy, Frederico Tesios Tou-, louse Lautrec. The famous Italian owner-trainer is pointing this colt for the Paris Grand Prix at the end of this month, and then plans to bring him across to England for the big Ascot classic in mid-July. It could well be that Italian three-year-i old form rates next to English so far as European racing is concerned. The French colts keep on beating each other, which is always an unfavorable sign in any mans country. The Italians have another top class colt in Alberigo, who also may be challenging Pinza, Zucchero and the others next month.
