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32 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | December 2015 New Sires ty (gr. I) winner Lost Kitty (by Mageste- rial). As this brief family outline shows, this is a versatile female line that has produced horses capable of excelling under a wide variety of conditions. Both Medaglia d'Oro's history and that of Micromanage's female line sug - gest Micromanage will do well with mares tracing to Forty Niner, Storm Cat, and/or Blushing Groom. Micromanage enters stud at Rock - ridge Stud near Hudson at an advertised fee of $5,000, and owner Mike Repole has already announced that he intends to support the horse with some of his own mares. After three seasons at War Horse Place in Kentucky, Midas Touch (Gali - leo—Approach, by Darshaan) will stand the 2016 season at Rockridge for $3,500. Like Al Khali, Japan, and Mi - cromanage, his male line goes back to the great European sire Sadler's Wells, but rather than tracing through Meda - glia d'Oro and his sire El Prado, Midas Touch is a son of Sadler's Wells' best sire son Galileo. Already a six-time leader of the Eng - lish/Irish general sire list, Galileo has ex- celled in getting top-level European run- ners in the range from one mile to 1 1 ⁄ 2 miles. As a group II winner over 10 fur - longs in Ireland, Midas Touch was, thus, fairly typical of Galileo's stakes-class progeny. Midas Touch was also second in the 2010 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Ire-I) and Ladbrokes St. Leger (Eng-I) and offers New York breeders the op - portunity to produce the kind of young- ster that may have European appeal. A daughter of 1984 French cham - pion 3-year-old male Darshaan, Midas Touch's dam Approach is a stakes- winning half sister to Aussie Rules (by Danehill), winner of the Gainsborough Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, Fr-I) in France and the Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (gr. IT) in the United States in 2006. The dam of Approach and Aussie Rules, Last Sec - ond (by Alzao), won two group II races at 10 furlongs in England and is a half sister to 2001 GNER Doncaster Cup (Eng-III) winner Alleluia (by Caerleon) and to group I-placed stakes winners Ar - rikala and Alouette, both by Darshaan. Given his sire line and the history of his immediate female family, Midas Touch looks like a natural cross for speedy mares with Danzig (the sire of Danehill) up close in their pedigrees. He may also do well with quick mares tracing to Mr. Prospector, particularly if their pedigrees provide supporting in - breeding to other top-quality elements in Midas Touch's background. The eighth of this year's new New York stallions, Normandy Invasion (Tapit— Boston Lady, by Boston Harbor) was well-regarded if luckless as a racehorse. After fnishing second by a nose to Over - analyze in the 2012 Remsen Stakes (gr. II), Normandy Invasion was second to the high-class Verrazano in the 2013 Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I) and a good fourth in the Kentucky Derby Pre - sented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). Repeated physical issues short-circuited the re - mainder of his racing career, but he set a track record of 1:33.13 for a mile at Gulfstream Park as a 4-year-old. He will stand his frst season at Keane Stud for $6,500 as the property of Spendthrift Farm and will be part of Spendthrift's "Share the Upside" program. A son of 2014 leading sire Tapit, who is virtually certain to repeat in 2015, Normandy Invasion is from the fam - ily of 1963 Pageant Handicap and 1964 Gallorette Stakes winner Gay Serenade (by Royal Serenade). The dam of 1975 Vineland Handicap (gr. IIT) winner Gulls Cry (by Sea-Bird), dam of mul - tiple Irish group II winner Nemain (by Alleged), and 1979 Little Silver Handi - cap (gr. IIIT) winner Gala Regatta (by Hoist the Flag), Gay Serenade is also the dam of group III-placed stakes win - ner Tom's Serenade (by Tom Rolfe) and stakes-placed Herald Angel (by Hail to Reason), dam of grade I-placed stakes winner Imah (by Gate Dancer). Gay Serenade's 1982 foal is the win - ner Gay Senorita (by Raise a Native), whose daughter Boston Lady produced Normandy Invasion. Gay Senorita is also the dam of Stormy Gal (by Storm Cat), dam of 2003 Martha Washington Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) winner Derrianne (by Cozzene). Although Tapit is inbred 4x3 to Mr. Prospector, he has done well with mares louise reinagel Midas Touch, by Galileo, won at the group II level in Ireland at 1 1 ⁄ 4 miles