Month: August 2020

Easy Lillie Langtry Repeat For Enbihaar

With Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) ruled out of Saturday’s G2 Qatar Lillie Langtry S. at Goodwood, the way was paved for last year’s winner Enbihaar (Ire) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) to enjoy a saunter around the Downs and she duly delivered with the minimum of fuss against two rivals. Last seen finishing fourth in the 12-furlong G2 Princess of Wales’s S. on her seasonal bow at Newmarket July 9, Shadwell’s 1-2 favourite stayed close to the 3-year-old Snow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) throughout the early stages and once sent past that rival passing the two-furlong pole drew away strongly to score by 3 1/2 lengths from Cabaletta (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}).

One of last term’s most improved performers, Enbihaar proved a formidable runner when granted suitably lively conditions and a distance of ground and went from success in the G2 Lancashire Oaks to this win and another in Doncaster’s G2 Park Hill S. in September. Third when undone by testing ground in the G1 Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp in October, the same underfoot conditions meant that she was below-par on her return at the July meeting but everything fell perfectly into place for this repeat of 12 months ago. Despite giving way weight-for-age to a younger duo with smart form, the imposing bay never looked likely to become the subject of an upset and is primed for a potentially profitable remainder of the campaign.

That could come over excess of this trip according to the operation’s Racing Manager Angus Gold. “It’s unlike Sheikh Hamdan to keep an older mare in training and I’m glad to see that rewarded with another group win,” he commented. “It’s good to see her show her old enthusiasm and that amazing stride of hers. I’ll talk to John and see what the options are, but Jim said she’ll stay two miles any day. She doesn’t want the ground too soft, but I would have thought the [G2 Qipco British Champions] Long Distance Cup [at Ascot Oct. 17] would be an option.”

Enbihaar is a half-sister to Godolphin’s G2 International Topkapi Trophy runner-up Silent Attack (GB) (Dream Ahead) and to the listed-placed King Bolete (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). They are out of Chanterelle (Fr) (Trempolino), a full-sister to the G3 Prix du Calvados scorer Cox Orange who in turn produced the Listed Masaka S. winner and G1 1000 Guineas third Vista Bella (GB) (Diktat {GB}). Her dam is the G2 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Spectacular Joke (Spectacular Bid), whose leading performer was the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Amonita (Anabaa). Chanterelle also has a yearling filly by Muhaarar (GB).

Saturday, Goodwood, Britain
QATAR LILLIE LANGTRY S.-G2, £125,000, Goodwood, 8-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 14fT, 3:03.42, g/f.
1–ENBIHAAR (IRE), 132, m, 5, by Redoute’s Choice (Aus)
     1st Dam: Chanterelle (Fr), by Trempolino
     2nd Dam: Spectacular Joke, by Spectacular Bid
     3rd Dam: No Joke, by Shecky Greene
(€500,000 Ylg ’16 ARAUG). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Haras du Mezeray (IRE); T-John Gosden; J-Jim Crowley. £70,888. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 11-6-1-2, $562,036. *1/2 to Silent Attack (GB) (Dream Ahead), GSP-Tur, $176,808; and King Bolete (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), SP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Cabaletta (GB), 121, f, 3, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Allegretto (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Cheveley Park Stud (GB); T-Roger Varian. £26,875.
3–Snow (Ire), 121, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Chelsea Rose (Ire), by Desert King (Ire). (1,200,000gns Ylg ’18 TATOCT). O-Mr M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. £13,450.
Margins: 3HF, 10. Odds: 0.50, 7.00, 2.75.
Scratched: Manuela de Vega (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Trio of Grade I Winners Face Off in Clement Hirsch

A competitive field, highlighted by three top-level scorers, are set to face off Sunday in the GI Clement L. Hirsch S. at Del Mar, a “Win and You’re In” for the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Ce Ce (Elusive Quality) scored back-to-back wins in the Mar. 14 GI Beholder Mile and Apr. 18 GI Apple Blossom H. Favored to repeat in the GII Santa Maria S. back at Santa Anita, she could only manage third behind the re-opposing Fighting Mad (New Year’s Day) and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Hard Not to Love (Hard Spun).

Victorious in the GI La Brea S. in December, Hard Not to Love followed suit with a win in the GII Santa Monica S. in February. The one-eyed bay finished second to Ce Ce after setting the pace in the Beholder Mile, but rallied from off the pace in the Santa Maria last time.

Last year’s Hirsch winner Ollie’s Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}) looks to successfully defend her title in this event. Third in the Beholder Mile, the dark bay came up just a head short in the Apple Blossom and finished a close third in a blanket finish in Belmont’s GI Ogden Phipps S. June 13.

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Baccarat Chemin De Fer: Rules Of The Game

One of the many forms of the game of Baccarat is the French version called Chemin De Fer. In this version of the game six full packs of cards of the same pattern are used, shuffled together. The players are seated around the table which features a basket on the center for reception of used cards. The cards are shuffled by the Croupier and then the cards are passed on with each player having the right to shuffle in turn. Once the tables have been passed to every player at the table the Croupier once again shuffles the deck and then offers the cards to the player to his left, who then cuts the cards.

The dealer places before him the amount he is disposed to risk and the players “make their stakes.” Any player, beginning with the player on the immediate right of the dealer, is entitled to say “Banco”, meaning to “go bank,” to play against the whole of the banker’s stake. If no one does so, each player places his stake before him. If the total so staked by the seated players is not equal to the amount for the time being in the bank, other persons standing round may stake in addition. If it is more than equal to the amount in the bank, the players nearest in order to the banker have the preference up to such amount, the banker having the right to decline any stake in excess of that limit.

The banker proceeds to deal four cards face downwards: the first, for the players, to the right; the second to himself; the third for the players, the fourth to himself. The player who has the highest stake represents the other players. If two players are equal in this respect, the player first in rotation has the preference. Each then looks at his cards. If he finds that they make a natural nine, the highest point at Baccarat, or eight, the next highest, he turns them up, announcing the number aloud, and the hand is at an end. If the banker’s point is the better, the stakes of the player become the property of the bank. If the players’ point is the better, the banker (or the croupier for him) pays each player the amount of his stake.

The stakes are made afresh, and the game proceeds. If the banker has been the winner, he deals again. If otherwise, the cards are passed to the player next in order, who thereupon becomes banker in his turn.

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