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What’s in a Name: Tilsit

Not far from the Baltic Sea, Tilsit was a contested town of many names, in different languages: it was Tilsit in German, Tilže in Lithuanian, Tylza in Polish, and now Sovetsk in Russian, since 1945. Napoleon signed two treaties in Tilsit in 1807, at the apex of his power: first with the Russian Czar Alexander I (on a raft in the river Neman) and then with the Prussians two days later. A first foal out of very promising mare Multilingual, 3-year-old colt Tilsit, who won at Newcastle by 19 lengths last Saturday, carries a name that is inspired and inspiring.
1st-Newcastle, £5,400, Novice, 6-27, 3-5yo, 8f 5y (AWT), 1:38.03, st. TILSIT (c, 3, First Defence–Multilingual {GB}, by Dansili {GB}) Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $5,858. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Charlie Hills.

An Italian native, Andrea Branchini now lives in Lexington, Ky. where he works in the equine transport industry.

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Enable One of Eight in Vintage Coral-Eclipse

Juddmonte’s Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is set for a stern test on her eagerly-awaited return to the track on Sunday, with Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) one of her key rivals in an eight-strong entry for the G1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. The dual Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner is set to reappear for the first time since she lost her 12-race unbeaten sequence when runner-up to Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in pursuit of her hat-trick in Paris last October.

John Gosden’s brilliant mare will be defending her Sandown crown, having begun her campaign last summer with an odds-on victory in the Eclipse. At six, she is due to face a tough challenger in Charlie Appleby’s Ghaiyyath–a year her junior and a dual winner since finishing only 10th of 12 at ParisLongchamp last October. Ghaiyyath made virtually all for emphatic victories in the G3 Dubai Millennium S. at Meydan and then the re-routed G1 Coronation Cup at Newmarket earlier this month. William Buick is set to team up with the Dubawi horse again and he is anticipating a thorough test for his mount.

Buick said, “It is obviously a tough race, but he is a horse I’m looking forward to riding again as he was great at Newmarket last time in the Coronation Cup. It looks like a real highlight, but that is the Eclipse for you. It has been billed as that before and it is a great race. I know it is only a small field, but it is a very select field and there are world champions in there. This could be the race of the season.”

Among Ghaiyyath and Enable’s potential opponents at Sandown are the mare’s stablemate Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), an impressive winner of the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot. Adding further intrigue is the Japanese mare Deirdre (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB), winner of the G1 Nassau S. last season. Aidan O’Brien’s chief hope is last year’s G1 Juddmonte International winner Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who was below-par at Ascot on his reappearance, and he may be joined by stablemate Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Regal Reality (GB) (Intello {Ger}) and Bangkok (Ire) (Australia {GB}) complete the field.

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Latest Entries Revealed for French Derby, Oaks

Andre Fabre’s Victor Ludorum (GB) (Shamardal) will attempt to do the French Guineas and Derby double which stablemate Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) so nearly pulled off last season, as the latest entries for the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Prix de Diane were announced on Monday. One of 27 in the males’ Classic, he turned around previous form with The Summit (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who had beaten him in the G3 Prix de Fontainebleau in May, his only defeat in his career.

Fabre could also run the promising ‘TDN Rising Star’ Ocean Atlantique (American Pharoah) while Christophe Ferland’s Pao Alto (Fr) (Intello {Ger}), who beat Ocean Atlantique in the G3 Prix la Force, is another major contender.

John Gosden’s Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) was an impressive winner of a Newmarket listed race on his return to action, beating better fancied stablemate Waldkonig (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Gosden favoured keeping him at 10 furlongs rather than stepping up in trip for Epsom. The only other entry from Britain is Paul and Oliver Cole’s Celtic Art (Fr) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), runner-up in a Deauville listed race last October.

Aidan O’Brien has left in four, headed by MGSW & MG1SP Armory (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), while Joseph O’Brien can choose from seven, including G1 Irish Derby also-ran and GSW Crossfirehurricane (Kitten’s Joy).

Jessica Harrington’s impressive G1 Coronation S. winner Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea the Moon {Ger}) is among 17 in the G1 Prix de Diane. Donnacha O’Brien’s Fancy Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) could make the trip along with his brother Joseph’s New York Girl (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), who ran in the G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby on Saturday, while their father Aidan has left in G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas winner Peaceful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

The home team is headed by Jean-Claude Rouget’s duo of Raabihah (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and G1 Prix Saint-Alary victress Tawkeel (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}).

Peter Chapple-Hyam’s Bharani Star (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and David Simcock’s Oriental Mystique (GB) (Kingman {GB}) could make the trip.

The next entry stage closes on Tuesday morning, with the final entrants announced on Thursday. The current entries for the Prix du Jockey Club and for the Prix de Diane are available at www.france-galop.com/fr.

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Love One of 11 for Investec Oaks

Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), winner of the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas, heads 11 entries for the G1 Investec Oaks at Epsom on Saturday. The daughter of Galileo has headed the ante-post market since her impressive victory by 4 1/4 lengths over the Rowley Mile. Love bids to become the first filly since Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2016 to win both Classics. She is one of four possibles from the Aidan O’Brien stable as the Ballydoyle handler goes for a seventh Oaks success.

O’Brien’s other fillies in the mix are the G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Peaceful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Ennistymon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who were second and third, respectively, in the G2 Ribblesdale S. at Ascot.

Love’s main market rival is the Ribblesdale winner Frankly Darling (GB) (Frankel {GB}), trained by John Gosden. The Frankel filly has no stamina concerns after she took that Group 1 contest over a mile and a half in good style. Tiempo Vuela (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) is a second entry from the Gosden stable. Gosden and O’Brien have dominated the last six runnings of Epsom’s fillies’ Classic, with three wins each.

Roger Varian is two-handed at this stage, with Gold Wand (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}) and SP Queen Daenerys (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), while the 11 is completed by Bharani Star (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (Peter Chapple-Hyam), SW & GSP Dubai Love (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) (Saeed bin Suroor) and Oriental Mystique (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (David Simcock).

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