Tattersalls to Sponsor Listed Diana Trial at Baden-Baden

Tattersalls this year will sponsor the Listed Diana Trial at Baden-Baden Racecourse in Germany. The nine-furlong contest for 3-year-old fillies will take place on May 20.

The race is a key trial for the G1 Preis der Diana and previously has been won by high-class fillies Ashiana (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Preciosa (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and Mascha (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), who was subsequently sold for 325,000gns in the inaugural Sceptre Sessions at the 2022 Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

“Tattersalls is delighted to sponsor the Listed Diana Trial at Baden-Baden, a race which is an important stepping-stone to one of the most significant races in the German calendar,” Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said. “Tattersalls has a history of selling some of the finest German-bred foals, yearlings, horses-in-training and broodmares and our sponsorship of the Tattersalls Diana Trial underlines our commitment to the German racing and breeding industries as well as reinforces our long association with Baden-Baden Racecourse.”

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2022 German Oaks Winner Sold To Shadai, Will Race On In The UK

Classic heroine Toskana Belle (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}), who raced most recently for Andreas Wohler and Australian Bloodstock, has been sold to Shadai Farm and will be trained by Roger Varian going forward, Wohler announced on his website.

Bred by Ecurie Normandie Pur Sang, the chestnut was an €40,000 RNA at the Arqana October Yearling Sale. Raced initially by trainer Marian Falk Weissmeier and Stall Piccadilly, the filly won at second asking at Evreux in May before adding the Listed Henkel-Stutenpreis on May 14. Purchased by Australian Bloodstock, she was third in the G3 Diana Trial at Hoppegarten still with Weissmeier. Switched to Wohler, Toskana Belle won the Oaks by a head on Aug. 7. Her latest effort was a second in the GIII Jockey Club Oaks Invitational S. under Frankie Dettori during the Belmont at Aqueduct meet on Sept. 17. From just six starts, the half-sister to the stakes-placed Frohsim (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}) has netted $464,764.

“The impressive Diana winner has been sold to Shadai Farm and is now on her way to England, where she will be prepared by Roger Varian,” said Wohler. “There are so many different characters in the horses, and some make it easier, others harder. Toskana Belle has always made it very easy for everyone with her always so friendly and uncomplicated nature and the time with her on Ravensberg will remain in our memories.”

Her extended family contains the group winners Varevees (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}) and the dual Group 1-placed Kaldounevees (Fr) Kaldoun {Fr}), while 'TDN Rising Star' and subsequent stakes winner Breizh Sky (Fr) (Pedro The Great) was third in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.

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Maurice de Gheest Headlines on Sunday

Deauville hosts its second Group 1 contest of the August festival on Sunday, with the 6 1/2-furlong ARC Prix Maurice de Gheest representing a niche for the staying sprinters of which Godolphin's Naval Crown (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is prominent. Coming of age this term with success in Royal Ascot's G1 Platinum Jubilee S. June 18, he beat everything that re-opposed from that contest again in Newmarket's G1 July Cup July 9 only to find Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) too strong. Some of them are here too, but this is a new challenge with several new rivals entering the mix in a race in which he was only eighth on contrasting testing ground 12 months ago. Charlie Appleby is happy that the surface will be different this time. “We know that conditions in France are there to suit–he loves quick ground and has run well over seven furlongs in the past. Based on his form this year, he looks the one to beat,” he said.

 

How Far Can Harry Go?

If there is one with the capability of reaching these heights in one swoop it is Clive Cox Racing's Harry Three (GB) (Adaay {Ire}), who looked every bit in the mold of some of his trainer's better sprinters when taking the Listed Prix Kistena over six furlongs here July 10. That was a step up from his win in a competitive York handicap June 11 and there is no telling where his limit lies. “He's progressing quickly, but this is a huge step up,” Cox said. “He's full of confidence and he's shown solid form on the track. He's travelled and arrived early and the journey went well which I'm pleased about, given the complications that can arise with that at the moment. He's growing up all the time and becoming more experienced and I think he deserves this step up.” Last year's G2 Prix du Calvados winner Accakaba (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) is another intriguing prospect among the 3-year-olds, with her strong closing effort when fourth in this venue's seven-furlong G1 Prix Jean Prat marking her as a talented performer July 10.

 

Minzaal's Time?

   Shadwell's history with top sprinters is a rich one and the latest big gun among them could be the Owen Burrows-trained Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who has taken a while to deliver on the deep promise of his 2-year-old campaign but who seemed to come of age last time when beating Go Bears Go (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) in the G3 Hackwood S. at Newbury July 16. “He's come out of Newbury great–there is another month until the Haydock Sprint Cup, so this fits in nicely,” his trainer said. “He was very strong at the end at Newbury, so I don't feel the extra half-furlong will hinder him at all. He's been Group 1-placed at two and Group 1-placed at three, so it would be lovely if he can get his head in front for one.”

 

Toy Takes Aim At Dusseldorf Classic

Narrowly denied in the Irish Oaks, Ballydoyle's Toy (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) takes to Dusseldorf to gain compensation in the G1 Henkel Preis der Diana and augment the remarkable record of top-level winners out of her dam You'resothrilling (Storm Cat). Heading the home defence is Stall Nizza's June 19 G2 Oaks d'Italia winner Nachtrose (Ire) (Australia {GB}), whose half-sister Nightflower (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) was second in this in 2015, and Gestut Rottgen's July 3 G3 Mehl Mulhens-Trophy scorer Well Disposed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a half-sister to the G1 Deutsches Derby hero Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}).

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