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Search For A Song Bound For Royal-Oak

Search For A Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a two-time winner of the G1 Irish St Leger, will travel to France and contest the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at ParisLongchamp on Oct. 24. The 5-year-old Moyglare Stud homebred has been lightly raced this term, and ran sixth defending her Irish St Leger crown at The Curragh on Sept. 12, after winning that race in 2019/2020. She dominated the G3 Loughbrown S. at that course by 9 1/2-lengths on Sept. 26 when last seen.

Trainer Dermot Weld said, “Search For A Song will go for the Prix Royal Oak next Sunday at Longchamp. She's won two Irish St Legers so let's see if she can win a French St Leger. We did it before with Vinnie Roe (Ire) (Definite Article {GB}) who won four Irish St Legers.

“She's in great form. She was very good the last day in The Curragh and we just hope they don't get too much more rain in France.”

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‘Zoe’ Camp Considering Vintage Crop

Trainer Tony Mullins is pointing Group 1 winner Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) to the Apr. 25 G3 Vintage Crop S. at Navan. The grey, who won last season's G1 Prix du Cadran and was fourth in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak in later October, ran an uncharacteristic ninth in the Listed Noblesse S. on Apr. 3.

Mullins said, “We had a suspicion that she was in season, but we brought her to the vet this morning and she wasn't. She's coming into season now, so whether that unsettled her, I don't know. I'd say it was a combination of ground and trip and it being her first run of the season. Joey [Sheridan] said she was just going as fast as she was able to most of the time.

“We'll wait for a bit of rain. We're still looking at the Vintage Crop, but if the rain doesn't come she won't run. She's in good form and we're just hoping that things will improve for the run.”

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Subjectivist Camp Mulling Gold Cup Outing

Group 1 winner Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), a winner of the G2 Dubai Gold Cup on Mar. 27, is likely to start next in the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in June. Successful at the highest level in the Prix Royal-Oak last fall, the Dr. Walker colourbearer also saluted in the G3 March S. on Aug. 29 and earlier in the season won the Listed Glasgow S.

“He had a fantastic campaign last year–we always thought of him as a genuine St Leger horse, but that was probably his most disappointing effort through the year,” said trainer Mark Johnston's son Charlie. “We campaigned him quite aggressively last year–he ran in the Gordon, the Voltigeur, the March and then the Leger, so it was a busy summer.

“There is an element to say he's best when he's fresh–but he's also just a bigger, stronger horse this year. Last year you could struggle to keep condition on him, but this year he's taken all the work we have thrown at him. Plan A was Saudi, and we were annoyed he didn't get in there–we couldn't fathom the logic.

“I know Phil Smith framed the staying race as a handicap–and because of weight-for-age, it worked against him. But there were horses running that had been getting beaten in handicaps and went off 50-1, while he'd won a Group 1 on his last start. As soon as he didn't get in, as he was half-ready in early February, Meydan was an opportunity for another big pay day–and it was a fantastic performance.”

Looking forward to the European season Johnston continued, “We've given him a Yorkshire Cup entry–but one of the main attractions to Dubai was that he had no penalty for his Group 1, while he would have in a Sagaro, Henry II or Yorkshire Cup.

“I think Plan A will be to go straight to Ascot, because we've proved we can have him in the form of his life fresh. I think the two he'll definitely go to are Ascot and Goodwood in the summer.

“There's certainly lots to look forward to. He nearly won at Royal Ascot (King George V S., last year), and Mogul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) only just caught him at Goodwood–both of those were over a mile-and-a-half. We always said he would get better with age.”

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Teofilo’s Subjectivist Makes All In the Royal Oak

Set against the gloom of a damp autumn day, Sunday’s G1 Prix Royal-Oak belonged to the Brits as Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) made all under Joe Fanning to take the ParisLongchamp feature. Always content on the front end as he had been when registering a 15-length success in similarly testing conditions in Goodwood’s G3 March S. Aug. 29, the 6-1 shot drifted left into the centre of the track up the home straight but was as resolute as could be expected of a Mark Johnston representative. At the line, the second group 1 winner of the weekend in France for the stable and sire had two lengths to spare over fellow 3-year-old and 11-10 favourite Valia (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), with the 2018 winner Holdthasigreen (Fr) (Hold That Tiger) clinging gamely to third place 2 1/2 lengths behind. “He was very brave and we knew he would enjoy the ground, so I was determined to ride him that way,” jockey Joe Fanning explained. “He was a little bit keen going to post, but once he got in front he pricked his ears and was fine. I was trying to save a bit throughout and when I got to the straight he started to lug a bit left with me and I was worried he’d throw it away. He’s never done it before, but has a bent front shoe so whether that has something to do with it, I’m not sure. He’s a tough stayer and he’s improving.”

A day after the stable’s similarly cheap purchase Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) had prevailed in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud, Subjectivist was rounding off the current season in style for the Middleham trainer who has made no secret of his love of the stayers’ program. While he has had to endure near-misses in most of Britain’s major “Cup” events in recent times, this latest recruit is unexposed over marathon trips and could be one to provide some more heydays in the category in 2021. Runner-up in the Listed Stonehenge S. over a mile at Salisbury last August, the bay has progressed with each start since moving to middle distances as a 3-year-old and on his third outing captured the 11-furlong Listed Glasgow S. at Hamilton July 16. Third in the G3 Gordon S. at Goodwood July 30 and seventh in York’s G2 Great Voltigeur S. Aug. 19, he moved up to 14 furlongs to dominate the March before finishing seventh in a strong renewal of Doncaster’s Sept. 12 G1 St Leger from which three winners had already emerged before Sunday.

Subjectivist is the third foal out of the triple listed-placed Reckoning (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), with her second being this stable’s Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) who also took the March S. before finishing runner-up in the St Leger. Also responsible for the recent G2 Rockfel S. third Alba Rose (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), she is fast establishing a formidable reputation as a producer of note. Kin to the GIII My Charmer H. runner-up Hope Cross (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), she is a granddaughter of Aspiration (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) who is a full-sister to the G1 Gran Criterium hero and G1 Irish Derby runner-up Sholokhov (Ire). Connected to the G1 Irish Derby and G1 Coronation Cup hero Soldier of Fortune (Ire) (Galileo {Ire), the G1 Dewhurst S. winner Intense Focus (Giant’s Causeway) and the G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy), Reckoning’s yearling filly is by Ulysses (Ire) while she also has a colt foal by Roaring Lion.

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX ROYAL-OAK-G1, €210,000, ParisLongchamp, 10-25, 3yo/up, 15 1/2fT, 3:38.68, hy.
1–SUBJECTIVIST (GB), 122, c, 3, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Reckoning (Ire) (MSP-Eng), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Great Hope (Ire), by Halling
3rd Dam: Aspiration (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (62,000gns Ylg ’18 TAOCT). O-Dr J Walker; B-Mascalls Stud (GB); T-Mark Johnston; J-Joe Fanning. €119,994. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 15-4-4-2, €225,070. *1/2 to Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}), GSW & G1SP-Eng, $414,683. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Valia (Fr), 120, f, 3, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Veda (Fr), by Dansili (GB). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs SC (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre. €48,006.
3–Holdthasigreen (Fr), 130, g, 8, Hold That Tiger–Greentathir (Fr), by Muhtathir (GB). O/B-Jean Gilbert & Claude Le Lay (FR); T-Bruno Audouin. €24,003.
Margins: 2, 2HF, NK. Odds: 6.00, 1.10, 8.60.
Also Ran: Princess Zoe (Ger), Mister Nino (Fr), Get Shirty (Ire), Libello (Ire), Hooking (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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