TDN Horses of the Year: Quickthorn 

Continuing the profiles of the favourite horses of TDN Europe's editorial team in 2023, Heather Anderson selects a bold frontrunner with huge reserves of stamina.

At first glance, the admirable Quickthorn (GB), by Newsells Park Stud's perpetually under-appreciated Nathaniel (Ire), had compiled a fairly successful record as a member of the staying ranks throughout his five-year career prior to his Goodwood heroics this August. However, the Lady Blyth homebred elevated his game to another level when taking the G1 Goodwood Cup this summer, and it was the manner in which he did it, that made this the performance of the year for me.

The Hughie Morrison trainee first came to my attention in August of 2022, when winning the G2 Lonsdale Cup S. at York as, from my home in America, that was my first opportunity to stream one of his races live. Teaming up with regular pilot Tom Marquand, Quickthorn delivered a front-end processional performance and I marked him down as one of my horses to follow. Granted, Quickthorn's proclivity for excelling when out on his lonesome was not exactly a state secret, as he'd earlier won the G3 Henry II S. and G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil in the spring and summer of 2022 utilising similar tactics.

He put me in mind of noted U.S.-based frontrunner Presious Passion (Royal Anthem), a two-time winner of the GI United Nations S. at Monmouth Park in New Jersey (2008/2009), who gave Conduit (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) a scare in the 2009 GI Breeders' Cup Turf when just failing to last.

Needless to say, Quickthorn, a son of three-time winner Daffydowndilly (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and one of six winners from six foals of racing age from his dam, is well suited to his profession as a quality stayer. He has proven time and again that he not only has the stamina, but also a truly devastating cruising speed, if allowed to employ it. Indeed, immediately prior to the Goodwood Cup, the gelding had landed a listed race at York, giving the impression that he was rounding back into his late-summer form of the season before.

So, it was at first with bemusement and then with incredulous glee that I saw the 6-year-old bowling along alone on the lead over the Goodwood turf, a chilly Marquand doing his best statue impression (video). The margin between Quickthorn and his rivals increased with every stride the farther they travelled from the starting stalls.

Surely, with all the experienced and feted jockeys signed on–Dettori, Moore, Buick and Murphy to name a few–they wouldn't let Marquand and Quickthorn just gallop? The rest of the 11-horse field was loaded with quality horses, with no less than three Group 1 winners in attendance–Eldar Eldarov (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}), and Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}). Most of the remainder had at least one group title to their names, befitting the sheer class of one of the preeminent staying challenges of the British Flat season.

Despite the quality of the competition, it was worth remembering that Quickthorn, a proven stayer, would not fold once the real running began. The multiple group winner belonged in a field of this calibre, and had developed a reputation of being an especially tough nut to crack when given his ideal set up. And they gave it to him–a critical miscalculation–on a silver platter.

Running through my mind as the race unfolded was the simple fact that he shouldn't be able to get away with this in a Group 1 race. These were some of the best stayers and jockeys in the world. They knew his game and they knew it before the stalls ever opened. Surely at least one of the rival jockeys would send their mount to apply some pressure?

By the time the final quarter-mile was reached and the multi-pronged chasing pack was mounting a fruitless challenge a short time later, I was hard pressed to remember when was the last time I'd enjoyed watching a race to this extent. And it was this enjoyment, of watching a horse and rider in their undisputed element, that made the race linger in my mind long after Quickthorn and Marquand continued their relentless gallop all the way to the winning post. Nigh uncatchable. 

A tip of the cap to Quickthorn, who was later nominated for the 2023 Cartier Stayer award, and to his connections. It was truly a delight and privilege to watch.

 

 

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Seven Days: Succession

Last week this column was led by Hukum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). Now, for the same owner/breeder, Shadwell, it is the turn of Al Husn (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}).

It was quite the boost for Newcastle's all-weather G3 Hoping Fillies' S. that both the winner Al Husn and runner-up Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}) went on to win a Group 1 on the turf on their next start. With Nashwa having won the G1 Falmouth S. in emphatic fashion, she reopposed Al Husn in attempting to defend her crown in the G1 Nassau S., eventually finishing third, just half a length behind Above The Curve (American Pharaoh), who was the same distance behind Shadwell's winner.

Al Husn thus became the fourth individual Group 1 winner for Shadwell this season following Hukum, Mostahdaf (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Anmaat (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), and the seventh since Sheikha Hissa took over at the head of the operation from her late father. This year there have also been Group 2 wins for Alfaila (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Mutasaabeq (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Israr (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}).

When Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum died in March 2021 and Shadwell subsequently significantly reduced its stock, it would have been easy to assume that the operation would gradually wind down. Happily, the reverse appears to be true, and the streamlining, which would undoubtedly have been painful, is now paying dividends. 

Shadwell's elite troops have marched to glory in impressive fashion, with the old housemates in their Newmarket assistant trainer days, Owen Burrows and Roger Varian, supplying the latest Group 1 winners, while William Haggas, John and Thady Gosden, and Charlie Hills have all played their parts. A select amount of restocking took place at last year's yearling and foal sales, with Angus Gold signing for 10 fillies at Books 1 and 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, while another six colts and one filly were recruited from the December Foal Sale. A group of young trainers were added to the roster, with Harry Eustace, Kevin Philippart de Foy and George Boughey each receiving four Shadwell horses this year.

And then there are the stallions, present and future. The highest-rated turf horse in the world last year, Baaeed (GB), joined the Nunnery Stud while Group 1-winning sprinter Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) went to Derrinstown. Whether Hukum eventually stands on the same roster as his brother remains to be seen, but the dual Group 2 winner Mutasaabeq is from the same family and will deserve a place at stud, as does Anmaat, while the G1 Prince of Wales's S. winner Mostahdaf is a hugely enticing prospect. 

More pleasing still for racing fans is that, at four, Al Husn, Israr and Alfaila are the youngest of the horses mentioned here. We are getting the chance to see these bigger names compete, and improve, over several seasons. And that, after all, is what it's all about. 

A Classic for the King?

Similar concerns were raised as to the continuation of the Royal Studs following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last September. In the immediate aftermath of her passing there was a day's delay to the St Leger, a race the Queen had won in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977 with Dunfermline (GB). 

There could be no finer tribute to the Queen's beloved breeding operation than a major success close to her anniversary in this year's race, and in the Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood winner Desert Hero (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), King Charles and Queen Camilla have a noteworthy potential contender. The William Haggas-trained colt has now won four of his six starts, most importantly last week's G3 Gordon S. While Haggas has trained one of Sea The Stars's faster runners in Baaeed, there looks to be little doubt that Desert Hero will see out the Leger trip. His unraced dam Desert Breeze (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was gifted to the Queen by Sheikh Mohammed, as was her full-brother, Dartmouth (GB), winner of the G2 Yorkshire Cup and G2 Hardwicke S. among his four Pattern wins. Another of the mare's siblings, Manatee (GB) (Manduro {Ger}), won the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly, while the family's middle-distance and staying record was further enhanced by the Listed success over almost two miles of another half-sister, Gaterie (Dubai Destination).

Desert Hero may be arguably the most important budding stayer at Haggas's Somerville Lodge, but there is clearly a big soft spot for Hamish (GB) (Motivator {GB}), who is ridden daily by the trainer's wife Maureen and was bred by his father Brian. 

Hamish, who beat Hukum in the G3 September S. of 2021, is unbeaten this season in three Group 3 contests and could yet aim to give his stable a St Leger double if the plan to head to the Irish Champions Weekend comes to fruition. Now seven, he's been a slow burn, but he is exactly the type of horse the racing public loves to latch on to. Three of Hamish's six wins have come at York, the track that Haggas pere et fils would consider to be their local, despite the fact the horse is trained in Newmarket. More remarkably, six of Hamish's nine wins have been in Group 3 contests. Don't rule him out of striking at a higher level eventually. 

William Haggas signed for Hamish's granddam, the unpromisingly-named Frog (GB) (Akarad {Fr}), at the Tattersalls Houghton Sale of 1994 for 16,000gns, and she went into training with his former boss, Sir Mark Prescott, winning five of her 11 starts. Her greater achievement has been as a broodmare, however. 

Frog's eight winning offspring are led by the G1 Doomben Cup winner Beaten Up (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}), while his half-brother, Harris Tweed (GB) (Hernando {Fr}), who was named after Haggas Sr's company, won the Listed March S. at Goodwood. Their sister Vow (GB), by Hamish's sire Motivator, was fourth in the Oaks after winning the Lingfield Oaks Trial. Her current three-year-old, Pledgeofallegiance (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), has won two staying handicaps this season for Prescott in the colours of Victorious Racing, but the majority of the family has raced, initially at least, for the Haggases. It is the dual winner Tweed (GB) (Sakhee), the dam of Hamish, who holds the bragging rights so far among Frog's broodmare daughters. 

Tom and Nathaniel

No jockey was in finer form at Goodwood than Tom Marquand, whose four winners were all at group level. The aforementioned Hamish and Desert Hero provided a brace of Group 3s, and he committed daylight robbery in the G1 Goodwood Cup aboard Lady Blyth's homebred Quickthorn (GB), later producing a similar front-running masterclass with Sumo Sam (GB) in stamina-sapping conditions in the G2 Lillie Langtry S. before racing was abandoned halfway through the final day of the meeting. 

Quickthorn and Sumo Sam provided two further examples of the prowess of Nathaniel (Ire) as a sire. While Enable (GB) never graced Goodwood with her presence, another of Nathaniel's top daughters, Lady Bowthorpe (GB), won the G1 Nassau S. of 2021. With Quickthorn becoming his seventh Group 1 winner on the Flat (Burning Victory (Fr) won the G1 Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival), Nathaniel remains one of the unsung heroes of the British stallion ranks, and a friend to Flat and National Hunt breeders alike.

Ralph Beckett, who had a winning week all over the place, was Goodwood's leading trainer on countback. His three winners in Sussex included taking the G2 Lennox S. for a second time with Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and another for the King and Queen, for whom Beckett is the longest-standing trainer. The royal winner, Serried Ranks (GB) (Land Force {Ire}), is a seventh-generation descendant of one of the Royal Studs' foundation mares, Feola (GB) (Friar Marcus {GB}), who was runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas for King George VI and is the dam of the 1,000 Guineas and Dewhurst winner Hypericum (GB) (Hyperion {GB}). He thus belongs to the same distinguished family as Baaeed and Hukum.

Now a dual winner this season, the juvenile Serried Ranks has a full-sister catalogued as lot 95 in the Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale (good on Goffs UK for re-rebranding this sale thus, as everyone still calls it 'Donny' anyway). The filly is one of two yearlings to be offered in the sale by Highclere Stud on behalf of the Royal Studs.

Northern Lights

The battle to be champion sprinter of the year looks to be between two Yorkshire-trained speedballs in Shaquille (GB) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) and Highfield Princess (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). The latter's trainer, John Quinn, tied with Ralph Beckett at Goodwood on three winners, and he will no doubt have been most delighted to get his star mare back in the winner's enclosure following three placed efforts this season, including two runs at Royal Ascot.

The pair is unlikely to meet in the Nunthorpe, in which Highfield Princess will aim to defend her title, with Shaquille being pointed towards the Haydock Sprint Cup. It is encouraging, however, for Britain, and the north of the country in particular, to have two such high-class sprinters in the ranks.

In The Footsteps of Monsun

In Germany, it has been quite the season for Sea The Moon (Ger) and also for Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten, who is involved in different ways with both the G1 Deutsches Derby winner Fantastic Moon (Ger) and G1 Preis der Diana victrix Muskoka (Ger).

As highlighted by Sean Cronin in Monday's TDN, Lanwades resident Sea The Moon became the first stallion in 19 years, following his own damsire Monsun (Ger), to sire the Derby-Oaks double in the same year. And it is more than 100 years since the same sire (Ard Patrick in 1910) had the trifecta in the German Oaks as he did, with Kassada (Ger) and Sea The Lady (Fr) chasing home Muskoka.

Baumgarten bred Muskoka with his former wife Antje, and the filly is inbred 4×3 to Monsun's dam Mosella (Ger) (Surumu {Ger}). This family was also fairly recently given a Classic boost by Brametot (Ire) (Rajsaman {Fr}), the winner of the 2017 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey Club, whose dam Morning Light (Ger) is a Law Society half-sister to Monsun and is the granddam of Muskoka.

Having sold Muskoka at the BBAG September Yearling Sale through Gestut Ohlerweiherhof for €80,000, Baumgarten later that day signed for Stauffenberg Bloodstock's Sea the Moon colt for €49,000. Subsequently named Fantastic Moon, he went on to be champion two-year-old in Germany before winning the Derby for Baumgarten's investor-driven Liberty Racing syndicate. 

Morning Mist, the dam of Muskoka, has a yearling filly by Reliable Man (GB) in this year's BBAG Yearling Sale as lot 175, again in the Ohlerweiherhof draft, while the Masar (Ire) half-sister to Fantastic Moon is in the Goffs Orby Sale, consigned by her breeders Philipp and Marion Stauffenberg as lot 373.

Anodin Strikes Gold

France held onto another one of its Group 1 prizes this season–just–when the six-year-old King Gold (Fr), the winner of a handicap four starts earlier in April, landed the Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday. It was not only a first Group 1 winner for his sire Anodin (Ire), the brother to the mighty mare Goldikova (Ire), but also for his trainer Nicolas Caullery. 

The latter, a kind of younger, Gallic Mick Jagger, would look equally at home headlining Glastonbury as he does picking up gongs in Deauville, but he was visibly moved by this notable milestone in his career provided by a horse he co-owns with King Gold's breeder Christiane Wingtans.

Anodin, who moved from Haras du Quesnay to Haras de la Haie Neuve ahead of the 2022 breeding season, had been leading the French sires' table even before King Gold's major success, and he has now surged farther clear of the reigning champion Siyouni (Fr), who has been represented by most of his major runners this season outside France. That list of course includes last week's G1 Sussex S. winner Paddington (GB) and Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Tahiyra (Ire), though Mqse De Sevgine (Fr) landed a blow at home in the previous weekend's G1 Prix Rothschild.

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Nathaniel’s Quickthorn In Brilliant Goodwood Cup Solo

Maybe the fact that it is so demanding means that it can only be a once-a-year thing, but Lady Blyth's Quickthorn (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}–Daffydowndilly {GB}, by Oasis Dream {GB}) is a joy to behold when he delivers his runaway train impression and Goodwood's gathering had a full two miles to appreciate it again on Tuesday as he turned the G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup into a one-horse show.

As he had last August when issuing a 14-length beating to Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in York's G2 Lonsdale Cup over this two-mile trip, the Hughie Morrison-trained Secretariat of the stayers was allowed to stride on at the pace he is comfortable at by Tom Marquand but which is simply too quick for the rest of this division's leading protagonists.

Turning for home, the yawning gap was still too sizeable for any to bridge and by the time the 16-1 shot hit the line there was still six lengths back to the nearest in the pursuing blanket. That turned out to be Emily Dickinson (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who denied Coltrane the silver medal by a short head, with the G1 Gold Cup-winning 2-1 favourite Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}) only sixth in a race that will be cherished for many years for the sheer audacity of the winning performance.

“He's a fun horse to ride,” Marquand said. “There's no masterplan with him. Down at the gates Frankie looked across and laughed and said 'are you going to drop in?' He goes out wearing his heart on his sleeve and everybody knows what he's going to do and they still can't stop him. It is testament to how good he is. He's had some great days, but he deserved a Group 1 and it would have felt wrong if he had never got one.”

By the time Quickthorn had demolished the opposition in the Lonsdale Cup last August, he was on a three-timer having also garnered the G3 Henry II S. at Sandown and ParisLongchamp's G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil. As if that effort took him past his limit, his following three outings which included a disappointing no-show in the G1 Prix du Cadran had seen his stock fall and that York tour de force seem an aberration. It all came back together again as he returned to the Knavesmire for the 14-furlong Listed Grand Cup last time, as he was able to turn back the subsequent G2 Princess of Wales's S. winner Israr (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) and while there was much upside to that form this was a deep Goodwood Cup and most were happy to overlook him.

What was remarkable about this performance was that Quickthorn actually ran at the right tempo throughout having shown alacrity on this tricky circuit to gain a huge four-second gap or just over 20 lengths on everything after the first mile. Given a breather out in isolation from seven to five out, he was asked to go again from there and instead of caving in continued to churn out sectionals strong enough to ensure the margin never approached being cut back. The gap to Coltrane et al was 15 lengths three furlongs from home and while he was almost 2 1/2 seconds slower than Emily Dickinson from there to the line, she was too far back to make a genuine difference.

Quickthorn's final three-furlong percentage was an almost bang-on 101.45%, while Emily Dickinson was at 108.63%, so that means that the leader was ridden ideally and the filly was given too much to do along with the next four home who finished in a tight bunch. Perhaps the main reason why such class horses got so far adrift was the relatively slow pace set by Oisin Murphy as he lead the peloton, determined not to provide Frankie with a target as he had at Royal Ascot. The others trusted Murphy's judgement and ultimately paid for it.

On the back of some remarkable staying performances in the last 12 months, from the Cadran win of Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to the Northumberland Plate success of Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) and all the parts played by the scene's other main actors Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Coltrane, this was something else. Marquand's ride will be recalled for some time to come and he was quick to pardon those in behind in the aftermath.

“It's easy to say in hindsight, but I wouldn't be putting down other riders in behind as you would be doing them a disservice–I would be giving this lad credit for going such a gallop,” he explained. “If I was in behind I would have done the same. He's a relentless galloper and you think 'no horse can keep that up' but it's a case of going and finding a rhythm and wherever that puts you, it puts you. Obviously we showed that in the Lonsdale Cup last year and it just feels like the right way to ride him.”

Hughie Morrison said, “I was amazed he was that price, but we don't mind. We were pretty bullish today and no one was prepared to be the chaser, but had they been they would have probably not got there and then finished out the back. He's got a huge stride and I'd love to do an analysis on that, as it would be something for posterity I think, and he's quite quick. When you cover that kind of ground, it's psychologically hard work for the others to get there.”

“It's great to see that York last year wasn't a fluke and the Lonsdale was like a Group 1, but the opposition didn't turn up,” his trainer added. “I'm sure we would have dealt with Stradivarius and Trueshan there as we dealt with the others today and he was as straight as a die at the end–you wondered if something had come to him he would have picked up again. He's quite hard on himself at home–every other horse has to do about three strides for his one–and so probably in the autumn, he seems to go over the top. That's fair enough after you see what he does on days like today, so we're probably quite nervous about going into the autumn with him again. He's in the Lonsdale again and he'll have a penalty this year, he's got an entry in Ireland [in the G1 Irish St Leger].”

Paying tribute to the owner-breeders, Morrison concluded, “It is fantastic for James and Pam [Blyth], who bred him and it's fantastic to see they kept him and owned him. They have been very patient with him and we've got our rewards. We don't have a huge amount of horses, 50 or 60, and it's fantastic to train these homebreds and to be able to bring them on so they reach their zenith at the right sort of age. Lady Blyth has bred a Grade 1 winner over jumps and a Group 1 winner now–not many people have done that.”

Oisin Murphy saw the damage was done early on as he pondered the ride on Coltrane, who had similarly never got anywhere near the winner at York last year. “It was obvious in the first furlong that Lone Eagle, Tashkhan and Broome–those horses you'd expect to go forward–weren't going forward, so I changed my plan and decided to let Coltrane roll down to the first turn,” he explained. “I thought Tom was very clever around those sharp bends, he allowed Quickthorn to really slip on. You can only go so fast around those turns, because they are quite sharp and by the time we turned to go back uphill, he had a sizeable advantage.”

“He had to use up a fair bit of energy, albeit basically going downhill, to get away from us but often you pay for that sort of ride and in the last furlong I wasn't sure if he would stop completely. I probably cost myself second position by trying to close the gap from three down. Quickthorn has a massive pair of lungs and covers so much ground, so he has enough pace to get away from a high-class field. I was aware of what could happen and he was still able to do it.”

Pedigree Notes

Lord and Lady Blyth's Daffydowndilly, who also has the improving 4-year-old gelding City Streak (GB) (Cityscape {GB}) with Andrew Balding who took a valuable 12-furlong handicap at Ascot on Friday, is a daughter of Art Eyes (Halling) who captured the Listed Noel Murless S. and was second in this meeting's Lillie Langtry S. when it was staged as a Group 3. From an old Aga Khan family, she has the yearling filly Tardaff (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) and a colt foal Scarlet Legend (GB) who is a full-brother to Quickthorn.

 

Tuesday, Goodwood, Britain
AL SHAQAB GOODWOOD CUP-G1, £500,000, Goodwood, 8-1, 3yo/up, 16fT, 3:33.65, g/s.
1–QUICKTHORN (GB), 137, g, 6, by Nathaniel (Ire)
                1st Dam: Daffydowndilly (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB)
                2nd Dam: Art Eyes, by Halling
                3rd Dam: Careyes (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
   1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Lady Blyth; B-Lemington Grange Stud
(GB); T-Hugh Morrison; J-Tom Marquand. £283,550. Lifetime
Record: GSW-Fr, 22-9-3-1, $1,005,333. Werk Nick Rating:
   A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the
   free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Emily Dickinson (Ire), 134, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Chicquita (Ire),
by Montjeu (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Mrs J
Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg; B-Chicquita Syndicate
(IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. £107,500.
3–Coltrane (Ire), 137, g, 6, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Promise Me
(Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). (50,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT). O-Mick
and Janice Mariscotti; B-Rockfield Farm (IRE); T-Andrew
Balding. £53,800.
Margins: 6, SHD, SHD. Odds: 16.00, 4.50, 3.00.
Also Ran: Eldar Eldarov (GB), Giavellotto (Ire), Courage Mon Ami (GB), Broome (Ire), Tashkhan (Ire), Lone Eagle (Ire), Ocean Wind (GB), Enemy (GB). VIDEO.

 

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Group 2 Winner Quickthorn Ready For Cadran Challenge

Group winner Quickthorn (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) will start next in the G1 Prix du Cadran at ParisLongchamp on Oct. 1, trainer Hughie Morrison confirmed on Saturday. Since beginning his 2022 campaign in April, Lady Blyth's 5-year-old gelding was second in the Listed Further Flight S. at Nottingham and filled that position again in the G3 Sagaro S. behind Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) at Ascot at the end of April. The G3 Henry II S. went his way at Sandown one month later and he triumphed in the G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil at ParisLongchamp on July 14. In his most recent appearance, he ran out a 14-length winner of the G2 Lonsdale Cup at York on Aug. 19, and turned in a solid work for Morrison on Saturday.

Morrison said, “He worked well this morning and will go for the Cadran. He's in great form.”

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