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Breeders’ Cup Champion Tuesday to Visit Into Mischief

GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Tuesday (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will be bred to perennial leading sire Into Mischief this year, Spendthrift Farm confirmed.

Tuesday raced for her breeder Coolmore, in partnership with Swiss car manufacturer Georg Von Opel's Westerburg, and racked up a career line of 10-3-3-1, $1,828,827, which also included a victory in the G1 Cazoo Oaks (Epsom Oaks) and a second in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks.

Tuesday is a daughter of English champion and MG1SW Lilly Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and therefore a full sister to champion and MG1SW Minding (Ire), G1SW Empress Josephine (Ire) and GSW Kissed By Angels (Ire).

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Grand Glory Returning to Arqana’s Vente d’Elevage

Grand Glory (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}), who sold for €2.5 million to rank as the second-dearest offering at last year's Arqana Vente d'Elevage, is headed back through the Deauville sales pavilion in early December.

The daughter of Madonna Lily (Ire) (Daylami {Ire}) belied odds of 23-1 to post a maiden Group 1 victory in last year's Darley Prix Jean Romanet and proved that effort was no fluke when just pipped by eventual €3-million December sales-topper Rougir (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) in the G1 Prix de l'Opera ahead of a bold fifth-place effort behind Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the G1 Japan Cup.

Purchased at last year's December sale by agent Anne-Sophie Yoh on behalf of owner Xavier Marie's Haras de Hus, Grand Glory has trained on nicely this season at six, topped by a popular success in the G3 Prix Allez France at ParisLongchamp in May. A sound third to State of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in the G1 Prince of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot in June, Grand Glory was fourth in the G1 Prix Vermeille Sept. 11 and a latest fifth to Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the Oct. 2 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She is currently being prepared for a return engagement in the Japan Cup at the end of November.

“In the beginning, Mr. Marie wished to start breeding, so we bought mares with exceptional pedigrees, including Grand Glory,” explained Yoh. “However, this purchase also enabled him to discover more about life as an owner, and he has enjoyed it so much that he has decided to concentrate on this. For this reason, Grand Glory will go under the hammer as a broodmare prospect. She will be offered by [her trainer] Gianluca Bietolini and his team, which seems a fitting next step for this incredible mare.”

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Rougir Wins E. P. Taylor, Runner-Up Moira Disqualified

There were three Grade I races on the grass for fillies and mares in North America Saturday; to the surprise of no one, Chad Brown-trained and Peter Brant-owned mares took center stage, following up In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})'s win in Keeneland's GI First Lady S. with a mild upset by Rougir (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) in the GI E. P. Taylor S. at Woodbine. Michael Tabor partners with Brant in Rougir, a Group 1 winner in France and a GSW in the U.S. Heavy even-money favorite Moira (Ghostzapper), winner of the Queen's Plate over the boys Aug. 21, finished a hard-fought second in her first try on the lawn, only to be disqualified to eighth for interference in the stretch. Flirting Bridge (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) was promoted to second.

Rougir, on first-time Lasix, raced on the inside, closer to the back than the front through a first quarter in :26.78 as Adventuring (Pioneerof the Nile) showed the way. Little had changed by the :51.39 half, but plenty was to come. Trying to go through a hole between horses, Rougir was checked dramatically back to second last when the daylight appeared to close abruptly. Behind a wall of horses in the stretch, she looked to have no chance but the long run to the wire at Woodbine worked to her advantage as she suddenly came into serious contention with a sustained flying finish. With four contenders still in front of her with a sixteenth to go, Rougir closed down the middle of the course in a fighting finish, just getting up by a neck over Moira at the post, with the latter–on the rail–a head in front of Flirting Bridge.

“I had been struggling because this horse had moved me up so sharply that I had to pick a pathway,” said winning rider Kazushi Kimura. “So, when she comes from the corner it was tremendous, I was trying so hard. I was so confident, but those horses already had experience from the long stretch.”

While there was no doubt about the winner, Lemista (Ire) (Raven's Pass)'s connections claimed interference against Moira for the stretch run due to an incident where she clearly came over when diving to the inside while in tight. A stewards' inquiry and rider's objection resulted in that filly's disqualification to the spot behind Lemistra's seventh-place finish. Moira, who had demolished the Queen's Plate field, was making her first start against older horses.

Last seen finishing fifth in the Aug. 13 GI Beverly D. S. at Churchill Downs, her third straight off-the-board finish in a Grade I event, Rougir kicked off 2022 with a win in Belmont's GIII Beaugay S. May 14 in her first start for the Brown barn. She had previously been trained by Cedric Rossi in France for the Le Haras de La Gousserie outfit, for whom she won the G1 Prix de l'Opera Longines and the G3 Prix des Reservoirs, in addition to placings in the G1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac-Criterium des Pouliches, G2 Prix de la Nonette, and the G3 Prix Chloe. In her final start for her French connections, she was seventh after a tough trip in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Del Mar. Rougir was sent back to France, topping Arqana's December Breeding Stock sale at €3 million and subsequently moving to Brown's shedrow.

Pedigree Notes:

Dalham Hall Stud's Territories (Ire) is the sire of Rougir, who is a member of his first crop, and is responsible for six total black-type winners worldwide. In addition to Rougir, Hoo Ya Mal (GB) also flies the group/grade banner for the Invincible Spirit (Ire) stallion with a Group 3 win this year in addition to a runner-up finish in the G1 Cazoo Derby.

Summer Moon was black-type placed in France for Jean-Claude Rouget, then shipped stateside to Chad Brown's barn for one start in 2015 before she was retired and kept in the U.S. for her first two covers. Shipped back across the pond again, she has since switched hands a couple of times, most recently at Arqana December in 2019 for €15,000 to Genovaa. The mare, who has several generations of Aga Khan breeding behind her, has a 2-year-old filly named Rosir (Fr) (Style Vendome {Fr}) as her last reported foal. That one sold at Arqana's October yearling sale last year for €100,000 to Paul Nataf. Rougir is one of 24 black-type winners out of daughters of Elusive City, a Group 1 winner nearly two decades ago for Elusive Quality.

Saturday, Woodbine
E. P. TAYLOR S.-GI, C$751,900, Woodbine, 10-8, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:02.62, fm.
1–ROUGIR (FR), 124, f, 4, by Territories (Ire)
               1st Dam: Summer Moon (Fr) (SP-Fr), by Elusive City
               2nd Dam: Kalatuna (Fr), by Green Tune
               3rd Dam: Kalasinger, by Chief Singer (Ire)
(€11,000 Wlg '18 ARQDE; €55,000 Ylg '19 ARAUG;
€3,000,000 3yo '21 ARQDEC). O-Peter M. Brant & Michael B.
Tabor; B-Jan Krauze (FR); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Kazushi Kimura.
C$450,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 19-6-1-3, $1,037,824.
Werk Nick Rating: A+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the
free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Flirting Bridge (Ire), 124, f, 4, by Camelot (GB)
               1st Dam: Rachevie (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
               2nd Dam: Challow Hills, by Woodman
               3rd Dam: Cascassi, by Nijinsky II
1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (€30,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV; €55,000 Ylg
'19 GOFSPT). O-John Halley & Ciara Hogan; B-T. O'Dwyer & O'Brien (Ire); T-Brendan P. Walsh. C$150,000.
3–Fev Rover (Ire), 124, f, 4, by Gutaifan (Ire)
               1st Dam: Laurelita (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire)
               2nd Dam: Chervil (GB), by Dansili (GB)
               3rd Dam: Nashmeel, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
(£20,000 Ylg '19 GOFFPR; 695,000gns 3yo '21 TATMA). O-Tracy
Farmer; B-Manister House Stud (IRE); T-Mark E. Casse.
C$75,000.
Margins: NK, 1, HF. Odds: 5.30, 8.75, 9.45.
Also Ran: Adventuring, Mylady (Ger), Henrietta Topham, Lemista (Ire), Moira, Munnyfor Ro.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Once Again, Chad Brown is Loaded for the Diana

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – It is pretty much impossible to overstate just how invested trainer Chad Brown is in the Diana S., the first Grade I of the Saratoga season, which will be run on Saturday.

Brown earned the first Grade I victory of his career when Zagora (Fr) (Green Tune) prevailed in 2011. He has won the race five more times, all in a row, for a stakes record six. He has entered the race for 13 consecutive years and had at least one horse in the top three for 11 straight years, a streak that ended last year.

The depth and strength of the turf fillies in Brown's stable is no secret and was made clear again this summer when he was responsible for 10 of the 14 nominations for the race. He will saddle four of the six horses that were entered, three of them owned or co-owned by Peter Brant. Brown also had four starters in 2019 when his runners swept the top three spots.

Brown's lineup for the 1 1/8-mile race Saturday is led by Brant's unbeaten Bleecker Street (Quality Road). The seven-time winner earned her first Grade I in the New York S. June 10 at 1 1/4 miles. Bleecker Street will start from post three, just to the inside of Brant and Michael Tabor's Rougir (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), who is making her third start in the U.S. Rougir was a Group 1 winner in France last year. Brant's speedy In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) drew the outside. She was most recently third to stablemate Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) in the GI Just A Game S. On the rail is Klaravich Stable's Technical Analysis (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), winner of the GIII Lake George S. and GII Lake Placid S. at Saratoga last summer.

Brown said his crew of 4-year-old Diana runners have arrived at the race from a variety of directions.

“There are the horses that we develop from scratch, so to speak, like a Bleecker Street that we had as a baby,” Brown said. “We bought her across the street [at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2019 Yearling Sale for $400,000], Mr. Brant and I. She's an overachiever. When we bought her, we thought she was going to be a dirt horse. She didn't really train well on it. We started her off kind of at 'Triple A' down there between Monmouth and the Meadowlands and then she just got good. And we gave her a shot in the big leagues, and this horse is undefeated.

“Then we have some European horses to go along with her that are really good. You know, like Rougir and Technical Analysis and In Italian.”

Brown said that many of his turf stakes fillies arrive as young horses and grow in his program.

“You go through the list and they're all different types of horses,” he said. “Fluffy Socks is a homebred with a modest pedigree. She's by Slumber (GB). Bleecker Street is a horse we bought across the street. Yes, there's some European horses that we bought. Technical Analysis I bought as a yearling and broke her. In Italian was the same. Rougir was a horse Mr. Brant paid a lot of money for. It gets a little bit misconstrued in the press sometimes, like 'these guys get sent the best horses.' We develop them.”

Though he nominated Regal Glory for the Diana, Brown has a more ambitious plan for the multiple Grade I winner he has handled throughout her career. Brown trained her for her breeder, Paul Pompa, and recommended that Brant buy her at the dispersal following Pompa's death.

“Probably run against the boys in the GI Fourstardave. I have another horse for the race, Masen (GB) (Kingman {GB}). They're probably going to have to run against each other. I think at this point, Regal Glory, I think she's best at a mile, a mile and a sixteenth. I really do. My long-term target for her is the Breeders' Cup against the boys at a mile. So, I'm leaning that way, but not for certain.”

Saturday's Saratoga card also features a loaded renewal of the GIII Sanford S. for 2-year-olds. 'TDN Rising Stars' Forte (Violence) and Andiamo a Firenze (Speightstown) lead the way in the 12-horse field following sparkling debuts downstate.

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