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No Royal Runner In The Melbourne Cup, As Desert Hero Ruled Out

Group 3 winner and Classic-placed Desert Hero (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who races for The King and The Queen, will not travel to Australia and contest the G1 Melbourne Cup in November. Instead, he will be given a break and will return as a 4-year-old.

Trained by William Haggas, the son of Desert Breeze (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) won the G3 Gordon S. in August and was third to Continuous (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) in the G1 St Leger at Doncaster on Sept. 16.

John Warren, racing adviser to the King and Queen, said, “After giving it plenty of thought we have decided that Desert Hero won't head to the Melbourne Cup this year.

“It is obviously a world-class race and it was very tempting, but he is still a young horse and we will give him more time to mature.

“He will now have a good break and William will work out a plan for next year.”

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Sea The Stars Filly A New TDN Rising Star At Chantilly

Chantilly's Prix de Toutevoie for unraced 2-year-old fillies on Wednesday had an intriguing look to it beforehand and it did not disappoint as the Wertheimers' Aventure (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}–Balladeuse {Fr}, by Singspiel {Ire}) won impressively to earn TDN Rising Star status. Placed handy behind the early leaders by Stephane Pasquier, the Christophe Ferland-trained half-sister to the G1 Prix Vermeille winner Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was committed passing the 300-metre marker and responded generously to put the contest to bed.

Strong to the line, the 41-5 shot had 3 1/2 lengths to spare over The Aga Khan's Siyandra (Ire) (Medaglia D'Oro), the daughter of the G1 Prix Saint Alary winner Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) from the family of Siyouni (Fr). There was another neck back to the Andre Fabre-trained 6-4 favourite Solite (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the other Wertheimer representative who is out of the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud scorer Plumania (GB) (Anabaa) and therefore a relative of the winner. Aventure is the 18th TDN Rising Star for Sea The Stars, whose tally includes the luminaries Sea The Moon (Ger), Crystal Ocean (GB), Star Catcher (GB) and Emily Upjohn (GB).

“She is a nice filly who was working well for this debut,” Ferland. “I said to Stephane to have her in the clear for the finish and to show her that he is the boss, because she can show some temperament in the mornings. She didn't this afternoon, so that is certainly a good sign, and we will see in time what we do with her this year.”

Aventure is the 10th foal out of the G2 Prix de Royallieu winner Balladeuse, whose aforementioned daughter Left Hand also took the G3 Prix de Psyche and was runner-up in the G1 Prix de Diane before producing the Listed Prix Melisande-winning fellow TDN Rising Star Left Sea (GB) (Frankel {GB}) who was also runner-up in the most recent edition of the Psyche. A winner on debut herself, Balladeuse's second-best progeny at present is Romanciere (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) who was placed in eight black-type contests including the G1 Prix Jean Romanet and her Listed Prix Charles Laffitte-winning full-sister Bilissie (GB).

Balladeuse is kin to the aforementioned G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud heroine and G1 Prix de Diane-placed Plumania (GB) (Anabaa), dam of the G2 Prix du Muguet scorer Plumatic (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the G2 Prix d'Harcourt-placed Maniaco (GB) by Sea The Stars' half-brother Galileo (Ire) and G2 Prix Greffulhe-placed Starmaniac (GB) by Sea The Stars himself. She is also the second dam of the Listed Prix Zarkava winner and G1 Prix Saint-Alary-placed Solsticia (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}) and the G3 Prix Belle de Nuit-placed Solania (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}).

Other half-siblings of Balladeuse are the listed-placed Dancequest (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), dam of the G3 Prix de Guiche winner Flop Shot (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) and the group-placed Double Major (Ire) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}); and Secrete (Fr) by Sea The Stars' sire Cape Cross (Ire) who is responsible for the G2 Prix de la Nonette and G3 Prix Vanteaux scorer Rumi (Fr) (Frankel {GB}), Galileo's listed-winning Solage (GB) and the G3 Prix Noailles-placed Normandy Eagle (Ire) by Flop Shot's sire New Approach (Ire).

The third dam in this illustrious dynasty is Featherhill (Fr) (Lyphard), a half to the champion filly Indian Rose (Fr) (General Holme) and sires Vert Amande (Fr) and Le Nain Jaune (Fr) who produced the operation's G1 Prix Lupin hero and leading sire Groom Dancer and fellow sires Tagel and Slew The Slewor. She is also the ancestress of the top-level winners Falco (Pivotal {GB}), Kinshasa No Kiseki (Aus) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}), Nettoyer (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) and Absolutely (Aus) and Abbey Marie (Aus) by Redoute's Choice (Aus). Next up from this astoundingly successful family is Balladeuse's yearling Astropark (Ire) who is a full-brother to the winner.

3rd-Chantilly, €50,000, Debutantes, 9-20, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:40.66, g/s.
AVENTURE (IRE), f, 2, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
     1st Dam: Balladeuse (Fr) (GSW-Fr, $168,432}, by Singspiel (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Featherquest (GB), by Rainbow Quest
     3rd Dam: Featherhill (Fr), by Lyphard
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €25,000. O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (IRE); T-Christophe Ferland. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

 

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Daughter of Siyarafina Debuts in Fascinating Chantilly Affair

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Insights features a daughter of G1 Prix Saint Alary winner Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) at Chantilly.

12.50 Chantilly, Debutantes, €50,000, 2yo, f, 8fT
SIYANDRA (IRE) (Medaglia d'Oro) is the first foal out of The Aga Khan's G1 Prix Saint Alary winner Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}), who was out of a listed-winning and dual group-placed half-sister to the owner-breeder's sire sensation Siyouni (Fr) and the G1 Sun Chariot S. and GI E. P. Taylor S. heroine Siyouma (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). Francis-Henri Graffard has charge of the March-foaled homebred, whose peers include Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard's Million Miles Away (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a Pascal Bary-trained daughter of the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) bought for €400,000 at last year's Arqana Deauville August; and a Wertheimer pair in the Christophe Ferland-trained Aventure (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a half to the G1 Prix Vermeille winner Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), and the Andre Fabre-trained Solite (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a daughter of the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud scorer Plumania (GB) (Anabaa) and a full-sister to the G2 Prix du Muguet winner Plumatic (GB).

15.05 Sandown, Novice, £12,000, 2yo, 7fT
DUKE'S COMMAND (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) cost Godolphin 1.6million gns at last year's Tatts Book 1, with his dam being a daughter of the revered Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and therefore a full-sister to the Classic heroines Minding (Ire), Tuesday (Ire) and Empress Josephine (Ire). Connections will be buoyed by the fact that Minding's Dubawi colt Henry Longfellow (Ire) placed himself in the elite of his generation in the recent G1 Vincent O'Brien National S. and Charlie Appleby opts for a track that he often sends his better juveniles to.

14.30 Sandown, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, 8fT
DAMBUSTER (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was a 750,000gns buy-back by his breeder Chasemore Farm at Tatts Book 1 and is now one of Andrew Balding's Kingsclere stable as he prepares for his debut. A full-brother to the G3 Prestige S. winner Boomer (GB), the relative of The Cheka (Ire) (Xaar {GB}) meets a rare Shadwell runner for the Harry Eustace stable in Muttasil (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), a colt from the immediate family of Tamayuz (GB).

HOW THEY FARED

19.00 Newcastle, Novice, £6,600, 2yo, f, 6fT
Leveret (Ire) (Invincible Army {Ire}) may have had the pedigree, being a half-sister to the recent GI Beverly D S. heroine Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}), but was not expected to make waves on this debut at 33-1. Belying those odds despite a tardy break, the Manister House Stud homebred finished off strongly to be runner-up which augurs well for her future.

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Sea The Stars Book 1 Sensation Starts At Donny

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Saturday's Observations features a pricey auction graduate.

AT VIMEIRO (GER) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) was at 650,000gns the fourth-highest-priced yearling by his sire during 2022 when bought for Peter Harris by Richard Knight Bloodstock at Tatts Book 1. In training with Jane Chapple-Hyam, the son of the G2 T Von Zastrow Stutenpreis winner and G1 Preis Von Europa runner-up Amorella (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is bred to stay so a bold show on debut will augur well.

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