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Pharoah Rules in Sirius S.

Café Pharoah (Jpn) (American Pharoah) dispatched his elders with deceptive ease when taking Saturday’s 1900-metre G3 Sirius S. at Chukyo. Pounded down to 70 cents on the dollar, the son of 2015 American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah was taking his second Japanese group race.

The favourite settled in midfield while Chimera Verite (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) opened up several lengths on the chasing pack. Still eighth on the far turn, Café Pharoah swung wide into the homestretch. Fanned out to the centre of the track for the stretch drive, the Koichi Nishikawa colourbearer took dead aim on Sakura Allure (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) as Chimera Verite folded and bounded away to win by a length. Sakura Allure was 3/4 of a length to the good of Acorn (Jpn) (Furioso {Jpn}), while Danon Splendor (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) was another 1 1/4 lengths back in fourth.

A winner of a 2-year-old newcomer affair at Nakayama last December, Café Pharoah added the Listed Hyacinth S. at Tokyo this February and the G3 Unicorn S. there in June. He lost his unbeaten record to Danon Pharoah (Jpn) (American Pharoah) when seventh in the slop at Oi in the Listed Dirt Derby on July 8 and was subsequently benched.

Pedigree Notes

Café Pharoah is one of 10 black-type winners and seven at group level for his Ashford Stud-based sire. He shares his damsire More Than Ready with GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and GIII Futurity S. hero Four Wheel Drive (American Pharoah). GII Mrs. Revere S. and GIII Boiling Springs S. heroine Mary’s Follies foaled a colt by Uncle Mo that later died in 2018. She has a yearling colt by Candy Ride (Arg) and a Connect colt of this year born Apr. 16. She was bred back to Curlin. The winner’s third dam was a four-time black-type winner on the Louisiana circuit.

Saturday, Chukyo, Japan
SIRIUS S.-G3, ¥68,820,000 (US$653,506/£505,198/€557,831), Chukyo, 10-3, 3yo/up, 1900m, 1:57.80, ft.
1–CAFE PHAROAH, 119, c, 3, American Pharoah
                1st Dam: Mary’s Follies (MGSW-US, $338,889),
                                by More Than Ready
                2nd Dam: Catch the Queen, by Miswaki
                3rd Dam: Wave to the Queen, by Wavering Monarch
($475,000 2yo ’19 OBSMAR). O-Koichi Nishikawa; B- Paul P.
Pompa (KY); T-Noryuki Hori; J-Christophe Lemaire.
¥36,574,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0. *1/2 to Night Prowler
(Giant’s Causeway), MGSW-US, $475,682; and Regal Glory
(Animal Kingdom), MGSW-US, $773,884. Werk Nick Rating:
   A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sakura Allure (Jpn), 119, h, 5, Gold Allure (Jpn)–Shiroganese
Cafe, by Gulch. O-Sakura Commerce; B-Tanioka Farm (Jpn);
¥14,164,000.
3–Acorn (Jpn), 121, h, 5, Furioso (Jpn)–Lament (Jpn), by Admire
Moon (Jpn). O-Isao Nishimori; B-Kineusu Saito Farm (Jpn);
¥9,082,000.
Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.70, 39.50, 55.30.
Also Ran: Danon Splendor (Jpn), Meisho Wazashi (Jpn), Ardore (Jpn), Sunday Wizard (Jpn), M O Glitter (Jpn), Great Time (Jpn), T O Helios (Jpn), Mitsuba (Jpn), Namura Arashi (Jpn), Chimera Verite (Jpn), Daishin Indi (Jpn), Lance of Puraana (Jpn), Daimei Corrida (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart & video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Cadran Glory For Princess Zoe

There was heartbreak for Eddy Hardouin and unadulterated joy for Joey Sheridan at the end of a dramatic renewal of ParisLongchamp’s G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran on Saturday as Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) reeled in the trail-blazing Alkuin (Ire) (Maxios {GB}) in the dying strides. Sent off the 3-1 second favourite having made it four straight wins in Galway’s 12-furlong Listed Oyster S. on similar ground Sept. 8, the grey sat towards the rear of mid-division early as Hardouin had his rivals strung out going it alone on Alkuin. Still on his own and travelling strongly in the false straight, that rival forced the 2018 hero and 13-10 market-leader Call the Wind (GB) (Frankel {GB}) into action there along with Princess Zoe who remained too far adrift for comfort. Giving her all for Sheridan once straightened for home, the German-bred and Irish-trained mare made relentless progress as the line stayed painfully out of reach for Alkuin. Stripping him of certain success close home, Princess Zoe provided trainer Tony Mullins with the ultimate thrill. “It’s an amazing story, as she was bought for very little in Germany by a friend of mine and has not stopped improving,” he said. “She has such heart and even 100 yards from the line I didn’t know if she would get there, but it’s such a relief and a feeling I’ve never experienced in my life, even though there have been great moments before. She’s just as effective over a mile and a half–she never gives up, so maybe next year she can go for the Arc.”

Just a handicapper under the care of Stefan Richter, Princess Zoe had yet to be tried beyond 11 furlongs before shipping to Ireland and showed immediate appreciation for staying trips when second on her debut for her new connections in a 13-furlong Navan handicap June 23. That turned out to be her last reversal and after two handicap wins within the space of a week at the Galway festival over 17 furlongs and a mile and a half she successfully collected her first piece of black-type in that venue’s Oyster. “I certainly didn’t think three months ago this was going to happen, but Joey Sheridan came down to work her last week and when she pulled up, I said we were going to win in France,” Mullins added.

“She just kept improving so fast, even before the listed race she won–I had been eyeing it because she was improving at such a rate I wasn’t able to keep up to her. The owner [Paddy Kehoe] and his sister [Philomena] are huge Cheltenham fans and we had her pencilled in. Then she started improving so fast I said to Paddy ‘we’ll go to France and if she wins I’ll be recommending she doesn’t go jumping’, not for the moment anyway. At Auteuil, on the other side of the Bois de Boulogne, I won the French Champion Hurdle on Dawn Run in 1984, so it’s 36 years and that was a great day too. As a jockey I used to love it–as a trainer, to win a group one is just off the scale.”

Alkuin had won his three non-black-type starts here by a cumulative margin of 21 lengths, so was not running out of turn. For his trainer Frederic Rossi, the disappointment was palpable however. “My horse ran a blinder, but I felt if he had kicked on more strongly at the top of the straight he would have won,” he commented. “It’s hard to say, but I feel he was beaten more by a turn of foot than anything else. It’s possible he could come back for the [G1 Prix] Royal-Oak if he comes out of this in good order.”

Princess Zoe, who becomes the first group 1 winner on the flat for Jukebox Jury, is out of Palace Princess (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}) whose prior best is the four-times group scorer and G1 Deutsches Derby runner-up Palace Prince (Ger) (Areion {Ger}). Palace Princess is kin to the G2 Oettingen-Rennen wininer Pepperstorm (Ger) (Big Shuffle), his G2 Grosse Europa-Meile-winning full-brother Peppercorn (Ger) and G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten-winning full-sister Peppershot (Ger). Their dam Pasca (Ger) (Lagunas {GB}) is a three-parts-sister to the G2 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Padang (Ger) (Ile de Bourbon).

Saturday, ParisLongchamp, France
QATAR PRIX DU CADRAN-G1, €180,000, ParisLongchamp, 10-3, 4yo/up, 20fT, 4:38.88, hy.
1–PRINCESS ZOE (GER), 125, m, 5, by Jukebox Jury (Ire)
1st Dam: Palace Princess (Ger), by Tiger Hill (Ire)
2nd Dam: Pasca (Ger), by Lagunas (GB)
3rd Dam: Palmas (Ger), by Neckar (Ger)
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Patrick F Kehoe & Mrs Philomena Crampton; B-Gestut Hony-Hof (GER); T-Tony Mullins; J-Joey Sheridan. €102,852. Lifetime Record: SW-Ire, 21-7-6-3, €252,502. *1/2 to Palace Prince (Ger) (Areion {Ger}), Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 7-9.5f, MGSW & G1SP-Ger, SW-Fr, $462,429. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Alkuin (Ire), 128, g, 5, Maxios (GB)–Almerita (Ger), by Medicean (GB). O-Guido Werner Hermann Schmitt; B-Dr Christopher Berglar (IRE); T-Waldemar Hickst. €41,148.
3–Call The Wind (GB), 128, g, 6, Frankel (GB)–In Clover (GB), by Inchinor (GB). O/B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-Freddy Head. €20,574.
Margins: HF, 15, 9. Odds: 3.10, 15.00, 1.30.
Also Ran: Windstoss (Ger), Cacophonous (GB), Barbados (Ire), Apadanah (Ger), Sublimis (Ire), Think of Me (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Pattern Performers Aplenty In Arc Sale

Following an action-packed card at ParisLongchamp on Saturday, proceedings will move just a short jaunt down the road to Saint-Cloud Racecourse, where Arqana stages its annual Arc Sale of horses-in-training. The sale that has become a source of future quality performers for buyers from all over the globe will see 21 offerings go under the hammer on Saturday evening, with buyers even having a chance to secure a runner for Sunday’s G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. That is outsider Chachnak (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 21), who has won twice at Group 3 level this season in the Prix de Guiche and the Prix du Prince d’Orange.

A pair of quality fillies with German form are on offer: this season’s G2 Diana-Trial scorer Kalifornia Queen (Ger) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) (lot 11) and Virginia Joy (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 24), who took the G3 Mehl-Mulhens-Trophy in July prior to placing in the G1 Preis der Diana and G2 T. von Zastrow Stutenpreis. Others of note include this season’s dual Group 3-placed 2-year-old filly Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}) (lot 13) and G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches third Mageva (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (lot 14), as well as the 2020 G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil victor and G2 Prix du Muguet second Pretreville (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) (lot 17). The sale begins at 6:30 p.m.

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Gran Alegria Tries for Third Group 1 in Sprinters

One of two Group 1 sprints on the Japan Racing Association calendar, the 1,200-meter G1 Sprinters S. draws a full field of 16 for Sunday’s 54th renewal. Heading the morning line at 2-1 is dual Group 1- winning Gran Alegria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), out of Tapitsfly (Tapit), a two-time Grade I winner on the turf in the United States.

Victorious in last season’s G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas and G2 Hanshin Cup, the filly finished runner-up in the 1,200-meter G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen over soft ground at Chukyo in March before returning to best champion Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) in the G1 Yasuda Kinen over 1,600 meters at Tokyo Racecourse June 7.

“She ran a strong race in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen, which was her first time at the trip,” explained assistant trainer Masaru Oehara. “In the Yasuda Kinen, she put in a good late spurt from the fourth corner, so in both races she ran very well. She’s had a summer break and has come back to the stable looking bigger and stronger.”

Gran Alegria, who will be making her first start at Nakayama, will be accompanied by Christophe Lemaire, who has a 25% strike rate at the oval.

Attempting to record his first win at the Group 1 level, Danon Smash (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) has shown consistency this season, winning on three occasions and finishing in the top three in five starts. Additionally, six of his nine career wins have come over the Sprinters’ distance of 1,200 meters.

Third in this test last year, he kicked off 2020 with a win over this course in the 1,200-meter G3 Yukan Fuji Sho Ocean S. Mar. 7 before a flat 10th in the Takamatsunomiya later that month. Back in the winner’s circle following Tokyo’s G2 Keio Hai Spring Cup May 16, the 5-year-old was eighth in the Yasuda Kinen before rebounding to score in the Sept. 13 Sankei Sho Centaur S. over 1,200 meters at Chukyo.

“He drew an outside gate last time [in the Centaur S.], but by the third corner had got himself into a good position and went on to win well,” said trainer Takayuki Yasuda, who has won the race three times. “I feel he’ll come on quite a bit for that run.”

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