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Six Wild Cards Added to Arqana Autumn

A pair of flat performers and four jumpers have been added to the Autumn Sale catalogue as Wild Card entries, including 2-year-old Quessigny (Fr) (Recorder {GB}), offered as Lot 367 and Whizz Kid (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}), who is catalogued as Lot 368. The Wild Card offerings will go under the hammer in Deauville Nov. 15 alongside the 184 horses-in-training already catalogued. An additional 15 Wild Cards will be added to this section.

Heading the flat entrants, Antoine de Watrigant's juvenile colt Quessigny most recently won the Coupe des 2 ans at Toulouse over 1600 metres. Also recent winner in France, Whizz Kid won at Saint-Cloud in the colours of Klaus Allofs and Gestüt Fahrhof and trainer Peter Schiergen. A half-brother to Grade I winner Wake Forest (Ger) (Sir Percy {GB}), he is out of the black-type mare Wurfspeil (Ger) hails from the family of Arc hero Waldgeist (Ger).

Over jumps, Donatien Sourdeau de Beauregard offers two lots–Keep Running (Fr) (Turgeon), who will go under the hammer as lot 391 and Ice Coast (Fr) (Coastal Path {GB}), offered as lot 402. A winner by three lengths on his first outing over hurdles at Nantes over 3,500 metres, Particuliere Dream (Fr) (Peer Gynt {Jpn}) is catalogued as lot 392, while High Game Royal (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) will be offered as lot 403. Recently runner-up over 3000 metres on his first start, the latter is a brother to G2 Prix Congress scorer Echiquier Royal (Fr).

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Royal-Oak Glory For Teofilo’s Scope

Unsurprisingly, 3-year-olds have come to assume dominance of late in ParisLongchamp's G1 Prix Royal-Oak and it was a case of more of the same on Sunday as Julian Richmond-Watson's Scope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) made the eight-pound weight-for-age pull count in the testing conditions he loves. Following a staying-on sixth in the G1 St Leger at Doncaster Sept. 11 with a powerful 7 1/2-length success in Ascot's Listed Noel Murless S. also over a mile and a quarter at the start of the month, the 15-2 shot was sent up to race in third early by Rob Hornby with stamina for the 15 1/2-furlong trip guaranteed. While his acceleration was not as instant as the closer Skazino (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) once straightened for home, the Ralph Beckett-trained homebred was able to get to that older rival passing the furlong pole and outstay him for a length success, with Glycon (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) 3 1/2 lengths away in third. “He's done nothing wrong all year and stamina is the key to him,” Hornby said after steering his first group 1 winner. “I was conscious to keep tabs on the leading two so I could take it up when I wanted to, as stamina was going to be important in this ground. He powered to the line and he's a real trier. He was a touch unlucky in the Leger–he didn't get to run his race that day and maybe that was one that got left behind, so he deserved this and can go on to better things now.”

Rolling back to Newbury exactly one year and one day prior to his biggest day, Scope was getting the better of what was to become the most famous maiden in training in Mojo Star (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) on their debuts in a mile novice on heavy ground. Back in action in a 10-furlong novice on good-to-firm at Newmarket Apr. 15, the chestnut was runner-up to Godolphin's unbeaten and subsequently unsighted Al Waqidi (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) before chasing home Third Realm (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) and Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in a renewal of the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial which was soon to take on greater significance May 8. Far from disgraced when fifth in the 12-furlong G2 Great Voltigeur at York Aug. 18, he was caught for speed and racing room at one stage in the straight but finished off strongly in the Leger before everything fell into place for a timely confidence boost in the Noel Murless.

This was again perfectly set up for the unexposed stayer whose career is not dissimilar to last year's winner and fellow son of Teofilo in Subjectivist (GB), with proven marathon man Alkuin (Ire) (Maxios {GB}) providing the target and most of the market-leaders reserved behind. It was the 4-1 favourite Skazino who threw the first punch in early straight and for a 100 metres it looked as if the G3 Prix de Barbeville, G2 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier and G2 Prix Kergorlay winner was going to write another chapter in Le Haras de la Gousserie's recent success story. Ultimately, he had reckoned without Scope's endless staying power and the British raider began to pull away as the line neared. There was to be no fairytale end to the remarkable career of Alain de Royer-Dupre, as last year's runner-up Valia (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) failed to fire after blowing the start and finished a remote sixth.

“I wasn't expecting any of this,” commented Beckett, whose Angel Bleu (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) had taken the G1 Criterium International 24 hours earlier. “I thought the horse yesterday would win, but I wasn't sure about today. He has improved since Ascot and improved with racing as many of his family do. I thought today beforehand he looked terrific. I was delighted with how well he travelled and how it panned out today. He's not an exuberant horse at home and in his races and only does enough and his mother and sisters were the same. At the start of the year, I said I thought he might be more of a Leger horse rather than a Derby horse, but I didn't expect it to be the French Leger but that'll do. He was very backward throughout his 2-year-old career and is still quite a raw immature individual, so he should develop from three to four and continue to improve.”

Scope is a son of Richmond-Watson's four-times winner Look So (GB) (Efisio {GB}), who was campaigned over seven furlongs and a mile and who also produced three other black-type performers in the Listed Hoppings S. winner and G3 Musidora S.-placed Regardez (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), the Listed Prix Petite Etoile winner and G2 Prix de Sandringham-placed Glance (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and the Listed Ripon Two-Year-Old Trophy-placed Compton (GB) (Compton Place {GB}). Look So is kin to Look Here (GB) (Hernando {Fr), who captured the G1 Epsom Oaks for these connections as well as finishing third in the St Leger, the G1 Coronation Cup and G1 Pretty Polly S. She is responsible for another Noel Murless winner in Hereby (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), who was also third in the G2 Lancashire Oaks while the family also features the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial winner Kayah (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}) and the G2 Prix Maurice de Gheest-winning sire Pursuit of Love (GB) (Groom Dancer). Look So's filly foal is by Night of Thunder (Ire).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX ROYAL-OAK-G1, €350,000, ParisLongchamp, 10-24, 3yo/up, 15 1/2fT, 3:27.35, vs.
1–SCOPE (IRE), 122, c, 3, by Teofilo (Ire)
1st Dam: Look So (GB), by Efisio (GB)
2nd Dam: Last Look (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Derniere Danse (GB), by Gay Mecene
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Mr J H Richmond-Watson; B-Lawn Stud (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett; J-Rob Hornby. €199,990. Lifetime Record: SW-Eng, 7-3-1-1, $298,796. *1/2 to Glance (GB) (Dansili {GB}), SW & GSP-Fr, MSP-Eng; 1/2 to Regardez (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), SW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Ire, GSP-US, $181,176. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Skazino (Fr), 130, g, 5, Kendargent (Fr)–Skallet (Fr), by Muhaymin. (€22,000 Ylg '17 AROCT; €150,000 RNA HRA '19 ARQARC). O-Le Haras de la Gousserie; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Cedric Rossi. €80,010.
3–Glycon (Fr), 130, g, 5, Le Havre (Ire)–Glorious Sight (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire). O/B-SCEA Haras de Saint Pair (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. €40,005.
Margins: 1, 3HF, 1HF. Odds: 7.60, 4.10, 9.00.
Also Ran: Search For a Song (Ire), Zero Ten (Ire), Valia (Fr), Call the Wind (GB), Kemari (GB), Quickthorn (GB), Bel Aristo (Fr), Lord Achilles (Fr), Alkuin (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Subjectivist Done For Year After Injury

Two-time Group 1 winner Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), who won the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last month, has sustained a leg injury that puts him out of action until at least next season. A Dr. Walker colourbearer, the 4-year-old entire was targeting the G1 Goodwood Cup on July 27. A winner of the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at ParisLongchamp in October, the bay continued his rich vein of form with a victory at Meydan in the G2 Dubai Gold Cup on Mar. 27 and was making his first start since in the Gold Cup. At this time, it is not known if Subjectivist will run again or be retired for stud duty.

Trainer Mark Johnston said, “He's got an injury and it's certainly season-ending. There was no secret that the horse had filling in his left foreleg in Dubai straight after the race [G2 Dubai Gold Cup] and we got a hell of a fright from that. Visually, that was a career-ending injury.

“Within 24 hours he'd got a reasonably clean bill of health and within a month he'd got a complete clean bill of health, which was very unusual for that type of situation. Everything went perfectly well and there were no issues going into the Ascot Gold Cup or afterwards.

“But on Monday he had filling in the opposite leg. Because the left foreleg had been so atypical and he'd come back from that, we hoped it would be the same with the other leg, but it didn't. It's absolutely heartbreaking. The only positive we can take from it is that at least he did get the opportunity to show us what he could do.

“Those of us that were there in Dubai thought that was a phenomenal performance and at least it was confirmed in what I like to think was one of the best Ascot Gold Cups in recent days. I don't know [if he'll run again].”

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Teofilo’s Subjectivist Dominates The Gold Cup

There was to be no fourth Gold Cup for Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) on Thursday, as the King of Royal Ascot had to surrender his crown to the ultra-impressive Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) in a renewal set to enter into the meeting's folklore. While Mark Johnston's relentless galloper was a worthy winner and can justifiably be viewed as one of the race's best, the outcome was marred by the trouble-in-running that the three-times winner encountered as the fortune of the Gosden icon met an abrupt turn. Stuck in traffic on the inside with nowhere to go three out, the 5-6 favourite was too far adrift of his nemesis by the time he was freed at the top of the straight. Perfectly positioned by Joe Fanning shadowing the leader Amhran Na Bhfiann (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) throughout, the 13-2 second favourite Subjectivist who was coming here off a break having followed up his G1 Prix Royal-Oak win in the G2 Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan Mar. 27 was more than willing as soon as the command was given. Out on his own as many eyes turned back to track the progress of the black-and-yellow in behind, it was Dr Jim Walker and not Bjorn Nielsen who was able to relish the closing stages. Hitting the line hard to record a five-length verdict over Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}), he was confirming the form of the Royal-Oak in the process as the well-backed Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}) finished half a length away in third. Stradivarius was left to pay late on for his frantic two-furlong pursuit and under tender handling from Dettori ended up 1 3/4 lengths further behind in fourth. “He's been a great horse and he keeps improving,” the popular and talented Kingsley House stalwart Fanning commented. “Five out, I was able to get breathers into him and fill him up, so I thought it would take a very good one to get by. In Dubai on good ground, he was doing his best work at the end and I never felt the distance was an issue. He goes on any ground and it's great for the yard and brilliant for the owner. He's been with us for years and even when they run bad, he's very good with us.”

Subjectivist, who was ironically caught close home by Tuesday's Listed Wolferton S. winner Juan Elcano (GB) (Frankel {GB}) on his 2-year-old debut, managed a second in the Listed Stonehenge S. during that campaign but was always going to be one for middle-distances and beyond. Third giving weight to Hukum (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the 12-furlong King George V S. at last year's Royal Ascot, the bay captured the 11-furlong Listed Glasgow S. at Hamilton and was third in the G3 Gordon S. back at a mile and a half at Goodwood during July. Seventh in York's G2 Great Voltigeur S., he first served notice that something was afoot when beating the useful Cabaletta (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) by 15 lengths upped to 14 furlongs in Goodwood's G3 March S. in August. Seventh again in Doncaster's G1 St Leger in September, he bounced back from that to make all and beat the smart Aga Khan filly Valia (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), old-stager Holdthasigreen (Fr) (Hold That Tiger) and Princess Zoe in the Royal-Oak staged on heavy ground over 15 1/2 furlongs at ParisLongchamp.

If he was in danger of being pigeon-holed as a soft-ground specialist, Subjectivist's performance at Meydan meant that no longer held sway and John Gosden had been keen to stress how respectful he was of the Johnston raider as Stradivarius's day of reckoning loomed. Things went smoothly the whole way for the eventual winner here, who kept last year's Derby third Amhran Na Bhfiann honest up front with the champion tucked way back on the rail. With Princess Zoe on the outer keeping him pinned, Frankie's big problem was always going to be the presence of the German runner Rip Van Lips (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) on the rail and as his inexorable progress met with that rival's regression the inevitable occurred. Turning into the straight, horses were falling back on top of him and he lost vital momentum there but not the race. Interestingly, the two 2020 rivals who came back to take him on again this year, Nayef Road (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Mekong (GB) (Frankel {GB}), were beaten around the same margins suggesting that for all he had a bump in the road he definitely met one better stayer and possibly two others.

Mark Johnston had won this in 1995 with Double Trigger (Ire) (Ela-Mana-Mou {Ire}) and in 2001 and 2002 with Royal Rebel (GB) (Robellino) and had since made no secret of how much he coveted another of these. Denied by Stradivarius with Dee Ex Bee (GB) (Farhh {GB}) and Nayef Road in the past two years, he started 2021 with serious ammunition in Subjectivist and his half-brother Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) and the chosen one duly brought the Cup back to Middleham. “I was more hopeful than confident beforehand, but I did think he was the best horse I have taken Stradivarius on with,” he said. “He had a scare after Dubai and missed quite a bit of work and then fell on the road the other day on his knees and hocks. Normally he would have had another run in between, so it's probably good that the rain stayed off as you don't see performances like that on soft ground.”

“It's a sad day for Stradivarius, but I know what that feels like when a champion goes under and if his run had to end one day I'm just glad it's us that did it,” Johnston added. “Joe deserved this a long time ago and I don't think there is any better than him on the lead. Of all the thousands of winners he's ridden for us, we've never told him where to be in the field. He went the perfect pace all the way round. You couldn't necessarily say he was a horse with better credentials than my recent runners like Dee Ex Bee, who was second in the Derby, but what he did have in his favour was he is very much on the up with his last two races being his best. He was very much the young pretender against the old guard. This was his number one target and we'll think about the [G1] Goodwood Cup now and he'll come back here next year if he can. There is so much money to be won abroad during the winter time these days, we will keep one eye on that–he actually didn't get an invite to Saudi this year due to a quirk with the weight-for-age.”

John Gosden said of Stradivarius, “It didn't go to plan. I thought the winner was most impressive, but we were a long way back, had the filly beside us and couldn't get out.” Princess Zoe's trainer Tony Mullins commented, “Everything will revolve around the Prix du Cadran, with whatever presents itself beforehand. I think we've been beaten by a great champion and she's run the race of her life. The owners have expressed a view to consider the Cheltenham Festival. She's jumped a few and seems to enjoy it, but it's whether her legs would stand it and it's just a thought.” Andrew Balding said of Spanish Mission, “We're thrilled with his run and might look at the Goodwood Cup.”

Subjectivist is the third foal out of the triple listed-placed Reckoning (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), with her second being the aforementioned Sir Ron Priestley who took this year's G2 Jockey Club S. having been runner-up in the 2019 St Leger. Also responsible for last year's G2 Rockfel S. third Alba Rose (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), she is kin to the GIII My Charmer H. runner-up Hope Cross (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and 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). That connects her 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 2-year-old filly is by Ulysses (Ire), while she also has a yearling colt by Roaring Lion.

Thursday, Royal Ascot, Britain
GOLD CUP-G1, £375,625, Ascot, 6-17, 4yo/up, 19f 210yT, 4:20.28, g/f.
1–SUBJECTIVIST (GB), 127, c, 4, 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
(62,000gns Ylg '18 TAOCT). O-Dr Jim Walker; B-Mascalls Stud (GB); T-Mark Johnston; J-Joe Fanning. £213,017. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr & GSW-UAE, 17-6-4-2, $1,008,597. *1/2 to Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}), MGSW & G1SP-Eng, $525,105; and Alba Rose (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Princess Zoe (Ger), 125, m, 6, Jukebox Jury (Ire)–Palace Princess (Ger), by Tiger Hill (Ire). O-Patrick F Kehoe & Mrs P Crampton; B-Gestut Hony-Hof (GER); T-Tony Mullins. £80,759.
3–Spanish Mission, 128, h, 5, Noble Mission (GB)–Limonar (Ire), by Street Cry (Ire). ($125,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP; 60,000gns RNA 2yo '18 TATBRE). O-Team Valor LLC & Gary Barber; B-St Elias Stables LLC (KY); T-Andrew Balding. £40,417.
Margins: 5, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 6.50, 28.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Stradivarius (Ire), Emperor of The Sun (Ire), Nayef Road (Ire), Santiago (Ire), Serpentine (Ire), Twilight Payment (Ire), Rip Van Lips (Ire), Amhran Na Bhfiann (Ire), Ben Lilly (Ire). Scratched: Trueshan (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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