Luxembourg Back On Top In Curragh Comeback

It may not have been the wide-margin success prohibitive odds of 2-9 might have implied beforehand, but Westerberg and Coolmore's G1 Futurity Trophy hero and G1 2000 Guineas third Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}–Attire {Ire}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) was on the comeback trail from his storied muscular woes in Saturday's G3 Fitzdares Royal Whip S. at the Curragh and not only proved his wellbeing, but much, much more with an impressively game performance in the card's 10-furlong feature. The day's star attraction was allowed find his own rhythm and stalked the leading trio within comfortable range from the outset. Inching forward into third approaching the quarter-mile pole, he quickened in style to seize control with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and rallied gamely under drive when joined by Insinuendo (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) in the latter stages, regaining a neck advantage from that older rival in the dying strides. Insinuendo, in turn, finished 4 1/4 lengths clear of the winner's stablemate Realism (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in third.

“We didn't think he'd ever get here, so we're very relieved,” admitted Aidan O'Brien after registering an 11th triumph in the contest. “We thought that he had no chance of running after what happened to him. Everyone did a great job to get him over his first mishap and he was off for a long time. It wasn't smooth with him when he came back and Jamie, who looks after him, did an incredible job. Our eye was on the [G1] Irish Champion and you couldn't go to there without a run and this was the only place we could run. The track was beautiful, it's very difficult to have ground the way it is in this heat, so hats off to the Curragh. First time back we didn't want a grueller because he was only ready to start. It was brilliant really because they didn't go too fast and he had to quicken and run hard for the last two [furlongs], which he'd want to do before going into a big championship race. He's a horse that can go a very high tempo and quicken off it. He quickened today off a slow pace and we know a strong tempo brings out the best in him. Ryan [Moore] said he moved up, got there and just shut down. He's used to doing that in his work, just getting there and coming with horses. We were only going to have one race to sharpen him and then we could take him home and get the rest. I can't tell you how delighted we are with him. Ryan was very good on him. He had to wake him up, make him get down and do it without being too serious on him. He was brilliant at that and he found when he had to find. Going to the line he was coasting again. I thought he would improve 20 to 30 percent from today and, hopefully, now he comes out of it okay.”

Luxembourg, who went perfect through a three-race juvenile campaign which included a win in the G2 Beresford S., is one of his sire's 10 elite-level winners and the leading performer for Attire (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). The March-foaled bay is kin to G2 Mooresbridge S. victor Leo De Fury (Ire) (Australia {GB}) and dual Group 3 third Sense Of Style (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}). Attire is a full-sister to G3 Glorious S. victor Forgotten Voice (Ire) and also kin to G3 Prix de Flore winner Australie (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), herself the dam of stakes-winning G3 Diamond S. third Hawke (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) and Listed Prix de Saint-Cyr victrix Mireille (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}). Attire is also the second dam of this year's Listed Churchill S. winner and G3 Tyros S. runner-up Hellsing (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}). Her unraced half-sister Norwegian Princess (Ire) (Fairy King) is the dam of stakes-winning G3 Prix Thomas Bryon second Private Jet (Fr) (Aussie Rules) and stakes-winning G3 Prix de Ris-Orangis runner-up Princedargent (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}). From the family of GI Breeders' Cup Classic hero Arcangues (Sagace {Fr}) and G1 Prix de Diane heroine Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill), Luxembourg is a full-brother to the twice-placed 2-year-old colt Hiawatha (Ire), a yearling filly and a weanling filly.

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
FITZDARES ROYAL WHIP S.-G3, €55,000, Curragh, 8-13, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:10.94, gd.
1–LUXEMBOURG (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Camelot (GB)
1st Dam: Attire (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Asnieres, by Spend A Buck
3rd Dam: Albertine (Fr), by Irish River (Fr)
(150,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Westerberg, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-B V Sangster (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €33,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 5-4-0-1, $354,443. *1/2 to Leo De Fury (Ire) (Australia {GB}), GSW-Ire, $156,911; and Sense Of Style (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), MGSP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Insinuendo (Ire), 131, m, 5, Gleneagles (Ire)–Obama Rule (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (€110,000 Ylg '18 GOFOR). O-Deegan Racing Syndicate; B-Mount Armstrong Stud (IRE); T-Willie McCreery. €11,000.
3–Realism (Ire), 126, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Where (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €5,500.
Margins: NK, 4 1/4, SHD. Odds: 0.22, 7.50, 66.00.
Also Ran: Georgeville (GB), Anchorage (Ire), Point Gellibrand (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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€1.2-Million For Luxembourg’s Full-Brother

The Castlebridge Consignment's Camelot (GB) colt out of Attire (Ire) (Danehill {Ire}) (lot 366) received an excellent update over the weekend when his 2-year-old full-brother Luxembourg (Ire) won the G2 Beresford S. at The Curragh for the Coolmore partners and Westerberg, and it was Coolmore principal MV Magnier who extended to €1.2-million to purchase the yearling at Goffs Orby on Wednesday.

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Group Winner Grocer Jack Highlights Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale

Group 3 winner Grocer Jack (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}) is one of the highlights of the four-day Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale from Oct. 25-28. One of 1,577 lots catalogued, the 4-year-old colt (lot 738) was second in the G1 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen and is rated 118 by Timeform.

Several recent sale graduates have enjoyed Group 1 success on an international level in 2021, including Salute The Soldier (Ger) (Sepoy {Aus}) and Zaaki (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}). The catalogue features 80 group and listed performers. Among them are two-time group placed Hierarchy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) (lot 1205); Listed Windsor Castle S. winner Chipotle (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) (lot 1055); G1 Cazoo St Leger third and fourth The Mediterranean (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 238) and Interpretation (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 236); and G1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Tiger Moth (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 548); listed winner Chalk Stream (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 666); and G3 March S. winner Dancing King (Ire) (Free Eagle {Ire}) (lot 778).

There are sizable drafts from Juddmonte (10), Coolmore (52), Shadwell (154), Godolphin (20), William Haggas's Somerville Lodge (25), The Castlebridge Consignment (101), Mark Johnston's Kingsley Park (54), Richard Hannon's East Everleigh Stables (51), Andrew Balding's Park House Stables (36), and Roger Varian's Carlburg Stables (32).

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The unique diversity of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale is the key to its enduring appeal to both domestic and international buyers. Flying the flag this year for the Autumn Horses in Training Sale is the outstanding Australian multiple Group 1 winner Zaaki, purchased at last year's sale, and this year's catalogue has all the ingredients to appeal to the customary global audience including the significant, high-class consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates.”

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Siyouni’s Acer Alley Prevails in the Rochette

Largely unconsidered as the 26-1 outsider of six, Merry Fox Stud's homebred 2-year-old filly Acer Alley (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) created waves with a late burst for glory in Sunday's G3 Prix La Rochette at ParisLongchamp. She had previously bettered a June 11 first-up fourth going seven furlongs at Compiegne with a June 21 Saint-Cloud maiden score over the same trip in her only other start last time and raced fifth of the six runners from flagfall here. Nudged into contention with 500 metres remaining, Acer Alley came under increased pressure once inside the final quarter mile and displayed a smart turn of foot in the closing stages to swoop late for a career high. At the line, Acer Alley held a half-length advantage from Making Moovies (Ire) (Dabirsim {Fr}), who edged out British raider El Bodegon (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) by a short neck for second, and will now point to next month's G1 Prix Marcel Boussac for her next outing.

“The idea was to go to the [G3] Prix Six Perfections in Deauville, after she won at Saint-Cloud last time, but I felt she was not quite ready for that race,” revealed winning trainer Francis Graffard. “She just needed more time and the owner [Craig Bennett] trusted my judgement. She came back right again and had been working very well at home, but you never know what might happen on the track as this was only her third career start and facing colts for the first time. We thought we had to give it a try to see if we had any chance of going for a Group 1 on Arc weekend. The owner is a breeder, he would love to win the [G1] Prix Marcel Boussac and, if she's well, we will go for that.”

Acer Alley becomes the second pattern-race winner produced by an unraced half-sister to the Merry Fox Stud operation's G1 Moyglare Stud S. victrix Cursory Glance (GB) (Distorted Humor). The March-foaled homebred bay is a half-sister to last term's GI Turf Classic hero Digital Age (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire})–himself a 325,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling in 2017–and a weanling colt by Dubawi (Ire). Her second dam Time Control (GB) (Sadler's Wells) is a full-sister to G2 Prix de Malleret victrix Time On (GB), who threw G3 Oh So Sharp S. winner Mot Juste (Distorted Humor). Time Control, in turn, is a daughter of G3 Musidora S. victrix and and G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Nassau S. third Time Away (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), herself a granddaughter of MG1SW distaffer Time Charter (Ire) (Saritamer).

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX LA ROCHETTE-G3, €80,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-5, 2yo, 7fT, 1:24.04, g/s.
1–ACER ALLEY (GB), 122, f, 2, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Willow View, by Lemon Drop Kid
2nd Dam: Time Control (GB), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Time Away (Ire), by Darshaan (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (180,000gns RNA Ylg '20 TATOCT). O/B-Merry Fox Stud Ltd (GB); T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Olivier Peslier. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, €56,200. *1/2 to Digital Age (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), GISW-US, $1,263,460. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Making Moovies (Ire), 126, c, 2, Dabirsim (Fr)–Grace Lady (Fr), by Muhtathir (GB). O-Ecurie Pierre Pilarski & Jean-Philippe Dubois; B-Jean-Philippe Dubois (IRE); T-Didier Guillemin. €16,000.
3–El Bodegon (Ire), 126, c, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Al Andalyya, by Kingmambo. (70,000gns Ylg '20 TAOCT). O-Nas Syndicate & A F O'Callaghan; B-Cecil & Martin McCracken (IRE); T-James Ferguson. €12,000.
Margins: HF, SNK, 1 1/4. Odds: 25.90, 4.10, 16.00.
Also Ran: New Science (GB), The Wizard of Eye (Ire), Zelda (Fr). Scratched: Rebel Path (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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