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Sacred Enters Winter Quarters

Connections of Sacred (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) have decided against a tilt at the Breeders' Cup for the 3-year-old filly, and she has headed into winter quarters at Cheveley Park Stud ahead of a planned 4-year-old campaign.

Sacred, second in a trio of key juvenile events in 2020 for trainer William Haggas in the G2 Queen Mary S., G2 Lowther S. and G2 Flying Childers S., won the G3 Nell Gwyn S. and the G2 Hungerford S. this season over seven furlongs. On her only other run, she was seventh in the G1 1000 Guineas.

Cheveley Park Stud Managing Director Chris Richardson said, “We've decided not to go. We would have got our ground, but she's a very special filly, and Mrs Thompson took the view she's staying in training next year, and we didn't want to travel her. If all is well, and she's still in competitive heart, we will consider it as a 4-year-old. She's back here [at Cheveley Park Stud] for her holidays. Let's hope she develops physically and we can stretch her to a mile, which would be good. We'll see how we get on. The programme is a little easier for those fillies.”

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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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Technician To Montaigu

Group 1-winning stayer Technician (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}-Arosa {Ire}, by Sadler's Wells) will enter stud in 2022 at Haras de Montaigu. He will be syndicated.

Trained by Martyn Meade, Technician was purchased by Team Valor International after breaking his maiden by 3 1/4 lengths in April of his 3-year-old campaign in 2019. He finished second next out in the G3 Classic Trial before earning his first black-type score two starts later in the Listed Prix Ridgway over a mile and a quarter. Technician added the G3 Geoffrey Freer S. later that summer before wrapping up his season with scores in the G2 Prix Chaudenay and G1 Prix Royal-Oak. Technician has not been seen since beating one home in last year's G1 Ascot Gold Cup.

Technician is out of the American stakes winner Arosa. Another relative to have gone to stud recently in France is the two-time Group 1 winner Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper), while the dual Derby winner and sire Shahrastani appears under the third dam.

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Miesque The Feature On Chantilly Tuesday

Tuesday's Chantilly card has a pair of pattern races, with the seven-furlong G3 Prix Miesque acting as one of the last staging posts for 2-year-old fillies with Classic aspirations. Godolphin's Fleur D'Iris (GB) (Shamardal) sets the standard, having beaten Zellie (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the G3 Prix d'Aumale at ParisLongchamp Sept. 9 only to finish last behind that stablemate on ground that was too testing in the Oct. 3 G1 Prix Marcel Boussac back there. “Everything went wrong for Fleur d'Iris in the Prix Marcel Boussac, when she raced too freely on the heavy ground,” Godolphin's Lisa-Jane Graffard said. “Hopefully, conditions will be more to her liking at Chantilly.”

Infinity Nine Horses and Ecurie des Monceaux's unbeaten Mangoustine (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is up in class for the Frederic Rossi stable after her latest outing in the Sept. 23 Listed Criterium de Lyon over a mile, while White Birch Farm's acquisition Gran Sabana (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) adds intrigue coming off a debut win for the Brandts also over a mile here Sept. 24.

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