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Cotai Glory’s Atomic Force Too Strong In the Robert Papin

So dominant in the G3 Prix du Bois over six furlongs at Chantilly June 20, Siu Pak Kwan's Atomic Force (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) returned to the same course and distance on Sunday to repeat the dose in the G2 Darley Prix Robert Papin. Sent straight to the front by Stephane Pasquier as he had been last time, the 1-2 favourite never looked like relinquishing his advantage en route to a 2 1/4-length success from Baghed (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}). “He's just that type of horse, he's very simple to do anything with,” trainer Kevin Ryan said of the eighth consecutive British-trained winner of this prize formerly staged over 5 1/2 furlongs at Maisons-Laffitte. “He has a high cruising speed and can quicken off it. He puts horses in trouble a fair way out and he's done it again today.”

Atomic Force, who first served notice that he was potent from the front when winning a Hamilton novice for the Hambleton Racing syndicate May 26, is currently the leading representative of his sire's first crop. The last known foal out of Atlas Silk (GB) (Dansili {GB}), his second dam is the Listed Aphrodite S. winner and G2 Ribblesdale S.-placed Marani (GB) (Ashkalani {Ire}) who is herself the leading performer out of the Listed Cheshire Oaks winner Aquamarine (GB) (Shardari {Ire}).

Sunday, Chantilly, France
DARLEY PRIX ROBERT PAPIN-G2, €130,000, Chantilly, 7-18, 2yo, 6fT, 1:08.69, g/s.
1–ATOMIC FORCE (IRE), 128, g, 2, by Cotai Glory (GB)
1st Dam: Atlas Silk (GB), by Dansili (GB)
2nd Dam: Marani (GB), by Ashkalani (Ire)
3rd Dam: Aquamarine (GB), by Shardari (Ire)
(€12,000 Wlg '19 GOFNOV; £22,000 Ylg '20 GOFSPT). O-Pak Kwan Siu; B-David Barry (IRE); T-Kevin Ryan; J-Stephane Pasquier. €74,100. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, €121,101. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Baghed (GB), 128, c, 2, Twilight Son (GB)–Dealer's Choice (Ire), by Exchange Rate. (7,500gns Ylg '20 TAOCT). O-Mme Manila Illuminati; B-Jonathan Shack & Gawain Barnard (GB); T-Vincenzo Fazio. €28,600.
3–Hellomydarlin (Ire), 125, f, 2, Galileo Gold (GB)–Speed Freak (GB), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). O-Nick Bradley Racing 48; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-George Boughey. €13,650.
Margins: 2HF, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.50, 17.00, 9.00.
Also Ran: Who Knows (Fr), Papa Don't Preach (Ire), Tipperary Sunset (GB), Black Lives Matter (Fr). Scratched: Samedi Rien (Ire), Diablotine (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Order of Australia Dominates The Minstrel

Enjoying a step back to seven furlongs for the first time, Ballydoyle's GI Breeders' Cup Mile hero Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) made all to get back on track in Sunday's G2 Romanised Minstrel S. at The Curragh. Eighth on his return in Royal Ascot's G1 Queen Anne S. June 15, the 2-1 favourite was always comfortable using his stride in front and Ryan Moore's body language told all as he easily held off Njord (Ire) (Roderic O'Connor {Ire}) to score by 1 1/4 lengths. “His first run this year at Ascot was just a bit of a mess, as they jumped out and they hacked. It was the first time we decided to sit him in, being his first run of the year,” Aidan O'Brien commented. “He has plenty of speed and he's able to quicken. He is very straightforward. He's made like a sprinter/miler and at halfway he really started to turn it on. He's a horse that takes his racing well, so we were thinking of coming here and then going for the [July 28 G1] Sussex Stakes [at Goodwood]. He's a horse to look forward to and can go to America later in the year and maybe races after that as well.”

Campaigned over middle distances until his visit to Keeneland, Order of Australia took a highly unusual path to the Breeders' Cup Mile having won conditions events over 10 1/2 furlongs and 12 furlongs on Dundalk's Polytrack and this venue respectively in September. Able to stretch out sufficiently to finish fourth in the G1 Irish Derby in June, the bay who was sixth in the G1 Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin in December has been something of an enigma as far as trip is concerned but has now found his metier and will shape a different proposition taking on Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in the Sussex.

Order of Australia's dam Senta's Dream (GB) (Danehill) is nothing short of a sensation, with two Breeders' Cup winners under her auspices including the Filly & Mare Turf heroine Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}) who also captured the G1 Fillies' Mile, G1 Pretty Polly S. and G1 Matron S. She may well have a third waiting in the wings, with last week's GI Belmont Oaks Invitational winner Santa Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) looking for all the world a viable candidate for the meeting this year. Senta's Dream is one of only two foals out of another Filly & Mare Turf heroine in Starine (Fr) (Mendocino), who also annexed the GI Matriarch S. and GII Diana H.

Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
ROMANISED MINSTREL S.-G2, €100,000, Curragh, 7-18, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:27.28, gd.
1–ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (IRE), 139, c, 4, by Australia (GB)
1st Dam: Senta's Dream (GB), by Danehill
2nd Dam: Starine (Fr), by Mendocino
3rd Dam: Grisonnante (Fr), by Kaldoun (Fr)
O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Mrs A M O'Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €60,000. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 7-9.5f & GISW-US, 11-4-0-1, $1,232,016. *1/2 to Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}), MG1SW-Ire, G1SW-Eng & GISW-US, $1,988,198; and Santa Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), GISW-US & G1SP-Ire, $491,612. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Njord (Ire), 136, g, 5, Roderic O'Connor (Ire)–Rosalind Franklin (GB), by Intikhab. (€1,000 Wlg '16 GOFNOV; €14,000 Ylg '17 TIRSEP; €54,000 3yo '19 GOFHIT). O-Blessingndisguise Partnership; B-Mrs Eithne McDonnell (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. €20,000.
3–Power Under Me (Ire), 129, g, 3, Mehmas (Ire)–Oonagh (Ire), by Arakan. (€28,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV). O-Vincent Gaul; B-Ms Barbel Reiss (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. €10,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 2HF, HF. Odds: 2.00, 7.50, 5.00.
Also Ran: Current Option (Ire), Ace Aussie (Ire), Thunder Beauty (Ire), Galtee Mist (Ire). Scratched: Military Style. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Concert Hall Targets Snowfall Maiden

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. Sunday's Observations features a daughter of G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).
1.35 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 7fT
CONCERT HALL (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) bids to build on a promising debut effort when second over what is probably an inadequate six-furlong trip at Fairyhouse 11 days previously in the maiden won 12 months ago by his stable's Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The Smith/Magnier/Tabor/Westerberg representative, who is a daughter of the G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) from the family of New Approach (Ire), is joined by the fellow Ballydoyle runner Kiss You Later (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), an unraced daughter of the GI Santa Monica S. heroine Switch (Quiet American) who races for her breeder Moyglare Stud Farm and Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor.

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Powerscourt Dies In Turkey

G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and GI Arlington Million winner Powerscourt (GB) (Sadler's Wells-Rainbow Lake {GB}, by Rainbow Quest) has died age 21 at the Jockey Club of Turkey after suffering a heart attack.

Bred by Juddmonte Farms out of its G3 Lancashire Oaks winner Rainbow Lake, Powerscourt's pedigree gained further pomp after his racing career was over when his half-sister Kind (Ire) (Danehill) produced the great Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and three-time Group 1 winner Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). Another half-sister, Riposte (GB) (Dansili {GB}), won a trio of Grade/Group 3s.

Powerscourt raced for Sue Magnier and finished second in the G1 Racing Post Trophy at two before taking the G2 Great Voltigeur S. at three and finishing third in the G1 Irish St Leger. He won the Tattersalls Gold Cup on his 4-year-old debut and was placed that season in the G1 Prince of Wales's S., G1 Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, G1 Irish Champion S. and GI Breeders' Cup Turf. He wrapped up his career with a victory in the Arlington Million over American turf champion Kitten's Joy the following season at five.

Powerscourt entered stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, where he sired GI Turf Classic scorer Finnegans Wake and G1 Moyglare Stud S. victress Termagant. He also sired two Group 1 winners in South America from a stint shuttling to Chile. Powerscourt was sold to the Jockey Club of Turkey in 2010, and has sired 108 winners and three internationally-recognized stakes winners there. He has sired a total of 21 stakes winners.

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