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Wednesday UK Evening Fixtures Moved Up

Bath and Kempton have both had their Wednesday evening cards moved to earlier in the day to avoid a timing clash with England's Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark, the British Horseracing Authority announced on Sunday. Bath was due to end at 8:35 p.m. and Kempton's final race was slated for 8:50 p.m. The semi-final match begins at 8 p.m.

“Having received applications from both The Jockey Club and Arena Racing Company, the BHA has approved the alternation of race times at both Kempton Park and Bath on Wednesday evening to avoid a clash with England's Euro 2020 semi-final match against Denmark,” the British Horseracing Authority said in a statement. “We wish Gareth Southgate and the England team the best of luck.”

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Snow Lantern “Fresh as a Daisy” For Falmouth

Group 1-placed Snow Lantern (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who was second by 1 1/2 lengths in the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot on June 18, is “fresh as a daisy” according to trainer Richard Hannon in advance of the July 9 G1 Tattersalls Falmouth S. at Newmarket during the Moet & Chandon July Festival.

Hannon said of the daughter of 2013 G1 1000 Guineas winner and Falmouth runner-up Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}), “She hasn't won a 1000 Guineas like her mum but she is going there hopefully to win where her mother didn't but should have and it would be nice if she did just that. She is as fresh as a daisy. She is in good nick and is good enough to win a race like this. There is a score to be settled there and it would give us some sort of closure.”

Second when unveiled at Ascot in late July of 2020, the grey earned her 'TDN Rising Star' badge with a tally at Newbury in a maiden stakes on Apr. 18. Kept out of the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas, she picked up some black-type when third in the Listed Michael Seely Memorial S. at York on May 14 prior to her Coronation effort. Coronation S. heroine Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never is likely to turn up in the Falmouth.

“She was back to her best at Ascot,” Hannon continued. “She came with a lovely run, she just got tight for room for a little bit but she ran a lovely race and it showed you could put a line through the York effort. She hasn't been thrown in the deep end every time this year or last year but we are there now and she is able to compete at that level, she just needs to get a bit of luck.”

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Auctav Show Sale Topped By Ivanhowe Colt

Auctav's July 3 Show Sale saw a weanling colt by Ivanhowe (Ger) take highest honours when selling for €33,000 to Nicolas Bertran de Balanda's NBB Racing on Sunday. The chestnut (lot 10), a son of Changing Times (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) herself a full-sister to G1 EBF Mares Champion Hurdle third Karalee (Fr) (Martaline {GB}), was offered by breeder Jean-Marie Callier.

NBB Racing was also in action for the second dearest lot on the day, lot 14, another weanling colt bred and presented by Callier. The son of Bande (Ire) and La Pampalina (Fr) (Maresca Sorrento {Fr}) brought €28,000. La Pampalina is a half-sister to G3 Welsh National Chase winner Le Beau Bai (Fr) (Cadoudal {Fr}).

“This sale was a first,” Callier said. “I am rarely a foal seller, but I liked this very innovative and less stressful possibility than a regular sale. I was able to follow the sales while cooking dinner and in the end, I got prices that were good for the market. I am delighted with the service and the format offered by Auctav. I think this is a good visibility offered to the horses of the Chaser Day and I look forward to the 2022 edition.”

Rounding out the top three lots was Nicolas Ferrand Elevage's lot 9, a bay son of Nirvana du Berlais (Fr). Jean-Marie Callier, acting in his capacity as a bloodstock agent, purchased the son of Areej du Val (Fr) (Enrique {Ger}). His dam is a half-sister to listed-winning jumper Zandalee (Fr) (Trempolino), subsequently the dam of G1 Prix Cambaceres winner Beaumec de Houelle (Fr) (Martaline {GB}).

Of the 15 horses offered during the online sale, eight sold for a gross of €119,550.

Jean-Charles Pallot, President of Chaser Day said, “The prices for the foals were good. For a first sale, it is a satisfying sale. We want to put this event and this process in the long term.”

Arnaud Angeliaume, Managing Director Auctav added, “The Chaser Day is a great event and we are happy to have been able to highlight it. We would like to thank Jean-Charles Pallot, Nathalie Callier and all the members of the Saone et Loire Galop Association for their trust. Auctav saw the great interest taken by the lots in France and also in Ireland and UK.”

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Sisfahan Emulates Sire Isfahan In The Deutsches Derby

Following in the steps of his sire Isfahan (Ger), Sisfahan (Fr) came out on top of the cluster of contenders for Sunday's G1 IDEE Deutsches Derby at Hamburg to realise a dream for Darius Racing. Runner-up in the 11-furlong Listed Derby Trial at Dusseldorf May 30, the €20,000 Arqana Autumn Sale purchase was waited with in rear of the pack early by Andrasch Starke from his wide draw. Remaining towards the tail but in touch straightening for home, the Henk Grewe-trained chestnut was sent towards the far rail as Stall Nizza's Alter Adler (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) looked the winner striking for home towards the other side. Getting to the front inside the final 50 yards, the 11-1 shot beat that 10-3 favourite by 1 1/4 lengths to emulate Isfahan's success here five years ago, with the 31-1 outsider Imi (Ger) (Tertullian) 1 3/4 lengths back in third.

Campaigned in France at two, Sisfahan was runner-up over nine furlongs on debut at Lyon-la-Soie in October before going one better at the expense of the useful Fabre runner Saranac (Fr) (Gleneagles {Ire}) over an extra furlong at Lyon-Parilly the following month. Beaten by the re-opposing Aff Un Zo (Ger) (Kallisto {Ger}) in the Derby Trial last time, he had progressed notably in the interim and while some will point to the fact that he benefitted from the guile of Starke, the same wide tactics had failed in the G3 Stutenpreis earlier on the card when employed by Theo Bachelot on the favourite Amazing Grace (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}). Starke, a genuine legend of the German weighing room whose first success in this came on Robertico (GB) (Robellino) in 1998, was equalling the record of eight victories set by Gerhard Streit from 1938-1961.

Born in Stade near Hamburg, Starke was in ebullient mood. “Hamburg, the king is back!,” he exclaimed. “There is always so much speculation prior to this race, is the starting stall number good or bad, have I made the right choice and so on. I am not excluding myself here, mistakes are always made, but I had confidence in him and chose him. He is such a lightly-raced horse, he ran only once this year when he was second in Dusseldorf where I sent him too early, so I decided to wait longer today and it was absolutely right.”

Grewe was registering a first Derby victory and said, “It is unbelievable and I'm so emotional. I feel so relieved with the pressure to win this race now gone–it is done. It is so nice that Andrasch was on the horse, my whole family is here today and I never even saw where he was positioned in the race, it was only in the final turn that I saw that he was still going strong. He is a great horse and it is an abolute dream today.” Owner Stefan Oschmann added, “Every owner dreams of winning the Derby and for me winning it with a son of Isfahan makes it very special. I was quite hopeful and now we are completely overwhelmed and so happy.”

Sisfahan, who hails from the first crop of his sire, is the only known foal out of the twice-winning Kendalee (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) whose dam Zandalee (Fr) (Trempolino) is a granddaughter of the Raise a Native mare Only a Native. Her other descendants include the GIII Miss Grillo S. winner Maram (Sahm).

Sunday, Hamburg, Germany
IDEE 152ND DEUTSCHES DERBY-G1, €650,000, Hamburg, 7-4, 3yo, c/f, 12fT, 2:34.56, g/s.
1–SISFAHAN (FR), 128, c, 3, by Isfahan (Ger)
1st Dam: Kendalee (Fr), by Kendargent (Fr)
2nd Dam: Zandalee (Fr), by Trempolino
3rd Dam: Areej, by Green Dancer

1ST BLACK TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN, 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€20,000 Ylg '19 ARNOV). O-Darius Racing; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Henk Grewe; J-Andrasch Starke. €390,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, €403,840. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Alter Adler (Ger), 128, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)–Artemisia (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. O-Stall Nizza; B-J Imm (GER); T-Waldemar Hickst. €130,000.
3–Imi (Ger), 128, c, 3, Tertullian–Imagery (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). (€40,000 Ylg '19 BBAGS). O-Holger Renz; B-Stall Ullmann (GER); T-Peter Schiergen. €78,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, NK. Odds: 11.50, 3.30, 31.00.
Also Ran: Lord Charming (Ger), Aff Un Zo (Ger), Nordstrand (Ger), Sky Out (Ire), Alborz (Ger), Vallando (Ger), Dolcetto (Ger), Sun of Gold (GB), Santorini (Ger), Sea of Sands (Ger), Virginia Storm (Ger), Nacido (Ger), Diamantis (Ger), Sir Vulcano (Ger), Elegant Maximus (Ger), Sassoon (Ger), Liban (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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