Top News Europe | Horse Racing Free Tips

Enable Faces Six In Eclipse Return

Racing’s star mare Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) will make her keenly-anticipated 6-year-old debut against six rivals in Sunday’s G1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. Her G1 Prince of Wales’s S.-winning stablemate Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) was not declared by John Gosden, but the field is still strong with Godolphin’s impressive G1 Coronation Cup hero Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Ballydoyle’s G1 Juddmonte International winner Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) engaged, with the latter set to carry the colours of his part-owner Masaaki Matsushima. Restricted this year as a 4-year-olds and up race, the 10-furlong contest also features the G1 Nassau S. heroine Deirdre (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) to add more Japanese interest and the similarly high-class mare Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

The post Enable Faces Six In Eclipse Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

Lawman’s Pretty Gorgeous a New Rising Star At Bellewstown

It is not often that Bellewstown witnesses a performance with Classic potential, but on Thursday the tricky Co. Meath circuit played host to an exciting 2-year-old filly as John Oxley’s Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}) earned TDN Rising Star status in the Irish EBF Median Sires Fillies Maiden over just short of a mile. Always travelling with ease tracking the leading pair against the rail, the 525,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase who is a relative of the G1 Coronation S. winner Qemah (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) was left in front as the leader Chummie (Ire) (Equiano {Fr}) ran off the bend approaching the three-furlong marker. Soon clear, the 2-1 second favourite was being eased as she recorded a five-length defeat of Juddmonte’s Talacre (Flintshire {GB}), the half-sister to Siskin (First Defence). Jessie Harrington’s Anna Strada (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) was another 1 3/4 lengths away in third.

Trainer Joseph O’Brien’s assistant Brendan Powell said of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. entry. “She’s a big filly. Shane [Crosse] said she jumped well out of the gates and travelled lovely. She wasn’t worried about the other horse running out in front of her, he said it left her there but she was lovely and balanced and did it easily in the end. You don’t know how good the race is. but you couldn’t have asked for any more than she’s done. A big galloping track would be more to her liking but she’d coped with that well and please God she has a good future. For a filly first time out to be in front a long way out like that there is a lot to look at. She’ll be pretty useful hopefully.”

Pretty Gorgeous is the fourth foal out of the Listed Surrey S. third Lady Gorgeous (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), who raced in the Jaber Abdullah silks and was purchased by Margaret O’Toole for just €40,000 at the 2018 Arqana December Sale. At the same auction, she also bought this filly as a foal for €55,000 and those investments looked unerring astute after Lady Gorgeous’s Andre Fabre-trained colt Alwaab (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}) took last year’s Listed Prix Nureyev. Pretty Gorgeous was offered at Book 1 and her price shot up to 525,000gns with Joseph O’Brien her biggest fan.

The second dam Cayman Sunset (Ire) (Night Shift) was successful in the Listed Dahlia S. in England and placed in the GII Canadian H. and GIII All Along Breeders’ Cup S. Her daughter Kartica (GB) (Rainbow Quest) was third in the G3 Prix Fille de l’Air prior to producing the aforementioned Qemah who also captured the G1 Prix Rothschild and G2 Duke of Cambridge S. as well as enjoying her finest hour in the Coronation. Lady Gorgeous’s yearling colt by Shalaa (Ire) was snapped up by Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock for 90,000gns at last year’s Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

1st-Bellewstown, €25,000, Mdn, 7-2, 2yo, f, 7f 196yT, 1:42.37, yl.
PRETTY GORGEOUS (FR), f, 2, by Lawman (Fr)
1st Dam: Lady Gorgeous (GB) (SP-Eng), by Compton Place (GB)
2nd Dam: Cayman Sunset (Ire), by Night Shift
3rd Dam: Robinia, by Roberto
Sales history: €55,000 Wlg ’18 ARQDE; 525,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $16,877. O-John C Oxley; B-E.A.R.L. Ecurie Haras du Cadran, Enrico Ciampi & S.A.S.I.E.I. (FR); T-Joseph O’Brien. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

The post Lawman’s Pretty Gorgeous a New Rising Star At Bellewstown appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

Night Of Thunder To Cover Southern Hemisphere Time

Night Of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), last year’s champion first-season sire who continues to lead his sire crop, will cover a limited book of mares Southern Hemisphere time at Kildangan Stud later this year.

Night Of Thunder got off to a fast start last year, registering seven stakes winners in his first season with runners. He now has 12 Northern Hemisphere stakes winners, headed thus far this season by the G3 Jersey S. winner Molatham (GB). His seven European 3-year-old black-type winners this season leads all sires on the continent, and his 10.4% clip of stakes winners to runners puts him atop all Northern Hemisphere sires by that metric. While that first crop continues to win at a 55% clip (from runners), his second crop has also hit the ground running; it is currently registering 57% winners to runners and is headed by the ‘TDN Rising Star’ and G2 Coventry S. second Qaader (GB).

Meanwhile, from his lone Australian-conceived crop, Night Of Thunder has sired eight winners and two stakes winners from 16 runners. He is the only first-season sire Down Under this season with more than one stakes winner and his 12.5% clip of stakes winners to runners leads all sires in the nation. All of his Australian winners are rated 80 or higher by Timeform.

Eamon Moloney, nominations manager at Kildangan Stud, said, “The standard that Night Of Thunder’s progeny have achieved in both hemispheres to date are propelling him to an elite stallion status with global appeal. He has just finished covering an exceptional book of mares and is now receiving a lot of interest for a limited number of Southern Hemisphere nominations, which will be covered from his base in Kildangan Stud.”

The post Night Of Thunder To Cover Southern Hemisphere Time appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

Goken’s Livachope Makes All in the Prix du Bois

Alain Chopard’s homebred Livachope (Fr) (Goken {Fr}) became the first winner for her Haras de Colleville-based freshman sire (by Kendargent {Fr}) when annexing a May 13 newcomers’ heat at Chantilly, registering a first stakes success for Goken back there in the June 14 Listed Prix La Fleche last time, and completed the hat-trick in pattern-race company by plundering Thursday’s G3 Prix du Bois over five furlongs at ParisLongchamp. She was the sharpest of six into stride and dictated on the lead at a modest pace through the initial strides of the straight dash. Increasing the tempo from halfway, the 16-5 second favourite came under pressure when threatened with 350 metres remaining and was ridden out inside the final furlong to comfortably withstand the persistent attention of 11-10 pick Axdavali (Fr) (Goken {Fr}) by 3/4-of-a-length. Princesse de Saba (Fr) (Dariyan {Fr}) raced behind the leading duo throughout and ran on well to finish one length further adrift in third.

“It is a wonderful result for her owner-breeder Alain Chopard, who is so passionate, and all those working in the yard and I’m moved to tears,” admitted assistant trainer Florent Guy. “Jane [Soubagne] detected her potential very early on and has done a sensational job training her to a third win with the filly showing improvement in each start. She is now a Listed and Group 3 winner, she’s still undefeated and we’ve yet to find her limit. Entries for the [July 19] G2 Prix Robert Papin were made this morning, but she wasn’t among them as we felt four races and four trips from the South West in such a short period could be too much. We can now freshen her up and have next month’s [G1] Prix Morny [at Deauville] in mind.” Winning rider Anthony Crastus added, “I let her do her own thing and when I saw that the favourite [Axdavali] could not give more alongside us I felt very confident and was always in control. We know she has a tendancy to hang right so I was wary, but she didn’t do it today and that’s a sign that she’s getting more mature and professional. She gave me the feeling that she was a five-furlong filly in first two runs, but we won with something in hand and I’ve changed my mind after this. She could have gone an extra furlong without any problem and would still have won easily. This leads me to conclude that she can go up in class again and is definitely one to be reckoned with.”

Livachope is the first of two foals produced by Listed Criterium de Vitesse third Laia Chope (Fr) (Soave {Ger}) and the February-foaled homebred bay is a half-sister to the yearling filly Lizie Chope (Fr) (Captain Chop {Fr}). Descendants of her fourth dam Ellebanna (GB) (Tina’s Pet {GB}), herself a half-sister to MGSW G1 Haydock Sprint Cup runner-up Bolshoi (Ire) (Royal Academy), include another G3 Prix du Bois-winning filly in Cosachope (Fr) (Soave {Ger}) and Listed John of Gaunt S.-winning sire Mine (Ire) (Primo Dominie {GB}).

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France
PRIX DU BOIS-G3, €56,000, ParisLongchamp, 7-2, 2yo, 5fT, :57.03, g/s.
1–LIVACHOPE (FR), 122, f, 2, by Goken (Fr)
1st Dam: Laia Chope (Fr) (SP-Fr), by Soave (Ger)
2nd Dam: Chopinette (Fr), by Sin Kiang (Fr)
3rd Dam: Ducie (GB), by Distant Relative (Ire)
1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Alain Chopard (FR); T-Jane Soubagne; J-Anthony Crastus. €28,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €60,000. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Axdavali (Fr), 126, c, 2, Goken (Fr)–Key Success (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). O-Alain Jathiere, Mme Camille Vitse & Yann Barberot; B-Mme Camille Vitse, Yann Barberot & Nicolas Madamet (FR); T-Yann Barberot. €11,200.
3–Princesse de Saba (Fr), 122, f, 2, Dariyan (Fr)–Aniysa (Fr), by Dalakhani (Ire). (€11,000 Ylg ’19 AROCT). O-Ecurie d’Englesqueville & Andrea Marcialis; B-Haras des Trois Chapelles (FR); T-Andrea Marcialis. €8,400.
Margins: 3/4, 1, 4. Odds: 3.20, 1.10, 4.10.
Also Ran: Citadelle (Fr), Pom Malpic (Fr), What’s Up (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

The post Goken’s Livachope Makes All in the Prix du Bois appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post