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Pertemps Network Revealed as July Cup Sponsor 

Newmarket's G1 July Cup is to be sponsored by Pertemps Network, one of the UK's largest recruitment agencies.

The top-class sprint, with a total prize fund of £600,000, is part of the QIPCO British Champions Series and takes place on the final day of the Boodles July Festival, which concludes on Saturday, July 15.

Pertemps is already a major sponsor of racing at the Cheltenham Festival, where it has given its backing to the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle since 2002. It was also previously the sponsor of the St Leger at Doncaster during the 1990s.

“We are delighted to welcome Pertemps Network as the sponsor of the July Cup in 2023,” said Sophie Able, manager of Newmarket Racecourses and international director at The Jockey Club.

“Pertemps Network has a long and proud association with The Jockey Club stretching back over 20 years and it is great that they have made the decision to return to sponsorship of Group 1 Flat racing.

“The Pertemps Network July Cup is always a great spectacle and looks all set to be another marvellous contest this year, as three-year-old and older sprinters lock horns for the first time at Group 1 level.”

 Tim Watts, lifetime president of Pertemps Network, added, “The July Cup is one of the most historic sprint races in England and we are delighted to have our name associated with it.

“Pertemps Network itself has a significant pedigree for backing British racing and we are very much looking forward to the Newmarket event next month.”

There are currently 18 entries for the Pertemps Network July Cup, headed by recent G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Shaquille (GB) (Charm Spirit {Ire}).

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Godolphin Colt Becomes Dubawi’s 35th TDN Rising Star

Making his debut in the same seven-furlong Leicester novice contest won 12 months ago by his smart stablemate Naval Power (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), Godolphin's Great Truth (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})–Beyond Reason {Ire}, by Australia {GB}) created a big impression to become the operation's latest TDN Rising Star. Content to track the leading pair throughout the strongly-run early stages, the Charlie Appleby-trained 8-11 favourite loomed on the front end under James Doyle two out as he received a bump from the front-running Paladin (Ire) (Justify).

Striding on from there, the first foal out of the G2 Prix du Calvados and G3 Prix Six Perfections-winning dam veered right through greenness but still managed to power to a 5 1/2-length success from fellow newcomer Love You Darling (GB) (Land Force {Ire}), with 1 1/4 lengths back to the useful yardstick Phone Tag (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) in third. Great Truth is the 35th TDN Rising Star for his outstanding sire in a list including Zarak (Fr), Coronet (GB), Benbatl (GB), Wild Illusion (GB), Too Darn Hot (GB), In Italian (GB) and Eldar Eldarov (GB).

“I sat on him last week and he showed that he had ability in his work,” Doyle said. “He was quite green cantering to post today and he took his eye off the ball and had a bit of a wander once he got to the front, but he responded good. That will come with experience and I couldn't be happier. Beyond Reason was a handy mare for us and it'll be interesting to see how far he'll get, as he's quite a reactive horse. I didn't expect him to quicken up quite as much as he did, as at home he had been going through his gears gradually but was probably just sleeping a bit.”

Pedigree Notes

Beyond Reason, a classy juvenile who was also third in the G2 Cape Verdi as a 4-year-old, also has a yearling full-brother to the winner and a colt foal by Lope De Vega (Ire). She is out of No Explaining (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) who was successful in the GIII Gallorette H. and was third in the GII Dance Smartly S. and GII Lake George S. The family includes the GII American H. scorer Bayamo (Ire) (Valanour {Ire}), who was also runner-up in the GI Eddie Read H. and GI Charles Whittingham Memorial H.

1st-Leicester, £9,000, Novice, 6-29, 2yo, 7fT, 1:24.35, gd.
GREAT TRUTH (GB), c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
     1st Dam: Beyond Reason (Ire) (MGSW-Fr, GSP-UAE, $257,805), by Australia (GB)
     2nd Dam: No Explaining (Ire), by Azamour (Ire)
     3rd Dam: Claustra (Fr), by Green Desert
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $6,141. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charlie Appleby. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Tattersalls Online July Sale Catalogue Released

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Online July Sale is now available on www.tattersallsonline.com. Taking place July 5-6, the sale features 34 lots, including 27 horses in and out of training and four broodmares.

Among the horses in training is the Ralph Beckett-trained Come Together (Ire) (Gleneagles) (lot 9), third most recently, in addition to two-time winner in 2023, Berkshire Phantom (Ire) (Expert Eye) (lot 8).

Among the mares in foal, Glebe Farm Stables consign the Apple Lily (Fr) (Almanzor) (Lot 31) in foal to Whitsbury Manor Stud's sire Lope Y Fernandez. Apple Lily is a half-sister to Kilfrush Memories, a four-time winner who also placed third In the

G3 Prix d'Arenberg at Chantilly and who is from the family of Group 1 winners Hydrangea and Hermosa.

Others sure to attract plenty of attention include the Cois Coille Stud consigned mare Glace (Ire) (Verglas) (lot 33), who is being offered in foal to first season sire Calyx. The dam of three winners to date, Glace is out of the Invincible Spirit Mare Swynford Lady, a full-sister to G1 July Cup winner and Champion European Sprinter Fleeting Spirit.

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Meisho Hario Runs Down Crown Pride In Teio Sho

Produced wide off the final corner, Meisho Hario (Jpn) (Pyro) knuckled down late and was shoved across the line by Suguru Hamanaka to just touch off perfect-trip Crown Pride (Jpn) (Reach the Crown {Jpn}) to become the first horse to successfully defend his title in the 2000-metre Teio Sho at Ohi Racecourse. T O Keynes (Jpn) (Sinister Minister), fourth at 1-2 last year and the 2-1 favourite this time around, kicked on strongly between the top two in the final 30 metres, but was forced to settle for third.

Meisho Hario bounced alertly from gate four, but drifted back through the field, as Silk Racing's well-backed Promised Warrior (Jpn) (Majestic Warrior) made the running. Crown Pride, the 2022 G2 UAE Derby winner, landed in the box seat for Yuga Kawada, while T O Keynes raced in that one's slipstream a few lengths in arrears. Riding for luck into the straight, Kawada sent Crown Pride through inside of a weakening Promised Warrior with a furlong to travel and set sail for the wire, but Meisho Hario kept grinding away farther out into the track and got the better of the bobber.

Meisho Hario returned 18-1 when besting mutliple G1 Dubai World Cup placer Chuwa Wizard (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) in this event 12 months ago and closed the season with a third to future World Cup hero Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) in the Dec. 29 G1 Tokyo Daishoten over Wednesday's course and distance. An excellent third to Lemon Pop (Lemon Drop Kid) in the G1 February S. Feb. 19, Meisho Hario was exiting a victory in the Listed Kashiwa Kinen at NAR Funabashi May 4.

A half-brother to T O Royal, third to Titleholder (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) in the 2022 G1 Tenno Sho (Spring) over 3200 metres, Meisho Hario has a 2-year-old half-brother by Drefong, a yearling half-brother by Bricks and Mortar and a half-sister by Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) foaled May 17. Third dam Amizette (Forty Niner), a full-sister to former Japanese-based stallion Twining and a half to American champion Althea, produced European MGSW King of Rome (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and US GSW/GISP Super Espresso (Medaglia d'Oro).

Wednesday's Results:
TEIO SHO (Jpn-G1)-Listed, ¥136,000,000 (£745,008/€862,648/$941,392), Oi, 6-28, 4yo/up, 2000m, 2:01.90, gd.
1–MEISHO HARIO (JPN), 126, h, 6, Pyro–Meisho Ohi (Jpn), by Manhattan Cafe (Jpn). O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Mishima Bokujo;   T-Inao Okada; J-Suguru Hamanaka; ¥80,000,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW & MG1SP-Jpn, 22-9-2-4, ¥451,305,000. *1/2 to T O Royal (Leontes {Jpn}), GSW & G1SP-Jpn, $1,322,843.
2–Crown Pride (Jpn), 126, c, 4, Reach the Crown (Jpn)–Emmy's Pride (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Shadai Farm; ¥28,000,000.
3–T O Keynes (Jpn), 126, h, 6, Sinister Minister–Maxim Cafe (Jpn), by Manhattan Cafe (Jpn). O-Tomoya Ozasa; B-Yanagawa Bokujo; ¥16,000,000.
Margins: NO, HD, 4. Odds: 2.90, 6.30, 2.00.
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