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TUESDAY, 20 APRIL 2021 THE WEEKLY WRAP: HALF TO WEST END GIRL HIGHLIGHTS GORESBRIDGE BREEZE UP CATALOGUE SNOW IN APRIL The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale is now online. A total of 226 lots will go under the hammer at Park Paddocks for the second consecutive year, as the sale was moved from its traditional Irish venue due to continued COVID-19 restrictions. The breezes will take place at the Rowley Mile at 9 a.m. on June 2, with the sale proper slated for June 3 at 10:30 a.m. John and Thady Gosden and HH Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum celebrated a win in the Lincoln with Haqeeqy (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), the 2019 sale topper, earlier this spring. Among the sires to be represented are: Acclamation (GB), Ardad (Ire), Bated Breath (GB), Caravaggio, Cotai Glory (GB), Dandy Man (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Exceed And Excel (Aus), Frankel (GB), Hard Spun, Kodi Bear (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Lope de New >TDN Rising Star= Snow Lantern | PA Media Vega (Ire), Make Believe (GB), Mehmas (Ire), New Bay (GB), Night of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Pivotal (GB), Profitable By Kelsey Riley (Ire), Sea the Stars (Ire), Showcasing (GB), Starspangledbanner The steady return of high-class flat action to the European turf (Aus), and Street Boss. Cont. p6 heightened to a crescendo last week, with enthusiasts of that realm treated to a plethora of quality racing not only across the UK, Ireland and France, but also in Australia, where European- bred and -sired horses shone bright on the second day of The Championships. While significant pointers were staged for the middle-distance and sprinting divisions, all eyes were on the Classic trials, with now under two weeks until the Newmarket editions. And while a handful of black-type races shook up the betting markets, it was the winners of non-stakes races that made some of the biggest moves in the odds for the 2000 and 1000 Guineas. On the opening card of the Craven meeting at Newmarket last Tuesday, third-generation Shadwell homebred Mutasaabeq (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) followed up a first-out maiden win over course and distance last October for Charlie Hills with a stirring six-length conditions score going seven furlongs. The son of the 2009 G1 1000 Guineas winner Ghanaati (Giant=s A juvenile breezes | Tattersalls Ireland Causeway) needs to be supplemented to the 2000 Guineas, but should he line up Mutasaabeq would be a poignant potential winner for the late Sheikh Hamdan, he being a great-grandson IN TDN AMERICA TODAY of Height Of Fashion, one of the first fillies purchased by Sheikh TDN DERBY TOP 20 FOR APR. 20 HamdanBfrom The Queen, who herself celebrated an important The GI Kentucky Derby field continues to take shape in T. D. win with Tactical (GB) (Toronado {Ire}) at the meetingBand one Thornton's feature. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN who would go on to reward him so richly across the decades. America. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 20 APRIL 2021 Mutasaabeq match-upBmaybe in the GI Breeders= Cup Mile? The British-bred Mutasaabeq currently rates an 8-1 fourth choice for the 2000 Guineas. The Richard Hannon-trained Snow Lantern (GB) (Frankel {GB}) saw her odds for the 1000 Guineas halved to 8-1 following a mile Newbury maiden win at second asking, in which she joined the >TDN Rising Star= ranks. It was Richard Hannon, Sr.=s name on the license when Snow Lantern=s dam, Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}), won the 2013 1000 Guineas, but Hannon, Jr. was no Snow in April Cont. doubt in the thick of it and he didn=t hide his admiration for Sky Lantern=s third foal in the aftermath of the race, indicating he The victory of Mutasaabeq likely turned the heads of followers would persuade owner/breeder Rockcliffe Stud to push on to of racing transatlantically; the the Guineas, where she will have name was first carried to to contend not only with the prominence last summer by a one-raced favourite Santa Shadwell-owned colt trained by Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) but Todd Pletcher in the U.S. who also with the likes of 2-year-old was third in the GI Hopeful S. champion Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) before switching to the turf to (Lawman {Fr}) and Alcohol Free win the GII Bourbon S. at (Ire) (No Nay Never), who Keeneland. The American backed up her G1 Cheveley Park Mutasaabeq was last seen S. win with a short-head score in winning the Listed Mucho the G3 Dubai Duty Free S. on the Macho Man S. going a mile on same Newbury card on which the turf at Gulfstream Park on Snow Lantern was successful. Jan. 2, and while he is currently That cardBshifted to Sunday on the sidelines with a minor Alcohol Free | PA Media from Saturday to accommodate shin injury, it is very much within the realm of possibility that we the funeral services for the Duke Of EdinburghBalso included a will see two high-class Mutasaabeqs running on each side of the victory by Snow Lantern=s stablemate Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Atlantic later this year. Is it possible that we could even see a Bassett {GB}) in the featured G3 Greenham S. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 20 APRIL 2021 The Weekly Wrap Cont. Chindit had impressed last year with three consecutive wins to begin his career before coming undone over the soft going when ninth in the G1 Dewhurst S., and after he accelerated in the dying strides to collar Mehmento (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) and The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}) on Sunday, Hannon noted that Chindit has recently begun relaxing in his work after initially Senior Vice President training like a sprinter through the winter. Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] Frankel=s Classic Fillies + 1.732.320.0975 It was 10 years ago last weekend that Snow Lantern=s sire Frankel kicked off a legendary 3-year-old campaign with a four- International Editor length score in the G3 Greenham S., and the results for the Kelsey Riley ascendant Juddmonte sire continued to roll in last week. Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Another of his recent >TDN Rising Stars=, Sibila Spain (Ire), [email protected] backed up a nine-length maiden victory with a clear-cut conditions score at Lyon-Parilly last Thursday and seems firmly European Editor on course for a tilt at the G1 Prix de Diane. She has the chance Emma Berry to follow in the footsteps of Hungry Heart (Aus) as an Oaks Twitter: @collingsberry winner, with that Yulong Investments homebred (out of the [email protected] Pivotal {GB} mare Harlech {GB}) having become a first Classic Associate International Editor winner Down Under for Frankel with a win in Saturday=s G1 Heather Anderson Australian Oaks. Hungry Heart, in fact, closed out a double for Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Frankel on The Championships card at Randwick; his 2-year-old gelded Australian-bred son Converge (Aus) won the Listed The Marketing Manager Agency Real Estate Mile on his fourth start for Gai Waterhouse Alayna Cullen and Adrian Bott. The colt races as a homebred for Bott=s father, Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Tony Bott of Evergreen Stud. Converge=s dam, Conversely (Ire) [email protected] (Shamardal), was plucked from the Godolphin draft at Goffs February in 2017 as an unraced 3-year-old for i6,000 and Contributing Editors covered by Frankel before traveling Down Under. Alan Carasso With the likes of Juddmonte homebred filly Wensleydale (GB) Christina Bossinakis also in the reckoning for the French Classics after becoming a Cafe Racing >TDN Rising Star= on Apr. 6, Frankel could be sitting on a huge Sean Cronin spring. Tom Frary [email protected] The Beast Of Britain Crowned Again For those watching from afar in Britain the highlight of The Irish Correspondent Championships card had to be the win of the evergreen 7-year- Daithi Harvey old Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) over his archrival Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed {NZ}) in the A$4-million G1 Queen Elizabeth Regular Columnists S. Sheikh Ahmed=s gelding had traveled Down Under to beat Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele Verry Elleegant in both the G1 Ranvet S. and the Queen Elizabeth last Australian autumn prior to returning north to win the G1 Champion S. and finish second in the G1 Prince of Wales=s S., and while Addeybb and Tom Marquand had been overturned by the mare in the latest edition of the Ranvet on IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Mar. 27, trainer William Haggas had gone on the record as BIVOUAC STARTS AT $66,000, STREET BOSS TO NSW saying he thought the chestnut would be sharper for the outing Darley Australia released their 2021 stallion fees on Monday. and, on Marquand=s advice, added half blinkers to Addeybb=s Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. arsenal. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 20 APRIL 2021 weeks= time, with each owner putting up A$5 million, winner take all. With Marquand already on his way back to Britain and Addeybb not far behind him, Haggas reportedly declined. Addeybb was a key factor in an electric start to the turf season for Haggas. The Newmarket trainer took both black-type contests on the second day of the Craven meeting last WednesdayBMy Oberon (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G3 Earl Of Sefton S.