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MONDAY, 29 APRIL 2019 ALLEZ LE FAYE! WALDGEIST POWERS Having tricked connections into believing that she needed TO GANAY SUCCESS extremes of trip, Godolphin=s Morgan Le Faye (GB) (Shamardal) confirmed her niche as a quality 10-furlong performer on Sunday when taking the G3 Prix Allez France Longines at ParisLongchamp. Having been shortened up three weeks previously when successful in the 10 1/2-furlong Listed Prix Zarkava here, last year=s G1 Prix Royal-Oak and G1 Prix du Cadran third was tackling the shortest trip in her career but Mickael Barzalona was unfazed as he settled the 5-year-old towards the rear early. Making smooth progress down the outer to swamp Tosen Gift (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) with 150 metres remaining, the 7-10 favourite drew away to score in facile fashion by two lengths. AShe is a really sweet filly--she is not very big, but has a lot of heart and is very fluent and now fully mature, so we look forward to the rest of the season,@ Godolphin=s Lisa-Jane Graffard commented. Cont. p4 Waldgeist was much the best in the Prix Ganay | Scoop Dyga IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Tom Frary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: THE ONGOING STRONACH FEUD The build-up to Sunday=s G1 Prix Ganay at ParisLongchamp Bill Finley has the latest Week in Review, where he takes a look at was dominated by Godolphin=s up-and-coming force Ghaiyyath the latest in the ongoing Stronach feud. Click or tap here to go (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), but in the event it was an already-proven straight to TDN America. domestic star who took centre stage as >TDN Rising Star= Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) brushed him aside with rare gusto. Shortened up to the trip over which he had so nearly won the G1 Prix du Jockey-Club two years previously, Gestut Ammerland and Newsells Park Stud=s G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud hero settled perfectly in third with Pierre-Charles Boudot always happy. Looking the obvious winner turning for home with the 1-2 favourite Ghaiyyath failing to get away from them, the 17-5 shot swooped on him and Study of Man (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) with a furlong remaining and from there it was dial-the- distance. Lengthening impressively like a horse who has finally matured into the real deal he promised so early, the chestnut cut an impressive figure as he romped to the line with head thrust forward for an emphatic 4 1/2-length success. Last year=s Jockey-Club hero Study of Man was next best behind the foremost older middle-distance horse in France, just edging Ghaiyyath by a short head. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 19 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 29 APRIL 2019 Waldgeist Powers To Ganay Success Cont. from p1 into his own. Even then, his autumn showings suggested he was AThe horse had done very well during the winter and maybe still a notch under the elite standard but this dynamic display he=s even stronger than last year--he is at least fully mature now will have connections of the leading fillies Enable (GB) as a 5-year-old,@ trainer Andre Fabre said. AI have him in the [G1] (Nathaniel {Ire}) and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) thinking again. Coronation Cup [at Epsom May 31], but I could also target the Study of Man had more to prove than the winner and despite [June 30 G1] Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and then the [G1] King being outclassed the Niarchos Family=s homebred put up an George [and Queen Elizabeth S.] at Ascot July 27], so we=ll take encouraging effort which satisfied the team. AWe are definitely time to decide.@ very pleased--he moved very In the last 30 years of this time- nicely and had a good action,@ honoured test, only six horses said Racing Manager Alan had dipped under 2:10 when it Cooper. AHe held on well for was staged at this track and second at the end and there are Waldgeist is now the seventh. various options to consider. We Four of those were Subotica (Fr), will very seriously consider the Dylan Thomas (Ire), Duke of [G1] Prix d=Ispahan [back at this Marmalade (Ire) and Cracksman track May 26].@ (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and it is Ghaiyyath=s trainer Charlie common knowledge what they Appleby was not too went on to achieve. Waldgeist downhearted with the third, who had won a strong renewal of the travelled with the same G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud as a Jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot reacts as enthusiasm in front as he had juvenile but despite going close in Waldgeist draws clear | Scoop Dyga done in the G2 Prix d=Harcourt the Chantilly Classic the following here last time Apr. 7 but did not June it was not until last summer that he really began to come find as much in the closing stages. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 19 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 29 APRIL 2019 G1 Prix Ganay Cont. AToday was a test against obviously stronger opposition than last time and he has run a very decent race,@ he said. Appleby elaborated further, adding, APersonally, I feel the colt is ready to step up to a mile and a half now. I think that staying is going to be Ghaiyyath=s forte and the sooner we get him up to a mile and a half the better. I am not saying we are going to see Vice President, International Operations Gary King a better horse, but it is going to put him back in his comfort Twitter: @garykingTDN zone. He had a very soft lead the time before and put a nice bit [email protected] of distance between himself and the rest of the pack at one + 1.732.320.0975 stage and therefore they had to work hard to get to him and that probably finished their races off. Today, the opposition has International Editor sat close to him and not allowed him a soft lead and we were Kelsey Riley there to be picked up, which happened in the end.@ Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN On a day in which his relatives Winterfuchs (Ger) [email protected] (Campanologist) and Urwald (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) were European Editor successful in the G3 Dr Busch Memorial over an extended mile Emma Berry and the seven-furlong Listed Prix du Pont Neuf respectively, Twitter: @collingsberry Waldgeist was proving that this family is not just stamina, [email protected] stamina, stamina. What defines it is class, with a G1 St Leger hero in Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) and a G1 Deutsches Associate International Editor Derby hero in Waldpark (Ger) (Dubawi {Ire}) alongside a six- Heather Anderson times group-winning sire Wiesenpfad (Fr) (Waky Nao {GB}). The Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN dam, the G3 Prix Penelope scorer Waldlerche (GB) (Monsun Marketing Manager {Ger}) who earned >TDN Rising Star= status herself, is also Alayna Cullen responsible for last year=s G2 Prix de Malleret winner Waldlied Twitter: @AlaynaCullen (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and the 3-year-old John Gosden- [email protected] trained colt Waldstern (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), another >TDN Rising Star=. She also has a 2-year-old colt by Kingman (GB) Contributing Editor named Waldkonig (GB) and an as-yet unnamed yearling Alan Carasso full-sister to Waldgeist. Twitter: @EquinealTDN Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France Tom Frary PRIX GANAY-G1, i300,000, ParisLongchamp, 4-28, 4yo/up, 10 [email protected] 1/2fT, 2:09.07, g/s. 1--WALDGEIST (GB), 128, h, 5, by Galileo (Ire) Irish Correspondent 1st Dam: Waldlerche (GB) (GSW-Fr & SP-Ger), Daithi Harvey by Monsun (Ger) 2nd Dam: Waldmark (Ger), by Mark of Esteem (Ire) Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield 3rd Dam: Wurftaube (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger) John Berry | Kevin Blake >TDN Rising Star=. O-Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park Stud; B-Waldlerche Partnership (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. i171,420. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 17-7-3-1, IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY i1,674,895. *1/2 to Waldlied (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), GSW-Fr, $123,344. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. VENDORS MEET THE MARKET IN MELBOURNE Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. A clearance rate of 87% highlighted the Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale on Sunday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. SPEED PATROL Congratulations to the connections of Australian-bred BEAT THE CLOCK for capturing the Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin on Sunday, his second victory at the highest level. Hinchinbook - Flion Fenena by Lion Hunter Owner: Merrick Chung Wai Lik Breeder: Miss J Henderson Trainer: J J Size Sold at the 2015 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale for A$70,000. THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Aushorse.com.au TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 19 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 29 APRIL 2019 2--Study of Man (Ire), 128, c, 4, Deep Impact (Jpn)--Second Happiness, by Storm Cat. O/B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Pascal Bary. i68,580. 3--Ghaiyyath (Ire), 128, c, 4, Dubawi (Ire)--Nightime (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (i1,100,000 Wlg >15 GOFNOV). O-Godolphin; B-Springbank Way Stud (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. i34,290. Margins: 4HF, SHD, 1 3/4. Odds: 3.40, 6.90, 0.50. Also Ran: Soleil Marin (Ire), Intellogent (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Prix Allez France result Cont. from p1 AThere will be various options for her, one is to follow the usual path and take in the [G2 Prix] Corrida [at Saint-Cloud May Morgan Le Faye | Scoop Dyga 20], and the aim is to try and win a Group 1.