THURSDAY, 6 AUGUST 2020 HARRINGTON IN FACT- MILITARY MARCH TO FOLLOW BENBATL ROUTE FINDING MISSION Last year=s G3 Autumn S. winner Military March (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), a leading fancy for the G1 Investec Derby before meeting with a setback in the lead-up to the race, will follow a similar path over the winter to his Saeed bin Suroor stablemate Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the trainer said. Military March, last seen finishing fourth in the G1 2000 Guineas on June 6, is training towards an autumn return in Europe and will later target dirt races in Dubai. AMilitary March is back in light training,@ bin Suroor said. AWe are not going to rush him and he will be out at the end of September or early October, where we will find a race for him. The horse is doing well physically. We will look to give him one more run in England, then take him to Dubai--but he needs to have one more run here to make sure he is fit when he goes out there as he is a big horse. We will target one of the Al Maktoum Jessica Harrington fields several promising juveniles in Leopardstown=s Challenge races to start with to see if he handles the dirt. group races on Thursday. | INPHO Photography Everyone is always searching for a horse for the Dubai World Cup and if he did well on the dirt he could be a horse for the Jessie Harrington is keen to put some of her most promising race.@ Cont. p2 juveniles to the test in an intriguing card at Leopardstown on Thursday which features the G3 Japan Racing Association Tyros S. and G3 Frank Conroy Silver Flash S. In the former, which has played host to the likes of Teofilo (Ire), New Approach (Ire), Rip Van Winkle (Ire) and Churchill (Ire) in recent times, she saddles Alpha Racing 2020's impressive July 1 nine-length course-and- distance maiden winner Cadillac (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), while Robert Scarborough and Susan Magnier=s Oodnadatta (Ire) (Australia {GB}) and the O=Callaghans= No Speak Alexander (Ire) (Shalaa {Ire}) are currently scheduled to go in the Silver Flash. ACadillac seems in good form. We=ve an awful wet morning here, so the ground might end up turning soft, but I don=t think that will bother him--I think he=d be fine on any ground.@ Easy conditions may not suit Oodnadatta, however, who beat the subsequent G3 Marble Hill S. winner Minaun (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and the July 28 11-length Galway maiden scorer Meala Saeed bin Suroor | Scoop Dyga (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus) in a maiden also over this track and trip June 21. She may instead head for Saturday=s G3 Sweet Solera IN TDN AMERICA TODAY S., leaving the 6 1/2-length July 7 Roscommon maiden winner No Speak Alexander as the sole representative. AOodnadatta is PARX CANCELS ALL OPEN STAKES FOR THE YEAR in good form, but it is a wet morning here today, so we might Parx Racing has cancelled all of its open stakes for the rest of the take her to Newmarket if the ground goes soft and just run the year, including the GI Pennsylvania Derby and GI Cotillion S. Click other filly at Leopardstown,@ Harrington added. Cont. p2 or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 6 AUGUST 2020 Thursday=s Group Previews Cont. from p1 She continued, ANo Speak Alexander is in good order. She improved from her first run to her second and I hope there=s more improvement to come.@ Aidan O=Brien has won nine of the last 10 renewals of the Tyros and 13 winners overall, while his tally is seven of the last 11 Silver Flash scorers and 11 in total. He has three colts in the Tyros, with Wayne Lordan booked for the maiden Van Gogh (American Pharoah) who was fourth on debut over this track and trip behind the re-opposing Masen (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Charterhouse (GB) (Charming Thought {GB}). The latter was 66- 1 when just denied by the Juddmonte rival there and trainer John Joseph Murphy sees him as a live outsider again in a year when the lesser-celebrated Irish stables are coming to the fore in the important juvenile staging posts. AHe=s in tremendous form and I think he=s come on a lot from his first run,@ he said. AYou=ve got the horse that beat him there again and it does look a very hot renewal. We haven=t got a great draw and I hope they don=t get any more rain, as he definitely prefers quicker ground.@ Others to note in the Tyros are the Donnacha O=Brien-trained July 8 Gowran Park maiden scorer Southern Cape (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and July 11 course-and-distance maiden winner Vafortino (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) who hails from brother Joseph=s stable. Coolmore are well-represented in the Silver Flash by Ballydoyle=s July 19 Curragh maiden winner Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact was last seen finishing third in the Saudi Cup, he is expected to {Jpn}) and Donnacha=s July 8 Gowran Park mile maiden scorer resurface next in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois on Aug. 16 or the Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), while Jim Bolger saddles the G1 Juddmonte International on Aug. 19. aforementioned Meala, Dermot Weld runs Moyglare Stud=s June AWe will have a look at which race to go for closer to the time, 26 six-furlong Curragh maiden winner A Ma Chere (Ire) (Kodiac as it doesn=t matter if he goes a mile or mile and a quarter,@ bin {GB}) and Joseph O=Brien pitches in John Oxley=s TDN Rising Star Suroor said. AHe always runs well fresh, like we saw when he Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}). She impressed over a mile won the Group 2 at Newmarket. We were getting him ready for at Bellewstown on the July 2 card which has already thrown up a the Dubai World Cup and he was flying, but he didn=t get the subsequent luminary in the recent G2 Airlie Stud S. scorer Aloha chance to run [with the meeting cancelled due to the Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). coronavirus pandemic] so we decided to give him a break as he had already had three runs.@ UK EQUINE ANTI-DOPING RULES ALTERED A number of changes have been made to the equine anti- doping rules in the UK, the British Horseracing Authority announced on Wednesday. These changes have been made Military March Cont. from p1 following a comprehensive review of the sport=s anti-doping He said, AWe will have to see how he handles the dirt, but if he rules announced in 2018. Individual trainers and the National doesn=t we would switch him back to the turf. It is too early to Trainers Federation were consulted, with additional input from say what the future plans will be, but if the dirt didn=t work out both the UK and World Anti-Doping Agencies and sports bodies we could look at the Dubai Turf or Sheema Classic.@ such as the FEI. Northridge LLP, a specialist sports law practice, As for Benbatl, who won the G2 Singspiel S. and G2 Al also provided independent legal advice on the rule changes. Maktoum Challenge Round 2 over the winter at Meydan and Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 6 AUGUST 2020 Senior Vice President Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley A syringe and test tube storage container used in doping tests Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Getty Images [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Equine Anti-Doping Rules Twitter: @collingsberry In summary, the changes, which will go into effect on Sept. 1, [email protected] are as follows: $ If a horse tests positive for a prohibited substance, in Associate International Editor order to avoid a penalty the responsible person must Heather Anderson establish the precise source of the positive finding and Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN that they had taken all reasonable precautions Marketing Manager $ Cautions are available for lower level breaches Alayna Cullen $ Suspended sanctions are available for breaches Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] More information and the reasoning behind the changes is available here. The new rules and penalties can also be viewed Contributing Editors by clicking forthcoming on the Alan Carasso www.rules.britishhorseracing.com website. Christina Bossinakis Tim Naylor, Director of Integrity and Regulation at the BHA, Cafe Racing said, AThe culmination of this project has followed consultation Sean Cronin with the appropriate parties as well as legal advice in relation to Tom Frary the rule changes, and it is our hope that we now have a set of [email protected] equine anti-doping rules which are clear both for those who enforce them and those who are bound by them. Irish Correspondent AWe have to ensure that our rules in relation to anti-doping Daithi Harvey are sufficiently robust, but also that as much as is possible in such a technical area everyone bound by the rules understands Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake what is required of them. Whilst in places the requirements Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele upon the responsible person have been strengthened, there have also been changes to allow more appropriate penalties for lower and mid-level breaches of the rules. AWe have communicated these changes now ahead of their IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY implementation date next month to allow sufficient time for MIDLIFE CRISIS HAS ROOTS IN AUSTRALIA participants to ask any questions they may have prior to the ‘TDN Rising Star’ Midlife Crisis (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has rules taking effect." an Australian connection.