BLIZZARD CONDITIONS in HIGH SUMMER by Chris Mcgrath G1 Cazoo Oaks Winner Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) Looms Large in Saturday’S G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks
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SATURDAY, 17 JULY 2021 BREEDERS= CUP AIM FOR LAWS OF INDICES BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN The GI Breeders= Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 6 is on the long- HIGH SUMMER term radar for Laws Of Indices (Ire) (Power {GB}), who earned a first Group 1 win in last weekend=s G1 Prix Jean Prat at Deauville. Trainer Ken Condon, however, has his sights set first on a return trip to Deauville for the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest next month and the G1 Prix de la Foret on Oct 3 for the i8,000 Goffs Autumn yearling graduate. AThe Maurice de Gheest is on Aug. 8,@ said Condon. AIt=s four weeks between both races. We=ll see how he is in the next 10 days but that=s where he could go next. Longer term, I=d say the Prix de la Foret on Arc weekend is the main target. I think seven furlongs is his optimum trip. If he does go to the Maurice de Gheest, I could see him having a little break and waiting for that race on Arc day. He=d have all the credentials you=d need to run in a Breeders= Cup Mile as well so that could also be the Snowfall winning the Oaks under Frankie Dettori | racingfotos.com possibility but I=m sure the Foret is the prime target now. AThe owners are very brave. Their ambition has been By Tom Frary rewarded. He=s run in quite a few Group 1s and you don=t do Aidan O=Brien used the word Aspecial@ to describe Snowfall that unnecessarily and I think everything conspired on Sunday to (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) following her stunning success by a give him his perfect set-up.@ Cont. p4 record-breaking 16 lengths in the G1 Epsom Oaks, but most would argue that tag did not go far enough to fully quantify what was witnessed on the first Friday in June. Looking more like a freak of nature as she glided by toiling rivals in early straight, the Ballydoyle bombshell out of the portentously- named dam Best In the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) probably needs to do no more than she did there to become the 15th filly to complete a revered double in Saturday=s G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks at The Curragh. This is not a competitive Classic by any means, with her own stable responsible for half the field and the closest-rated to her being Donnacha O=Brien=s June 17 G2 Ribblesdale S. third Nicest (Ire) (American Pharoah), who is fully 15 pounds behind. It will almost certainly fall to the Coolmore partners, who have the first four in the betting and Laws Of Indices | Goffs the only fillies worthy of being quoted at reasonably short odds, and so there is a responsibility on Snowfall to put on a show to salvage this renewal. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Snowfall would be favourite for this based solely on her HASKELL THROWBACKS TO THE FUTURE emphatic success in York=s G3 Musidora S. May 12, but her Chris McGrath examines some of the themes of the GI Haskell Epsom tour de force places her in elevated territory and greater S. on the eve of Monmouth Park’s most important race. Click or tests await further into the season. tap here to go straight to TDN America. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 17 JULY 2021 Irish Oaks cont. from p1 If there is any achilles heel, it could be that the slower surface she has raced on so far this term is ideal and this quicker going could compromise her, but her pedigree suggests that is highly unlikely. ALast year she was always showing a lot at home--that=s why she was running in all those good races--but obviously she has got stronger over the winter,@ her trainer said. AMaybe she was a little bit weak or something last year, but we always liked what we saw at home. I know she=s been winning on soft ground, but we always thought that nice ground would suit her.@ Aidan O=Brien saddles four of the eight runners in the Irish Oaks | Horsephotos O=Brien also saddles the June 23 Listed Naas Oaks Trial scorer Willow (Ire) (American Pharoah), whose dam Peeping Fawn (Danehill) took this in 2007, and the Oaks third and Ribblesdale fourth Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who is a full-sister to the aforementioned Best In the World. AWillow won a nice trial last time out and she=s in good form-- we=ve been happy with her since Naas,@ he added. ADivinely had a lovely run around Epsom and a nice run at Ascot and she seems to have been in good form since.@ Nicest, whose dam Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) is also an Irish Oaks heroine, lost a shoe in the Ribblesdale but needs an epic jump forward to make a race of it with the favourite while John Kalmanson=s Party House (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) also had luck against her when sixth in the Naas Oaks Trial. Like Ballygallon Stud=s Mariesque (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), who was a place ahead of her there, she looks to have a class chasm to bridge here. The latter=s trainer Joseph O=Brien is not waving the white flag already, however. AMariesque is a lovely filly that we always hoped would make up into a stakes performer,@ he said. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 17 JULY 2021 AShe made a winning return to action in a maiden at Gowran Park and then acquitted herself very well when fifth in the Naas Oaks Trial last month. She was still notably green at Naas and shaped as though this longer trip is what she wants. This is obviously a huge step up in class, but the race has cut up a bit and we=re happy to throw her in at the deep end. She has very little to lose and an awful lot to gain, so hopefully she=ll acquit Senior Vice President Gary King herself well.@ Twitter: @garykingTDN Also at The Curragh, the five-furlong G2 Sapphire S. sees [email protected] Patrick Moyles=s May 16 Listed Sole Power Sprint S. and June 9 + 1.732.320.0975 Listed Midsummer Sprint S. winner Logo Hunter (Ire) (Brazen Beau {Aus}) take on the June 18 G1 Commonwealth Cup third International Editor Measure of Magic (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) and the June 26 Listed Kelsey Riley Dubai Duty Free Dash S. scorer Romantic Proposal (Ire) (Raven=s Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Pass) in a clash of three sprinters who could yet emerge as [email protected] Group 1 winners in time. The preceding G3 Jebel Ali Racecourse European Editor and Stables Anglesey S. for the juveniles is a storied race staged Emma Berry over the unique trip of six furlongs and 63 yards which is crying Twitter: @collingsberry out for a star performer to revive its glory days when it played [email protected] host to Johannesburg, One Cool Cat, Oratorio (Ire) and Myboycharlie (Ire). Perhaps it could be the Ger Lyons-trained Associate International Editor Beauty Inspire (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who impressed on his Heather Anderson winning debut over a straight six here June 25. Newbury=s Listed Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Steventon S. features Juddmonte=s >TDN Rising Star= Derab (GB) Marketing Manager (Sea the Stars {Ire}), who was far from disgraced when eighth in Alayna Cullen the 10 1/2-furlong G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly June 6. Twitter: @AlaynaCullen The G3 Hackwood S. is the key contest, with the six-furlong [email protected] sprint acting as the first start on turf for the Clive Cox-trained 3- year-old Diligent Harry (GB) (Due Diligence) who was third last Contributing Editors time in the G3 Chipchase S. at Newcastle June 26. AI=m hoping he Alan Carasso can translate his promise and progress on the all-weather across Christina Bossinakis to the turf,@ his trainer said. In the ,200,000 Weatherbys Super Cafe Racing Sprint S., the June 16 Listed Windsor Castle S. winner Chipotle Sean Cronin (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) encounters the June 15 G2 Coventry S. Tom Frary third Vintage Clarets (GB) (Ardad {Ire}). [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake TDN BREAKING NEWS AND Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele RACE RESULTS? Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY RACING NSW BUYS BONG BONG FARM BOOKMARK Racing NSW buys 97.5ha property to add new training centers http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/getLatest.php in the region. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. to download the latest edition of the TDN each day. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 17 JULY 2021 KING GEORGE, YORK OPTIONS FOR MISHRIFF While the July 24 G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II S. is the most likely next port of call for dual Group 1 winner Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), the 4-year-old also has the option of the G2 York S. on the same day, said Ted Voute, racing Breeders= Cup Aim For Laws Of Indices cont. from p1 manager to the colt=s owner Prince Faisal. The plan would be to then push on to the G1 Juddmonte International on Aug. 18. Laws Of Indices broke his maiden in an Irish EBF Auction After winning the Saudi Cup going 1800 metres on the dirt in Maiden last June before winning the G2 Railway S., and Condon February, Mishriff backed up five weeks later to win the has also sung the praises of the auction series programme.