SUNDAY, 14 JULY 2019 JAPAN TAKES AIM AT THE GRAND PRIX TEN SOVEREIGNS STORMS ParisLongchamp plays its part in the Bastille Day celebrations BACK IN THE JULY CUP on Sunday, when the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris is the focus. Generally the preserve of Andre Fabre, it looks likely to go west this year with Aidan O=Brien saddling the impressive G2 King Edward VII S. winner Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). Third in the G1 Epsom Derby on June 1, last year=s G2 Beresford S. scorer went through that June 21 Royal Ascot contest with a casual air to suggest he could take high rank among the stable=s Arc candidates. This is the ideal testing ground for the October showpiece and the Ballydoyle handler said, AJapan is good and everything seems fine since Ascot. He had a little bit of a setback in the spring and that is why he just barely made the run at York. We had to wait and see how he was after York and that is why we felt he was just about ready to run in the Derby. He ran a very nice race there.@ Ten Sovereigns and Ryan Moore | racingfotos.com Cont. p10 If there was an element of doubt that >TDN Rising Star= Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (No Nay Never) retained either the ability or enthusiasm that had seen him garner a G1 Middle Park S., they were firmly put aside on Saturday as Ryan Moore dominated Newmarket=s G1 Darley July Cup. While the vibes surrounding Ballydoyle=s beau ideal were understandably lukewarm in the lead-up after a flat effort when fourth in the G1 Commonwealth Cup, the significant morning gamble that took place suggested those in the know were bullish. Hammered from 10-1 into 7-2 favouritism for a spell, he eventually started as the 9-2 joint- second favourite and burst from the stalls to take his group along up the centre. In front overall heading down into the Adip@ with Pretty Pollyanna (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) keeping him at it, he showed the staying power that had prompted a 2000 Guineas bid as he stretched away for a 2 3/4-length verdict over the 3-1 favourite Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}). Fellow Ballydoyle runner and >TDN Rising Star= Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac Japan winning the G2 King Edward VII S. | Racing Post {GB}) was 3/4 of a length back in third, as the 3-year-olds totally mastered the elder sprinters by covering the first five places. AHe was very impressive today and although he was still a little bit babyish, he was sharper than at Ascot,@ commented Ryan IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Moore, who was enjoying his second Group 1 success in Britain SISTERCHARLIE WINS BATTLE OF THE BROWNS this year. AHe=s a top-class sprinter and there was no doubt Last year's champion turf female Sistercharlie (Ire) returned with about his superiority there. He was a little flat at Ascot and the a sharp victory in Saturday's GI Diana S. at Saratoga. Click or tap ground was a little bit slow there. He needs a slick surface and here to go straight to TDN America. gets the trip very well.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 14 JULY 2019 Ten Sovereigns Storms Back In The July Cup cont. from p1 Twelve months ago, Aidan O=Brien delivered US Navy Flag (War Front) to win this after a mile Classic campaign and it was not the first time he had achieved that feat as both the 1999 and 2001 heroes Stravinsky and Mozart (Ire) were shortening up after the elastic had just failed to stretch. In his emphatic Curragh wins on debut and in the G3 Round Tower S., Ten Sovereigns had looked to be one in the image of Mozart and that ill-fated star of Rosegreen had almost pulled off an Irish 2000 Guineas victory before his spell of sprinting glory. Confidently backed for the May 4 Newmarket Classic, he only tired in the final 100 yards to be fifth in a renewal that will long be remembered for the way the field split but the way the money came for him at Ascot suggested the preceding wet weather would not stop him. Hitting the line in 1:09.31, Ten Sovereigns was just outside the race record set by the 2013 winner Lethal Force (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) but it was a case of reputation enhanced running the second-fastest July Cup in history. AHe was very good last year and we slowed him down all winter to get the mile and he nearly did,@ explained Aidan Ten Sovereigns and the winning connections | Racing Post O=Brien, who was registering a fifth success in the race to equal the pre-and post-war records of Charles Morton and Dr Vincent In the event, the impact of the rain at the Royal meeting O=Brien respectively. AIt took him a little bit of time to come meant that he was unable to truly flow with his real Adaisy- back after Newmarket and he was just ready to go to Ascot, but cutter@ action and that was not a factor during this meeting that we hadn=t really woken him up to go back to sprinting before had seen track records readily fall. Taking on a different bent to that. He looked like a horse who hadn=t really clicked in yet the sluggish performer in the Commonwealth Cup, he was away mentally at Ascot, but he really blossomed afterwards and we fast to race in front initially isolated with Moore always asking felt he had really come alive. His times were unbelievable--in his the question in the saddle. Behind the stand=s-rail runner last piece of work, he broke 11 seconds every furlong for four Glorious Journey (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) but in control of his pack, furlongs, so to do that he has to be very quick. He was smiling he had the Wokingham winner Cape Byron (GB) (Shamardal) in and in a good place after every piece of work.@ trouble in his wake passing the two-furlong pole with only the Ten Sovereigns also carried that out in the race itself on slow-starting Pretty Pollyanna able to stay with him. Advertise, Saturday, clocking furlong splits of 10.91, 10.79, 10.51 and 10.62 who travelled as slickly as he had at Ascot until halfway, was after the first furlong and rounding off with an impressive uphill under the pump heading to the furlong pole where the race had finale of 12.18, so the evidence is there for all to see thanks to already been taken out of his grasp. the sectional timing data available at this meeting. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 14 JULY 2019 July Cup cont. ARyan didn=t mind which stall he was coming out of, he was going in a straight line and the horse changed gear after cruising which was impressive,@ O=Brien added. AHe=s a beautiful big horse with a great mind and I=d say he wouldn=t have any problem doing whatever you want, five or six. He was ready for this today, as he had to be to beat the horse that beat him at Vice President, International Operations Gary King Ascot so we have to see how he comes out of it, but York [for Twitter: @garykingTDN the Aug. 23 G1 Nunthorpe S.] is the obvious race unless it goes [email protected] soft.@ + 1.732.320.0975 Of the third, he added, AMrs Stockwell always said that Fairyland was a six-furlong filly, but we took a chance in the International Editor English and Irish Guineas. She ran very well and ran a super race. Kelsey Riley She=ll come forward from that and could go for the Nunthorpe Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN as well. She might not have had as hard a time as the winner, as [email protected] we were looking after her a bit before this.@ European Editor Martyn Meade was magnanimous in defeat, but could not hide Emma Berry his disappointment that Advertise was unable to uphold Royal Twitter: @collingsberry Ascot form. AFrankie said it was a little bit muddling, but we [email protected] can=t take anything away from the winner,@ he said. AOn another day, it might have been a different result and you don=t get Associate International Editor many options to win a July Cup, but there is another big race in Heather Anderson him. The [Aug. 4 G1 Prix] Maurice de Gheest is an option, as is Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN the [Oct. 6 G1 Prix de la] Foret [at ParisLongchamp], but I don=t Marketing Manager want to overdo him. He=s maturing all the time and I just feel Alayna Cullen he=s a horse that wants to thrive on his racing and not be Twitter: @AlaynaCullen overdone, so I might give him a break and come back all guns [email protected] blazing.@ Contributing Editor Pedigree Notes Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Ten Sovereigns continues a successful run for No Nay Never, who was also responsible for the card=s G2 Superlative S. winner Cafe Racing Mystery Power (Ire) (No Nay Never). The dam, the Listed Prix de Sean Cronin la Seine runner-up and middle-distance performer Seeking Tom Frary Solace (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), is out of the G3 [email protected] Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial S.