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TUESDAY, 21 JULY 2020 EARTHLIGHT CAMP CONSIDERS SUSSEX S. THE WEEKLY WRAP: Godolphin=s unbeaten Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal), a winner of TIME FOR BRITISH RACING the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S. as a juvenile, is a potential runner in the upcoming G1 Qatar Sussex S. at TO HEED WARNINGS Goodwood on July 29. Although injury kept him from the mile Classics, he resurfaced to take a listed race at ParisLongchamp the same day as Godolphin=s champion and MG1SW Pinatubo (GB) (Shamardal) claimed the G1 Prix Jean Prat. The one-mile feature is also the next likely target for English Guineas hero Kameko (Kitten=s Joy), Irish Guineas victor Siskin (First Defence), MGSW Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), and MG1SW Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who won this term=s G1 Queen Anne S. AWe haven=t totally decided yet,@ said trainer Andre Fabre. AHe could go to Goodwood, but if not he will go for the G1 Maurice de Gheest [on Aug. 9]. He=s very fast and looks a real sprinter, but I=m convinced that he can go further. I think it was a good decision to split him and Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) up last time and it will be up to Sheikh Mohammed where he runs.@ Ed Vaughan is to cease training at the end of 2020 | Racing Post By Emma Berry If we can view Europe's largest training centre of Newmarket as a microcosm of the wider racing world, then events in the last week give a pretty concerning snapshot of the future of the sport. On the positive front, there was a first winner for the town's newest trainer, Terry Kent, who, at 53, is also one of the longest-serving members of its workforce, having previously been a jockey and worked for trainers Michael Jarvis, Julie Cecil, Saeed Bin Suroor and Roger Varian. Another recent recruit to the training ranks, George Boughey, continued to show his aptitude for the job when Songkran (Ire) (Slade Power {Ire}) completed a hat-trick from just four runs for his stable. We'll Earthlight | Scoop Dyga hear more about Boughey in a TDN feature later in the week. Along with the good news came the sad announcement that Ed Vaughan, an extremely popular member of the racing community in Newmarket and beyond, is to relinquish his licence at the end of the season. This news came barely a week IN TDN AMERICA TODAY after Vaughan had celebrated the biggest win of his career with UK GLUCK TO DEVELOP BIOLOGICAL PASSPORT Dame Malliot (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) in the G2 Princess Of The Gluck Equine Research Foundation at the University of Wales's S. Cont. p2 Kentucky is developing an equine biological passport. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY •21 JULY 2020 Australia and calling for a reform to the funding of the sport. It read, "It is all the more sad that such a trainer is being forced to Time For British Racing Cont. from p1 relinquish his licence due to the inadequate levels of prize-money in British racing and the resulting economic He made the announcement just a day after pressure on his business. While a successful record of Miss Chess (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), a juvenile capitalising on the value of British-raced horses in the overseas half-sister to the G1 Prix de Diane winner Fancy market is admirable, this should not be a prerequisite for Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), had made an extremely running a sustainable training business in the most highly promising debut for him at Yarmouth. Then on the day of the regarded horseracing industry in the world. announcement Magic J (Scat Daddy) underlined Vaughan's "The funding model of our sport requires two reforms: an capabilities by pushing his rating into the 90s with victory in a improved return on betting turnover; at 0.6% this is by far the decent Sandown handicap. lowest of our international competitors. And a revenue sharing Here we have a trainer with decent horses for major owners agreement with the media rights holders to ensure a fair deciding that training racehorses is no longer a viable business. distribution of the commercial revenue that is jointly created by Vaughan isn't the first to have come to this conclusion and he horsemen and racecourses." won't be the last, certainly not in this awful year. But the plight Ralph Beckett, who is currently president of the NTF, added his of British racing, and its stakeholders' apparent inability to hold personal thoughts on the situation via his website, on which he racecourses to account regarding what many of those providing stated, "I hope that those who are in a position to do something the show believe to be a fair return, is now desperate enough about it, i.e. the racecourses (who receive ,1,000 per runner for the cracks to be showing vividly through the paper. from media rights) and bookmakers, are proud of what they The National Trainers Federation (NTF) was moved to release haven't achieved. its own statement later that day which acknowledged Vaughan's "Don't forget Ed made this announcement one week after the success in selling horses on to race abroad in Hong Kong and biggest success of his 16-year training career.@ Cont. p3 Dame Malliot & Hollie Doyle team up to win the G2 Princess Of Wales=s S. | Racing Post TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY •21 JULY 2020 The Weekly Wrap Cont. He added, AThis is a man with no dependants, training successfully for owners who pay their bills on time, who owes no one, and cannot make it pay. He is the proverbial canary in a coalmine. "One of the things that used to attract people to racing is that no one knew where a good horse would come from. Nowadays, Senior Vice President Gary King the best horses are in fewer and fewer hands and it is damaging Twitter: @garykingTDN irreparably the sport as a spectacle." [email protected] To further emphasise this point, on Monday morning it + 1.732.320.0975 transpired that only two stables would be represented through eight potential runners in Saturday's G1 King George VI and International Editor Queen Elizabeth S. The fact that Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) Kelsey Riley and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) are entered guarantees a Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN thrilling contest if both mares stand their ground, and they of [email protected] course represent the two most powerful stables in Britain and European Editor Ireland, respectively. But how have we reached a situation Emma Berry where only two stables in the British Isles contain a horse good Twitter: @collingsberry enough to contest our premier weight-for-age race? [email protected] Courses Must Help The Cause Associate International Editor Heather Anderson While one does not begrudge the success of the big stables it is Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN hard not to view the growing void between 200-horse yards and smaller outfits, which seem to be ever contracting, as similar to Marketing Manager supermarkets and corner shops. Sooner or later the former push Alayna Cullen the latter out of business. Owners of course have the right to Twitter: @AlaynaCullen send their horses wherever they wish, and the rise of the 'super [email protected] yard' in turn provides an awful lot more business for pre-training yards, some of which charge a higher daily rate than many small Contributing Editors trainers. Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis But Beckett's comments about damaging the sport as a spectacle are accurate, and this is why so many people revelled Cafe Racing in the July Cup victory of Oxted (GB) (Mayson {GB}) for Roger Sean Cronin Teal. It was simply refreshing to be hearing about some different Tom Frary names for a change. Cont. p4 [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele Roger Teal, Oxted & Cieren Fallon | Racing Post TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY •21 JULY 2020 The Weekly Wrap Cont. fruitful up until his death last year. Saxon Warrior (Jpn) is the flagbearer for this particular cross We have come a long way from racing being the 'Sport of but Sunday's Curragh maiden winner Snowfall (Jpn) looks like Kings' to one of greater inclusivity for a wider range of owners another we'll be hearing plenty about in future. The 2-year-old through syndicates. Current COVID-19 restrictions are in the filly is the first foal of Found's sister Best In The World (Ire), and process of being eased further to allow a greater number of if the mare didn't quite live up to her portentous name she was racegoers to be in attendance, but the utmost priority must be certainly more than useful and posted a listed win at two given to ensuring that all owners can attend with a horse if they followed by a Group 3 victory at three. wish to do so and, taking sensible precautions, be allowed to Snowfall wasn't the only good winner over the weekend to convene on course with their trainer and jockey. represent the Deep Impact-Galileo cross as Harajuku (Ire) This year has been testing but racecourse bosses need to take earned herself a >TDN Rising Star= for her debut success at a longer-term view. Prize-money was already poor before the Chantilly. The Andre Fabre trainee represents the Niarchos pandemic and, while many will accept a short-term cut in levels family, who were among the first European breeders to while tracks get back up and running, this cannot be sustained.