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SUNDAY, 13 AUGUST, 2017 AHowever, that race seemed to take a lot out of him and Andre FABRE CHASING has been very patient in building him back up again,@ Herbert said. AHis work leading up to the Guineas was exceptional and MAROIS RECORD Andre was really excited about him, it=s now a question of getting him to put it all together on the track. The ground should be okay for him, the way he is put together and the way he moves, but it is a slight unknown. We still feel he has the potential of making it to the top, but we are still a bit in the dark about him. I=d imagine he=ll be staying in training, but we=ll just take it one step at a time.@ Another of the Fabre triumvirate, the June 17 G3 Prix Paul de Moussac winner Trais Fluors, lost his unbeaten record to Godolphin=s Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) in the G1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on July 9, when Gold Luck was back in third. That was Thunder Snow=s second Group 1 success in France, having scored impressively in Saint-Cloud=s Criterium International in October. Cont. p2 Andre Fabre saddles half of the Marois field | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY DACITA GIVES BROWN A RECORD FOURTH BEV. D. Half of the field for Sunday=s G1 Prix du Haras de Dacita (Chi) (Scat Daddy) kicked home fastest of all to give Chad Fresnay-le-Buffard - Jacques le Marois at Deauville are trained Brown a record fourth victory in the GI Beverly D. S. at Arlington. by Andre Fabre, who is currently on six winners and one off the Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. record set by Francois Boutin. All three, Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead), Trais Fluors (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Inns of Court (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), are 3-year-olds with strong claims but it is the former who appears to have the x-factor and therefore holds the burden of favouritism. Al Shaqab Racing=s bay was visually striking on his first three starts which included defeats of Gold Luck (Fr) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) in the Listed Prix Isonomy on the round course over this trip here in October and last year=s G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner National Defense (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the seven-furlong G3 Prix Djebel at Maisons-Laffitte Apr. 10. Third to Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) when still looking raw in the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 6, he was coming back from a break when two-lengths second to Taareef (Kitten=s Joy) in the G3 Prix Messidor also at Maisons-Laffitte on July 16. AAndre was happy with his comeback run and we expect him to strip a bit fitter for this,@ the owner=s racing manager Harry Herbert said. AWe know how good his form in the Guineas is and if he can reproduce that he should take the beating.@ TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 13 AUGUST, 2017 Fabre Chasing Marois Record cont. from p1 Second in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh on May 27 and third in the G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot on June 20, he is closely matched with Al Wukair on that form and trainer Saeed bin Suroor is in confident mood. AHe=s come back from his last run very well and seems fresh. We know he handles soft ground, he won a Group 1 last season on it,@ he commented. AHe=s in good form and his last piece of work was very good indeed. The quality looks really high, but I=m very happy with him. He=s such a tough horse and he loves all the traveling. He won twice out in Dubai, he went to America, he ran in the Irish Guineas and then ran in France last time.@ It is interesting that Fabre saddles Inns of Court, whose sole reversal came when his sixth after his saddle slipped in the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains over this track and trip on May 14 and who has subsequently won over seven furlongs in the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at Maisons-Laffitte on June 3 and G3 Prix de la Porte Maillot here on July 1. Godolphin=s Lisa-Jane Graffard commented, AHe is very well and has been pointing towards this race for some time. The return to a mile should be no problem-- he has plenty of speed, but his pedigree suggests that he should get this trip. We are hoping that he can continue his progress.@ Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Taareef is the only older horse in the line-up and his defeat of Al Wukair in the Messidor is the best form on offer. Taareef, the lone older horse in the Marois | Scoop Dyga TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 13 AUGUST, 2017 BECKFORD FACES MOMENT OF TRUTH With 15 successes in The Curragh=s G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. since 1998, Aidan O=Brien has a remarkable stranglehold on the six-furlong feature but it could be that Sunday=s edition is bound for the unlikely stable of Gordon Elliott courtesy of the unbeaten Beckford (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). Newtown Anner Stud Farm=s acquisition followed up his taking debut win here on May 13 VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS with success in the July 1 G2 Railway S. also over this course and Gary King distance, propelling the jumps handler Elliott into an unfamiliar Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] summer spotlight. AHe=s in great form. This is a step up again, + 1.732.320.0975 but he=s doing everything we=ve asked of him,@ he said. AI think International Editor he=s improved. He=s getting stronger. He needs to improve, so Kelsey Riley we=ll see what happens.@ Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary Beckford | Racing Post [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Of the Ballydoyle quartet, Ryan Moore has sided with the June 22 G2 Norfolk S. winner Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy), but the Regular Columnists Bill Oppenheim remainder all have major claims. They are the filly Actress (Ire) Andrew Caulfield (Declaration of War), who captured the July 15 G3 Anglesey S. John Berry Kevin Blake over 63 yards further here; U S Navy Flag (War Front) who was Tom Peacock second in the G2 July S. at Newmarket July 13; and >TDN Rising Star= Declarationofpeace (War Front), who bids to rebound from a disappointing effort when last of 22 in the five-furlong Listed Windsor Castle S. at Royal Ascot on June 20. Previously, he had beaten the useful Treasuring (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) by six lengths in a Dundalk maiden over that trip on May 10 and O=Brien is keeping the faith. ADeclarationofpeace hasn=t run since Ascot, as we were a little bit disappointed with him there,@ he explained. AHe had a little bit of a hold-up about a month before and that might have affected him, so he might leave that run behind and hopefully the ground might be nice and quick.@ Fourth in the Norfolk, Frozen Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) has since finished runner-up to fellow Brit Unfortunately (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) in the G2 Prix Robert Papin over 5 1/2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 13 AUGUST, 2017 furlongs at Maisons-Laffitte on July 23 and it is significant that Fourth in the 2015 renewal of that feature, the full-brother to trainer Tom Dascombe is happy to pitch him in here. AHe ran Farhh (GB) has enough class to figure prominently despite his very well in France and we=ve been happy with him since,@ he trainer expecting him to need this reintroduction. ARacing commented. AIt looks a very tough race, but it=s a Group 1, so History has been working well. We are putting some you expect that. I think six furlongs on fast ground should be cheekpieces on him just to help him focus during the race,@ he ideal and he=s improved with every run, so he has to have some explained. We have done as much as we can at home, but I sort of chance.@ expect him to improve for his first start of the year.@ Heading the home team is Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), who looks to forward his case as Germany=s leading middle-distance performer. Successful by six lengths HUNGRY FOR ACTION from the 2014 winner of this race Sirius (Ger) (Dashing Blade {GB}) in the G2 Gerling-Preis at Cologne on May 7, last year=s G1 Despite Charlie Appleby=s efforts to give Hawkbill (Kitten=s Joy) Deutsches Derby third beat the subsequent G1 Grosser a break, the 4-year-old refuses to rest idle and is back after just Dallmayr-Preis scorer Iquitos (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) by 3 3/4 a month off at Hoppegarten on Sunday for the G1 Grosser Preis lengths in Hamburg=s G2 Grosser Hansa-Preis on heavy ground von Berlin. Last in Germany when third behind Guignol (Ger) on July 1. (Cape Cross {Ire}) and the re-opposing fellow Godolphin representative Racing History (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) in the G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern over this trip at Munich in November, the 2016 G1 Eclipse S.