WEDNESDAY, 5 AUGUST 2020 GOFFS UK UNVEILS APPLEBY, BIN SUROOR TO SWERVE MELBOURNE PREMIER CATALOGUE Godolphin=s Newmarket-based trainers Charlie Appleby and Saeed bin Suroor have informed Racing Victoria that they will not send horses to this year=s Melbourne spring carnival amid the coronavirus pandemic. Both trainers have enjoyed success at the carnival as of late; Charlie Appleby won the 2018 G1 Melbourne Cup with Cross Counter (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), while bin Suroor has saddled three runners up in the great race while Benbatl (GB) won the G1 Ladbrokes S. in 2018 and was second to Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) in the G1 Cox Plate. The Australian state of Victoria has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases as of late. ABoth Saeed and Charlie have advised over the last few days that they won=t be coming to Melbourne this year,@ Racing Victoria General Manager of International Operations Paul Bloodworth told Racing.com. Cont. p3 Goffs UK Premier Sale graduate Golden Horde | Scoop Dyga IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Goffs UK has released the catalogue for its Doncaster Premier KNOWLTON SEEKING ‘REDEMPTION’ WITH TIZ THE LAW Sale, with 423 yearlings set to go under the hammer on Sept. 1 Seventeen years after Sackatoga Stable’s Funny Cide was and 2. The sale has already enjoyed a fruitful 2020, with Golden scratched from the Travers, they are back with Tiz The Law. Click Horde (GB) (Lethal Force {Ire}) following on from fellow sale or tap here to go straight to TDN America. graduate Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in winning the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) making it back-to-back wins for the sale in the G2 Norfolk S., with A=Ali (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) having taken that prize in 2019. Graduate Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) has won two Group 1s this year, while group-winning juveniles Supremacy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Cairn Gorm (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) and Ventura Tormenta (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) were also sourced at the sale. The latter=s half-brother by Starspangledbanner (Aus) (lot 313) is among this year=s offerings at the Premier Sale. Other highlights on paper include a colt by Invincible Spirit (Ire) out of G3 Firth of Clyde S. victress Distinctive (GB) (Tobougg {GB}) (lot 173) and a filly by the same sire out of G1 Nassau S. winner Favourable Terms (GB) (Selkirk) (lot 206); a No Nay Never filly out of a half-sister to Equiano (Fr) (lot 195); a Cotai Glory (GB) half-sister to A=Ali (lot 322); and a full-brother to G3 Hackwood S. winner Yafta (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 423). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 5 AUGUST 2020 Goffs UK Unveils Premier Catalogue cont. from p1 Haras d=Etreham and La Motteraye Consignment offer a Lope De Vega (Ire) colt out of G3 Round Tower S. winner Royal Empress (Ire) (lot 380) as well as colts by Etreham sires Wootton Bassett (GB) (lot 338) and Almanzor (Fr) (lot 31). Barton Stud offers a filly by leading French sire Siyouni (Fr) (lot 361) out of a half-sister to GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Queen=s Trust (GB) (Dansili {GB}). AIt has been a very strong year for the Premier Sale on the track and once again it has proved its ability to produce horses Premier Sale graduate Ventura Tormenta (right) wins the of the highest calibre with A=Ali and particularly Golden Horde,@ G2 Prix Robert Papin | Scoop Dyga said Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent. ABoth elite 2-year- olds last year, they have progressed in their 3-year-old season to Seeing these results is very exciting for the sale and the host of hold strong stallion credentials and look set to follow other top top 2-year-olds we have this year, headlined by the likes of Cairn graduates such as Advertise and Harry Angel who have recently Gorm, Method, Supremacy, The Lir Jet and Ventura Tormenta secured their place at leading studs in the same way as the likes certainly puts it in a strong position for the latter half of the of Acclamation, Dark Angel, Wootton Bassett etc. season and their Classic season next year. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 5 AUGUST 2020 Goffs UK Unveils Premier Catalogue cont. AWe have some outstanding yearlings catalogued this year, including siblings to some of our star performers, and we have plenty to look forward to over the coming weeks with a number of graduates lining up in Group 1 races. We will be busy in the build-up marketing this catalogue to our ever-growing global audience and we look forward to welcoming everyone to Senior Vice President Gary King Doncaster on Sept. 1 and 2, where we will be strictly following Twitter: @garykingTDN the updated protocols to ensure that we comply with the UK [email protected] Government=s latest COVID guidelines.@ + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Appleby, bin Suroor To Swerve Melbourne cont. from p1 Kelsey Riley ACharlie Appleby advised last night that because of the change Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN to Stage 4 restrictions, he wasn=t comfortable sending his staff [email protected] to Melbourne and Saeed has also advised he won=t be coming. AIt=s a great shame. Saaed has been a regular in Australia for European Editor 30 years and Charlie certainly over the last five or six years, so Emma Berry it=s a shame they won=t be able to compete.@ Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Plenty of other European-based trainers have engaged runners in the spring featuresBAidan, Joseph and Donnacha O=Brien Associate International Editor between them field 22 of the 182 entries for the Cox Plate on Heather Anderson Oct. 24Bbut restrictions on staff travel into the country could yet Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN scupper those plans. Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Cross Counter and Charlie Appleby after winning the Regular Columnists 2018 Melbourne Cup | Bronwen Healy Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele SCEPTICAL SUFFERS FATAL INJURY Rags to riches sprinter Sceptical (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}BJealous Again, by Trippi), a listed winner and twice Group 1-placed this season, died on Tuesday morning after suffering a IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY fatal injury on the gallops. HISTORIC SIRE SWEEP IN AUSTRALIA Trainer Denis Hogan tweeted, AWe have been dealt a Australian-bred sires filled the top 10 spots on the 2019/20 devastating cruel blow at Boherna this morning with the loss of premiership. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. our superstar sprinter Sceptical. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 5 AUGUST 2020 Sceptical Suffers Fatal Injury cont. Ventura Tormenta will be re-opposing The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}), who he beat by a head in the Papin. The Lir Jet finished ahead of Ventura Tormenta when winning the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot. AMiddleham Park were keen to take the race on because the Morny was already looking over-subscribed,@ said Ventura Tormenta=s trainer Richard Hannon. AI think this was a good opportunity for the horse to have a crack at a Group 1. He has come back from France well and has never looked better. He has put on weight and the whole experience of France will have done his confidence a lot of good. I think the track at The Curragh will suit him and he is a very straightforward horse. I think he is joint top-rated going into the race and we are looking forward to seeing what he can do. He will be renewing his rivalry with The Lir Jet, which will be a challenge, while there will be some other nice horses in there, which you expect at this level.@ Sceptical winning the Woodlands S. | racingfotos.com AHe was a horse of a lifetime and a game changer for my ALOHA STAR TO BE OFFERED THROUGH training career and everyone at Boherna.@ Bred by Godolphin out of the G2 Queen Mary S. winner TATTERSALLS ONLINE Jealous Again, Sceptical was sold by that operation as an unraced 3-year-old at the Goffs UK August Sale last year for ,2,800 to James McAuley. He won at second asking for Hogan at Dundalk in November and had won his first three starts this seasonBincluding the Listed Woodlands S. at Naas on June 8Bbefore finishing third, beaten a half length, as the favourite in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot and second in the G1 Darley July Cup. Sceptical had been due to run in the G3 Rathasker Stud Phoenix Sprint S. at The Curragh this weekend. Sceptical was raced by McAuley with Hilltop Racing, which tweeted, AWe had a terrible tragedy this morning as Sceptical was fatally injured on the gallops. He was an amazing horse for us and we=ll remember all the great days we enjoyed with him. We=d like to thank [Hogan and jockey Joey Sheridan] and all the staff and we feel so sad for everyone.@ Aloha Star | Photo courtesy Tattersalls Last month=s G2 Airlie Stud S. winner Aloha Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) will be offered as part of the VENTURA TORMENTA ADDED TO PHOENIX inaugural Tattersalls Online August Sale. Bidding will open on Aug. 12 at midday and close at midday on Aug.