SUNDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2020 KAMEKO TO TWEENHILLS IN 2021 ADDEYBB IS THE This year=s G1 2000 Guineas scorer Kameko (Kitten=s CHAMPION AT LAST JoyBSweeter Still {Ire}, by Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire})) will retire to Tweenhills Stud upon conclusion of his 3-year-old campaign this year. In addition to the 2000 Guineas, which he won in race record time, Kameko won last year=s G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy. He was fourth in three consecutive Group 1s this summer before besting older horses in the G2 Joel S. and is set to run in the Breeders= Cup. Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani, chairman of Qatar Racing, said, AMy brothers and I are delighted to own another superstar in Kameko, whose record-breaking 2- and 3-year-old campaigns will live long in our memory. We cannot wait to unveil him to breeders.@ Trainer Andrew Balding added, AKameko is without doubt the best horse I=ve trained. He has all the attributes of a top-class miler and is a striking horse to look at. I feel very honoured to Addeybb and Tom Marquand take the Champion S. | PA Media have had the opportunity to train a horse of such class.@ Cont. p13 By Tom Frary All day long at Ascot, it was a case of deep-ground lovers need only apply and one who certainly fit that category was Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and he duly carried off the feature G1 QIPCO Champion S. Going through the conditions with an ease his rivals could not match, last year=s runner-up finally registered a first top-level success in Britain having annexed the G1 Ranvet S. and G1 Queen Elizabeth S. during a Spring campaign in Australia. Well-positioned in second by Tom Marquand throughout the early stages, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum=s 9-1 shot was committed two from home and saw off Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) to score by 2 1/4 lengths, with the 15-8 favourite Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) battling into third, half a length away. On a day when his partner Hollie Doyle made the headlines, Marquand was grabbing his own share but was quick to heap praise elsewhere. AWhat a credit to [groom] Safid [Alam], Kameko | Photo courtesy Kingsclere William and Maureen and the whole team at home. He=s gone to Australia, he conquered down under and now he=s come back up and he deserved that Group 1 so much,@ he said. AAll he=s IN TDN AMERICA TODAY done is knock on the door, show he=s a champion and he=s never ‘STARS’ ALIGN FOR SHADWELL got his real swansong but today=s he=s got it.@ Shadwell and trainer Todd Pletcher get off to a hot start together on the U.S. racing scene. Click or tap here to go Cont. p2 straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 18 OCTOBER 2020 Champion S. cont. from p1 widest-drawn Addeybb was granted a perfect lead with the July It has been a long voyage to star of the show at this prestigious 5 G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) meeting for Addeybb, who at one point in his career was too fresh in behind. APCB@ had Skalleti positioned alongside that labelled unlucky for failing to get his favoured easy conditions on Gosden runner after Ryan Moore had worked to get last year=s several occasions. Kept in training heroine into a challenging and carefully nurtured by William position in fifth. Turning for Haggas, he proved that if you home, Tom Marquand had hang around long enough you can threats on either side but as have things fall into place and soon as he pushed the button they did this time with the track at the two-furlong pole the unraceable a fortnight ago. contest was decided with only During the summer, the veteran the similarly ground-dependant had been rested but had shown Skalleti and the race=s class act enough when defying a seven- Magical able to give meaningful pound penalty in the Listed pursuit. AHe travelled like a true Doonside Cup on his return over good horse throughout the race this trip at Ayr on Sept. 19 to and to be honest when I started confirm that he was very much a getting going, I just bombed the player here. Twelve months ago, Tom Marquand after winning the Champion S. | PA Media straight,@ Marquand explained. the ground had not been bad AIt=s remarkable, I=ve never enough for him to get past Magical but on this occasion he had ridden a horse like him. He goes over ground that=s as bad as first run on the mare who clearly struggled in the conditions. you can get and he makes it feel like you are on quick ground. With the sluggish-starting G1 Epsom Derby hero Serpentine That=s why he=s so good on it.@ (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) soon rousted along to take the lead, the THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success THE AGA KHAN STALLIONS AT ARQANA See their yearlings selling this week DARIYAN SIYOUNI Sire of 2 Group horses Sire of the Arc, Poule d’Essai with his first 2yos and Dewhurst winners in 2020 SEA THE STARS ZARAK Sire of 14 Gr.1 winners Group 1 winning son of & 120 Stakes performers Dubawi and Zarkava TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 18 OCTOBER 2020 Addeybb, who first came to prominence when beating fellow social climber Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper) in the Lincoln H. over Doncaster=s straight mile in March 2018, looked to be going places fast when adding the following month=s G2 Sandown Mile to his tally. Denied a fair crack at this level due to drying ground thereafter, it was not until June 2019 that he enjoyed another slice of fortune when taking a competitive renewal of the Senior Vice President Gary King course-and-distance Listed Wolferton S. at the Royal meeting. Twitter: @garykingTDN Winning the G3 Rose of Lancaster S. on heavy ground at [email protected] Haydock before beating all bar Magical in this, the bay went to + 1.732.320.0975 Australia and connections were rewarded for their enterprise as he gave four pounds to Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed {NZ})--since International Editor the winner of three Group 1 races including Saturday=s Caulfield Kelsey Riley Cup--in both Rosehill=s Ranvet on Mar. 21 and the Queen Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Elizabeth at Randwick on Apr. 11. On the latter occasion, when [email protected] the ground had deepened, he put 2 3/4 lengths between himself European Editor and that filly but it was officially Agood@ as he trailed Lord North Emma Berry (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) when second in the June 17 G1 Prince of Twitter: @collingsberry Wales=s S. [email protected] William Haggas said, AHe has been absolutely fantastic. Since he won the Wolferton last year and we put the cheek-pieces on, Associate International Editor he has just been so consistent. He was really on it today. He Heather Anderson looked fantastic beforehand, we thought, but he was grumpy Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN and difficult to saddle, which is a good sign for him. He has got Marketing Manager such a marvellous nature and this is tailor-made for him. We all Alayna Cullen know that he loves this ground. We have finally won a Twitter: @AlaynaCullen championship race with such a good horse.@ [email protected] Pondering the winner=s journey, he added, AI said after 6-year-old One Master won the Foret for a third time that, if you Contributing Editors can keep them happy, sound and not abuse them when they are Alan Carasso young they will reward you when they are older. This is exactly Christina Bossinakis what he has done. Look at today--the first winner was six, the Cafe Racing second winner was six--if they are sound, healthy and keep their Sean Cronin enthusiasm, which he has done, then they can enjoy life. I think Tom Frary that was his best-ever performance at the age of six. [email protected] AHe is great at home and Safid, who rides him every day, said this morning that he would win and that he was really on form. I Irish Correspondent have been not very well for a bit and then have been at the Daithi Harvey sales when I have been better, so I have hardly seen him. I have seen him at first lot but that is it really, so all credit to my team Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake at home and to Safid in particular, who dotes on this horse. I Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele think he is looking for another couple of months in Australia next spring. If we can get back there, we will obviously consider it. We also might consider Saudi Arabia as well, which is dirt but IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY that dirt track is terrific and possibly worth a short.@ Classique Legend Wins the Everest Classique Legend wins the richest turf race in the world in FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Saturday’s The TAB Everest. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 18 OCTOBER 2020 Pedigree Notes eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Addeybb=s dam Bush Cat (Kingmambo) also produced the GIII Generous S. third Meer Kat (Ire) (Red Ransom) and is a daughter 2--Skalleti (Fr), 131, g, 5, Kendargent (Fr)--Skallet (Fr), by of the Listed Schwarzwald-Rennen winner and G3 Royal Whip S.