TUESDAY, 30 JULY 2019 STRADIVARIUS NEXT UP PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: EUROPEAN 2-YEAR- OLD SCENE HOTTING UP by Andrew Caulfield FOR FRANKIE As John Berry rightly pointed out in his Weekly Wrap yesterday, it was great to see a magnificent edition of the King George dominated by four horses which were in their fourth season of racing. While the sport certainly benefits if its biggest stars stay around long enough to become household names, I also draw considerable pleasure from the emergence of potential new stars among the 2-year-olds. Last week saw five two-year-old group races contested in Ireland (2), France (2) and Britain (1) and all five had something to tell us. The Irish races simply underlined Galileo's potential for siring top performers from daughters of Danehill Dancer and Pivotal. With the G3 Tyros S. falling to the highly progressive Armory, Galileo's statistics with Danehill Dancer mares now stand at 20 black-type winners from 107 foals of racing age. Cont. p6 Stradivarius | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Frankie Dettori=s golden summer stretches on without a hint of STONESTREET FARM LAUNCHES YEARLING WARRANTY relenting and after basking in the glory of major victories at Stonestreet Farm, alongside the UK’s Gluck Equine Research Epsom, Royal Ascot, Saint-Cloud, Sandown, Deauville, The Center, has announced the devlopment of a blood sampling, testing and secure storage protocol. Click or tap here to go Curragh and back at Ascot he is at Goodwood on Tuesday with straight to TDN America. the promise of more. Seven of his nine group wins over the past two months have come for John Gosden and one of the most prized of them all came on Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the June 20 G1 Gold Cup at the Royal meeting. Were Bjorn Nielsen=s incredible chestnut to add to his rider=s sequence in the G1 Qatar Goodwood Cup and increase his own tally to eight consecutive triumphs, it will be the stuff of which dreams are made for connections. Already a dual winner of this, he will have most of the hearts of the nation willing him on in what could be his toughest test to date. AEverything has been good and I=ve been happy with him,@ Gosden said. AThey went harder in the Ascot Gold Cup last year, so he had to race harder. This year=s was quite steady and then they quickened. We gave him a nice, easy fortnight after that. The old boy seems to be back in the zone, so we are looking forward to the race. I think the drop back to two miles will help the others as he gets two and a half miles well. As long as he gets there in good order, I will leave it up to the jockey and him.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JULY 2019 Qatar Goodwood Festival Day 1 Preview Cont. from p1 Stradivarius is bidding to join Double Trigger (Ire) (Ela-Mana-Mou {Ire}) in bringing up a treble in this prestigious staying affair. As that former Mark Johnston luminary succeeded in 1995, 1997 and 1998 Stradivarius will be the first in its long history to win three on the bounce so after the pressure of Enable on Saturday it is straight back into the cauldron for the trainer-jockey combination. AI think any of these great staying horses are very important to the whole tapestry of the racing programme in Europe, let alone here in England,@ Gosden added. AAny great Cup horse, whether it is an Ardross or a Sagaro, they very much capture the imagination and Double Trigger was no exception. It would be exciting if he could win it three times like him.@ Cross Counter | Horsephotos Back in opposition are the Gold Cup second and fourth Dee Ex Bee (GB) (Farhh {GB}) and Cross Counter (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), who filled the first two positions in last year=s G3 Gordon S. On that occasion, Godolphin=s eventual G1 Melbourne Cup hero put 4 1/2 lengths between them and broke the track record as a result so he is obviously at home on what is one of the country=s trickier venues. AHe is a horse that handles the track, as he is the track record holder over a mile and a half,@ trainer Charlie Appleby confirmed. AHe has come out of Ascot in good shape and dropping back to two miles is a positive. They didn=t go an overly-strong gallop at Ascot and we purposely dropped him out to get the trip and the way the race worked out, you probably wanted to be further forward. I=m not going to be bold and say we will turn things around, but I feel this race will play more to the strengths of our horse.@ Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JULY 2019 Qatar Goodwood Festival Day 1 Preview Cont. Dee Ex Bee may have the misfortune to be racing at the same time as one of the true greats of the staying scene, but he is still unexposed in this category, hails from a stable in potent form and is ridden by a master in Silvestre de Sousa. Mark Johnston=s son and assistant Charlie said, AHe=s in great order and it=s a repeat of Ascot really, apart from it=s half a mile shorter. I don=t Vice President, International Operations Gary King see any reason why he shouldn=t be as effective over two miles Twitter: @garykingTDN as he was over two and a half in the Gold Cup. Hopefully he=ll [email protected] run up to the level of his Ascot form and if for whatever reason + 1.732.320.0975 Stradivarius has an off-day, we=ll be there to pick up the pieces.@ Of the 3-year-olds getting 15 pounds weight-for-age, the International Editor Marsicottis= June 19 G2 Queen=s Vase winner Dashing Kelsey Riley Willoughby (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) goes up in trip having been Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN fourth in Newmarket=s G2 Princess of Wales=s S. at a mile and a [email protected] half July 11, while Ballydoyle=s chief prospect South Pacific (GB) European Editor (Galileo {Ire}) is also sent over a half mile further than when Emma Berry winning Royal Ascot=s King George V H. June 20. Andrew Balding Twitter: @collingsberry said of the former, AI=m delighted with the horse and he has [email protected] improved all year. I thought it was a good run back over a mile and a half last time and two miles should be no problem for him. Associate International Editor It=s a big lump of weight he receives and any rain will help his Heather Anderson chances.@ Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN A star-studded opening card also sees Godolphin=s Pinatubo Marketing Manager (Ire) (Shamardal) bid to confirm superiority over >TDN Rising Alayna Cullen Star= Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), having beaten Twitter: @AlaynaCullen him by 3 1/4 lengths in Royal Ascot=s Listed Chesham S. June 22. [email protected] He is arguably Britain=s leading juvenile colt of 2019 as it stands and Charlie Appleby is hoping he can confirm that status in a Contributing Editor strong edition. AHe=s come out of the Chesham in good form. I Alan Carasso think he should suit the track with the style of how he races,@ he Twitter: @EquinealTDN said of the unbeaten homebred, who has already handled Cafe Racing Epsom=s undulations when taking the May 31 Woodcote S. Sean Cronin AHopefully it will play to our strengths. He has got pace, but the Tom Frary step up to seven was always going to help him and he showed [email protected] his class at Ascot. It was not a weak race as the second horse was strongly fancied and some nice form is coming out of the Irish Correspondent race, with the fourth horse finishing second in a listed race at Daithi Harvey Ascot on Saturday. I definitely think this is the best 2-year-old race we have seen this year. Hopefully he will step forward Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield again.@ John Berry | Kevin Blake Hot favourite for the G2 July S. at Newmarket July 11 after his impressive winning debut over the same six-furlong strip June 8, Rob Ferguson=s TDN Rising Star= Visinari (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) was beaten about a neck when third in a three-way go behind IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Ballydoyle=s Royal Lytham (Fr) (Gleneagles {Ire}) and Godolphin=s Platinum Star (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Equipped with the best INDUSTRY MENTORS WITH CRAIG ROUNSEFELL physical material of all these runners, he now has to put it all Boomer Bloodstock’s Craig Rounsefell discusses his industry together to meet his potential. Cont. p4 mentors. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JULY 2019 Qatar Goodwood Festival Day 1 Preview Cont. would go to Newmarket and win a Group 2 like he did. He won it AI was annoyed when I read somewhere that he disappointed the hard way,@ he explained. AHe was going away at the line and in the July S.,@ trainer Mark Johnston=s son and assistant Charlie I think he has improved again for that. Olympic Glory won the said. AThe market might have been disappointed, but we July S.