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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 DENNIS= MOMENT FIRES BULLET BROWN TRIO LOOM >TDN Rising Star= Dennis= Moment (Tiznow) blazed five LARGE IN QEII furlongs in bullet :58:80 (1/42) as he prepares for next month=s GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile. AIt gave me goose bumps watching him work today,@ said trainer Dale Romans (click for video, courtesy KY HPBA). AHe just went so easyY When [rider] Tammy [Fox] started off, I thought she was going too slow. I was starting to get a little aggravated, and Big John (Nichols, clocker) started clicking off the times. It just looked like he was galloping.@ The Albaugh Family Stables colobearer was last seen taking the GIII Iroquois S. under the Twin Spires Sept. 14. He galloped out Friday in 1:11 3/5 for six panels and went internal splits of :22 2/5 and :46 3/5. Cont. p3 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Cambier Parc | Sarah Andrew QUADRILATERAL GETS UP IN MILE THRILLER ‘TDN Rising Star’ Quadrilateral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) noses out Trainer Chad Brown will saddle three talented fillies, led by Powerful Breeze (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) in the G1 Fillies’ Mile. 8-5 morning-line favorite Cambier Parc (Medaglia d=Oro), in Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Saturday=s GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland. The bay, a $1.25-million KEESEP graduate, captured her third graded contest and first at the highest level with a powerful come-from-behind tally in the GI Del Mar Oaks last time Aug. 17. The OXO Equine colorbearer also has wins in the GIII Herecomesthebride S. and GIII Wonder Again S. on her resume. Paul Pompa Jr=s >TDN Rising Star= homebred Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) enters riding a three-race winning streak following her dead-heat victory with Varenka (Ghostzapper) in the GII Lake Placid S. at the Spa Aug. 17. Cafe Americano (Medaglia d=Oro) rounds out the Brown trio. The Peter Brant colorbearer came from out of the clouds to capture the GIII Pucker Up S. at Arlington last time Aug. 10. Brown has won this race with Breeders= Cup winners Dayatthespa (City Zip) in 2012 and >TDN Rising Star= Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) last year. Godolphin homebred and French Classic heroine Castle Lady (Ire) (Shamardal) figures to attract plenty of attention at the windows in this first trip across the pond. 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Taylor S.-GI, WOX TJCIS PPs TVG WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 5:13p Sands Point S.-GII, BEL TJCIS PPs FS2 International Editor 5:30p Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S.-GI, KEE TJCIS PPs TVG Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] 5:42p Pattison Canadian International S.-GI, WOX TJCIS PPs TVG European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 12, 2019 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup cont. from p1 The bay, from the family of GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner Raven=s Pass (Elusive Quality), began her career with three straight victories, led by a narrow win in the prestigious G1 Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches May 12. She adds Lasix for this first appearance since a fifth-place finish in the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot June 21. Dennis= Moment Fires Bullet cont. from p1 AHis rhythm, how smooth he is, it=s different than watching most horses,@ Romans said. AYou can tell how fast most horses are going. It just looks like he=s skipping over the ground, he=s so efficient. And you could tell, turning for home, he just picked it up again when he switched to the right lead. The last 100 yards, he just looked like he accelerated and didn=t want to slow down.@ Dennis= Moment is scheduled to fly to California Oct. 20 and will have his final pre-race breeze at Santa Anita Oct. 25. He is expected to vie for favoritism with fellow >Rising Star= and GI American Pharoah S. winner Eight Rings (Empire Maker), and last week=s impressive GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity hero Maxfield (Street Sense). AI think we=ve got a great shot,@ said Albaugh Family Stable racing manager Jason Loutsch. AOur horse is training tremendously, and we=re going with a tremendous amount of confidence. Obviously Mr. Baffert has a very talented one out in California [in Eight Rings], but we=re not backing away. The way he=s been training and his numbers from the races he=s been in, they all fit really well.@ Dennis= Moment | Horsephotos TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 12, 2019 DESERT ENCOUNTER SEEKS REPEAT IN Saturday. A Keeneland allowance winner in April, the Sierra Farm homebred was a gaining third in the GIII Louisville S. over PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL this trip May 18. Seventh in the Kentucky Downs Preview Turf by Alan Carasso Cup Aug. 4, he gave a good account of himself in this track=s GI Northern Dancer S. Sept. 14, charging from last of six to finish second to the GI Breeders= Cup Turf-bound Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Ziyad (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) is the even-money favorite on the morning line courtesy of his last-out, half-length succcess in the G2 Grand Prix de Deauville Aug. 24, his lone victory from six runs this term. Prior to that effort , the Wertheimer homebred finished second in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, a neck behind the talented Coronet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and a nose ahead of Lah Ti Dar (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). MOTION COMEBACKER CAN MAKE >GOOD= IN THE E. P. TAYLOR by Alan Carasso Desert Encounter | Michael Burns European raiders have won nine of the last 10 runnings of the GI Pattison Canadian International S. at Woodbine and the visitors have strength in numbers as they look to add to that total this weekend. Desert Encounter (Ire) (Halling) invaded from England for the always-dangerous David Simcock yard and walked out of town with a one-length victory in last year=s International. Still going strong as a 7-year-old, the bay enters his title defense in arguably better form than he did 12 months ago, with consecutive victories in the G3 Glorious S. at Goodwood Aug. 2, the G3 Winter Hill S. at Windsor Aug. 24 and a one-length defeat of Pivoine (Ire) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) in the Sept. 23 Legacy Cup at Newbury. Desert Encounter won the latter event before finishing a close third last season. Pivoine defeated 20 rivals to scoop the John Smith=s Diamond Si Que Es Buena | Susie Raisher Jubilee Cup H. at York in July, but was never dangerous when When last she was spotted at a racetrack, Takaya Shimakawa=s fifth, beaten over six lengths, by Bricks and Mortar (Giant=s Si Que Es Buena (Arg) (Equal Stripes) was running her stateside Causeway) in the GI Arlington Million in August. The King Power record to two wins from three appearances with a 15-2 upset of runner was ninth in the G3 September S. over Kempton=s all- favored Santa Monica (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in the GIII La weather track before outrunning 14-1 odds to be second at Prevoyante S. on the Pegasus World Cup undercard at Newbury. Gulfstream Park Jan. 26. The 6-year-old makes her return to the The most recent North American-based horse to annex the races in Saturday=s GI E. P. Taylor S. at Woodbine, a move that International was the late Bullards Alley in 2017, and his full- can be viewed in a positive light under the circumstances. brother Nessy (Flower Alley) will look to try to follow suit Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 12, 2019 E. P. Taylor cont. Friday, Keeneland A Group 3 winner in Peru in May 2018, Si Que Es Buena made BUFFALO TRACE FRANKLIN COUNTY S.-GIII, $150,000, a favorable impression in the 11-furlong GIII Long Island S.