FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 2019 ENABLE IN NINE AS CAMELOT FILLY TOPS SPORTSMAN'S DAY ONE By DaithR Harvey ARC DRAW MADE KILDARE, IrelandCthe two day Goffs Sportsman=s Sale followed on from the Orby Sale on Thursday and expectations were naturally lowered after some eye-watering transactions the previous two days. Last year=s sale was held in one session but a marked increase in entries lead to a second day added this time around and as a result the number offered on Wednesday was significantly lower than last year. This in turn had an adverse effect on the day=s turnover which came in at i2,921,500. However the average and median of i18,034 (-4.9%) and i14,000 (-6.7%) held up reasonably on last year. Of slightly more concern was the drop in clearance rate from last year=s 85% to 79% after 162 of the 205 offered yearlings changed hands. Cont. p3 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Enable | Racing Post N. AMERICA FOAL CROP, STALLIONS & MARES BRED Khalid Abdullah=s history-seeker Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) DECLINES will break from stall nine in Sunday=s G1 Qatar Prix de l=Arc de Three North American bloodstock metrics regarding 2018 matings and 2019 live foal reports all posted declines from Triomphe after the televised draw took place on Thursday previous-year breeding statistics The Jockey Club announced on morning. Having broken from two and six in her last two Thursday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. successes in the ParisLongchamp showpiece, the 10-times Group 1 heroine has a wide berth to contend with this time, but that was also the case in the July 27 G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot and July 6 G1 Eclipse at Sandown. Certainly nothing that occurred on Thursday sought to undermine any confidence that the mare can achieve three straight wins in the prize. Enable=s Ballydoyle challengers Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) are either side of her in eight and 10 respectively, with Ryan Moore opting for the G1 Grand Prix de Paris and G1 Juddmonte International winner Japan. Donnacha O=Brien has the ride on the G1 Irish Champion S. scorer Magical, who is looking to turn the tables on the big favourite at the fifth attempt. Godolphin=s forward-going G1 Grosser Preis von Baden winner Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) received the widest draw in 12, which given the nature of his running style may not be the cursed post position it can be in most instances. William Buick is looking forward to the ride on Ghaiyyath, who took that contest by 14 lengths Sept. 1 and who has track form at ParisLongchamp having put up a similar bold show in the Apr. 7 G2 Prix d=Harcourt. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 4 OCTOBER 2019 Arc Draw Cont. from p1 AIt=s hard to know what to make of that form, but he won very well and he=s a very exuberant horse who wears his heart on his sleeve,@ he said. AWhat you see is what you get and he was very impressive here in the d=Harcourt.@ Perhaps the real story of the draw is the fact that the June 2 G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) is on the rail in one, leaving Cristian Demuro with apparently little choice than to play a waiting game with all the other leading contenders breaking away from the representative of Peter Brant=s White Birch Farm. Since the Chantilly Classic was shortened to 10 1/2 furlongs, no winner has gone on to Arc glory and the last to complete the double when it was staged at a mile and a half was Dalakhani (Ire) in 2003. Trainer Jean- Claude Rouget has yet to win the great race, but is in positive mood. AHe=s in very good form--he eats well, sleeps well and works well so all in fine.@ Sottsass warmed up for his biggest test with a win in the course-and-distance trial, the Sept. 15 G2 Prix Niel, but it was not without incident as he needed a gap on the fence which only just came in time. Rouget was giving out positive signals as he reflected on that effort. AIt was very important to have an easy race there, as he had a long break and so the scenario was good for him,@ he explained, before scotching fears of testing conditions. AHe won the [Listed] Prix de Suresnes here on heavy ground, so I don=t think the ground is important to him. We hope to win and my feeling is he is a mile-and-a-half horse, but any race is hard to win and this is harder than the others. I=ve been training for forty years and it=s not a headache for me not to have won it--it=s not an obsession for me. I just want him to run very well. If he wins, that will be fantastic and if he=s beaten and runs a good race that will be good too.@Cont. p3 Sottsass | Scoop Dyga TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 4 OCTOBER 2019 Arc Draw Cont. Rouget also saddles Claudio Marzocco=s Soft Light (Fr) (Authorized {Ire}), who was runner-up in the Aug. 25 G2 Grand Prix de Deauville last time having been fourth to Japan in the July 14 Grand Prix de Paris. AHe ran very well in the Grand Prix de Deauville and had a horse in this race [Nagano Gold (GB) (Sixties Icon {GB})] behind him, so the owner wanted to try,@ he Vice President, International Operations Gary King explained. AIf it is soft, it=s better for him. It will be hard to get Twitter: @garykingTDN any better than fourth or fifth, but in racing you never know.@ [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 Goffs Sportsman=s Sale Day 1 Cont. from p1 International Editor At last year=s Sportsman the top price achieved was i90,000 Kelsey Riley but on this occasion that price was eclipsed when lot 625, a Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN good moving daughter of Camelot (GB) offered by Pine Tree [email protected] Stud exited the ring having been knocked down to Stroud European Editor Coleman for i100,000. The agency=s Matt Coleman was bidding Emma Berry alongside George Murphy, son of Cork trainer John Joseph. Twitter: @collingsberry After getting the better of Willie McCreery, who trains the [email protected] filly=s 85-rated half-sister Tammy Wynette (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), Coleman said, AI=ve bought her for George and John Joseph Associate International Editor Murphy. It=s a good pedigree featuring a champion 2-year-old in Heather Anderson Toormore (Ire) (Arakan) and the family got a significant update Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN recently.@ Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Lot 625, the Day 1 sale topper | Sarah Farnsworth Daithi Harvey That update came courtesy of the filly=s other half-sister Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield Orlaith (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) who won a listed race at John Berry | Kevin Blake Newbury in August and finished a close fourth in the G3 Firth Of Clyde S. at Ayr two weeks ago. AI actually bought Camelot=s first 2-year-old winner Fighting Irish (Ire) and this filly isn=t unlike him physically,@ Coleman IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY added. STAR OUT, NATURE STRIP IN? The same Coleman/Murphy combination added another Nature Strip (Aus) (Nicconi {Aus}) is now a possible for The yearling later in the afternoon when buying lot 646, a son of Sea Everest following the retirement of Enticing Star (Aus) (Testa The Stars (Ire) for i38,000. Cont. p4 Rossa {Aus}). Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 4 OCTOBER 2019 The smart moving colt is out of the three time winning stakes performer Victoria Montoya (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}). Molony commented, AI think he is a lovely colt and the standout horse here today. Ranch Hand looks a very promising horse and Kodiac is a sire we=ve had plenty of luck with also. I=m not sure who will train him yet.@ Cont. p5 John & George Murphy & Matt Coleman | Sarah Farnsworth GOFFS SPORTMAN=S SALE DAY 1 Qatar Bloodstock Snap Up Kodiac Colt SESSION TOTALS 2019 2018 $ Catalogued 220 286 Tally-Ho Stud=s homebred son of Kodiac (GB) (lot 529) was $ Number Offered 205 268 another to benefit from a significant update since the catalogue $ Number Sold 162 228 was printed when his half-brother Ranch Hand (GB) (Dunaden $ Not Sold 43 40 $ {Fr}) won a heritage handicap at Haydock last month. That Clearance Rate 79% 85.1% $ High Price €100,000 €90,000 performance saw his rating rise to 99 and the victory was not $ Gross €2,921,500 €4,325,500 lost on Qatar Racing representative Peter Molony who $ Average (% change) €18,034 (-4.9%) €18,971 eventually signed the docket at i65,000. $ Median (% change) €14,000 (-6.7%) €15,000 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 4 OCTOBER 2019 Elsworth,@ she said. Ivawood has been represented by some smart types this year from his first crop of runners including >TDN Rising Star= Hurricane Ivor (Ire) and last week=s French stakes winner Chares (Ger) and Morgan is a fan of his progeny.