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MONDAY, 3 JULY, 2017 GROUP 1 DOUBLE FOR DUBAWI WINGS OF EAGLES Darley sire Dubawi (Ire) enjoyed a European Group 1 double INJURED, RETIRED on Sunday when the regally bred >TDN Rising Star= Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) became his 29th winner at the highest level in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint Cloud shortly before Sheikh Ahmed=s Nezwaah (GB) became his 30th in the G1 Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh. Untried at the 12-furlong trip of the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Zarak looked in need of it at every step and ultimately outstayed his opponents to finally gain the top-level success his pedigree and race record demanded. Runner-up to Almanzor (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in both the G1 Prix du Jockey Club over 10 1/2 furlongs at Chantilly last June and Deauville=s G2 Prix Guillaume d=Ornano in August, the homebred was fourth reverting to what now appears to be an inadequate mile in the G1 Prix du Moulin back at Chantilly in September. Cont. p4 Wings of Eagles and Padraig Beggy | racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY G1 Investec Derby winner Wings of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}BYsoldina {Fr}, by Kendor {Fr}) emerged from his third-place HOLY HELENA DOES IT AGAIN finish in Saturday=s G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby with a Ghostzapper filly Holy Helena does it again, dominates Woodbine’s Queen’s Plate Click or tap here to go straight to fractured left front sesamoid. It is a career-ending injury, TDN America. according to a press release from Coolmore. Wings Of Eagles, who was a surprise 40-1 winner of the Derby under Padraig Beggy, retires with two wins from seven starts and earnings of ,1,075,441. The press release read, AEpsom Derby winner Wings of Eagles was found to be lame this morning after running in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh yesterday. He was examined today in his box in Ballydoyle by the attending veterinary surgeon who diagnosed a fracture of his left front sesamoid. Sadly this is a career-ending injury.@ Trainer Aidan O=Brien said from The Curragh on Sunday, "When the lads x-rayed him, his sesamoid had completely come apart. It's incredible he ran the race he did with that. We're very sorry to lose him because he was a very unusual horse in that he stayed very well but quickened very well.@ AWhen [vet] John [Halley] saw it, there was absolutely no chance that he'd ever race again," the trainer added. "John was saying that he might get Ger [Kelly] to put a pin in it on Monday.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 3 JULY, 2017 Wings of Eagles Injured, Retired cont. from p1 Margins: 1, 3/4, 1. Odds: 6.50, 5.70, 22.70. O=Brien added, AI was just speaking to JP [Magnier] on the way Also Ran: Shanjo (Ger), Promise of Peace (Jpn), Monreal (Ire), home last night and we were saying he was a perfect horse to Parviz (Ire), Kastano (Ger), Amun (Ger), Ming Jung (Fr), Gepard have a mid-season break and then give him a prep for the Arc. (Ger), Khan (Ger), Colomano (GB), Sternkranz (Ger), Oriental That's the type of horse that we thought he was going to be.@ Khan (Ger), Sargas (Ire), Northsea Star (Ger), Warring States Wings of Eagles, a i220,000 Arqana August yearling, won one (Jpn). Scratched: Langtang (Ger). Click for the Racing Post of four starts last year and debuted this year with a second result. behind stablemate Venice Beach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G3 One of seven from the Markus Klug stable, Windstoss proved Chester Vase before swooping late to take the Derby. He stayed the one when it mattered as stablemate Colomano (GB) on late in Saturday=s Irish Derby under Ryan Moore to be beaten (Cacique {Ire}) flopped in this competitive renewal. Having a half-length by stablemate Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the broken his maiden at a mile on the third try at Cologne in Epsom third Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}). October, the bay signed off with a sixth in the G3 Herzog von Wings of Eagles=s half-sister from the first crop of Kingman Ratibor-Rennen over 8 1/2 furlongs at Krefeld in November. (GB) will be offered at this year=s Arqana August yearling sale as Returning to win Dusseldorf=s Apr. 9 Listed Derby-Trial over 11 lot 101. furlongs, he was ridden from the front when runner-up to Colomano in the G2 Oppenheim-Union-Rennen also at that distance at Cologne on June 11, but was held up this time racing worse than mid-division throughout the early stages. Blocked as Sunday, Hamburg, Germany the field started the turn for home, the homebred had no choice IDEE 148TH DEUTSCHES DERBY-G1, i650,000, HMB, 7-2, 3yo, but to challenge wide as they straightened up and had abundant c/f, 12fT, 2:41.52, s/h. ground to make up as Enjoy Vijay cut loose on the front end 1--@&WINDSTOSS (GER), 128, c, 3, by Shirocco (Ger) towards the far rail. Delivering a sustained spell of acceleration 1st Dam: Wellenspiel (Ger), by Sternkonig (Ire) down the middle of the track, he cut down that rival in the final 2nd Dam: Well Known (Ger), by Konigsstuhl (Ger) 50 yards as Rosenpurpur chased him up the same strip. 3rd Dam: Well Proved (Ger), by Prince Ippi (Ger) Windstoss was becoming the third Derby winner for Gestut (i16,000 RNA Ylg >15 BBAGO). O/B-Gestut Rottgen (GER); Rottgen following Palastpage (Ger) in 1932 and Uomo (Ger) in T-Markus Klug; J-Maxim Pecheur. i390,000. Lifetime Record: 1959 and the first son of the 2004 Derby hero Shirocco to 8-3-1-1, i422,600. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the prevail in this. Trainer Markus Klug had been here before when eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. saddling the 2014 hero Sea the Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), 2--Enjoy Vijay (Ger), 128, c, 3, Nathaniel (Ire)--Enjoy the Life but for jockey Maxim Pecheur it represented another first. Klug (GB), by Medicean (GB).(i58,000 Ylg >15 BBAGS). O-Gestut said, AI cannot describe the emotions, it being the first Derby Ittlingen; B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof (GER); T-Peter Schiergen. winner for Rottgen since 1959 and I wasn=t even born then. Now i12,000. I=ve trained a Derby winner for them. I am completely 3--Rosenpurpur (Ger), 128, c, 3, Pour Moi (Ire)--Rosenreihe overwhelmed and overjoyed.@ (Ire), by Catcher in the Rye (Ire). (i52,000 RNA Ylg >15 BBAGS). O/B-Gestut Wittekindshof (GER); T-Peter Schiergen. i6,000. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 3 JULY, 2017 AI cannot describe the emotions, it being the first Derby winner for Rottgen since 1959 and I wasn=t even born then. Now I=ve trained a Derby winner for them. I am completely overwhelmed and overjoyed.@ -Markus Klug VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King Pedigree Notes... Twitter: @garykingTDN Windstoss, which translates as a gust of wind, was carrying on [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 a tradition in his sireline of winning this prestigious affair, as Shirocco=s father Monsun (Ger) provided three Derby winners in International Editor total and is himself by the 1979 hero Konigsstuhl (Ger). Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Windstoss is the first foal out of the winning Wellenspiel, who is [email protected] herself a daughter of the Listed Preis der Winterkonigin scorer European Editor and G2 Preis der Diana and G2 German 1000 Guineas runner-up Emma Berry Well Known. The latter is the dam of five black-type performers, Twitter: @collingsberry headed by the G1 Preis von Europa-winning sire Well Made [email protected] (Ger). The third dam Well Proved landed the G3 German 1000 Associate International Editor Guineas and produced the G1 Oaks d=Italia third Well Minded Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and the G3 Prix de Psyche scorer Welluna (Ger) (Lagunas {GB}), who is the second dam of last year=s G3 Contributing Editor Preis der Winterkonigin heroine Well Spoken (Ger) (Soldier Alan Carasso Hollow {GB}). Wellenspiel also has a 2-year-old colt by Soldier Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Hollow (GB) named Weltstar (Ger), a yearling colt by Reliable Sean Cronin Tom Frary Man (GB) named Walerian (Ger) and a 2017 colt by Kamsin [email protected] (Ger). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Bill Oppenheim Andrew Caulfield " " " John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Send Press Releases to: [email protected] Windstoss and Maxim Pecheur | racingfotos.com TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 3 JULY, 2017 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud result cont. from p1 Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France GRAND PRIX DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, i400,000, SCD, 7-2, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:27.76, g/s. 1--&ZARAK (FR), 128, c, 4, by Dubawi (Ire) 1st Dam: Zarkava (Ire) (HotY-Eur & MG1SW-Fr, $4,793,989), by Zamindar 2nd Dam: Zarkasha (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire) 3rd Dam: Zarkana (Ire), by Doyoun (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s Studs SC (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; J-Christophe Soumillon. i228,560. Lifetime Record: GSW-UAE, 12-4-3-1, i1,223,957. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.