JUVENILES CENTER STAGE @ BELMONT P9-10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here TOUGH DRAW FOR TAGHROODA ALL=S FAIR IN PEACE AND WAR Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Taghrooda By War Front and produced by a Smart Strike mare, (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) will have to overcome a wide Qatar Racing=s Peace and War had the pedigree to stall in 15 as she bids for glory in tomorrow=s G1 Qatar handle the main track, but a single victory over the Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. The homebred Lingfield all-weather G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 King George VI and Queen and career earnings Elizabeth S. heroine fares worse then her G1 Yorkshire barely in excess of Oaks conqueror and J “TDN Rising Star” J $10,000 left the Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who rewarded the Florida-bred filly a opportunism of her owners= supplementary entry by 23-1 chance in Friday=s drawing eight. Taghrooda=s rider Paul Hanagan is happy GI Darley Alcibiades S. that the 3-year-old at Keeneland. But the will fare well in bay, adding Lasix for the hustle and the U.S. debut, bustle of Sunday=s overcame her slow- race and said, starting habits, was Peace and War (11) steered off heels in the AShe won=t shy Coady photography from anything-- short stretch and she can hold her outfinished Top Decile (Congrats) in the >Win and own. She=s a big You=re In= event for the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies. filly who rides like She becomes her successful sire=s first Grade I winner a colt.@ Angus going long on the main track. Cont. p24 Taghrooda Gold, Shadwell=s Racing Post Racing Manager, WISE DAN FACES TEST IN SHADWELL MILE added, AWe=ll take Morton Fink=s two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan what we=re given and there is no point making a fuss (Wiseman=s Ferry) is the marquee name on >Fall Stars= about it. We might be better where we are than being weekend at Keeneland and should be a prohibitive stuck on the inside, but so much will depend on how favorite in today=s GI Shadwell Turf Mile, but there are the race is run. If she=s in the same form as she was some familiar faces in with more than a fleeting chance, going to Ascot for the King George, obviously she=d including Juddmonte Farms= Seek Again (Speightstown) have a massive chance. She=s put on a lot of weight and Gary Barber=s Kaigun (Northern Afleet). Cont. p8 since York, where I felt she wasn=t moving as well as she had been and Paul said she didn=t feel the same throughout.@ Gold drew comparisons between Taghrooda and the operation=s 1990 G1 1000 Guineas, G1 Oaks and G1 Irish Derby heroine Salsabil (GB) (Sadler=s Wells). AI=ve been here 28 years now and Salsabil is the only other filly of that class we=ve had,@ he said. AShe might have had a bit more speed than Taghrooda, but I=m not sure she had much more class.@ Gold makes no secret of his regard for the race and added, AFor me, the Arc is the greatest race in the world. There are so many good horses and so many imponderables, but our filly has done absolutely nothing wrong through her life. She stays well, she=s got a lot of class, she=s got a turn of foot and she=s got a fantastic attitude, which makes such a difference.@ Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe cont. p3 TDN TODAY Headline News.. 32 pages IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Director of Business Development: Gary King Spectacular Field for Hill Prince [email protected] The Belmont racing office played musical chairs with its stakes program for 3-year- EDITORIAL old turf horses this year, ‘moving the GI Jamaica S. to the summer schedule and re- [email protected] naming it the GI Belmont Derby. 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She represents Al Shaqab Racing, who also have a share in one of the leading 3-year-old colts Ectot (GB) (Hurricane Run {Ire}) along with Elisabeth Vidal and Gerard Augustin- Normand. Gregory Benoist will be on board the impressive Sept. 14 G2 Prix Niel scorer, who is in stall 10 next to his pacemaker Montviron (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), leaving Christophe-Patrice Lemaire to ride Antonio Caro and Gerard Augustin-Normand=s Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). That G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix de Diane heroine will have to overcome a tricky draw in one. Benoist made the draw for the Elie Lellouche-trained Ectot today and he was delighted with the post position. AThat was just what I was hoping for and I can make a plan now,@ he said. Gerard Augustin-Normand=s Racing Manager Sylvain 3 7 Al Kazeem (GB) Dubawi (Ire) 131 Vidal stands Le Havre at his La Cauviniere O-D J Deer; B-D J & Mrs Deer; T-Roger Charlton; J-James Doyle. establishment and he told PA Sport, AWe are just so Lifetime Record: 18 starts, 8 wins, 8 places, €1,280,264. happy to have two very good horses for what is one of Last Start: 5th Sept. 13 G1 Irish Champion S. the best races in the world. We bought Ectot as a 4 19 Ivanhowe (Ger) Soldier Hollow (GB) 131 yearling, but we bred Avenir Certain here on the farm. O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan; T-Jean-Pierre Carvalho; J-William Buick. Her sire is Le Havre, who we have here and a mare Lifetime Record: 7 starts, 4 wins, 1 place, €236,200. from the farm, so of course it would be special if she Last Start: WON Sept. 7 Grosser Preis von Baden were to win. It=s like a dream and now we just have to 5 13 Spiritjim (Fr) Galileo (Ire) 131 wait for Sunday.@ Of Benoist=s decision to opt for Ectot (€310,000 yrl ‘11 ARQOCT) over the filly, he added, AI think Gregory had a really O-HSpirit; B-Haras des Sablonnets, Comte Herve de Talhouet-Roy & hard choice. Ectot is a very special horse, he has had Bloodstock Amarvillas; T-Pascal Bary; J-Stephane Pasquier. Lifetime just two runs this year and is improving all the time.