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TUESDAY, 14 JULY 2020 NEW JRHA RECORD FOR DEEP IMPACT COLT THE WEEKLY WRAP: By Emma Berry Almost a year after his death, Deep Impact (Jpn) still casts a BLUE IS THE COLOUR long shadow over Japanese racing and breeding and the legendary stallion was responsible for two new records and the six most expensive yearlings at the JHRA Select Sale, at which turnover was down only fractionally from a record-breaking session in 2019. The first record was set just 56 lots into the yearling session when his son out of the GII Santa Ynez S. winner Forever Darling (Congrats) sold for -400 million (,2.95m/i3.28m/$3.73m) to Masahiro Noda of Danox Co Ltd. That stood for only a matter of hours until lot 114 entered the ring. The dark brown colt, a half-brother to the Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia (Street Boss) and offered by Northern Farm, swiftly set a new high price for the sale of -510 million (,3.77m/i4.19m/$4.75m) when Out on his own: the July Cup winner Oxted | Racing Post bought by Tetsuhide Kunimoto. Cont. p13 By Emma Berry A sea of blue dominated winner's enclosures in Britain and France this week, largely owing to the successful season IN TDN AMERICA TODAY currently being enjoyed by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin OXBOW COLT TOPS FT JULY HORSES OF RACING AGE operation and Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell team. The brothers County Final (Oxbow) brought $475,000 to top the Fasig-Tipton occupy the top two slots in the owners' table in Britain, and Horses of Racing Age Sale in Lexington on Monday. Click or tap Godolphin is also currently the leading owner in France. here to go straight to TDN America. While Sheikh Mohammed has a significant number of horses in Chantilly with Andre Fabre, who oversaw the successful return of France's champion 2-year-old of last year, Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal), in the Listed Prix Kistena, it was the marauding team of visitors from Charlie Appleby's stable which really took Deauville by storm on Sunday. At the top of the list was Pinatubo (Shamardal), making a return to winning ways in the G1 Prix Jean Prat. But, let's face it, if a third-place finish in the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas and a second in the G1 St James's Palace S. are the only blots on an otherwise spotless copybook, he was hardly a horse coming back from the doldrums. Nonetheless, it is always satisfying to see the champion 2-year-old add to his tally at three and beyond, and it was pleasing to see the hugely likeable Pinatubo triumph in the same race used as a >recovery mission' for the previous season's champion juvenile Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The two colts are sons, respectively, of the two stallions who have contributed enormously to Godolphin's resurgence in recent years: Shamardal and Dubawi. The loss of the former in April will be rued for years to come, as just a quick glance at Sunday's Deauville card shows. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 14 JULY 2020 Thunderous | Dan Abraham Appleby so soon, but his G2 bet365 Superlative S. win after a tetchy start was pretty convincing and means he is now Blue is the Colour Cont. from p1 unbeaten in two races. Dubawi cannot take all the credit, Along with Earthlight and Pinatubo, Shamardal however, as Master Of The Seas is out of Firth Of Lorne (Ire) is also the sire of the G3 Prix de Ris-Orangis (Danehill), a smart performer herself and notably runner up to winner Royal Crusade (GB), and is the damsire of Kingman's dam Zenda (GB) (Zamindar) in the Poule d'Essai des Listed Prix Amandine winner Althiqa (Ire) (Dark Pouliches. She is also now the dam of five black-type performers Angel {Ire}), who together formed the Appleby stakes treble among her seven winners. along with Pinatubo. He was also the grandsire of the third Al Suhail (GB)Cmore of whom belowCwas another stakes horse home in the Jean Prat, the Marco Botti-trained Malotru winner for Appleby and Dubawi on the first day of racing on the (GB) (Casamento {Ire}), while in Germany, his 4-year-old July Course this season, while Too Darn Hot's full-brother Darain daughter Half Light (Ire) struck in the G3 Sparkasse-Holstein Cup (GB) made an impressive start to his racing career, winning a for Henri-Alex Pantall, who won last season's Poule d'Essai des Newbury novice race by almost five lengths. Pouliches with another Shamardal filly, Castle Lady (Ire). The decent start made by Dubawi's first-crop son New Bay Dubawi is no slacker himself and in the week following the (GB) was noted in last week's column but it is worth reiterating triumph of his son Ghaiyyath (Ire) over Enable (GB) in the this following two more good winnersCJumby (GB) and Eclipse, his stakes winners kept rolling in. It's too much to hope Vafortino (Ire)Cin Britain and Ireland on Saturday. From just 10 that Master Of The Seas (Ire) could be another Pinatubo for runners to date, New Bay now has six winners. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 14 JULY 2020 The Weekly Wrap Cont. It's a strike-rate to crow about, as is the fact the last year's champion freshman Night Of Thunder (Ire), also by Dubawi, has now sired eight black-type winners this season, including Thursday's G2 Dante S. winner Thunderous (Ire), a welcome big-race success for Highclere Thoroughbred Racing. Senior Vice President Gary King Oxted Provides First For Many Twitter: @garykingTDN Away from these powerhouse operations and stallions, the [email protected] result of the G1 Darley July Cup gave a lift to those operating on + 1.732.320.0975 a smaller scale. Owned in partnership by his breeders Stephen Piper, Tony Hirschfield and David Fish, Oxted (GB) not only International Editor provided a first Group 1 winner for his fellow July Cup-winning Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN father Mayson (GB) but also for his trainer Roger Teal and young [email protected] jockey Cieren Fallon. He was the first foal of his dam Charlotte Rosina (GB), a European Editor daughter of July Cup runner-up Choisir (Aus), who was also Emma Berry trained by Teal for the same syndicate under the Homecroft Twitter: @collingsberry Wealth Racing banner. His full-brother Chipstead (GB)Cnamed [email protected] after the Surrey village which is home to his birthplace of Hirschfield's Cheval Court Stud, not far from the village of Associate International Editor C Heather Anderson Oxted is now also in training in the stable. To complete the July Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Cup omens, Oxted inhabits the same box as the winner of the race in 1993, Hamas (Ire) (Danzig), who was trained by Peter Marketing Manager Walwyn at Windsor House Stables in Lambourn where Teal took Alayna Cullen up residency at the start of this year. Twitter: @AlaynaCullen The move has certainly done the trainer no harm, and his [email protected] biggest win to date followed the success of Gussy Mac (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the Listed Dragon S. the previous weekend. Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele Gussy Mac | Racing Post Star Appeal IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Before Anapurna (GB) (Frankel {GB}) came along, Shirocco Star DARBY DIVERSIFIES INTO PINHOOKING MARKET (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}) had come closest to being a homebred Darby Racing is expanding and purchased a pair of weanlings at Oaks winner for Meon Valley Stud when she was beaten just a the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale as D R Pinhook. Click or tap neck by Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2012, finishing half a length in here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. front of third-placed The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 14 JULY 2020 Stud's Make Believe (GB) through his first-crop Classic winner Mishriff (GB) and it would be remiss not to acknowledge the continuing achievements of the filly who was a >breakthrough' runner for the stallion. The Mark Johnston-trained Rose Of Kildare (Ire), bred by Wansdyke Farms Ltd at Oghill House Stud, was Make Believe's first winner on May 20 last year. That was her third start; she won again nine days later and clinched another three races, including a pair of Group 3s, before her juvenile season was out. She headed for her winter break after running 12 times between Apr. 30 and Oct. 11 for five wins and three places. Since racing resumed in June, Rose Of Kildare has run four times, finishing third in the G2 German 1000 Guineas and then Dashing Willoughby at Royal Ascot | Horsephotos third in the G3 Princess Elizabeth S. on >Derby day'. Just five days later she was back out to claim her first win of the year in the rescheduled G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. The Weekly Wrap Cont. The tough filly was partly responsible for a memorable day for She has been quick to consolidate her position in the Meon Johnston and jockey Franny Norton, who also combined to win Valley broodmare band, too. the G2 Dante S. with Thunderous (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). Her first foal is the 92-rated dual winner Starcaster (GB) Norton, who turns 50 this year and is arguably riding better ((Dansili {GB}), who is now in training with Anthony Freedman in then ever, joked in a recent interview that if his children are Australia.