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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. PRINCE SAUD BIN KHALED’S STOCK BREEDERS’ CUP TO ELIMINATE RACE-DAY DISPERSING AT KEENELAND MEDICATIONS BY 2013 CHAMPIONSHIPS Keeneland announced Thursday that the bloodstock The Breeders= Cup Limited has announced plans to holdings of the late Prince Saud bin Khaled will be develop protocols that will eliminate race-day dispersed later this year. A native of Saudi Arabia who medications in horses competing at the Breeders= Cup established Chanteclair Farm in Kentucky and Palides World Championships by 2013. The measure was Investments N.V. Inc., Prince Saud passed away in adopted during Thursday=s meeting of the group=s February. The operation=s 11 yearlings will be offered at Board of Directors. Procedures are expected to be Keeneland September through developed that will prohibit the administration of race- Lane=s End as agent, while the day medication in 2-year-old races in the broodmares, weanlings and racing 2012 championships. The policy will then stock will go under the hammer in be expanded to all championship races in November under the Chanteclair 2013. AGiven the high level of Farm banner. Among the international participation in our racehorses slated to sell is this championships and the increasing support year=s GII Black-Eyed Susan S. for our nominations programs throughout heroine and J “TDN Rising Star” the global Thoroughbred breeding and J Royal Delta (Empire Maker). Her racing community, Breeders= Cup feels dam Delta Princess (A.P. Indy), in strongly that the time has come to Tom Ludt foal to Distorted Humor, tops the modify our medication policies to be vinery.com Prince Saud bin Khaled 17 mares to be offered by the consistent with international practices,@ Breeders Cup Chairman Tom Ludt said in a statement. estate. The 12 weanlings include a Smart Strike filly = ABreeders= Cup has a longstanding reputation for setting out of Delta Princess. APrince Saud achieved remarkable high standards of safety, security and integrity for the success from a very small but select broodmare band,@ participants in our championships, and this measure said Keeneland President and CEO Nick Nicholson. AHe continues that tradition.@ The Breeders= Cup=s new was a passionate horseman, and took immense pride in international nominations program has raised more than planning the matings of his mares and campaigning his $3.5 million so far this year, while the new international homebreds. We enjoyed his visits to Keeneland. He stallion nomination program has produced $2.5 million liked attending the races here.@ Chanteclair=s President since it began in January. Ron Wallace added, AMr. Khaled was one of the most sincere and most thoughtful people I have ever worked for. His mares have consistently produced, but this is the year they have really begun to peak as a group. It is bittersweet to know Mr. Khaled is not here to share in the continued success of his horses, but the finality of watching them go through the sale ring will be the hardest part for all of us at the farm.@ Among the horses bred by Prince Saud are Grade/Group 1 winners Biondetti (Bernardini) and Lear=s Princess (Lear Fan). MEANDRE GOES STRAIGHT TO THE TOP Andre Fabre's actions often say more than words and chart / video when the master trainer rubber-stamped a i36,000 supplementary fee required to add Meandre (Fr) (Slickly {Fr}) to the field for yesterday's G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris, it was telling. That decision was justified when the grey homebred stepped up on a win in May's Listed Prix de l'Avre to defeat a stellar cast in this year's renewal at Longchamp. The victory improved Fabre's record tally in the contest to 11. AIt was a truly run race, and Meandre quickened very well," Fabre said. Cont. p2 chart / video www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/15/11 • PAGE 2 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Meandre Goes Straight to the Top (cont. from p1) Unsuccessful in four juvenile starts, Meandre emerged from winter quarters to run second at Saint-Cloud Mar. 15, and did so again in a conditions event next time Apr. 8. He broke through going 11 furlongs at Maisons-Laffitte in his seventh outing Apr. 28, and took a short break after triumphing in the Listed Prix de l'Avre over this course and distance last time May 22. The grey homebred was settled third off the clear leaders as Ballydoyle's G1 Irish Derby runner-up Seville (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}) set searching fractions in advance of stablemate and Curragh conqueror Treasure Beach (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The former set sail for home once into the stretch run and looked set for victory entering the final eighth as Meandre still tried to improve position, albeit much closer by now. The contest took on a different complexion inside the closing panel, as Meandre unleashed an impressive turn of foot to surge beyond Seville and Treasure Beach for victory, while G1 Prix du Jockey-Club victor Reliable Man (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) ran on late to wrestle third from the latter. AWe had not run him since the Prix de l'Avre on purpose, as he is a light-framed horse and we wanted to keep him fresh for this," explained Fabre. AHe=ll now have another break, and we'll bring him back here for the [Sept. 11 G2] Prix Niel before the [Oct. 2 G1] Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.@ Offering a possible reason for Reliable Man=s eclipse, trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre said, AReliable Man ran a good race, but he maybe lacked a little fitness. With the hot weather we have had, the ground has been very UPCOMING GROUP 1 RACES - FRANCE dry, and it=s impossible to ask too much of the horses Date Race Track in such conditions. Also, I was unable to give him a July 31 Prix Rothschild Deauville serious workout at Chantilly racecourse, so maybe that Aug. 7 Prix Maurice de Gheest Deauville explains it." Fellow conditioner Aidan O'Brien succintly Aug. 15 Prix Jacques le Marois Deauville added, ASeville and Treasure Beach both ran well and Aug. 21 Prix Morny Deauville there are no excuses, really.@ Prix Jean Romanet Deauville Sept. 11 Prix Vermeille Longchamp JUDDMONTE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS-G1, i600,000, Prix du Moulin Longchamp Longchamp, 7-14, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT, 2:26.63, gd/sf. 1--s@MEANDRE (FR), 128, c, 3, by Slickly (Fr) 1st Dam: Penne (Fr) (MSP-Fr), by Sevres Rose (Ire) 2nd Dam: Une Pensee (Fr), by Kenmare (Fr) 3rd Dam: Cleophis (Fr), by Crepello (GB) O/B-Famille Rothschild; T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon; i342,840. Lifetime Record: 9 starts, 3 wins, 4 places, i403,990. Werk Nick Rating: A++ (1SW). Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Seville (Ger), 128, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Silverskaya, by Silver Hawk. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Tattersalls Ltd; T-A O'Brien; i137,160. Strange Ride Suits Sutherland 3--Reliable Man (GB), 128, c, 3, Dalakhani (Ire)--On Fair Hal Lundgren, Houston Chronicle Stage (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. O-Pride Racing Club; Horse-racing subsidy / End to the madness B-NP Bloodstock; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; i68,580. Margins: 1HF, 3, SNK. Odds: 5.50, 12.00, 1.00. Press of Atlantic City Also Ran: Treasure Beach (GB), Bubble Chic (Fr), So You Think’s defining achievements Marksmanship (Ire), Kreem (GB). Click for the Racing Gary Crispe, Post chart or free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. thoroughbrednews.com.au TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/15/11 • PAGE 3 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com GRADED/GROUP RESULTS Thursday, Longchamp, France PRIX MAURICE DE NIEUIL-G2, i130,000, Longchamp, 7-14, 4yo/up, 1 3/4mT, 3:06.04, gd/sf. 1--WATAR (IRE), 123, h, 6, by Marju (Ire) 1st Dam: Ombrie (GB), by Zafonic 2nd Dam: One Way Street (Ire), by Habitat 3rd Dam: Guillotina (GB), by Busted (GB) (i80,000 yrl >06 DEAAUG). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Haras du Mezeray; T-Freddy Head; J-Davy Bonilla; i74,100. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 14f+, 16 starts, 4 wins, 9 places, i286,300. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Times Up (GB), 123, g, 5, Olden Times (GB)-- Princess Genista (Ire), by Ile de Bourbon. O-Mrs I H Stewart-Brown & M J Meacock; B-I Stewart-Brown & M Meacock; T-John Dunlop; i28,600. 3--Shamanova (Ire), 120, f, 4, Danehill Dancer (Ire)-- Shamadara (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; i13,650. Margins: SNK, HD, 3/4. Odds: 6.10, 6.00, 4.30. Also Ran: Ted Spread (GB), Allied Powers (Ire), Ley Hunter, Mores Wells (GB), Tres Rock Danon (Fr), Diamond Boy (Fr), Kasbah Bliss (Fr), Talgado (GB), Marinous (Fr). Scratched: Blek (Fr). Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Watar had been winless since garnering the 2008 G2 Prix Chaudenay, but took the whole of the following year off through injury, and has taken time to climb back up the ladder. Sixth when closing out last year in the Oct. 24 G1 Prix Royal-Oak at this track, he ran second in the Apr. 14 Listed Prix Lord Seymour back here on seasonal return, and hit the board in the G3 Prix d'Hedouville here once again last time May 5.