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SATURDAY, 11 JULY 2020 NAZEEF PREVAILS IN GORESBRIDGE BREEZE-UP MOVED TO NEWMARKET FALMOUTH THRILLER The Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-Up Sale has been moved to Newmarket as a result of continued quarantine restrictions for people traveling to Ireland. The sale will remain on its original date of July 24 at Park Paddocks, with the breeze taking place down the road at Newmarket Racecourse on July 22. Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive Matt Mitchell said, "The team at Tattersalls Ireland are doing everything possible to stage a successful breeze-up sale and by holding our Goresbridge sale in Newmarket it allows all purchasers to attend the sale at the leading breeze-up sale venue in Europe without the imposition of the travel restrictions currently in place in Ireland. We are taking every precaution to make the sale the safest environment for our staff and clients and strict proven protocols will be in place. Live Internet Bidding, which has proved extremely successful already at Tattersalls, will be available to all purchasers who cannot attend the sale in person as well as telephone bidding on the day of the sale." Nazeef (left) outpoints Billesdon Brook and Terebellum The sale was traditionally staged at Gowran Park before an in the Falmouth | Racing Post association with Tattersalls Ireland beginning last year saw it moved to Fairyhouse and its accompanying sales grounds. Confirming her upward trajectory, Shadwell=s Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) had her determined head down where it counted to come out on top of a three-way go in Friday=s G1 Tattersalls Falmouth S. at Newmarket. Looking all heart when successful in the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. over this mile trip at Royal Ascot on June 16, the 9-2 shot was ideally placed by Jim Crowley in the slipstream of the 5-6 favourite Terebellum (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) throughout the early stages. Working her way past that stablemate in the last 150 yards, the homebred had to dig in as Billesdon Brook (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) emerged strong on the other side of the long-time leader but proved up to her latest assignment to master her by a neck, with the same margin back to Terebellum. AShe=s come a long way now and is a real trier and gorgeous- looking as well,@ Crowley said. ATo cap it like that is testament to her will to win. Frankie=s horse was the only one with 10-furlong form and it was obvious he was going to go forward so I only had to get in behind and the rest was pretty easy. Although I IN TDN AMERICA TODAY didn=t want to get into a war with Frankie, on the other hand she A DARING STAND FOR GENDER EQUALITY was a bit flat-footed going down into the >dip= and he took a Leading GI Kentucky Oaks contender Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) length out of me there. In fairness to her, when we got to within takes on the boys in Saturday’s GII Blue Grass S. Click or tap here half a length she was always going to get there.@ Cont. p2 to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 16 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 11 JULY 2020 Nazeef Prevails In Falmouth Thriller cont. from p1 AShe had a hard time at Ascot, as I had to be quite forceful that day so I didn=t want to give her too hard a race here but she seems to be thriving on her racing. She could have gone the other way from Ascot, but has taken a big step forwards again. She seems to be always hitting the line very hard and I wouldn=t rule out going further or taking on the boys. She=s a tough filly and a pleasure to ride wherever she goes.@ Lightly-raced at three, the fully-mature Nazeef has now had only one fewer outings in the last six weeks than she had in her previous campaign. Off the mark over seven furlongs on this track last June, she went on to take a Chelmsford mile novice contest in early September before scoring by six lengths in a handicap on fast ground on the Rowley Mile here later that month. AThey don=t work together, but from what we know of them, I thought the betting was correct.@ Gosden has a trip to Deauville in mind for the winner now. AThe [Aug. 2 G1] Prix Rothschild is the obvious place to go with Nazeef. She is quite lazy and doesn=t show you much at home, Richard Hannon and John Gosden, trainers respectively of but she dug deep today and has a great attitude,@ he added. Billesdon Brook and Nazeef, after the Falmouth | Racing Post ASheikh Hamdan doesn=t normally keep 4-year-old fillies in training. He allowed me to do it with this filly and she has now Getting seven pounds from Billesdon Brook in the June 3 Listed won a Group 1 here and a Group 2 at Royal Ascot, which is Snowdrop Fillies= S. on Kempton=s Polytrack on her 4-year-old great.@ bow, she beat that G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Sun Chariot S. Richard Hannon said of Billesdon Brook, AShe has run a super heroine by 3/4 of a length before upstaging Agincourt (Ire) race and I=m delighted--she is our most loyal soldier. We will (Declaration of War) in a tight finale to the Duke of Cambridge. keep going with her. There is the Prix Rothschild and lots of Putting clear water between her and Agincourt here while other races. She has run a super race and is as hard as nails and showing that she could best Billesdon Brook on level terms, one of the most robust mares ever. She is a star and her owners Nazeef arguably has further significant progress within her are immensely proud, as am I.@ scope to continue to reward the decision by her owner-breeder to break habit and keep her in training. Trainer John Gosden Pedigree Notes admitted to being surprised that she was able to beat the June Nazeef is out of the operation=s Handassa (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), 16 G1 Queen Anne S. runner-up afterwards. AI just don=t think who captured the Listed Garnet S. on similar ground to that Terebellum ran her race, but she=ll be fine. She seemed to have which her daughter encountered here. She is a half to the GII it won, but she didn=t finish the race off in the way you would San Gabriel S. winner and GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile third Desert have expected her to do,@ he said. AThe winner is a lovely, brave Stone (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and the G3 Darley S. scorer filly, but I thought Terebellum had it under control. Euginio (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who was as versatile ground- wise as Nazeef. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 16 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 11 JULY 2020 Falmouth S. cont. The unraced second dam Starstone (GB) (Diktat {GB}) is a half- sister to the Bahamian Bounty (GB) pair of Group 1-winning sprinters Pastoral Pursuits (GB) and Goodricke (GB), with the former being the 2005 July Cup hero as rain also hit this meeting. Handassa=s 2-year-old is the colt Mostahdaf (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Senior Vice President Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] Friday, Newmarket, Britain + 1.732.320.0975 TATTERSALLS FALMOUTH S.-G1, ,110,000, Newmarket, 7-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 8fT, 1:40.14, sf. International Editor 1--NAZEEF (GB), 133, f, 4, by Invincible Spirit (Ire) Kelsey Riley 1st Dam: Handassa (GB) (SW-Ire), by Dubawi (Ire) Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN 2nd Dam: Starstone (GB), by Diktat (GB) [email protected] 3rd Dam: Star (GB), by Most Welcome (GB) European Editor 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Emma Berry B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden; J-Jim Twitter: @collingsberry Crowley. ,62,381. Lifetime Record: 7-6-0-1, $202,595. Click [email protected] for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Associate International Editor 2--Billesdon Brook (GB), 133, m, 5, Champs Elysees (GB)-- Heather Anderson Coplow (GB), by Manduro (Ger). O-Mrs R J McCreery; Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN B-Stowell Hill Partners (GB); T-Richard Hannon. ,23,650. Marketing Manager 3--Terebellum (Ire), 133, f, 4, Sea the Stars (Ire)--Marvada (Ire), Alayna Cullen by Elusive City. (i400,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG). O-Godolphin; Twitter: @AlaynaCullen B-Alan O=Flynn (IRE); T-John Gosden. ,11,836. [email protected] Margins: NK, NK, HF. Odds: 4.50, 14.00, 0.83. Also Ran: One Master (GB), Agincourt (Ire), Under the Stars (Ire). Contributing Editors Scratched: Magic Wand (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or Alan Carasso the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Christina Bossinakis Cafe Racing DANDALLA SURVIVES A SCARE IN THE Sean Cronin Tom Frary DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE [email protected] Imperious when taking the G3 Albany S. by storm, Dandalla (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) made her syndicate members sweat in Irish Correspondent Friday=s G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. at a rain-afflicted Daithi Harvey Newmarket but ultimately prevailed to complete the notable double. Reluctant to load and a touch tardy from the gates, the Regular Columnists even-money favourite raced up the centre of the track in fourth Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele early before being asked to close by Ben Curtis approaching the two-furlong marker.