WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER, 2017 FRANKEL=S FEE RAISED TO £175K APPLEBY LOOKS TO KEEP Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) will stand for an all-time high during PERFECT BC RECORD the 2018 season, commanding £175,000 at Banstead Manor Stud near Newmarket, Juddmonte Farms announced Tuesday. Standing for £125,000 for his first five seasons, the unbeaten sire sensation=s oldest foals are only 3-year-olds, but he is already the sire of Europe=s highest rated horse in training, Cracksman (GB), who won the G1 QIPCO Champion S. on British Champions Day in fine style to end his season. Cracksman is not along among Frankel=s Group 1 winners, with Japanese filly Soul Stirring (Jpn), a champion juvenile filly in her native land after winning the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, maturing into the G1 Japanese Oaks winner at three. Stud Director Simon Mockridge commented, AFrankel has had a sensational start with his first two crops, and 2017 has seen him described as being one of the most elite sires in the Northern Hemisphere. Cont. p5 Charlie Appleby | Getty IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Kelsey Riley TUESDAY’S TRACKSIDE BREEDERS’ CUP REPORT DEL MAR, California--In 2013, trainer Charlie Appleby capped Steve Sherack reports from Del Mar in advance of the Breeders’ his first season as a Godolphin trainer with a win by Outstrip Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Nov. 3-4. Click or tap (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile here to go straight to TDN America. Turf at Santa Anita. Four years on, the 42-year-old Brit has recorded top-level victories for Sheikh Mohammed across the globe, from Britain and France to Australia, but he returns to the Breeders= Cup this weekend at Del Mar for the first time since that initial visit looking to keep his perfect record intact with the two-horse team of Wuheida (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Masar (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). Appleby said his absence is simply down to a desire to be as competitive as possible. AI=ve always felt, as much as these trips are great to be apart of, I want to make sure we come with the right horse and be competitive; it=s a long way to come just to turn up for the fun of it all,@ he said. ABreeders= Cup puts on a great event so it=s great to be here and we hope we=ve brought the right horses that are going to be competitive on the weekend.@ The 3-year-old Wuheida is 20-1 on the morning line for Saturday=s GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf after drawing post five and looks for her first win of the year. Wuheida became the first 2-year-old Group 1 winner by Dubawi when scooping last year=s Prix Marcel Boussac over good ground. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 1 NOVEMBER, 2017 Appleby Looks to Keep Perfect BC Record Cont. from p1 She made a belated seasonal debut this year when second to the three-time Group 1 winner Roly Poly (War Front), who re- opposes on Saturday, and was stifled by Kelsey Riley soft ground when third in the G1 Preis Der Diana in August. She was beaten 1 3/4 Masar at Del Mar on Monday | Eclipse Sportwsire/Breeders' Cup lengths when fourth in the G1 Matron S. a month later and AWuheida brings a good level of form from Europe,@ he said. AI again had the ground go against her when fourth, beaten three- think the quicker ground will suit her. I think she ticks a lot of quarters of a length, by another returning rival, Rhododendron boxes, which she can hopefully prove on Saturday.@ (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), in the Oct. 1 G1 Prix de l=Opera. Wuheida Masar comes into Friday=s GI Juvenile Turf with similar made the trip to Kentucky for the GI Queen Elizabeth II credentials to Outstrip at the same point in his career. Like Challenge Cup on Oct. 14, but was pulled from that race after Outstrip, Masar comes into the race with a Group 3 win and a developing a corn on a foot. Group 1-placing under his girth. A debut winner at Goodwood in Appleby said he is looking forward to getting the chestnut back May, he was third in Royal Ascot=s Listed Chesham S. before on her preferred fast surface. lifting the G3 Solario S. by two lengths on Sept. 2. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 1 NOVEMBER, 2017 Appleby Looks to Keep Perfect BC Record Cont. He was beaten just 1 1/2 lengths by the filly Happily (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) over soft ground in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere on Oct. 1, and will appreciate the return to quicker going when he breaks from post six on Friday. AOn the last start that ground was really slow for him, which he struggled in,@ Appleby said. A[Masar and Wuheida] both have good draws and they=re both strong travelers, and I think that=s a positive on these tight tracks; you=ve got to be up there and Vice President, International Operations traveling. Both of them tick a lot of boxes and hopefully we=ll see Gary King them be competitive on the weekend.@ Twitter: @garykingTDN Wuheida shipped in from Keeneland, where she stayed after [email protected] A + 1.732.320.0975 her Queen Elizabeth setback, and has gone well and thrived since she=s been down here,@ according to Appleby. She was International Editor joined on Saturday by Masar. Kelsey Riley AHe=s done a little bit of traveling in Europe, he went to France Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN obviously and this helps with the experience side of it,@ the [email protected] trainer said. AThey traveled well and had their first morning out on the track this morning and took it very well.@ European Editor Although Appleby makes his keenly awaited return to the Emma Berry Breeders= Cup, he has been a constant force on other Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] international racing circuits, much the chagrin of his rival trainers. This has perhaps been nowhere truer than in Australia, Associate International Editor where Appleby last spring won stakes races with five of 10 Heather Anderson starters. He added the G1 Sydney Cup in the autumn with Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Polarisation (GB) (Echo Of Light {GB}), and Folkswood (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) won the Oct. 15 Listed Cranbourne Cup Marketing Manager before finishing third last weekend behind Winx (Aus) (Street Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Cry {Ire}) in the G1 Cox Plate. [email protected] AWe=re in a very fortunate position with the number of horses we have back in Europe,@ Appleby said. AWith Godolphin, we Contributing Editor want to be known as a global operation, and therefore Alan Carasso competing at the high end on the international stage. We were Twitter: @EquinealTDN very fortunate last year, we went to Australia and did Cafe Racing particularly well.@ Cont. p4 Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Wuheida at Del Mar on Monday | Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders= Cup TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 1 NOVEMBER, 2017 Appleby Looks to Keep Perfect BC Record Cont. AFolkswood went around very well in the Cox Plate and he won the Cranbourne before that and he=ll hopefully head to the [G1] Emirates there in a couple weeks= time,@ he said. APolarisation winning the Sydney Cup was a nice feather in the cap. It=s all about having the right horses and making sure the trip is worthwhile.@ It isn=t just on his travels that Appleby has enjoyed a fruitful year. He has been successful on the home front as well, his 70 winners of 94 races in Britain in 2017--many of which were exciting 2-year-olds--contributing handsomely to Godolphin taking out the leading owner title. Appleby pointed to the 2- year-old colt Sound and Silence (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) as an example of how the stable has stayed strong through the year. Sound and Silence has won or placed in six of eight runs including a win in Royal Ascot=s Listed Windsor Castle S. AI brought Sound and Silence over here to run in a stakes race on the undercard on Saturday. He was my first 2-year-old winner back in Europe at the Craven meeting and he=s still going strong,@ Appleby said. AHe deserved the trip over here and I think he=ll run a big race on Saturday. The 2-year-olds have campaigned well through the summer and we=ve picked up some nice races, and are hopefully going into our European winter we have some nice horses we can put away and live the dream for the winter and potentially look at Classic potential.@ AIt=s Breeders= Cup; if you don=t get excited about this there=s no point doing it,@ Dettori said. The 46-year-old Italian has picked up a ride for Callaghan on Wednesday=s card. DETTORI GETS FIRST LOOK AT DEL MAR AI have a little race tomorrow for Simon just to get a feel of the track so it=s all systems go,@ he said. Of his first feel for the track By Kelsey Riley on Tuesday morning he added, ALovely, really lovely. The dirt DEL MAR, California--Frankie Dettori touched down in San course rides really well.