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THURSDAY, 19 AUGUST 2021 SNOWFALL FACES TEST OF THE GENERATIONS MISHRIFF OUT ON HIS OWN Having played with a crop of 3-year-old fillies unable to stay IN THE INTERNATIONAL within hailing distance of her so far this year, Ballydoyle=s fast- ascending starlet Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) has a proper examination awaiting her on York=s Knavesmire on Thursday as Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) squares up in the G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks. Thoroughly scintillating in the June 4 G1 Epsom Oaks and impressive as the widest-margin winner of the G1 Irish Oaks on record at The Curragh July 17, she even has course form having kickstarted her illustrious campaign in the May 12 G3 Musidora S. and the advantage of a nine-pound weight-for-age swing with her 4-year-old foe. All that said, she is dealing with a completely different type of animal than her accompanying stablemate Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was nearest in the Irish Classic, 8 1/2 lengths behind. Cont. p11 Mishriff and David Egan take the Juddmonte International by six lengths | racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY B. WAYNE HUGHES DIES Gaining the British Group 1 his record demanded in Spendthrift Farm's visionary and innovator B. Wayne Hughes devastating style on Wednesday, Prince Faisal=s Mishriff (Ire) dies at the age of 87. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN (Make Believe {GB}) proved a class apart in one of the finest America. performances witnessed in the history of York=s Juddmonte International. Third to the race=s absentee St Mark=s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) on his European return in Sandown=s G1 Eclipse July 3, the high-level worldwide campaigner had moved forward considerably in the subsequent three-week period to be runner-up in the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot. This represented a further leap, with David Egan able to bask in the moment after launching the homebred on to the lead approaching the two-furlong pole en route to a six-length defeat of Alenquer (Fr) (Adlerflug {Ger}) with Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) half a length away in third. AA lot of people had questioned whether he could do it on home soil, so I=m thrilled for the horse and this is really special,@ Egan said. AThe way he cruises into his races between the three and the two, I really think he=d have put it up to St Mark=s Basilica today. I=m just so privileged to be put in the position to ride for Prince Faisal and ride a horse like Mishriff. Winning the Juddmonte International, it=s stuff I=ve dreamt of my whole life.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 19 AUGUST 2021 Mishriff Out On His Own In The International cont. from p1 Giant=s Causeway was another to lose out in agonising fashion Mishriff, whose early career involved a second on dirt in the in that monument, while this race=s honor roll includes the Saudi Derby in February 2020 and a four-length success in the similarly-versatile duo Singspiel (Ire) and Electrocutionist who delayed Listed Newmarket S., had proved himself at this level on managed to win the G1 Dubai World Cup. his first attempt by capturing Chantilly=s G1 Prix du Jockey Club AI was in the ideal position, one out and one back and last July. Following up in the G2 Prix Guillaume d=Ornano at everything worked out perfectly,@ Egan said. AHe got into a nice Deauville in August, he was only eighth in the G1 QIPCO rhythm and he stays this flat mile and a quarter really well, so I Champion S. at Ascot in October but was back in the groove was inclined to ask him to hit top gear and stretch the returning to Riyadh=s dirt to garner the Feb. 20 Saudi Cup. opposition. He probably will stay a flat mile and a half really Switching back to turf to take the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic on well, so the Arc could suit. I had thought that over a mile and a his first try at a mile and a half Mar. 27, he looked to have run quarter he had to be ridden prominently, but I couldn=t believe into something special as St Mark=s Basilica swept him aside at how well he cruised into the race. He=s a bit of a freak to do Sandown. What would have happened in the proposed rematch what he does on dirt and turf and I can=t think of another one.@ is conjecture, but John Gosden said he believes he had him John Gosden is looking to give the winner a break now ahead undercooked for that contest and it is debatable whether the of big end-of-year targets. AI want to freshen him up again, as Ballydoyle sensation would have been able to live with this there=s a campaign for him deep into the autumn,@ he explained. version of Mishriff. AThere=s QIPCO Champions Day and the Arc, but I wouldn=t run him on very testing ground. Then the Breeders= Cup Turf and the Japan Cup too. He wouldn=t be one for the Breeders= Cup Classic this year. It=s a very short straight at Del Mar and that wouldn=t suit him at all. He needs a Belmont straight, not a Del Mar one. AI think we=ve seen the finished article. This is the race we=ve talked about since last December, this has been the race we=ve wanted to win with him and make him a stallion.@ Mishriff and David Egan sprint away from the Juddmonte International field | PA Media Coming out of his tussle with Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the King George in buoyant form, the bay raced evenly in fourth early alongside Love as they tracked Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) and Alenquer. Always moving smoothly, Mishriff challenged up the centre of the track as all rivals were flat out and he was soon well beyond reach to recall memories of wide- margin winners of this in Sakhee, Royal Anthem and Assert (Ire) without quite hitting the dizzying heights of Frankel (GB). What he does have over the last three of that quartet is the ability to race with equal prowess on the dirt, which is where comparisons with the highly-talented Sakhee are apt as that Shadwell luminary went so close in the Breeders= Cup Classic 20 years ago. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 19 AUGUST 2021 Pedigree Notes Mishriff is currently the last of three foals out of Contradict (GB) (Raven=s Pass) alongside the Listed Prix de Saint-Patrick winner Orbaan (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Momkin (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}), who was second in the G3 Craven S. and G3 Supreme S. The G3 Princess Royal S.-winning second dam Acts of Senior Vice President Grace (Bahri) is a daughter of the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Gary King Rafha (GB) (Kris {GB}), the famed matriarch who produced the Twitter: @garykingTDN stellar Invincible Spirit (Ire) and fellow sire of note Kodiac (GB) as [email protected] well as the latter=s full-sister Massarra (GB) (Danehill) who is in + 1.732.320.0975 turn responsible for Gustav Klimt (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). This is also the family of the G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Chinese White (Ire) International Editor (Dalakhani {Ire}) and the dual Group 1-winning young sire Pride Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN of Dubai (Aus). [email protected] Wednesday, York, Britain European Editor JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL S.-G1, ,1,000,000, York, 8-18, Emma Berry 3yo/up, 10f 56yT, 1:59.25, gd. Twitter: @collingsberry 1--MISHRIFF (IRE), 132, c, 4, by Make Believe (GB) [email protected] 1st Dam: Contradict (GB), by Raven=s Pass 2nd Dam: Acts of Grace, by Bahri Associate International Editor Heather Anderson 3rd Dam: Rafha (GB), by Kris (GB) Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN O-Prince A A Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Limited (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-David Egan. ,567,100. Lifetime Record: Hwt. Marketing Manager 3yo-Eur, Eng & Fr at 9 1/2-11f, G1SW-UAE & Fr, 13-7-2-2, Alayna Cullen $15,074,636. *1/2 to Momkin (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}), Twitter: @AlaynaCullen MGSP-Eng, $172,676. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the [email protected] eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Alenquer (Fr), 125, c, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)--Wild Blossom (Ger), Contributing Editors by Areion (Ger). (i18,000 Wlg >18 ARQDE; 80,000gns Ylg >19 Alan Carasso TATOCT). O-M M Stables; B-Gestut Romerhof (FR); T-William Christina Bossinakis Haggas. ,215,000. 3--Love (Ire), 129, f, 4, Galileo (Ire)--Pikaboo (GB), by Pivotal Cafe Racing (GB). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; Sean Cronin B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien. ,107,600. Tom Frary Margins: 6, HF, 3/4. Odds: 2.25, 8.00, 2.75. [email protected] Also Ran: Mohaafeth (Ire), Mac Swiney (Ire), Alcohol Free (Ire), Juan Elcano (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Irish Correspondent Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists MISHRIFF (IRE) Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake WIN AND YOU’RE IN ™ Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele connection earnings include: $ Automatic berth into #BC21 Turf $ $150,000 in pre-entry & entry fees $ Travel award up to $10,000 for domestic IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY starters and $40,000 for international starters RISING STARS OF SPRING: 4-YEAR-OLDS There were 17 individual 3-year-old winners of Group 1 races Click HERE for the full 2021 #WINANDYOUREIN rules and race schedule.