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SUNDAY, 16 JUNE 2019 MASAR OPTS FOR HARDWICKE ALL EYES ON SIYARAFINA Last year=s G1 Investec Derby hero Masar (GB) (New Approach IN THE DIANE {Ire}) will make his first start since the blue riband in next Saturday=s G1 Hardwicke S. at Royal Ascot, opting for that 12- furlong contest as opposed to the 10-furlong G1 Prince of Wales=s S. three days earlier. Jockey James Doyle is therefore free to continue his association with Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the Prince of Wales=s. Trainer Charlie Appleby said the decision was made after Masar galloped on Saturday morning. "We were very pleased with Masar's work this morning, and we thought the right option for him is the Hardwicke,@ he said. "It's his first start since the Derby, and with the rest of the season ahead of us, we just felt it would be a tough assignment in the Prince of Wales's, with the way that race is shaping up. The Hardwicke is a lovely race, and we know the conditions should suit him. It looks the right option to start his 4-year-old career." Siyarafina | Scoop Dyga By Tom Frary Labelled AMonsieur Diane@ by France Galop, Alain de Royer Dupre has >TDN Rising Star= Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) to further enhance that reputation in Sunday=s G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly. Unbeaten and the winner of the G1 Prix Saint-Alary at ParisLongchamp on May 26, His Highness the Aga Khan=s relative of his star sire Siyouni (Fr) looks to extend her trainer=s record tally of six successes in this 10 1/2-furlong Classic. Stamina and the potential for quick ground are concerns, if requisite class is not and her trainer is taking nothing for granted. AThe Prix de Diane Longines course requires more stamina than that of the Saint-Alary,@ he commented. AI just hope that the track won=t be as quick as on the day of the Jockey Club. When three track records are broken in one day, it means that the track is riding very fast, and that can leave its mark on Masar winning the Derby | Racing Post the horses. There is stiff opposition, the race isn=t won yet. Siyarafina has a lot of speed and she is also very athletic. She is easy to ride in her races and can be ridden in any fashion. She is ready for Sunday.@ IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Re-opposing Siyarafina is another >TDN Rising Star= in Teruya SEEKING THE SOUL, ELATE EARN BC BERTHS Yoshida=s Commes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), who was 1 1/2-lengths Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}) and Elate (Medaglia d’Oro) second to that rival in ParisLongchamp=s Prix du Louvre punched their tickets to the 2019 Breeders’ Cup with victories in the conditions race over a mile on Apr. 22. Cont. p2 GII Stephen Foster S. and GII Fleur de Lis S., respectively, at Churchill Downs. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 16 JUNE 2019 All Eyes On Siyarafina In The Diane cont. from p1 The G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil Longines offers the opportunity Subsequently beaten a nose by Castle Lady (Ire) (Shamardal) for Haras de Saint Pair=s May 26 G1 Prix d=Ispahan third Trais when runner-up in the G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches back at Fluors (GB) (Dansili {GB}) to enjoy a confidence boost. that venue on May 12, she bids to provide Jean-Claude Rouget with a Chantilly Classic double following the exploits of Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) a fortnight ago. Rouget, who is on de Royer- Dupre=s tail with four renewals, also has Ecurie Philippe Segalot WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? and Martin Schwartz=s May 20 G3 Prix Cleopatre winner Etoile By Kelsey Riley (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Jean-Louis Tepper, Gerard Augustin-Normand The sixteen fillies in Sunday=s G1 Prix de Diane run the range and Ecurie des Charmes= May 1 G3 Prix Penelope scorer Cartiem from blueblooded homebreds from France=s best nurseries, to (Fr) (Cape Cross {Fr}) and Denford Stud=s Ebony (Fr) (Le Havre relatively inexpensive auction purchases. {Ire}), who was second to Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in a course-and-distance conditions race on May 17. GRAND GLORY (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}BMadonna Lily {Ire}, by Daylami {Ire}) Grand Glory, who has won two of her three starts and picked up a black-type placing in the Listed Prix Rose de Mai on Mar. 10, was a i18,000 private sale at Arqana=s October yearling sale. O-Albert Frassetto, John D'Amato & Mike Pietrangelo. B-Elevage Haras De Bourgeauville. T-Gianluca Bietolini. ENTITLE (GB) (Dansili {GB}BConcentric {GB}, by Sadler=s Wells) Entitle has the heaviest family burden riding on her shoulders in this field, being a half-sister to her owner/breeders Horse of the Year, dual G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe, triple Oaks, G1 King George and GI Breeders= Cup Turf winner Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). The dam, Concentric, is a full-sister to the dam of the Alain de Royer Dupre on his hack | Scoop Dyga same operation=s globetrotting Group 1 winner Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}). O-K Abdullah. B-Juddmonte Farms. T-John Gosden. Samuel de Barros=s Channel had last year=s G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Wonderment (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) back in SIYARAFINA (FR) (Pivotal {GB}BSiyenica {Fr}, by Azamour {Ire}) fourth on that occasion and rates as a live contender, while the Race favourite and unbeaten Group 1 winner Siyarafina is a British representation is to be respected with the May 15 G3 typically blue-blooded Aga Khan homebred. Her stakes-winning Musidora S. first and second Nausha (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and dam is a half-sister to the operation=s Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) Entitle (GB) (Dansili {GB}) both unexposed types from the and his Group 1-winning half-sister Siyouma (Ire) (Medicean powerful Roger Varian and John Gosden yards, respectively. {GB}). Under the third dam is the four-time Group 1 winner Elsewhere on the card, Jean-Louis Bouchard=s G3 Prix des Slickly (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}). Chenes winner Anodor (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}) sports blinkers for the O-H H The Aga Khan. B-Haras De S.A. Aga Khan Scea. T-A De first time in the G3 Prix Paul de Moussac Longines following a Royer-Dupre. return seventh in the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains at ParisLongchamp on May 12, and Godolphin have a strong CHANNEL (IRE) (Nathaniel {Ire}BLove Magic {GB}, by Dansili representation in the G2 Prix Hocquart Longines. >TDN Rising {GB}) Star= Al Hilalee (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has to get back to his Listed Channel, the winner of maiden and conditions races in her last Criterium du FEE success at Deauville in August, but Charlie two outings, was bought privately by Meridian International Appleby is hoping this mile-and-a-half trip might aid his cause. from her breeder for i18,000 at Goffs Orby before returning AThe step up to a mile and a quarter saw some improvement i70,000 at Arqana=s May sale when bought by Bertrand le from Al Hilalee on his last start,@ he said. AWe are hoping that Metayer out of the Mayfield Stables draft. another step up in distance will produce further improvement.@ ENZO’S LAD Group One King’s Stand Stakes Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes LIM’S CRUISER Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes HOUTZEN Group One King’s Stand Stakes Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes COMIN’ THROUGH Royal Hunt Cup THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Aushorse.com.au TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 16 JUNE 2019 Where Did They Come From? cont. Channel is out of a winning daughter of the G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Magical Romance (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}), herself a half- sister to triple Oaks winner Alexandrova (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells). It is also the family of G1 Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}). O-Samuel De Barros. B-Kilcarn Stud. T-F-H Graffard. Vice President, International Operations Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN NAUSHA (GB) (Kingman {GB}BNazym {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) [email protected] Homebred Nausha, who bested Entitle in the G3 Musidora S. + 1.732.320.0975 last out on May 15, is out of an unraced three-quarter sister to G1 Fillies= Mile winner Listen (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) and G1 International Editor Moyglare Stud S. winner Sequoyah (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), both Kelsey Riley multiple stakes producers and the latter most famously the dam Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN of Henrythenavigator (Kingmambo). It is also the family of the [email protected] G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and GI Breeders= Cup Turf winner European Editor Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Emma Berry O-Nurlan Bizakov. B-Hesmonds Stud Ltd. T-Roger Varian. Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Nausha bests Entitle in the Musidora | Racing Post Cafe Racing Sean Cronin EBONY (FR) (Le Havre {Ire}BEnnaya {Fr}, by Nayef) Tom Frary Bought from Arqana=s August yearling sale by trainer Jean- [email protected] Claude Rouget from Capucines for i160,000, Ebony is out of a Irish Correspondent half-sister to Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), winner of the G1 Poule Daithi Harvey d=Essai des Pouliches, G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and G1 Coronation S.