SUNDAY, 24 JULY, 2016 SNITZEL EQUALS 40-YEAR-OLD RECORD HIGHLAND REEL WIRES By Kelsey Riley THE KING GEORGE Leading Australian sire Snitzel (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) reached a significant milestone on Saturday when Bukzel (Aus) became his 30th 2-year-old winner of the season when taking a Newcastle maiden on debut for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden. That win saw Snitzel tie the record for number of juvenile winners in a single season for an Australian sire, held by Without Fear (Fr), which has stood for 40 years. Twenty-nine of those winners have come in Australia and one in South Africa: the exciting Mike de Kock-trained colt Heavenly Blue (Aus). Snitzel stands at Arrowfield Stud, where he will command a fee of A$110,000 this year, and that operation=s Chairman John Messara said, "Snitzel's progeny are precocious, but his 2-year- olds of this year have been something else; we're thrilled with Snitzel's achievements." Cont. in Worldwide News p12 Highland Reel and jockey Ryan Moore with co-owner Derrick Smith IN TDN AMERICA TODAY and his son Paul Smith after victory in the King George | Racing Post CALIFORNIA CHROME PREVAILS IN THE SAN DIEGO Market indications were that Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) 2014 U.S. Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) was ready to really unload at Ascot on Saturday, and under a captured the GII San Diego H. in a nail-biter over ‘TDN Rising Star’ masterclass of riding from the front by Ryan Moore, he duly and MGISW Dortmund (Big Brown) at Del Mar Saturday evening. justified heavy support as the 13-8 favourite in the G1 King Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. Whatever the consequences of the withdrawal of last year=s winner Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) on this renewal, there was much to admire about the way the colt, who had long promised to land a European race of this stature, went about his business from the outset. Clear at halfway before being allowed to fill his lungs on the approach to the home turn, Derrick Smith=s globe-trotting 4-year-old--who had been worried out of the June 18 G2 Hardwicke S. by Dartmouth (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})--started to turn the screw from the top of the straight. Kept rolling to ward off the threat of the 3-year-old Wings of Desire (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) by 1 1/4 lengths, last year=s GI Secretariat S. and G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase hero had a further 2 3/4 lengths as a cushion back to his Royal conqueror Dartmouth in third. AHe=s a very good horse--he=d won in America and Hong Kong and has already had a tough year, so it=s a marvelous achievement from Aidan to get him back in this sort of shape to win this sort of race,@ Moore said. AFair play to the horse, as he=s thrived on a tough campaign. He=s very strong and very professional--he hits the gates well and knows how to race.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 JULY, 2016 3--Dartmouth (GB), 133, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)--Galatee (Fr), by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Galileo (Ire). O-The Queen; B-Darley (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. ,130,734. Margins: 1 1/4, 2 3/4, HF. Odds: 1.60, 4.00, 4.50. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. report cont. from p1 Also Ran: Sir Isaac Newton (GB), Erupt (Ire), Western Hymn (GB), Saturday, Ascot, Britain Second Step (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH S.-G1, ,1,215,000, ASC, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 7-23, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:28.97, g/f. Taking out his runs on ground easier than good, Highland 1--HIGHLAND REEL (IRE), 133, c, 4, by Galileo (Ire) Reel=s record read five from nine entering this test, including a 1st Dam: Hveger (Aus) (MGSP-Aus), by Danehill renewal of the G2 Vintage S. in which he first indicated his class 2nd Dam: Circles of Gold (Aus), by Marscay (Aus) to a wider audience. In fairness, that Glorious Goodwood outing 3rd Dam: Olympic Aim (NZ), by Zamazaan (Fr) came after he had already flashed his feathers with a thoroughly (460,000gns Ylg >13 TAOCT). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & impressive 12-length win in a mile maiden at Gowran Park, in Michael Tabor; B-Hveger Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien; which the subsequently group-placed Hall of Fame (Ire) (Teofilo J-Ryan Moore; ,689,027. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, {Ire}) was third. Left alone after the Vintage, the bay was next G1SW-HK, G1SP-Fr & Aus, 15-6-3-1, $3,545,592. *Full to Idaho seen letting favourite-backers down when sixth in Longchamp=s (Ire), G1SP-Eng & Ire, $610,107; and 1/2 to Valdemoro (Aus) G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains last May, and with Gleneagles (Ire) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}), MG1SP-Aus, $337,006. Click for the (Galileo {Ire}) owning the bragging rights among the milers at eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ Ballydoyle, he went up in distance for the G1 Prix du Jockey *Triple Plus*. Club. Forcing his way back into the spotlight there, he had all bar New Bay (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) cooked over that Classic=s unique 2--Wings of Desire (GB), 121, c, 3, Pivotal (GB)--Gull Wing (Ire), 10 1/2-furlong trip at Chantilly three weeks later before flopping by In the Wings (GB). O/B-Lady Bamford (GB); T-John Gosden. when fifth in the G1 Irish Derby at The Curragh in June. ,261,225. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 JULY, 2016 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. cont. In that race, he was deserted by Ryan Moore in favour of the Even on that occasion, he was the choice of Ryan Moore of the ultimately disappointing Juddmonte runner Exosphere (GB) Rosegreen contingent, and started at 11-4 second-favourite (Beat Hollow {GB}) and, after proving too keen throughout the behind Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling), so the underlying message was early stages, still might have beaten Dartmouth had Seamie that he remained an exciting prospect. Heffernan not lost his whip at a crucial stage. After a confidence-restoring success back at Glorious Looking primed and wired when led out on to the hallowed Goodwood in the G3 Gordon S. over this trip the following course as only an entire Thoroughbred can in the gleaming month, Highland Reel went gate-to-wire in the Secretariat in sunshine of July, Highland Reel was captured on screen being what amounted to the first display of his considerable talent treated with the sweat scraper down at the start, but showed no since his second start inclination to overdo things once the gates were open. Ears at Gowran before pricked and content with Ryan Moore sitting steady on the lead, being subdued again he still managed to open a sizeable gap after the first half-mile when fifth on on raw ability alone as he skimmed the turf, which had dried yielding ground in markedly from the Royal meeting as Britain basks in a rare Leopardstown=s heatwave. As Frankie Dettori coaxed the game Wings of Desire G1 Irish Champion S. up to his tail with four furlongs left, the winner was hanging fire in September. That in front ready for the command, which subtly came through the may have served as a reins a furlong later. At that point, Olivier Peslier looked to have warm-up for the something up his sleeve on the conservatively ridden Dartmouth Highland Reel holds off Wings Of Desire G1 Cox Plate, which behind the well- in the King George | Racing Post the stable=s Adelaide backed French (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) had plundered 12 months earlier, and he ran challenger Erupt (Ire) a solid race in third behind the heavyweight duo of Winx (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}), with (Street Cry {Ire}) and Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}) in that 2040- the other Ballydoyle metre Moonee Valley feature in October. Taken to Hong Kong challenger Sir Isaac afterwards, he managed to see out a long year by denying Newton (GB) (Galileo Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}) back-to-back successes in the Vase {Ire}) also closing in to cap an in-and-out year in style with the promise of more to towards the fence. If come with another winter under his belt. there was any Highland Reel | Racing Post Fourth on his return when attempting to make all in the Mar. damage done by his 26 G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan, Highland Reel was left early exertions, the remainder were ready to pick up the pieces, behind by Postponed, who looked altogether a better horse but Highland Reel=s last spell of acceleration from the quarter than even the one that had gamely scored in this last year. Sent pole dragged the guts out of them all bar the genuine Wings of back to Sha Tin for the Apr. 24 G1 QEII Cup, the wet weather Desire, who ran a race beyond his years on ground that may turned against Ballydoyle=s representative and after a tortured have been a shade fast for him. trip he managed to finish eighth prior to being readied for this test via the Hardwicke. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 JULY, 2016 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S.