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The World's THURSDAY, 20TH AUGUST 2020 Yearling Sale SEPTEMBERSALE BEGINS SUNDAY 13 EBN SEPTEMBER.KEENELAND.COM EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU TODAY’S HEADLINES BRITAIN GHAIYYATH UNSTOPPABLE ON THE KNAVESMIRE Godolphin’s Ghaiyyath has been an unstoppable force this year and the son of Dubawi recorded his fourth top-level victory, and third on the trot, in the Gr.1 Juddmonte International Stakes on the opening day of the Ebor Festival at York yesterday. The Charlie Appleby-trained front-running five-year-old has been galloping his rivals into the dust of late and once again bounced out under William Buick, using his rangy stride and high cruising speed to open up a three-length lead. Buick kept a tight A Walk In The Park half-sister to the outstanding Altior, hold of his head throughout and was yet to move a muscle Lot 301, topped the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale yesterday passing the three-furlong marker. The others were soon under when purchased by Gordon Elliott and Aidan O’Ryan for pressure to try and reel him in and got to within a length, but €300,000. Full report on page 5. © Tattersalls Ireland Buick then shook Ghaiyyath up and he kicked on again from the two-furlong marker and asserted in the final 220 yards to win IN TODAY’S ISSUE... eased down by three lengths from recent Gr.1 Pretty Polly Stakes and Gr.1 Tattersalls Gold Cup winner Magical (Galileo), with Gr.1 Tattersalls October Book 1 catalogue online p4 Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner Lord North (Dubawi) a length Arqana brings Select Sale date forward p5 and a quarter further back in third. The Gr.1 2,000 Guineas winner Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) was fourth, while triple Gr.3 winner Rose Stakes results p9 Of Kildare (Make Believe) was last of the five. Tattersalls August Sale (24th-26th) includes an excellent draft from The Castlebridge Consignment that features Wild Cards (recent wide margin winner Ocean Star), current Stakes-winner (Maystar), and Breeding Stock. Enquiries to: [email protected] www.castlebridge.eu CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW EBN: THURSDAY, 20TH AUGUST 2020 Pyledriver (Harbour Watch) leaves the field in his wake in Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) brought up a hat-trick of Gr.1 wins the Gr.2 Great Voltigeur Stakes. © Bill Selwyn when powering clear in the Gr.1 Juddmonte International Stakes yesterday. © Hugh Routledge The winner of a maiden and the Gr.3 Autumn Stakes at two, FAIRYTALE HORSE PYLEDRIVER Ghaiyyath missed most of his Classic season, racing only once, STORMS TO VOLTIGEUR SUCCESS winning the Gr.3 Prix du Prince d’Orange. At four he won the Gr.2 Prix d’Harcourt before his second career defeat – his first was on Half an hour before the main event, the William Muir-trained his debut – came at the hands of subsequent Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Pyledriver (Harbour Watch), who failed to attract a bid when Triomphe winner Waldgeist in the Gr.1 Prix Ganay. He then offered as a yearling, put a high-class field of eight to the sword to announced himself as a Gr.1 horse with a 14-length demolition of land the Gr.2 Great Voltigeur Stakes, including expensive the Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Baden, but ran below form in the Arc on purchases Mogul (Galileo) and Darain (Dubawi), who cost just his final start of the season. This year he has been imperious, shy of 7,000,000gns between them. winning the Gr.3 Dubai Millennium Stakes at Meydan by over The winner of the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes, who subsequently eight lengths before returning to the UK to win the Gr.1 flopped in the Gr.1 Derby, Pyledriver proved his Royal Ascot win Coronation Cup, defeating Gr.1 Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck was no fluke when winning yesterday’s contest by three and a and Champion Stayer Stradivarius, and beating the great Enable half lengths and has his sights set on Gr.1 glory, with the St Leger in the Gr.1 Eclipse Stakes last time. After yesterday’s victory or Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe being touted. Ghaiyyath could be targeted for another tilt at the Arc, in which Racing over yesterday’s 1m4f, there was not much pace on in he would take some beating. the early stages, but Subjectivist (Teofilo) soon went forward Bred by Springbank Way Stud and purchased for connections and set an even tempo. Berkshire Rocco (Sir Percy) and Roberto for €1,100,000 at the Goffs November Foal Sale, he is out of the Escobarr (Galileo) tracked the leader, followed by Highland Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Nightime (Galileo), who also Chief (Gleneagles) and Mogul, while Pyledriver and Darain sat produced the Gr.1 Man O’ War Stakes winner Zhukova (Fastnet just in front of Juan Elcano (Frankel), who brought up the rear. Rock), who also won two Gr.3s in Ireland. Subjectivist brought them down to the final two furlongs, BUY ONLINE AT IRISH SALES IN 2020 Both Gos & Tattersalls Ireland oer online buying. So your next winner is just a click away! Contact ITM for information on Irish breeding and sales: Phone + 353 45 443 000 | Email [email protected] | Website www.itm.ie 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: THURSDAY, 20TH AUGUST 2020 whereby Highland Chief, Mogul and Darain launched their challenges. Pyledriver, however, was still travelling well and, when Martin Dwyer asked him to go, he quickened into the lead and, despite running around a bit in front, he drew clear to score impressively from Highland Chief, who was a half-length in front of Mogul. Bred by Knox & Wells Limited and Robert Devlin, Pyledriver was a debut juvenile winner and added the Listed Ascendant Stakes to his record in a four-race season. He returned to be runner-up in the Gr.3 Classic Trial Stakes at Kempton before winning at Royal Ascot and running at Epsom. He is the first foal out of a winning full-sister to the Gr.3 Park Express Stakes winner Normandel and a half-sister to the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris victor Mont Ormel (Air Chief Marshal), from the family of the dual Gr.1 winner and sire Linngari. Gear Up (Teofilo) took his record to two from two when GEAR UP GIVES JOHNSTON winning the Gr.3 Acomb Stakes. © Hugh Routledge A FOURTH ACOMB STAKES WIN The Stakes action got underway earlier on the card at York with (Hard Spun) was very keen for the first couple of furlongs and the 7f Gr.3 Acomb Stakes, in which eight juveniles lined up. Mark Johnston had won the race three times, beginning with Bijou was taken back by William Buick to race alongside Royal Scimitar D’Inde in 1995, and added a fourth victory in the race to his tally (Territories) and Spycatcher (Vadamos). Having turned into the yesterday with Gear Up. straight, the field stuck to the centre of the track and the pace The son of Teofilo, who had won his only other start, a course lifted markedly. With two and a half furlongs to go, Gear Up came and distance novice auction, broke well and settled in third as under pressure to close on the front-running Broxi, while Broxi (Kodi Bear) led the way, with Praise Of Shadows (Exceed Spycatcher made eye-catching progress on the inside. The latter And Excel) also in close order. The hot favourite Cloudbridge raced into the lead in a bid to break his maiden in style, but Gear Europe’s Leading Source of Classic/Group 1 Winners 2020 TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PALACE PIER St James’s Palace Stakes, Gr. 1, Prix Jacques le Marois, Gr. 1, etc. Purchased at Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1 BOOK 1 October 6 – 8 featuring the £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus Tel: +44 1638 665931 [email protected] www.tattersalls.com CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 RACING REVIEW ~ SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 20TH AUGUST 2020 Up stuck to his task well and wore him down inside the final half- are eligible for the £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus furlong to score by a half-length. Broxi stayed on for third, three scheme, with some of the world’s leading sires represented, lengths further back. including Dark Angel (36), Dubawi (20), Frankel (32), Galileo Bred by Jim Bolger and sold by his Redmondstown Stud at the (19), Invincible Spirit (8), Kodiac (18), Kingman (21), Lope De Goffs Orby Sale, Gear Up is a full-brother to the Gr.3 Eyrefield Vega (37) and Sea The Stars (33). Stakes winner Guaranteed, out of the Toccet mare Gearanai. Commenting on the catalogue for Book 1 of the Tattersalls She is a granddaughter of the Gr.1 Kentucky Oaks, Gr.1 Spinster October Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said: Stakes, Gr.1 Gazelle Stakes and Gr.1 Beldame Stakes winner “Graduates of Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale have enjoyed Dispute (Danzig). another stellar year with the likes of this year’s dual Gr.1 winner Palace Pier and outstanding global stars Newspaperofrecord and Russian Camelot flying the flag throughout the world. The SALES TALK international achievements of Book 1 purchases at the highest level have yet again demonstrated the uniquely global appeal of Europe’s TATTERSALLS premier yearling sale and this year’s catalogue is yet another in a long sequence of truly exceptional Book 1 catalogues.