SUNDAY, 2 AUGUST 2020 EASY FOR ENBIHAAR IN CLASSIC WIN STILL A SUCCESS STORY FOR SELLERS THE LILLIE LANGTRY By Emma Berry There are good reasons for smaller trainers, owners and breeders to do their equine shopping at the drafts of the major breeding operations at horses-in-training and breeding stock sales. If buying a filly or young broodmare there is the potential for updates from well-managed families, members of which likely remain in their breeders= broodmare bands. For the colts and geldings there is always the hope that a slower-maturing individual may well just have been deemed surplus to requirements and can go on to be a star in another stable over time. There are umpteen examples of thisCthe ,2,800 purchase Sceptical (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) being just one who has made headlines since being bought from Godolphin and continuing his career for James McAuley and trainer Denis Enbihaar gets back to the winner=s enclosure in Hogan. Cont. p6 the Lillie Langtry | racingfotos.com With Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) ruled out of Saturday=s G2 Qatar Lillie Langtry S. at Goodwood, the way was paved for last year=s winner Enbihaar (Ire) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) to enjoy a saunter around the Downs and she duly delivered with the minimum of fuss against two rivals. Last seen finishing fourth in the 12-furlong G2 Princess of Wales=s S. on her seasonal bow at Newmarket on July 9, Shadwell=s 1-2 favourite stayed close to the 3-year-old Snow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) throughout the early stages and once sent past that rival passing the two-furlong pole drew away strongly to score by 3 1/2 lengths from Cabaletta (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). One of last term=s most improved performers, Enbihaar proved a formidable runner when granted suitably lively conditions and a distance of ground and went from success in the G2 Lancashire Oaks to this win and another in Doncaster=s Freddy Tylicki purchased Italian Derby winner Tuscan Gaze from G2 Park Hill S. in September. Third when undone by testing Coolmore on behalf of Mag Horse Racing SRL | Tattersalls ground in the G1 Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp in October, the same underfoot conditions meant that she was below-par on her return at the July meeting but everything fell IN TDN AMERICA TODAY perfectly into place for this repeat of 12 months ago. Despite giving away weight-for-age to a younger duo with smart form, IMPROBABLE TAKES SARATOGA’S WHITNEY the imposing bay never looked likely to become the subject of Improbable (City Zip) benefits from a poor start by favored an upset and is primed for a potentially profitable remainder of Tom’s d’Etat to score in Saturday’s GI Whitney S. at Saratoga. the campaign. Cont. p2 Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 2 AUGUST 2020 Easy For Enbihaar In The Lillie Langtry cont. from p1 That could come over excess of this trip according to the operation=s Racing Manager Angus Gold. AIt=s unlike Sheikh Hamdan to keep an older mare in training and I=m glad to see that rewarded with another group win,@ he commented. AIt=s good to see her show her old enthusiasm and that amazing stride of hers. I=ll talk to John and see what the options are, but Jim said she=ll stay two miles any day. She doesn=t want the ground too soft, but I would have thought the [G2 Qipco British Champions] Long Distance Cup [at Ascot on Oct. 17] would be an option.@ Pedigree Notes Enbihaar is a half-sister to Godolphin=s G2 International Topkapi Trophy runner-up Silent Attack (GB) (Dream Ahead) and to the listed-placed King Bolete (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). They are out of Chanterelle (Fr) (Trempolino), a full-sister to the G3 Prix du Calvados scorer Cox Orange who in turn produced the Listed Masaka S. winner and G1 1000 Guineas third Vista Bella (GB) (Diktat {GB}). Her dam is the G2 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Spectacular Joke (Spectacular Bid), whose leading performer was the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Amonita (Anabaa). Chanterelle also has a yearling filly by Muhaarar (GB). RAABIHAH BACK IN THE GROOVE Saturday, Goodwood, Britain Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Raabihah (Sea the QATAR LILLIE LANGTRY S.-G2, ,125,000, Goodwood, 8-1, Stars {Ire}), who went untested as a juvenile, was up with the 3yo/up, f, 14fT, 3:03.42, g/f. larks for a Jan. 23 debutantes= heat win at Cagnes-sur-Mer and 1--ENBIHAAR (IRE), 132, m, 5, by Redoute=s Choice (Aus) doubled up with an impressive tally in ParisLongchamp=s May 14 1st Dam: Chanterelle (Fr), by Trempolino Listed Prix de la Seine before posting a commendable fourth, 2nd Dam: Spectacular Joke, by Spectacular Bid despite a troubled trip, pitched into Chantilly=s rescheduled July 3rd Dam: No Joke, by Shecky Greene 5 G1 Prix de Diane in her latest outing. Sent off as the 2-5 lock (i500,000 Ylg >16 ARAUG). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al on a retrieval mission in Saturday=s G3 Prix de Psyche Sky Sports Maktoum; B-Haras du Mezeray (IRE); T-John Gosden; J-Jim Racing over 10 furlongs at Deauville, the homebred chestnut did Crowley. ,70,888. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 11-6-1-2, not disappoint her legion of supporters and booked a ticket to $562,036. *1/2 to Silent Attack (GB) (Dream Ahead), GSP-Tur, France=s end-of-season gala with a performance which simply $176,808; and King Bolete (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), SP-Eng. Click oozed class. She was positioned several lengths off the for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: F. pacesetting Arriviste (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) in fourth until 2--Cabaletta (GB), 121, f, 3, Mastercraftsman (Ire)--Allegretto improving one spot as the field bunched on the home turn. (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Cheveley Park Stud (GB); T-Roger Overpowering toiling rivals once quickening in style for control Varian. ,26,875. approaching the final furlong, Raabihah surged clear in hand to 3--Snow (Ire), 121, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Chelsea Rose easily dismiss Listed Prix Finlande victress Wangari (Ger) (Soldier (Ire), by Desert King (Ire). (1,200,000gns Ylg >18 TATOCT). O-Mr Hollow {GB}) by an impressive 3 1/2 lengths with Wangari=s M. Tabor, D. Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Barronstown Stud Andre Fabre-trained stablemate Alkandora (GB) (Nathaniel (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien. ,13,450. {Ire}) emerging best of the remainder, finishing 3/4-of-a-length Margins: 3HF, 10. Odds: 0.50, 7.00, 2.75. farther back in third. AI think what we have seen here today is a Scratched: Manuela de Vega (Ire). Click for the Racing Post Group 1 filly,@ said winning trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, who result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. sent out Luna Kya (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}) to win this in 2001 and subsequent MGISW distaffer Zagora (Fr) (Green Tune) in 2010. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 2 AUGUST 2020 Rouget continued, AWe knew that before, of course, but we missed the opportunity to win a big one in the Diane where she had an awful trip and didn=t have enough experience to get herself out of trouble. We have been in racing long enough to know that these things happen. The pace was good today and the further she was going the more she was opening up on the rest.@ Rouget is now zoning in on targets back at the highest level Senior Vice President with October=s G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe the ultimate goal Gary King this year. AFor me, she is the best French filly around and she=s Twitter: @garykingTDN not even running over her distance. We know she is a genuine [email protected] mile-and-a-half filly, with her second and third dams both being + 1.732.320.0975 Oaks winners, and the plan is to now go straight to the [Sept. 13 G1 Prix] Vermeille and then the [Oct. 4 G1 Prix de l=] Arc [de International Editor Triomphe at ParisLongchamp].@ Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Raabihah has her sights set on the Arc | Scoop Dyga Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Pedigree Notes Christina Bossinakis Raabihah is one of two winners and the leading performer produced by Garmoosha (Kingmambo), who was bred to Noble Cafe Racing Mission (GB) this year. The fourth of six foals, she is a half-sister Sean Cronin to Listed Wait A While S. third Filfila (Kitten=s Joy), a yearling filly Tom Frary by Kitten=s Joy and a 2020 More Than Ready filly. Her dam is an [email protected] unraced half to G1 Fillies= Mile third Firdaws (Mr. Greeley) out of Irish Correspondent G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Eswarah (GB) (Unfuwain), who in turn is Daithi Harvey a daughter of MG1SW G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Midway Lady (Alleged). The latter also produced G1 Regular Columnists Irish 1000 Guineas third Umniyatee (GB) (Green Desert) and G3 Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Princess Royal S. victrix Itnab (GB) (Green Desert), who in turn is Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele the dam of stakes-winning G3 Al Shindagha Sprint runner-up Alazeyab (El Prado {Ire}) and Peruvian Group 3 placegetter Madera de Guerrero (Street Cry {Ire}).