FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER, 2017 REDZEL EYEING EVEREST PEAK HAPPILY MARCHING ON While the focus of the betting for Saturday=s inaugural A$10- TO FILLIES= MILE million The Everest may be on Gary Portelli=s G1 Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}), the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Redzel (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) has the form on the board to not only capture the prize in the world=s richest turf race, but to give his large syndicate of owners the absolute thrill of a lifetime. The Everest, modeled after the Stronach Group=s inaugural $12-million GI Pegasus World Cup in January, sold 12 slots for A$600,000 apiece to owners on a three-year commitment, with the purse funded by those entries fees as well as additional revenues generated from the event. Any profits from the event will be distributed among the slot holders (click here for a TDN Q&A on The Everest). Unbeaten in his last four starts all at black-type level, highlighted by the G1 Doomben 10,000, Redzel looks capable of jumping well from gate four. Cont. in Worldwide News p14 Happily aiming for three juvenile Group 1s | Scoop Dyga IN TDN AMERICA TODAY With a world record for Group 1 wins in a season at stake, MOTION LOOKING FOR GRADE I SWEEP IN TORONTO Aidan O=Brien is taking no chances as he dominates Friday=s G1 Michael Adolphson chats with trainer Graham Motion ahead of bet365 Fillies= Mile at Newmarket with three high-class the GI Pattison Canadian International and the GI E. P. Taylor S. at members of his stable headed by Happily (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Woodbine. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Having beaten her barnmates Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. at The Curragh on Sept. 10, she upstaged the colts in Chantilly=s G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere 12 days ago and is chasing a rare treble here. If she comes up short then Magical, who won the G2 Debutante S. at The Curragh on Aug. 20, and September, who earned >TDN Rising Star= status with a five-length debut score before beating Nyaleti (Ire) (Arch) and the Lagardere third Masar (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) in Royal Ascot=s Listed Chesham S. June 24, are more-than-able deputies. AHappily only ran last week, but she seems to be in good form,@ said O=Brien. AShe hasn=t done much since, but seems in good form and we were absolutely delighted with her in France. Magical is in good form and hasn=t done much since France. The three are all closely matched and September was just in behind the other two at The Curragh. She=s had a longer break and seems in good form. She has run on soft and seems to handle any type of ground, but her better form has been on better.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 13 OCTOBER, 2017 Happily Marching On To Fillies= Mile cont. from p1 If Aidan O=Brien brings a strong hand, then Karl Burke is not shirking a battle with his Sept. 14 G2 May Hill S. winner Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Sept. 24 G3 C.L. & M.F. Weld Park S. winners Ellthea (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). AI=ve been away at the sales quite a bit in the last couple of weeks, but I saw Laurens canter [Thursday morning] and she looks fantastic,@ revealed Burke. AI think it=s probably the highest-class 2-year-old fillies race run so far this year, but Laurens is a high-class filly and whatever she achieves on Friday we know she=ll improve again next year. Of my two, Ellthea is definitely the more mature. She=s very tough and is on a steep upward curve. I think she=ll have to improve on what she=s done so far to finish in the first three, but I wouldn't rule it out.@ Charlie Appleby pitches in >TDN Rising Star= Magic Lily (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), who took her Newmarket maiden by eight lengths on Sept. 23 but faces a major step up against proven pattern-race rivals. AMagic Lily was impressive over this course and distance on her debut and came out of that race well,@ he commented. We had been toying with the idea of supplementing her and decided to let her take her chance after she worked on Saturday. She is a filly for next year but won=t look out of place in this field and we are confident that she will run a nice race.@ Interestingly, Freddy Head saddles a rare juvenile runner in Britain in >TDN Rising Star= Efaadah (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), who was runner-up in Chantilly=s G3 Prix d=Aumale at this trip on Sept. 3 but who has livelier ground to suit this time. TIME FOR LIMATO Hampered by unsuitable ground conditions for the most part of 2017, Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) is finally back in action for Friday=s G2 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards Challenge S. at Newmarket. Third in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot June 24 and runner-up in the G1 July Cup he had won 12 months before on the other course here on July 15, he was only fourth in the G2 Lennox S. over this trip at Glorious Goodwood on Aug. 1 and was denied a chance to defend his crown in the G1 Prix de la Foret as Chantilly turned soft. AIt has been infuriating to have a horse of Limato=s calibre and not be able to do anything with him,@ trainer Henry Candy commented. AHis defeat in the Lennox S. was 80% down to the ground, which was riding soft. We talked ourselves into running him that day when we shouldn=t have. At least it=s been no problem keeping a lid on him at home without a race, as he is a very free worker and keeps himself pretty fit.@ Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 18 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 13 OCTOBER, 2017 VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] Limato | Scoop Dyga European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Time for Limato Cont. Associate International Editor Heather Anderson AThis seven-furlong trip should be fine--I think he is capable of Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN winning group races at anything between six furlongs and a Marketing Manager mile--and I don=t see any problem with him handling the Rowley Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Mile as he is very light on his feet. This is likely to be his final [email protected] start of the season and, although we are toying with the idea of trying him over a mile again next year, we will go wherever the Contributing Editor Alan Carasso ground is right.@ Twitter: @EquinealTDN One who will not want the ground to dry out too much is Cafe Racing Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Massaat (Ire) (Teofilo Sean Cronin {Ire}), who followed a win in Newbury=s G2 Hungerford S. over Tom Frary [email protected] this trip on Aug. 19 with a third in the Sept. 10 G1 Prix du Moulin at Chantilly. AHe seems in good form and it=s been a big team Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey effort to get him back to form,@ trainer Owen Burrows said. AThe vibes I=m hearing are that he=s going to stay in training next Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield season, so with that in mind we=re running here rather than the John Berry QEII. The hope is we can then try and make him into a Group 1 Kevin Blake Tom Peacock winner next season.@ John Gosden brings back Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah=s Dabyah (Ire) (Sepoy {Aus}), who scored in the G3 Fred Darling S. at this distance at Newbury on Apr. 22 before finishing fourth in the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot on June 23. Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Thoroughbred Daily News @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 18 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 13 OCTOBER, 2017 GAVOTA TAKES OH SO SHARP TEST pleased with her. As she wasn=t in the Fillies= Mile originally, we = Friday=s G3 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp S. at were never really looking at that. She s dropping down a furlong = Newmarket will offer clues as to next year=s 1000 Guineas at the from the May Hill, but I wouldn t have thought that would @ track and Khalid Abdullah=s Gavota (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) is trouble her in the slightest. one of the most intriguing after her latest third in the G2 Rockfel S. over this course and distance on Sept. 29. The homebred had the re-opposing Hikmaa (Ire) (Roderic O=Connor {Ire}) just behind her in fourth there, with one of Ballydoyle=s representatives Butterscotch (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in fifth. AI think she was a little unfortunate in the Rockfel a fortnight ago,@ Juddmonte=s racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe commented. AJust when she needed to get out when the pace quickened, she was a little squeezed. Then she lost her action a bit in the dip before running on really strongly. When she met the rising ground she really lengthened, which was very promising, and we think she should run well again.@ Alongside Butterscotch from Rosegreen is the Dundalk maiden scorer I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), whose four-length success over this trip was visually impressive on Sept.