SATURDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2020 PINATUBO RETIRED TO DALHAM HALL FILLIES= MILE GLORY FOR Last year=s champion 2-year-old Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal-- PRETTY GORGEOUS Lava Flow {Ire}, by Dalakhani {Ire}) has been retired from racing and will stand next year at Darley=s Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket. Pinatubo was rated the best European 2-year-old in a quarter century last year off an unbeaten six-race campaign that culminated with wins in the G1 Goffs Vincent O=Brien National S.Bby nine lengths--and the G1 Darley Dewhurst S., and had earlier included scores in Royal Ascot=s Listed Chesham S. and Glorious Goodwood=s G2 Qatar Vintage S. Kicking off his 3-year- old campaign with a third in the G1 Qipco 2000 Guineas and a second in the G1 St James=s Palace S., Pinatubo dropped back down to seven furlongs to win the G1 Prix Jean Prat before finishing second to Persian King (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. Pinatubo is a second generation homebred for Godolphin, Pretty Gorgeous and Shane Crosse | racingfotos.com which campaigned both the sire and dam. Lava Flow won the Friday=s G1 bet365 Fillies= Mile at Newmarket was fought out Listed Prix de la Seine and is herself a daughter of the stakes- by two elite TDN Rising Stars, with Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) winning Mount Elbrus (GB) (Barathea {Ire}), who also wore the (Lawman {Fr}) prevailing by half a length over Indigo Girl (GB) Godolphin blue. The third dam, El Jazirah (GB) (Kris {GB}), is a (Dubawi {Ire}) to claim the bragging rights. Runner-up in the full-sister to the G1 Prix de Diane victress Rafha (GB), so this is Sept. 13 G1 Moyglare Stud S. at The Curragh, John Oxley=s Pretty the prolific sire-producing family of Invincible Spirit (Ire) and Gorgeous had been forced to miss Sunday=s G1 Prix Marcel Kodiac (GB) as well as the very promising first-season sire Pride Boussac due to the well-documented feed contamination but Of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}). confidence remained intact as she traded as the 5-2 favourite. Cont. p12 Racing well off the honest tempo as Shane Crosse played the waiting game, the bay who had earlier won the G2 Debutante S. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY cruised into contention two out and was in front soon after MCGRATH’S CLOSER LOOK AT PETER BRANT chased by a Ballydoyle runner which was at the time believed to With a victory by Sottsass in last weekend’s G1 Prix de l’Arc de be the 50-1 shot Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Able to see triomphe, Peter Brant joins American Paul Mellon in campaigning off that Rosegreen representative with relative comfort, she was an winner of the French marquee race. Click or tap here to go beyond reach as George Strawbridge=s G2 May Hill S. winner straight to TDN America. Indigo Girl closed late on. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 10 OCTOBER 2020 Fillies= Mile Glory For Pretty Gorgeous cont. from p1 he doesn=t panic.@ It later transpired that the eventual third, who was the same AI was a little bit worried coming here, given that she=d been to margin behind, was in fact Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and France but she was very fresh and in great shape so we thought not Snowfall with the number cloths having been mixed up. we=d better take our chance,@ he added. AFrom the first day she AEarly on, I wasn=t overly happy and she=s so big she didn=t worked, she was impressive at home and proved today that she come down the hill all that great but once I got her balanced and is top-class. The Breeders= Cup is an option, but it=s more likely rolling in the last half-furlong it was a case of me getting there she=ll be put away now and trained for a Guineas next Spring. too soon,@ commented Crosse, who had missed out on G1 St She is a Lawman, so she would not be bred to go very far. I think Leger glory last month after a positive COVID-19 test. Lawman=s can get 10 furlongs and I see her more as an eight to Pretty Gorgeous was a rare Rising Star to run at the low-key 10-furlong filly rather than an Oaks-type filly at this stage.@ Irish venue of Bellewstown, but the promise of her five-length John Gosden said of the runner-up, AIt was a great run and I=m defeat of the useful Talacre (Flintshire {GB}) over this trip was very happy with her. Her mother won the French St Leger and there for all to see July 2. Runner-up to Donnacha=s Shale (Ire) her sister won a group one over a mile and a half. She will be (Galileo {Ire}) in the G3 Silver Flash S. over the first of three trained more for a mile and a quarter and middle-distance races. seven-furlong outings when the going was lively at She won=t be trained as a Guineas filly.@ Leopardstown Aug. 6, she turned that form around with ease in Aidan O=Brien explained the mix-up with his fillies later in the the ground when scoring by 2 1/2 lengths in the Debutante at afternoon, telling the Racing Post, AI didn=t see the race live and The Curragh Aug. 22 before again coming off second-best to when I looked at the replay after it was brought to my attention, Shale in the Moyglare. AShe was very impressive and I=m I could see straight away. I contacted the BHA straight away and delighted for everybody at home, for Mr Oxley who was keen to let them know what is after happening. We have a team based come here and for Justin who bought her,@ trainer Joseph in England these days because of the coronavirus restrictions, so O=Brien said. AI thought Shane gave the filly a great ride. He was the problem is the lads that are with the horses at home can=t patient on her and committed when he had to. Shane is a young always go racing with them. I don=t know what to say other than man, but he is a very good rider--strong and cool in a finish and I am so sorry that it happened.@ TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 10 OCTOBER 2020 Pedigree Notes: Pretty Gorgeous=s listed-placed dam Lady Gorgeous (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), who also produced the Listed Prix Nureyev scorer Alwaab (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}), is kin to the G3 Prix Fille de l=Air third Kartica (GB) (Rainbow Quest) who is in turn the dam of the G1 Coronation S., G1 Prix Rothschild and G2 Duke of Cambridge S. heroine Qemah (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). The listed-winning second dam Cayman Sunset (Ire) (Night Shift), who was also placed in the GII Canadian H. and GIII All Along Breeders= Cup S., is from the family of the GII Lexington S. and GIII Everglades H. winner Royal Roberto (Roberto). Lady Gorgeous=s colt by Shalaa (Ire) was purchased by Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock for 90,000gns at last year=s Tattersalls December Foal Sale and heads back to that venue to come under the hammer during Tuesday=s session of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2. Friday, Newmarket, Britain BET365 FILLIES MILE-G1, ,400,000, Newmarket, 10-9, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:39.10, sf. 1--PRETTY GORGEOUS (FR), 126, f, 2, by Lawman (Fr) 1st Dam: Lady Gorgeous (GB) (SP-Eng), by Compton Place (GB) 2nd Dam: Cayman Sunset (Ire), by Night Shift 3rd Dam: Robinia, by Roberto >TDN Rising Star= 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (i55,000 Wlg >18 ARQDE; 525,000gns Ylg >19 TATOCT). O-Mr John C Oxley; B-EARL Ecurie Haras du Cadran, Enrico Ciampi, SAS I.E.I. & Ecurie la Boetie (FR); T-Joseph O=Brien; J-Shane Crosse. ,226,840. Lifetime Record: GSW & G1SP-Ire, 5-3-2-0, $433,221. *1/2 to Alwaab (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}), SW-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Indigo Girl (GB), 126, f, 2, Dubawi (Ire)--Montare (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). >TDN Rising Star= O/B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-John Gosden. ,86,000. 3--Mother Earth (Ire), 126, f, 2, Zoffany (Ire)--Many Colours (GB), by Green Desert. (i150,000 yrl >19 GOFOCT). O-Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Grenane House Stud (Ire); T-Aidan O=Brien. ,43,040. Margins: HF, HF, NK. Odds: 2.50, 5.00, 50.00. Also Ran: Dubai Fountain (Ire), Zabeel Queen (Ire), Shale (Ire), Star of Emaraaty (Ire), Snowfall (Jpn), Isabella Giles (Ire), Lilac Road (Ire). Scratched: Seattle Rock (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 10 OCTOBER 2020 HAPPY POWER UP TO CHALLENGE bit quick back on his third start, but he has come right now and is high class. He was fourth in the Sussex last year and he won a [Listed] Ganton very well so we knew he was a talented horse . We will confirm him for the [G1 British] Champions Sprint on Monday and make a decision later in the week, but it=s a possibility. I think a stiff six on soft ground would be fine for him.@ Pedigree Notes: Happy Power is one of five foals and the lone winner out of an unraced half-sister to G2 Rockfel S.