SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER, 2016 POINT OF RETURN REGAL ENTANGLEMENT With Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) sadly absent from Saturday=s G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. at Newmarket, the other two who have provided most of the main narrative of the juvenile season for sprinter types, Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) and Blue Point (Ire) (Shamardal), square up for what could be a title decider. There was no questioning the supremacy of the former when they met in the G2 Richmond S. at Goodwood July 28, with Al Shaqab=s G2 July S. winner racing under a three-pound penalty and still emerging a neck in front of Godolphin=s >TDN Rising Star.= Second to Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when attempting to stretch his speed over seven furlongs in the G1 Goffs Vincent O=Brien National S. at The Curragh 13 days ago, Mehmas is back in his comfort zone once again. Juddmonte Middle Park S. cont. p3 Lady Aurelia | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Thankfully, there have been no last-minute hiccups to prevent SATURDAY PHUN IN PHILADEPHIA the eagerly-anticipated match between the American dynamo Parx Racing in suburban Philadephia plays host to its two biggest Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) and the British generation-leader races of the year, the GI Cotillion S. featuring champion and TDN Queen Kindly (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in Saturday=s G1 Connolly's Rising Star Songbird (Medaglia d’Oro); and the GII Pennsylvania Red Mills Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket. The former sets a Derby, which has attracted GI Kentucky Derby hero Nyquist (Uncle clear standard on her successes in the G2 Queen Mary S. at Mo) and Exaggerator (Curlin), winner of the GI Preakness S. Royal Ascot June 15 and G1 Prix Morny at Deauville Aug. 21 and Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Wesley Ward is not looking for excuses if she tastes defeat for the first time. AShe looks fantastic and I think she=s as good as we can have her,@ he said. AFrankie has helped us out a lot while I=ve been back home for the last few weeks and there will be no excuses come Saturday. The filly is getting older and faster. She=s got three races under her belt and knows a lot more about racing now. She=s had good spaces between her races and seems to have settled in well here at the National Stud, so we=re really excited. The Cheveley Park S. is a very prestigious race. I=ve been waiting for the right filly to come along and I think we have her.@ Queen Kindly makes for serious opposition, however, having dealt with >TDN Rising Star= Roly Poly (War Front) and Fair Eva (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the G2 Lowther S. at York Aug. 18. As a daughter of the Juddmonte great, she promises to improve with experience and this stiff stamina test will be ideal as it was for her second dam Queen=s Logic (Ire) (Grand Lodge) in 2001. Trainer Richard Fahey is keeping his cards close to his chest.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 SEPTEMBER, 2016 Cheveley Park S. cont. AWe=re happy with her and we=ll see what happens,@ he said. AThe American filly is going to be hard to beat, but we=ll give it a go. The ground should be fine, it should be beautiful ground. Overall they could probably do with a drop of rain to make sure it doesn=t get too quick, but it won=t bother her.@ Owner-breeder Jaber Abdullah=s racing manager Bruce Raymond added, AFrankie is very keen on his filly, but we feel our filly has improved a lot Queen Kindly | Racing Post physically since she ran at Royal Ascot. I=m assuming Frankie is going to go quick and hopefully we can keep tabs on her without killing ourselves. I think the ground should be perfect for everyone. Our filly picks up well and quickens, whereas the American filly is the total opposite and is all speed from the start. We think we have a good chance of beating her, but we=ll see what happens.@ Roly Poly was giving Queen Kindly three pounds in the Lowther as a result of her success in the G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. over this trip on the July Course here July 8 and has only 3/4 of a length to find, while Brave Anna (War Front) had Queen Kindly back in third when winning the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot June 17. Subsequently sixth in both The Curragh=s G2 Debutante S. Aug. 21 and G1 Moyglare Stud S. Sept. 11 over seven furlongs, Evie Stockwell=s homebred is an intriguing runner at inflated odds switching to a sound surface which is certain to suit. Saturday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 2.55 p.m. CONNOLLY=S RED MILLS CHEVELEY PARK S.-G1, ,180,000, 2yo, f, 6fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 5 Brave Anna War Front Heffernan A O'Brien 2 1 Holy Cat (Ire) Kitten's Joy Keane O'Callaghan 3 2 Lady Aurelia K Scat Daddy Dettori Ward 4 4 Pellucid (GB) Excelebration (Ire) Buick Simcock 5 3 Queen Kindly (GB) Frankel (GB) Spencer Fahey 6 6 Roly Poly K War Front Moore A O'Brien All carry 126 pounds. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 SEPTEMBER, 2016 Middle Park S. cont. experience,@ he explained. AIt was a big learning day and he AIt was worth a shot over seven furlongs in Ireland, it didn=t came out of that race perfectly well--both mentally and come off, but he still ran a hell of a good race,@ Al Shaqab=s physically, you could see the difference. He was a different racing manager Harry Herbert said. AFrankie [Dettori] was kind horse at York. Around the parade ring at Goodwood he just got on him when it became obvious he wasn=t going to win and a little bit wound up, but he was the ultimate professional at we=re looking forward to running back over York. It was the first time since his maiden win his best distance. We=ve beaten the that we were able to tuck him in a little bit and Godolphin horse before. The market says take a lead and he showed us what he is he will reverse the form, but we think capable of. If he turns up in the same condition Mehmas has improved since Goodwood as as he did at York, he is the horse that they have well. It will be a fascinating contest and I got to beat.@ suppose it=s a question of which horse has Aidan O=Brien has a share of the record here improved the most. He=s a fabulous horse with four wins and saddles Intelligence Cross and a tough competitor, with a fantastic (War Front) and Peace Envoy (Fr) (Power {GB}), will to win.@ Mehmas and Blue Point pictured at with Ryan Moore on the latter. Intelligence Since his eclipse in the Richmond, Blue Goodwood | Racing Post Cross finished three lengths behind Mehmas Point has subsequently proven the class act and Blue Point when third in the Richmond, but he looked when registering an 11-length success in a six-furlong has subsequently recorded an impressive 4 1/4-length success in Doncaster conditions event July 14 by winning the G2 Gimcrack the G3 Round Tower S. over this trip at The Curragh Aug. X. S. He had the re-opposing Mokarris (More Than Ready) and The Peace Envoy has improved as the season has progressed, Last Lion (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) well beaten in second and third winning the G3 Anglesey S. at The Curragh July 16 before respectively in that six-furlong feature at York Aug. 20 and finishing strongly when third to Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) in the trainer Charlie Appleby is in bullish mood. AHe was asked to race G1 Prix Morny at Deauville Aug. 21. for the first time at Goodwood and he learnt a lot for the whole TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 SEPTEMBER, 2016 Middle Park S. cont. Another >TDN Rising Star= in attendance is Markus Jooste=s Saturday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 3.30 p.m. Douglas Macarthur (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was third in JUDDMONTE MIDDLE PARK S.-G1, ,180,000, 2yo, c, 6fT Leopardstown=s G3 Champions Juvenile S. Sept. 10 having SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER scored by five lengths over a mile at that trip July 21. Aidan 1 5 Blue Point (Ire) Shamardal Buick Appleby O=Brien also saddles the maiden The Anvil (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) 2 10 Intelligence Cross War Front Heffernan A O'Brien = 3 4 Koropick (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Mitchell Palmer and Coolmore s UK representative Kevin Buckley said of the 4 1 Medicine Jack (GB) Equiano (Fr) Keane Lyons pair, ABoth horses come into the race in good form at home and 5 6 Mehmas (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Dettori Hannon both have come out of their previous races well and we are now 6 7 Mokarris K More Than Ready Hanagan Crisford looking forward to Saturday. There was no real post-mortem 7 9 Mubtasim (Ire) Arcano (Ire) Cosgrave Haggas after Douglas Macarthur=s defeat last time, but we are hoping 8 8 Peace Envoy (Fr) Power (GB) Moore A O'Brien that he can make amends on Saturday.@ 9 3 Silver Line (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Tudhope bin Suroor 10 2 The Last Lion (Ire) Choisir (Aus) Fanning Johnston All carry 126 pounds.