SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 >CHAD-ZACTAS= UP AND DOWN THE COAST LIGHTNING >BOLT= This just in: Chad Brown can train a little. It was just another day at the office for the Brown stable, which, in addition to a considerable contingent that was set to run out of the barn at Belmont Park, also deployed resources for the day=s turf races at Laurel Park. That raid proved successful, as Rymska (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Taperge (Tapit) completed a 1-2 finish for the barn in the GIII Commonwealth Oaks, while Juddmonte Farms= Projected (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) led home Catapult (Kitten=s Joy) in the GII Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup one race later. The piece de resistance came a little more than 90 minutes later when GI Arlington Million winner Beach Patrol (Lemon Drop Kid) and Fanciful Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), a new addition to the stable following his runner-up effort in Chicago, scooped the lion=s share of the prize money in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational. Cont. p4 (click here) Bolt d=Oro | Zoe Metz photography Trainer Mick Ruis was off to a dream start for the fall meeting at Santa Anita after saddling a three-bagger on Friday=s opening- IN TDN EUROPE TODAY day program. Just when Ruis thought that things couldn=t get FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE any better, they did just that Saturday afternoon when Bolt Juddmonte’s Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is hunting for her d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) turned on the afterburners in the fifth top-level victory in Chantilly’s G1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de stretch of the GI FrontRunner S. and stamped himself the early Triomphe Sunday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. favorite for the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile at Del Mar five weeks down the road. "This was pretty cool,@ said Ruis. AWe thought he was going to run a good race. We thought he could run two turns, and now we know he can. Our goal was this race and the Breeders' Cup, and then give him a chance to grow up. Hopefully what dreams are made of is what this guy might be able to get us to.@ Perfect in his two career tries heretofore, including a 3/4-length defeat of Zatter (Midnight Lute) when last seen in the GI Del Mar Futurity Sept. 4, Bolt d=Oro was better into stride than he was on that latter occasion and was always traveling like a winner beneath Corey Nakatani. Allowed to glide into the lead nearing the exit to the turn, he cornered just a bit wide into the stretch, but turned it on from there to win by daylight. Solomini (Curlin) raced about four wide the whole trip and stayed on nicely to be second ahead of Take the One O One (Acclamation) in third. AWe learned that he could break today,@ Ruis added. AWe always knew he could, but we didn=t want him to think he was a sprinter in those other races so I think we=re on the right track.@ Cont. p3 EMPIRE MAKER - STAR OF GOSHEN, BY LORD AT WAR (Arg) (859) 873-1717 | WinStarFarm.com First-crop 2yo colt ANALYZE THE ODDS became his sire’s FIRST BLACKTYPE WINNER Saturday after proving best in the $216,875 NEW YORK BREEDERS’ FUTURITY. Congratulations to breeder LANSDOWNE THOROUGHBREDS on earning $10,000 with Owner: Repole Stable I Trainer: Todd Pletcher LEADING FIRST-CROP SIRE DIXIE UNION - UNACLOUD, by UNACCOUNTED FOR 859.873.1717 | www.winstarfarm.com Qatar Racing’s Roaring Lion at Newmarket Two European Group Winners on the Same Day Qatar Racing’s Roaring Lion remained undefeated with a win in the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) at Newmarket. The impressive victory has many pegging him as perhaps the best juvenile in England. His next start is likely to come in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Taareef, owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was the second Group winner on the day for his sire. KITTEN’S JOY IS THE LEADING ACTIVE SIRE IN AMERICA. World Class 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com LGB, LLC 2017 / Photo: Scoopdyga Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Taareef at Chantilly Two European Group Winners on the Same Day Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Taareef, a $675,000 Dixiana-bred Keeneland yearling graduate, became only the fifth horse in history to win back-to-back editions of the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein. That $675,000 purchase price sure looks like a bargain now. Taareef’s victory came on the heels of Qatar Racing’s undefeated Roaring Lion’s win in the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) at Newmarket. KITTEN’S JOY IS THE LEADING ACTIVE SIRE IN AMERICA. 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Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] TODAY’S GRADED STAKES EST Race Click for TV Social Media Strategist 1:00a Hyland Race Colours Underwood S.-G1, CAU -------------- ----- Justina Severni 1:30a Keno Sir Rupert Clarke S.-G1, CAU -------------- ----- Director of Customer Service 2:40a Sprinters S.-G1, NAK -------------- ----- Vicki Forbes 4:05a National Day Cup-G3, SHA HKJC PPs ----- [email protected] 4:40a Celebration Cup-G3, SHA HKJC PPs ----- 8:10a Total Prix Marcel Boussac-Criterium des Pouliches-G1, CHY -------------- ----- Marketing Manager 8:45a Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-G1, CHY -------------- ----- Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen 9:50a Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde S.-G3, TIP -------------- ----- Director of Information Technology 10:05a Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-G1, CHY -------------- ----- Ray Villa 10:50a Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf-G3, DUS -------------- ----- [email protected] 10:50a Prix de l’Opera Longines-G1, CHY -------------- ----- 11:35a Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines-G1, CHY -------------- ----- Bookkeeper Terry May 12:15p Qatar Prix de la Foret-G1, CHY -------------- ----- [email protected] 4:57p Grey S.-GIII, WO (TJCIS PPs) TVG 5:13p Miss Grillo S.-GIII, BEL (TJCIS PPs) TVG WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 6:33p John Henry Turf Championship-GII, SA (TJCIS PPs) TVG International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 25 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • OCTOBER 1, 2017 2--Solomini, 122, c, 2, Curlin--Surf Song, by Storm Cat. ($270,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Zayat Stables, LLC; B-Glenna R. Salyer (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $60,000. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency Saturday, Santa Anita EQB yearling purchase • www.EQB.com FRONTRUNNER S.-GI, $301,380, SA, 9-30, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.54, Training Graduate ft. 3--Take the One O One, 122, c, 2, Acclamation--North Freeway, 1--BOLT D'ORO, 122, c, 2, by Medaglia d=Oro by Jump Start. ($47,000 Ylg '16 NCAAUG). O-Jay Em Ess Stable; 1st Dam: Globe Trot, by A.P. Indy B-Thomas W Bachman (CA); T-Brian J. Koriner. $36,000. 2nd Dam: Trip, by Lord At War (Arg) Margins: 7 3/4, 2HF, 3HF. Odds: 0.90, 3.20, 72.10. Also Ran: Ayacara (GB), Zatter, Encumbered, City Plan, 3rd Dam: Tour, by Forty Niner Continental Divide, Texas Wedge. ($630,000 Ylg '16 FTSAUG). O-Ruis Racing LLC; B-WinStar Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Farm, LLC (KY); T-Mick Ruis; J-Corey S. Nakatani. $180,000. Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $396,000. *1/2 to Sonic Mule Fasig-Tipton. (Distorted Humor), MSW & MGSP, $214,230. Click for the Nakatani, who returned to race riding earlier this year after eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. *Werk Nick Rating: A+++ mulling over his future, is in line for his first Breeders= Cup *Triple Plus*. success since guiding Tapizar (Tapit) to victory in the 2012 GI Dirt Mile. Sold by Denali AI was more impressed when I watched the replay,@ he said. AI really liked the way he did it. He=s confident wherever he is at, Saturday Afternoon Horses he is a special animal. Mick gave me the instructions and the horse did the rest. I=m looking forward to the Breeders= Cup as well as the first Saturday in May in Kentucky.@ Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 25 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • OCTOBER 1, 2017 Pedigree Notes: Globe Trot, a $100,000 Keeneland September Yearling purchase in 2009, was bred by Claiborne and raced in the colors of WinStar Farm.