MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 AL=S GAL HOLDS ON IN E.P. TAYLOR ERUPT EXPLODES IN Ken and Sarah Ramsey=s Al=s Gal (English Channel), who came INTERNATIONAL up a half-length short of earning a Grade I victory when second in the Aug. 13 GI Beverly D. S., just held off Suffused (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) by a desperate nose to win the GI E.P. Taylor S. at Woodbine Sunday. Al=s Gal chased pacesetting Parvaneh (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor) from second through tepid fractions of :26.05 and :49.83. She overtook the pacesetter at the top of the stretch and began to forge clear, but Suffused, who had been forced to wait for racing room at the top of the lane, found a seam to run through with a furlong to run and closed eagerly to just miss catching the game Al=s Gal. Cont. p4 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Erupt | Michael Burns BREEDERS’ CUP OPTION FOR STAR FILLIES Flaxman Holdings Ltd.=s Erupt (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) unleashed a Aidan O’Brien and the team at Coolmore and Ballydoyle will powerful late kick to take the GI Pattison Canadian International decide over the coming week which horses will form part of their by one length over Dartmouth (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). It was the Breeders’ Cup team, with G1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 4-year-old French invader=s first victory since winning the heroine Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in contention. Click or tap here G1 Grand Prix de Paris in July of last year. Erupt, let go at 12-1, to go straight to TDN Europe. was three off the rail and just off the pace in fourth as World Approval (Northern Afleet) took them through dawdling fractions of :27.00, :54.07 and 1:19.84. Dartmouth was first to challenge the gray pacesetter at the top of the home stretch, but Erupt was soon finding his best stride and surged to the front with authority, bounding clear in the final furlong. AI was right behind the leader and when I asked him, he gave a very good turn of foot,@ said winning rider Stephane Pasquier. AI didn=t have to ask him so much. I was a bit worried about my draw number outside, but voila! When you have luck, it is easy to win.@ Asked if the victory had earned Erupt a trip to the Breeders= Cup, Pasquier added, AI think, after winning a race like this, we definitely have to go there.@ William Buick, aboard Dartmouth, had no complaints about his mount=s runner-up finish. AThe trip was great,@ Buick said. AHe ran good. The winner went off and won easy but he stuck on well for second. I=m delighted with the run, he did his best. 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He 1st Dam: Mare Nostrum (GB) (GSW & MGISP, was fourth in the Sept. 13 G2 Prix Niel and fifth in the Oct. 4 $106,582), by Caerleon G1 Prix de l=Arc de 2nd Dam: Salvora, by Spectacular Bid Triomphe before 3rd Dam: Grand Luxe, by Sir Ivor ending his season with O-Flaxman Holdings, Ltd.; B-Niarchos Family (IRE); T-Francis - a sixth-place effort in Henri Graffard; J-Stephane Pasquier. C$600,000. Lifetime the Nov. 29 G1 Japan Record: GISW, 12-5-1-1, $1,257,485. Click for the Cup. A well-beaten eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B+. ninth over soft ground while making his seasonal debut in the 2--Dartmouth (GB), 126, c, 4, Dubawi (Ire)--Galatee (Fr), by May 24 G1 Prix Galileo (Ire). O-Her Majesty, The Queen; B-Darley (GB); T-Sir Erupt | Michael Burns d=Ispahan, Erupt was Michael R. Stoute. C$200,000. second over firm ground in the July 3 G1 Grand Prix de Saint- 3--Wake Forest (Ger), 126, h, 6, Sir Percy (GB)--Wurfspiel (Ger), Cloud. He was fifth behind Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in by Lomitas (GB). (i40,000 Ylg '11 BBAGS; i140,000 5yo '15 the July 23 G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot and ARARC). O-Michael Dubb, Sheep Pond Partners & Bethlehem was coming off a third-place effort in the Aug. 28 G2 Grand Prix Stables LLC; B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof (GER); T-Chad C. Brown. de Deauville. C$100,000. Jockey Stephane Pasquier acknowledged the International win made up for what had been a trying 2016 campaign for Erupt. A Hubert Guy Bloodstock Recommendation • www.hubertguybloodstock.com AWe won a Group 1 in France at three-years-old, but it was a difficult start to this year,@ he said. AToday he came back very easily and I'm very happy to have found my horse again.@ Margins: 1, HF, HF. Odds: 12.15, 3.35, 9.95. Also Ran: The Pizza Man, Idaho (Ire), Danish Dynaformer, Pedigree Notes: Taghleeb, World Approval, Protectionist (Ger). Erupt is out of Mare Nostrum (GB) (Caerleon), who won the Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free 2001 G3 Prix Vanteaux and was second in that year=s G1 Prix Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Saint-Alary and third in the G1 Prix Vermeille Barriere. She Fasig-Tipton. produced a colt by Dutch Art (GB) in 2015 and a colt by Camelot (GB) this year. She is also the dam of group placed Marie de Medici (Medicean {GB}), who produced multiple group winner Local Time (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Catalogue Update DAM OF IRISH 1000 GUINEAS (G1) AND YORKSHIRE OAKS (G1) WINNER PLEASCACH CARRYING A FULL-SIBLING TO BREEDERS’ CUP BOUND PLEASCACH Sells at Keeneland on Wednesday, November 9th with Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Barn 22 & 33 MG1SW Pleascach winning the Yorkshire Oaks (G1). Since the catalogue, Pleascach ran second beaten a nose in the Prix de l’Opera Longines (G1) on the Arc undercard. www.hillndalefarms.com LGB, LLC 2016 GRADED STAKES WINNER AND MULTIPLE GRADE 1-PERFORMER IN FOAL TO WAR FRONT DAM IS OUT OF MULTIPLE GRADE 1 WINNER FINDER’S FEE FROM THE FAMILY OF BC PRODUCER BLITEY Sells at Keeneland on Wednesday, November 9th with Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Barn 22 & 33 www.hillndalefarms.com LGB, LLC 2016 / Photo: Adam Coglianese A RARE OFFERING GROUP STAKES-WINNING HALF-SISTER TO MULTIPLE CHAMPION RUMPLESTILTSKIN OUT OF A FULL-SISTER TO KINGMAMBO FROM THE FAMILY OF THE LEGENDARY MIESQUE, A MULTIPLE CHAMPION AND MULTIPLE BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER IN FOAL TO WAR FRONT Sells at Keeneland on Wednesday, November 9th with Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Barn 22 & 23 Leading Sire Kingmambo (G1) www.hillndalefarms.com LGB, LLC 2016 / Photo: Tony Leonard Catalogue Update 3-TIME GRADE 1-WINNING MILLIONAIRE, BREEDERS’ CUP CHAMPION, AND AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME AT 2 MGSW WHO BROKE HER MAIDEN “I think she’s one of the FIRST TIME OUT AT SARATOGA all-time great turf mares.” CAPPED OFF AN UNDEFEATED JUVENILE