MONDAY, 3RD SEPTEMBER 2018 SEPTEMBERYEARLING SALE Monday, September 10 to Sunday, September 23 GRADED148 STAKES WINS Catalogue Online Now SO FAR IN 2018 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU RACING PREVIEW | STAKES RESULTS | OSARUS HIDDEN GEM | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING REVIEW BEST SOLUTION TAKES PREIS VON BADEN Best Solution boosted his Gr.1 Caulfield Cup and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup credentials with his second top-flight win in the Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Baden, the feature race at Baden-Baden yesterday. The four-year-old son of Kodiac tracked the pace-setting Night Music (Sea The Stars) and Defoe (Dalakhani). The pace was slow early on, but quickened on the approach to the home turn. Defoe and Night Music made a dash for the stand-side rail, Best Solution (Kodiac) [centre] winning the Gr.1 Grosser but Best Solution stayed central and raced into a two-length Preis von Baden from Defoe (Dalakhani) [left] and Iquitos lead. Defoe found his stride late on and finished fast, but could (Adlerflug) [right]. © racingfotos only get to with a neck of Best Solution. Iquitos (Adlerflug) ran on for third a half a length behind the front pair. Best Solution won once in Dubai over the winter but came up and the German juvenile Listed winner Kosmische (Fastnet short at the Carnival in Group company. He won the Gr.2 Princess Rock), out of a full-sister to the top-class Brian Boru (Sadler’s of Wales’s Stakes on his return to Britain in July from the Wells), also a sire, Gr.2 winner Moon Search (Rainbow Quest) subsequent Gr.3 Glorious Stakes winner Mirage Dancer. This was and the Gr.2 winner and sire Sea Moon (Beat Hollow), from the his second venture to Germany, as he was runner-up in last top family of Eva Luna. season’s Gr.1 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen. His trainer Saeed bin Suroor confirmed he will go into quarantine in preparation for the QUEST LANDS FIRST GROUP WIN Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. FOR SEA THE MOON Bred by Cecil And Martin McCracken, the dual Tattersalls The 1400m Gr.3 Zukunfts-Rennen, for two-year-olds and the graduate was bred out of the Kingmambo mare Al Andalyya, a opening Stakes race of the day, was won by the Sarah Steinberg- half-sister to the Listed-placed Squire Osbaldeston (Mr Greeley) trained Quest The Moon. Your next chance to nd a Derby winner BBAG graduates Windstoss and Weltstar win the October Mixed German Derby (Gr. I) in 2017 / 2018 RRepresentativeepresentive Gr Greateat Britain Britain Sales & Ireland 19th and 20th October 2018 Richard Venn rd Cellphone: +++ entries close: 3 September +++ +44(0) 78 84 47 89 13 Email: [email protected] www.bbag-sales.de CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 3RD SEPTEMBER 2018 I’ll Have Another, while Peace Of Paris was the same distance behind in third. This was just his second start, having come second on debut over this trip at Munich in July. Bred by Gestut Gorlsdorf, he is the first winner out of the unraced Questabella (Rock Of Gibraltar), a full-sister to the Listed Newmarket Stakes winner and Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes runner-up Your Old Pal. They are out of the Rainbow Quest mare Questabelle, from the family of the Gr.2 (then) Prix de l’Opera winner Bella Colora (Bellypha). FOLIE DE LOUISE SCOOPS BERENBERG CUP The 1800m Listed Berenberg Cup was won by the Carmen Bocskai-trained Folie De Louise. The four-year-old daughter of Tin Horse raced in mid-division as Realeza (Maxios) and Dina (Nathaniel) set a good gallop. She was ridden for home three before the turn and stayed on best of Lanwades Stud-based Sea The Moon, the Gr.1 Deutsches all as the leaders faded away. She ran on well to score her first Derby-winning son of Sea The Stars, gained his first Patten black-type success by three quarters of a length from Sanora winner yesterday courtesy of Quest The Moon. (Soldier Hollow), with Serena (Soldier Hollow) a further neck back in third. This was her biggest career success, although she had come The son of Sea The Moon was kept three wide throughout by third in the Listed Prix Casimir Delamarre over this trip at Chantilly Oisin Murphy as the Mark Johnston-trained I’ll Have Another in October last year. (Dragon Pulse) took the field along. Murphy’s mount was the Bred by Ecurie Haras de Quetieville, she is the only winner out first off the bridle on entering the straight but he kept staying on of the unraced Folie Folie (Observatory). Her dam, the winner and, as Peace Of Paris (Helmet) had come through to join them, Fantastic Belle (Night Shift), is a full-sister to the Gr.2 King Quest The Moon asserted in the last 50m to score by a neck from Edward Handicap winner Moon Solitaire. ©ZuzannaLupa - APRH ©ZuzannaLupa Breeding Stock Sale 8-11 DECEMBER DEAUVILLE A VERY DYNAMIC MARKET IN 2017 Fillies: 86% clearance rate, 11 lots sold for €300,000 or more in contrast to 5 in 2016 Mares: 80% clearance rate, average up 33%, 16 lots sold for €200,000 or more Foals: 75% clearance rate, 6 lots sold for €100,000 or more CONTACT ENTRIES NOW OPEN +33 (0)2 31 81 81 00 - [email protected] NOMINATE BY: WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 www.arqana.com 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 3RD SEPTEMBER 2018 FRANCE ITALY THE BLACK ALBUM SPRINTS NOBLESSE BREAKS MAIDEN TO LA ROCHETTE SUCCESS IN PREMIO EUPILI The Prix La Rochette for two-year-olds, the first of two Gr.3 Noblesse Oblige (Myboycharlie) opened her account in the contests at Longchamp yesterday, was won by the Jane Listed Premio Eupili over 1200m yesterday at San Siro. The two- Soubagne-trained The Black Album. year-old, owned by Scuderia Il Girasole, handsomely rewarded The son of Wootten Bassett was well-positioned the leader the decision of trainer Marco Gasparini to drop her back in trip We Go (No Nay Never), who set a steady tempo. It turned into a after her third place in the Listed Premio Mantovani over 1500m sprint in the last 400m and The Black Album sailed past We Go in July. She travelled smoothly behind the pace and jockey Luca and ran on strongly, just holding off the late lunges of Toijk Maniezzi switched her to challenge before the final furlong pole. (Siyouni) and Ecolo (Invincible Spirit), who came from further She responded well when asked to quicken and sprinted home back, to score by a short head and a head. three and half lengths clear from Spectralight (Fast Company), Third on debut over 1200m at La Teste de Buch, he won his next the winner of Listed Criterium Varesino, who lacked a final turn of two starts over the course and distance before coming fourth in foot, and Spina Di Rose (Sakhee’s Secret). Winning jockey Luca the Listed Prix Francois Boutin. Maniezzi said: “She really relished the sprint distance. She could stay Bred by Didier Bouquil, he is the second winner out of the two- further but she is most effective over 1200m. She won easily and has time scorer Model Black (Trade Fair), a half-sister to the Gr.2 a very sharp turf of foot.” Champagne Stakes and Gr.2 Mile Stakes winner Trumpet Major Noblesse Oblige, bred in partnership by Centro Equino Arcadia (Arakan). Trumpet Major also counts the Gr.3 Craven Stakes and and Scuderia Micolo, was a €15,000 purchase by Francesca Turri at Gr.3 Thoroughbred Stakes among his six career victories. the SGA Selected Yearling Sale. Her dam La Boisserie (Dansili) is full- DUNLOP LAUNCHES ANOTHER sister to the multiple Stakes scorer and sire Dansant and a half-sister SUCCESSFUL RAID WITH JACKFINBAR to La Bugatty (Dr Fong), the dam of Le Brivido (Siyouni), who won Harry Dunlop made another successful raid to France, following the Gr.3 Jersey Stakes and ran second in the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Knight To Behold’s Gr.2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano success last Poulains. La Boisserie, who is the dam of the French Stakes-placed month, when Jackfinbar landed the Gr.3 Prix de Lutece. Wooden (French Fifteen), has a yearling filly by Frozen Power, The son of Whipper tracked Solesili (Dansili), who set a good catalogued as Lot 127 at the SGA sale later this month. gallop and had the field well strung out. They closed in on the pacemaker before the turn for home and after it Jackfinbar kicked on, followed by Ziyad (Rock Of Gibraltar). Ziyad appeared to be YOUR OPINION MATTERS!! 4th September, 2018 @ 7.30pm travelling better but Jackfinbar kept on finding ran on to score by two lengths. They were nine lengths ahead of Mystic Sunshine The Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co Kildare (Maxios). A winner over 1m1½f at two, Jackfinbar was unsuccessful in three starts this season before scoring in a 1m6f handicap at Sandown Park in July on his last start. Bred by Larissa Kneip and Sandrine Grevet, he is a full-brother to the Listed Silver Tankard Stakes winner ann Gr.1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud runner-up Willie The Whipper and a half-brother to the German Listed-placed Anna Magnolia (Makfi), a half-sister to the Gr.2 Union-Rennen winner Aspectus (Spectrum).