SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013 732-747-8060 • TDN Home Page Click Here ORFEVRE FARES WELL IN ARC DRAW PACE APLENTY IN SHADWELL Japanese hopes of a landmark first success in the Reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan (Wiseman’s G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe received a boost Ferry) has posted 14 Beyer Speed Figures of 100 or yesterday as Orfevre (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) drew stall better in his illustrious career, including 12 in a row. His eight for the Longchamp feature. Having advertised his nine rivals as he goes in defense of his title in today’s well-being and served notice that he remains the force GI Shadwell Turf Mile S. at Keeneland, which offers an of old in the course-and-distance G2 Prix Niel last time all-fees-paid trip to the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile, have Sept. 15, Sunday Racing’s brilliant but wayward 5-year- seven such speed figures combined, and four of those old will bid to go one better are owned by Wise Dan’s stablemate, 2011 Mile than when caught close home runner-up Turallure (Wando). It’s difficult to conceive of by the shock winner Solemia Wise Dan surrendering his nine-race winning streak here (Ire) (Poliglote {GB}). Drawn as he looks to remain in the discussion for back-to-back wide in 18 on that occasion, Horse of the Year honors. Perfect in his five trips to the the chestnut still looked much post this term, the chestnut overcame a 129-pound the likeliest winner until impost to defeat lone speed King Kreesa (King Cugat) in appearing to lose the GII Fourstardave H. at Saratoga Aug. 10 and exits a concentration and collide with course record-setting performance in winning the GI the rail in the final yards, and Woodbine Mile Sept. 15. He is back on 20 days’ rest, trainer Yasutoshi Ikee is set just as he was last year, but trainer Charlie LoPresti on redemption tomorrow. “His could just as easily have trained up to the GI Breeders’ preparation has gone very Cup Mile four weeks from today. That he has entered Orfevre Scoop Dyga well,” Ikee said. “All the work his charge is a sign that he’s rearing to go. Cont. p5 he’s done has been in such a way that he will stay mentally right. He’s made a lot of ALCIBIADES RIVALS GET ‘DORY’S’ ‘MEMO’ progress mentally. On Sunday, there will be lots of Conquest Stable’s J “TDN Rising Star” J My runners and maybe it will be difficult to get a perfect Conquestadory (Artie Schiller), winner of the run, but I have done my work and Orfevre is ready. GII Summer S. against the boys at Woodbine in her lone Everything he’s done has been so that he’s in top form previous appearance, stretched out successfully to two for Sunday and now it’s up to the horse and Christophe turns, recording a spectacular, last-to-first victory in the Soumillon. I really thought we would have won last GI Darley Alcibiades S. on Friday’s opening-day program year, I was very disappointed. Orfevre had a relapse at Keeneland. Cont. p17 that day, but I really hope he can give the Japanese fans something to cheer on Sunday. I want to set the record straight.” Like Orfevre last year, John Deer’s Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was worst off after drawing post position 18. Reverting to a mile and a half after being campaigned solely at shorter so far this term, he has the soft ground he requires here, but the triple Group 1 winner comes into this Al Kazeem Racing Post test on the back of defeats in the G1 Juddmonte International at York Aug. 21 and in the Sept. 7 G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown, where he was clear second best to yesterday’s most notable withdrawal The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}). 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Al Kazeem=s jockey James Doyle was having to come to terms with the highly unfavorable draw dilemma yesterday. AYou always fear the worst, but I was a bit disappointed with that draw,@ he commented. ASomeone has to be drawn there and it=s us. If there were three or four pacemakers in the race, we could have tucked in but there isn=t and I=ll have to sit down with Mr. Deer and Mr. Charlton and devise a plan. Orfevre was drawn out there last year, but it probably got him beat as he had to come round the field and was committed earlier than he would have liked. They had eight millimeters of rain last night and there is a patchy forecast from here on in, so the more rain the better, as a mile and a half with cut in the ground is perfect. I just think he=ll be slightly better over a mile and a half. You dream about riding in the Arc through your childhood, so I=m really looking forward to it.@ Al Kazeem is not the sole class act who will have the burden of a wide stall to overcome, with Shinji Maeda=s Sept. 15 G2 Prix Niel scorer Kizuna (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in 11, Dr. Christophe Berglar=s Novellist (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) in 12 and Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani=s Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) in 15. Novellist Racing Post All will have to defy the strong statistical trend towards single-figure draws, with Dalakhani (Ire) the last to prevail from the outside 10 years ago. Stall six has housed the eventual winner three times since then and that is the post position of Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith=s G1 Epsom Derby hero Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Narrowly denied by Kizuna in the Niel over the same track and trip last time, he is next to his supplemented stable companion Leading Light (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) in five. The latter will bid to be the first to follow success in the G1 St Leger with glory here in the same season and trainer Aidan O=Brien commented, ARuler of the World ran really well in his Arc trial in France on his last run.