TUESDAY, 15 AUGUST, 2017 GOFFS ORBY CATALOGUE ON-LINE THE WEEKLY WRAP Goffs have released their much anticipated Orby Yearling Sale catalogue which can now be viewed here. 464 yearlings have been catalogued for the two-day sale which takes place Sept 26- 27 and past graduates have been busy advertising the merits of the sale as recently as last weekend when Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), a i340,000 purchase in 2014, took his earnings to over i500,000 when winning the G3 At The Races Phoenix Sprint S. at The Curragh on Sunday. At an elite level the sale=s poster boy Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {Ire}) has established himself as one of the world=s leading milers following Group 1 wins this year in the G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. and the G1 Queen Anne S. The Richard Fahey trained 4-year-old was purchased by David and Emma Armstrong=s Highfield Farm for i105,000 in 2014. Commenting on the launch of the Orby Sale catalogue, Goffs Sioux Nation repels Beckford to win the Phoenix S. | Racing Post Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, AA Goffs Orby yearling [Ribchester] is the best horse in the world to have been sold in by Tom Peacock Europe. That is certainly a point worth dwelling on.@ Two juvenile sons of Scat Daddy provided Aidan O=Brien and Cont. p5 (click here) Coolmore with another rewarding afternoon=s work at the Curragh on Sunday - yet it would be difficult to find a pair that were further apart at this stage of their careers. Sioux Nation was up to the task of providing a remarkable 16th victory for O=Brien in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S, just an hour after Mendelssohn had looked anything but the finished article in a 1m maiden. The former, a January foal from John Halley=s Fethard Bloodstock, seems a colt for the here and now. There is sprinting form in the family of his dam Dream The Blues (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and this was already a sixth start for the winner of the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot. It did not seem at all surprising to learn that O=Brien is looking at pointing him towards the Middle Park and National S. and maybe even the Breeders= Cup. For Mendelssohn, the path will have to be trodden with far more care. The $3-million purchase from Keeneland=s Ribchester winning the G1 Queen Anne S. | Racing Post September Yearling Sale was not born until mid-May but expectations would have to be high given he is a half-brother to Beholder (Henny Hughes) and Into Mischief (Harlan=s Holiday), who were both top-level winners at two. Green on his debut IN TDN AMERICA TODAY behind classy stablemate The Pentagon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), he THE WEEK IN REVIEW wandered around on the track this time despite showing enough Will players take a hike over the rise in Keeneland takeout? That quality to hold off the newcomer Andesh (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). is one of the questions addressed in T.D. Thornton’s The Week in Cont. p2 Review. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017 The Weekly Wrap Cont. from p1 While Sioux Nation has his Group 1 and has earned 20 times what Mendelssohn has on the track so far, it would be fascinating to know what the standings between them will be by this point next year. Ryan Moore=s view would be interesting, but he would be allowed a little while to collect his thoughts. The jockey seems to be able to defy the laws of time, making it to County Kildare to ride Mendelssohn just over 14 hours after partnering Deauville (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) into third in the GI Arlington Million S. So too does Frankie Dettori, who was out of luck with Mekhtaal (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in Chicago before being at his very best to force Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) home in the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville itself the following afternoon. Al Wukair will have blown away any of the jet lag as he took some riding, even attempting to take a chunk out of narrow runner-up Inns Of Court (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the final stages. They will have to settle their differences back at Andre Fabre=s stable but both are entitled to be set grand autumn targets as third-placed Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) is a proven campaigner at this level. Carr On Track For Record Success... Another achievement worth marking is that of Ruth Carr, who equalled her best ever tally of 43 when Racquet (GB) (Pastoral Pursuits {GB}) aced a handicap at Ayr on Saturday. Carr has followed in the example of her renowned late grandfather David Chapman and places great importance in turning her horses out in the paddock. After almost identical totals for the past few seasons, the results have been outstanding with 27 winning horses from the 47 to have run in 2017. Pick of the lot has been the popular grey Sovereign Debt (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who took the G2 Sandown Mile and the G3 Diomed S. at Epsom. AWe started off pretty well so it wasn=t a massive surprise, but still very nice,@ said Carr. AWe did put in a new gallop, which I think has helped some of them get going earlier. We used to be on natural sand, which could get difficult when it was wet, but now we have a carpet fibre gallop in a different place. We=ve just been doing what we=re doing and having the good horse has helped. Otherwise, it=s about placing handicappers in the right races.@ Cont. p3 Mendelssohn (hip 454) in the ring at Keeneland | Keeneland TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017 VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] The grey Sovereign Debt has been a star for Ruth Carr | Racing Post European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry Menuisier Is Bouncing Back... [email protected] It would not be out of the question for trainer David Menuisier Associate International Editor to improve upon last year=s best tally of 15, too, albeit from Heather Anderson what has developed out of a rescue mission. The usually Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN cheerful Frenchman, long-time assistant to John Dunlop but now Marketing Manager based at Amanda Perrett=s Pulborough complex, did not even Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen get a winner on the board for 2017 until mid-July, having [email protected] discovered his horses were suffering from a low-level virus. Contributing Editor Four more have been added since then and most excitingly with Alan Carasso Vintager (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who was a commanding Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing winner of a strong-looking newcomers= maiden at Newmarket. Sean Cronin AIt=s made me a lot happier,@ Menuisier chuckled. AIt was a big Tom Frary [email protected] call to shut the yard. From the Dante meeting until the beginning of July, we didn=t have a runner and we were just Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey hacking them for four weeks. Luckily we had the full support of all the owners and it looks as if we are getting the horses back to Regular Columnists Bill Oppenheim their best.@ Andrew Caulfield Vintager got loose going down to the start and left his groom John Berry Kevin Blake with bruises, so the 65,000gns purchase for Gail Brown=s Tom Peacock syndicate will have to be on better behaviour if allowed to follow a possible route of either the G3 Acomb S. at York or the Solario S. at Sandown. AHe showed different sides we=ve not seen before. He=s like a pony at home so his behaviour was puzzling and very out of character. Hopefully he will settle down,@ Menuisier said. ARichard Frisby bought him but I saw him at the sales and I=ve always liked Mastercraftsman as a stallion. You get some weak ones but this was always quite a good-looking horse. Although his dam is by Orpen, we=ve always thought of him as a 3-year-old not a 2-year-old. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017 Flag-bearer Contrapposto (Ire) (Cacique {Ire}) is slowly on the comeback trail after pulling a muscle in the Dante and there could be quite a few more useful juveniles on early evidence. AWe=ll have to see what happens when they run, maybe I=ll end up with five group horses, I don=t know,@ he said. ABut I do think they=re nice - I=ve got 16 or 17 2-year-olds and I think nine were from Tattersalls Book 1 so they=re well bred.@ Anniversary Marked At Brighton... It was 40 years ago that Sheikh Mohammed owned his first winner at Brighton, so there was an enjoyable symmetry that his son Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum=s colours should be carried to victory in the feature race of last week=s David Menuisier | Racing Post August Festival. The majestic trophy for the Marathonbet Sportsbook Brighton Challenge Cup is kept at the course and The Weekly Wrap Cont. traces back more than a century, having been won twice in the AI don=t tend to work my 2-year-olds with older horses and I late 60s by Park Top, who went on to land a Coronation Cup and had only run my first one of the season the day before and he King George.