Plans set for various European stars
Trainer Aidan O'Brien has set out the forthcoming race schedule for
Ballydoyle's main runners, with Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's Prince of
Wales's S. (Eng-G1) winner DUKE OF MARMALADE (Danehill) due to contest the King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. (Eng-G1). The three-time Group 1 scorer is
likely to be joined in the July 26 Ascot feature by Hardwicke S. (Eng-G2) hero
MACARTHUR (Montjeu [Ire]), with Magnier, Tabor and Smith's English (Eng-G1) and
Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) and St James's Palace S. (Eng-G1) winner
HENRYTHENAVIGATOR (Kingmambo) likely to run in Goodwood's Sussex S. (Eng-G1) on
July 30.
"We've all discussed things and, while plans can always change, we've come up
with a list of the races for our Ascot winners, and we're looking at Duke of
Marmalade and Macarthur going for the King George," he told the Racing Post.
"SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (Galileo [Ire]) may go to France on Sunday for the Grand
Prix de Saint-Cloud (Fr-G1) and, for now, we are looking no further than that
race for him. We will see how he gets on there before looking any further ahead.
"The current plan is to send YEATS (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and HONOLULU (Ire)
(Montjeu [Ire]), who won the Queen Alexandra, for the (July 31) Goodwood Cup
(Eng-G2)."
O'Brien also revealed that Queen Anne S. (Eng-G1) fifth MOUNT NELSON (Rock of
Gibraltar [Ire]) would be targeted at next Saturday's Eclipse S. (Eng-G1) at
Sandown.
Also confirmed on course for the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud is Baron Georg von
Ullmann's GETAWAY (Monsun), where he will renew a rivalry with his Coronation
Cup (Eng-G1) conqueror Soldier of Fortune. Only fifth behind that rival in the
June 6 Epsom contest, the Andre Fabre-trained five-year-old will not be
partnered by Stephane Pasquier, who will be required for Khalid Abdullah's
ZAMBEZI SUN (Dansili [GB]).
"Getaway will run in the Grand Prix at Saint-Cloud and will have SOMMERTAG
(Tiger Hill) as a pacemaker," the owner/breeder's racing manager Paul Harley
told PA Sport. "He was fine after his race at Epsom and Andre Fabre is pleased
with the horse, who we did not want to race too much early in the year."
Meanwhile, Princess Zahra Aga Khan's DARJINA (Zamindar) is being aimed at the
Falmouth S. (Eng-G1) at Newmarket on July 9, her connections announced Tuesday.
Trainer Alain de Royer Dupre revealed that the Queen Anne S. runner-up would
make a quick return to Britain for the £200,000
mile contest.
"Darjina returned home after Ascot and has been playful and full of life," de
Royer Dupre explained. "She seems to be very well. She certainly looks well, so
if there's no problem with her, then the plan is to take her to Newmarket for
the Falmouth S. The only problem for her would be if there was too much rain.
She needs to have good to firm ground to run her best race."
Also set to be in the line-up is Dick Karreman's SEACHANGE (Cape Cross
[Ire]), who was 12th in Saturday's Golden Jubilee S. (Eng-G1).
"We'll go for the Falmouth S. -- that's the plan at this stage," trainer
Graeme Sanders announced Tuesday. "We just hope it stays dry now, because she's
got to have that firm ground."
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