France: Nathaniel ill, will miss Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe lost still another top contender when Nathaniel was taken out of consideration for Sunday’s race in Paris.
Marcus HershOct 02, 2012
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe lost still another top contender when Nathaniel was taken out of consideration for Sunday’s race in Paris.
A quarantine of stables in Cologne, Germany, will prevent Danedream from traveling to Paris for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, a race the 4-year-old filly brilliantly won last year.
Battle of Marengo won his second consecutive stakes, and earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, with a victory in the Group 2 Beresford Stakes at the Curragh in Ireland on Sunday.
Steeler gamely won the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday by one length over Artigiano. Steeler gained a fees-paid berth into the BC Juvenile Turf and earned points toward qualifying for the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
The 4-year-old filly Siyouma scored the biggest win of her career Saturday at Newmarket when she landed the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes by three-quarters of a length over Elusive Kate.
Snow Fairy, one of the favorites for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe next weekend, and an eagerly anticipated runner in the Breeders’ Cup, won’t race again in 2012 after suffering an undisclosed injury during a workout on Friday in England.
Battle of Marengo, who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Trial at Leopardstown, can move closer to a potential trip to California for the Breeders’ Cup in November when he starts in Sunday’s Group 2 Beresford Stakes at the Curragh in Ireland.
The talented 2-year-old Certify ran her career mark to 4 for 4 when she dominated the Group 1 Fillies' Mile on Friday at Newmarket, looking like a horse for the 2013 English 1000 Guineas.
The Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes is the best race on a big Saturday program at Newmarket in England, featuring high-class fillies like Elusive Kate and Beauty Parlour. Beauty Parlour’s name has come up as a potential Breeders’ Cup runner, but the Newmarket race with the strongest link to the American scene is actually the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes, for 2-year-old colts and geldings.
The undefeated Certify should be heavily favored to win the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile for 2-year-old fillies on Friday at Newmarket in England.