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5 Morning Briefing<br />
Monday 9 Semptember 2013 <strong>ANZ</strong><br />
VALIRAAN TAKES LUTECE<br />
Valirann (3 c Nayef - Valima by Linamix),<br />
an Aga Khan-homebred, took out<br />
the Prix de Lutece (Gr 3, 3000m) at<br />
Longchamp by a short neck from Lucky<br />
Look (Teofilo). Montclair (Montjeu), who<br />
is owned by OTI Management, was the<br />
same distance back in third. Unraced at<br />
two, Valirann has won three of his four<br />
starts this year and yesterday’s victory<br />
gave his Shadwell Stud-based sire Nayef<br />
(Gulch) his 16th stakes winner.<br />
DESERT BLANC TAKES PIN<br />
Desert Blanc (5 h Desert Style -<br />
Lumiere Rouge by Indian Ridge) was the<br />
winner of yesterday’s Prix du Pin (Gr 3,<br />
1400m) also at Longchamp. Mayyadah<br />
(Invincible Spirit) finished in second<br />
with Sommerabend (Shamardal) third,<br />
beaten a neck and a head respectively.<br />
Desert Blanc won last year’s Manhattan<br />
Handicap (Gr 1, 10f) at Belmont.<br />
LOST IN The MOMENT<br />
SCORes IN TURKEY<br />
The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Lost In The<br />
Moment (6 h Danehill Dancer - Streetcar<br />
by In The Wings) won the Bosphorus Cup<br />
(Gr 2, 2400m) at Veliefendi. Ambivalent<br />
(Authorized) finished second with the<br />
favourite, Nymphea (Dylan Thomas)<br />
third. Lost In The Moment finished fifth<br />
behind Puisssance De Lune (Shamardal)<br />
in last year’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr<br />
3, 2600m) at Flemington.<br />
PRoduCER TAKES TROPHY<br />
The International Topkapi Trophy (Gr 2,<br />
1600m) at Veliefendi was won by the<br />
Richard Hannon-trained Producer (4 c<br />
Dutch Art - River Saint by Irish River)<br />
who beat fellow English raider Chil The<br />
Kite (Notnowcato) by a head. The Turkish<br />
bred and trained White Ram f (Fri Pekan)<br />
finished third. Producer has now won<br />
eight of his 20 starts, with two of those<br />
being at Group Three level.<br />
ST LEGER TO LITTLE GORL<br />
The Deutsches St Leger (Gr 3,<br />
2600m) was won by Hey Little Gorl<br />
(3 f Sternkoenig - Homing Instinct by<br />
Arctic Tern) who beat Saratino (Lord Of<br />
England) by a short-head. Arango (Dai<br />
Jin) finished another length and a half<br />
back in third. Hey Little Gorl won at<br />
Listed level over 2200m at Hannover<br />
earlier this year.<br />
FORMER SHUTTLER SUCCESS<br />
AT SAN SIRO<br />
Former shuttlers, Kheleyf (Green Desert)<br />
and Oratorio (IRE) (Danehill) were both<br />
represented with stakes winners at San<br />
Siro yesterday with Maremmadiavola<br />
(2 f Kheleyf - Naked Poser by Night<br />
Shift) winning the Premio Eupili (Listed,<br />
1200m) and Sciolina (4 f Oratorio -<br />
Grigora by Carson City) taking out the<br />
Premio Pietro Bessero (Listed, 1600m.<br />
Sciolina was winning at stakes level for<br />
the second time whilst Maremmadiavola<br />
becomes her sires 15th stakes winner.<br />
anz<br />
Inglis - @inglis_sales -<br />
First set of #Ready2Race Sale breeze-ups will be held at @CranTurfClub on Monday after the trials.<br />
#GetInvolved #AimHigher<br />
Greg Carpenter - @RVCarps -<br />
Stunning opening day of racing in HK for OZ Bred horses winning 7 of the 10 races run including FAIR<br />
TRADE taking the closer<br />
Francis Keogh - @HonestFrank -<br />
Aussie Jim McGrath took a good luck call at 07:46 yesterday on his last day as racing commentator - from<br />
95-year-old Sir Peter O’Sullevan<br />
Bjorn Baker - @BBakerRacing -<br />
Great result with Fuerza breaking his maiden @NewcastleRaces . Looking forward to the<br />
Spring Stakes next week #horseracing<br />
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