Hipodromos y caballos - Racetracks and horses BloodStockReview2013

T H R E E-Y E A R-O L D S A N D O L D E R ABOVE Toronado (right) beats nemesis Dawn Approach in the Sussex Stakes RIGHT Ruler Of The World scorches home in the Derby at Epsom BELOW Novellist eases to a record-breaking five-length success in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes twice more at the highest level, Al Kazeem, like 15 others, found Treve too good in the Arc. One whom the newly crowned Cartier queen never met – a showdown that could have topped the season – was Germany’s leading light Novellist. Unbeaten since September 2012, the son of Monsun, who sired five individual Group 1 winners this year, extended that run with three further top-flight wins. The most impressive of these, which made it all the more disappointing when a fever forced his 11th-hour withdrawal from the Arc, was a record-breaking five-length obliteration of a classy King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes field. The older brigade were also more than ably represented by the magnificent Moonlight Cloud and the year’s sprinting sensation Lethal Force, but no review would TOP THREE-YEAR-OLDS BY RPR 125 2009 2010 TREVE 130 CAMELOT 135 FRANKEL 140 CANFORD CLIFFS WORKFORCE 145 SEA THE STARS the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, breathing problems blighted the son of High Chaparral at various points in his season, including when fourth in the 2,000 Guineas. At that point, on a blustery, rain-ravaged Rowley Mile in May, Dawn Approach was unbeaten, returning to the scene of his Dewhurst victory to become the first of two Classic winners for his sire New Approach, followed by victory in the Oaks for the Ralph Beckett-trained filly Talent. However, the Derby was to prove Dawn Approach’s undoing. After being set alight in the early stages, the weeks of debating whether or not Jim Bolger’s colt would – or could – stay the trip were answered as he finished a tailed-off last. Thirty three lengths ahead, Aidan O’Brien’s Ruler Of The World crossed the line triumphant, becoming a 6V6

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