Black-Type Analysis: Catalina Delcarpio To Test Oaks Credentials In Salsabil

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Saturday, Navan, Ireland, post time: 15:55, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF SALSABIL STAKES-G3, €39,000, 3yo, f, 10f 20y

Field: Barnavara (Ire) (Calyx {GB}), Catalina Delcarpio (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Ecstatic (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Island Hopping (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), J M's Joy (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}), Medici Venus (Tiz The Law), Spicy Margarita (Ire) (Earthlight {Ire}), Tarima (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Wemightakedlongway (Ire) (Australia {GB}).

TDN Verdict: TDN Rising Star Catalina Delcarpio looked every inch an Oaks filly when impressing in the Leopardstown maiden which has become a pointer to Epsom of late. It's the age-old question of whether raw ability can overcome valuable experience, with another Leopardstown debut scorer in the illustriously-connected Tarima also in deep against the likes of Ballydoyle's already well-travelled TDN Rising Star Ecstatic. If the Twomey and Weld runners have the class for a Classic, we're going to find out here. [Tom Frary].

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 16:25, PRIX GANAY-G1, €300,000, 4yo/up, 10 1/2fT

Field: Royal Rhyme (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Horizon Dore (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}), Map Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Sosie (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Higher Leaves (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}).

TDN Verdict: After straightforward wins in the G3 Prix Exbury and G2 Prix d'Harcourt, Map Of Stars goes for gold here with momentum on his side and a profile that begs a Group 1 win. First time up, last year's G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Sosie and G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin winner Al Riffa are surely vulnerable and so it is up to Wathnan Racing's progressive performer to get the blood stirring in the first big stand-off between the elite older horses. [Tom Frary]

Saturday, Dusseldorf, Germany, post time: 12:50, HENKEL-STUTENPREIS-Listed, €25,000, 3yo, f, 8fT

Field: D'Ores Et Deja (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Dublone (Ger) (Belardo {Ire}), Hello Sweetheart (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Lady Sahara (Ger) (Counterattack {Aus}), Santara (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}), Sorceress (Ger) (Belardo {Ire}), Stugardia (Ger) (Tai Chi {Ger}), Time Goes On (GB) (Sergei Prokofiev).

TDN Verdict: This prep for the G2 German 1000 Guineas sees the Schlenderhan homebred Sorceress start a warm order, which is worrying considering that she was tonked seven lengths by Lips Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) at Cologne last time. Early odds suggest that Al Shaqab's visiting Compiegne winner D'Ores Et Deja will be a big price, but that could be a big mistake with the way French raiders often fare in this country. [Tom Frary].

Saturday, Navan, Ireland, post time: 14:50, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF COMMITTED STAKES-Listed, €27,000, 3yo, 5f 180y

Field: Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never), Cowardofthecounty (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), Ides Of March (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Bodhi Bear (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Midnight Strike (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Pedro Nunes (Nyquist), Sparkling Sea (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}).

TDN Verdict: Royal Ascot's G1 Commonwealth Cup is very much mission possible for Peter Brant and Coolmore's 500,000gns October Book 1 graduate Whistlejacket and last term's G1 Prix Morny and G2 July Stakes hero heads postward as the popular ticket in this straight six sophomore showdown. Runner-up in both the G1 Phoenix Stakes and G1 Middle Park Stakes, he boasts rock-solid juvenile form and returns off a close-up fifth in November's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Aidan O'Brien stablemate Ides Of March was two spots back in that Del Mar dash, having annexed the G3 Round Tower Stakes in his penultimate start, and rates an obvious danger. Joseph O'Brien has yet to taste victory in the race and saddles both G3 Prix Francois Boutin victor Cowardofthecounty, who was off the board in two subsequent efforts at Group 1 level, and G3 Marble Hill Stakes third Midnight Strike. Cowardofthecounty lowered Whistlejacket's colours when the pair crossed swords on debut at the Curragh last April. Another notable entry is Amo Racing and Giselle De Aguiar's once-raced Dundalk maiden scorer Pedro Nunes, a $110,000 Keeneland September acquisition representing the Adrian Murray stable, who slides down in trip and up in grade. [Sean Cronin].

Saturday, Navan, Ireland, post time: 15:25, BAR ONE RACING VINTAGE CROP STAKES-Listed, €31,500, 4yo/up, 14f 0y

Field: Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Dawn Rising (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Barnso (GB) (Belardo {Ire}), Leinster (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Poetic Sound (Ire) (Poet's Word {Ire}), Sonnyboyliston (Ire) (Poower {GB}), Bay Of Sanibel (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Enfranchise (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: Ballydoyle stalwart Kyprios is back for yet another year of competition and embarks on a fresh adventure in this familiar curtain up. Successful here in 2022 and 2024, the eight-time Group 1 winner has been pencilled in as a possible contender for October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and he'll likely traverse well-trodden territory en route to Paris. Bingo cards at the ready and eyes down looking in for a Vintage Crop (check), Saval Beg, Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup and Irish St Leger combo once again. The seven-year-old, lumbered with a five-pound Group 1 penalty, is heavily favoured to become the race's first three-time champion and will start at prohibitively short odds. His chief rival is the Willie McCreery-conditioned Listed Vintage Tipple victrix Enfranchise, who is match-fit coming back off a second on seasonal return in last month's Listed Devoy Stakes at Naas. Al Shira'aa Racing's lightly campaigned Leinster offers a degree of each-way value at 33-1. The Joseph O'Brien nominee, one of two entries from the Carriganog nursery, provided stamina pointers aplenty in his first start of 2025 at the Curragh four weeks ago and made all–under a 142-pound burden–to plunder a 12-furlong handicap in decisive fashion. His reward is to hump a mere 131 pounds around here in this black-type debut. [Sean Cronin].

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