Cirrus to miss York in pursuit of Ascot glory: he will miss a potential meeting with Al Kazeem after trainer Corine Barande-Barbe ruled out the Juddmonte International for the seven-year-old.

Cirrus Des Aigles - Prix Dollar - Longchamp - 02.10.10

Cirrus Des Aigles: yet to fire in two starts this year

 PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos), BY SCOTT BURTON8:15PM 9 AUG 2013 

CIRRUS DES AIGLES will miss a potential meeting with Al Kazeem after trainer Corine Barande-Barbe ruled out the Juddmonte International for the seven-year-old.

Barande-Barbe saddles her stable star in the Group 3 Prix Gontaut-Biron at Deauville on Saturday, a race Cirrus Des Aigles landed en-route to success in the Qipco Champion Stakes two seasons ago.

Deauville (FR)SATURDAY, 10 AUGUST 2013. PRIX GONTAUT-BIRON HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB (Group 3) (4yo+) (Turf) (4yo+)

NO. DRAW 
FORM		 HORSE AGE WGT 
OR		 JOCKEY 
TRAINER RTF%		 TS RPR  
1613-131 Owner details MANDOUR

36
 4
8-11
—
 — 134  
 
 
222156-2 Owner details SMOKING SUN

61
 4
8-11
—
 — 128  
 
 
337-5312 Owner details PETIT CHEVALIER

36
 5
8-11
—
 — 120  
 
 
47D12-54 Owner details CIRRUS DES AIGLES

14
 7
8-9
—
 — 144  
 
 
51441-60 Owner details STARBOARD

161
 4
8-9
—
 — 130  
 
 
655-6643 Owner details GOLD FOR TINA p

20
 4
8-6
—
 — 120  
 
 
74577672 Owner details PAGERA p

20
 5
8-6
—
 — 133  
 

 

York WEDNESDAY, 21 AUGUST 2013. JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL STAKES (British Champions Series) (Group 1)(CLASS 1) (3yo+)

NO. DRAW HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER RTF% JOCKEY OR TS RPR
  1-1111 Al Kazeem46  5 9-5 Roger Charlton   126 124 136
 
 
  27-124 Camelot63  4 9-5 A P O´Brien   — 116 129
 
 
  2d12-54 Cirrus Des Aigles25  7 9-5 Mme C Barande-Barbe   — 139 141
 
 
  14-11 Darwin32 3 8-11 A P O´Brien   — 112 131
 
 
  15123 Declaration Of War21  4 9-5 A P O´Brien   — 131 133
 
 
  02-411 Ernest Hemingway13  4 9-5 A P O´Brien   — 107 125
 
 
  2-2541 Havana Gold52 3 8-11 Richard Hannon   112 122 130
 
 
  1-2213 Hillstar25 3 8-11 Sir Michael Stoute   111 128 135
 
 
  11763 Hunter´s Light24  5 9-5 Saeed bin Suroor   117 71 121
 
 
  11- Kingsbarns298 3 8-11 A P O´Brien   — 115 137
 
 
  17-119 Magician64  3 8-11 A P O´Brien   — 121 141
 
 
  5-1231 Mukhadram25  4 9-5 William Haggas   125 123 133
 
 
  70-610 Rewarded61 4 9-5 James Toller   107 98 119
 
 
  1115 Ruler Of The World53  3 8-11 A P O´Brien   — 116 138
 
 
  111144 Sajjhaa18  6 9-2 Saeed bin Suroor   115 110 129
 
 
  60-795 Sri Putra25  7 9-5 Roger Varian   115 113 118
 
 
  21-1 Telescope34  3 8-11 Sir Michael Stoute   — 126 132
 
 
  1-1421 Toronado21 3 8-11 Richard Hannon   123 146 147
 
 
  23112 Trading Leather25  3 8-11 J S Bolger   — 130 136
 
 
 

The son of Even Top has failed to make the frame in two starts this season, most recently finishing a distant fourth to Novellist when sent off the 6-4 favourite for last month’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Barande-Barbe is committed to a third successive appearance in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 21 and is now working backwards from that date.

“With a view to the Champion Stakes I think this [Deauville] is a better fit,” she said. “With that in mind he won’t be going to York.”

Reflecting on the decision to skip the York race, for which Cirrus Des Aigles was a best-priced 7-1 chance, in favour of the easier race at home, Barande-Barbe added: “It’s less a case of restoring his morale and more a chance to avoid another hard trip across the Channel.

“There isn’t a lot of rain forecast in Britain over the next week. It hasn’t rained a great deal in Deauville either but it never gets really fast there.”

fonte: RacingPost