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Visit the Maragh gets 7 days for TDN Website: GI Belmont ride www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P12 THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. A CERTAINTY? THINK AGAIN GLORY SEEKING For most of yesterday's G1 Prince of Wales's S., it Two days after the statue of Yeats (Ire) (Sadler=s appeared all was going perfectly to plan for So You Wells) was unveiled here, Fame and Glory (GB) Think (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}), but, in the closing (Montjeu {Ire}) would prove a fitting winner of today=s stages, it was Rewilding (GB) (Tiger Hill {Ire}) who G1 Gold Cup for Ballydoyle. Only Rite of Passage (GB) prevailed under a power-packed Frankie Dettori drive. (Giant=s Causeway) has stopped the Rosegreen outfit While all the pre-race emphasis centred around the from annexing the last five renewals, and that potential ex-Australian superstar, Godolphin's G1 Dubai Sheema threat is now absent after he suffered a late setback. Classic hero was under the radar and started at 17-2, That leaves Fitri Hay=s colorbearer with a clearer route opposed to the 4-11 on offer for Ballydoyle's favorite. to the winning post if he manages to see out this As So You Think set out for a solo under Ryan Moore marathon trip, which is six furlongs farther than he has on the home turn, Rewilding was beginning to wind up attempted so far. The four-time Group 1 winner holds a out wide, and gradually ground him down in the final distinct class edge if his stamina lasts out. Aidan 50 yards to score by a neck. "They were two great O=Brien admits this is a venture into the unknown. AYou horses and it was a sheer joy to be in the race," Dettori can=t be sure about the 2 1/2 miles, as he is a Group 1 said. "It was a tremendous battle and the second never winner over a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half,@ gave up, but I'm delighted for Rewilding, as he is a O=Brien said. AHis work has been a bit longer and good horse and doesn't get the recognition he deserves." slower, as we=ve been trying to teach him to relax. On form and quality and looking at his run at Leopardstown, you=d think he=ll definitely get two miles, so we=ll just have to see about the other half a mile.@ Cont. p8-9 Lolly for Dolly takes Best Terms reigns in Strong Suit tops in G2 Windsor Forest p3-4 G2 Queen Mary p5 G3 Jersey p6 Horsephotos Rewilding (outside) trumps So You Think Horsephotos When this race was upgraded to its current status in 2000, Godolphin were quick to dominate, but after the riches reaped by the three consecutive scorers Dubai Millennium (GB), Fantastic Light and Grandera (Ire) came the drought. Step forward Rewilding. A half- brother to international star Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), the bay colt ran third in the G1 Epsom Derby last June, and kicked off his 4-year-old campaign with a win in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan Mar. 26. "If you win these races, it is a great thing, and the preparation and training was perfect," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum commented. Conditioner Mahmood Al Zarooni gave the credit to his boss. "I have to be honest, it's not me, it's His Highness--he always gives us direction with the horses,@ Al Zarooni noted. AHe has been around a long time and has a lot of experience, while we are still learning. The G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. [at Ascot July 23] is next." Cont. p2 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/16/11 • PAGE 2 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Wednesday, Royal Ascot, Britain PRINCE OF WALES'S S.-G1, ,400,000, Ascot, 6-15, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:04.24, gd. 1--REWILDING (GB), 126, c, 4, by Tiger Hill (Ire) 1st Dam: Darara (Ire) (G1SW-Fr, $142,470), by Top Ville (Ire) 2nd Dam: Delsy (Fr), by Abdos (Fr) 3rd Dam: Kelty (Fr), by Venture VII (GB) (500,000gns yrl >08 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Watership Down Stud; T-Mahmood Al Zarooni; J-F Dettori; ,227,080. Lifetime Record: G1SW- UAE, GSP-Fr, 9-5-2-1, ,2,455,418. *1/2 to Dariyoun (Shahrastani), Ch. Imp. Horse-Spa, MSW & G1SP-Fr, SW & GSP-Spa, $408,811; Darazari (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), G1SW-Aus, GSW-Fr, GSP-HK, $596,122; Kilimanjaro (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}), GSP-Eng; Rhagaas (GB) (Sadler=s Wells), G1SP-Fr, GSP-Ger, $116,003; Diaghilev (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), Ch. Older Horse-HK, G1SW-HK, GSW-Fr, $1,935,491; and Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), G1SW-Eng, Ire & UAE, G1SP-Fr, $4,356,980. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--So You Think (NZ), 126, h, 5, High Chaparral (Ire)- - Triassic (NZ), by Tights. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Dato Tan & Tunku Yahaya; B-M J Moran & Piper Farm Ltd; T-Aidan O'Brien; ,86,080. 3--Sri Putra (GB), 126, h, 5, Oasis Dream (GB)- - Wendylina (Ire), by In the Wings (GB). (65,000gns wnlg >06 TATDEC; 240,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT). O-H R H Sultan Ahmad Shah; B-Glebe Stud & Partners; T-Roger Varian; ,43,080. Margins: NK, 6, HF. Odds: 17-2, 4-11, 66-1. Also Ran: Planteur (Ire), Twice Over (GB), Jan Vermeer (Ire), Debussy (Ire). Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy attheraces.com. Rewilding was held in the highest regard by his then-trainer Andre Fabre following his second to Planteur (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) in the G2 Prix Noailles at Longchamp last April. Transferred to Mahmood Al Zarooni, the bay booked a Derby ticket when taking Goodwood's Listed Cocked Hat S. in mid-May, and was third in the ABlue Riband@ itself just over a fortnight later. Despite taking those three quick runs in his stride, he subsequently backtracked from an impressive success in the G2 Great Voltigeur S. over 12 furlongs at York in August when only sixth as the even-money favorite for the G1 St Leger at Doncaster the following month. With vital time under his belt, he reappeared on World Cup night to show the benefit of patience and duly won the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic with a degree of authority, but a question mark remained over this drop back in trip. Held on to early as Frankie watched the race unfold in front, he raced enthusiastically while the initially languid Jan Vermeer (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) took up the pacesetting duties after the first quarter. So You Think raced past his stable companion on the final bend and, although he had first run on Rewilding, his early move cost him as the royal blue train steadily usurped the purple where it mattered. Cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/16/11 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Prince of Wales=s S. Dar She Goes... Darara, a Group 1 winner for breeder The Aga Khan, had produced just one black-type performer by the time she went through the ring as an 11-year-old at Goffs in 1994. Secured by agent Charlie Gordon-Watson on behalf of Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber for a sale-topping Ir470,000gns, the bay mare proved a bargain at the price. Her first two foals for Watership Down, Kilimanjaro (Shirley Heights) and Rhagaas (Sadler=s Wells), each brought 500,000gns--from Demi Rewilding as a yearling in 2008... www.watershipdownstud.com O=Byrne and Godolphin, respectively--as yearlings at Tattersalls. Her 1999 Sadler=s Wells colt established a British record when selling for 3.4-million guineas in 2000; originally named Diaghilev, he developed into a Group 1 winner in Hong Kong under the moniker River Dancer. Dar Re Mi was retained to race under pink-and-grey silks, and bankrolled ,2,698,880 for the Lloyd-Webbers. John Ferguson secured Inquiries to Kyle Wilson Rewilding for 500,000gns [email protected] at Tattersalls in 2008, and the bay colt has Wednesday, Royal Ascot, Britain repaid that several times WINDSOR FOREST S.-G2, ,100,000, Ascot, 6-15, over. Darara was 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:38.72, gd. ...and after the Prince of Wales’s Horsephotos pensioned after 1--LOLLY FOR DOLLY (IRE), 124, f, 4, by Oratorio (Ire) producing Rewilding. 1st Dam: Heart Stopping, by Chester House 2nd Dam: Clog Dance (GB), by Pursuit of Love (GB) 3rd Dam: Discomatic, by Roberto It’s Not What You Think... (56,000gns RNA wnlg >07 TATDEC; 57,000gns yrl So You Think's trainer Aidan O'Brien blamed himself >08 TATOCT). O-David Keoghan; B-Jerry Jamgotchian; his charge=s defeat. "I would take total responsibility for T-Tommy Stack; J-Wayne Lordan; ,56,770. Lifetime this, as he won his first two starts very easily, and I Record: MGSW-Ire, 10-5-2-0, ,213,920. Werk Nick Rating: was letting him come along very gently and not training C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. him very hard," O=Brien explained. "I didn't like to get 2--Chachamaidee (Ire), 124, f, 4, Footstepsinthesand (GB)- - stuck into him and, while this was a big step up from Canterbury Lace, by Danehill. (130,000gns wnlg >07 his other races, he was a little fresh and tanked for the TATDEC; 135,000gns yrl >08 TATOCT).