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SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SHADES OF RACHEL IN THE HASKELL HAIL THE TAGH TEAM Having already clearly asserted her superiority over Inexperienced, but unbeaten and highly talented--as her own sex, Winchell Thoroughbreds= homebred she proved when winning the G1 Epsom Oaks--Sheikh Untapable (Tapit) will look today to become the second Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Taghrooda (GB) (Sea Steve Asmussen-trained superfilly to beat the boys in the Stars {Ire}) turned her 15-pound weight-for-age the GI Haskell Invitational allowance to maximum advantage as she ran away S., a AWin and You=re In@ with Ascot=s G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. event for the GI Breeders= yesterday. Held up early by Paul Hanagan, the 7-2 Cup Classic. The bay second choice traveled easily, and when asked to close enters the race in similarly on the home turn, had only the older rivals Mukhadram dominant fashion to 2009 (GB) (Shamardal) and Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to heroine and eventual aim at. Overwhelming that dueling pair passing the Horse of the Year Rachel furlong pole, the homebred bay drew on her abundant Alexandra (Medaglia stamina reserves to clear away and score by three d=Oro). She kicked off her lengths from Telescope, with Mukhadram a short head sophomore campaign behind in third. In doing so she became the first winner fittingly with a on the card to dip under standard time, and the first Untapable Equi-Photo 9 1/2-length romp in the 3-year-old filly to prevail in this race since Pawneese GIII Rachel Alexandra S. at (Ire) in 1976. She also earned an automatic berth into Fair Grounds Feb. 22, and added a 7 3/4-length tour de the GI Breeders= Cup Turf. AFair play to Sheikh Hamdan- force in the Mar. 29 GII Fair Grounds Oaks. The easiest -it was a brave call, as the obvious thing was to go to of GI Kentucky Oaks winners May 2, she prepped for a Ireland and make her a dual Classic winner,@ Racing trip to the Jersey Shore just like Rachel did--with an Manager Angus Gold said of the decision to sidestep easy-as-could-be score in Belmont=s June 28 GI Mother last week=s G1 Irish Oaks. ARichard [Hills] and I felt we Goose S. at five cents on the dollar. Well drawn in post had to make Sheikh Hamdan aware of how much seven for what figures to be a scramble up front, weight she gets here, and he was straight onto that Untapable will undoubtedly take some beating, but and made the call himself. She=s always shown us in faces one of the more interesting Haskell line-ups in her races that she is an extra-talented filly, and she is recent memory. Cont. p5 blessed with this incredible attitude, as nothing worries her at all.@ Cont. p3 STRAIGHT AND STRONG Centennial Farms= Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) showed a new dimension with blinkers added by forcing the early issue and turning back a challenge from GI Belmont S. winner and J “TDN Rising Star” J Tonalist (Tapit) in the stretch to record a decisive 2 1/4-length decision in the GII Jim Dandy S. at Saratoga. The GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial hero dead-heated for fourth behind the Wicked Strong Robert S. Evans NYRA/Eddie Davis colorbearer in the third leg of the Triple Crown. AI thought he ran straight and true today,@ winning trainer Jimmy Jerkens commented. AThis is really great. The way he works in the morning, I don't think Secretariat worked any better than this horse does. I know the talent's there. It's just getting him to put it all together.@ Cont. p11 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley HK E.I.P.H. Study Results Released BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] Horses based in Hong Kong that experience exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhaging (EIPH) raced just as long as their non-bleeding contemporaries EDITORIAL without the addition of furosemide, commonly known as Lasix, according to a study published Friday by researchers from the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini Research Center. 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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of IT: Robert Williams SEE ATW [email protected] Database Admin./Programming Specialist: Gregg Casillo [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION EST Race Click for TV International Editor: Kelsey Riley 11:05am GDP Bayerisches Zuchtrennen S.-G1,MUN ---------------------- --------- [email protected] 2:53pm Molly Pitcher S.-GII, MTH Brisnet.com PPs TVG Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin 3:59pm Matchmaker S.-GIII, MTH Brisnet.com PPs TVG Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary 4:05pm Royal North S.-GIII, WO Brisnet.com PPs TVG [email protected] 4:32pm Monmouth Cup S.-GII, MTH Brisnet.com PPs TVG 5:05pm Oceanport S.-GIII, MTH Brisnet.com PPs TVG 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) 5:15pm Shuvee H.-GIII, SAR Brisnet.com PPs HR/TVG www.thoroughbreddailynews.com 5:44pm William Hill Haskell Invitational S.-GI, MTH Brisnet.com PPs TVG www.thetdn.com 8:30pm Bing Crosby S.-GI, DMR Brisnet.com PPs HR/TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/14 • PAGE 3 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com At this time of year, the weight-for-age scale over King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. middle distances and beyond is skewed very much in the Classic generation=s favor, and it is a mystery why so few fillies have taken on the older horses in Saturday, Ascot, Britain this race over the past 30 KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH S. (SPONSORED BY years. While the likes of QIPCO)-G1, £1,000,000, ASC, 7-26, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:28.13, gd/sf. Sun Princess (GB) and Oh 1--TAGHROODA (GB), 118, f, 3, by Sea the Stars (Ire) So Sharp (Ire) were 1st Dam: Ezima (Ire) (MSW-Ire & GSP-Eng, $278,008), by placed after the Sadler’s Wells formidable Pawneese (Ire) 2nd Dam: Ezilla (Ire), by Darshaan (GB) managed to upstage her 3rd Dam: Ezana (Ire), by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire) elders in 1976--and may O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate even have been unlucky Paul Hanagan & John Gosden with Company Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden; J-Paul Hanagan; £603,961. in their respective Taghrooda Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, £928,901. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for renewals--there has been Racing Post the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. only one serious 2--Telescope (Ire), 133, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)--Velouette (GB), by Darshaan challenger from that sex and age to try of late. That (GB). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Wavertree); B-Barronstown was Eswarah (GB) (Unfuwain), who also ran in the royal Stud (IRE); T-Sir Michael Stoute; £228,975. blue-and-white livery in 2005. Only eighth in the King 3--Mukhadram (GB), 133, h, 5, Shamardal--Magic Tree (UAE), by George that was rerouted to Newbury, Eswarah was Timber Country. (190,000gns wlng ‘09 TATDEC). O-Sheikh Hamdan below-par on the day and her effort was not a fair bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Wardall Bloodstock (GB); T-William indication of the advantage bestowed on a top-class Haggas; £114,594. filly taking on older rivals in championship events. In Margins: 3, SHD, 2 1/4. Odds: 3.50, 2.50, 12.00. the past seasons, the dominant exploits of Danedream Also Ran: Eagle Top (GB), Trading Leather (Ire), Magician (Ire), (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) and Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) in Romsdal (GB), Leitir Mor (Ire). Scratched: Flintshire (GB). Click for the the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe have revived the Racing Post result, the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree weight-for-age debate, and connections of Taghrooda or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO, courtesy Racing UK. opted to strike before the inevitable change is made to that outdated measurement. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/14 • PAGE 4 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com King George cont. Trainer John Gosden added, AIt was a special With the well-beaten runner-up Tarfasha (Ire) (Teofilo performance and she got a beautiful ride from Paul. {Ire}) carrying the Shadwell standard in the Irish Oaks They went very hard to test us and he waited patiently at The Curragh last Saturday, the decision to try such a and she picked them up.