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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here WINSTAR ACQUIRES DAREDEVIL INTEREST RULER OF THE WORLD RETIRED Kenny Troutt=s WinStar Farm has acquired a 50% G1 Investec Derby winner Ruler of the World (Ire) interest in Let=s Go Stable=s leading 2-year-old colt (Galileo {Ire}--Love Me True, by Kingmambo) has been Daredevil (More Than Ready--Chasethewildwind, by retired from racing and will enter stud at Coolmore=s Forty Niner) ahead of his upcoming appearance in the Irish base in 2015. The 4-year-old, who has suffered a GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Nov. 1. A $260,000 recurrence of a muscle injury in his hindquarters that he Keeneland September yearling purchase, the athletic suffered earlier in the summer, becomes the fourth chestnut thrashed a field of maidens by 6 1/4 lengths in Derby winner in the last the Belmont mud to graduate at first asking Sept. 13 four years to retire to and was most recently a Coolmore. He joins this comfortable 2 1/2-length year=s victor, Australia winner of the GI (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), as Champagne S. Oct. 4, well as 2011 and 2012 stamping himself one of winners Pour Moi (Ire) the favorites for the (Montjeu {Ire}) and Juvenile. The 107 Beyer Ruler of the World Camelot (GB) (Montjeu Speed Figure for that Racing Post {Ire}). Two additional effort is the fastest figure Derby winners, High for a 2-year-old colt since Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) and Galileo (Ire) (Sadler=s 2010. The deal calls for Wells) also stand at Coolmore. Daredevil Adam Coglianese Daredevil to stand A[Ruler of the World] is a very well-bred Derby winner alongside his sire at by the best stallion in the world,@ said Coolmore=s David WinStar upon completion of his racing career. AWe had O=Loughlin. AFive different Epsom Derby winners have been patiently looking for a top son of our leading sire sired Group 1 winners in Europe this season headed by More Than Ready to bring alongside in the WinStar Galileo, High Chaparral and Sea The Stars, who have all stallion ranks, and we believe Daredevil is the most enjoyed a great year both on the track and in the sales exciting one to come along yet,@ said Elliott Walden, ring. It=s very exciting for Coolmore to be retiring two president, CEO and racing manager at WinStar. AHe is a Derby-winning sons of Galileo.@ Cont. p3 Grade I winner on dirt, and extremely fast. His 107 Beyer winning the Champagne in hand makes him the TDN TODAY fastest 2-year-old colt since Uncle Mo. I love the fact Headline News.. 16 pages that there are five Grade 1 winners under his first two dams. I also love that Todd Pletcher picked him out as a yearling; nobody knows More Than Ready better than Todd, Mr. Scatuorchio and the guys at Let=s Go Stable. We are grateful to be partners with Let=s Go in this promising young star, and we hope to share in all of the success they have had in such a short amount of time. We can't wait to race Daredevil, and eventually add him to our stallion roster.@ Daredevil is a half-brother to 2009 GI Donn H. and 2008 Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile hero Albertus Maximus (Albert the Great). >RUPEE= BOUNCES BACK AT THE VALLEY Just 12 months ago, Teeley Assets= Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) was no better than third in a benchmark handicap on the G1 Manikato S. undercard at Moonee Valley, but the times have certainly changed. Sent off the $2.90-1 favorite in the Friday night feature, the 5-year-old made the running beneath Craig Newitt and got to the wire first in a finish which saw the first eight home covered by scarcely a length. 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Ruler of the World was unbeaten through his Derby win, having collected the G3 Chester Vase a month after his debut. Ruler of the World also placed in that year=s G2 Prix Niel and closed out his sophomore campaigned with a third-place finish, beaten just three-quarters of a length, against elders in the G1 Champion S. Ruler of the World resurfaced in Dubai in March, with Sheikh Joaan=s Al Shaqab Racing purchasing a 50% stake three days prior to the G1 Dubai World Cup. Ruler of the World finished off the board in his lone try on a synthetic surface, but bounced back to form in his second start in the Al Shaqab silks to take the G2 Prix Foy Sept. 14. He finished ninth, beaten just under six lengths, behind Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) in the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe, and filled the same position in last weekend=s G1 Champion S. over heavy ground. Ruler of the World retires with four wins from 11 starts and earnings of more than $1.7 million. ARuler Of The World is a lovely horse with a very good action,@ said trainer Aidan O=Brien. AHe did very well to win the Derby less than two months after making his debut and he showed himself to be equally effective over a mile and a quarter in last year=s Champion S.@ Ruler of the World hails from the sire-producing GRADED/GROUP RESULTS family of A.P. Indy, Summer Squall and Lemon Drop Kid, his third dam being the prolific producer Lassie RUPEE BACK ON THE MONEY IN MANIKATO Dear. Ruler of the World is a half-brother to European An autumn Group 1 hat trick--culminating in a champion and five-time Group 1 winner Duke of scintillating victory over heavy going in the Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill), and his half-sister Countess A$2.5 million T.J. Smith S. at The Championships at Lemonade (Storm Cat) was the dam of a $1.1 million Royal Randwick filly by Tiznow at Keeneland September this year. Apr. 12--had earned A fee will be announced at a later date. Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) the distinction of the world=s highest- rated sprinter on the Longines World=s Best Racehorse Rankings scale. But a pair of seconds at Moonee Valley this season did Lankan Rupee holds off the cavalry not look good on paper, charge in the Manikato despite the laments of Racing and Sports jockey Craig Newitt that the track=s quirky configuration wasn=t to the 5-year- old=s liking.