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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here CAPE BLANCO RETIRED AWESOME FEATHER RETURNS TOMORROW Multiple Grade I winner Cape Blanco (Ire) (Galileo Champion Awesome Feather (Awesome of Course), {Ire}--Laurel Delight {GB}, by Presidium {GB}) has been unraced since running her record to a perfect six-for-six retired from racing after sustaining an injury while in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill winning Saturday=s GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Downs last November, will make Invitational S. ACape her return in the $60,000 Le Blanco sustained a slab Slew S. at Belmont Park fracture of his knee when tomorrow. With jockey Jeffrey winning the Joe Hirsch Sanchez in the irons, she is Turf Classic Invitational scheduled to face four rivals in Reed Palmer S. at Belmont on the seven-furlong test. The 3- Saturday and will be year-old filly is 1-5 on the morning line. Bred by Jacks retired from racing,@ said Or Better Farm in Florida, Awesome Feather won her a statement from first five starts at Calder while carrying the colors of her breeder. The slight 4-1 favorite in the Breeders Cup, Cape Blanco Coolmore released = she scored by 2 1/4 lengths, and upped her bankroll to Horsephotos yesterday afternoon. Initially raced in the $1,495,746. The bay went through the ring at the colors of Derrick Smith and co-owned by Susan Fasig-Tipton November sale and was bought by Frank Magnier and Michael Tabor, Cape Blanco captured the Stronach for $2.3 million. Sent to trainer Chad Brown, 2009 G2 Futurity S. and G3 Tyros S. during an she was forced to the sidelines by a tendon injury, and unbeaten 2-year-old campaign. After defeating makes her first appearance for her new connections in the Le Slew. Awesome Feather has been working subsequent Epsom Derby hero Workforce (GB) (King=s steadily since the end of August, most recently Best) by 3 1/4 lengths in the G2 Dante S. the following covering five furlongs in 1:01.09 on the Belmont May, he missed the blue riband and was unplaced in training track Sept. 25. AIn some of her works, you just the G1 Prix du Jockey Club before annexing the G1 see how easy she does things,@ Brown told Daily Racing Irish Derby and finishing runner-up in the G1 King Form. AIt gives you a sneak peek at what=s under the George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. He followed an hood. What=s under the hood is a serious racehorse. It=s emphatic 5 1/2-length victory in the G1 Irish Champion obvious given her remarkable record, but getting to see S. with another unplaced effort on his next visit to it for yourself, you really appreciate it.@ France for the Arc. Bought into by Jim and Fitri Hay during the off-season, Cape Blanco ran fourth in the Mar. 26 G1 Dubai World Cup and G1 Prix Ganay Apr. 30 and was sixth in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot June 14 before being sent on his first Stateside foray. After plundering the July 9 GI Man O=War S., he shipped back to add the Aug. 13 GI Arlington Million to his tally before his gutsy nose defeat of Dean=s Kitten (Kitten=s Joy) in Saturday=s 12-furlong contest. He retires with nine successes from 15 starts and over ,2.5 million in prize money. ACape Blanco is an extremely talented and courageous horse with a tremendous attitude to his racing, so we will all be very sad to see him leave Ballydoyle,@ O=Brien said. AThe fact that he never once changed leads in the home straight in spite of his injury just goes to prove what a brave horse he is. It is very disappointing for all the partners, especially the Hays, as we were very much looking forward to the Breeders= Cup.@ Stud plans for Cape Blanco will be announced at a later date. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/4/11 • PAGE 2 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Weekend He is an improving horse and he is very straightforward. Touch wood, everything has gone well with him so far, Brought to and we need to find out how good he is.@ you by Aidan O=Brien has left a team of six in the seven- furlong highlight, including Michael Tabor=s Sept. 10 North American Home of International Racing G1 National S. hero and J “TDN Rising Star” J www.amwestentertainment.com Power (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and the exciting Goldikova Fine after Foret Defeat Sept. 25 Curragh maiden scorer Nephrite (GB) (Pivotal Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) remains on course for a {GB}), who are also entered in the same card=s fourth straight victory in the GI Breeders= Cup Mile after G1 Emaar Middle Park S. Richard Hannon has a pair of her reversal in Sunday=s G1 Prix de la Foret. Beaten a lively contenders in the impressive Sept. 10 Listed head by Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}) in the seven- Stardom S. winner Bronterre (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and furlong contest on the Arc undercard at Longchamp, G2 Champagne S. winner Trumpet Major (Ire) (Arakan). the 14-time Group 1 winner was reported to have ABronterre would be high up in the pecking order of emerged from that contest with no problems and is set our 2-year-olds and he deserves a crack at the to turn up at Churchill Downs Nov. 5. Pierre-Yves Dewhurst,@ Hannon said of the former. AI expect Aidan Bureau, racing manager to the Wertheimer brothers, O=Brien will send a few over for that race, but we have told PA Sport, AShe is okay this morning. Goldikova been very happy with our fellow since Goodwood and, was very brave and still ran very well, so as long as she while it will be a big jump up in class, he has earned his is okay the plan is still to go to the Breeders= Cup. We promotion.@ know she likes racing in America--the fast ground and Also in the list is Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al the fast pace suits her well, so lets hope she can Maktoum=s J “TDN Rising Star” J unbeaten produce her best on what will be her final race.@ Ektihaam (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and George Strawbridge=s Listed Washington Singer S. winner Racetrack Round-Up Fencing (Street Cry {Ire}). Charles Wentworth=s G2 Gimcrack S. and G2 Mill Reef S. winner Caspar Star Added to Dewhurst Field Netscher (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) and the unbeaten G2 Norfolk S. hero Bapak Chinta (Speightstown) are Connections of the impressive recent maiden winner notables. Newmarket Racecourses Director of Racing Spiritual Star (Ire) (Soviet Star) have paid a ,20,000 = Michael Prosser was yesterday continuing to water the supplementary fee to add the colt to Saturday=s G1 Dubai Dewhurst S. at Newmarket. Successful by six Rowley Mile ahead of the inaugural Dubai Future lengths over the same course and distance Sept. 23, Champions= Day. the Andrew Balding trainee races in the colors of AIt is warm again today in Newmarket, with Thurloe Thoroughbreds. temperatures likely to peak at around 25 or 26 degrees ASpiritual Star won very nicely at Newmarket and he Celsius,@ Prosser explained. AThe heat will start to drop looked like a potentially smart horse in the making,@ through the week--which is forecast to be largely dry-- Thurloe=s syndicate manager James Stafford explained. and by the end of it temperatures will be around 16 AWe are very thrilled with him, and we are stepping a degrees Celsius. Therefore, the course is currently little bit into the unknown, but Jimmy Fortune said that being watered and eight millimetres is being applied. If, he deserved a go in a group race. We had the option of as anticipated, we do have a largely dry week, we will going to Newmarket or waiting until the [Oct. 22] again irrigate at the end of it, on either Thursday or G3 Horris Hill S. at Newbury and we thought that we Friday. We will be aiming for decent, fast ground-- would run him while he is in such good form. ground that is on the good side of good to firm.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/4/11 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com GRADED/GROUP RESULTS Monday, Hoppegarten, Germany 21ST WESTMINSTER PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN EINHEIT-G3, i75,000, Hoppegarten, 10-3, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:05.50, gd. 1--RUSSIAN TANGO (GER), 130, c, 4, by Tertullian 1st Dam: Russian Samba (Ire) (SW-Ger), by Laroche (Ger) 2nd Dam: Russland (Ger) by Surumu (Ger) 3rd Dam: Rhodos (Ger), by Frontal (Fr) O-Rennstall Darboven; B-Gestut Idee; T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo Pedroza; i42,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Ger, 14 starts, 6 wins, 4 places, i204,000. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Auvano (Ger), 130, g, 7, Silvano (Ger)--Auenfeuer (Ger), by Big Shuffle. (i10,000 yrl >05 BBAOCT). O-Thomas Gehrig; B-Gestut Rheinberg AG; T-Roland Dzubasz; i16,500. 3--Lindenthaler (Ger), 126, c, 3, Azamour (Ire)--Lasira (Ger), by Vettori (Ire). O/B-Gestut Ebbesloh; T-Peter Schiergen; i7,000. Margins: 1 1/4, HD, HD. Odds: 3.50, 10.00, 6.40. Also Ran: Wiener Walzer (Ger), Empire Storm (Ger), Zazou (Ger), Sunshine Lemon. Scratched: Sun Society (Ger). Click for the Racing Post chart. Russian Tango registered a personal high when winning this event in his sophomore season closer last term and returned to this Berlin track to lift the Listed Preis von Dahlwitz in his second start of this campaign May 8.