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MONDAY, 9TH MAY 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU NH REVIEW | SALES TALK | FIRST CROP SIRE MAIDENS | STAKES FIELDS DERRINSTOWN STUD 1,000 GUINEAS TRIAL TODAY’S HEADLINES Another showing her Classic credentials at Leopardstown was Michael O’Callaghan-trained filly Now Or Never, who was second RACING REVIEW here in the seven-furlong trial last month in heavy ground but was the easy winner of yesterday’s Gr.3 Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial under Kieren Fallon. MOONLIGHT SHINES FOR Sent off as favourite, the daughter of Bushranger tracked the leaders in third, led at the two-furlong marker and was soon in BOLGER IN DERBY TRIAL command. Fallon looked around for dangers and recorded a easy Godolphin’s unbeaten two-year-old and Listed Eyrefield Stakes one and three-quarter length victory over Radiantly (Aussie winner Moonlight Magic put himself in the Gr.1 Derby picture Rules) and the pair were six lengths clear of Emergent (Oasis yesterday when landing the Gr.3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Dream) and the rest of the field. Stakes at Leopardstown for Jim Bolger. Fallon said: “She enjoyed the ground today and really accelerated. Unplaced in the Gr.3 Ballysax Stakes on his reappearance in She felt like a 1,000 Guineas filly and, apart from Russian Rhythm, is heavy ground last month, the son of Cape Cross relished the as good as any I’ve ridden.” better ground and travelled sweetly in third under Kevin Manning. Bred by Tally-Ho Stud, she was sold at Doncaster Breeze-Up Quickening clear in the straight, he beat Aidan O’Brien’s Gr.3 Sale for £42,000 to BBA Ireland. She is out of the unraced Pivotal Craven Stakes-third Shogun (Fastnet Rock) by a length and a mare Queenofthefaries, who is two from two with runners to quarter and the favourite Idaho (Galileo), who was second in the date and is a half-sister to the European Champion Sprinter and Ballysax, was a further half-length back in third. sire Dream Ahead (Diktat) and the dual Listed scorer Into The Bolger said: “I’d be keen to go to Epsom. I think he can go anywhere, Dark (Rainbow Quest). Her second dam, Land Of Dreams but I’d have to discuss it with the Godolphin people and arrive at a (Cadeaux Genereux) won the Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes and is a consensus. If it were left to me I’d be very keen to go. half-sister to the dam of Princess Noor (Holy Roman Emperor), “He’s a very classy horse and he’ll stay a mile and a half, but I who was runner-up in the Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes. wouldn’t mind dropping back to a mile – he’s got plenty of toe. He was as good today as St Jovite [winner of Gr.1 Irish Derby] was when he AMETHYST STAKES won the Derrinstown, but he didn’t win at Epsom, he was second.” Jim Bolger also took the Gr.3 Amethyst Stakes with his homebred A Darley homebred, he is a half-brother to the Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 filly Steip Amach, who was racing in the famous purple and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-placed Masterstroke (Monsun) and the white colours of his wife Jackie. By his Redmondstown Stud sire out of the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes winner and Gr.1 Oaks runner-up Vocalised (Vindication), she is the best produce to date of her Melikah (Lammtarra), and his second dam is the great Urban Sea. sire, who won the Gr.3 Greenham Stakes and Gr.3 (then) Tetrarch GERMAN HORSEPOWER MEETS LUXURY Spring Breeze Up Mixed Sale – 27th May Premier Yearling Sales – 2nd September Baden-Baden racecourse www.bbag-sales.de Casino Baden-Baden CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 9TH MAY 2016 Stakes for her trainer, as she won the Gr.3 Killavullan Stakes here down the outside and picked him off before drawing clear and as a juvenile and, although this is only her second win, she has gaining his third career victory. been consistently placed at Stakes level since, including runner- John Ferguson, Godolphin’s Chief Executive and Racing up in the Gr.3 Athasi Stakes at the Curragh just six days ago. Manager, commented: “We are absolutely delighted with today’s Ridden by Kevin Manning, she tracked the pace which was set by performance from Cloth Of Stars. I had a word with Andre afterwards Brendan Bracken (Big Bad Bob) and made her challenge at the and our thinking is to go for the Epsom Derby. two furlong marker, but had to fend off Ryan Moore and Cougar “We will have to supplement him for the Epsom Derby, which is the Mountain (Fastnet Rock), who came from the back of the pack. same weekend as the Prix du Jockey Club, so everything depends on The pair went head to head for the dash to the line, with the filly how Cloth Of Stars trains between now and then.” rallying gamely and coming out on top by short head in a photo. Bred in Ireland by Peter Anastasiou, he was purchased by John Bolger said: “She’s a trier. I felt she’s a better filly this year, but the Ferguson for 400,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale ground has been very bad on her previous two runs. With the better Book 1. He is out of the placed Kingmambo mare Strawberry ground I think we got a better result from her. Fledge, who is a full-sister to the Gr.1 Oaks winner Light Shift “I’d love to keep her racing, but when you’re in the situation I’m in, and the Listed-placed Erewhon. His second dam was also placed in a very high-risk business, she might get sold at some stage. I’d love and she also produced the Champion Older Mare Shiva and the to keep her as a broodmare, as she’d be very easy to mate. Gr.3 scorer and sire Limnos, both by Hector Protector. The family “I would say the big target is the Matron Stakes at the end of the also includes the Gr.1 winners Main Sequence (Aldebaran) and year and that might just be the race for her, and maybe a trip to the Northern Trick (Northern Dancer). July Course [Newmarket] for the Falmouth.” D’HEDOUVILLE VICTORY FOR HEAVEN She is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Robert G Dick Memorial Handicap Later on the card, the four-year-old Fastnet Rock gelding One winner Ceistrach (New Approach), out of the placed Noverre Foot In Heaven followed up his Listed victory at Maisons-Laffitte mare Ceist Eile, whose New Approach yearling filly sold for last month with Gr.3 success in the Prix d’Hedouville for Alain de 200,000gns to Shadwell last year and has been named Fidaaha. Royer-Dupre and Fair Salinia Ltd. The family goes back to the Gr.1 Prix de l’Opera winner Shalanaya He was settled towards the rear of the seven runners in the (Lomitas) and the great Shergar (Great Nephew). 2,400m contest by Christophe Soumillon, as Golden Wood (Gold Away) set the pace. He was put into contention as the field FRANCE grouped in the straight, with four in a line across the track, and he quickened up best and drew clear to win by a length from the Andre Fabre pair Harlem (Champs Elysees) and Grey Lion EPSOM DERBY TARGET FOR STARS (Galileo), who were split by a head for second and third. AFTER GREFFULHE TRIUMPH Bred by Craigavon Agro Ltd, he is the fourth foal out of Pride Five went to post in the feature race at Saint-Cloud and Andre (Peintre Celebre), who ran for five seasons, winning eight Pattern Fabre’s Godolphin runner Cloth Of Stars (Sea The Stars), who races, including three Gr.1s, and earning nearly £2.2m. The mare’s had the benefit of race fitness, having landed last month’s Gr.3 La first three foals are the triple French winner All By Myself (Galileo), Force Stakes, turned the tables on Harry Dunlop’s star Robin Of French winner Now’s The Time (Dansili), also a multiple winner in Navan (American Post) to win the 2,000m Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe by Australia, and the dual German winner Proud Dancer (Danehill two and a half lengths. The pair had met twice before, but on Dancer). Her three-year-old is a Raven’s Pass gelding named Man softer ground, and Fabre’s colt was third when favourite in the Of Honor, her two-year-old and first daughter is by Lawman and Gr.3 Prix de Conde and runner-up to the chesnut in the Gr.1 is named Speciality, and she has a yearling colt by Reliable Man. Criterium de Saint-Cloud at the end of last year. Kidmenever (Baltic King) made the running, with Robin Of The Sensational Navan on the rail to his inside. Pulling hard, Dunlop’s charge was STALLION GUIDE APP restrained after marginally getting his nose in front and was settled back by Tony Piccone. Travelling well, Robin Of Navan picked up to lead at the 300m marker, but Cloth Of Stars swooped 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 9TH MAY 2016 ITALY She is the first foal out of the speedy Elusive Force (Elusive City), winner of the valuable handicap Premio Ricchi over 1000 metres.