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GREAT HUNTER sidelined HEADLINE p. 10 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2007 COCK OF THE WALK A SWING AROUND? Cockney Rebel (Ire) (Val Royal {Fr}) may have come While Arch Swing (Arch) has 2 1/2 lengths to find from left field when winning Newmarket=s G1 2000 with Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley) on their Guineas, but Phil Cunningham=s colt made certain he is Newmarket encounter, she has the potential to turn firmly established in the elite that around in today=s G1 Irish 1000 Guineas at The after completing a double in Curragh. Like Kooyonga (Ire), Marling (Ire) and Matiya the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas (Ire) before her, Pat Garvey=s charge yesterday at The Curragh. will bid to go one better than her He was brilliant when rush- finish in the May 6 G1 1000 Guin- ing from almost last to first eas, where she met with defeat for in the May 5 Newmarket the first time. AShe has been fine at Classic, and, while the 6-4 home; she came out of the pick was less dazzling this Newmarket race very well,@ trainer time, he answered every call John Oxx told PA Sport. AThere from Olivier Peslier through- have been no problems since, we Arch Swing www.claibornefarm.com Cockney Rebel at The Curragh out the final quarter to best have been happy with her work and Getty Images Creachadoir (Ire) (King=s she looks well. We=ve got a bit to find [with Finsceal Best) by a length. AHe=s just Beo]. She won very well at Newmarket and, if she is a good horse, a proper horse and that=s it,@ trainer Geoff back to that form and fully recovered from her trip to Huffer said. AHe=s shown that emphatically, and he France, obviously she=ll be hard to beat. It=s a little bit could win at six furlongs, a mile and a mile and a quar- of a gap, but we are hoping we can narrow it some- ter.@ Cockney Rebel is the first colt to complete the what.@ Irish 1000 Guineas preview cont. p3 Newmarket/Curragh double since Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) did so in 2002. Irish 2000 Guineas cont. p2 ‘HONEY’ RULES IN RETURN The venerable Honey Ryder (Lasting Approval) nipped stablemate Safari Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland Queen (Arg) (Lode) yesterday to successfully defend BOYLESPORTS IRISH 2000 GUINEAS-G1, i400,000, her title in the GII Sheepshead Bay H. at Belmont. AIt Curragh, 5-26, 3yo, c/f, 1mT, 1:36.15, gd/fm. was a good effort,@ said winning trainer Todd Pletcher. 1--COCKNEY REBEL (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Val Royal (Fr) AI was hoping for dead-heat, though.@ Cont. p4 1st Dam: Factice, by Known Fact 2nd Dam: Wacky Princess, by Miswaki 3rd Dam: Cornish Princess, by Cornish Prince (15,000gns wnlg >04 TATDEC; 30,000gns yrl >05 DONSEP). O-Phil Cunningham; B-Oak Lodge Blood- stock; T-Geoff Huffer; J-Olivier Peslier; i224,500. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 5-3-1-1, i653,946. 2--Creachadoir (Ire), 126, c, 3, King=s Best--Sadima (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells. (i83,000 yrl >05 TATIRE). O-Mrs J Bolger; B-F Dunne; T-Jim Bolger; i80,000. 3--He=s a Decoy (Ire), 126, c, 3, In The Wings (GB)-- Allegheny River, by Lear Fan. (i40,000 yrl >05 GOFORB). O-Joseph Joyce; B-Holborn Trust Co; T-David Wachman; i40,000. Margins: 1, 1, HD. Odds: 6-4, 7-1, 40-1. Also Ran: Duke of Marmalade (Ire), Followmyfootsteps, Vital Equine (Ire), Confuchias (Ire), Kingsdale Orion (Ire), Traffic Guard, Fleeting Shadow (Ire), Ferneley (Ire), Trinity College. Scratched: Excellent Art (GB). Andrew Caulfield recently discussed Royal Academy and his descendants--including COCKNEY REBEL. Click here to read the article! P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/27/07 • PAGE 2 of 10 C L A S S I C C O R N E R Irish Guineas P P Kayah to Join Oaks Mix... Cockney Wiles... Julian Richmond-Watson=s Kayah (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}) If Cockney Rebel was under the radar at two, it was has been supplemented for Friday=s G1 Epsom Oaks, due to his trainer=s keenness not to overface the bay, for which 15 were declared yesterday. Trainer Ralph but he showed marked ability when runner-up in the St Beckett, who paid the ,20,000 fee to add the Listed Leger Yearling S. at York in August and third behind Lingfield Oaks Trial winner to the mile-and-a-half Clas- Vital Equine (Ire) (Danetime {Ire}) back there the follow- sic, told PA Sport, AKayah=s work has been very satis- ing month in the G2 Champagne S. His spring work factory since her Lingfield win and we are going to with established sprint handicapper Banjo Patterson supplement her for the Oaks. Everything has gone well (GB) had his connections jumping and he showed the and we are hopeful of a good run.@ Khalid Abdullah=s same exciting acceleration in what appears at this stage G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and G3 Musidora S. hero- to have been a strong renewal of the Newmarket fea- ine Passage of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}) is the likely ture. Racing more freely here closer to the pace, he favorite for the contest, which also saw His Highness eventually settled into a rhythm and was full of run as the Aga Khan=s G3 Blue Wind S. winner Four Sins (Ger) he loomed upsides his old foe Vital Equine with a quar- (Sinndar {Ire}) confirmed by trainer John Oxx. Only four ter mile remaining. In front soon after, he forged a safe fillies were withdrawn at yesterday=s five-day stage, margin and maintained his advantage despite drifting with other notable confirmations including St Albans left to hold Creachadoir and Kevin Manning in the run Bloodstock=s Listed Pretty Polly S. winner Dalvina (GB) to the line. AHe had to travel over here and this was a (Grand Lodge), Godolphin=s Listed Swettenham Stud totally different race to Newmarket,@ Huffer added. AHe Fillies= S. scorer Measured Tempo (GB) (Sadler=s Wells) hit the front too soon, but he=ll dig and fight for you. and Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier s The plan is the G1 St James=s Palace S. [at Royal Ascot = June 19], and then we=ll give him a rest before the G1 Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill). Epsom=s Clerk of the Juddmonte International S. [at York Aug. 21] and G1 Course Andrew Cooper described the going as currently Queen Elizabeth II S. [at Ascot Sept. 29], then maybe good, with a wet forecast. AWe are expecting rain to- the Breeders= Cup.@ As for the runner-up, trainer Jim night or tomorrow, with more to come on Monday and Bolger was not too despondent after watching Tuesday, so we will see what happens,@ he said. AThe Creachadoir finish second in another Classic. The bay weather is forecast to improve after that.@ just missed in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp 13 days earlier, and the colt may find him- 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. self heading back to France eventually. AHe has run a This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by good race,@ Bolger said. AWe will take a pull with him any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior now and give him a break. He won't go to Royal Ascot, written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. and we might save him for the G1 Prix du Moulin [at Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in Longchamp Sept. 9]. @ Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. catalogue-style pedigree. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/27/07 • PAGE 3 of 10 Boylesports Irish 1000 Guineas preview cont. Don’t Count Them Out... Set for a Treat... Aidan O=Brien has won this three times with Classic British-trained challengers have made four successful Park (GB) in 1997, Imagine (Ire) in 2001 and Yesterday raids across the Irish Sea since 1999, and Highclere=s (Ire) two years later. He saddles Susan Magnier and Treat (GB) (Barathea {Ire}) is the sole flyer of the Union Michael Tabor=s maiden Diamond Necklace (Unbridled=s Jack this time. Runner-up in Ascot=s G1 Fillies= Mile in Song), ninth in the G3 Blue Wind S. at Naas 11 days September, she handled herself with credit when fourth in the Newmarket Classic last time, and connections ago; and Peeping Fawn (Danehill), who got off the mark believe that she can be a major factor here. AWe are at that track the same evening. Kevin Prendergast has very excited about Treat; I think she ran one hell of a won this contest with Pidget (GB) in 1972 and Arctique race in the 1000 Guineas without a prep run,@ the syndi- Royale (Ire) in 1981, and it is up to Lady O=Reilly=s cate=s Harry Herbert told PA Sport. AShe=s a tough, Dimenticata (Ire) (Danetime {Ire}) to carry the famed gritty filly that doesn=t give up. The ground at black-and-white colors here. She has looked exposed Newmarket that day was quick and that wouldn=t have and needs to show major improvement on her latest been in her favour.