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Field of Five for GII Honorable Miss ...p. 5 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 KNOCKOUT BLOW FOR TEOFILO SETTING THE TEMPO Jackie Bolger's Teofilo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}--Speirbhean Cheveley Park Stud’s Allegretto (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) {Ire} by Danehill), Europe's champion juvenile of 2006, carved her name in history yesterday, becoming the has failed to win his battle with injury and has been first of her sex to win the G2 Goodwood Cup. Penal- retired, trainer Jim ised for her success in the G2 Henry II S. at Sandown Bolger announced yes- May 29, the four-year-old put a poor display in the G1 terday. Stud plans Ascot Gold Cup behind her with a late show to steal have yet to be final- the race from under the nose of Veracity (GB) (Lomitas ized. “Following an {GB}) and score by a half-length. In doing so, the 8-1 unsatisfactory scan, it shot was completing a group-race treble for jockey has been decided to Ryan Moore, having scored on Hi Calypso (Ire) in the retire Teofilo from rac- G3 Lillie Langtry S. and Moorhouse Lad (GB) in the G3 ing with immediate King George S. “She’s really gutsy and they went very effect," Bolger said in fast, so I always thought she’d pick them up as she a prepared statement. stays very well,” he said. “She had a bit to find with a “Jackie and Jim Bolger few, but she’s really improving.” Cont. p2 would like to thank Teofilo Getty Images their staff who have worked tirelessly with great dedication, making every effort to return Teofilo to the racecourse. They would also like to thank the many well-wishers who have taken such an interest in the past year. They are most grateful to the sponsors of every prestigious race Teofilo won in his short but Sunday, Monmouth Park spectacular career, in which he was unbeaten and HASKELL INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m secured the coveted title of champion European PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY two-year-old.” In a classic case of what might have 1 Any Given Saturday Distorted Humor Gomez been, the strapping bay entered winter quarters as 2 Cable Boy Jump Start Velez Jr. ante-post favorite for both 2000 Guineas and Derby 3 Stormello Stormy Atlantic Castro after powering though a five-race juvenile campaign 4 Imawildandcrazyguy Wild Event Cruz unbeaten. Suggestions of an attempt at a first British 5 Reata’s Shadow Include Bravo Triple Crown since Nijinsky II's 1970 feat were also 6 Curlin Smart Strike Albarado mooted, but the sophomore failed to meet his date with 7 Hard Spun Danzig Pino destiny after suffering a recurrence of a tendon injury 8 Xchanger Exchange Rate Prado on the eve of the Guineas meeting. Starting off in a Post positions were drawn yesterday for the $1 mil- Curragh maiden in July 2006, he bagged a first stakes lion Haskell, with morning-line favorite Curlin breaking in the Listed Tyros S. at Leopardstown the same month from post six. “It will be a fine draw him,” said trainer before garnering the G2 Futurity S. back at The Curragh Steve Asmussen, who added that he expected Curlin to in August. Engaging Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) in the do his running from off the pace in what, on paper, G1 National S., once again at the Curragh, in Septem- looks to be a race with plenty of speed. Asmussen ber, Teofilo disposed of that rival with panache, but added that the GI Preakness S. winner has done well found him a tougher nut to crack in, ultimately, his since his game runner-up effort to Rags to Riches in the career closer in a thrilling renewal of the G1 Dewhurst GI Belmont S. “This horse has spoiled us with his con- S. at Newmarket in October. He retires with a perfect sistency through the Triple Crown races, as well as in five-for-five record and earnings of £349,516. his subsequent works,” he said. Coverage cont. p4 (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/3/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Thursday, Goodwood, Britain GOODWOOD CUP-G2, £100,000, Goodwood, 8-2, 3yo/up, 2mT, 3:25.61, gd. 1--ALLEGRETTO (IRE), 131, f, 4, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Alleluia (GB) (Hwt 3yo Filly-Eng at 14f+, GSW-Eng), by Caerleon 2nd Dam: Alruccaba (Ire), by Crystal Palace (Fr) 3rd Dam: Allara (GB), by Zeddaan (GB) (415,000gns yrl ‘04 TATOCT). O-Cheveley Park Stud; B-Kirsten Rausing & Airlie Stud; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Ryan Moore; £56,780. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 10-4-0-2, £204,206. 2--Veracity (GB), 116, c, 3, Lomitas (GB)--Vituisa (GB), by Bering (GB). O-Skeikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Darley; T-Michael Jarvis; £21,520. 3--Finalmente (GB), 131, g, 5, Kahyasi (Ire)--Sudden Spirit (Fr), by Esprit du Nord. (13,000gns wnlg ‘02 TATDEC; 26,000gns yrl ‘03 TATOCT). O-Edward M Kirtland; B-Helshaw Grange Stud Ltd; T-Neville Callaghan; £10,770. Margins: HF, 3/4, 5. Odds: 8-1, 10-1, 16-1. Also Ran: Balkan Knight (GB), Geordieland (Fr), Tung- sten Strike, Distinction (Ire), Bulwark (Ire), Land ‘n Stars (GB), Falpiase (Ire), Greenwich Meantime (GB), Foxhaven (GB), Baddam (GB), Rayhani, Baizically (Ire). While Allegretto is not a homebred, she fits perfectly the profile of the highly progressive Cheveley Park filly, which has become almost commonplace in recent times. Having won the G2 Lancashire Oaks at Haydock last July, the chestnut was a respectable third in both the G1 Yorkshire Oaks at York the following month and Picking her way past rivals one by one, she built a G2 Park Hill S. at Doncaster in September. Only fifth on head of steam by the time Philip Robinson had galva- her return in the May 18 G2 Yorkshire Cup, she was nized Veracity to take a seemingly decisive advantage fitted with a visor ahead of the May 29 Henry II, and and swamped that foe in the final 100 yards. “We will the headgear worked wonders as she returned to her have to think about what to do,” the Stud’s Racing winning ways. Keen early in the June 21 G1 Ascot Manager Chris Richardson told PA Sport. “After Ascot, Gold Cup, she had thrown away her chance by the time we were thinking that could be her swansong, but she the action had heated up in the stretch. More amenable is back now, and we will look at the options. There is to restraint this time, she raced in rear off the solid nothing of her, but she has a fantastic pedigree. When pace and had a mountain to climb as the field straight- we bought her, we were just pleased to get into that ened for home. family and she is now a proper mare for the future.” Veracity’s trainer Michael Jarvis is looking at the Sept. 15 G1 St Leger at Doncaster, while Jamie Osborne, trainer of the 6-4 pick Geordieland (Fr) (Johann Quatz {Fr}), stated that he raced too keenly before finishing fifth. Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. Getty Images TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/3/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 Thursday, Goodwood, Britain Thursday, Goodwood, Britain LILLIE LANGTRY FILLIES’ S.-G3, £50,000, Goodwood, KING GEORGE S.-G3, £50,000, Goodwood, 8-2, 8-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/4mT, 3:02.47, gd. 3yo/up, 5fT, :57.32, gd. 1--@#HI CALYPSO (IRE), 119, f, 3, by In the Wings (GB) 1--#@MOORHOUSE LAD, 126, g, 4, by Bertolini 1st Dam: Threefold (SP-Eng), by Gulch 1st Dam: Record Time (GB), by Clantime (GB) 2nd Dam: Trivita, by Theatrical (Ire) 2nd Dam: On The Record (GB), by Record Token (Ire) 3rd Dam: Trevilla, by Lyphard 3rd Dam: Bella Travaille (GB), by Workboy (GB) O/B-Philip Newton; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Ryan (32,000gns yrl ‘04 DONOCT). O-Ron Hull; B-Peter Moore; £28,390. Lifetime Record: 7-4-0-0, £45,809. Onslow; T-Bryan Smart; J-Ryan Moore; £28,390. 2--Wannabe Posh (Ire), 132, f, 4, Grand Lodge-- Lifetime Record: 21-5-4-2, £90,042. Wannabe (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB). (200,000gns 2--Enticing (Ire), 120, f, 3, Pivotal (GB)--Superstar Leo yrl ‘04 TATOCT). O-Nicholas Cooper; B-Vizcaya Ag; (Ire), by College Chapel (GB). O/B-Lael Stable; T-John Dunlop; £10,760. T-William Haggas; £10,760. 3--Trick or Treat (GB), 132, f, 4, Lomitas (GB)--Trick of 3--Tax Free (Ire), 131, g, 5, Tagula (Ire)--Grandel (GB), Ace, by Clever Trick. O/B-Peter Onslow; T-James by Owington (GB). (i16,000 wnlg ‘02 GOFNOV; Given; £5,385. 12,000gns yrl ‘03 DONSEP). O-Ian Hewitson; B-Denis Margins: HF, 1HF, 3/4. Odds: 3-1, 3-1, 7-1. & Teresa Bergin; T-David Nicholls; £5,385. Also Ran: Brisk Breeze (Ger), Pentatonic (GB), Oh Glory Margins: 2, NK, HF. Odds: 10-1, 7-2, 7-1.