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FRIDAY, 3 JULY 2020 CAMPANELLE ANOTHER ENGLISH KING GETS THE HOODOO STALL IN THE DERBY STONESTREET ASCOT WINNER There was an unwelcome twist on Thursday for connections of the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial winner English King (Fr) (Camelot) as the draw for Saturday=s ,500,000 G1 241st Investec Derby imposed a widely-perceived Ahoodoo@ on Bjorn Nielsen=s bay. Ante-post favourite for Epsom=s Blue Riband, he will have to depart from the dreaded stall one after heading a field of 16 declarations. Qatar Racing=s G1 2000 Guineas hero Kameko (Kitten=s Joy) has been allocated gate 11, historically a far more favourable position which gives Oisin Murphy options from the break. Aidan O=Brien=s team of six includes the >TDN Rising Star= Mogul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who is the choice of Ryan Moore and that G2 Champion Juvenile scorer is drawn next door to English King in two. In another unexpected turn of events, last year=s winning rider Seamie Heffernan will be at Epsom along with the 2017 hero Campanelle and Frankie Dettori winning the Queen Mary S. Padraig Beggy and also Emmet McNamara which could result in at Royal Ascot | Racing Post a 14-day quarantine for them as they re-enter Ireland. By Katie Ritz Heffernan has live prospects of a repeat of his red-letter day on Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) 12 months ago on the G3 No one could win from stall one. Hampton Court S. winner Russian Emperor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), That=s what Stonestreet Stables= Barbara Banke heard who will exit from stall six. Cont. p4 throughout the Royal Ascot Meeting as she prepared to watch her juvenile filly Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) make her second lifetime start in the G2 Queen Mary S. on the final day of the meet. AAll during the week I kept hearing that nobody was winning from the one post position, and that we probably couldn=t either,@ Banke said. So from California, the top American commercial breeder set her alarm for before the crack of dawn to watch the filly go off as the second choice at 9-2 and then, under Frankie Dettori, fight past her rivals and sail to victory. ALo and behold, she managed to make a really strong run for it,@ Banke said. AI think if she had been in a better post position, she probably would have won with even more lengths of separation.@ English King | Megan Ridgewell These connections aren=t new to the Royal Ascot winner=s enclosure. Stonestreet Stables, in partnership with Peter Leidel, IN TDN AMERICA TODAY and with American trainer Wesley Ward and Frankie Dettori, claimed the same race four years ago when >TDN Rising Star= BEING INCLUSIVE IN AN EXCLUSIVE GAME In his latest Taking Stock, Sid Fernando examines how exclusive Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) gave a breathtaking performance and racing is, in a time where inclusiveness needs to be the order of took the five-furlong race by seven lengths. Cont. p2 the day. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 3 JULY 2020 Campanelle Cont. from p1 Bred by Tally-Ho Stud, Campanelle is the last known foal out of Janina (GB) {Namid {GB}), who won the Listed Marygate S. and is AThat was so unexpected and so spectacular,@ Banke recalled a daughter of G3 Dubai International Airport World Trophy of Lady Aurelia=s Queen Mary S. AWe knew that she was super winner Lady Dominatrix (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). fast and she had some great competition that day, but I=ve never After her purchase, the yearling filly caught a flight to Ocala, seen anything like that win. They called her a flying machine, Florida to begin her initial training at the Stonestreet Training and I think that=s about right.@ Center. Since that memorable day for From there, she was moved to Stonestreet Stables, the the barn of juvenile specialist organization has been on the Wesley Ward in February. lookout for another filly that ABen McElroy did such a great could give them a repeat victory job picking out such a talented in the prestigious race. They filly,@ Ward said. AIt made my job found such a horse last October easy. All I had to do was keep in Book 1 of the Tattersalls her on a weekly schedule, and October Yearling Sale, when Ben she did the rest. Every work was McElroy purchased Campanelle better than the next. All the for 190,000gns. competition I put her with, she ABen McElroy was over at the was easily better than, which Barbara Banke discusses her Queen Mary winners Tattersalls sale,@ Banke said. AHe instilled confidence in her.@ Lady Aurelia and Campanelle told me, >There=s one horse that As the filly progressed, Banke we just absolutely have to buy, because she could be your received continual notes that the filly showed promise. Queen Mary winner.= So I said >Well, we have to do that then.= AWesley was fairly effusive about her. Of course sometimes And she was perfectly well-balanced, and was well-bred.@ he=s effusive about everything,@ Banke quipped. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 3 JULY 2020 Campanelle Cont. ABut he said that she was really doing well and we were going to try to get her to Ascot,@ she added. AThis year was so tough with the Coronavirus and having to get a race into these 2-year- olds before you ship them over.@ They found a spot for the filly to make her first start on the last Senior Vice President Gary King day of May at Gulfstream Park. She was the first to take the lead Twitter: @garykingTDN in the five furlong maiden race and never looked back, beating [email protected] the rest of the field by over three lengths. + 1.732.320.0975 From there, the wheels were put in motion for a trip overseas for Royal Ascot. International Editor AWe only had three weeks or less until the race,@ Ward said. Kelsey Riley AShipping from Miami to England was a little bit of a concern, Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN going from a tropical climate over to a nice, cool one in London. [email protected] But she took to it, and thrived. She broke out of the gate with European Editor Frankie Dettori and went straight to the winner=s circle.@ Emma Berry Banke said that they had always felt like Campanelle had the Twitter: @collingsberry potential to be a top-class turf sprinter. [email protected] AShe has a lot of that strength in the hind end that you need for getting up that hill at the end,@ she said. AAnd we had Associate International Editor experience with Lady Aurelia, so we knew that she was that kind Heather Anderson of filly.@ Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Keeping the same world-class trainer and jockey formula Marketing Manager proved a successful equation. Alayna Cullen AWesley has been good friends with Frankie for a long time,@ Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Banke said. AFrankie was the assistant trainer for Lady Aurelia [email protected] one summer when we wanted to leave her over there and not bring her back and forth. So we knew Campanelle was in good Contributing Editor hands. Wesley just says, >You know what to do,= and of course Alan Carasso he does. So it worked out very well.@ Twitter: @EquinealTDN Since her break-out achievement at Ascot, Campanelle has Cafe Racing returned to the States and is back at Keeneland, Ward=s home Sean Cronin base in Lexington. Cont. p4 Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry John Boyce | Amy Lynam Melissa Steele IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY PANDEMIC DOESN’T SWAY DE KOCK’S OZ AMBITION Despite the coronavirus, Mat de Kock remains determined to Ben McElroy selected Campanelle at train in Australia. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Tattersalls October | Sarah Farnsworth Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 3 JULY 2020 Campanelle Cont. If Campanelle can continue to follow the path paved by her AShe looks like she hasn=t even ran,@ Ward said. ASome of these Stonestreet predecessor, there will be much to look forward to good horses, they can take everything in stride. So hopefully she in watching the career of the Irish-turned-American Royal Ascot progresses to keep doing great things for us. The way it looks winner. right now, she=s going to.@ What=s the next step for this promising 2-year-old? Just consult the instructional provided from Lady Aurelia. G1 Investec Derby & Other Classics Cont. from p1 AWe won the G1 Prix Morny in Deauville with Lady Aurelia,@ Beggy, who got up late on the 40-1 outsider Wings of Eagles Ward said. AIt=s a six furlong race, and Lady Aurelia was more of (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}), comes in for the ride on the fascinating G1 a five furlong horse. She was just so good at the time, that she Irish 2000 Guineas runner-up Vatican City (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) stayed the extra furlong. But Campanelle looks like she=s going and he is ideally drawn in the middle in eight. McNamara is on to appreciate the added distance.@ Saturday=s impressive nine-length Curragh maiden winner Ward said he is hoping that by the time the calendar turns to Serpentine (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and he could be the pace angle August, he might be able to make the trip along with the filly.