THURSDAY, 3 JUNE 2021 FRANKIE ON SNOWFALL LAST CALL FOR BREEZERS AT GORESBRIDGE IN NEWMARKET By Emma Berry IN CAZOO OAKS NEWMARKET, UKCCA little later than scheduled, the European 2-year-old sales season will conclude on Thursday with the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-up, which has returned to Newmarket for a second year owing to ongoing Covid travel restrictions. What was already a bumper catalogue for a one-day sale of more than 200 horses has been beefed up still by the inclusion of 16 wild cards that have been rerouted from other recent sales for a variety of reasons. They include horses with some pretty starry pedigrees, so be prepared for some of the major action to take place late in the day. Indeed the last three catalogued all have plenty to recommend them on paper. Lot 241 from Mayfield Stables is the American Pharoah colt out of the Irish champion 2-year-old filly Damson (Ire) (Entrepreneur). Cont. p5 Snowfall | PA Sport IN TDN AMERICA TODAY by Tom Frary BAFFERT SUSPENDED FROM CHURCHILL AFTER MEDINA Aidan O=Brien has booked Frankie Dettori for the G3 Musidora SPLIT POSITIVE S. winner Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in Friday=s G1 Trainer Bob Baffert was suspended for two years by Churchill Downs Cazoo Oaks at Epsom, for which 14 fillies were confirmed on after the split sample of GI Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit (Protonico) came back positive. Click or tap here to go straight to Wednesday. Registering a career-best when winning by 3 3/4 TDN America. lengths in that extended 10-furlong trial at York May 12, she joins >TDN Rising Star= and likely favourite Santa Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and three others from Rosegreen in the mile- and-a-half Classic. As expected, Ryan Moore sticks with the May 2 G1 1000 Guineas fourth Santa Barbara, while Seamie Heffernan takes the mount on the G3 Flame of Tara S. winner Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Wayne Lordan is on the G3 Blue Wind S. third Willow (Ire) (American Pharoah) and William Buick picks up the ride on the Listed Cheshire Oaks fourth La Joconde (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). O=Brien was at The Curragh on Wednesday and gave the low- down on the quintet. AWe always thought the world of Snowfall last year, but she didn=t really put it together. Maybe it was the winter under her belt or going up in trip which helped her or a bit of both, but we were pleased with her at York,@ he said. AWith Santa Barbara, we had to be careful with her going to the Guineas but we were able to train her a little bit harder for the Oaks and we=ve been very happy with her since.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 16 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 03 JUNE 2021 G1 Cazoo Oaks Draw Cont. from p1 behind Sherbet Lemon (Lemon Drop Kid) and Save a Forest (Ire) He added, AShe looks like she=ll definitely get a mile and a (Kingman {GB}) and in front of Divinely in the May 8 Listed quarter and there is a good chance of her getting the trip. Being Lingfield Oaks Trial, was the subject of a bullish bulletin from by Camelot, she has that influence for stamina but she=s not trainer Hugo Palmer on Wednesday. short of pace and class. Wayne AI think she has come on an [Lordan] really liked Willow at enormous amount from Lingfield,@ Naas and we think she=s gone the he said of the half-sister to the right way while we always thought dual GI Northern Dancer Turf S. Divinely would improve for a step hero Wigmore Hall (Ire) (High up in trip. We were very happy Chaparral {Ire}) who was given a with her at Lingfield--it was a sighter of Epsom last week. AI=d be slowly-run race and all her figures confident that she has come on at from her work have been very least 10 pounds and if she has favourable with the others. La come on 20 pounds she is going to Joconde is a maiden, but has be right there. I weighed her on worked nicely and we always Monday. She was only just ready thought she was better than her to run when she went to Lingfield form so we are letting her take and she has stripped down to her chance as well.@ hard-fit now. She is 18 kilos lighter Santa Barbara | Racingfotos.com After the draw was made for the than she was at Lingfield. Her ,395,000 contest, it was Shadwell=s Cheshire Oaks runner-up work has been really good. She is an outsider, but I think she is a Zeyaadah (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) who was handed the lively outsider. She has a lot of improvement to find, not least to disadvantageous one stall with Qatar Racing=s Ocean Road (Ire) beat the two horses that beat her last time, but I think everyone (Australia {GB}) alongside in two. The latter, who was third is united that it=s a pretty open year.@ Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 16 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 03 JUNE 2021 G1 Cazoo Oaks Draw Cont. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum=s Cheshire Oaks winner Dubai Fountain (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas runner-up Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) have been drawn six and seven respectively, with Ali Saeed=s Musidora third Teona (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in eight. Senior Vice President Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Saffron Beach steps out at Warren Hill in Newmarket on Wednesday Heather Anderson morning. The filly drew post seven in the G1 Cazoo Oaks on June 4. Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Emma Berry Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen In other Epsom news to break on Wednesday, Aidan O=Brien Twitter: @AlaynaCullen announced that last year=s G2 Beresford S. winner High [email protected] Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will miss Saturday=s G1 Cazoo Derby at Epsom for which he was the winter ante-post favourite Contributing Editors and wait for the G1 Irish Derby at The Curragh on June 26. Alan Carasso Confirming that >TDN Rising Star= Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo Christina Bossinakis {Ire}) will be the stable=s sole representative in the blue riband, Cafe Racing the Ballydoyle handler said during racing at The Curragh, Sean Cronin ANothing is written in stone until ten o=clock in the morning, but Tom Frary it looks like the two horses are going to be split. It looks like [email protected] Bolshoi Ballet is going to Epsom and it looks like High Definition is coming straight here. Bolshoi would be our only runner at Irish Correspondent Epsom--that=s what the lads are thinking to give the two of them Daithi Harvey a chance at a Derby. It=s the right thing.@ O=Brien revealed that the four other remaining entries would Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake go in separate directions. ASt Mark=s Basilica and Van Gogh are Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele going to France [for Sunday=s G1 Prix du Jockey Club],@ he continued. AKyprios is going to Ascot for the Queen=s Vase and Sir Lamorak might go for the King Edward. We were lucky to get the run into High Definition at York and we think he=s a very IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY good horse. A little more time won=t do him any harm. It was CAPITALIST FILLY STEALS FOGDEN’S HEART just to give the two of them a chance until they have to meet.@ A yearling filly by Capitalist (Aus) topped Wednesday’s Magic Cont. p4 Millions National Yearling Sale session. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 16 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 03 JUNE 2021 High Definition | Racingfotos.com G1 Cazoo Oaks Draw Cont. He added, AThe Curragh Derby is a very important race, as the Epsom Derby is also. I=m very happy with both horses. If we didn=t get the run into High Definition then there was no decision to make, as if he didn=t run in York then he definitely wouldn=t go to Epsom.@ With Frankie Dettori no longer required by Ballydoyle, the 50- year-old who was widely expected to be on High Definition instead gets the call-up for >TDN Rising Star= John Leeper (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Cristina Patino=s May 15 Listed Fairway S. winner was due to be ridden by Adam Kirby, but the owner-breeder Ballydoyle this afternoon,@ trainer Ed Dunlop explained to the was intent on snaring the jockey who steered Snow Fairy (Ire) Racing Post. (Intikhab) to glory in the 2012 G1 Irish Champion S. AThere are no negatives with Frankie riding in the Derby and AFrankie was the first choice and was approached quite a while the horse=s work is all done now. He=s done everything we=ve ago, but he has been riding a lot for Aidan in England and that wanted him to do so far and, touch wood, everything is going was going to happen until the bolt out of the blue from well going into the race. The news today came a bit out of the blue, but once Mrs. Patino heard she was very keen and instructed us to see if Frankie was available.@ Before Epsom=s action gets underway, Thursday=s Leopardstown card features the Listed Glencairn S.