Not-So-Unlucky Thirteen Played out Perfectly
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MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NOT-SO-UNLUCKY THIRTEEN PLAYED OUT PERFECTLY AWe can=t find words anymore,@ Freddy Head said Like Saturday=s Irish 2000 Guineas hero Roderic after the latest performance by the Wertheimers= O=Connor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) in Sunday=s G1 Prix d=Ispahan {Ire}) put a no-show in the Newmarket equivalent firmly at Longchamp--a staggering 13th win at this level. As behind her to lift yesterday=s G1 Etihad Airways Irish was the case last year, the French star appeared to find 1000 Guineas at The Curragh. In leading home this trip at the limit of her Together (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) for another one-two in a stamina, and needed a domestic Classic for slice of courage as well Aidan O=Brien, Michael as her usual class to hold Tabor, Susan Magnier off Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) and Derrick Smith=s (Even Top {Ire}) by a colorbearer provided her neck. Given the custo- sire with a remarkable mary smooth ride by Horsephotos fourth European Olivier Peslier, the 3-5 Guineas in 2011 after choice was committed with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining Frankel (GB), Golden and gamely repelled the threat of the improving Lilac (Ire) and the O’Brien & Smith leading Misty For Me runner-up. AShe is great--exceptional,@ her trainer aforementioned Roderic Racing Post Photo gushed. AShe is also a real fighter, and we are really O=Connor. Supported into 5-1, the blaze-faced bay--last lucky to have such a wonder. This distance is as far as year=s European champion 2-year-old filly--raced she wants to go, and you could see that at the end.@ prominently under Seamie Heffernan and gradually gained the upper hand from her stable companion and Sunday, Longchamp, France 4-1 favorite in the final 150 yards to win by 3/4 of a PRIX D=ISPAHAN-G1, i250,000, Longchamp, 5-22, length. AShe bounced right back after Newmarket, and 4yo/up, 9f 55ydsT, 1:51.00, gd. Seamus knew her well from last year and gave her a 1--GOLDIKOVA (IRE), 125, m, 6, by Anabaa great ride, O Brien said. After Roderic won yesterday, 1st Dam: Born Gold, by Blushing Groom (Fr) @ = A it gave us extra hope. Newmarket was her first run of 2nd Dam: Riviere d=Or, by Lyphard 3rd Dam: Gold River (Fr), by Riverman the season, and she had been working lovely since. The O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Freddy Head; J-Olivier second ran a stormer as well.@ Cont. p2 Peslier; i142,850. Lifetime Record: 2x Ch. Female Turf Horse-US, Ch. Older Horse-Eur, Ch. Older Mare- Eur, Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 7-9.5f, 2x Hwt. Older Mare-Eng & Fr at 7-9.5f, MGISW-US & Eng, 22 starts, 16 wins, 5 places, i4,466,040. *1/2 to Gold Sound (Fr) (Green Tune), GSW-Fr, $375,500; Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), GSW-Fr, $109,299; Gold Round (Ire) (Caerleon), GSW-Fr; Born Something (Ire) (Caerleon), MSP-US & GSP-Fr, $153,270; Red Tune (Fr) (Green Tune), GSP-Fr, $114,719. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Cirrus des Aigles (Fr), 128, g, 5, Even Top (Ire)-- Taille de Guepe (Fr), by Septieme Ciel. O-Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy & Xavier Niel; B-Yvon Lelimouzin & Benoit Deschamps; T-Corine Barande-Barbe; i57,150. 3--Rajsaman (Fr), 128, c, 4, Linamix (Fr)--Rose Quartz (GB), by Lammtarra. (i440,000 HIT >10 ARQARC). O-Saeed Nasser Al Romaithi; B-H H The Aga Khan=s Studs SC; T-Freddy Head; i28,575. Margins: NK, 3/4, 5. Odds: 0.60, 8.10, 20.00. Also Ran: Flash Dance (Ire), Byword (GB), Shamalgan (Fr), Pan River (Tur), Ransom Note (GB), Dick Turpin (Ire). P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/23/11 • PAGE 2 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cont. from p1 Sunday, Curragh, Ireland Most of Goldikova=s fans and connections are not in a ETIHAD AIRWAYS IRISH 1000 GUINEAS-G1, hurry to let go of the dream, but it is her remarkable i325,000, Curragh, 5-22, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.90, gd. consistency both in her training and racing which has 1--MISTY FOR ME (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire) prompted the highly unusual and brave decision to keep 1st Dam: Butterfly Cove, by Storm Cat her on at six. With three GI BC Miles and almost 2nd Dam: Mr. P=s Princess, by Mr. Prospector countless European highlights under her belt already, 3rd Dam: Anne Campbell, by Never Bend she has little left to prove but O-Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier & Derrick Smith; continues to thrive on her B-March Thoroughbreds; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Seamus schedule. She had certainly Heffernan; i188,500. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Filly- given that impression when last Eur, Hwt. 2yo Filly-Fr & Ire, G1SW-Fr, 7-4-1-0, seen adding Gio Ponti (Tale of i528,295. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the the Cat) to the list of the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. conquered at Churchill Downs in 2--Together (Ire), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Shadow Song November. Any fears that age (Ire), by Pennekamp. (280,000gns yrl >09 TATOCT). has withered her were quickly O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor; dispelled on her seasonal return B-Lynch Bages & Samac; T-Aidan O=Brien; i65,000. Freddy Head in this prize, which she became 3--Laughing Lashes, 126, f, 3, Mr. Greeley--Adventure, dailymail.co.uk the first dual winner of since by Unbridled=s Song. ($100,000 yrl >09 KEESEP). Crystal Glitters (Blushing Groom O-Betty Maxwell Moran; B-Runnymede Farm Inc & {Fr}) in 1984. Her pacemaker Flash Dance (Ire) Robert P Levy; T-Jessica Harrington; i32,500. (Zamindar) proved an ideal aid en route to posting a Bred, Raised & Sold by Runnymede Farm career-best fourth in the process. Once Goldikova had Purchased by McElroy Equine relieved her of her duties passing the 300-meter marker, the race took on the usual sense of inevitability Margins: 3/4, 1, NK. Odds: 5-1, 4-1, 10-1. that accompanies her racecourse outings. Last year, it Also Ran: Claiomh Solais (Ire), Banimpire (Ire), History Note (Ire), was Byword (GB) (Peintre Celebre) who chased her to Chrysanthemum (Ire), Handassa (GB), Rose Bonheur (GB), Emiyna, Majestic the line, but with that rival proving disappointing this Dubawi (GB), Ballybacka Lady (Ire), Seeharn (Ire), Wild Wind (Ger), Look At time it was left to the G1 Prix Ganay third Cirrus des Me (Ire). Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com Aigles to shake up the favorite to no avail. Rajsaman catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy attheraces.com. (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) worked his way past Flash Dance to Unplaced at 20-1 on debut here last June, Misty For provide the stable with a first, third and fourth to add Me showed dramatic improvement from that to Freddy Head=s sense of well being. AGoldikova is introduction when opening her account from the tough, but she is six so we don=t want to commit at subsequent listed winner Katla (Ire) (Majestic Missile this stage as to where she will run next,@ he said. AWe {Ire}) in a six-furlong contest back here the following will see how she comes out of this and discuss plans month. After finding Laughing Lashes a length too regarding Royal Ascot. Rajsaman is a very good horse strong when runner-up in the G2 Debutante S. over an who is improving with every run, and a potential Group extra panel on her third visit to this venue in early 1 winner himself, so I=m very proud, especially as we August, she was back again three weeks later to had three in the first four.@ Click for the Racing Post reverse that form under front-running tactics in the chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. G1 Moyglare Stud S. cont. p3 video P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/23/11 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Irish 1000 Guineas Cont. Sunday, Curragh, Ireland Also aggressively ridden in the G1 Prix Marcel TATTERSALLS GOLD CUP-G1, i207,900, Curragh, Boussac at Longchamp on Arc day, she secured her 5-22, 4yo/up, 1 5/16mT, 2:14.08, gd. champion status with a gutsy effort there, and it was a 1--SO YOU THINK (NZ), 127, h, 5, by High Chaparral (Ire) surprise to see her fold so quickly in the G1 1000 1st Dam: Triassic (NZ) (GSW-NZ), by Tights Guineas on her return 2nd Dam: Astral Row (NZ), by Long Row (GB) May 1. Emulating the 3rd Dam: Pak Bun Bay (Aus), by Matinee Idol (Aus) stable=s 2003 Irish O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Dato Guineas heroine Yesterday Tan & Tunku Yahaya; B-M J Moran & Piper Farm Ltd; (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) in T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Ryan Moore; i130,200. Lifetime turning around her Record: Ch. 3yo Colt-Aus, MG1SW-Aus, 14-10-2-1, fortunes in the three-week i3,574,262. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the interim period between eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. the Newmarket and 2--Campanologist, 127, h, 6, Kingmambo--Ring of Misty for Me Curragh Classics, she Music (GB), by Sadler=s Wells. O-Godolphin; B-Darley; www.irishracing.com overcame a wide stall to T-Saeed bin Suroor; i42,000. re-establish her dominion over her domestically trained 3--Famous Name (GB), 127, h, 6, Dansili (GB)--Fame at peers here.