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Visit the Andrew Caulfield on TDN Website: TREASURE BEACH www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P3-6 TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. EIGHT LEFT IN ECLIPSE JUVIE TURF HERO PLUCK BACK IN TRAINING Saturday=s G1 Coral-Eclipse is likely to feature a small Team Valor International and The Vinery's Pluck field after only eight remained at yesterday=s six-day (More Than Ready), a flashy winner of last year=s stage. Aidan O=Brien accounts for half of that number GII Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf at Churchill Downs, is with So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) joined by back in training after being sidelined earlier in the year Cape Blanco (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Jan Vermeer (Ire) with bruising of his canon bones. The 3-year-old will (Montjeu {Ire}) and Alexander Pope (Ire) (Danehill begin jogging today at Fair Hill Training Center in Dancer {Ire}) in the list for the Sandown feature. Maryland for trainer H. Graham Motion. Pluck was Speaking on Sunday, the conditioned by Todd Pletcher when he launched a near Ballydoyle conditioner was last-to-first move in the Breeders= Cup. Moved to in no rush to firm up Motion=s barn over the winter--along with the rest of jockey plans for So You Team Valor=s horses--he returned to action in a Tampa Think, who suffered a Bay allowance Mar. 12, but was a listless fourth as the surprise defeat on his 1-5 choice. Again off the board when favored in the British debut in the GIII Transylvania S. at Keeneland Apr. 8, he was G1 Prince of Wales=s S. at subsequently diagnosed with bone bruising. Rood & Royal Ascot June 15. Riddle Equine Hospital=s Dr. Larry Bramlage looked over Cape Blanco racingpost.com/photos AJoseph [O=Brien] rides radiographs yesterday morning, however, and gave the him out every day, Seamie [Heffernan] rides him in all colt the green light to return to training. AWe are very his work and rode him the day he won the first time at happy to be able to put the horse back into training,@ the Curragh, so I don=t think there is any scarcity of said Barry Irwin, CEO of Team Valor International. AIt'll riders,@ O=Brien said. AWe=ll decide if he=s going to run or probably take Graham the better part of four months to not first and then we can talk about who is going to get him back to the races, but at least we are back in ride him. We=re delighted with him and everything has action. We've had a few horses with this same aliment been good since Ascot.@ Sir Michael Stoute is set to run before, and they were able to make it all the way back Khalid Abdullah=s 2010 G1 Epsom Derby and G1 Arc de to their previous form, the most notable of which was Triomphe hero Workforce (GB) (King=s Best) and Unbridled Belle (Broken Vow), who went on to win the pacemaker Confront (GB) (Nayef), while Roger Varian GI Beldame S. and earn nearly $2 million for our will saddle last year=s runner-up Sri Putra (GB) (Oasis stable." Dream {GB}). Ed Dunlop is pondering the race for the re-introduction of the four-time Group 1 winner Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab). Withdrawn from Saturday=s G1 Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh due to the rain-softened ground, she is also entered in the G2 Lancashire Oaks on the same day at Haydock. ASnow Fairy would have to carry a five-pound penalty in the Lancashire Oaks, as it is a Group 2 race and who knows what the ground will be like up there. While Sandown looks like being a very competitive race, with Workforce and So You Think in the line-up, we are anxious to get rolling again when we get our proper ground,@ Dunlop commented. AWe have always stressed that Snow Fairy=s main programme centres on the second half of the season, but the [July 23] G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot and the [July 30] G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood are also in the mix and, if we miss next weekend, we would be going there cold, which would not be ideal.@ TDN TODAY Headline News.. 6 pages www.winstarfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/28/11 • PAGE 2 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com SO . H EM ISP H ER E R ESU LT S NEWS TODAY Sunday, Hipodromo Monterrico, Lima, Peru CLASICO PAMPLONA-G1, Hipodromo Monterrico, BETFAIR’S YU RESIGNS 6-26, 3yo/up, f/m, 2000mT, 2:00 4/5, fm. Betfair chief executive David Yu confirmed yesterday 1--sPATOLA (Arg), 121, f, 4, by High Yield he is leaving the company after 10 years. News of Yu=s 1st Dam: Sweet Speech (Arg), by Victory Speech departure, speculated about for days, saw shares in the 2nd Dam: Sweet Halo (Arg), by Southern Halo gambling firm drop to 715p, off a high of ,13 hit last 3rd Dam: The Sweet Swinger, by Le Fabuleux October. The FTSE-250 company=s market value O-Stud El Catorce; B-Haras La Quebrada; T-Augusto yesterday was ,777-million, compared to ,1.4-billion Olivares Frias; J-Carlos Herrera G; Lifetime Record: when the company was floated eight months ago, 22-8-5-3. Werk Nick Rating: A+. according to The Guardian. Yu joined Betfair in 2001 Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. and had been chief executive for almost six years. His 2--Almudena (Per), 117, f, 3, Silver Planet (Arg)--Fire contract is set to expire in October of next year. AI will Legend (Arg), by Engrillado (Arg). O-Stud Manning; remain committed to delivering the best for our people B-Haras El Catorce; T-Juan Suarez V. and our shareholders and will give the board all possible 3--Saralicia (Per), 121, f, 4, Maeto (Per)--Chava (Per), support during the succession process so we can find a by Chono (Per). O-Stud Chacarilla del Estan; B-C L great, new CEO to steer Betfair through its next phase Alvaro MuZoz; T-Alfonso Arias. of growth,@ Yu said in a statement. Betfair chairman Margins: 1/2, 2 3/4, 1 1/4. addedm AWe understand why after 10 years David Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. would like to start thinking about the next stage of his career and, in time, hand the reins over to a new CEO. Sunday, Hipodromo Monterrico, Peru With the Board=s full support, David will continue to CLASICO JOCKEY CLUB DEL PERU-G1, Hipodromo focus on delivering against the business= plans as we Monterrico, 6-26, 3yo/up, 2400m, 2:34 3/5, ft. search for his successor.@ 1--INTEROCEANICO (PER), 128, h, 5, by Privately Held 1st Dam: India Brava (Ch. Older Mare-Per, G1SW-Per), by Fast Gold 2nd Dam: Storms Honor, by Storm Bird Racetrack Round-Up 3rd Dam: Nalees Honor Award, by Arts and Letters ALABAMA NEXT FOR ZAZU O/B-Haras Gina Santa Rosa; T-Victor Manuel Zazu (Tapit), victorious in Saturday=s Espinoza; J-Jose Monteza; Lifetime Record: Ch. Older GII Hollywood Oaks, will now target a Horse & Ch. Stayer-Per, 28-13-7-6. *1/2 to summer date in Saratoga. AThe Predicador (Per) (Privato), GSP-Per. Werk Nick Rating: Alabama is probably the next race,@ A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. trainer John Sadler told Daily Racing 2--Spicer Boy, 128, h, 5, Lemon Drop Kid--Sweet Form. The GI TVG Alabama S. will be Charity, by A.P. Indy. O-Stud Manning; B-Stonerside run Aug. 20 over 1 1/4 miles. Zazu, Stables LLC; T-Juan Manuel Umbert. third behind Plum Pretty (Medaglia 3--Rumbo Norte (Chi), 128, h, 5, Riyadian (GB)-- d=Oro) in the May 6 GI Kentucky Oaks, Mirurgia (Chi), by Winning. O-Stud Altamar; B-Haras turned the tables on that rival at Santa Isabel; T-Sabino Arias. Hollywood Park Saturday with a gritty Zazu Benoit Margins: 1/2, 3 1/2, 1. rail-skimming 1 1/2-length victory. Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/28/11 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com If I remember correctly, the many-times champion PEDIGREE INSIGHTS jockey John Francome issued dire warnings that B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Galileo=s son Frankel was sweating between his hind legs before he made his reappearance in the G3 DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH DERBY-G1, i1,250,000, Greenham S. Frankel, apparently unaware of the Curragh, 6-26, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT, 2:33.26, gd. danger, scooted home four lengths clear of a colt who 1--sTREASURE BEACH (GB), 126, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire) took the G2 German 2,000 Guineas by seven lengths. 1st Dam: Honorine (Ire), by Mark of Esteem (Ire) Nathaniel, another son of Galileo, became very warm 2nd Dam: Blue Water, by Bering (GB) prior to the G2 King Edward VII S., but then won so 3rd Dam: Shining Water, by Riverman well that his connections are now considering a tilt at (180,000gns wnlg >08 TATDEC). O-Derrick Smith, the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe. Cont. p4 Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Ashley House TREASURE BEACH (GB), c, 2008 Stud; T-Aidan O Brien; J-Colm O Donoghue; Nearctic = = Northern Dancer 725,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-2-1, 1,113,020.