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SUNDAY, 21 APRIL 2019 TOO DARN HOT WILL PRETTY POLLYANNA STILL UNDER GUINEAS CONSIDERATION MISS GUINEAS Group 1 winner Pretty Pollyanna (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who won the G1 Darley Prix Morny in August, is still under consideration for the May 5 G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas at Newmarket trainer Michael Bell told Racing Post on Saturday. Racing in the colours of Bill and Tim Gredley, the bay was originally aimed at the G3 Nell Gwyn S. which went the way of Qabala (Scat Daddy) at HQ on Apr. 16. Also successful in the G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. last July, Pretty Pollyanna=s connections are considering turning the filly back in trip and pointing toward the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot in June. She was last seen running third to Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}) in the G1 Fillies= Mile at Newmarket on Oct. 12. AThere's no definite decision, but the Guineas is still very much on the table," said Bell to Racing Post. "The filly looks well and we just need to get through another couple of tests. She's not a Too Darn Hot winning the Dewhurst | Racingfotos.com confirmed runner, but at this stage it's on the table and I'd say intended." Undefeated G1SW Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has been ruled out of an intended start in the May 4 G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket by trainer John Gosden, Racing Post reported Sunday afternoon. Previously pointed at the G3 Greenham S. won by Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), the G1 Darley Dewhurst S. hero and English highweighted juvenile colt missed an intended start in that Classic pointer due to heat in a splint bone. The Lord Lloyd-Webber colourbearer previously scored in a Sandown maiden in August, the G3 Solario S., and the G2 Champagne S. prior to his Group 1 win. AAlthough he's shown great improvement in the last nine days, Too Darn Hot will not be ready in time to run in the 2000 Guineas,@ Gosden said of the >TDN Rising Star= to Racing Post. "It's unfortunate but it's only two weeks away and that does not allow us sufficient time to get the required work into him. Pretty Pollyanna | Scoop Dyga Consequently he'll miss Newmarket. The two races we have in mind now are both next month, the [May 16] G2 Dante S. at York and the [May 25] G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh." IN TDN AMERICA TODAY After Too Darn Hot=s defection, the Coolmore partners= G1 Middle Park S. victor and fellow >Rising Star= Ten Sovereigns (Ire) Q&A: SPENDTHRIFT’S 1-2 SECOND CROP SIRES (No Nay Never) is the new Guineas favourite, while Too Darn Kelsey Riley chats with Spendthrift’s Mark Toothaker about Hot remains the June 1 G1 Investec Derby pick at 6-1. young sires Cross Traffic and Goldencents. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 21 APRIL 2019 FIRST-SEASON SIRES WITH RUNNERS Sunday, Apr. 21, 2019: UNITED KINGDOM Due Diligence (War Front), Whitsbury Manor Stud 85 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 14:35-SOUTHWELL, 5f, LITTLEDIDYOUKNOW (Ire) i5,000 Goffs February Mixed Sale 2018; i15,000 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2018 Breeders’ Cup Mile: June 2, Yasuda Kinen - G1 TOK, 3yo & up, 1m (T), Closes April 23 For additional information, including the complete Win and You’re In schedule, click here or call the Breeders’ Cup Racing Office at (859) 514-9422. *Travel awards for ALL Championship starters (based outside CA) Also Ran: Shenanigans (Ire), Tiger Eye (Ire), Savaanah (Ire), Dancing Brave Bear, Anna Nerium (GB), Queen Of Time (GB), Vivianite (Ire), Shepherd Market (Ire), Daddy=s Daughter, Due Diligence is seeking his first winner at Southwell on Easter Sunday Contrive (Ire), Astonished (Ire). Whitsbury Manor Stud One of Royal Ascot=s biggest gambles of 2018, Agrotera repaid the various punting investments in spades when taking apart a seemingly competitive renewal of the Sandringham H. over a mile. Subsequently fourth in the Listed Dick Hern S. at Haydock in August and second in the Listed Prix de la Cochere at ParisLongchamp in early September, the chestnut finished off with a fifth in the Listed Rosemary S. at Newmarket later that Saturday=s Results: month but returned revived by a winter=s strengthening rest to RACING TV SNOWDROP FILLIES S.-Listed, ,45,000, Kempton, open her black-type account on her first run on Polytrack. 4-20, 4yo/up, f/m, 8f (AWT), 1:37.01, st. Restrained in fifth against the rail early, she was ideally 1--AGROTERA (IRE), 126, f, 4, Mastercraftsman (Ire)-- positioned to strike in the straight and when gaining the lead Lombatina (Fr), by King=s Best. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. approaching the furlong pole stayed on strongly to hold O/B-Bjorn Nielsen (IRE); T-Ed Walker; J-Gerald Mosse. Preening. ,25,520. Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 8-3-2-0, $132,984. Agrotera=s Wertheimer-bred dam Lombatina cost 320,000gns 2--Preening (GB), 126, f, 4, Dutch Art (GB)--Striving (Ire), by at the 2014 Tattersalls December Mares Sale due to the fact Danehill Dancer (Ire). O-Cheveley Park Stud. ,9,675. that she is a half to the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio heroine Sortilege 3--Rawdaa (GB), 126, f, 4, Teofilo (Ire)--Lady Lahar (GB), by (Ire) (Tiger Hill {Ire}). Her dam Sahel (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) is a Fraam (GB). (280,000gns Ylg >16 TATOCT). O-Abdullah Saeed Al full-sister to the G1 Deutsches Derby-winning pair Samum (Ger) Naboodah. ,4,842. and Schiaparelli (Ger) as well as to the G1 Preis der Diana Margins: 1, 3/4, 1. Odds: 3.50, 10.00, 4.50. heroine Salve Regina (Ger). Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 21 APRIL 2019 Listed Snowdrop Fillies S. Cont. The latter was later responsible for the GII Ballston Spa scorer Salve Germania (Ire) (Peintre Celebre) and Sanwa (Ger), another product of Monsun who threw another Deutsches Derby hero in Sea the Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ger}). Lombatina also has a 2-year-old filly by Sea the Stars (Ire) and a yearling colt by Golden Horn (GB). Click for the Racing Post result. Vice President, International Operations 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 Agrotera | Racingfotos.com Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN 3rd-Kempton, ,25,000, Cond, 4-20, 3yo, f, 8f (AWT), 1:38.36, Marketing Manager st/sl. Alayna Cullen EL GUMRYAH (IRE) (f, 3, No Nay Never--Dancing Shoes {Ire}, by Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Danehill), an Oct. 13 last-out second at Chelmsford City, was [email protected] fastest away and led from the outset of this seasonal return. Maintaining control throughout, the 20-1 chance was stoked up Contributing Editor at the quarter-mile marker and kept on resolutely under Alan Carasso continued rousting to hold the late thrust of Rux Power (GB) Twitter: @EquinealTDN (Kingman {GB}) by 3/4-of-a-length. TDN Rising Star Rainbow Cafe Racing Heart (Ire) (Born To Sea {Ire}) held every chance in the straight Sean Cronin and finished a half-length adrift in third. AThat=s a birthday Tom Frary winner for Dad,@ said son and assistant trainer Ed Crisford. AShe [email protected] did that well and we might look at something like the Listed [Michael Seely Memorial] over a mile at York. Andrea [Atzeni] Irish Correspondent thought she might get a bit further in time, but we will stick to Daithi Harvey the mile for now and see how she gets on.@ El Gumryah is the eighth winner for her dam and she is a half-sister to G2 Gran Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield Premio del Jockey Club hero Raymond Tusk (Ire) (High Chaparral John Berry | Kevin Blake {Ire}) and GII La Canada S. victress Striking Dancer (Smart Strike). From a family featuring G1 Prix de l=Abbaye winner Tangerine Trees (GB) (Mind Games {GB}), the bay is also full to a 2-year-old colt. Sales history: i75,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG; i135,000 2yo >18 IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY ARQMAY. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-2, $23,961. BIG-RACE BREAKTHROUGH FOR PIERATA O-H H Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa; B-Lynch-Bages & Pierata (Aus) (Pierro {Aus}) captured the G1 Schweppes All Rhinestone Bloodstock (IRE); T-Simon Crisford. Aged S. at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Click or tap here to go A Hubert Guy Yearling Purchase • www.hubertguybloodstock.com straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 21 APRIL 2019 4th-Kempton, ,25,000, Cond, 4-20, 3yo, c/g, 8f (AWT), 1:37.50, Guineas heroine Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy) and the bay is st/sl. half to a 2-year-old colt by Kyllachy (GB). Sales history: NAME THE WIND (GB) (c, 3, Toronado {Ire}--Trust the Wind 58,000gns Wlg >16 TATFOA; 62,000gns Ylg >17 TATOCT. Lifetime {GB}, by Dansili {GB}), a Sept. 27 debut winner tackling seven Record: 2-2-0-0, $27,881. furlongs here in his only prior start, tanked along in fourth after O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Hungerford Park Stud the early exchanges of this return. Making ominous headway in & Al Shaqab Racing (GB); T-James Tate. the straight, the 2-1 second favourite quickened smartly to launch his bid entering the final eighth and was driven out to 1st-Kempton, ,9,000, Cond, 4-20, 2yo, 5f (AWT), 1:01.60, st/sl.