Six Face Camelot Bodemeister to Stand at Winstar
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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH DERBY BODEMEISTER TO STAND AT WINSTAR Zayat Stable and Mike & Tiffany Moreno=s J “TDN Rising Star” J Bodemeister (Empire MakerBUntouched Talent, by Storm Cat), the GI Arkansas Derby winner who was second to I=ll Have Another (Flower Alley) in the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S., will enter stud at WinStar Farm at the completion of his racing career. ABodemeister is brilliant by design,@ said Elliott SIX FACE CAMELOT Walden, WinStar Farm Just a sextet will take up the challenge of facing President/CEO & Racing Camelot (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) in tomorrow=s G1 Dubai Manager. AThe raw Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh and that number speed he shows, could be diminished further if there is additional rainfall combined with his in Kildare. One of those anxious about the current soft freakish numbers, conditions is trainer Dermot Weld, who is hoping that makes him the best Bodemeister Coady photography the ground dries out for Moyglare Stud=s May 27 stallion prospect on the G3 Gallinule S. winner Speaking of Which (Ire) market. I can't remember the last time a 3-year-old colt (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).AThe ground has become very ran three straight triple-digit Beyers around two turns testing and, if there is any more rain, then Speaking of before the Kentucky Derby like he did. And he's by Which would have to be considered a very doubtful leading sire Empire Maker, out of a million-dollar Storm runner,@ the Rosewell House-based conditioner told the Cat mare. He is truly brilliant by design.@ Cont. p4 Racing Post after the going was described as Aheavy in places,@ the result of 20 millimeters of rain on Wednesday night. AHe=s a top-of-the-ground horse and TDN TODAY earned his place in the race when winning the Gallinule Headline News.................... 11 pages S. by nine lengths last month. That was over a mile and a quarter on fast ground. It is nobody=s fault that conditions have changed overnight, but I want to let the public know the situation.@ Cont. p3 Camelot at Epsom Racing Post/Mark Cranham claibornefarm.com In This Issue Eclipse Awards to Gulfstream 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 The National Thoroughbred Racing (732) 747-8060 Association announced yesterday that the 42nd (732) 747-8955 (fax) annual Eclipse Awards, presented by the NTRA, www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Daily Racing Form, The Stronach Group and the www.thetdn.com Breeders' Cup, will be held at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. 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John Oxx has left in a duo, with Born To Sea (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) sporting first-time blinkers and Jaber Abdullah=s Akeed Mofeed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) now to be ridden by William Buick after Niall McCullagh was passed over. AIt=s fantastic to get such a good ride and I=m looking forward to it,@ Buick said. AHe was a high-profile horse last year and it=s always a pleasure to get these call-ups for such a good firm and such a nice horse.@ That colt=s troubled spring has been well-documented and it will be a tall order for him to win on his first outing since finishing runner-up to David Livingston (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) on extremely testing ground in the G2 Beresford S. Born to Sea here in September. AHe was a Racing Post/Patrick McCann promising 2-year-old last year and we had high hopes for him,@ Oxx told the Post. AHe went through the winter fine, but took a lame step 10 days before the G3 Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial and it took him a while to overcome that. Then we were aiming for the G2 Derrinstown 4 3 Camelot (GB) Montjeu (Ire) Stud Derby Trial and he pulled a muscle that week, so (525,000gns ‘10 TATOCT) although they were fairly minor things, it was seriously O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Sheikh Abdulla Bin bad timing. So out of the last 12 weeks, he=s had Isa Al-Khalifa; T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Joseph O’Brien. Lifetime Record: almost six of those walking and trotting and it=s not a 4-4-0-0, €1,319,749. great preparation. The last month has gone well and he Last Start--1st June 2 G1 Derby is working and moving very well, but he=s not match-fit. 5 1 Imperial Monarch (Ire) Galileo (Ire) He=s fit enough to run a good race and start off for the (210,000gns yrl ‘10 TATOCT) year and, hopefully, we=ll learn something.@ O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-David Magnier & Cobra Bloodstock; T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Colm O’Donoghue. Lifetime Saturday, Curragh, Ireland Record: 2 starts, 2 wins, €47,691. DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH DERBY-G1, €1,250,000, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT Last Start--8th June 3 G1 Prix du Jockey Club SC PP HORSE SIRE 6 7 Light Heavy (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) 1 5 Akeed Mofeed (GB) Dubawi (Ire) O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger; J-Kevin Manning. Lifetime Record: O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd; T-John Oxx; J-William 4-3-1-0, €107,325. Buick. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, €30,455. Last Start--1st May 13 G2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial S. Last Start--2nd Sept. 25 G2 Beresford S. 7 6 Speaking of Which (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) 2 4 Astrology (Ire) Galileo (Ire) O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm; T-Dermot Weld; J-Pat Smullen. Lifetime (400,000gns wnlg ‘09 TATDEC) Record: 3-2-1-0, €43,660. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-A-Mark Racing et Last Start--1st May 27 G3 Gallinule S. al; T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Seamus Heffernan. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-3, All carry 126 pounds. €242,177. Last Start--4th June 22 G2 King Edward VII S. 3 2 Born to Sea (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) O-Christopher Tsui; B-Sunderland Holdings Ltd; T-John Oxx; J-Johnny PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... Murtagh. Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-0, €62,955. Get pedigree expert Last Start--4th June 19 G1 St James’s Palace S. Andrew Caulfield=s take on racing=s newsmakers! You can find all of Caulfield=s columns in the TDN Archive. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/29/12 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Bodemeister to WinStar cont from p1 Accorded TDN Rising Star status off a 9 1/4-length maiden win in his two-turn debut at Santa Anita Feb. 11, Bodemeister ran Creative Cause (Giant=s Causeway) to 3/4 of a length when second in the GII San Felipe S. Mar. 10, then earned his role as Kentucky Derby favorite with a powerhouse 9 1/2- length victory in the Arkansas Derby. Owner Ahmed Zayat sold a minority interest in the colt to businessman Mike Moreno in late April, and Bodemeister led the Kentucky Derby through fast fractions and carried a three-length advantage into the final furlong before being run down by I=ll Have Another. He repeated that performance in the Preakness, yielding grudgingly in the final yards to drop a neck decision. Those last three races produced Beyer Speed Figures of 108-109-108. ABodemeister is a brilliant horse, and this industry needs more sires that can carry their speed a mile-and- a-quarter,@ said his Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Added Walden, ABodemeister will Bodemeister be in an advantageous situation Reed Palmer when he retires to stud. Mr. Zayat and Mr. Moreno have built quality broodmare bands and are very active in the marketplace. I think breeders will love the fact they start off with three potential bidders on his babies.