SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here RAISE THE LANTERN FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI WHITNEY H. Whatever the true merit of her performance in the G1 Falmouth S., Ben Keswick=s Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}) has a new agenda today as she steps up to 10 furlongs for Goodwood=s G1 Nassau S. What is clear from that July 12 Newmarket contest is that the filly that finished ahead of her, Elusive Kate (Elusive Quality), is out of the top drawer, as she has subsequently proved when romping to success in the G1 Prix Rothschild. Sky LARNED LOOKING FOR WHITNEY REDUX Lantern appears clearly the best In the 85 previous runnings of the prestigious of the 3-year-old fillies at GI Whitney H., just (Discovery, 1934-36) is the only present, having hammered home one to post consecutive victories in the event, but that fact in Royal Ascot=s G1 Coronation S. June 21 to Janis Whitham=s Fort Larned (E Dubai) has a chance to Sky Lantern Racing Post rewrite the history books when he goes in defense of silence any doubts that arose his title this afternoon in a Breeders= Cup Challenge race immediately after the May 5 G1 1,000 Guineas at for the Classic. ALet=s hope we can have a little bit more Newmarket. Trainer Richard Hannon said, AThe luck this year,@ said trainer Ian Wilkes. AHe=s coming Falmouth is now history, but Elusive Kate gave the into the race great. To stay in good form and be able to form a boost when subsequently winning the Prix have a chance to do that says something about the Rothschild in France and, provided the rain stays away, horse.@ But it hasn=t exactly been smooth sailing this we will be going there very hopeful. Obviously, Sky season for the reigning GI Breeders= Cup Classic Lantern is stepping into the unknown, but Hughesie has champion. He famously dumped jockey Brian Hernandez been itching to try her at a mile and a quarter since she Jr. just after the start of the GII Gulfstream Park H. won the 1000 Guineas, and this looks the right place to Mar. 9 and was the prohibitive 1-2 chalk for the GII start. Cont. p8 Oaklawn H. Apr. 13, but was no threat in fifth. The You can also pick up a copy of the TDN 5-year-old was allowed to go off a 3-1 chance for the today at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. GI Stephen Foster H. at Churchill June 15, and despite setting a very searching pace, waltzed in by better than six lengths in near track-record time, one that could easily have been eclipsed had Hernandez asked for him to finish. Whitney H. cont. p7 Fort Larned feeling fine schooling July 26 Adam Coglianese Which ONE will you be looking for at Saratoga? 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Hirsch S.-GI, DMR (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/3/13 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com GRADED/GROUP RESULTS Friday, Goodwood, Britain BETFRED KING GEORGE S.-G2, ,100,000, Goodwood, 8-2, 3yo/up, 5fT, :56.72, gd. 1--@#MOVIESTA, 124, g, 3, by Hard Spun 1st Dam: Miss Brickyard, by A.P. Indy 2nd Dam: Magical Maiden, by Lord Avie 3rd Dam: Gils Magic, by Magesterial ($55,000 yrl >11 KEESEP; 44,000gns 2yo >12 TATAPR). O-Harry Redknapp, Will Salthouse & Richie Fiddes; B-John D Gunther; T-Bryan Smart; J-Paul Mulrennan; ,56,710. Lifetime Record: 9-4-3-1, ,114,821. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. BRED, RAISED & SOLD BY 2--Swiss Spirit (GB), 127, c, 4, Invincible Spirit (Ire)-- Swiss Lake, by Indian Ridge (Ire). O/B-Lordship Stud; T-John Gosden; ,21,500. 3--Justineo (GB), 127, c, 4, Oasis Dream (GB)--Loulwa (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). O/B-Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar; T-Roger Varian; ,10,760. Margins: 1HF, HD, NO. Odds: 5-1, 6-1, 40-1. Also Ran: Glass Office (GB), Ladies Are Forever (GB), Spirit Quartz (Ire), Tickled Pink (Ire), Masamah (Ire), Medicean Man (GB), Duke of Firenze (GB), Borderlescott (GB), *Elusivity (Ire), *Bungle Inthejungle (GB), Bettolle (Ity), Kingsgate Native (Ire), Smoothtalkinrascal (Ire), AHe=s a very good horse, but he wants settling early Jwala (GB). Scratched: Definightly (GB). on, and they went that quick today I was able to do it,@ *Elusivity & Bungle Inthejungle dead-heated for 12th. jockey Paul Mulrennan commented. AHe showed a good Click for the Racing Post result, the brisnet.com PPs or attitude to go through the gap and won cosily enough the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, and was idling a little bit in front--the best horse won courtesy Racing UK. on the day. He=s improving all the time and we don=t Climbing the ranks in tough sprint handicaps, the know how good he could be. We=ve always held him in lightly-raced Moviesta made a dramatic black-type high regard and he=s proved why today, so it=s onwards debut here to win with authority. Scoring over six and upwards now.@ Trainer Bryan Smart echoed those furlongs at Doncaster Apr. 26 and over this trip at York sentiments. AHe=s never settled in a race and even at May 17, the bay found Newmarket last time he still didn=t 100%,@ he said. AThe only the classy filly Body speed he shows for a 3-year-old is amazing, and he is a and Soul (Ire) (Captain Rio superstar. I think this could be the top of all the ones {GB}) a neck too strong in we=ve had. At home he=s always wrestled with us, so the latter track=s valuable we=ve had to come down the gears, but Paul rode him Sprint Trophy also over six the other morning and said >boss, this horse is a June 15 before running out missile=. Owned by Richie Fiddes, Will Salthouse and of steam again over that the high-profile soccer manager Harry Redknapp, he is trip at Newmarket last time Moviesta Racing Post bound for the G1 Nunthorpe S. at York now Aug. 23. July 12. In rear of the AWe=ve had to make all the running in his 3-year-old group racing in the center of the track early, he was races, as there was not enough pace on, but he had allowed time to find his feet off the furious gallop and proper older horses to give him a tow today and he moved into contention approaching the furlong pole. destroyed some good ones,@ Fiddes explained. AThe Switched around the trailblazing Justineo (GB) (Oasis Nunthorpe has always been the plan and he runs well Dream {GB}) and into the lead with 150 yards at York, is consistent and a good strong horse, but to remaining, he veered left across the path of the chasing think he could win there as well as here is a bit heady.