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BARBARO UPDATE HEADLINE p. 5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 THE SECOND COMING? HOME ON THE RAIL Dubai Escapade (Awesome Again) will try and follow Rail Link (GB) (Dansili {GB}) capped a night to remem- in her big sister’s footsteps when she bids for her sixth ber for Khalid Abdullah's operation with a convincing consecutive victory in today’s GI success in the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris last Princess Rooney H. at Calder. night at Longchamp. Having started off on the wrong The half sister to 2005 heroine foot when his rider was unseated on debut at Madcap Escapade is unbeaten in Saint-Cloud Apr. 10, he found only the subsequent G2 five dirt attempts, including the Oppenheim-Union-Rennen runner-up Lauro (Ger) too GII Vinery Madison S. at strong in a conditions event at Chantilly May 10. The Keeneland Apr. 12 and the GII bay colt got off the mark back at Saint-Cloud 19 days Vagrancy H. at Belmont last out later and added the G3 Prix du Lys to his tally in style Dubai Escapade June 11. “She’s doing fantastic over this course and distance last time June 20. Settled Adam Coglianese photo and the Princess Rooney has in mid-divison off the tempo carved out by Frankie been our number-one priority Dettori on Red Rocks (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), he strode since early in the year,” trainer Eoin Harty told Daily forward to challenge in the straight and loomed large Racing Form. “The only time she’s really been chal- approaching the eighth pole. The three-year-old took lenged was when I sent her a mile at Gulfstream and I over there and was pushed out by Christophe Soumillon don’t think I had her super fit that day, because she’d to assert from the game long-time leader, who fought missed a lot of training time in between starts due to hard to keep the runner's-up spot from Sudan (Ire) rain.” Cont. p6 (Peintre Celebre). Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. SPRINT CHAMP RETURNS TO ‘SUMMIT’ Reigning sprint champion Lost in the Fog (Lost Sol- Friday, Longchamp, France dier) notched last season’s GII Carry Back S. on the JUDDMONTE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS-G1, i500,000, Summit of Speed card and returns for today’s GII Smile Longchamp, 7-14, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT, 2:26.40, gd. Sprint H. The Harry Aleo colorbearer suffered his first 1--sRAIL LINK (GB), 128, c, 3, by Dansili (GB) career defeat when seventh in the GI Breeders’ Cup 1st Dam: Docklands, by Theatrical (Ire) Sprint Oct. 29 and began his four-year-old campaign 2nd Dam: Dockage, by Riverman with a disappointing second in the Golden Gate Sprint 3rd Dam: Golden Alibi, by Empery Apr. 22. Heavily favored at 1-2 to get back on track in O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Andre Churchill’s June 3 GIII Aristides Breeders’ Cup H., the Fabre; J-Christophe Soumillon; i285,700. Lifetime blazed-faced colt delivered with a 1 1/4-length tally Record: 5 starts, 3 wins, 1 place, i341,800. over Kelly’s Landing (Patton). Cont. p7 *1/2 to Chelsea Manor (GB) (Grand Lodge), GSW & MG1SP-Fr, $134,685. SELECT SEXTET FOR IRISH OAKS 2--Red Rocks (Ire), 128, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Pharmacist Only six fillies have been entered for Sunday’s G1 (Ire), by Machiavellian. (i130,000 yrl ‘04 GOFORB). Darley Irish Oaks at The Curragh, but what this renewal O-J Paul Reddam; B-Ballylinch Stud; T-Brian Meehan; lacks in numbers it more than makes up for in quality. i114,300. The field includes the first and second--Alexandrova 3--Sudan (Ire), 128, c, 3, Peintre Celebre--Sarabande, (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Rising Cross (GB) (Cape Cross by Woodman. O-Ecurie Wildenstein; B-Dayton {Ire})--from the G1 Epsom Oaks; Confidential Lady (GB) Investments Ltd; T-Elie Lellouche; i57,150. (Singspiel {Ire}), heroine of the G1 Prix de Diane; and Margins: 2, HD, SNK. Odds: 1.00, 3.90, 22.00. Mont Etoile (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Scottish Stage (Ire) Also Ran: Grand Couturier (GB), Art Deco (Ire), Gravitas (Selkirk), the first two home in the G2 Ribblesdale S. (GB), Mountain (Ire), Numide (Fr), Puerto Rico (Ire). Field, p10 Scratched: Hazeymm (Ire). www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/15/06 • PAGE 2 of 11 Les Arcs' unorthodox metamorphosis into a top-rank P R E S U L T S P sprinter has been well-documented, with a try over hurdles and a campaign over middle distances preced- Friday, Newmarket, Britain ing a rich spell of success on Polytrack during the last DARLEY JULY CUP-G1, £360,000, Newmarket, 7-14, all-weather season. Transforming that form to the turf 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:11.16, gd/fm. when capturing the Listed Cammidge Trophy at Redcar 1--LES ARCS, 131, g, 6, by Arch Mar. 25, he looked to have found his ceiling when 1st Dam: La Sarto, by Cormorant runner-up in the Apr. 18 Listed Abernant S. on the 2nd Dam: Dame Sybil, by Elocutionist Rowley Mile here and when down the field in the G2 Temple S. at Sandown May 30. The dark bay was not 3rd Dam: Anne Campbell, by Never Bend beaten far when off the board the G2 King's Stand S. ($140,000 yrl ‘01 KEESEP; 32,000gns HRA ‘03 on the Tuesday of Royal Ascot, and returned on the TATAUT). O-Willie McKay; B-Elk Manor Farm; T-Tim Saturday of the Royal meeting to spoil the party of Pitt; J-John Egan; £204,408. Lifetime Record: Takeover Target (Aus) (Celtic Swing {GB}), swooping 37-12-7-3, £527,590. *1/2 to White Mountain Boy past that foe before clinging to a fast-diminishing mar- (Meadowlake), MSW-US, $167,470. gin over Balthazaar's Gift (Ire) (Xaar {GB}). Restrained 2--Iffraaj (GB), 131, h, 5, Zafonic--Pastorale (GB), by throughout the early stages here by John Egan, he Nureyev. O-Godolphin; B-Darley; T-Saeed bin Suroor; tracked the leaders before getting the breaks to collar £77,472. Takeover Target with 150 yards remaining. Les Arcs 3--Ashdown Express (Ire), 131, g, 7, Ashkalani (Ire)-- asserted as that rival tired over the rising ground, and Indian Express (GB), by Indian Ridge (Ire). (Ir£33,000 though he was running out of real estate as Frankie wnl ‘99 GOFNOV; Ir£50,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB). Dettori rallied on Iffraaj, he held on to complete the O-W J P Jackson; B-R Hodgins; T-Chris Wall; ambitious double. “To win at Ascot and then here is £38,772. just unbelievable,” Egan said. “[Trainer] Tim [Pitt] got Margins: HD, 3/4, SHD. Odds: 10-1, 11-2, 20-1. him here in great form, although I was hoping I would Also ran: Amadeus Wolf (GB), Moss Vale (Ire), Quito be drawn near Takeover Target. When he was drawn in (Ire), Takeover Target (Aus), Pivotal Point (GB), Gift one I went from having what I thought was a bad draw Horse (GB), Fayr Jag (Ire), La Cucaracha (GB), Red to a good draw, as it's definitely better in the center. I Clubs (Ire), Falkirk (NZ), Marcus Andronicus, thought I'd track Frankie [Dettori], but that didn't pan out. I was hoping for a split, but they always come Murfreesboro (GB). Scratched: Excusez Moi, when you're going well. Horses make fools of you, but Balthazaar's Gift (Ire). some are capable of anything, and this lad's just gone After creating a shock at Royal Ascot, Willie McKay's from strength to strength." Jockey Jay Ford said of the Les Arcs showed he was no flash in the pan by follow- 9-2 favorite Takeover Target, "It was a very below-par ing up here. Just as they had in the closing stages of performance from him. He travelled well off the two the G1 Golden Jubilee S. at the Royal meeting June 24, leaders early on, but when I asked him for an effort he connections had to pray for the line as Iffraaj (GB) could not go faster. And when he came off the bridle closed fast, but the six-year-old held on by a head at he was pretty much going up and down in the same odds of 10-1. “He's amazing, an absolute superstar of spot. He had worked very well beforehand, but it was- a horse,” trainer Tim Pitt said. "He's proven that the n't to be." Golden Jubilee was no fluke and he's a serious horse in Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com his own right.” catalogue-style pedigree. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/15/06 • PAGE 3 of 11 Friday, Newmarket, Britain WEATHERBYS SUPERLATIVE S.-G2, £70,000, Newmarket, 7-14, 2yo, 7fT, 1:26.02, gd/fm. 1--#@HALICARNASSUS (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Cape Cross (Ire) 1st Dam: Launch Time, by Relaunch 2nd Dam: Pride's Palace, by Majestic Prince 3rd Dam: Prides Profile, by Free America (35,000gns yrl ‘05 TATOCT). O-Box 41; B-Yeomanstown Lodge Stud; T-Mick Channon; J-Tony Culhane; £39,746. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, £42,687. *1/2 to My Lucky Strike (Smart Strike), MSP-Can, $530,113.