Awtaad Awesome in the Irish 2000 Guineas
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SUNDAY, 22 MAY, 2016 AWTAAD AWESOME IN OUR IVANHOWE BREAKS THROUGH IN AUS Dual German Group 1 winner Our Ivanhowe (Ger) (Solider THE IRISH 2000 GUINEAS Hollow {GB}) took some time to find his feet after being expatriated Down Under last year, but the 6-year-old rewarded the patience of his connections when recording his first Australian win in Saturday=s G1 Doomben Cup. Our Ivanhowe saved ground near the back of the pack under Kerrin McEvoy as Messene (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) led the field around the first bend, with the fancied Godolphin duo of It=s Somewhat (Dynaformer) and Hauraki (Aus) (Reset {Aus}) racing nearly in tandem about three lengths off the lead. Angling off the fence in search of running room as the field swung into the straight, Our Ivanhowe was faced with a wall of horses as the Godolphin pair, along with Volkstok=n=barrell (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}) and Maurus (GB) (Medicean {GB}) at the rail, got first run. Cont. in Worldwide News p16 Awtaad and trainer Kevin Prendergast after the Guineas | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Staying at home while the Newmarket Guineas was played EXAGGERATOR LANDS PREAKNESS out, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Awtaad (Ire) GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Exaggerator (Curlin) capitalized on a swift early pace to capture the 141st (Cape Cross {Ire}) stepped forward to claim leading mile honours GI Preakness S. at Pimlico Saturday. Nyquist (Uncle Mo) ran with a clear-cut success in the G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas third. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. at The Curragh on Saturday. Delivered here with prescience by his veteran trainer Kevin Prendergast after his success in the seven-furlong Listed Tetrarch S. at this venue May 2, the dark bay waited behind the leading quartet early and traveled ominously to the lead at the two-furlong marker with jockey Chris Hayes sitting still. Animated soon after, the 9-2 shot carved out an instant advantage and was always holding G1 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) on the run to the line, where he held a 2 1/2-length margin over that 5-4 favourite. AThis horse has been flying and we=ve always held him in high regard,@ Hayes said. AI had no option but to go when I did--he traveled with such pace. He=s the best horse I=ve ridden and he just excites you so much. He=s the closest thing you=ll find to driving a car inside a race. He=s a gent of a horse, he switched off lovely and it means the world to me to be able to ride a Classic winner for the boss. Hopefully it=s Royal Ascot now.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 19 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 22 MAY, 2016 Kevin Prendergast, whose only success in this Classic had come with Northern Treasure 40 years before and who was saddling the first Irish winner not to be trained at Ballydoyle since 1986, said, AHe was very backward as a 2-year-old and I=d say he=s as good a horse as I=ve had. We have a dry place at home and he worked well there, but he had won on soft so we accepted it. I Irish 2000 Guineas Report Cont. from p1 think he=s a very good horse, but how far he will go I don=t know. Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland He was forced to go a bit early today as Frankie was in a bit of TATTERSALLS IRISH 2000 GUINEAS-G1, i300,000, CUR, 5-21, bother on the inside, so he kicked and hoped for the best. I 3yo, 8fT, 1:45.26, yl. don=t know where he will go next. The boss man makes the 1--@&AWTAAD (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Cape Cross (Ire) decision and we go along with it. He=s in the [June 4 G1 Epsom] 1st Dam: Asheerah (GB) (SP-Ire), by Shamardal Derby and the [G1] Irish Derby [at The Curragh June 25], so we=ll 2nd Dam: Adaala, by Sahm see what he wants to do. 3rd Dam: Alshoowg, by Riverman There is a good bit of O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate stamina in the family, so Company Limited (IRE); T-Kevin Prendergast; J-Chris Hayes. who knows?@ i171,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-1, $260,304. Werk Nick The staying power that Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Prendergast is referring to is 2--Galileo Gold (GB), 126, c, 3, Paco Boy (Ire)--Galicuix (GB), by evident under the dam, Galileo (Ire). (7,500gns RNA Wlg >13 TATFOA; i33,000 Ylg >14 who was runner-up in the TISEP). O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Mr Brian O=Rourke (GB); T-Hugo Listed Salsabil S. over 10 Palmer. i57,000. furlongs and is a half to 3--Blue de Vega (Ger), 126, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Burning another middle-distance Heights (Ger), by Montjeu (Ire). (i32,000 Ylg >14 BBAGS; black-type performer in i75,000 2yo >15 GBMBR). O-Qatar Racing Limited & HH Sheikh Aaraas (GB) (Haafhd {GB}). Khalifa Abdulla K H Al Thani & HH Sheikh Suhaim; T-M The fourth dam is Ghashtah O=Callaghan. i27,000. Awtaad and Chris Hayes | Racing Post (Nijinsky), who is a Margins: 2HF, 4 1/4, 1 3/4. Odds: 4.50, 1.25, 7.00. full-sibling of the Also Ran: Bravery (Ire), Shogun (Ire), Air Vice Marshal, Air Force G2 Gallinule S. winner and sire Seattle Dancer and also a half to Blue, Sanus Per Aquam (Ire). the 1977 U.S. Triple Crown hero and multiple champion sire Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com Seattle Slew, and the G1 2000 Guineas hero and prolific sire catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lomond. Asheerah is also the dam of an as-yet unraced Awtaad was introduced over seven furlongs here in October 2-year-old filly by Lawman (Fr) named Aneen (Ire) and a yearling and ran a satisfactory race to be third to the subsequent Listed filly by Tamayuz (GB). Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial winner Black Sea (Ire) (Galileo Connections of Galileo Gold were refusing to be downcast {Ire}) before improving to open his account over the same trip at afterwards, and a tilt at Royal Ascot=s G1 St James=s Palace S. Leopardstown a fortnight later from Bravery (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). June 14 remains on the agenda. AI think it was frustrating that he Kept to handicap company for his 3-year-old debut, the was trapped in a pocket on the rail in that ground,@ Harry homebred was the five-length winner again over seven at this Herbert, racing manager for owners Al Shaqab Racing, course Mar. 20 before upstaging Blue de Vega (Ger) (Lope de commented. AThe winner was away and traveling well. Frankie Vega {Ire}) in the Tetrarch. Coasting through the first half of the rode a very brave race trying to get through that gap. Galileo race as Air Vice Marshal (War Front) led from >TDN Rising Star= Gold has run a wonderful race on that ground and Frankie just Sanus Per Aquam (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), he was going clear-best said it was getting very soft, near heavy. He=s a different horse under Chris Hayes on the outer as the latter backtracked and on better ground, so we=ll head to Ascot, all being well, for the Galileo Gold was trying to sneak up the rail under Frankie St James=s Palace. Take nothing away from the winner, who has Dettori. Gaining two lengths on that rival with a decisive burst, won really well and handled the ground particularly well. He=s Awtaad may have been idling as the Newmarket Classic winner obviously very smart. As far as we are concerned, we would have tried hard to peg him back with the remainder spaced well preferred better, faster ground. Hopefully he=ll get that at Ascot.@ apart. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 19 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 22 MAY, 2016 Just a length off Flight Risk and Dick Whittington throughout the early stages, he worked his way to the lead with 150 yards to race and dug deep to hold the Bolger runner in a race where it proved too hard to come from off the pace. AThis has been a very lucky race for me and Mr. Channon gave me a lot of confidence this morning--he said the more rain the better for him and thankfully we got it,@ jockey Pat Smullen said after steering his fourth winner in the last 10 renewals. AHe battled well and he=s a willing partner. I couldn=t believe he was 14-1, as all you had to do was go back to his first run of the season on soft ground to see he could be more competitive here. I rode him a little bit closer than we had planned, but there was no real pace or front-runner in the race.@ The trainer=s son, Jack, added, Click here to listen to Dave Keena chat to Chris Hayes about his win AWe thought a lot of this horse coming into this year. He aboard Awtaad in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas | Racing Post photo probably ran back a bit quick the last day, so we freshened him up and the heavens opened, which suited him. He=ll not run on Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland anything faster than WEATHERBYS IRELAND GREENLANDS S.-G2, i120,000, CUR, good, but he=ll be 5-21, 4yo/up, 6fT, 1:16.20, yl.