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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here MUSICAL INTERLUDE LOOKING DE PART After all the dalliances with the weather and the Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider=s Departing added drama of the late defection of Declaration of War (War Front) looked every bit of a deserving 1-5 favorite (War Front) and the virtual pulling-up mid-race of his with a comprehensive four-length success in stable companion Kingsbarns (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), it was yesterday=s $500,000 GII Super Derby at Louisiana left to Lord Lloyd-Webber=s The Fugue (GB) (Dansili Downs. Seemingly more concerned {GB}) to impart some class on the proceedings in with a clear run than saving ground, Leopardstown=s G1 Red pilot Robby Albarado kept the favorite Mills Irish Champion S., well out in the track as he loomed an a AWin and You=re In@ always ominous presence just off event for the GI pace. Given his cue near the 3/8ths Breeders= Cup Turf, pole, Departing swooped up to assert. Saturday. Allowed to He faced mild resistance from take part despite the pacesetter Ruler of Love (Peace Rules) Hodges Photography quickly deteriorating at the head of the lane, but that foe ground conditions, the was no match as the bay poured it on in the run to the G1 Yorkshire Oaks wire to provide conditioner Al Stall, Jr. with a record The Fugue storms past Al Kazeem heroine justified that third Super Derby title. AIt=s great--I cut my teeth here,@ Racing Post gamble by upstaging the said the Louisiana native. who enjoyed previous wins in 9-10 pick Al Kazeem this race with Apart (Flatter) in 2010 and My Pal Charlie (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) with a stylish performance. Sent off (Indian Charlie) in 2008. AIt=s been a long time and we the 4-1 joint-second favorite, the homebred traveled love coming here and I keep a stable here year-round, strongly behind the leading trio early and was clearly so the Super Derby=s a great race to win and we=re going best in the stretch before being committed on the proud to win it three times.@ Cont. p12 front end by William Buick with a furlong remaining. Skipping clear from there, the bay was not fully AUSTRALIA IN IRELAND Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Teo extended to score with ears pricked by 1 1/4 lengths Ah Khing=s Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of the from her British compatriot. AI was worried about the great Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), made ground, but it worked out well,@ her rider commented. momma proud with a six-length romp in the G3 AShe=s been so unlucky and should have won so many Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf Trial at Leopardstown times last year, so I=m just glad she=s getting the rub of yesterday. Cont. p8 the green now. She=s always been special and has arguably beaten the best around at the moment.@ Cont. p3 LORDING IT OVER Runner-up in the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup 12 months ago, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla and Morgan Cahalan=s Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) earned the reward for his consistency by gaining a second top-level success yesterday to add to the Prix de la Foret he garnered last October. Sent off the 7-2 second choice on the easy ground he relishes, the bay stayed on the far side, led approaching the quarter pole and drew away under Johnny Murtagh to best compatriot Slade Power (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) by three lengths. AWhen I got to the three [-furlong] marker, I was taking him back and he was just electric and won easy,@ Murtagh commented. AHe=s very tough, but today he was different--he looked different and was in a different zone.@ Lethal Force (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), the 5-2 favorite in search of a third Group 1 contest, proved a disappointment on the rain-softened ground and, when unable to boss this affair, faded into ninth. Cont. p5 Their bloodlines run back one hundred generations. Their inheritance is speed, stamina, and courag e—along with breathtaking beauty. And with careful management, in the hands of experienced men and women, they will also be a legacy. For over a century, we have successfully managed the legacies of some of the world’s wealthiest families through wars, economic cycles, and changing tax and estate laws. To learn more about Bessemer Trust under the leadership of Chairman Stuart Janney III and Vice Chairman Ogden “Dinny” Phipps, read the recent Worth magazine article or visit www.bessemer.com . 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Heavy rain may have cost her the RED MILLS IRISH CHAMPION S.-G1, i750,000, G2 Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot and the G1 Yorkshire Leopardstown, 9-7, 3yo, 1 1/4mT, 2:05.22, gd. Oaks either side of a smooth win in the G1 Nassau S. 1--THE FUGUE (GB), 130, f, 4, by Dansili (GB) at Goodwood, and traffic issues were to blame for her 1st Dam: Twyla Tharp (Ire) (GSP-Eng), by Sadler’s Wells third-place effort behind Zagora (Fr) (Green Tune) in the 2nd Dam: Sumoto (GB), by Mtoto (GB) GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf. If 2013 began with 3rd Dam: Soemba (GB), by General Assembly the promise that her luck had turned with a fine O-Lord Lloyd-Webber; B-Watership Down Stud; comeback third behind Al Kazeem in the G1 Prince of T-John Gosden; J-William Buick; i434,500. Lifetime Wales=s S. at Royal Ascot June 19, the demons Record: Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 9.5-11f, MG1SW-Eng, returned at Sandown when she exited the July 6 GISP-US, 12-5-2-3, i1,245,910. Click for the G1 Eclipse S. under a cloud having put in a rare dull eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: effort in seventh to the Roger Charlton trainee. Back A+++ *Triple Plus*. with a flourish with a dominant performance in the 2--Al Kazeem (GB), 133, h, 5, Dubawi (Ire)--Kazeem Aug. 22 Yorkshire Oaks, the bay, who had been (GB), by Darshaan (GB). O-D J Deer; B-D J & Mrs committed this week with the forecast for Deer; T-Roger Charlton; i150,000. predominantly dry weather, was almost scratched as 3--Trading Leather (Ire), 126, c, 3, Teofilo (Ire)--Night the rain arrived, but connections opted to take roll the Visit (GB), by Sinndar (Ire). O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim dice. Cont. p4 Bolger; i75,000. Margins: 1 1/4, 2, 3 3/4. Odds: 4-1, 9-10, 5-1. Also Ran: Parish Hall (Ire), Euphrasia (Ire), Kingsbarns Purple indicates Breeders= Cup Win & You=re In Race; (Ire). Scratched: Declaration of War, Princess Highway. 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