HEADLINE NEWS • 7/14/08 • PAGE 2 of 15
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, Half to EXCHANGE RATE by call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008 DYNAFORMER wins big (ATW p. 1) PRECIOUS STONE WILL IT BE M.O.T.S. AT FASIG-TIPTON? Aidan O=Brien=s monopoly on the Irish Classics contin- To be certain, there is a distinct air of uncertainty as ued apace yesterday as Moonstone (GB) (Dalakhani the 2008 yearling sales season kicks off this morning {Ire}) justified 2-1 favoritism with a last-gasp success with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Sale at the company=s under Johnny Murtagh in the G1 Darley Irish Oaks at Newtown Paddocks. A total of 568 young colts and The Curragh. In denying the 66-1 shot Ice Queen (Ire) fillies, just 14 fewer horses (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and Colm O=Donoghue in the than last year, are catalogued final stride by a short head, Susan Magnier, Michael for the two-day event, which Tabor and Derrick Smith=s G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up gets underway today and to- provided yet another stable one-two and added to the morrow at 10 a.m. The sale has successes of Henrythenavigator in the Irish 2000 Guin- grown by leaps and bounds eas, Halfway to Heaven (Ire) in the Irish 1000 and and, between 1999 and 2006, Frozen Fire (Ger) in the Irish Derby at this venue. saw the sale-topping price ex- Gagnoa (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), who finished a further The sales ring at ceed a half-million dollars, high- two lengths behind, completed a trifecta for her own- Fasig-Tipton Kentucky lighted by a Forestry--Alizea=s ers, whose list of achievements now include a third Song colt which realized a bid consecutive renewal of this Classic, a seventh consecu- of $1.2 million two years ago. Significantly higher tive Irish Classic and a fifth one-two in an Irish Classic supply, along with a tepid two-year-old market in 2007, since 1997. AIt was a great race, with two fillies and combined to suppress the results of last year=s sale, two jockeys giving their all,@ O=Brien said. AIt is a privi- and officials at Fasig-Tipton tightened the screws this lege for me to be involved with the people and the time around. AWe went to our consignors with the aim horses I work with.@ Cont. p2 of containing the size of the catalogue in 2008,@ said Fasig-Tipton President Walt Robertson. We were Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland A tougher in our inspections on yearlings which might not DARLEY IRISH OAKS-G1, i500,000, Curragh, 7-13, be ready physically for July and are happy with the 3yo, f, 1 1/2mT, 2:34.37, gd. numbers we will offer.@ As the sale gets underway, the 1--s@#MOONSTONE (GB), 126, f, 3, by Dalakhani (Ire) indicators, economic and otherwise, don t necessarily 1st Dam: Solo de Lune (Ire) (SP-Ger), by Law Society = point up, yet the predominant feeling is that the market 2nd Dam: Truly Special (Ire), by Caerleon will remain steady, i.e. more of the same. Cont. p11 3rd Dam: Arctique Royale (Ire), by Royal and Regal (700,000gns yrl >06 TATDEC). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Britton House Stud Ltd; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Johnny Murtagh; i280,500. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 4-1-2-0, i396,041. *3/4 to Cerulean Sky (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), G1SW-Fr & G1SP-NA, $247,601; L'Ancresse (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), SW & G1SP-Ire, G1SP-US, $405,071. **First Group 1 winner/third group winner for sophomore sire (by Darshaan {GB}). Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Ice Queen (Ire), 126, f, 3, Danehill Dancer (Ire)-- Wadud (GB), by Nashwan. (200,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT). O-M Tabor, D Smith & S Magnier; B-March Thoroughbreds; T-Aidan O=Brien; i100,000. 3--Gagnoa (Ire), 126, f, 3, Sadler=s Wells--Gwynn (Ire), by Darshaan (GB). (i190,000 yrl >06 DEAAUG). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Quay Bloodstock; T-Andre Fabre; i50,000. Margins: SHD, 2, 1 1/4. Odds: 2-1, 66-1, 4-1. Also Ran: Chinese White (Ire), Katiyra (Ire), Adored (Ire), Prima Luce (Ire), Mad About You (Ire), Honoria (Ire), Gentle on My Mind (Ire), Perihelion (Ire), Rosa Grace www.overbrookfarm.com (GB), Festival Princess (Ire), Silk Affair (Ire). P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/14/08 • PAGE 2 of 15 Moonstone Captures Irish Oaks (cont. from p1) CURLIN EXITS MAN O’ WAR IN FINE SHAPE Moonstone, who was one of the leading lights of the Curlin (Smart Strike) came out of his runner-up effort in Britton House dispersal two years ago, entered this Saturday=s GI Man o= War S. in good order and shipped Classic one of Europe=s top-rated maidens. Runner-up to Saratoga Sunday morning. APhysically, he came out to the smart Winchester on debut at Leopardstown of the race great,@ said trainer Steve Asmussen. As for Apr. 20, her reputation preceded her appearance in the plans to continue to aim the 2007 Horse of the Year at May 14 G3 Musidora S. at York and she looked in need a tilt at the Oct. 5 G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe, of the experience there when staying on late to finish Asmussen said, AThere is no time frame--the evaluation fourth. Sent off at 25-1 in the June 6 Epsom Classic, will be continual. Our options are open.@ she outran those odds as the closest pursuer of the runaway winner Look Here (GB) and had swayed FAWN NO NEARER TO RETURN Michael Tabor Murtagh to renew his partnership here from a strong and Susan Magnier=s Peeping Fawn (Danehill) will be cast of fillies at his disposal. Settled fourth among the absent for longer than expected, trainer Aidan O=Brien five-strong Ballydoyle peloton which dictated matters revealed yesterday. Not seen since capturing the fourth early, the blaze-faced bay was asked to close as of her Group 1 successes in York=s G1 Yorkshire Oaks O=Donoghue committed Ice Queen at the quarter pole, in August, the four-year-old has met with a setback. and only had that rival=s measure with a final bob of the AWe took her away for a bit of work before the Pretty head. She ran a lovely race at Leopardstown first time A Polly and she came back a little bit stiff and is still not and then ran smashing races in the Musidora and Ep- 100 percent, so we just have to bide our time,@ he said. som, and her work was very good up to today,@ O=Brien AObviously, because she is a very special filly we can=t added. AShe is progressing very well and Ice Queen is take any chances with her.@ big strong filly with a lot of class. The second filly wouldn=t mind going back to a mile and a quarter and [Moonstone] could stay at a mile and a half for the ‘YUZ DA MAN! [Aug. 22] G1 Yorkshire Oaks--they are progressing well Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Tamayuz and, hopefully, they will keep going that way.@ (GB) (Nayef) capped a memorable week for Freddy Head and Davy Bonilla by capturing the G1 Prix Jean From Sales Ring to Winner’s Enclosure... Prat at Chantilly yesterday. The trainer-jockey partner- Moonstone became the highest-priced yearling ever ship combined last Friday to garner the G1 July Cup at to sell at Tattersalls December when Coolmore repre- Newmarket. Bouncing back from a first defeat in the sentative Dr. Demi O=Bryne purchased the handsome May 11 G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains at Longchamp, filly for 700,000 guineas at the 2006 renewal of the 54-5 chance Tamayuz regained the winning thread by sale. O=Bryne outbattled Irish bloodstock agent Brian defeating Raven=s Pass (Elusive Quality) by 1 1/2 Grassick to land Moonstone, who hails from a family lengths for a first top-level success. The official result which Coolmore has had success with in this very race. was subject to a 25-minute stewards= enquiry, which L'Ancresse, Moonstone=s three-parts sister by Darshaan attempted to dissect late interference among the place- (GB), ran second at The Curragh in 2003, a few months getters. AHe went into the Poule d=Essai des Poulains before she completed the exacta under Islington (Ire) at unbeaten, but everything went wrong there,@ admitted 46-1 odds in the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Head. AI was always confident in his ability and he has Santa Anita. It is also the family of Coolmore=s young proved his class today.@ Click for the Racing Post chart sire Catcher in the Rye (Ire). Click for the Racing Post or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Cont. p3 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/14/08 • PAGE 3 of 15 Sunday, Chantilly, France ABU DHABI SOROUH PRIX JEAN PRAT-G1, i400,000, Chantilly, 7-13, 3yo, c/f, 1mT, 1:37.60, gd. 1--sTAMAYUZ (GB), 128, c, 3, by Nayef 1st Dam: Al Ishq (Fr), by Nureyev 2nd Dam: Allez Les Trois, by Riverman 3rd Dam: Allegretta (GB), by Lombard (Ger) O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company; T-F Head; J-D Bonilla; i228,560. Lifetime Record: 5 starts, 4 wins, 0 places, i296,060.