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SATURDAY, 24 JUNE, 2017 FROM HEARTACHE STEMS GREAT JOY WINTER=S DAY AT By Emma Berry ROYAL ASCOT One of the most popular winners of Royal Ascot will undoubtedly be Heartache (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), who is owned by 76 members of the Hot To Trot racing syndicate, the brainchild of Luke Lillingston and Sam Hoskins. On a day when it was too hot even to break out of a walk, the Clive Cox-trained filly had her joyful owners sprinting for the winner's enclosure after her victory over favourite Happy Like A Fool (Distorted Humor) in the G2 Queen Mary S. on Wednesday. "When we set this syndicate up six years ago, the whole idea was to get people into racing horses who wouldn't normally do so and perhaps couldn't afford to do so on their own but loved racing and loved going racing," said Lillingston. "I know the team behind Merriebelle Stable pretty well and I know that they came here full of confidence with Happy Like A Fool. Frankly, I thought that the best we could hope for was second, but two furlongs Winter stops the clock in the Coronation | racingfotos.com out I started to think it just might be our day.@ Cont. p13 Susan Magnier=s Winter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) lit up Newmarket=s IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Rowley Mile when annexing last month=s G1 1000 Guineas, BATTLE OF MIDWAY, GIRVIN BACK TO WORK repeating the dose more impressively when besting stablemates ‘TDN Rising Star’ Battle of Midway (Smart Strike), third in the Roly Poly (War Front) and Hydrangea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the GI Kentucky Derby, and MGSW Girvin (Tale of Ekati), loom the ones to G1 Irish equivalent three weeks later, and she powered home in beat in the GIII Affirmed S. and GIII Ohio Derby, respectively, Friday=s G1 Coronation S. as that trifecta was replicated at Royal Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Ascot. Allowed time to find a rhythm under cover in fourth after exiting the outside box, the 4-9 favourite cruised into contention off the home turn and dominated under urging once pouncing for control with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining to comfortably account for Roly Poly by 2 1/4 lengths, with Hydrangea a further neck away in third. AShe was really impressive and did that really well,@ said Anne-Marie O=Brien. AShe=s really good and had to battle, but was by far the most superior there.@ Husband and trainer Aidan added, AShe=s a filly thriving from race to race. She travelled well, Ryan [Moore] had her in a lovely position and she came home really well. She=s very classy, she gets the [one-mile] trip really well and gallops out strong when asked. [Former trainer] David [Wachman] thought the world of her last year and she=s just getting better and better.@ Moore heaped further praise on the winner and continued, AShe=s very professional and only does what she has to do. It=s a hard task to win two Guineas and then come here, but the trainer can do those magic things. She=s beaten good horses from France and America, it=s concrete form and she=s a high-class filly.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 JUNE, 2017 Winter=s Day At Royal Ascot cont. from p1 Friday, Royal Ascot, Britain CORONATION S.-G1, ,430,000, ASC, 6-23, 3yo, f, 7f 213yT, 1:39.39, g/f. 1--WINTER (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Laddies Poker Two (Ire), by Choisir (Aus) 2nd Dam: Break of Day, by Favorite Trick 3rd Dam: Quelle Affaire, by Riverman O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Laddies Poker Two Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Ryan Moore. ,243,853. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Ire, 7-4-1-2, $894,352. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. 2--Roly Poly, 126, f, 3, War Front--Misty For Me (Ire), by >TDN Rising Star= Galileo (Ire). ($575,000 RNA Ylg >15 KEESEP). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Misty For Me Syndicate (KY); T-Aidan O=Brien. ,92,450. 3--Hydrangea (Ire), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Beauty Is Truth (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien. ,46,268. Margins: 2 1/4, NK, 1. Odds: 0.40, 12.00, 16.00. Winter becomes just the second filly to complete the 1000 Also Ran: Dabyah (Ire), La Coronel, Tomyris (GB), Precieuse (Ire). Guineas-Irish 1000 Guineas-Coronation S. treble, following Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB}) in 2004, and may tread a similar Fasig-Tipton. path to that trailblazer, who lost her perfect record in Newmarket=s G1 Falmouth S. backing up her win here. AWe might head to the [July 14] Falmouth in three weeks= time, but we will see how she is as she has had four quick races in not a lot of time,@ O=Brien revealed. Reflecting on the performances of Roly Poly and Hydrangea, O=Brien continued, AWe=re delighted with them both and they have run crackers.@ Roly Poly=s jockey Seamus Heffernan was in agreement and said, AIt was a good run and they are three really good fillies.@ Hydrangea=s rider Padraig Beggy was reading from the same script and opined, AHydrangea has run a cracker, she does not know how to run a bad race and always tries her best. I got a little outpaced on that ground, but she tries her best and it doesn=t really matter what the ground is. On that surface, she=d get a mile-and-a-quarter.@ Coronation S. cont. p3 Aidan O=Brien and Winter after the Coronation | Racing Post TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 JUNE, 2017 Pedigree Notes... Winter is the second foal and sole black-type performer out of the impressive 2010 Wokingham H. scorer Laddies Poker Two (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}). She descends from French champion juvenile and G1 Prix Morny winner Ancient Regime (Olden Times), who also produced G3 Concorde S.-winning sire Rami (Riverman), G3 Prix Eclipse-winning sire Crack Regiment (El Gran VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Senor) and Listed Prix Yacowlef-winning G1 Prix de l=Abbaye Gary King runner-up La Grande Epoque (Lyphard). Winter is followed by Twitter: @garykingTDN two more sired by Galileo--the 2-year-old filly Snowflakes (Ire), [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 who ran eighth in the G3 Albany S. earlier in the day, and a yearling filly. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style International Editor pedigree. Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry BARNSTORMER Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] It was billed by many as the race of the current Royal meeting, and Friday=s G1 Commonwealth Cup did not disappoint, with Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) getting the better of the Godolphin pair Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN of Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and Blue Point (Ire) Contributing Editor (Shamardal) close home to provide the middle part of a Group 1 Alan Carasso treble for Ballydoyle this week. Hardening into 5-6 favouritism despite the healthy respect shown to his opponents, Susan Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Magnier=s unbeaten grey--who had given notice that he was Tom Frary back when powering to success in Naas=s G3 Lacken S.--gave a [email protected] moment of concern when rearing in the stalls before racing mid- Irish Correspondent pack as Harry Angel served it up on the front end. It took until Daithi Harvey the last 100 yards for last year=s G1 Phoenix S. and G2 Coventry Regular Columnists S. winner to get to the royal blue contingent, but at the line he Bill Oppenheim had 3/4 of a length to spare with Harry Angel, who heroically Andrew Caulfield held off Blue Point by a half-length. Cont. p4 John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Send Press Releases to: [email protected] John Magnier and family at Royal Ascot on Friday | Racing Post TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 JUNE, 2017 Commonwealth Cup cont. AHe got into a good rhythm in the race and they were two very good colts leading him, so I had to wake him up to do it and it is hard to make up ground here today for whatever reason,@ jockey Ryan Moore explained. AIt=s the first time he=s been asked a serious question and he was a bit unsure at first. Although they made him work, he picked them up well in the end. I think that was a fairly exceptional race and he beat two very good horses who weren=t stopping. I think there is some more improvement in him.@ Friday, Royal Ascot, Britain COMMONWEALTH CUP-G1, ,400,000, ASC, 6-23, 3yo, 6fT, 1:13.49, g/f. 1--CARAVAGGIO, 129, c, 3, by Scat Daddy 1st Dam: Mekko Hokte (SW-US), by Holy Bull 2nd Dam: Aerosilver, by Relaunch 3rd Dam: Silver in Flight, by Silver Series O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Windmill Manor Farms Inc & Petaluma Bloodstock (KY); T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Ryan Moore. ,226,840. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Ire, 6-6-0-0, $659,513. *1/2 to My Jen (Fusaichi Pegasus), GSW-US, $203,000.