Lady Marmalade Ascot Poised for Storming Opener
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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here LADY MARMALADE ACADEMIC UPSETS WOODBINE OAKS Chanced just nine days after finishing ninth when Bear Stable=s Academic (Henny Hughes) wired the hampered late on in the G1 Epsom Oaks, Lady field in Sunday=s Woodbine Oaks, holding off the late- Bamford=s Star of Seville (GB) (Duke of Marmalade closing favorite London Tower (Head Chopper) to pull {Ire}) took Chantilly by storm Sunday to provide John the 66-1 upset in track-record time. Slightly reluctant to Gosden and Frankie Dettori with another European load, the bay filly sprinted out to take the lead and Classic in the G1 Prix de Diane Longines. Sent off at angled to the rail from her outside post. She was 17-1 despite the merit of comfortably in front through fractions of :23.63, her prior success in the :48.01 and 1:12.33, bound May 13 G3 Musidora S. further clear turning for home at York, the imposing bay and had plenty in reserve to was always close to the maintain a 1 3/4-length pace in second and, advantage to the wire. when let loose with a Academic completed the nine quarter mile remaining, furlongs over Woodbine=s all- was tenacious in grinding weather surface in 1:48.86-- Star of Seville Scoop Dyga out a length triumph over bettering the mark of 1:48.97 Physiocrate (Fr) (Doctor set by River Rush in the 2012 Dino {Fr}). AIt is a dream come true to win this race, as Plate Trial. AI didn't even have Academic I have been raving about it for years,@ Gosden said. AIt to ride her to the wire,@ said Michael Burns is a great day with a great atmosphere. This filly is very winning jockey Justin Stein. good and was actually lucky to be knocked over in the AThe last few jumps, I looked over and we had it Oaks, because it meant she had no race at all and so wrapped up. Inside the 70-yard pole, I looked up and could come here so soon after.@ Cont. p4 there was no one coming. I couldn't believe it. I knew we were going at a good clip, but she was real ASCOT POISED FOR STORMING OPENER comfortable. She was relaxed, but I had a lot of horse. Royal Ascot 2015 gets underway on Tuesday, when At the three-eighths pole, when they came to her a a face-off to focus worldwide attention in the little bit, I just let her out a notch and they had to run G1 Queen Anne S. forms arguably the highlight of the hard to get to her there. At that point, when I opened whole meeting. Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) requires her up again, she was going easy and had so many no introduction tackling his first western adventure and gears left." Cont. p3 seeking a fifth top-level victory in succession, but standing in his way is the vastly improved Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) from France. The Wertheimers= 5-year-old comes to Berkshire with confidence as sky-high as his Hong Kong counterpart on the back of dominating wins in the G1 Dubai Turf at Hong Kong raider Able Friend Meydan Mar. 28 and G1 Racing Post Prix d=Ispahan at Longchamp May 24 over a furlong and a half farther than this trip. As effective at a mile last term, the homebred--who was at one point tried out as a middle- distance and even marathon performer--was the subject of a bullish report from trainer Freddy Head Sunday. ASolow is very well and things couldn=t be better,@ Head said. AThis is his toughest test yet, so we=ll see how good he is. He has never met so many good horses, so we will see what he is worth. 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The auction provides the “unofficial curtain- www.thoroughbreddailynews.com raiser to Royal Ascot,” according to Goffs Chief Executive www.thetdn.com Last year’s London Sale Henry Beeb . y Goffs Page 10 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/15/15 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Woodbine WOODBINE OAKS PRESENTED BY BUDWEISER, C$500,800, WO, 6-14, (C), 3yo, f, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:48.86, ft. 1--#ACADEMIC, 121, f, 3, Henny Hughes--Awesome Lass, by Awesome Again. (C$20,000 RNA Ylg '13 CANSEP; $54,000 2yo '14 OBSAPR). O-Bear Stables Ltd.; B-Spring Farm (ON); T-Reade Baker; J-Justin Academic Upsets Woodbine Oaks (cont. from p1) Stein. C$300,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, Academic, who was supplemented to the Oaks at a $293,141. *1/2 to Secret Wish (Street Cry {Ire}), cost of $12,500, began her career with a ninth-place SW, $188,908; Awesome Fire (Strong Contender), effort in the 6 1/2-furlong Muskoka S. at Woodbine last SW, $329,495. August. Fourth behind Sunday=s Alywow S. winner Registered Ontario-Bred/CTHS Grad Mississippi Delta (Giant=s Causeway) after setting the 2--London Tower, 121, f, 3, Head Chopper--Mrs. pace in a Sept. 13 special weight, she missed by just a Donaghy, by Military. O/B/T-Steve Owens (ON). neck when second stretched out to one mile and 70 C$100,000. yards Oct. 12. The bay resurfaced this term to graduate 3--Season Ticket, 121, f, 3, Lemon Drop Kid--Game by a front-running neck over the reopposing Tancook (Fr), by Montjeu (Ire). ($120,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). (Macho Uno) going 1 1/16 miles May 15. O-Woodford Racing LLC; B-Fitzhenry Sean (ON); Academic, who RNA=d for C$20,000 at the 2013 T-Mark E. Casse. C$50,000. Ontario September sale, was purchased by Danny Margins: 1 3/4, NO, 1HF. Odds: 66.65, 0.90, 9.25. Dion=s Bear Stables for $54,000 as an OBS April Also Ran: Shez a Masterpiece, Galina Point, juvenile last year. Her half-sister by Shackleford RNA=d Brooklynsway, Tancook, Red River Heidi, Leading Edge, for $47,000 as a Keeneland November weanling last Internal Bourbon. Click for the Equibase.com chart, or fall. Her dam, Awesome Lass, was bred to champion the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Gio Ponti last spring. London Tower, who was coming off wins in the Nov. FIRING LINE TO SKIP LOS AL DERBY 30 Ontario Lassie S. and May 3 Fury S., was away GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Firing Line (Line of slowly and was closing willingly in the stretch. AShe David) will miss an expected was sitting down a little bit [at the start] and she did it start in the July 4 GII Los again like the first time [in the Fury],@ said Alan Garcia, Alamitos Derby.