TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. A ROYAL PROCESSION? THE TIDE OF RECENT HISTORY Ascot welcomes the equine queen today, as In the short time since Choisir=s ground-breaking Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) pays a first visit to this hal- Royal Ascot triumph, it has paid to follow the Austra- lowed meeting in the opening G1 Queen Anne S. Two lians blind in the G1 King=s Stand S. and today=s re- years have passed since the Wertheimers= homebred newal could be set up for another dynamic performance emerged from the from Down Under from Nicconi (Aus) (Bianconi). Trainer shadow of Zarkava (Ire) David Hayes has spent a long (Zamindar) and she has time drafting this plan for last gradually developed her year=s G1 Galaxy S. and this own case for greatness term=s G1 Lightning S. win- in the interim. Eight ner, who bids to follow in the Group 1 successes steps of Takeover Target across three countries, (Aus) (Celtic Swing {GB}), including the last two Miss Andretti (Aus) (Ihtiram renewals of the Breed- {Ire}) and Scenic Blast (Aus) Goldikova (Ire) ers= Cup Mile, have es- (Scenic {Ire}). ANicconi is the Benoit Photo tablished her as an omi- classiest sprinter I have had, Nicconi (Aus) nous ruling force among her sex. She faces the colts and I believe he can win the racenet.com.au again today, but Freddy Head has ultimate confidence King=s Stand S.,@ Hayes said. after Goldikova=s latest performance when winning the AHistory is in his favour. It looks like there will be a good true pace in the race with two or three horses May 23 G1 Prix d=Ispahan at Longchamp. AI think I have her in very good condition and I expect her to run a going to set it up for a horse coming from the back. One of the main reasons of booking Frankie [Dettori] great race,@ Head confirmed. AI would think she is in the was, if it is a big field, I am sure Frankie has more best shape I have ever had her in, and, although she friends and knows who to follow than the Aussie boys. won the Prix d=Ispahan over nine furlongs last time, a This is likely to be Nicconi=s last run, as he will probably mile is her distance. She is easy to ride and you can put be retired to Widden Stud. If he wins well, we might be her where you like, as she has a very good turn of foot. tempted by the G1 July Cup as that would enhance his It=s not a walkover, however, and we know it=s a top- stallion value--generating dual hemisphere appeal.@ class race, but I would love to win at Royal Ascot.@ Cont. p2 Tuesday, Royal Ascot, Britain, post time: 3:05 p.m. KING=S STAND S.-G1, ,300,000, 3yo/up, 5fT Tuesday, Royal Ascot, Britain, post time: 2:30 p.m. SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER QUEEN ANNE S.-G1, ,250,000, 4yo/up, 1mT 1 6 Amour Propre (GB) Paris House (GB) O’Neill Candy SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 2 1 Blue Jack (GB) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Kingscote Dascombe 1 4 Calming Influence (Ire) King’s Best Ajtebi Al Zarooni 3 10 Borderlescott (GB) Compton Place (GB) Callan Bastiman 2 9 Cat Junior K Storm Cat Dettori Meehan 4 2 Equiano (Fr) Acclamation (GB) M Hills B Hills 3 8 Dalghar (Fr) Anabaa Lemaire de Royer-Dupre 5 4 Gold Trail (Aus) Hussonet Rodd Portelli 4 10 Dream Eater (Ire) Night Shift Fortune Balding 6 7 Kingsgate Native (Ire) Mujadil Moore Stoute 5 7 Ouqba (Fr) Red Ransom R Hills B Hills 7 9 Markab (GB) Green Desert Cosgrave Candy 6 6 Paco Boy (Ire) Desert Style (Ire) Hughes Hannon 8 8 Nicconi (Aus) Bianconi Dettori D Hayes 7 2 Pipedreamer (GB) Selkirk Spencer K Ryan 9 3 Spin Cycle (Ire) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Mullen Smart 8 5 Rip Van Winkle (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Murtagh A O’Brien 10 11 Total Gallery (Ire) Namid (GB) Hughes S Moore 9 3 Zacinto (GB) Dansili (GB) Moore Stoute 11 5 Bould Mover (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Gibbons Brennan 10 1 Goldikova (Ire) Anabaa Peslier F Head 12 12 Mister Manannan (Ire) Desert Style (Ire) A Nicholls D Nicholls All carry 126 pounds bar Goldikova, 123. All carry 130 pounds bar Bould Mover & Mister Manannan, 124. www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/15/10 • PAGE 2 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com G1 Queen Anne S. cont. G1 King=s Stand S. cont. Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith=s Now carrying the colors of Cheveley Park Stud, Rip Van Winkle would be a welcome winner for the Kingsgate Native (Ire) is into his second career follow- operation if he is sharp enough on his first start of the ing a failed spell at David and Patricia Thompson=s season. Despite his well-documented foot issues last establishment and bids to repeat the heroics of his term, he still managed to run second in Sandown=s victory in the 2008 G1 Golden G1 Eclipse in early July before beating Paco Boy in the Jubilee S. His latest defeat of G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood later that month and 2008 King=s Stand winner Zacinto in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. here in Septem- Equiano and Borderlescott in ber. Not seen since his flop in the GI Breeders= Cup the May 22 G2 Temple S. at Classic at Santa Anita in November, he is expected to Haydock proved he retains abil- need the experience. AHe=s in good form and is as well ity and his gelding operation as we can have him for his first run since the Breeders= may have improved him. AHe Cup, but we=re a little bit worried, because most of our was pretty impressive at horses have improved from their first run to their sec- Haydock, and while he has Kingsgate Native ond, said trainer Aidan O Brien. It s a championship come out of the race well, this @ = A = sportinglife.com race, and usually going into it, you would like to have is going to be very tough,@ got a run into him. He=s done very well since last year Cheveley Park=s Managing Director Chris Richardson and is stronger--we=ve been very happy with him and told PA Sport. AIt=s a credit to all concerned that he has he=s been showing all the right signs. We=re up against come back from his break as good as he has.@ Total two exceptional horses, but he=s a very brave and Gallery was fifth in the Temple under a seven-pound straightforward horse, and you can put him where you penalty as a result of his career-best success in want, so Johnny [Murtagh] will decide what to do Lonchamp=s G1 Prix de l=Abbaye in October and trainer when the gates open.@ Paco Boy bids to become the Stan Moore is hoping he can return to his peak here. first since Dean Swift (GB) in 1907 to record back-to- AHe=s in fantastic form and this is his first race this year back renewals of this prize and is at a peak, judged by without the penalty,@ Moore said. AHe ran a smashing his stylish successes in the Apr. 24 G2 Sandown Mile race in Hong Kong [when sixth in the G1 Hong Kong and G1 Lockinge S. at Newbury May 15. APaco Boy Sprint] for a three-year-old taking on all those interna- would be as good a miler as we have trained and, while tional horses, and we beat a couple of Australian it=s true that this year=s Lockinge might not have been horses in that race, but they do seem to fare well at the strongest renewal, he could hardly have won more Ascot. He did a really nice piece of work over at Rich- impressively,@ said trainer Richard Hannon. AHe seems a ard Hannon=s last week, so we are going there pretty different horse this year, and his extended winter break spot-on to, hopefully, do the business as this has al- has played a big part in that, but both Goldikova and ways been his main objective.@ Another Aussie raider to Rip Van Winkle have beaten us before, so we need to fear is Lisa Anne and Glenn Barrie Morton=s Gold Trail, have improved.@ One combination never to be ignored is who took the G1 Railway S. at Ellerslie on New Year=s that of His Highness The Aga Khan and Alain de Royer- Day and who warmed up for this with a fourth in the Dupre, and they put forward the progressive Dalghar, G1 KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji May 16. AHe who comes here off the back of a success in the seven- has got a stride on him like a stayer and the attitude of furlong G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at Longchamp 10 days a stayer,@ trainer Gary Portelli explained. AEveryone who ago. AIt is a very competitive race, but he is a very fresh rides him cannot believe he is a 1,000-metre horse. In horse as he didn=t race too much last year and is com- the past, he has gone best when I think he needs just a ing very well now,@ de Royer-Dupre said. bit more work and that is how he is at the moment.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/15/10 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com DEFENCE OF THE REALM Since the turn of the millennium, seven winners of the G1 St James=s Palace S.