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Friday, Thoroughbred Daily News May 24, 2002 TDN For information, call (732) 747-8060. HEADLINE NEWS STRONG HAND FOR O’BRIEN IN IRISH CLASSIC I R I S H G U I N E A S Trainer Aidan O’Brien, a winner last year with Black P P Minnaloushe, saddles more than half the field in an attempt to win back-to-back runnings of the Irish 2000 Saturday, Curragh, Ireland, post time: 3:45 p.m. Guineas Saturday at The Curragh. O’Brien, who has ENTENMANN’S IRISH 2000 GUINEAS-G1, i400,000, won three of the last five runnings of the Classic, has 3yo, c/f, 1mT set himself a hard task to follow as he secured the SC PP HORSE SIRE trifecta last term with Mozart (Ire) and Minardi complet- 1 3 AHSANABAD (IRE) Muhtarram ing the sweep. It is the smallest O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs SC; Irish Guineas field since Rodrigo T-John Oxx; J-Johnny Murtagh. de Triano defeated five rivals in Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, £15,265. 1992, making the draw less 2 2 CENTURY CITY (IRE) Danzig significant. Jockey Michael (Ir£2,000,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB) Kinane takes over from Johnny O-Susan Magnier; B-Kilcarn Stud; T-A O’Brien; J-no rider. Murtagh on G1 Sagitta 2000 Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-1, £68,946. Guineas hero Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill), who is set to go 3 7 DELLA FRANCESCA Danzig to post as the hot favourite. O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Betty Maxwell Kinane is the only declared Moran; B-Brushwood Stable; T-Aidan O’Brien; J-no rider. jockey for O’Brien’s foursome Lifetime Record: 5-1-2-1, £29,725. with the riders of Century City 4 6 FOREIGN ACCENT (GB) Machiavellian (Ire) (Danzig), Della Francesca (270,000gns yrl ‘00 TATHOU) (Danzig) and Nostradamus O-Manton Racing Partnership; B-Meon Valley Stud; (Gone West) yet to be an- T-John Gosden; J-Jimmy Fortune. nounced. Trainer John Gosden’s Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, £4,349. aptly named Foreign Accent 5 3 NOSTRADAMUS Gone West (GB) (Machiavellian) is the only O-Susan Magnier; B-Spectrum Bloodstock SA & overseas contender for Ireland’s Michael Tabor; T-Aidan O’Brien; J-no rider. first Classic of the season. Of Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, £8,521. the going, racecourse manager 6 4 ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) Danehill Paul Hensey told Racing Post: O-Sir Alex Ferguson & Susan Magnier; B-Joe Crowley & “We had 3mm of rain overnight Rock Goes for Guineas Double but it wasn't as bad as at Julian Herbert/Getty Images Mr And Mrs A P O'Brien; T-A O'Brien; J-M Kinane. Leopardstown--they got it bad Lifetime Record: 8-6-1-0, £546,580. and their meeting was called off. I walked the straight 7 1 SIGHTS ON GOLD (IRE) Indian Ridge (Ire) and the round course this morning and it is no worse O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm; T-Dermot Weld; J-P Smullen. than soft on either and I have no doubts about racing Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, £16,243. this weekend. On parts of the round course it is border- All carry 126 pounds. ing on yielding, but if I were to call it now I would say it will be soft ground this weekend. The forecast is More Previews, p2 mixed, with heavy showers in places tonight which we may or may not get. But we should get a lot of wind TDN TODAY tonight and tomorrow and the Curragh is a wide-open Headline News .................... 2 pages space, so 24 hours of wind can make a big difference.” (859) 233-4252 FAX (859) 987-0008 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/24/02 • PAGE 2 of 2 P P R E V I E W P FOALING NEWS Saturday, Hollywood Park MILADY BREEDERS’ CUP H.-GI, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m NOBLE TIMES (NZ), 18, Drums Of Time--Juvel (NZ) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT (Noble Bijou) 1 Affluent Affirmed Delahoussaye 119 Foal born 5-12, a colt by Stravinsky. 2 Azeri Jade Hunter Smith 122 Owned by Gaines-Gentry Thoroughbreds. 3 Cashmina Cherokee Run Espinoza 113 Boarded at Castleton Lyons, KY. 4 Collect Call Meadowlake Solis 114 Accomplishments: Ch. 2yo Filly-NZ, GSW-NZ; dam of 5 Ask Me No Secrets Seattle Slew McCarron 117 Duda (Theatrical {Ire}), GISW, $657,968. 6 Elaine’s Angel T. U. Slew Blanc 111 FIRE THE GROOM, 15, Blushing Groom (Fr)--Prospec- Saturday, Belmont Park tor’s Fire (Mr. Prospector) PETER PAN S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m Foal born 5-14, a filly by Sadler’s Wells. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT Will be bred back to Sadler’s Wells. 1 Fast Decision Gulch Santos 121 Owned by Crystal Springs Farm. 2 Sunday Break (Jpn) Forty Niner Stevens 121 Boarded at Coolmore Stud, Ireland. 3 Deputy Dash Always a Classic Luzzi 115 Accomplishments: GISW-US, SW-GB, $785,698; dam 4 Essayons Deputy Minister Migliore 115 of Stravinsky (Nureyev), Hwt. 3yo-GB & Ire at 5-7f, 5 Ibn al Haitham (GB) Zafonic Bailey 115 MG1SW-GB, $360,071. 6 Fireballer West by West Prado 115 7 Heir d’Twine Twining Velazquez 115 LEADING BROODMARE SIRES OF 2002 8 Puzzlement Pine Bluff Samyn 115 UNRESTRICTED SWs (through May 19) P N E W S T O D A Y P BROODMARE SIRE SWs Danzig (Northern Dancer) 10 MILLENNIUM WIND RETIRED Millennium Wind Darshaan (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}) 8 (Cryptoclearance--Bali Babe, by Drone), the winner of Mr. Prospector (Raise a Native) 8 last year’s Toyota Blue Grass S., has been retired from Rainbow Quest (Blushing Groom) 8 racing due to a re-occurring tendon injury. The half Miswaki (Mr. Prospector) 7 brother to 1999 Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of Dancing Brave (Lyphard) 6 the Year Charismatic injured his tendon in last year’s Spectacular Bid (Bold Bidder) 6 Derby, where he finished 11th, and took six months to (Based on winners of unrestricted stakes with purses of make it back to the track. In what would be the final $25,000 or more in North America and winners of Euro- race of his career, the $1.2 million Keeneland Septem- pean stakes that qualify for "black-type" by North Ameri- can catalogue standards and graded SWs in Japan.) Com- ber purchase ran last of seven in the Skywalker H. at piled by Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, specialists in Santa Anita. Millennium Wind made seven starts over assisting breeders in their stallion selection and buyers in two seasons with three wins and a pair of placings for their auction purchases. For more information call (510) earnings of $769,920. Stud plans for the four-year-old 490-1111. have not yet been determined. © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by CURRENCY CONVERSIONS any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written Unit/US$ Unit/GB£ permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Informa- British pound 1.45391 1.00 tion as to the American races, race results and earnings Euro 0.922921 0.634784 was obtained from results charts published in Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the permission of the U.S. dollar 1.00 0.687799 copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. www.fasigtipton.com TDN AMERICAN Friday, May 24, 2002 8th-BEL, $52,000, Alw, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47 3/5, I N E W Y O R K I fm. 1--FULL FLOW, 116, h, 5, Eagle Eyed--Fast Flow, by Yesterday’s Results: Riverman. O-Juddmonte Farms Inc; B-Juddmonte 6th-BEL, $50,000, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:37 1/5, ft. Farms (KY); T-John C Kimmel. Lifetime Record: SP, 1--RANSOM'S PRIDE, 118, f, 4, Red Ransom--Peruvian 21-5-6-1, $169,836. *1/2 to Auction House Pride, by Baldski. O/B-Chester Sr & Mary R Broman (Exbourne), GSW & G1SP-GB, MSW-US, $404,145. (NY); T-Ramon M Hernandez. Lifetime Record: MSW, 2--Broadway Snowman, 116, h, 5, Frosty the Snow- 10-6-0-1, $256,565. *1/2 to Palestino (Per) (Stash man--Skippin Upbroadway, by Skip Trial. {Per}), Ch. 2yo-Per, GSW & MG1SP-Per. 3--Monkey Puzzle, 118, h, 6, Country Pine--Verbal 2--Laurie's Balada, 121, f, 4, Saint Ballado--Laurie's Intrigue, by Dahar. Folly, by Kris S. Margins: 3 3/4, 3, 2 3/4. Odds: 5.50, 0.90, 6.40. 3--Real Cozzy, 121, f, 4, Cozzene--Mining My Business, Full Flow rounded out 2001 with a close-up third in a by Mining. mile allowance event at Aqueduct Nov. 12 and didn’t Margins: NO, 1 3/4, 4 3/4. Odds: 4.20, 3.95, 0.80. resurface for the 2002 season until a workmanlike Ransom’s Pride won a pair of nine-furlong state-bred 1 3/4-length score at Gulfstream at this distance Feb. stakes last year, the Yaddo H. at Saratoga Aug. 27 and 9. On the sidelines since, the mildly backed third choice the Ticonderoga H. at Belmont two months later, before to make it two in a row, skimmed the rail in fourth early a troubled eighth in her most recent start, the GII Mrs. behind leader Broadway Snowman, angled out for the Revere S. at Churchill Downs Nov. 17. Modestly sup- drive with three furlongs left to negotiate and surged ported this time to score her first open-company win, past the pacesetter late for the easy score.