Friday, June 19, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here TODAY'S ROYAL ASCOT PREVIEW - PAGE 16 MAIDEN OF THE WEEK | SMART ‘N’ SEXY (NZ) - PAGE 22 Stradivarius first, What's on Race meetings: Coffs Harbour (NSW), Pakenham (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), daylight second Canberra (ACT) Champion stayer produces a stunning performance to land a Barrier trials / jump-outs: Rosehill Gold Cup hat-trick on day three of Royal Ascot (NSW), Gosford (NSW), Coffs Harbour (NSW), Flemington (VIC), Kyneton (VIC), Warrnambool (VIC), Canberra (ACT) International meetings: Royal Ascot - Day 4 (UK), Newmarket (UK), Lingfield (UK), Fairview (SAF) International Group races: Ascot (UK) - Commonwealth Cup (Gr 1, 6f), Norfolk Stakes (Gr 2, 5f), Hardwicke Stakes (Gr 2, 1m 4f), Queen’s Vase (Gr 2, 1m 6f), Albany Stakes (Gr 3, 6f) Stradivarius RACING POST enjoying a comfortable run off the back of 2018 Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) victor Cross BY GEORGIE DENNIS | @ANZ_NEWS Prince Of Arran (Shirocco) for most of the Counter (Teofilo) coming home a further eight tradivarius (Sea The Stars) confirmed journey. lengths away in third. his status as one of the greatest The entire gradually improved heading into Coming off a third-place performance in stayers to grace the turf at Royal the bend and when Dettori asked something the Coronation Cup (Gr 1, 1m 4f), there were Ascot, bringing up a hat-trick of wins of him with two furlongs to go, Stradivarius concerns Stradivarius wouldn’t handle the soft Sin the Gold Cup (Gr 1, 2m 4f) yesterday. scooted past his rivals with the minimum of ground but the going proved to be a non-factor It wasn’t a narrow victory though, fuss. in the six-year-old’s emphatic victory. with the John Gosden-trained six-year-old After leading the trip, last-start Sagaro "I had to have an excuse ready in case I messed winning by a stunning margin of ten lengths Stakes (Gr 3, 2m ½ f) winner Nayef Road up the training and I get the blame as the trainer,” under regular rider Frankie Dettori, after (Galileo) was gallant to hold on for second with Gosden said. Continued on page 2>> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Stradivarius first, daylight second | 2 | Friday, June 19, 2020 << Continued from page 1 "Stradivarius is quite a character. I must change my aftershave, as he got quite coltish whilst I was saddling him. I must have overdone the aftershave or something. “He is quite a noisy character and he was having a shout and play out there - he does think life is a bit of fun and when you win races like this, I suppose it is. "He showed me that the hard race he had at Newmarket had not flattened him. When he was that fresh when I was saddling, I thought that the bounce factor was under control. "It was a superb performance today from Stradivarius. I think the benefit of running in the Coronation Cup in a track record time meant he was fully fit. I was concerned about the bounce factor and him maybe not being fully fit, but he was full of himself saddling. Stradivarius, Frankie Dettori and John Gosden (far right) RACING POST “He has that exciting thing which is a turn of foot. He has beaten some good horses in his time. People have tried to criticise the opposition, but "We will look towards the Goodwood Cup and a fourth win there. He he has put them away with that turn of foot and he has even done it on has won three of them already. We will have a look at that and if we run this ground." there, we might then take a pull. “He is a bit of a mate, as he lives below the guest bedroom. When “There is talk of running in an Arc. He ran brilliantly in the Coronation Bjorn Nielsen (owner and breeder) comes to stay and opens the window, Cup and maybe an Arc on autumn ground is not out of the question." Stradivarius is just there looking at him. Dettori added: "Tremendous. I was worried about the rain; they Asked whether Stradivarius would return for a tilt at a record-equalling were talking about the Martyn Meade horse (Technician) a lot, it was a fourth Gold Cup next year, Gosden replied: "I am not sure, that's Bjorn's concern, and he actually really surprised me because he went like a hot decision - the way he liked my aftershave I am not sure. knife through butter, really. Continued on page 4>> Diamond Jubilee Stakes winners include: YEAR WINNER TIME 2018 MERCHANT NAVY 1:12.09 2012 Black Caviar 1:14.10 2010 Starspangledbanner 1:12.57 2003 Choisir 1:12.23 1989 Danehill 1:12.95 Royal Ascot’s Diamond Jubilee Stakes is one of Europe’s most important sprint races. MERCHANT NAVY is one of its fastest ever winners and he did it while weighted as a Northern Hemisphere older horse despite still being a Southern Hemisphere 3YO! Dual Gr.1-winning sprinter by FASTNET ROCK and bred on the same DANEHILL/SNIPPETS cross as SNITZEL GST) FEE $44,000 (INC. 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It is always October Yearling Sale, a scary moment when you get to the furlong marker whether you will pick Stradivarius (6 h Sea The Stars up or not, but he did and stretched away by ten. - Private Life by Bering) has "I was trying to use the horse in front of me as a reference point, but now won 15 of his 22 starts I didn't want anyone to pounce on me quick, so with my first glance I and accumulated £2,715,474 saw James Doyle (Cross Counter) off the bridle, and I couldn't see Oisin (AUS$4.925m approx) in career (Murphy) on the grey horse (Technician), and then he was in trouble as earnings. well, so I thought I would leave them behind and just ride my race to get He is one of seven foals out Ryan Moore (Nayef Road). I was surprised to see that they were all spent of the stakes-placed mare Private forces by then. Life (Bering), making him a half- "I am so proud of the horse. He is a joy to be around. He will go down brother to five winners including as one of the great stayers like Yeats and Sagaro and who knows, maybe the dual Group 3 scorer Persian Frankie Dettori RACING POST we will try for the four (wins) next Storm (Monsun). It is all year. His winning second-dam, Poughkeepsie (Sadler’s Wells), has “Well done to Bjorn and John produced nine winners from ten foals to race, including the stakes- about Gosden to have him so good scoring pair Pretty Tough (Desert King) and Parisienne (Distant Stradivarius today. today. Even with no crowd, I am Relative). - Frankie quite emotional. It is a very proud Poughkeepsie is also responsible for Patineuse (Peintre Celebre), the Dettori moment. dam of 2014 Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist (Monsun). "It is all about Stradivarius Stradivarius is one of 11 Group 1 winners for Sea The Stars, who stood today.” at Gilltown Stud in Ireland for a career-high fee of €150,000 (AUS$245,000 Purchased for 330,000gns at approx) in 2020. 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