FRIDAY, 27 JULY 2018 KEW OUT, CRACKSMAN IN KING GEORGE THE BEGINNING OF In a surprise twist to the tale of Saturday=s G1 King George VI A MASTERPIECE? and Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot, Aidan O=Brien ruled out the G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Kew Gardens (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) after he scoped dirty before Thursday=s confirmation stage. Ballydoyle are supervising the wellbeing of the string due to the disappointing effort of Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in Saturday=s G1 Irish Oaks, after which she was found to have had a dirty nose. AOur horses are just going through a little bit of a stage--a little bit of a change--and the odd one is not scoping right at the moment,@ he explained. AWe=ve seen it with the filly in the Oaks and we just have to be careful.@ The removal of Kew Gardens means that Ryan Moore is on last year=s G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares S. heroine Hydrangea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the sole 3-year-old in the line-up will be the stable=s G1 Irish Derby runner-up Rostropovich (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Cont. p5 Galileo=s Anthony Van Dyck takes the Tyros S. | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Despite having to navigate troubled waters as a bug infects PHOENIX ‘DREAMING’ BIG AT THE SPA parts of the Ballydoyle armada, Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo Phoenix Thoroughbreds, off to a flyer at Saratoga with an {Ire}) was a faithful steer for Ryan Moore as he handed Aidan opening day ‘TDN Rising Star’, is primed for a big summer at the O=Brien a 12th win in resounding fashion in the G3 Japan Racing upstate oval. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Association Tyros S. at Leopardstown. Stepping up off a debut seventh over this seven-furlong trip at The Curragh July 1 when scoring by eight lengths over a mile at Killarney two weeks later, the 8-11 favourite followed the pace-setting Bolger representative Copia Verborum (Ire) (Vocalised) until sent on approaching the furlong pole. Stretching clear, the bay veered right late on but was in total command as he registered an authoritative 4 3/4-length success from the long-time leader=s stablemate Bold Approach (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}). AWe always thought this horse would love going a mile and he won very easy and went to the line very strong at Killarney, so we couldn=t be more impressed with this,@ O=Brien said. AIt means he can stay at seven now--he doesn=t have to move up. We always thought he was a high-class horse and a real middle- distance horse for next year, but when they show that kind of class it=s usually a very good sign. I=ll talk to the lads, but I would imagine it will be the [G2] Futurity [at The Curragh Aug. 26] and then the [G1 Goffs Vincent O=Brien] National S. [at The Curragh Sept. 16]. He travelled great and Ryan was impressed.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 27 JULY 2018 The Beginning Of A Masterpiece? Cont. from p1 Anthony Van Dyck is the last known foal out of the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude winner Believe>N=Succeed (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), which makes him a half-brother to the G1 Railway S. and five-times group-winning New Zealand champion sprinter Bounding (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}). Believe>N=Succeed is a full-sister to the G2 Mittys Ian McEwen Trophy and G3 Blue Diamond Prelude-winning Kuroshio (Aus), whose first crop have taken off in Europe descended from November Snow (Storm Cat), who was the winner of the GI Alabama S. and GI Test S. She is also the second dam of the GI Carter H., GII Pennsylvania Derby and GII Mervyn LeRoy H.-winning sire Morning Line (Tiznow). Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION TYROS S.-G3, i60,000, Leopardstown, 7-26, 2yo, 7f 20yT, 1:31.11, g/f. 1--ANTHONY VAN DYCK (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Believe>N=Succeed (Aus) (GSW-Aus, $157,067), by Exceed and Excel (Aus) 2nd Dam: Arctic Drift, by Gone West 3rd Dam: November Snow, by Storm Cat 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Ryan Moore. i35,400. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $52,318. *1/2 to Bounding (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), Ch. Sprinter & G1SW-NZ, GSW-Aus, $578,367. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Bold Approach (Ire), 129, c, 2, Dawn Approach (Ire)--Excuse Me, by Distorted Humor. O-Rectory Road Holdings Limited & Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE). i11,400. 3--Copia Verborum (Ire), 129, c, 2, Vocalised--Gold Focus (Ire), by Intense Focus. O-Mrs J. S. Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE). i5,400. Margins: 4 3/4, 1HF, HF. Odds: 0.70, 1.75, 16.00. Also Ran: Invasion Day (Ire), Hammersmith (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. SKITTER SCATTER UPENDS SILVER FLASH With >TDN Rising Star= Goddess (Camelot {GB}) running well below expectations in Thursday=s G3 Jockey Club of Turkey Silver Flash S. at Leopardstown, Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy) took full advantage to claim the honours under Ronan Whelan. Sent off at 10-1 despite setting the overall standard after her latest second in the July 1 G3 Grangecon Stud S. here, the bay stuck close to Ballydoyle=s 4-9 favourite throughout the early stages and was left in front two out as that 10-length maiden winner failed to pick up. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 27 JULY 2018 Gaining a decisive advantage soon after, Skitter Scatter was driven out for a 1 1/2-length verdict over Moravia (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), with Goddess=s stablemate Secret Thoughts (War Front) 1 1/4 lengths away in third. Goddess faded to be last as concerns continue about the health of Ballydoyle=s string. AShe got a beautiful run throughout and I wasn=t concerned about the step up in trip, as she=s more relentless than a quickener and I didn=t want to give her too much to do,@ Whelan said. AI got to the front too soon and would have liked the other filly to lead me longer, but she=s tough and I knew they=d have to work to get to Vice President, International Operations me.@ Gary King Winning trainer Patrick Prendergast was taken aback at the Twitter: @garykingTDN notable success for his stable. AThey say you should never avoid [email protected] one! Obviously I was very worried taking on Goddess, but I was + 1.732.320.0975 very keen to try her over seven furlongs. In her homework, I=ve International Editor lesser horses that might take her off the bridle but she=s quite Kelsey Riley relentless and she=s full of heart. As for plans, we don=t want to Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN over-race her now because she keeps improving. She=s in the [email protected] [G2] Debutante [at The Curragh Aug. 26], she=s in the [G1] Moyglare [Stud S. at The Curragh Sept. 16] and Ronan reckons a European Editor mile won=t be a problem, so we might have a filly for the Emma Berry Guineas trials next year. But with a wet spring, who knows. If Twitter: @collingsberry you told me this morning I would have a winner today, I=d have [email protected] thought I was going to the win the claimer. I was sulking after Associate International Editor the claimer, but I feel good now.@ Heather Anderson Aidan O=Brien said of Goddess, AShe seemed to be fine Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN afterwards, but some of our horses are a little bit under the weather and some will disappoint as it comes out of nowhere. Marketing Manager She wasn=t distressed after the race, but obviously she ran Alayna Cullen below par and so we=ll give her a little bit of time and I would Twitter: @AlaynaCullen imagine she=ll leave that well behind. It=s just one of those [email protected] things--Ryan said she wasn=t going forward and was changing Contributing Editor her legs and looking after herself. We=ll probably give her an Alan Carasso easy 10 days or two weeks and then build back up again. This Twitter: @EquinealTDN thing is right through the whole place and it=ll take six weeks to two months to get through the other side of it.@ Cafe Racing Skitter Scatter beat the Rosegreen pair Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Sean Cronin Daddy) and The Irish Rover (Ire) (No Nay Never) on her second Tom Frary start over five furlongs on Dundalk=s Polytrack Apr. 11 before [email protected] finishing third over six in the Listed Coolmore Stud Fillies Sprint Irish Correspondent S. at Naas May 20. Daithi Harvey Pedigree Notes... Regular Columnists Headed late when second to So Perfect (Scat Daddy) in the Andrew Caulfield Grangecon, Skitter Scatter had the pedigree to go this far being John Berry the second foal out of the 10-furlong winner Dane Street (Street Kevin Blake Cry {Ire}). She was a $260,000 Keeneland November purchase Tom Peacock by Kern Lillingston Association, money well spent by the time her first foal Data Dependent (More Than Ready) was third in the GIII Jimmy Durante S.