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MONDAY, MAY 25, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SOLOW SO GOOD DANZA CAVALLO THE NOW HORSE IN GAMELY With defeat in last term=s G2 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier Monday=s GI Gamely S. at Santa Anita has drawn an interrupting a streak of eight consecutive wins, Solow interesting field of 10 turf distaffers, including a pair of (GB) (Singspiel {Ire) added luster to Alain and Gerard East Coast invaders from powerful barns. Wertheimer=s Super Sunday with an authoritative score Sheep Pond Partners tasted success at the Arcadia in Longchamp=s G1 Prix d=Ispahan. The homebred grey, oval when their talented filly Lady Eli (Divine Park) who is rated as Europe=s top whooshed home to land the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile performer on the Longines World Fillies= Turf, and that group teams with prominent New Rankings, was so impressive when York owner Michael annexing the G1 Dubai Turf at Dubb on the Chad Meydan in March and turned this Brown-trained Danza return to home soil into another Cavallo (Fr) (Sunday victory parade as old stager Cirrus Break {Jpn}). The bay des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) made 11 trips to the failed to shine on the ever-drying races in France, but only turf. Steadied in third spotting Gailo twice did she face her Chop (Fr) (Deportivo {GB}) five fellow females while lengths on the front end, the 3-5 winning three of those favorite quickened to the fore starts, including the Solow Scoop Dyga passing the eighth pole and needed Listed Prix Madame minimal encouragement from there Danza Cavallo (near) just fails in the Jean Couterie in her to easily account for the longtime leader by 1 1/2 Long Island H. Adam Coglianese final appearance at lengths. George Strawbridge=s consistent yardstick Vichy last July. She Sparkling Beam (Ire) (Nayef) at last got her Group 1 made her U.S. debut in the GIII Long Island H. over 11 placing and was two lengths adrift at the line, while grassy furlongs at Aqueduct and led into the final Cirrus des Aigles faded from an initial second when furlong, only to be run down by the Christophe push came to shove and finished the same margin Clement-trained Aigue Marine (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). In her further back last of the four. It was later revealed he lone outing this season, Danza Cavallo was a very easy had broken a shoe in the running of the race. Cont. p10 1 1/2-length winner of a third-level Keeneland allowance Apr. 17 and could have waited for the one- NOT FOR CACH-ING mile GI Just a Game S. at Belmont June 6, but instead Sent to Sunday=s G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas ships here for this nine-furlong affair. Cont. p3 just 11 days after winning the G3 Blue Wind S. over a quarter mile further at Naas, Pleascach (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) justified the boldness of her breeder, owner and trainer Jim Bolger to provide Coolcullen with another Curragh Classic. With a perfect pace scenario tracking a pair of her stable=s lesser lights, the 11-2 second favorite was in front from the quarter pole and saw off the 5-4 crowd=s choice, Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), to prevail by a half-length. There was a brief period of anxiety for Bolger, as the winner had to survive an inquiry into possible interference to Jim Bolger and Pleascach the runner-up in the Racing Post finale. AShe spotted something and shifted left in the last 75 yards, but I wasn=t worried as the runner-up was a long way away from me,@ rider Kevin Manning commented. Cont. p7 Monday, May 25th - Belmont Park Big Apple Showcase Day is the first of three events on NYRA’s calendar this year for NY-breds, offering six stakes races and more than $1 million in purse money on the May 25th card. 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GAMELY S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Moulin de Mougin Curlin Smith Mandella 2 Three Hearts Hat Trick (Jpn) Stevens Drysdale 3 Blingismything K Arch Baze Kruljac 4 Fanticola Silent Name (Jpn) Talamo D'Amato 5 Smoove It Square Eddie Gutierrez O'Neill 6 Generosidade (Uru) Nedawi (GB) Pereira Lobo 7 Elektrum (Ire) High Chaparral (Ire) Prat Sadler 8 Danza Cavallo (Fr) Sunday Break (Jpn) Ortiz Jr Brown 9 Hard Not to Like K Hard Spun Espinoza Clement DANZA CAVALLO THE NOW HORSE IN 10 Queen of The Snd (Ire) Ftstpsinthsnd (GB) Van Dyke Gallagher GAMELY (cont. from p1) Hard Not to Like (Hard Spun) would have been one of Monday, Lone Star Park, post time: 6:19 p.m. EDT the favorites for last Saturday=s GIII Gallorette H. at LONE STAR PARK H.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m Pimlico, but was taken out of that race by Clement in PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML favor of this spot. Victorious in the 2014 GI Jenny 1 Endurance Indy Wind Diego Sepulveda Wiley S., the Ontario-bred was purchased for $1.5 2 Majestic City K City Zip Lopez Baltas million at last year=s Keeneland November sale and 3 Cy Seven K Tiznow Cabrera Van Berg came home first in Tampa=s GIII Endeavour S. Jan. 31, 4 Texas Air Texas City Hamilton Milligan only to be disqualified and placed second behind the 5 Tapiture Tapit Santana Jr Asmussen 6 Carve First Samurai Castanon Cox Brown-conditioned Testa Rossi (Fr) (Dr Fong). The 6- year-old mare exits a third to another Brown inmate, Monday, Churchill Downs, post time: 5:20 p.m. EDT Ball Dancing (Exchange Rate), in defense of her Jenny WINNING COLORS S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f Wiley title when last seen Apr. 11. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Moulin de Mougin (Curlin) was extremely impressive 1 You Bought Her Graeme Hall Bridgmohan Hinsley in annexing Del Mar=s GII John C. Mabee S. going this 2 Pistolpackinpenny Portobello Road Court Fires distance, then miraculously avoided catastrophe when 3 Milam K Street Sense Lanerie Kenneally she slipped and fell off the final turn in the GI Rodeo 4 Heykittykittykitty Tactical Cat Osorio Moquett Drive S. The Ran-Jan homebred was given plenty of 5 Boss Barney's Babe K Street Boss Mena Calhoun time to bounce back and was ambitiously spotted 6 Toni's Hollyday K Harlan's Holiday Graham McKeever against males in the Apr.