So You Think Retired Nathaniel on Fence for Eclipse
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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SO YOU THINK RETIRED NATHANIEL ON FENCE FOR ECLIPSE A 10-time Group 1-winner, dual hemisphere star So The withdrawal of So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral You Think (NZ) (High Chapparal {Ire}--Triassic {NZ}, by {Ire}) means that 10 will go to post for the first major Tights) was retired yesterday after pulling muscles in clash of the generations in Britain in Saturday=s his hind quarters ahead of his planned last outing in G1 Coral-Eclipse, although connections of last year=s Saturday=s G1 Coral- G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. hero Nathaniel Eclipse. A champion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) could skip the race. Lady Rothschild=s 3-year-old and miler in 4-year-old has yet to be seen this season and trainer Australia and John Gosden is biding his time. ANormally there are highweighted older horse three weeks between the Eclipse and the King George, in Ireland last term, the but this year there is only two and that is the big factor dark bay will enter playing on my mind,@ he said. AIf you have a hard race quarantine on Saturday in the Eclipse on your first run of the year, it=s a little as originally planned and tough to come back for the King George, so at this will stand at Coolmore stage, I=d be mindful of that fact. We might decide not to run and have a racecourse gallop instead and go Australia at a fee of straight to the King George July 21.@ A$66,000. AIt=s a big disappointment that he=ll Saturday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 3:45 p.m. miss the Eclipse, but he=s CORAL-ECLIPSE-G1, ,400,000, 3yo/up, 10f 7ydsT So You Think Takes G1 Prince of had a wonderful racing SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 3 Cityscape (GB) Selkirk Doyle Charlton Wales’s S. June 20 career and now it=s time E Whitaker/Racing Post Photo 2 1 City Style City Zip Ajtebi Al Zarooni for him to shine at stud,@ 3 5 Crackerjack King (Ire) Shamardal Moore M Botti the operation=s Tom 4 10 Farhh (GB) Pivotal (GB) Dettori bin Suroor Magnier said. AHis book reads like a who=s who of all 5 8 Monterosso (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Barzalona Al Zarooni 6 4 Nathaniel (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Buick Gosden the best mares and breeders, so he=ll get the best 7 9 Sri Putra (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Callan Varian possible start.@ 8 7 Twice Over (GB) Observatory Queally Cecil In line for a bid to record a repeat success in the 9 6 Bonfire (GB) Manduro (Ger) Fortune Balding Sandown highlight before the injury, the 6-year-old 10 2 Cogito K Giant’s Causeway Hughes Meehan made his mark on the international scene with five wins All carry 133 pounds, bar Bonfire & Cogito, 122. apiece at the top level in Australia and Europe and had annexed the G1 Prince of Wales=s S. at Royal Ascot on his last start June 20. Purchased for $NZ110,000 at the 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale, So You Think raced in the colors of Malaysian billionaire Dato Tan Chin Nam and Tunku Ahmad Yahaya and was initially trained by Bart Cummings. He became only the third 3-year-old since 1995 to win the G1 Cox Plate on only is fifth career start and also took the following year=s edition of Moonee Valley=s feature after also annexing the G1 Underwood S. and G1 Yalumba S. at Caulfield. Further glory at the highest level followed in the G1 Mackinnon S. at Flemington just a week after his second Cox Plate and that was followed by a third placing in the G1 Melbourne Cup. That proved to be his finale in Australia when it was announced that Coolmore had purchased a majority interest and he was transferred to Ballydoyle. He began his stint in Ireland by registering easy wins in the G3 Mooresbridge S. and G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh last May before his well-documented defeat by Rewilding (GB) (Tiger Hill {Ire}) in last year=s G1 Prince (859) 233-4252 of Wales=s S. 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Thursday, Hamburg, Germany Rebounding from his 2011 Prince of Wales=s dip in GROSSER PREIS VON LOTTO HAMBURG fortunes to deny Workforce (GB) (King=s Best) in the (HAMBURGER STUTEN-PREIS)-G3, i55,000, Hamburg, Eclipse and Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab) in the G1 Irish 7-5, 3yo, f, 1 3/8mT, 2:20.61, gd/sf. Champion S. at Leopardstown, he then suffered four 1--SALOMINA (GER), 128, f, 3, by Lomitas (GB) reversals in succession when fourth in the G1 Prix de 1st Dam: Saldentigerin (Ger), by Tiger Hill (Ire) l=Arc de Triomphe, runner-up in the G1 Champion S. at 2nd Dam: Salde (Ger), by Alkalde (Ger) Ascot, sixth in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic and fourth 3rd Dam: Saite (Ger), by Marduk II (Ger) in the Dubai World Cup. He had regained the winning O/B-Gestut Bona; T-Peter Schiergen; J-Andrasch thread in impressive style in the latest renewal of the Starke; i32,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, i38,000. Tattersalls Gold Cup before his return to Royal Ascot to Werk Nick Rating: A. settle scores. He retires as the winner of Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 14 of 23 starts and just over ,5 million in prize money. 2--Caitania (Ire), 128, f, 3, Aussie Rules--Celestia (GB), Trainer Aidan O=Brien added, ASo You Think is an by Anabaa. (2,200gns yrl >10 TATOCT). O-Stall extraordinary horse and it was a real privilege to have Defizit; B-W Maxwell Ervine; T-Christian Sprengel; had him here at Ballydoyle on loan from Australia.@ i11,000. 3--Wilddrossel (Ger), 128, f, 3, Dalakhani (Ire)-- Wild Side (Ger), by Sternkonig (Ire). O/B-Gestut Rottgen; T-Markus Klug; i5,500. Margins: SHD, 1, 1. Odds: 2.00, 18.10, 5.10. Also Ran: Monami (Ger), Lady of Budysin (Ger), Ilena (Ger), Goldschatzchen (Ger), Kolosseum (Ger). Scratched: Albamara (GB), All For You (Ger). Click for the Racing Post chart. Salomina entered this late trial for the Aug. 5 G1 Preis der Diana unbeaten, and jumped to the head of ante-post betting markets for that Classic after escaping with a narrow victory to keep her perfect record intact. Opening up with a four-length score going just over nine furlongs at Cologne May 2, she increased her winning marging to 4 1/2 lengths in an 11-furlong Dusseldorf conditions heat last time June 3, and prevailed for a career high on pattern-race debut here. Salomina raced with the handbrake on in a close seventh for most of this trip. Let loose off the home turn, she stayed on strongly under a final-quarter drive to inhale Caitania in the shades of the post. AThe pace was rather slow so the race turned into a sprint in the straight,@ explained winning rider Andrasch Starke. ASalomina was really great. She is a lovely and substantial filly, and has been my [German] Oaks filly since her Cologne [debut] victory. I am really looking O’Brien and So You Think at Coolmore Thursday forward to Dusseldorf next month. Coolmore Photo @ In today: Initial Thoughts on Japan, by Gary King TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/6/12 • PAGE 4 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS Saturday, Haydock, Britain, post time: 2:55 p.m.