Interaction Bests Elders in Pellegrini Stoute Shoots for Vase with Moon
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2009 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. INTERACTION BESTS ELDERS IN PELLEGRINI Interaction (Arg) (Easing Along), winner of the G1 Gran Premio Raul y Raul E. Chevalier as a juvenile, opened his three-year-old season with a four-length score in the G2 Clasico Ensayo Sept. 19, and entered this spot off a nose victory in an Argentine classic, the STOUTE SHOOTS FOR VASE WITH MOON Oct. 17 G1 Gran Premio Sir Michael Stoute conditioned Daliapour (Ire) Jockey Club. Off as the (Sadler=s Wells) to a popular victory in the 2000 second choice here, he G1 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase weaved through traffic in and holds a strong hand as he bids the stretch under a perfect for another this afternoon with ride from Peruvian maestro Juddmonte Farms= Spanish Moon (El Edwin Talaverano--who Prado {Ire}). It=s been a very suc- turfdiario.com picked up his fourth vic- cessful campaign for the five-year- tory in South America=s old, who has wins in the G1 Grand most prestigious race and swept all three Group 1 Prix de Saint-Cloud and G2 Prix Foy events on the card--to deny Argentina=s reigning Horse in addition to a near miss in the of the Year and last year=s Pellegrini winner Life of G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. He enters Victory (Arg) (Incurable Optimist) a repeat score. Brazil- this off a fourth in the GI Breeders= ian Group 1 winner Jeune-Turc was third. Interaction, Cup Turf Nov. 7, but has thrived in who gave owner-breeder Jorge Cardemil of Chile his the five weeks since. "He has arrived first victory in this race, becomes the first Pellegrini very well in Hong Kong and I was winner for his Argentine-based sire. Click for the San Isidro pleased with that piece of work,@ Spanish Moon chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the video replay. Stoute said after watching his Horsephotos charge gallop Friday. AThis has been Saturday, San Isidro, Argentina the plan with him for some time, I think he will like the GRAN PREMIO CARLOS PELLEGRINI-G1, P1,302,000, track and he is still relatively fresh as this is just his San Isidro, 12-12, 3yo/up, 2400mT, 2:23.19, fm. fifth start of the year." CX Hong Kong Vase cont. p5 1--INTERACTION (ARG), 119, c, 3, by Easing Along 1st Dam: Inter Rails (Arg), by Ride the Rails 2nd Dam: Intimate (Arg), by Farnesio (Arg) 3rd Dam: Infinity (Arg), by El Virtuoso (Arg) O/B-Haras Futuro; T-Alfredo F Gaitan Dassie; J-C Edwin R Talaverano; P840,000. Lifetime Record: 9-5-2-0; P1,377,875. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Life of Victory (Arg), 134, h, 6, by Incurable Optimist--La Gran Portada (Arg), by Hidden Prize. O-Stud El Gusy; B-Haras Orilla del Monte; T-Carlos Daniel Etchechoury; P210,000. 3--Jeune-Turc (Brz), 134, h, 5, by Know Heights (Ire)-- Creature du Ciel (Brz), by Machiavellian. O-Stud Ced; B-Haras Fronteira PAP; T-Venancio Nahid; P126,000. Margins: 3, 1, 2. Odds: 4.50, 6.40, 6.75. Also Ran: Bradock (Per), Eternal Fire (Arg), Send inthe Clowns (Brz), Lingote de Oro (Arg), Zeide Isaac, Feel Fast (Arg), Reraise (Brz), City Black (Arg), Flymeto- themoon (Brz), Great Champion (Arg), Seminu (Arg), Jungle Count (Arg), Bombon Suizo (Arg), Escolaso (Uru), Fuego e Hierro (Arg), October Four (Arg), Eyeofthetiger (Arg), Banganyko (Arg), Grivko (Arg). 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P P R E V I E W S P Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 3:30 a.m. CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG CUP-G1, HK$20,000,000, 3yo/up, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 7 Vision d’Etat (Fr) Chichicastenango (Fr) Peslier Libaud 2 1 Eagle Mountain (GB) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Shea de Kock 3 9 Presvis (GB) Sakhee Fallon Cumani 4 10 Collection (Ire) Peintre Celebre Beadman Moore 5 5 Starlish (Ire) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Crastus Lellouche 6 4 Eyshal (Ire) Green Desert Marwing Moore 7 6 Mr Medici (Ire) Medicean (GB) Dettori Ho 8 8 Special Days (NZ) Keeper (Aus) Williams Size Prior to his win in last year=s Cup, Eagle Mountain 9 3 Queen Spumante (Jpn) Jungle Pocket (Jpn) Tanaka Kojima was an excellent runner-up to Conduit (Ire) (Dalakhani 10 2 Ashalanda (Ire) Linamix (Fr) Mosse de R-Dupre {Ire}) in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf, but the situation is All carry 126 pounds, bar Queen Spumante, 122; and Ashalanda, 119. vastly different this time around. Sidelined for most of Overnight odds (HKJC): Vision d’Etat 7-1; Eagle Mountain 12-1; Presvis 3-1; the year with a suspensory problem, the five-year-old Collection 8-5; Starlish 53-1; Eyshal 18-1; Mr Medici 7-1; Special Days 15-1; was reportedly carrying Queen Spumante 13-1; Ashalanda 11-1. too much condition Presvis looks to join Jim and Tonic (Fr) (Double Bed when a well-beaten {Fr}) in 1999 and Vengeance of Rain (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) ninth in the Interna- in 2005 to record victories in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II tional Mile Trial Cup and this event in the same calen- Nov. 22. AHis fitness dar year. Runner-up in the G1 Dubai was the reason for his Duty Free S. prior to his QE II suc- average run first-up,@ cess in April, the five-year-old was Stephen Jell, travelling extremely unlucky to miss by a neck foreman for trainer Mike in the G1 Singapore Airlines Interna- Eagle Mountain HKJC.com DeKock told SCMP. He tional Cup the following month. A Rested with an eye on a return trip to has got the ability to win on Sunday, but it has just the Orient, he resurfaced with a been a rushed preparation." Vision d=Etat was 10th in runner-up effort in the Listed Chur- the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe Oct. 4, but returns to chill S. over the Lingfield Poly the trip over which he won the G1 Prix Ganay and G1 Nov. 21, a race he is likely to have Prince of Wales=s S. earlier this year. Hong Kong Derby Presvis and trainer needed. AI hope that he has taken hero Collection was an easy winner of the local Trial for Luca Cumani HKJC.com some improvement from his last run, this, but must prove he fits at this level. because this is certainly a tougher race than the Queen Elizabeth,@ trainer Luca Cumani J Watch Out for “TDN Rising Stars” J told South China=s Morning Post. AI don't know just how good this horse is yet, but I think we may all find Stars of tomorrow grabbing the spotlight today... out what heights he can reach on Sunday.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/13/09 • PAGE 3 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com CX Hong Kong International Races cont. Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 2:50 a.m. CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG MILE-G1, HK$16,000,000, 3yo/up, 1600mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 9 Good Ba Ba Lear Fan Doleuze D Cruz 2 14 Egyptian Ra (NZ) Woodborough Coetzee T Cruz 3 3 Able One (NZ) Cape Cross (Ire) Prebble Moore 4 10 Racing to Win (Aus) Encsta de Lgo (Aus) Bowman O’Shea 5 2 Gris de Gris (Ire) Slickly (Fr) Thulliez de R-Dupre 6 11 Happy Zero (Aus) Danzero (Aus) Beadman Moore 7 8 Pressing (Ire) Soviet Star Callan Jarvis 8 5 Sight Winner (NZ) Faltaat Whyte Size 9 7 Alexandros (GB) Kingmambo Dettori bin Suroor 10 12 Confront (GB) Nayef Moore Stoute 11 6 Duff (Ire) Spinning World Berry Lynam 12 1 Fellowship (NZ) O’Reilly (NZ) Purton O’Sullivan 13 4 Ferneley (Ire) Ishiguru Fallon Cecil 14 13 Sweet Hearth Touch Gold Mosse de R-Dupre All carry 126 pounds, bar Sweet Hearth, 121. Overnight odds (HKJC): Good Ba Ba 3-1; Egyptian Ra 16-1; Able One 16-1; Racing to Win 69-1; Gris de Gris 73-1; Happy Zero EVEN; Pressing 66-1; Sight Winner 16-1; Alexandros 15-1; Confront 23-1; Duff 105-1; Fellowship 11-1; Ferneley 35-1; Sweet Hearth 15-1. While Good Ba Ba stands on the brink of history in pursuit of a third straight win in this event, the race could be the scene of a passing of the torch to the newest Hong Kong sensation Happy Zero. Seven for eight lifetime, he is perfect in three tries this season, including a comprehensive two-length success from potential Hong Kong Sprint favorite Sacred Kingdom (Aus) (Encosta de Good Ba Ba is reported in fine fettle ahead of the Lago {Aus}) in the three-peat attempt. He enters this off a rallying third to trial for that race Fellowship in the Mile Trial Nov. 22. AThe horse himself Nov. 22. He tries the has come along really well, everything has gone to metric mile for the plan," trainer Derek Cruz told SCMP. AHe gave me more first time.