SUNDAY, 26 AUGUST 2018 ANTONIA STARS FOR LOPE DE VEGA EXPERT EYE IN Adding lustre to a stellar week for her Ballylinch Stud-based FOCUS AT YORK sire, Antonia de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {GB}) backed up a July 14 debut win over six furlongs at Newmarket with an impressive closing burst to seal victory upped one panel in Saturday=s G3 Ladbrokes Prestige S. at Goodwood. Employing patient tactics in fifth through the initial fractions, the 5-2 joint-favourite was under pressure with three furlongs remaining and, despite looking held in fourth passing the eighth pole, engaged turbo inside the final 100 yards to claim a career high going away by 1 1/4 lengths from Accordance (GB) (Archipenko), with Chynna (GB) (Gregorian {Ire}) a neck further adrift in third. AI wasn=t 100% happy as we came down the hill, but they all started to get tired in front and she just finished very strongly,@ said rider Harry Bentley of the Sept. 16 G1 Moyglare Stud S. and Oct. 12 G1 Fillies= Mile entry. Cont. p3 Expert Eye | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY CATHOLIC BOY SALUTES IN THE TRAVERS Exciting, disappointing and now re-established, Expert Eye More Than Ready’s Catholic Boy surged past Mendelssohn (Scat (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) had little to gain and much to lose as he Daddy) in the Saratoga lane to capture the GI Travers S. on tackled Saturday=s G3 Sky Bet City of York S. but in the end it Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. was straightforward for Juddmonte=s maturing class act. Considered Britain=s leading juvenile after his dynamic display when winning the G2 Vintage S. at Goodwood last August, the bay=s Classic campaign went wayward but he had shown when taking Royal Ascot=s G3 Jersey S. and finishing runner-up in the G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood that he was far from derailed. Lobbing in the hands of Frankie Dettori with two behind throughout the early stages of this second encounter with older horses, the even-money favourite made ground easily to collar Arbalet (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) passing the two-furlong pole. Although he had to graft to see off the 2012 winner of this race Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}), the homebred had a class edge over the veteran and that equated to a 1 1/4-length margin at the line. AHe=s very nice and relaxed now and the stalls situation has been resolved,@ Sir Michael Stoute said. AHe seems in a good frame of mind. We just need to eke out a little more improvement. He=s not too far off Group 1 now.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 AUGUST 2018 Expert Eye In Focus At York Cont. from p1 Teddy Grimthorpe added, AHe=s on a learning curve still, but Expert Eye=s Vintage performance had the stamp of a colt he=s in a much better place. He=s more comfortable in himself. destined to make himself a household name, but when he He=s more mature, which is great, so it gives us hope for the panicked in the gates ahead of the G1 Dewhurst he was left with future.@ the repercussions. After a winter of stalls work to overcome his Dettori was surprised at how he behaved in his hands for the phobia, he returned with a faultless run through the first time. AI=ve been watching him and he=s been very keen all preliminaries for the G3 Greenham S. What seemed to be the time, but he was so relaxed today I was a bit worried,@ he missing in his effort when runner-up in that seven-furlong explained. AHe picked the leaders up very quickly and is going Classic prep at Newbury Apr. 21 was the initial panache that had the right way now and is beginning to learn to do it the right way onlookers jumping around at Goodwood, but he nevertheless round. This was a confidence boost and I=m sure he=ll pick up a attracted support ahead of the G1 2000 Guineas. Only 10th in good one.@ the May 5 Classic with no further loading issues, he went to the Royal meeting with a point to prove and with the aid of the Pedigree Notes... gifted James McDonald stormed back to the forefront in the Expert Eye=s dam=s side is fast and a mile on turf is probably as June 20 Jersey at this trip. While the Sussex was supposed to far as the family members want to go, with his second dam answer the question as to whether a mile stretches him or not, Quest to Peak (Distant View) being a full-sister to the dual GI the lack of an end-to-end gallop kept the debate open and Beldame S. and GI Ogden Phipps H. heroine Sightseek, despite this smooth win the doubts will persist until he proves successful in seven Grade I races in total. Also a half to the GI otherwise at that trip. Yellow Ribbon S. and GI Gamely Breeders= Cup H. winner Tates Stoute is convinced Expert Eye has the requisite stamina for an Creek (Rahy), she was responsible for Special Duty (GB) extra furlong, but was keeping his options open. AHe=ll get a (Hennessy), who was Europe=s champion 2-year-old filly after mile. I=m not worried,@ he stated. AI=d be looking at France for winning the G1 Cheveley Park S. and G2 Prix Robert Papin. the next step--the [G1 Prix du] Moulin [at ParisLongchamp Sept. 9] or the [G1 Prix de la] Foret [at ParisLongchamp Oct. 7].@ Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 AUGUST 2018 G3 Sky Bet City of York S. Cont. She later stayed a mile well enough to be second in both the G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches before remarkably being awarded both Classics by the Newmarket and Longchamp racecourse stewards. The family also features the operation=s Etoile Montante (Miswaki), winner of the seven- furlong G1 Prix de la Foret and the GII Palomar Breeders= Cup H. and GIII Las Cienegas H. Exemplify=s 2-year-old filly by Kingman (GB) is named Clerisy (GB), while she also has a yearling colt by Dark Angel (Ire) and a colt foal also by Kingman. Click for the Vice President, International Operations free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] Saturday, York, Britain + 1.732.320.0975 SKY BET CITY OF YORK S.-G3, ,180,000, York, 8-25, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:23.10, g/f. International Editor Kelsey Riley 1--EXPERT EYE (GB), 127, c, 3, by Acclamation (GB) Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN 1st Dam: Exemplify (GB), by Dansili (GB) [email protected] 2nd Dam: Quest to Peak, by Distant View 3rd Dam: Viviana, by Nureyev European Editor O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Sir Michael Emma Berry Stoute; J-Frankie Dettori. ,102,078. Lifetime Record: G1SP- Twitter: @collingsberry Eng, 8-4-2-0, $668,032. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the [email protected] eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Gordon Lord Byron (Ire), 129, g, 10, Byron (GB)--Boa Estrela Associate International Editor (Ire), by Intikhab. (i2,000 Wlg >08 GONO1; i5,000 RNA Ylg >09 Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN GOFORB). O-Dr Cyrus Poonawalla & Morgan J Cahalan; B-Roland H Alder (IRE); T-Tom Hogan. ,38,700. Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen 3--Arbalet (Ire), 124, c, 3, Dark Angel (Ire)--Miss Beatrix (Ire), by Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Danehill Dancer (Ire). (i370,000 Wlg >15 GOFNOV). O-Mr V. I. [email protected] Araci; B-Ms Mags Durkan (IRE); T-Hugo Palmer. ,19,368. Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 1.00, 25.00, 12.00. Contributing Editor Also Ran: Suedois (Fr), Tabarrak (Ire), Above The Rest (Ire), Nebo Alan Carasso (Ire), So Beloved (GB), Donjuan Triumphant (Ire). Click for the Twitter: @EquinealTDN Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Antonia Stars For Lope De Vega Cont. from p1 Tom Frary AShe is already crying out for a trip, she has done nothing [email protected] wrong in both her starts and that will do her the world of good. There was a strong pace up front and it was good for her to be Irish Correspondent among horses. She is a very laid-back filly which makes my job Daithi Harvey easy and the Fillies= Mile looks an obvious target.@ Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield Pedigree Notes... John Berry Antonia de Vega, kin to a yearling colt by Lawman (Fr) and a Kevin Blake filly foal by Lope de Vega (Ire), is the first foal for Listed Platinum Tom Peacock S. and Listed Knockaire S. placegetter Witches Brew (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade), herself a half-sister to G1 Prix Jacques le Marois hero Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead). Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 AUGUST 2018 Kyoto Himba S. victress Hikaru Amaranthus (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree. Saturday, Goodwood, Britain LADBROKES PRESTIGE S.-G3, ,50,000, Goodwood, 8-25, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:27.58, gd. 1--ANTONIA DE VEGA (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Lope de Vega (Ire) 1st Dam: Witches Brew (Ire) (MSP-Ire), by Duke of Marmalade (Ire) 2nd Dam: Macheera (Ire), by Machiavellian 3rd Dam: Caerlina (Ire), by Caerleon 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN.