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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here MAJESTIC QUEEN TOPS LONDON SALE CHROME ASCOT BID IN DOUBT by Emma Berry Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) It=s been dubbed the unofficial curtain-raiser for Royal will be forced to miss Wednesday=s G1 Prince of Ascot and Goffs= London Sale certainly hits the right Wales=s S. due to a foot abcess. AIt=s devastating,@ note when it comes to a mix of high-class bloodstock trainer Art Sherman told Racing Post. AWe have never and party atmosphere. had a pimple on this horse all the time we=ve had him, Hosted in association with Ascot=s major collaborator but the abscess popped out QIPCO, the sale didn=t quite scale the dizzy heights set and the foot wasn=t good. I am in the inaugural so sorry he can=t run.@ session twelve California Chrome had been months ago, when stabled in the Newmarket barn subsequent G2 of trainer Rae Guest since finishing second in the Mar. 28 Coventry S. G1 Dubai World Cup. runner-up Cappella AIt=s very disappointing for Sansevero (GB) everyone involved,@ Guest told (Showcasing {Ire}) Racing Post. AHe had been as sold for ,1.3 right as rain up until today and million, but a top he has worked well both times price of ,825,00 he has worked, so it was very can certainly be Henry Beeby with Majestic Queen in the ring exciting. We were hoping his deemed to be Sarah Farnsworth foot would be better tonight, respectable having poulticed it all day, but business. That sum was given by John Ferguson on California Chrome he=s still sore this evening. It=s behalf of Sheikh Mohammed for lot 37, the dual Group Emma Berry photo frustrating, as he could be fine 3 winner Majestic Queen (Ire) (Kheleyf {Ire}). Despite by Thursday.@ the aim of the sale being to offer horses with an entry Winner of last year=s GI Kentucky Derby and GI at the forthcoming Royal Ascot meeting, it seems likely Preakness S., California Chrome opened 2015 with a that the regally-named 5-year-old mare will not honour runner-up effort in the GII San Antonio Invitational at her engagement in Saturday=s Wokingham S. cont. p3 Santa Anita in February. He was shipped to England after his runner-up effort at Meydan. READY, WILLING AND ABLE? Royal Ascot=s 2015 extravaganza gets underway Tuesday and one of the most eagerly awaited feasts is this year=s curtain-raiser, the ,375,000 G1 Queen Anne S. over the straight mile. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer=s Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), who has garnered nine of his last 10 starts, served a lengthy apprenticeship over a variety of trips before exploding onto the Group 1 stage with a daylight romp in the Mar. 28 G1 Dubai Turf at Meydan, and he was just as Solow effective when besting a select Racing Post photo field in the May 24 G1 Prix d=Ispahan at Longchamp last time. The gelded bay, who sticks to trainer Freddy Head=s long-term plan of dropping back to this stiff mile, is marginal favorite with Britain=s bookmaker corps, but is rated one pound shy of Hong Kong superstar Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) in Longines= World Thoroughbred Rankings. 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[email protected] Star of Seville Racing Post WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley Page 11 [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com EST Race Click for www.thetdn.com 9:30a Queen Anne S.-G1, ASC (Brisnet.com PPs) 10:05a Coventry S.-G2, ASC (Brisnet.com PPs) 10:40a King’s Stand S.-G1, ASC (Brisnet.com PPs) 11:20a St James’s Palace S.-G1, ASC (Brisnet.com PPs) 12:35p Windsor Castle S., ASC (Brisnet.com PPs) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/16/15 • PAGE 3 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com PHAROAH TO HEAD BACK TO SANTA ANITA MAJESTIC QUEEN TOPS LONDON SALE Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the (cont. from p1) Nile) is set to return to his home base of Santa Anita Speaking after signing the docket and seeing off Thursday June 18. Since taking the GI Belmont S. June under-bidder Mick Flanagan, Ferguson said: AI haven=t 6, the Zayat homebred has been at Churchill Downs. yet spoken to Sheikh American Pharaoh is scheduled to arrive at the Ontario Mohammed, but it=s International Airport at roughly 10 a.m. and his van will highly unlikely that she arrive at Santa Anita at approximately 11:30 a.m. will run this week. AAlong with the rest of the country, we were in awe AShe=s a filly with a lot of American Pharoah=s performance in the Belmont last of upside in that she=s a Saturday and we=re honored to be able to welcome him top racemare with lots of speed. I could see her back home here to Santa Anita,@ said Keith Brackpool, ending up going to Santa Anita Chairman. AWe=d like to congratulate Mr. Dubawi in the future. Zayat, Bob Baffert and Victor Espinoza on winning @ Majestic Queen in the Ballyogan S. The winner of the G3 Racing Post photo America=s first Triple Crown in 37 years and we want to Chartwell Fillies= S. at thank them for sharing this magnificent horse with all of Lingfield on May 9 as well as last season=s Ballyogan S., us. @ Majestic Queen was bought as a yearling for just i18,000 by Cathy Grassick for owners Thomas and Terri Rogers and has earned ,138,135 from five wins and four placed finishes for Irish trainer Tracey Collins. cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/16/15 • PAGE 4 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com London Sale cont. It was undoubtedly a selective market, with 23 of the 42 breeze-up horses and horses-in-training offered selling for an aggregate of ,3,784,000, compared to turnover of ,6,760,000 last year, when the eclectic catalogue included Crystal Gaze (GB) and her Frankel foal at foot as well as a nomination to Invincible Spirit (Ire). The average dipped to ,164,522 (-15%) while the median settled at ,100,000 (-17%). After signing off by singing happy birthday from the rostrum to Nicky Wallace, Goffs= Chief Executive Henry Beeby commented: AObviously we haven=t hit the high spots of last year, but we=re still very pleased with the trade today. AThe vendor of the top lot was in tears and said that the sale far exceeded expectations. As well as being the perfect curtain-raiser for the Royal Meeting, it also gives us the opportunity to be here in the centre of London on the eve of Royal Ascot and looking after some very important clients.@ Beeby added: AWe are genuinely pleased with the results, and we=re delighted to be working in partnership with QIPCO, with the support of Fortnum & Mason and Chateau Leoube.