• BELMONT STAKES WORKTAB • Alain Wertheimer Commented As He Finally Emulated the BELMONT Victory of Jacques= Val De L=Orne (Fr) in 1975
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MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here JUST DESSERTS ORB GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR BELMONT So unlucky when third in the G1 Poule d=Essai des GI Kentucky Derby winner Orb (Malibu Moon) was Poulains, Intello (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}) made amends with given the go-ahead yesterday to start in next Saturday=s a straightforward success in yesterday=s G1 Prix du GI Belmont S. The colt, fourth in the GI Preakness S., Jockey Club at Chantilly to supply the Wertheimer satisfied trainer Shug McGaughey with a half-mile work brothers with a first win in this Classic and yet another in :48.30 over Belmont day at the top of the sport. Park=s main track Sunday. Sent off the 23-10 crowd=s Working in company with choice despite being drawn in Grade I winner Hymn Book 10, the bay was able to use (Arch), Orb recorded his first the speed that got him into quarter in :25.01 after an the places in the May 12 opening split of :13.05. Longchamp contest to quickly After pulling away from gain a perfect stalking Hymn Book in the final Orb Intello victorious in the Prix du position in third under Olivier yards, Orb galloped out five A Coglianese Jockey Club Racing Post Peslier. As the pacemakers furlongs in 1:00.48. AHe folded in early stretch, the hasn=t missed a beat,@ McGaughey said. AEverything has homebred shrugged off his stable companion and been A-1 forward. If it wasn=t, I wouldn=t be standing eventual third Sky Hunter (GB) (Motivator {GB}) with here talking to you. I think the Belmont is a race that just over 300 meters remaining and was driven out to stands on its own and we would love to be able to assert for a two-length success from the closer Morandi compete in it and love to be able to have a good (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). AHe is a great horse chance to win, and go from there.@ Cont. p8 and this is a great moment, as we have waited a very long time to win this since taking over from our father,@ • BELMONT STAKES WORKTAB • Alain Wertheimer commented as he finally emulated the BELMONT victory of Jacques= Val de l=Orne (Fr) in 1975. Cont. p3 Incognito (A.P. Indy), 4f (tr. t), :48.25, 13/55 (video) Midnight Taboo (Langfuhr), 5f, 1:00.88, 10/26 (video) Sunday, Chantilly, France Orb (Malibu Moon), 4f, :48.30, 11/46 (video) PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB-G1, i1,500,000, Chantilly, Overanalyze (Dixie Union), 4f, :48.01, 7/46 (video) 6-2, 3yo, c/g, 1 5/16mT, 2:07.89, gd/sf. Palace Malice (Curlin), 4f, :47.56, 3/46 (video) 1--s@INTELLO (GER), 128, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire) Revolutionary (War Pass), 4f, :48.51, 14/46 (video) 1st Dam: Impressionnante (GB) (GSW & Unlimited Budget (Street Sense), 4f, :47.55, 1/46 (video) MG1SP-Fr, $325,579), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Occupandiste (Ire), by Kaldoun (Fr) 3rd Dam: Only Seule, by Lyphard O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Andre Fabre; J-Olivier Peslier; i857,100. Lifetime Record: SW-Eng, 5 starts, 4 wins, 1 place, i974,676. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Morandi (Fr), 128, c, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)-- Vezina (Fr), by Bering (GB). (i65,000 yrl >11 ARQAUG). O-Daniel-Yves Treves; B-Eric Puerari & Oceanic Bloodstock; T-Jean-Claude Rouget; i342,900. 3--Sky Hunter (GB), 128, c, 3, Motivator (GB)--Pearl Kite, by Silver Hawk. O-Godolphin SNC; B-Darley; T-Andre Fabre; i171,450. Margins: 2, SNK, 2HF. Odds: 2.30, 6.70, 6.30. Also Ran: Mshawish, Shikarpour (Ire), Willie the Whipper (GB), Bravodino, Max Dynamite (Fr), Dalwari, Loch Garman (Ire), Superplex (Fr), Ares d’Emra (Fr), Glacial Age (Ire), Beyond Thankful (Ire), First Cornerstone (Ire), Lion d’Anvers (Fr), Milano Blues (Fr), Haya Kan (Fr), Dastarhon (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for Equidia VIDEO. In This Issue He Sure Can 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Now We Can (GB) (Martillo {Ger}) earns his (732) 747-8060 first group tally with narrow victory in the G2 (732) 747-8955 (fax) Grand Prix de Chantilly. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Also on the French Derby card, Spirit Quartz www.thetdn.com (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) won the G2 Prix du Gros-Chene and Peace Burg (Fr) (Sageburg Now We Can (center) gets up to win Barry Weisbord, co-publisher {Ire}) won the G2 Prix de Sandringham. 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[email protected] Sean Cronin Unlimited Budget Tom Frary Page 8 A Coglianese TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/3/13 • PAGE 3 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FRENCH GROUP RESULTS, SPONSORED BY THE FRBC Establishing a clear advantage by the furlong pole, Intello was out of reach as Christophe Soumillon wound Morandi up for his effort and nothing from behind was able to get on terms. AThat was a very good run. We knew he was a horse with plenty of speed, so I didn=t want to take any chances,@ Peslier commented. AHe traveled very well and once I asked him he jumped to it and won nicely.@ Andre Fabre was toying with the idea of bringing him back to a mile afterwards. AThis was a really good winner of the French Derby and he has a lot of qualities--he has speed, he stays well, has a good turn of foot and a very good temperament,@ Fabre Intello Wins Prix du Jockey Club (cont. from p1) commented after Brought along steadily by Andre Fabre at two, Intello celebrating his third was restricted to a pair of mile conditions races at renewal. AHe was Longchamp in September and at Maisons-Laffitte the unlucky last time and following month and emerged with a perfect record has the pace to win without being asked a over a mile, so although serious question. he might have a break Interestingly, the homebred and come back for an was sent to Newmarket for autumn campaign, there livelier ground than was is the possibility that he prevalent in his native could run in the G1 Prix Olivier Peslier celebrates France for the nine-furlong Jacques le Marois [at Racing Post Listed Feilden S. and he Deauville Aug. 11].@ was again unextended to Morandi=s owner Daniel-Yves Treves was heartened by Intello strides away from the field stretch his unbeaten tally the improved performance of the runner-up, who had Racing Post Apr. 17. Despite the failed to shine over a mile on two starts since his exploits of his stable=s emphatic success in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Ocovango (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), Triple Threat (Fr) AHats off to the winner, as he is a very good horse and (Monsun {Ger}) and Tableaux (Giant=s Causeway) in the I am happy for my friends the Wertheimers,@ he said. country=s main Derby trials, the vibes for Intello were AOur horse is back to his best and is definitely better at strong and he underlined the impression that he was this distance--he could be better over a mile and a half, the best in the barn with his dramatic flourish from far so we=ll look forward to the rest of the season.@ behind in the Poulains. Whereas he lost a shoe and was struck into during that rough-house Classic, this experience proved a much happier one from the outset 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. as he was guided to the head of what became the main This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by field as the pacemaking duo Beyond Thankful (Ire) any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior (Whipper) and Superplex (Fr) (Multiplex {GB}) were written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. essentially ignored. Sky Hunter, who had shadowed Information as to the American races, race results and him throughout, looked a real threat as Maxime Guyon earnings was obtained from results charts published in loomed large on his outer with a quarter mile remaining, Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission but as the pair got to work, it was soon clear that the of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form.