Belardo Swoops for Lockinge Success
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SUNDAY, 15 MAY, 2016 FRANKEL FILLY SETS ARQANA RECORD BELARDO SWOOPS FOR Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was matchless on the racecourse LOCKINGE SUCCESS and, with a first winner from his very first runner on Friday, he made headlines again the following day in Deauville when one of his daughters set a new sale record at the Arqana Breeze-up at i800,000. Cont. p9 DEAUVILLE HOSTS POULAINS, POULICHES With Longchamp undergoing renovations, this year=s runnings of the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains (2000 Guineas) and Pouliches (1000 Guineas) will take place over the straight mile course at Deauville Sunday. Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), the son of Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), takes on fellow unbeaten Zelzal (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the Poulains, while Alice Springs (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) bids to give Aidan O=Brien a second win in the event and first since 2001. Cont. p5 Belardo, nearside wins the Lockinge | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY UNIFIED REMAINS PERFECT IN PETER PAN Disappointing when only fourth in the Apr. 22 G2 Sandown Centennial Farms’s TDN Rising Star Unified (Candy Ride {Arg}) sat Mile, Belardo (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) shot back into the just off a strong pace, took command three furlongs out and limelight for the first time since winning the 2014 G1 Dewhurst held sway late to stay unbeaten in the GII Peter Pan S. S. with a replication of the telling burst of acceleration he had Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. shown in that Newmarket feature in Newbury=s G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. on Saturday. Slowly away for Andrea Atzeni, the 8-1 shot waited in rear for the action to unfold and as the strong pace collapsed inside the final quarter mile made his move out wide. Reeling in the mare Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) with 75 yards remaining, he asserted for a length success, providing a seventh winner in the race in the royal blue. AThe last time I sat on him, it was the Dewhurst,@ Atzeni said. AHe=s a good horse on his day and they went quick and he half fell out of the stalls, but that=s him. He traveled good into the race and picked up well when he got a bit of daylight.@ On and off during his juvenile campaign, Belardo was very much on when storming to success in this track=s Listed Washington Singer S. and in the Dewhurst from the subsequent G2 Celebration Mile winner Kodi Bear (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). Both performances came on soft and good-to-soft, with his below-par showings in fourth in both the G2 July S. and G2 Champagne S. on faster turf which he failed to operate on during his 3-year-old bow in the G3 Greenham S. over seven furlongs here last April. Lockinge S. cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 19 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 15 MAY, 2016 Lockinge S. cont. from p1 After finishing eighth in the Greeham, Belardo waited for the rain-afflicted G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh in May and Saturday, Newbury, Britain was beaten less than two lengths in fourth there before running AL SHAQAB LOCKINGE S.-G1, ,350,000, NBY, 5-14, 4yo/up, 8fT, seventh in the G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood in July. His hood was 1:38.18, g/s. taken off for the G1 Prix 1--BELARDO (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Lope de Vega (Ire) Jacques le Marois at Deauville 1st Dam: Danaskaya (Ire) (Hwt. 2yo Filly-Ire, in August, where he was G1SP-Eng & MSP-Ire), by Danehill seventh, before blinkers were 2nd Dam: Majinskaya (Fr), by Marignan applied tackling six furlongs in 3rd Dam: Makarova, by Nijinsky II the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup in (i100,000 Ylg >13 ARAUG). O-Godolphin & Prince A A Faisal; September. Showing he was B-Ballylinch Stud (IRE); T-Roger Varian; J-Andrea Atzeni. not a sprinter when only ,198,485. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 2yo Colt-Eur, 15-5-1-1, eighth there, he improved his $1,187,626. *1/2 to Berling (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), GSW-Den & profile again with a third Nor, SW & GSP-Swe, SW-Eng, $443,993. Click for the sporting the hood again in the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ G2 Challenge S. returned to *Triple Plus*. seven at Newmarket eight days before finishing runner- 2--Euro Charline (GB), 123, m, 5, Myboycharlie (Ire)--Eurolink up to Solow (GB) (Singspiel Artemis (GB), by Common Grounds (GB). (800gns Ylg >12 {Ire}) in the G1 Queen TATFEB; 13,000gns Ylg >12 TAOCT). O-Team Valor; B-Brian Elizabeth II S. on Ascot=s Andrea Atzeni and Belardo Liversage (GB); T-Marco Botti. ,75,250. Champions Day. His return Racing Post win in the Apr. 2 Listed Doncaster Mile offered hope that he was Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock ready for a revival, but he made labored progress in the 3--Endless Drama (Ire), 126, c, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Desert Sandown Mile to be two lengths off Toormore (Ire) (Arakan) in Drama (Ire), by Green Desert. (45,000gns Wlg >12 TATFOA; fourth and the question mark was back over his head once i38,000 RNA Ylg >13 GOFORB). O-Sheikh Khalifa, Sheikh more. Dwelling from the gates here, he was helped by the stern Suhaim, QRL; B-Knocktoran Stud & Bluehorse Breeding Ltd pace set by his stablemate Barchan (War Front) and then (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. ,37,660. Godolphin=s apparent first-string Toormore and was just getting Margins: 1, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 8.00, 12.00, 8.00. motoring as Euro Charline took control with two furlongs Also Ran: Limato (Ire), Toormore (Ire), Gabrial (Ire), Kodi Bear remaining. With the 3-1 favourite Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) (Ire), GM Hopkins (GB), Dutch Connection (GB), Johnny Barnes failing to pick up Team Valor=s starlet and Endless Drama (Ire) (Ire), Mahsoob (GB), Barchan. Scratched: Arod (Ire). (Lope de Vega {Ire}) battling on but also unable to subdue her, it was Belardo who swooped out of her eyesight with the same Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com irresistible surge that had sealed him 2-year-old champion status catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. in the Dewhurst. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 19 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 15 MAY, 2016 Lockinge S. cont. Ger Lyons was both pleased and deflated after Endless Drama had put up another bold show and commented, AIt was the AHe salvaged his year by chasing home Solow at Ascot and that same sort of feeling we had after the [Irish] Guineas--you=d take really told us to keep him in training,@ trainer Roger Varian said. third in the morning, but now you=re a bit disappointed. It was a AI always kept the faith in the horse, as his work was outstanding hell of a run for his first time back after nearly a year off. He was at home and he=s got masses of talent. We messed him around a caught a bit flat-footed when they quickened, but the positive to bit last year, as we had him ready for races and then didn=t run take out of it is Colin [Keane] reckons we=ll get a mile and a because of the firm ground and then tried quarter easy. That was a question that=s him over six furlongs and he=s not a sprinter. been answered. There was a lack of races He=ll certainly be trained for Royal Ascot [for at home for him. I would have loved to the June 14 G1 Queen Anne S.]--that=s have given him a run but the ground has where we=d like to be.@ Euro Charline=s been heavy for the races I could have run trainer Marco Botti said of the runner-up, him in. We=ll discuss it with the owners, but AShe was travelling so well, but at the same if the ground is kind you=d go to Royal Ascot time I thought she was going to get there and then give him a mid-season break with too soon. Ryan [Moore] said he wished a view to going for a Champion Stakes they=d taken him a bit further, but she didn=t either side of the [Irish] sea.@ do anything wrong and she=s a good filly. Henry Candy was left bemused with the Winning trainer Roger Varian | Racing Post This year she=s run three good races, but she first effort of Limato over this trip and said, probably deserves to win a group 1 in England now. I=ll speak to AI don=t think many questions were answered really. I think the the owners, but we=ll probably skip Royal Ascot and head for the main thing is we=re not having winners in the yard at this stage [G1] Falmouth S. [at Newmarket July 8]. Then she=ll have a break of the season, which has been the same for the last few years. and later in the season the Breeders= Cup will be the target.@ That=s probably why the horse flattened out, over the fact that he didn=t stay. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 19 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 15 MAY, 2016 Lockinge S. cont. Also Ran: Eagle Top (GB), Star Storm (Ire). Having said that, he started off like a sprinter again as he Astronereus, whose last nine starts came at handicap level, jumped well, but he didn=t pull too hard.