4 October 2016 www.aladiyat.ae ISSUE 592 Group One treble for Godolphin Hauraki & Hartnell laugh at opposition in Australia Wuheida wins in France Arc St Leger Irish Champion Meeting Page 17 Stakes Pages 30/35 Pages 22/25 4 October 2016 3 AEED BIN SUROOR, Godolphin trainer for 22 Major landmark for Contents years, has registered his S2,000th winner. NEWS The milestone was reached Godolphin stalwart 3-13 when Sky Hunter won the Listed GODOLPHIN NEWS 4-7 Foundation Stakes at Goodwood YORK on Wednesday 21 September 14-16 by a comfortable three and a ST. LEGER 17 quarter lengths. U K RACING Saeed, born and raised in Dubai, 18-19 was appointed a Godolphin TURKISH INTERNATION RACES trainer in 1994 after HH Sheikh 20-21 IRISH CHAMPIONS Mohammed became impressed by 22-23 the hard working young man, who IRISH RACING LAYTOWN BEACH looked after a small string of horses 25 early each morning before heading USA RACING 26-28 off to work as a policeman for the FRENCH RACING rest of the day. 29 “I did two jobs, policeman and ARC WEEKEND 30-35 training horses, for four years SHEIKH MANSOUR FESTIVAL NEWS before Sheikh Mohammed advised 36-41 me I couldn’t really do both. I then BLOODSTOCK joined Godolphin,” Saeed recalls. 42-49 NICHOLAS GODFREY In more than two decades as the 50 global stable’s appointed trainer, HOWARD WRIGHT Saeed has put together a highly 51 impressive portfolio of major wins MICHELE MACDONALAD Saeed bin Suroor 52 and achievements. He has four times been Champion Triomphe in France, four winners while in summer, he is based at Editorial Trainer in the UK and he has of the Group 1 Irish Champion Godolphin Stables, Newmarket in Editor/writer trained the winners of every British Stakes, as well as winning three the UK. Classic, including the Group 1 Group 1 Breeders’ Cup races Saeed, 47, married with ten Mark Jackson Derby (Lammtarra, 1995) and five and a Group 1 Caulfield Cup children, thoroughly enjoys his Group 1 St Legers among his 12 in Melbourne. position as Godolphin trainer. “I Art Director/Designer British Classic winners. On home territory in Dubai, Saeed, am very grateful to HH Sheikh Eng. Mohamed Maher Saeed has won the Group 1 seven times Champion Trainer at Mohammed for entrusting me with Ascot Gold Cup five times, plus the World Cup Carnival, has trained the responsibility of training his Sub-Designer Ascot’s midsummer showpiece, the the winners of seven Group 1 horses,” he points out. Group 1 King George VI and Queen Dubai World Cups, including 2000 “At Godolphin, we have a great Nisar Shaikh Elizabeth Stakes, also a total of five champion Dubai Millennium. team, and we have had great success Ismail KV times. On an international level, In the northern hemisphere together over the years. I am now Saeed has sent out three winners winter, he trains the Godolphin looking ahead to more winners to Graphic & Scanner of the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de string from Al Quoz Stables, Dubai, add to the 2,000,” he says. Abdul Majeed Nadim Ahmed Library Abdulla Khalifa K. Aboobacker Photographers K.P. Majeed Abdul Razzak Correspondents Overseas Derek Thompson Sky Hunter Lammtarra Dubai Millennium Alastair Nicolson Howard Wright Feedback John Berry Nicholas Godfrey English Editorial Tele.:+971- 4 342 9999 - Fax: +971- 4 342 2121 For Back Numbers, Subscriptions and Photography enquiries, please contact: Tom Jennings Essa Hassan Al Basher, Mobile: +971-50 452 6636 Bloodstock P.O. Box 53300, Dubai, UAE. mail: [email protected] Beverley Townsend Al-Adiyat is published and printed by the Dubai Horse Racing Information Centre. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or Local transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the Rose Bloomfield prior written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in Al-Adiyat do not necessarily reflect Stephen Molyneux those of the publishers. 4 4 October 2016 GODOLPHIN NEWS It’s Somewhat of a great day EAM Godolphin registered admirers with a brilliant finishing five Stakes victories on burst that put him within a head Saturday’s Randwick card of the winner Russian Revolution. T12 months ago and enjoyed another He will continue his spring memorable day with three big race campaign in Melbourne, possibly in wins, headed by that of Hauraki. the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes It’s Somewhat won the 2000m at Flemington later this month. Group 3 Craven Stakes and the Although he was beaten, 2yo filly Jorda took the Listed Astern’s performance was one of Gimcrack Stakes on debut, giving his best. Godolphin a third successive “He was awesome and felt win in the 1000m race. All three brilliant; a little bit fresh early but winners were expertly handled by soon found a nice enough rhythm stable jockey James McDonald. after that,” said McDonald. The Randwick treble was After settling at the rear of complemented by four more the seven runner field, Astern It’s Somewhat winners in the royal blue silks in produced a sensation final 600m non-graded races around Australia in 33.38 seconds, leaving no It’s Somewhat also scored a at Randwick, O’Shea trained on the same afternoon. doubt he is on target for his main well deserved victory, his third in three more at Newcastle, namely While the winners naturally spring missions. Australia and his best. Jemadar, Fragonard and Bezel. received the greatest acclamation, In the Group 1 Metropolitan “He has been a very honest Meanwhile, at Caulfield in the placed runners at Randwick it was Allegria, under Brenton campaigner over a number of Melbourne the VRC Derby also deserved credit. Avdulla who carried the seasons so he deserved a good placegetter of two years ago, In a performance almost as Godolphin colours with credit, win like that,” O’Shea said. Nozomi, trained by Lee and stunning as that of Hauraki, the finishing third behind Sir John It’s Somewhat is now headed Anthony Freedman, returned to outstanding colt Astern finished Hawkwood and in the Group 3 to Melbourne, although his form with victory in the Argyle a close second in the Group 2 Dulcify Quality, Nemrud also programme is yet to be decided. Maintenance Handicap under Roman Consul Stakes, losing no finished third. As well as the three winners Beau Mertens. REMARKABLE performance from Hauraki turned likely Hark the Hauraki finishing rattle disappointmentA into joyful be denied yet again when he However, McDonald never lost the champion rider refused to disbelief for Godolphin’s settled down in last place, 20 faith in his mount and switched accept any credit. Australian team when he stormed lengths behind the leader Fabrizio. Hauraki wide on the track to make “We have the best staff in home from the tail of the field With 500m of the 1600m race a bid for victory that still seemed the business at Godolphin,” to capture Saturday’s Group 1 still to run, the John O’Shea- futile with 150m to run with more McDonald said. “I just point them Epsom Handicap at Randwick. trained Hauraki and James rivals in front than behind them. in the right direction and they fly.” No horse in the stable is more McDonald still had the entire field Horse and rider were to be O’Shea echoed McDonald’s deserving or more honest than in front of them and their task rewarded though as Hauraki praise for his staff. Hauraki, but it seemed he would seemed hopeless. skimmed over the turf and, flying “Everyone who works with this home widest of all, claimed the horse deserves the credit; they’ve leaders half a stride from the line to done an awesome job,” he said. snatch the least likely of victories in “We knew we had the horse the most dramatic fashion. right and thanks to everyone at “We didn’t even have a chance home, he did the job.” to cheer,” said his trainer John Hauraki, a 5yo son of Reset, O’Shea. “He came so fast and late beat Dibyani by a short head with and I still wasn’t sure he had made a head back to Mackintosh in it there in time.” third place with the fourth, Happy Before his breakthrough Epsom Clapper, just a neck further back. win, Hauraki had been second at A trip to Melbourne now awaits Group One level four times and Hauraki who took his record to had run five other Group placings. five wins and nine placings from As much as McDonald’s his 20 starts, and prize money of persistence was vital to the victory, almost A$2 million. To advertise contact us at PO Box 53300, Dubai, UAE [email protected] Tel: +971 4 342 99 99, Fax: +971 4 342 21 21 4 October 2016 5 ODOLPHIN’S star colt , Astern proved himself among Australia’s top Astern s rivals left behind G3yos when storming to victory advertised the form by winning in the Group 1 Golden Rose at well next time out. Rosehill last month. “Astern showed how dominant In a display of complete he is,” O’Shea said. “It was a dominance under James good team effort to get him here. McDonald, the John O’Shea You have no idea how much goes trainee gave most of his opponents into this, how many people and it a start before rounding them up at is nice to have a special colt.” the 200m and racing clear to score Astern’s win followed that a by two and a quarter lengths, year ago of the brilliant Exosphere, giving Godolphin it’s second while Sheikh Mohammed also successive win in the race.