SUNDAY, 30 JUNE 2019

SISKIN RULES IN THE RAILWAY SPRINGS IRISH Khalid Abdullah=s decision to put his faith in Ger Lyons reaped DERBY SURPRISE early reward on Saturday as Siskin (First Defence) maintained his unbeaten sequence in The Curragh=s G2 GAIN Railway S. Always travelling easily for Colin Keane tracking the front pair, the May 24 Listed Marble Hill S. scorer strode to the front passing the two pole and quickly subdued Monarch of Egypt (American Pharoah) before putting 2 1/2 lengths between him and =s >TDN Rising Star=. AFirst and foremost it=s a huge result to be training for these people in the first place,@ Lyons said after welcoming back the heavily-backed 4-6 favourite. ATo get a good one so early in our career with them is a bonus. You don=t win over here until you win, because of who you are taking on.@ Siskin, who had beaten the subsequent Listed Chesham S. fifth Harpocrates (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) convincingly on debut Sovereign wins the | Racing Post over this trip at Naas on May 11, had dealt with the same stable=s eventual G2 Norfolk S. sixth King Neptune (War Front) in There a shock of major proportions in Saturday=s G1 Dubai the Marble Hill over this course and distance. Kept away from Duty Free Irish Derby as Ballydoyle=s pacemaker Sovereign (Ire) Royal Ascot with this in mind, the homebred categorically ( {Ire}) went out of sight of his stablemates and refused to justified that patience. Cont. p4 stop en route to a six-length success. Partnered by the -winning Padraig Beggy, the 33-1 shot who was 10th in the June 1 G1 Epsom Derby had Norway (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) for company until shaking loose approaching the last two furlongs. Despite the steady advance of the 5-4 favourite (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the gulf was too wide and it was another big-priced Derby victory for the rider of (Fr) ( {Ire}). Norway dropped back to third, 2 1/2 lengths away, in a renewal that will long be remembered for the way it turned pre-race logic on its head. Whatever the starting price of the winner, it was still a one-two-three for the sire and Aidan O=Brien in their favourite Classic, a sixth time that the trainer had filled the first three places and a 13th victory for the stable in total. AIt=s great to have horses to compete here and there is no Siskin | Racing Post hiding place,@ the master of Ballydoyle commented. ASovereign is a very genuine, well-bred horse who stays very well and the pace was always solid and upfront.@ Sovereign had looked more IN TDN AMERICA TODAY of a St Leger type than a Derby colt when galloping HOLLENDORFER DENIED ENTRY OF HORSES BY NYRA remorselessly to a 14-length maiden win on his third start over Bill Finley reports on NYRA’s latest decision to disallow entry of an extended mile on heavy ground at Galway and backed up all horses trained by Jerry Hollendorfer at NYRA tracks. Click or that impression when fourth after cutting out the running in the tap here to go straight to TDN America. G2 Beresford S. at Naas in September. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 30 JUNE 2019

Irish Derby cont. At some point, one of them was going to rewrite the script and Third to Guaranteed (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) after adopting the there was a precedent in the nine-length G1 1000 Guineas same tactics in the nine-furlong G3 Eyrefield S. at Leopardstown victory of (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) a month later, he had acted as one of the targets for Broome at 25-1 in 2012. Sovereign=s wi