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MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here THE GREAT AND THE GOOD Coming to the fore when springing a surprise in York=s G2 Dante S. May 15, Frank Gillespie=s The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) confirmed that was no fluke by upstaging the domestic team in yesterday=s CHROME FINE AFTER WORK G1 Prix du Jockey Club GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. victor at Chantilly. Saving California Chrome (Lucky ground on the rail under Pulpit) exited his the wily Ryan Moore, Saturday breeze in fine the 19-1 shot surged shape and connections past Shamkiyr (Fr) (Sea are ready for the the Stars {Ire}) at the challenge of Saturday=s eighth pole en route to a GI Belmont S. AHe was three-length success, pulling [exercise rider] The Grey Gatsby setting a new race Willie [Delgado] around Scoop Dyga record time in the the shed row this California Chrome process. AI didn=t feel morning,@ said Alan Horsephotos that he got the credit he deserved after the Dante,@ Sherman, son of trainer trainer Kevin Ryan commented as he welcomed his first Art Sherman. AEverything is cold and tight and we=re Classic winner. AWe were quite confident coming here ready for Saturday.@ and Ryan gave him a fantastic ride.@ Cont. p3 RIDE ON CURLIN TUNES UP THE ONE AT LAST Ride on Curlin (Curlin), runner-up in the GI Preakness Trainer Kojiro Hashiguchi is no stranger to big race S., tuned up for Saturday=s GI Belmont S. with a seven- victories. His mantle is adorned with the trophies of furlong drill at Belmont Sunday in 1:28.03 (video). AI such prestigious Group 1s as the Japan Cup, Arima thought he went super,@ trainer Billy Gowan said. AHe Kinen, Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) and Yasuda went just like I told him. I told him to go slow the first Kinen, and Hashiguchi even pulled off a Dubai-double in quarter, and he went in :27. He went the last quarter in 2006, saddling Utopia (Jpn) (Forty Niner) to victory in :24. It was just what we wanted, mainly to just get the G2 Godolphin Mile, some air into him. If I work him a half-mile, he may get and Heart=s Cry (Jpn) too speed crazy. As long as he was going slow, that=s (Sunday Silence) to all we needed.@ Cont. p10 win the G1 Sheema Classic. One race that eluded him, however, was the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby). Before yesterday, Hashiguchi One and Only had saddled 19 Derby Horsephotos contestants in 17 years, including four runners up, one of those being Heart=s Cry. It is fitting, then, that a son of Hashiguchi=s mighty Heart=s Cry would put an end to his frustrating run, and that is exactly what materialized yesterday when One and Only (Jpn) valiantly wrestled the lead from race favorite Isla Bonita (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}) inside the final 100 meters in front of 140,000 fans at Tokyo Racecourse. AI am so overwhelmed with joy that I can=t feel my feet on the ground,@ said Hashiguchi. AI didn=t feel so happy when I won the Dubai Sheema Classic with Heart=s Cry in 2006. The Derby is indeed a special race.@ Cont. p9 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT A Spirited Affair Director of Business Development: Gary King Spiritjim (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}) takes advantage of a speed bias to just hold on in [email protected] the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly Sunday. 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WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary [email protected] Page 12 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/2/14 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AThe ground was drying out quickly and was a little FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB bit too fast in the end,@ trainer Kevin Ryan said. AThat=s as quick as he=d want it and he handled it nicely. He needs to get into a rhythm in his races, so it helped that there was a good pace and it looks on that evidence that he=ll stay a mile and a half. He is in the G1 Irish Derby [at The Curragh June 28], but he could get a break now and come back for the G1 Juddmonte International [at York Aug. 20] instead. We don=t have to make a decision now, so we=ll take time to decide. We always liked him and, as he qualifies for the French- The Great and the Good (cont. from p1) bred premiums, this is a great day for everybody.@ Of Introduced over six furlongs at York in July, The Grey runner-up Shamkiry, Georges Rimaud, His Highness The Gatsby made a successful start to his career before Aga Khan=s racing manager, said, AHe ran a very good finishing runner-up in the G3 Acomb S. over an extra race and ran on nicely.@ Jean-Claude Rouget, trainer of panel back at that venue the following month. No third-placed Prince Gibraltar, was philosophical about match for Outstrip (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) when the market leader=s unlucky passage through the three-lengths second to that rival in the G2 Champagne Classic. AHe has to be ridden held up like that, so he S. at Doncaster in September, he made little impact in dictates the tactics and we can=t do anything about it,@ the G1 Racing Post Trophy back there at the end of he explained. AIt was very difficult to come from behind October before returning to be second to Toormore (Ire) today, as we saw in the earlier races on the card, so he (Arakan) in Newmarket=s G3 Craven S. Apr. 17. Clearly ran a very good race and will definitely go for the in need of further after his subsequent 10th in the G1 Grand Prix de Paris [at Longchamp July 13].@ Of May 3 G1 2000 Guineas back over the same track and Gonna Run, who flattered to deceive in the closing trip, he was sent to York, where punters expected him stages, Rouget added, AHe ran a good race, but I to run another honest race in defeat with all the focus thought he looked a bit light beforehand and maybe on Godolphin=s True Story (GB) (Manduro {Ger}). didn=t stay.@ Race chart p4 Tearing up the script when joined up with Ryan Moore for the first time, the grey readily upstaged that rival and had most to fear from the strong-finishing Arod (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) as he clung on by 3/4 of a length. Initially well positioned towards the front of the pack from his favorable draw in six, he was chopped and lost places, but gained the rail and was helped by the genuine pace set up ahead. Keeping to the inside as Moore looked for space, he ended up towards the rear with the 2-1 favorite Prince Gibraltar (Fr) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) at the tail behind him. After the home turn, his fence-hugging move had seen him move up to mid-division with Shamkiyr his target and Gonna Run (Fr) (Hurricane Cat) holding him in on his outer. While Gerald Mosse was finding all sorts of traffic on Prince Gibraltar a few lengths adrift, The Grey Gatsby had an ideal split and quickly joined The Aga Khan=s eventual The winning connections. runner-up and Gonna Run making a line of three with a Racing Post photo furlong to race and was soon beyond recall. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/2/14 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FRENCH GROUP RESULTS, SPONSORED BY THE FRBC Sunday, Chantilly, France PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB-G1, i1,500,000, CHA, 6-1, 3yo, c/f, 10 1/2fT, 2:05.58 (NSR), gd. 1--sTHE GREY GATSBY (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Mastercraftsman (Ire) 1st Dam: Marie Vison (Ire) (SP-Fr), by Entrepreneur (GB) 2nd Dam: Metisse, by Kingmambo 3rd Dam: Maximova (Fr), by Green Dancer (i24,000 yrl >12 ARQOCT; i120,000 2yo >13 ARQMAY).