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SUNDAY, 2 JUNE 2019 IS THE DOUBLE ON FOR THE KING? GALILEO AND BALLYDOYLE By Tom Frary DOMINATE THE DERBY After the heat of Saturday=s action at Epsom, the Chantilly faithful will be trying to keep their distinguished cool despite the presence of potentially Europe=s middle-distance champion elect in Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) in Sunday=s G1 QIPCO Prix du Jockey Club. Bidding to become the fourth colt to complete the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains-Prix du Jockey Club double since the distance was shortened from a mile and a half to 10 1/2 furlongs in 2005, Godolphin and Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd=s >TDN Rising Star= will be aided by livelier conditions than those he encountered in the May 12 ParisLongchamp Classic. What will play against him is his wide draw, but that was no hindrance to the fellow Andre Fabre-trained Poulains-Jockey Club hero Lope de Vega (Ire), who emerged from stall 20 nine years ago. AThe draw is what it is and we=ll see what happens,@ Fabre commented. A He has progressed with every run of his life, only losing once and that was on his debut. Now, the next Anthony Van Dyck and Seamie Heffernan thing he needs to prove is that he can stay 10 furlongs. Kingman win the Derby | racingfotos.com was only a miler, but since he has been at stud he has produced horses who have stayed further. On the dam side, there is no By Tom Frary doubt about the trip being out of a Dylan Thomas mare.@ When quizzed on ITV Racing before Saturday=s G1 Investec Cont. p6 Derby which of the Ballydoyle protagonists would hold sway, Michael Tabor was at a loss and now we know why. At the end of another pulsating Epsom finish over two days blessed with them, there was just over a half length between the winner Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and fifth-placed Sir Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), with the stable=s Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in between. Only the runner-up and fellow Irish-trained Madhmoon (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) could get embroiled in the Rosegreen scrap and deny the Co. Tipperary outfit a remarkable whitewash completed by the sixth-placed Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Partnered by Seamie Heffernan, Anthony Van Dyck was giving Aidan O=Brien a record-equalling and post-war record- setting seventh renewal and became the first winner of the May Persian King | Scoop Dyga 11 Listed Lingfield Derby Trial to go on to glory here since High- Rise (Ire) 21 years ago. Not always at ease on the terrain as he IN TDN AMERICA TODAY raced on the rail in mid-division, the 13-2 shot was short of room in the straight and had to be switched to the far rail for his DEMARCHELIER REMAINS PERFECT AT BELMONT effort as the 11-4 favourite Sir Dragonet battled with ‘TDN Rising Star’ Demarchelier (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) remains unbeaten with a win in Belmont's GIII Pennine Ridge S. Click or Madhmoon up ahead. Cont. p2 tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 17 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 2 JUNE 2019 Galileo and Ballydoyle Dominate the Derby cont. from p1 Cup Juvenile Turf, but it is interesting that the last two Derby Picking up with the pace that saw him win a G2 Futurity S. and heroes both went to that race at the end of their 2-year-old G3 Tyros S. at two, the bay struck the front 150 yards out and season. Meeting with a training hitch during the spring led the four-horse blanket by a half length at the line. preparation, the vibes were not the customary strong ones that Madhmoon had a nose over Japan, with two short heads back to can emit from this stable when reappearing at Lingfield last Broome and Sir Dragonet. The Galileo sire line was responsible month. Much as the Oaks Trial had been before the success of for the first four home and the mighty stallion=s significance was Anapurna (GB) (Frankel {GB}) here on Friday, the Derby Trial not lost on the winning rider. AHe was hard-pushed the whole which used to carry Group 3 status has come to be seen as a way down the straight, but he=s lesser prep for the blue riband. a Galileo and I knew he=d be Winning comfortably despite with me when I needed him,@ the lack of market support, he Heffernan said. travelled more smoothly on the Early indication of Anthony soft surface he encountered in Van Dyck=s inherent potency that contest than he did on this came on his second start and sun-baked ground. first win at Killarney in mid-July Shuffled back to seventh after when he had the energy to run being more prominent from the through the rail with Donnacha break, the colt who sported O=Brien after crossing the line Susan Magnier=s pink silks was with eight lengths to spare over soon being chivvied along by his nearest pursuer. The Heffernan to keep his spot while following week he was taken to others were too keen off the Leopardstown for the Tyros pace set by Sovereign (Ire) which has so often proven such (Galileo {Ire}). Sir Dragonet and a vital staging post for the Ryan Moore had a trouble-free future Irish luminaries such as Co-owner Derrick Smith leads in Anthony Van Dyck | Bronwen Healy passage throughout and King of Kings (Ire), Teofilo (Ire), appeared to travel with elan New Approach (Ire), Rip Van Winkle (Ire), Cape Blanco (Ire), and as the action unfolded in early straight Telecaster (GB) (New Zoffany (Ire), Gleneagles (Ire) and Churchill (Ire). Settling that Approach {Ire}) was the first to feel the pinch and backtrack. seven-furlong contest by 4 3/4 lengths, he went to The Curragh While Sir Dragonet, Broome and Japan all had clear passage a month later to secure the G2 Futurity S. before running second down the centre of the track, Anthony Van Dyck was caught up to >TDN Rising Star= Quorto (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G1 Goffs behind a wall as he began to give Heffernan the right signals. Vincent O=Brien National S. back there in September and third in Looking at every stage like a colt unhappy on this unique track, the G1 Dewhurst S. at Newmarket in October. he was nevertheless coming on all the time in willing fashion By the time he got to Churchill Downs, Anthony Van Dyck and when the gap was made next to the tiring Circus Maximus might have been feeling the effects of a tough campaign and approaching the furlong pole the chase was on. could manage only ninth when favourite for the GI Breeders= TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 17 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 2 JUNE 2019 Investec Derby cont. Drawing on his Australasian sprinting blood to cut back a length-and-a-half margin to Sir Dragonet and Madhmoon in the space of just over half a furlong, he was ultimately a decisive winner of one of the tightest Derbys in some time. AI=m in the last 10 years of my riding career, so it means a lot,@ commented the 46-year-old Heffernan, who had won the 2012 Vice President, International Operations Gary King Oaks on Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and was having his 12th ride in Twitter: @garykingTDN this Classic in which he had ridden the runner-up in 2009 and in [email protected] 2010. AI rode his father in a trial and I=ve ridden plenty of Derby + 1.732.320.0975 horses and ridden in plenty of Derbys, so I=m always confident riding for Aidan. He trains them for the big day. I haven=t had to International Editor take a pull going down to the two for a long time, so I knew I Kelsey Riley was going to get plenty of money. Having to take a hold of him Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN two down probably helped and he=d been running up the back- [email protected] ends of horses over seven furlongs as a 2-year-old.@ European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Anthony Van Dyck all out on the rail | Racing Post Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary At the end of another landmark Derby, it is hard to know [email protected] which aspect of the outcome to champion the most. All of them are equally notable, from Aidan O=Brien putting himself on a par Irish Correspondent with the 18th century, 19th century and pre-WWII legends Daithi Harvey Robert Robson, John Porter and Fred Darling, from Sadler=s Wells dominating the whole line-up with a far-reaching Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry influence of great historical magnitude, and from his best sire Kevin Blake son Galileo exercising such an iron grip on the finish of the race that marked the first for his sire and his stable back in 2001. It was also the first time in history that an all Irish-trained first six was in evidence. IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Typically, Aidan was ushering the praise elsewhere. AI am WINNING WAYS HONOURS MAKIN’S MEMORY privileged to be part of the team with everybody--the lads put The late Paul Makin’s Winning Ways won Saturday’s so much in day in, day out,@ he said.