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FRIDAY, 13TH MAY 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS | GERMAN NEWS | JOBS BOARD | PINHOOKING TABLE staying on one-paced for fifth, with Pat Smullen saying after the TODAY’S HEADLINES race that the son of Midday was immature and his inexperience showed. RACING REVIEW Wings Of Desire only made his debut a month ago, where he finished third in a ten-furlong maiden at Newmarket’s Craven meeting, before landing a twelve-furlong maiden at DESIRE FLIES INTO DERBY Wolverhampton ten days later. Supplementary entries for the Gr.1 Derby will be made on Monday, 30th May, at a cost of £75,000. PICTURE AFTER DANTE WIN Winning trainer John Gosden said: “This horse is still learning. The extended ten-furlong Gr.2 Dante Stakes, which has a decent He’s gone from a maiden to Wolverhampton to here. This horse never record of providing the winner of the Gr.1 Derby, was meant to did a half-speed piece of work until the middle of March, so shed light on a cloudy and murky picture for the Classic, but it consequently he’s still learning a lot. We’ll take him to Epsom to let was a case of another trial being landed by a horse that is not him have a feel of the hill. He’s still very much a baby. even currently entered. “He’s freakish. He showed me things early on, I thought ‘goodness’. A larger field than normal of twelve lined up, but the contest He’s so laid back. I took him out of the Derby in March as I thought he was run at what could only be described as an average pace, set was for the [Gr.2] King Edward VII, like his brother Eagle Top. That by Sea Of Flames (Aqlaam), with many of his rivals keen in was my plan and it has obviously changed. behind. Deauville (Galileo) moved into second before the run “He went round a bend at Wolverhampton and learnt a lot. He’s for home and took over, travelling well, before the two pole. Ryan still learning, he’s come here and won a Dante. There’s a lot more to Moore aboard the colt took a couple of lengths out of the field, come and all being well we’ll go to Epsom.” but he was reeled in by Wings Of Desire (Pivotal), who had been A homebred of Lady Bamford’s, Wings Of Desire is a full-brother ridden along before four out, but improved steadily, near the line. to the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes winner and Gr.1 runner-up Eagle The winning margin was a neck, with a length and a half back to Top, as well as the Gr.2 Park Hill Stakes winner and Gr.1 Oaks-third Foundation (Zoffany), who suffered a troubled passage, much The Lark. Their dam, the Listed Further Flight Stakes winner Gull like many in the event. Midterm (Galileo) was sent off favourite Wing, is an In The Wings half-sister to the Champion European on the back of his Gr.3 win at Sandown Park last month, but he Three-Year-Old Filly and dual Oaks winner Sariska (Pivotal). The put in a laboured effort, racing out the back of the pack and only second dam is the Listed winner Maycocks Bay (Muhtarram). MocklershillEurope’s Premier Breeze Up Farm WATCH OUT FOR OUR COLLECTION AT ARQANA BREEZE UP SALE TODAY Consignors with a reputation for BIG RACE WINNERS Vendors of Stakes winners year after year... Langs Lash Speciosa Dubawi Gold Fat Boy Sir Maximilian Emerald Commander Moonlit Garden Silver Ocean Flaming Spear Contact Willie Browne +353(0) 87 6347271 [email protected] www.mocklershill.ie CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 MORE OUTSTANDING FIRST FOALS IN 2016 SEA THE MOON Filly ex dual winner and dam of seven winners Filly ex Stakes winner and Gr.1 placed BERLIN BERLIN ALBA STELLA (by Nashwan), a half-sister (by Dubai Destination) named BADEN BADEN. to Champions ALBORADA and ALBANOVA. Dam is half-sister to four Stakes winners including Bred by Lanwades Stud. Gr.2 winner ARMURE. Bred by Gestüt Görlsdorf. Colt ex dual winner CENTRED (by Dalakhani). Colt ex Stakes winner SOFT MORNING (by Pivotal), Dam is half-sister to Gr.2 winner ELEANORA DUSE and dam of two Stakes-placed winners and a half-sister to Listed winner and Gr.1 placed SCOTTISH STAGE. three Stakes winners including Gr.3 winner SONGERIE. Bred by Ballymacoll Stud Farm Ltd. Bred by Lanwades Stud. An EXCEPTIONAL 11 length DERBY winner CHAMPION 3yo and HORSE OF THE YEAR in 2014 First sire son of SEA THE STARS – CLASSIC German female family Also standing: ARCHIPENKO • LEROIDESANIMAUX • SIR PERCY [email protected] • www.lanwades.com • Tel: +44 (0)1638 750222 • Fax: +44 (0)1638 751186 LANWADES The independent option TM RACING REVIEW EBN: FRIDAY, 13TH MAY 2016 MIDDLETON STAKES three-year-olds. The daughter of Dark Angel raced against the Always a highly informative extended ten-furlong Gr.2 filly and far rail as Exist (Exceed And Excel) scorched the grass down the mares contest, its roll call in the past five years includes Midday, centre with the main field, with Gracious John (Baltic King) the Izzi Top, Dalkala, Ambivalent and Secret Gesture. The Irish sole runner on his own more towards the stands’ rail. The winner raider Ballybacka Queen (Hurricane Run) and the favourite travelled well and took over two out and, despite drifting to the Journey (Dubawi) ensured the contest started at a decent pace, centre of the course, ran on well to defeat the rallying Gracious with the former taking over after a couple of furlongs. The pace John by three-quarters of a length. Fine Blend (Sakhee’s Secret) slackened and then increased three from home, where Journey, was third, a further length and a quarter behind. who travelled well took a narrow lead. Lady Of Dubai (Dubawi) After winning her maiden and the Hilary Needler Trophy on her appeared down the outside travelling well, with Beautiful first two starts, Easton Angel was second in the Gr.2 Queen Mary Romance (New Approach), who made her move in between the Stakes, fourth in the Gr.2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes and third pair, taking over inside the furlong pole before going away to a in the Gr.2 Lowther Stakes. length and a quarter win. Koora (Pivotal) had a luckless passage, Bred by James Waldron and both a Tattersalls and Doncaster being stuck in behind the leaders up the straight, but stayed on graduate, Easton Angel is the first winner out of the winning strongly to grab second, a neck ahead of Journey, with Speedy Elnadim mare Staceymac. She is a half-sister to the Listed winner Boarding (Shamardal) making a decent seasonal debut in and Gr.2 runner-up Kalahari Gold (Trans Island), as well as the fourth. dam of the dual Italian Listed-placed Only For Fun. The second This was a first Group win for Beautiful Romance, who had dam Neat Shilling is an unraced daughter of Bob Back. taken last August’s Listed August Stakes by a wide margin. After that she was a well beaten fifth in the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille, but bounced back to form on her final start when third in the Gr.1 FRANCE British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot in mid-October. She had also finished third in the Gr.3 Nell Gwyn Stakes last April. LAUNCHED LAUNCHES HIMSELF AT She holds entries in both the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes and Gr.2 LINE FOR FIRST BLACK TYPE WIN Hardwicke Stakes, both over twelve furlongs. Over at Lyon Parilly, the Niarchos homebred Launched (Galileo) “We all think she’s a proper Gr.1 filly and the options now are the secured his first black type win in the Listed Prix Bedel, a 2400m Hardwicke Stakes or the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, for which she would need to be supplemented,” said Godolphin boss John Ferguson. event. Sent straight to the head of affairs, he relinquished the lead “The other option is the Coronation Cup and a mile and a half is no problem at all for her, so it gives us options.” Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock Limited, she is the best performer from five runners out of the Gr.3 (then) Princess Royal Stakes winner Mazuna (Cape Cross), a half-sister to the Listed-placed runner Nobilissime (Halling) and the dam of the Gr.3 Prix de Saint-Georges winner Beyond Desire. A Proven Source of Group Winners HAMBLETON STAKES 19th-20th MAY 2016 A second black type win of the day for Saeed bin Suroor, Godolphin and James Doyle, with the filly Always Smile (Cape Cross) scoring a cosy neck win in this mile Listed handicap. FIESOLANA Settled in midfield as the field was led by Lord Of The Rock Five-time Group winner inc. (Rock Of Gibraltar), the winner travelled strongly and came with Gr.1 Matron Stakes in 2014 her challenge from over two out down the centre of the track to grab the lead inside the final furlong and was always holding the late challenge of Convey (Dansili). Back in third was One Word More (Thousand Words), a length and a quarter behind the principals. Lightly raced, Always Smile was making her first start since being beaten a nose by Osaila in the Listed Sandringham Stakes at Royal Ascot last June and was bringing up her fourth win in five starts.