CAN BAGO BAG ANOTHER G1? HEADLINE ...p9 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2005 A FAIRY TALE ENDING LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? It was one of the few races Inside Information failed With Hurricane Run (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), Scorpion to win. Sent off the 7-10 favorite in the 1994 edition of (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Walk in the Park (Ire) (Montjeu the GI Mother Goose S., the {Ire}) to represent him, Coolmore’s stallion sensation champion suffered the only looks to be in a win-win situation defeat of her sophomore sea- in today’s G1 Budweiser Irish son, finishing a shocking 10 Derby at The Curragh. It was six 1/4 lengths behind Lakeway years ago that the John as she crossed the finish line Hammond-trained Montjeu took in third. Injured in the race, apart his rivals in this Classic. she was then sidelined for five With an Epsom Derby winner months. But her daughter already in his first crop thanks to Smuggler Adam Coglianese Smuggler (Unbridled) made up Motivator (GB), a famous double for that loss with a game per- could be on the cards. Scorpion Montjeu Glyn Kirk/Action Plus formance in the 49th running of the filly Classic at has the most to prove of his trio, Belmont Park yesterday. “This is pretty exciting for but, according to Racing Post, was “all the rage” after me,” said trainer Shug McGaughey, who also condi- breaking his maiden at Leopardstown May 8. Trainer tioned Inside Information. For Smuggler, it was her Aidan O’Brien said following that effort, “We've always fourth win from six starts. Mother Goose S. cont. p2 thought highly of him. He's one of our top horses.” The bay showed with promise when second by a short head Saturday, Belmont Park in the May 22 G3 Gallinule S. over this course. He was MOTHER GOOSE S.-GI, $300,000, BEL, 6-25, 3yo, f, unsuited by the lack of pace in the June 5 G1 Prix du 1 1/8m, 1:48 2/5, ft. Jockey-Club, finishing last but one, but deserves an- 1--#@sSMUGGLER, 121, f, 3, by Unbridled other chance here. Irish Derby cont. p3 1st Dam: Inside Information (Ch. Older Mare, MGISW, $1,641,805), by Private Account PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES 2nd Dam: Pure Profit, by Key to the Mint She had to survive a slow start and a stewards' en- 3rd Dam: Clear Ceiling, by Bold Ruler quiry, but Alexander Goldrun (Ire) O-Phipps Stable; B-Ogden Mills Phipps (KY); T-Claude (Gold Away {Ire}) produced a R McGaughey III; J-E S Prado; $180,000. Lifetime blistering turn of foot from the Record: 6-4-2-0, $334,600. back of the pack to secure a 2--Spun Sugar, 121, f, 3, Awesome Again--Irish Cherry, competitive renewal of the G1 by Irish Open. O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs Audi Pretty Polly S. at The (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $60,000. Curragh yesterday. Winning han- 3--Summerly, 121, f, 3, Summer Squall--Here I Go, by dler Jim Bolger told PA Sport, Mr. Prospector. ($410,000 yrl '03 KEESEP). “To give them all a start and win O-Ronald Winchell; B-T F Van Meter & Michael Alexander Goldrun INPHO going away was very impressive. Lowenbaum (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; $30,000. She's a very smart filly, up with Margins: NK, 2, 3HF. Odds: 2.30, 2.65, 1.35. the best I've trained." Pretty Polly cont. p4 Also Ran: Seeking the Ante, Lady Pegasus, Winning Season. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. BETTER BY THE DOZEN Megahertz (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) picked up her 12th Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com career stakes win at Hollywood yesterday, flashing past catalogue-style pedigree. the field to take the GII Beverly Hills H. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/26/05 • PAGE 2 of 12 Mother Goose cont. Easier Than It Looked... Classic Lines... Charging down the outside as they raced out of the With her regal pedigree and a series of solid work- turn, Smuggler took over and edged clear, but appeared outs, Smuggler was no secret in her career opener. The to hit the brakes once she had the lead, allowing Spun bay was the even-money chalk Sugar to get back within a neck at the wire. “She was at Belmont in October and, after just galloping along when she got to the leaders,” Prado lagging early, came flying late to said. “I think she forgot to keep going. She kind of win by a length. She made it two pulled herself up. She could have won by a lot more.” in a row in an allowance test at McGaughey agreed with that assessment, but added, Aqueduct in November, but was “If she wasn’t going to be tough to beat today, she just unable to get past Leona’s wasn’t going to be that kind. I am tickled to death for Knight in the Dec. 4 Three Ring her.” As for what’s next, the Kentucky horseman said, S. at Calder and finished second. “We’ll probably run her in the [GI Coaching Club Ameri- Freshened after that effort, she can Oaks, July 23].” Spun Sugar will also be back for the final leg in the Triple Tiara. came back to win an allowance race at Belmont Park May 11. The Phipps homebred made her graded-stakes bow in the June 4 GI Acorn S. and, for the first Smuggler Adam Coglianese time in her career, was not the favorite. Sent off at 6-1, she vied for the lead through rapid fractions, dropped back when they hit the stretch, but came on again to be second, beaten 1 1/2 lengths by Round Pond. “She is still learning,” Shug McGaughey said. “I thought the hard race in the Acorn set her up for [the Mother Goose].” That it did. With jockey Edgar Prado in the [email protected] saddle for the first time, the three-year-old was rated GI Mother Goose S. - Smuggler (Unbridled) does what off the pace after Spun Sugar (Awesome Again) ducked her Eclipse-winning dam couldn’t. in toward her as the field raced out of the chute. Spun GII Beverly Hills H. - Mighty mite Megahertz (GB) Sugar, Winning Season (Lemon Drop Kid) and 6-5 (Pivotal {GB}) puts in her patented late run. Summerly (Summer Squall) fought it out on the front Colonial Turf Cup - English Channel (Smart Strike) end through a half in :46.47, then Smuggler joined the fray after six furlongs in 1:10.63. earns his third straight daylight score. www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/26/05 • PAGE 3 of 12 I R I S H D E R B Y Take a Hike... P P Walk in the Park produced his own flourish to fill second spot in the Epsom Classic, five lengths adrift of Taking The Curragh by Storm? Motivator. He bids to emulate El Gran Senor, Law Soci- Andre Fabre, who sent Winged Love (Ire) over to land ety and St. Jovite in going one better here. “I think all these spoils 10 years ago, has made no secret of his the traveling has helped him,” trainer John Hammond regard for Hurricane Run, who smashed up the G2 Prix said. “He is a horse with a lot of energy and I think the Hocquart at Longchamp May 9 before tackling the G1 more outings he gets like that the more it suits him and Prix du Jockey-Club at Chantilly last time June 5. The gives him something to get between his teeth. I think reduced distance and enterprisingly ridden Shamardal the track will be fine for him, as The Curragh doesn't proved his undoing there, but his late rally to finish a really pose a problem for too many horses.” Aidan neck second had shades of father about it. “He has O'Brien has won this three times since 1996 and, while been lightly trained since the Prix du Jockey-Club, but he saddles the third of the Montjeu trio in Scorpion, his he is doing well and I am pleased with him,” his trainer strongest chance appears to be Gypsy King (Ire) said. “I think The Curragh will suit him better than (Sadler’s Wells), who followed success in the G3 Dee Chantilly and the extra distance will be a help to him.” S. at Chester May 6 with a fifth placing at Epsom. Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland, post time: 3:50 p.m. BUDWEISER IRISH DERBY-G1, i1,300,000, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT SC PP HORSE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY *ODDS 1 8 Bahar Shumaal (Ire) Saeed Manana Clive Brittain Durcan 16-1 (Dubai Millennium {GB}--High Spirited {Ire}, by Shirley Heights {GB}) 2 7 Brahminy Kite Gainsborough Stud Mark Johnston Darley 40-1 (Silver Hawk--Cope's Light, by Copelan) 3 5 Fracas (Ire) Joseph Joyce David Wachman Spencer 8-1 (In the Wings {GB}--Klarifi {GB}, by Habitat) 4 2 Gypsy King (Ire) Susan Magnier Aidan O’Brien Heffernan 6-1 (Sadler’s Wells--Love For Ever {Ire}, by Darshaan {GB}) 5 4 Helvetio (GB) Dr Michael Smurfit Dermot Weld Smullen 33-1 (Theatrical {Ire}--Personal Love, by Diesis {GB}) 6 6 Hurricane Run (Ire) Gestut Ammerland Andre Fabre Fallon 8-11 (Montjeu {Ire}--Hold On {Ger}, by Surumu {Ger}) 7 3 Scorpion (Ire) Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor Aidan O’Brien O'Donoghue 25-1 (Montjeu {Ire}--Ardmelody {Ire}, by Law Society) 8 9 Shalapour (Ire) H H The Aga Khan John Oxx Berry 20-1 (Darshaan {GB}--Shalama {Ire}, by Kahyasi {Ire}) 9 1 Walk In The Park (Ire) Michael Tabor John Hammond Munro 4-1 (Montjeu {Ire}--Classic Park {GB}, by Robellion) All carry 126 pounds.