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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. DREAM WIN STACELITA BACK ON TOP IN ROMANET Having burst onto the scene with a nine-length score Favored to mark her return to the winner=s circle at Nottingham last month, Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}) following a credible second behind champion Midday confirmed early promise with victory in yesterday's (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) in the July 31 G1 Nassau S., G1 Prix Morny at Deauville. Ridden with restraint from Stacelita (Fr) (Monsum the outset, the 13-1 {Ger}) needed to dig deep, chance made ominous wide but had enough in the tank headway to lead inside the to fend off the game final furlong and was rid- Antara (Ger) (Platini {Ger}) den out to claim a 1 1/2- in yesterday=s G1 Darley length victory from Tin Prix Jean Romanet at Horse (Ire) (Sakhee), pro- Deauville. Sharply away to viding trainer David steal the early lead, Simcock with a first suc- Stacelita (Fr); Martin Schwartz (left) Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun cess at the highest level. www.sportinglife.com {Ger}) allowed Board Meet- David Simcock AI=ve liked the horse ever ing a two-length advantage www.davidsimcockracing.com since I bought him [at until turning for home. She was sent to the front in Doncaster in April],@ commented Simcock. AHe=s always early stretch and came under a late drive to hold on as been most impressive at home and is a very mature Antara ran out of runway. AWhen we decided to keep horse.@ Click for the Racing Post chart or the free Stacelita in training as a four-year-old, the plan was to brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. win a Group 1 race this year, so it is mission accom- Cont. p2 plished now,@ said trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. ASince the beginning of the year we have indicated that we=d Sunday, Deauville, France like to run at the Breeders= Cup, but that has changed DARLEY PRIX MORNY-G1, i350,000, Deauville, 8-22, because it is very expensive to run there and Midday 2yo, c/f, 6fT, 1:09.60, gd. will always be a tough filly to beat. The plan is to now 1--#@sDREAM AHEAD, 126, c, 2, by Diktat (GB) go for the [GI] E.P. Taylor S. [at Woodbine Oct. 16] and 1st Dam: Land of Dreams (GB) (MGSW-Eng, then the [G1] Hong Kong Cup [at Sha Tin Dec. 12].@ $113,701), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Cont. p2 2nd Dam: Sahara Star (GB), by Green Desert 3rd Dam: Vaigly Star (GB), by Star Appeal (Ire) ($11,000 yrl >09 KEESEP; ,36,000 2yo >10 DONAPR). O-Khalifa Dasmal; B-Darley; T-David Simcock; J-William Buick; i199,990. Lifetime Record: 2 starts, 2 wins, i204,001. *1/2 to Into The Dark (Rainbow Quest {GB}), MSW & GSP-Eng, $169,423. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree 2--Tin Horse (Ire), 126, c, 2, Sakhee--Joyeuse Entree (GB), by Kendor (Fr). O/B-Marquesa de Moratalla; T-Didier Guillemin; i80,010. 3--Pontenuovo (Fr), 122, f, 2, Green Tune--Porlezza (Fr), by Sicyos. O-Mme Erika Hilger; B-Paul Hilger; T-Yves de Nicolay; i40,005. Margins: 1HF, NK, 1. Odds: 13.00, 31.00, 7.30. Also Ran: Broox (Ire), Irish Field (Ire), Libranno (GB), Captain Chop (Fr), Soraaya (Ire), Keratiya (Fr), Al Aasifh (Ire), Monsieur Le Prince (Fr). TDN TODAY Headline News.................... 12 pages P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/23/10 • PAGE 2 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Prix Morny cont. from p1 Sunday, Deauville, France Starting out with an impressive nine-length maiden DARLEY PRIX JEAN ROMANET-G1, i250,000, victory at Nottingham July 16, Dream Ahead bypassed Deauville, 8-22, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:09.30, gd. last Tuesday=s G3 Acomb S. at York in favor of this 1--STACELITA (FR), 126, f, 4, by Monsun (Ger) contest and justified his connections= decision to do so 1st Dam: Soignee (Ger) (SW-Ger & GSP-Fr), by Dashing Blade (GB) by winning with aplomb. He raced under a tight hold 2nd Dam: Suivez (Fr), by Fioravanti behind the leaders in the center of the track until 3rd Dam: Sea Symphony (GB), by Faraway Son coaxed into contention passing the quarter-mile marker. O-Martin Schwartz & Dream With Me Stable Inc; Quickening smartly to take control with 150 meters B-Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois; T-Jean-Claude Rouget; remaining, he was ridden out in the closing stages and J-Christophe Soumillon; i142,850. Lifetime Record: belied his inexperience to comfortably register a career 11 starts, 8 wins, 1 place, i1,062,161. high. AAfter he won so easily first time out, we had him Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. entered in the Acomb, but after consulting with the Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree owner, we decided to come here as we thought the 2--Antara (Ger), 126, f, 4, Platini (Ger)--Auenpracht [likely] softer ground would help. The ground was good (Ger), by General Assembly. (i14,000 RNA yrl >07 today and the [winning] time is fast, but if the ground BBAOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Thomas Gehrig; T-Saeed had been softer I think he would have been even more Bin Suroor; i57,150. impressive. The plan is to now go for the [G1] Middle Purchased by Kern / Lillingston Park [S. at Newmarket Oct. 1], but we have not ruled out the [G1] Dewhurst S. [at Newmarket Oct. 16] as I 3--Board Meeting (Ire), 126, f, 4, Anabaa--Bright Moon, think he will probably be able to see out seven furlongs by Alysheba. O-Ecurie Wildenstein; B-Dayton Invest- [of the latter race].@ Explaining his passage through the ments Ltd; T-Ellie Lellouche; i28,575. contest, William Buick, who was fresh from his GI Margins: HD, 1, HF. Odds: 0.80, 5.90, 26.00. Arlington Million win on Saturday, added, AHe broke Also Ran: Fleur Enchantee (Fr), Reggane (GB), Celimene well and I took him back a little. He traveled well (Ire), Shalanaya (Ire), Rainbow Dancing (GB). throughout, even though he had no cover, and two Sailing through wins in last term=s G1 Prix Saint-Alary [furlongs] out he was traveling so strongly I thought it and G1 Prix de Diane, Stacelita was awarded Septem- would take a very good horse to beat us.@ Tin Horse, ber=s G1 Prix Vermeille by Longchamp=s stewards, but who lost his unbeaten record after suffering a troubled lost her six-race unbeaten tag when seventh in the G1 trip in the July 25 G2 Prix Robert Papin at Maisons- Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe back there Oct. 4. She was Laffitte, fared best of the rest and ran on well without then outspeeded when fourth in the G1 Prix d=Ispahan seriously threatening Dream Ahead. AWe knew he had- on seasonal return back at the Bois de Boulogne track n=t quite run his race in the Papin because one horse May 23 before regaining winning ways in the G3 La had taken him out and he jumped on the bit much too Coupe back there June 14, and was a last-out second early that day,@ reasoned the owner=s Racing Manager behind Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB})--yet ahead of Gilles Forien. AToday, with cover, he has run his race Antara--in the July 31 G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood. AWe and the logical next step would be to take him to the took a gamble running her in the Nassau, because this [G1] Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere [at Longchamp Oct. 3].@ race has always been her main target,@ explained Rouget. AI was a little afraid that three weeks between the two races was not sufficient time to have her at her peak again.@ Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/23/10 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com G1 Darley Prix Jean Romanet Cont. AThere was a lack of pace and that is not good for Godolphin=s Simon Crisford added, AWe=re very happy him, but he overcame it very well and quickened with Antara=s performance and she has confirmed nicely,@ said trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre. AThe plan is Nassau form with Stacelita. We shall now look at all to go to the [G1] Melbourne Cup [at Flemington Nov. 2] races for fillies and mares including the Prix de l=Opera, as the owner is Australian and very keen to do that. He E.P. Taylor S., et al.@ If Antara does target the former, has to go into quarantine in England for two weeks and she will likely face third place getter Board Meeting then three more weeks in Australia, and that is not easy again as trainer Elie Lellouche explained, AI=m happy for a horse trained in France. We=ll see when he can go with Board Meeting as I was anxious to see how she=d to England, but he is finished for the season in Europe.@ run today and am relieved that she=s run well again. All A rematch with the runner-up is in the cards after being well, she=ll come back in the [G1] Prix de l=Opera trainer Luca Cumani indicated a trip down under is also [at Longchamp Oct. 3].@ in the pipeline for Manighar, adding, AHe was in a bit of trouble and struggled to get out at the top of the Sunday, Deauville, France straight, but this is the best race he=s run for me this DARLEY PRIX KEGORLAY-G2, i130,000, Deauville, year.