SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here COMETH THE HOUR EURO IMPORTS HEADLINE GARDEN CITY Aidan O=Brien was trying hard not to show the nerves A pair of European imports loom large in today=s during Monday=s press day at Ballydoyle, but a Triple GI Garden City S. at Belmont Park, led by 8-5 morning- Crown has mystical qualities, and it will be impossible line favorite Samitar (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}). The not to feel the tension as Camelot (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) Martin Schwartz colorbearer annexed the G1 Irish 1000 reaches for immortality in today=s G1 Ladbrokes St Guineas at The Curragh in May, and made her stateside Leger. Doncaster=s Town Moor was the stage for the debut last time for trainer great Nijinsky=s crowning glory 42 years ago, but at the Mick Channon when a same time is no respecter of reputations, as the eclipse close-up third in of Shergar (Ire) testifies. If he succeeds, Derrick Smith=s Saratoga=s July 25 colorbearer will become the 16th to complete the GII Lake George S. The triumvirate of British Classic victories and if he fails, he bay has been working will be the 10th and the first since 1931 to fall at the quickly in the interim for final hurdle. Success for Camelot will also bestow the new conditioner Chad great honor on Aidan O=Brien of being the first trainer in Brown. AI thought she history to win all five British Classics in a single season. fought well, Brown said So, there is a lot to gain and lose, but the Ballydoyle @ Samitar takes Irish 1000 Guineas supremo is keeping his emotions under wraps. of Samitar=s performance Racing Post AThe Triple Crown is the full test of the 3-year-old in the roughly run Lake and to be going for it is something I could never dream George. ANow, we=ve had her in our care and we=re of happening,@ he said. AAs Lester [Piggott] said the getting to know her a little bit. She seems to be training other day, the Leger is nearly two miles and when you well.@ Tannery (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) makes her first ask a Guineas winner to run it, you are pulling him way U.S. start for Richard Santulli and trainer Alan beyond his comfort zone. A lot of things could happen Goldberg, having annexed The Curragh=s G3 Kilboy and all we can do is our best to have him as good as Estate S. last time July 22 for Mrs. D. P. Magnier and we can have him. Extreme distance can break hearts, trainer David Wachman at this nine-furlong distance. so the Triple Crown is the full test of the 3-year-old.@ Third in the Killboy Estate was Up (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has reeled in a pair of group events in Ireland since a sixth-place finish in Arlington=s GI Beverly D. S. Cont. p7 Camelot has his eye on the Triple Crown in today’s Ladbrokes St Leger S. at Doncaster Racing Post photo Cont. p3 You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. 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Obvious worries aside, there is no doubt that connections would not be attempting to stretch Camelot if they believed he was incapable of the feat. Dr. Vincent O=Brien--in whose name the major juvenile race is run at The Curragh later today--spoke of Nijinsky having the Alook of eagles,@ and a similar buzz has always surrounded the Highclere Stud-raised current Ballydoyle star. AEverything about this horse is different and there is a different vibe around him--he is a different kind of a character,@ O=Brien added. AHe is just not like the normal horse that is made from flesh and blood--there is a bigger aura around him which was evident from day one when we saw him at the sales. He has always done things of another standard and showed his versatility from the start. It=s very rare that a horse passes the tests that he has and we are lucky that he came along.@ Breaking the Sequence... The Niarchos Family have yet to win this prize, but in Main Sequence (Aldebaran) they have a genuine candidate if the favorite fails to come up to scratch and their hold-up merchant can reverse a frustrating run of luck. While there was no hard-luck story when five-lengths 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com second in the June 2 G1 Epsom Derby, he Trainer David Lanigan said, AI think the Great ran into a bottleneck Voltigeur was a farce. It was run at a hack canter and in the the time was six seconds slower than any other race Main Sqeuence Racing Post photo G1 Grand Prix de run that day. Basically, it turned into a sprint and Main Paris and could finish Sequence is not a sprinter, so it was very difficult for only fourth in that July 14 Longchamp feature, and the him. Hopefully, there will be plenty of pace in the St slow early pace harmed his cause when second to Leger, as a true-run race is what we want.@ Cont. p4 Thought Worthy (Dynaformer) in the G2 Great Voltigeur S. at York last time Aug. 22. Saturday, Doncaster, post time: 10:40 a.m. EDT ST LEGER-G1, £550,000, 3yo, 1 7/8mT SC HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY WT 1 Camelot (GB) Smith, Magnier & Tabor Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa-GB O’Brien 126 (c, 3, ( Montjeu {Ire})--Tarfah, by Kingmambo) J O’Brien 2 Dartford B E Nielsen Juddmonte Farms Inc-KY Gosden 126 (c, 3, Giant’s Causeway--Apple Of Kent, by Kris S Havlin 3 Encke Godolphin Darley-KY Al Zarooni 126 (c, 3, Kingmambo--Shawanda {Ire}, by Sinndar {Ire}) Barzalona 4 Guarantee (GB) Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Highbury Stud Ltd-GB Haggas 126 (c, 3, Authorized {Ire}--Zuleika Dobson {GB}, by Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) Makin 5 Main Sequence Niarchos Family Flaxman Holdings Ltd-KY Lanigan 126 (c, 3, Aldebaran--Ikat {Ire}, by Pivotal) Durcan 6 Michaelangelo (GB) B E Nielsen Denford Stud & Balmerino Bloodstock-GB Gosden 126 (c, 3, Galileo {Ire}--Intrigued (GB), by Darshaan {GB}) Dettori 7 Thomas Chippendale (Ire) Sir Robert Ogden Premier Bloodstock-Ire Cecil 126 (c, 3, Dansili {GB}–All My Loving {Ire}, by Sadler’s Wells) Queally 8 Thought Worthy George Strawbridge George Strawbridge-PA Gosden 126 (c, 3, Dynaformer--Vignette, by Diesis {GB}) Buick 9 Ursa Major (Ire) Andrew Tinkler Woodcote Stud Ltd-Ire Carmody 126 (c, 3, Galileo {Ire}–Inchyre {GB}, by Shirley Heights {GB}) Murtagh P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/15/12 • PAGE 4 of 23 • thoroughbreddailynews.com St Leger cont. Given the quality of the opposition and the presence Sir Henry Cecil has enjoyed another stellar season of a Triple Crown seeker from Ballydoyle, it is and a fifth St Leger would enhance it further.