HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, Call us to enter your yearlings. call 732-747-8060. Deadline May 1st. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008 TDN Feature Presentation AMERICAN SWEEP AT SHA TIN A pair of American-bred runners captured two presti- GROUP 1 PRIX GANAY gious races Sunday afternoon at Sha Tin in Hong Kong. First, the local hero Good Ba Ba (Lear Fan) notched his fourth consecutive Group 1 event and stamped himself as one of the favorites for Horse of the Year honors with a powerful victory in the G1 KINGMAMBO Champions Mile. His jockey, ARCHIPENKO IS NOW A G1 WINNER AND MILLIONAIRE Olivier Doleuze, was effusive in praise of his mount. AIt's AFTER TAKING THE G1 AUDEMARS PIGUET QE II CUP hard to explain the feeling you get on the back of this GRAND OLD DUKE horse," he said. AI've been Aidan O Brien secured back-to-back renewals of the lucky enough to ride some = Archipenko www.hkjc.com G1 Prix Ganay for Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor as very good horses in my ca- Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill) battled to a game reer, but this one is something special. Winning today I success in the Longchamp feature yesterday. Twelve felt that I was going into the history books; he's now months after Dylan Thomas (Ire) enjoyed the first of surely the Horse of the Year.@ With the win, Good Ba O=Brien=s two conquests on the Bois de Boulogne, the Ba gets an automatic berth in the GI Breeders= Cup colt who earned a >nearly= tag during 2007 finally broke Mile. One race later, Archipenko (Kingmambo) swooped through at the top level under a positive ride from to take the G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup. It was the Johnny Murtagh. Committed at the quarter pole, the 4- first Group 1 tally for the four-year-old, who only joined 1 second favorite had to dig in to repel the late threat trainer Mike de Kock's yard in December. AI know it of Saddex (GB) (Sadler=s Wells), but responded to every might sound crazy after winning a Group 1 race, but I call to record a half-length verdict. AHe=s a brave horse think he is still improving and he can go and win an- who deserved that after placing so many times at this other one,@ de Kock said. AWe'll be thinking about him level,@ O=Brien said. Cont. p2 in terms of Royal Ascot, but I'm not sure what race we will target there yet.@ Sha Tin Results, p2-3 Sunday, Longchamp, France PRIX GANAY - GRAND PRIX DU 40EME ANNIVERSAIRE AIR MAURITIUS-G1, i300,000, Longchamp, 4-27, 4yo/up, 1 5/16mT, 2:08.30, sf. 1--#@sDUKE OF MARMALADE (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Danehill 1st Dam: Love Me True (GSP-Ire), by Kingmambo 2nd Dam: Lassie=s Lady, by Alydar 3rd Dam: Lassie Dear, by Buckpasser O-Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Southern Bloodstock; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Johnny Murtagh; i171,420. Lifetime Record: G2SP-GB & Ire, 10-2-4-1, i563,647. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Saddex (GB), 128, h, 5, Sadler=s Wells--Remote Romance, by Irish River (Fr). (i115,000 yrl >04 DEAOCT). O-Stall Avena; B-The Niarchos Family; T-Peter Rau; i68,580. 3--Sageburg (Ire), 128, c, 4, Johannesburg--Sage et Jolie (GB), by Linamix (Fr). O-His Highness The Aga Khan; B-SNC Lagardere Elevage; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; i34,290. Margins: HF, 2, HD. Odds: 3.80, 10.00, 5.60. Also Ran: Spirit One (Fr), Mrs. Lindsay, Zambezi Sun (GB). Scr: Red Rock Canyon (Ire), Anna Pavlova (GB). www.overbrookfarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/28/08 • PAGE 2 of 8 TDN Feature Presentation... Continued Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong AUDEMARS PIGUET-G1, $1,800,000, Sha Tin, 4-27, GROUP 1 PRIX GANAY 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.80, gd. 1--sARCHIPENKO, 126, c, 4, by Kingmambo Duke of Marmalade Takes Prix Ganay (cont. from p1) 1st Dam: Bound (SW & GISP, $339,744), by Nijinsky II Entering the G1 Prix Ganay, Duke of Marmalade 2nd Dam: Special, by *Forli boasted a sole win in a Curragh maiden in June 2006, 3rd Dam: Thong, by Nantallah but that failed to tell the whole story. Injured following O-Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa Al Maktoum, Dr A H his runner-up placing in the G2 Vintage S. at Good- Parker, Mrs R M A Parker, M F de Kock, J Malherbe wood, he was a creditable & Dr J McVeigh; B-Eagle Holdings; T-M F de Kock; fourth in both the G1 English J-K Shea; $1,029,000. Lifetime Record: GSW & and G1 Irish 2000 Guineas last G1SP-UAE, GSW-Ire, 12-4-1-1, $1,840,711. *1/2 to May before finishing second in Limit (Cox=s Ridge), SW & GSP; and Liable (Seeking the G1 St James's Palace S. at the Gold), MSP, $235,021. Werk Nick Rating: A. Royal Ascot. Fourth after a Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. refresher in the G1 Juddmonte 2--Balius (Ire), 126, h, 5, Mujahid--Akhla, by Nashwan. International S. at York in Au- O-Leonidas Marinopoulos; B-Stilvi Compania gust, he ran Dylan Thomas to Financiera S A; T-C Laffon-Parias; $386,000. 1 1/2 lengths when second in 3--Viva Pataca (GB), 126, g, 6, Marju (Ire)--Comic (Ire), by Be My Chief. (26,000gns yrl 03 TATOCT). Leopardstown's G1 Irish > O-Stanley Ho Hung Sun; B-Floors Farming & Side Hill Champion S. before another Stud; T-J Moore; $193,000. Duke of Marmalade honorable effort when third in Margins: 1 3/4, 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 14-1, 84-1, 2-1. www.racingpost.co.uk the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. Also Ran: Packing Winner (NZ), Quijano (Ger), back at Ascot the following Matsurida Gogh (Jpn), Musical Way (Fr), Helene Mascot month. Ridden prominently on this comeback, the bay (Ire), Bullish Cash (NZ), Viva Macau (Fr), Sir Slick (NZ). was allowed to find his own rhythm as Spirit One (Fr) Archipenko opened 2007 with a win in the G2 Derby (Anabaa Blue {GB}) was sent into a clear lead by half- Trial S. at Leopardstown, but finished off the board in way. Rolling by that rival with a quarter mile remaining, his next four outings. The bay colt turned it around his main threat, Saddex, was steadily turned back as when taking the Feb. 21 G2 Al Fahidi Fort at Nad Al Murtagh resorted to mainly hand riding in the final 50 Sheba, and he was coming off a third in the Mar. 29 yards. "He has a wide range of possibilities open to him G1 Dubai Duty Free S. Rated in fifth through the open- now, but the first one is obviously the G1 Tattersalls ing exchanges here, he was revved up as they hit the Gold Cup [at The Curragh May 25]," O'Brien added. straight and uncorked a strong late run that carried him Zambezi Sun (GB) (Dansili {GB}), sent off the 2-1 favor- to a decisive success. AHe came out of the gates very ite, traveled strongly stalking Duke of Marmalade but well and then came back into my hands and settled found disappointingly little when asked to quicken in nicely,@ jockey Kevin Shea said. AHe's the kind of horse the stretch. The winner's second dam, Lassie Lady, is a that prefers to have some daylight, so I was happier half to Broodmare of the Year Weekend Surprise, dam having no horse outside me. When I pulled him out in of A.P. Indy and Summer Squall. It is also the family of the straight, I gave him two cracks and he dropped GI Kentucky Derby hopeful Court Vision. Click for the down well and I knew it was going to take something Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- special to beat us.@ Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style style pedigree. pedigree. Click here for broadband or 56k. Congratulations ARV II Members! HARLEM ROCKER, by Adena Springs Stallion Macho Uno, a member of the ARV II Stable is now 3 for 3 after winning the $150,000 G3 Withers. 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O-John Yuen Se Kit; B-Haras Santa Maria De O/B-Gestut Auenquelle; T-Uwe Ostmann; J-Terence Araras; T-A Schutz; J-O Doleuze; $579,000.