TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019 >DIVINE= NEW RISING STAR AT WINDSOR THE WEEKLY WRAP: As a 850,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up topper, IN PRAISE OF SUPERIOR Godolphin=s Divine Spirit (GB) (Kingman {GB}) earned TDN Rising Star status while making her debut at the same Windsor MARES track as her dam Shyrl (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) who was third in 2008 prior to going within a neck of breaking her maiden in the G2 Queen Mary S. days later. Hard to contain going down to post for the five-furlong fillies= novice on Monday evening, the 8-11 favourite was settled perfectly under cover in the contest tracking the pace set by fellow Craven breezer Pink Sands (Ire) (No Nay Never). Getting a gap on the rail a furlong out, the bay was through and to the front with over a half-furlong remaining and hit the line strong with 1 3/4 lengths to spare over that rival. Jockey James Doyle was impressed with the winner, who had been withdrawn from her intended debut at Ascot 10 days earlier due to soft ground won by the operation=s fellow TDN Rising Star Final Song (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Cont. p9 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY STREET SENSE COLT TOPS FT-MIDLANTIC DAY ONE Elektra Niarchos (right) & Donnacha O=Brien with Magna Grecia A colt by Street Sense topped the first day of Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale when hammering for By Emma Berry $500,000 to Kenny McPeek Monday. Jessica Martini has the With just over a week to go to the Investec Derby the bigger details. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. question appears to be not who will win but who will turn up. The two most exciting trial winners to this eye, Sir Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and Telecaster (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), may both be sons of Derby winners but could head instead to the Prix du Jockey Club and the Irish Derby. Both of course would need to be supplemented for Epsom, and with Sir Dragonet's win coming in the wet at Chester and Telecaster's Dante victory being posted just 16 days before the Derby, there is understandable hesitation from connections in both cases. In the meantime we will be able to see both of Aidan O'Brien's Guineas winner, Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), aim to become dual Classic winners at the Curragh this weekend. Classic action was available farther afield over the past weekend, with War Of Will (War Front) gaining some compensation for his bumpy ride in the Kentucky Derby with victory in the Preakness S., while Loves Only You (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) broke the record of her paternal half-sister Gentildonna (Jpn) when winning the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) in impressive fashion in Tokyo. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 21 MAY 2019 Celebrated Matriarchs The names of such pre-eminent broodmares as Urban Sea (Miswaki) and Miesque regularly crop up on both sides of the The Weekly Wrap cont. from p1 pedigrees of Classic winners and it will be no surprise if we end The linking factor to these 3-year-olds, other up talking of Zenda (GB) in similarly hushed tones. Indeed, the than becoming Classic winners on two daughter of Zamindar, herself a Classic winner, has been in the different continents, is that both stem from news in the last few weeks for both good and bad reasons. As the breeding operation of the Niarchos family the dam of Kingman (GB), her contribution to the bloodstock which has enjoyed such prolonged success. world looks set to be significant, and Zenda was also As discussed in yesterday's TDN, Loves Only represented at York this week by her winning son First Eleven You is a great grand-daughter of Miesque and (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and grandson Repartee (Ire). The latter, as a thus joins Study Of Man (Ire)--who is bred on the same Deep son of Invincible Spirit (Ire) out of the unraced Plesantry (GB) Impact-Storm Cat cross but out of a daughter of Miesque (Johannesburg), is thus closely related to Kingman, but he is also (Nureyev) rather than a grand-daughter--as well as Alpha noteworthy as the first winner for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid to Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) on the list of top-class be trained by Kevin Ryan. The Yorkshire-based Irishman, along winners from this dynasty in just the last two seasons. War Of with French trainer Henri-Francois Devin, was a major Will, as a third-generation descendant of Aviance (GB) benefactor of the sheikh's largesse at the yearlings sales last (Northfields), hails from no less celebrated a family which has season and is training 17 horses for the owner. With his stylish been represented by the likes of Spinning World, Chimes Of five-length winning debut, Repartee could not have put the new Freedom and Denon. As co-owners of Magna Grecia, the partnership on a better first footing. The youngster was co-bred Niarchos family has already enjoyed a taste of Classic success in by Joseph Burke, the shrewd purchaser of Pleasantry in the year Europe this season and could be in for more on Saturday. before Kingman burst onto the racing scene. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 21 MAY 2019 Weekly Wrap cont. Burke was also in action the weekend before last at Arqana in his other role as bloodstock agent, where he made a rare breeze-up purchase for Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum. He kept his faith in Zenda's clan when selecting a Kingman colt from the family of classy sprinter Signs Of Blessing (Ire) (Invincible Spirit Vice President, International Operations {Ire}). Following victories on consecutive days for First Eleven Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN and Repartee, the third day brought only bad news as it was [email protected] announced by Juddmonte that Zenda had succumbed to a + 1.732.320.0975 prolonged bout of laminitis which ultimately proved fatal. With two colts still in training and a Frankel yearling colt to come, as International Editor well as three daughters remaining in the Juddmonte broodmare Kelsey Riley band, the full extent of Zenda's legacy will not determined for Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN some years yet. [email protected] Another of the Juddmonte mares, Kind (GB) (Danehill), already has her name writ large in racing history as the dam of Frankel European Editor Emma Berry but she extended her influence over the weekend through her Twitter: @collingsberry grand-daughter Jubiloso (GB), the offspring of Shamardal and [email protected] Frankel's listed-winning half-sister Joyeuse (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Having made her debut on the all-weather at Chelmsford Associate International Editor in late April, the 3-year-old took another major step forward Heather Anderson when winning at Newbury, eased down, by seven furlongs on a Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN banner day for Sir Michael Stoute who, unusually, had engaged Colm O'Donoghue for the ride. A step up into Pattern company Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen will certainly be next on Jubiloso's agenda. Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Kind, like fellow Juddmonte matriarch Hasili (Ire) (Kahyasi [email protected] {Ire}) and the aforementioned Urban Sea, is notable for having produced more than one son to end up at stud. One of the Contributing Editor greatest mares in this regard was Lord Howard de Walden's Alan Carasso Doubly Sure (GB) (Reliance {GB}), the dam not just of the Twitter: @EquinealTDN celebrated Sharpen Up (GB) brothers Kris (GB) and Diesis (GB), but also the stallions Keen (GB) (also by Sharpen Up) Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Rudimentary (Nureyev), Presidium (GB) (General Assembly) and Tom Frary Doubletour (Lyphard). [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield John Berry | Kevin Blake IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Zoustar Proves Popular at Tweenhills Tweenhills owner David Redvers discusses the Zoustar phenomenon . Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. Zenda (GB) | Juddmonte Photo TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 21 MAY 2019 Cont. from p3 "He's an exciting colt and he has been since day one," said Chappet, who confirmed that he will not be tempted to bring While Kris and Diesis still pop up fairly regularly in pedigrees, Hurricane Ivor to England for Royal Ascot. "We'll stick to the their lesser stallion brothers have largely been forgotten, so it French programme and, all being well, he will go for the Prix du was nice to see the rare appearance of Doubletour's name as Bois, then the Prix Robert Papin at the end of July and, the damsire of Surrounding (Ire) (Lilbourne Lad {Ire}), winner of hopefully, the Prix Morny." the listed Owenstown Stud S. for Michael Halford at Naas on For the same owner, Chappet trained Intellogent (Ire) to Sunday. The 6-year-old mare runs for her breeder Peter Newell, become the first Group winner (and subsequently first Group 1 who also raced her half-brother, the useful eight-time winner winner) for Intello (Ger) and it would be no surprise if that team Rummaging (Ire) (Chineur {Fr}). did the same for Ivawood, who is understandably close to Carmichael's heart. The young son of Zebedee (GB) was a Group Like a Hurricane 2 winner at the July meeting and Glorious Goodwood at two and Due Diligence (War Front) notched an important marker in his was runner-up to Charming Thought (GB) in the G1 Middle Park fledgling career by posting his first black-type winner, Good S.