MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here TATTS DECEMBER KICKS OFF EISHIN APOLLON WINS MILE CHAMPIONSHIP What promises to be an action-packed couple of Eishin Apollon (Giant=s Causeway), sent off the fifth weeks at the Tattersalls December Sale in Newmarket betting choice, held on for a narrow victory over kicks off at 10 a.m. this morning with its one-day longshot Fifth Petal (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) in yearling section, featuring 241 entries. Few vendors yesterday=s G1 Mile Championship at Kyoto originally plan to offer their Racecourse. The 4-year-old broke well and was able to youngsters at the year=s save ground while covered up in the early going. final major yearling sale, Swinging out four wide turning for home, he dug in to with many of those outstay Fifth Petal by a neck for his first win at the catalogued having either highest level. been withdrawn or unsold Eishin Apollon, a half-brother to G1SP Master of at earlier auctions this fall. Hounds (Kingmambo), was recording only his third run Galileo (Ire) fillies have of the season yesterday, and was exiting a win in the been all the rage at G3 Fuji S. over soft Tokyo turf Oct. 22. yearling sales this year and Sahpresa (Sahm), winner of the G1 Sun Chariot S., there is one opportunity to was another 1 1/4 lengths back in third after finishing Lot 186--a colt by Galileo (Ire) buy a daughter of the willingly down the center of the track. AWe were --co-top yearling in ‘10 champion sire courtesy of unlucky again with the draw for the third year running, Tattersalls Photo lot 204. She is a 3/4-sister but I am extremely proud with the mare, at age six, for to G1 Irish Derby maintaining her form to meet the high level of runner-up Golden Sword (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) competition in this Japanese mile race,@ offered trainer offered from the Pocock family=s Sringston Farm. Rodolphe Collet. AWe may be headed to Hong Kong for Montjeu (Ire)=s team includes a May 15-foaled sibling to our next target, but I will have to discuss this with the G2 Lancashire Oaks winner Pongee (GB) (Barathea owners.@ Cont. p2 {Ire}) offered as lot 190 from Newsells Park Stud, while lot 166, a Montjeu (Ire) colt out of Ghurra (War Chant) Destined for Glory (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) wins the G2 Cathay offered from Castledillon Stud, realised i200,000 at Pacific Jockey Club Mile ... p2-3 the Arqana August Yearling Sale this year. Lot 122, a son of Lemon Drop Kid offered by the same vendor, Atlantic Hurricane (Halo’s Image) wins GIII Bessarabian ...p5 failed to sell at i110,000 at Deauville in August. Among several lots to have passed through this year=s Keeneland September Yearling Sale is lot 43, a Speightstown colt offered by Bumble Mitchell who was a $47,000 RNA, while lot 157, a Cherokee Run colt, was sold to Blue Blue Sky Thoroughbreds for $33,000. Of those that sold as foals, none made more than lot 84, a Fastnet Rock (Aus) half-brother to G1 Queensland Derby winner Dariana (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) who realised 100,000gns at Tattersalls 12 months ago and is offered today from Biddestone Stud. AThis is a sale that constantly produces very high-class performers, not least the leading 2-year-old Harbour Watch (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) this season," said Tattersalls marketing director Jimmy George. AWe=ve got a real quality renewal this year, including a good number of yearlings who qualify for the 2012-13 Tattersalls Millions series.@ The December Sale resumes Wednesday when the four-day foal section gets underway. Tattersalls: Focus on David Redvers ... p8-9 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/21/11 • PAGE 2 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Eishin Apollon Wins Mile Championship (cont. from p1) Immortal Verse (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), victorious in the GRADED/GROUP RESULTS G1 Prix Jacques le Marois earlier this season, could never really pick up over ground which was saturated Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong by Saturday rains and checked in seventh, beaten a CATHAY PACIFIC JOCKEY CLUB MILE-G2, little more than three lengths as the 5-1 third choice. AI HK$3,000,000, Sha Tin, 11-20, 3yo/up, 1600mT, don=t think she=s run on such wet turf before--even in 1:34.86, gd. France--and the track condition today certainly didn=t 1--#@DESTINED FOR GLORY (IRE), 123, g, 4, by Azamour (Ire) suit her,@ explained jockey Christophe Soumillon. AI=m 1st Dam: Tekindia (Fr), by Indian Ridge (Ire) sure she would have been able to display her great 2nd Dam: Te Kani, by Northern Dancer acceleration on a firmer track.@ According to trainer 3rd Dam: Gonfalon, by Francis S. Robert Collet, the 3-year-old filly will be shelved for the (i120,000 wnlg >07 GOFNOV; 60,000gns RNA yrl remainder of the season and will return to competition >08 TATOCT). O-Connie Siu Kim Ying; B-Eimear in 2012. Mulhern J Flynn & Abbeville Stud; T-John Moore; J-Tim Clark; HK$1,710,000. Lifetime Record: MGSP- Sunday, Kyoto, Japan Ire, 15-5-4-1, HK$5,290,000. *Formerly Wade Giles MILE CHAMPIONSHIP-G1, -195,520,000, Kyoto, (Ire). Werk Nick Rating: First SW this cross. Click for 11-20, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:33.90, gd. the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 1--sEISHIN APOLLON, 126, c, 4, by Giant=s Causeway 2--Ambitious Dragon (NZ), 123, g, 5, Pins (Aus)-- 1st Dam: Silk And Scarlet (GB) (GSW-Ire, Golden Gamble (NZ), by Oregon. (NZ$47,500 RNA yrl $202,540), by Sadler=s Wells >08 NZBSEL). O-Johnson Lam Piu Hung; B-E P Lowry; 2nd Dam: Danilova, by Lyphard T-Tony Millard; HK$660,000. 3rd Dam: Ballinderry (GB), by Irish River (Fr) 3--Flying Blue (Aus), 123, g, 5, Piccolo (GB)--Bright Blue O-Toyomitsu Hirai; B-Silk and Scarlet Syndicate; (Aus), by Scenic (Ire). (NZ$80,000 yrl >08 NZBSEL). T-Masahiro Matsunaga; J-Kenichi Ikezoe; O-Abterra Syndicate; B-B J & Mrs L E Anderson; -103,864,000. Lifetime: 14-4-4-0. *1/2 to Master of T-John Size; HK$345,000. Hounds (Kingmambo), G1SP-Eng, GSP-UAE, Margins: NO, 3/4, NO. Odds: 21-1, 2-5, 26-1. $520,883. Werk Nick Rating: A. Also Ran: Fair Trade (Aus), Xtension (Ire), Beauty Flash Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. (NZ), Outdoor Pegasus (GB), Able One (NZ), New 2--Fifth Petal (Jpn), 126, h, 5, King Kamehameha (Jpn) Greenfield (GB), New Deerfield (GB), Sight Winner (NZ), --Lilac Lane, by Bahri. O-Carrot Farm; B-Shiraoi Farm; Chater Way (GB). Click for the HKJC.com chart (with -41,104,000. video), the HKJC.com form or the free brisnet.com 3--Sahpresa, 121, m, 6, Sahm--Sorpresa, by Pleasant catalogue-style pedigree. Tap. O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Douglas Owen McIntyre; Multiple Group 3-placed in Europe, including a runner- -25,652,000. up effort to Gitano Hernando (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) in Margins: NK, 1HF, NK. Odds: 8.80, 31.60, 7.40. the G3 Diamond S. at Dundalk last October, Destined Also Ran: Danon Yoyo (Jpn), Real Impact (Jpn), Marcellina (Jpn), Immortal for Glory, the former Wade Giles, took a rare Class 1 Verse (Ire), Silport (Jpn), Mikki Dream (Jpn), Live Concert (Ire), Smile Jack event at Happy Valley June 8, then returned from a (Jpn), Rainbow Pegasus (Jpn), Grand Prix Boss (Jpn), Ridill (Jpn), A Shin four-month vacation to run Ambitious Dragon to 2 1/2 Forward, Blitzen (Jpn), Clever Tosho (Jpn), Kyow Jeanne (Jpn). lengths in the National Day Cup H. over 1400 meters Click for the Racing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs, Oct. 1. He disappointed those that backed him into 9-5 japanracing.jp video or the free brisnet.com catalogue- favoritism for the nine-furlong Sa Sa Ladies= Purse Oct. style pedigree. 16, faltering to finish sixth. Cont. p3 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/21/11 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com CATHAY PACIFIC JOCKEY CLUB MILE-G2 result cont. Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong Reigning G1 Hong Kong Mile hero Beauty Flash (NZ) CATHAY PACIFIC JOCKEY CLUB CUP-G2, (Golan {Ire}) was allowed to dictate terms up front, but HK$3,000,000, Sha Tin, 11-20, 3yo/up, 2000mT, Ambitious Dragon lay closer to the speed than is his 2:01.61, gd. custom, and with a crush of horses near the front, was 1--@THUMBS UP (NZ), 123, g, 7, by Shinko King (Ire) trapped out three wide without cover and was going to 1st Dam: Regelle (NZ), by Exploding Prospect have to be very good to win. In 2nd Dam: Pipe Dreams (NZ), by Mr Illusion (NZ) the meantime, Destined for Glory 3rd Dam: Muy Alto (NZ), by Grosvenor (NZ) was biding his time down on the O-Leung Cheung Shan; B-Miss S Hale, et al; T-Caspar fence, setting the stage for a Fownes; J-Brett Prebble; HK$1,710,000. Lifetime dramatic finish. Ambitious Dragon Record: G1SP-HK, 31-7-6-6, HK$22,307,880. Click traveled well while four wide into for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Destined for Glory (right) the lane and hit the front with a Rating: A. bests Ambitious Dragon furlong and a half to race, but 2--Pure Champion (Ire), 123, c, 4, Footstepsinthesand (GB)- - HKJC.com Destined for Glory was now Castara Beach (Ire), by Danehill.