MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021 MOTHER EARTH COMES MARE AUSTRALIS COMES OF AGE IN THE GANAY THROUGH IN THE GUINEAS There was more Boudot magic at ParisLongchamp on Sunday as APC@ made all to draw the sting from all rivals and land the G1 Prix Ganay with the rapid improver Mare Australis (Ire) (Australia {GB}). Always highly-regarded and now an entirely different proposition from the greenhorn of last summer, Gestut Schlenderhan=s homebred had offered a glimpse of what was to come when second on his return to Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) in the 10-furlong G2 Prix d=Harcourt at this venue Apr. 11. Asked a new question by his rider on this sternest test of his ability so far, the 5-2 second favourite responded by stretching every rival including Mogul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) who was in closest attendance. When he kicked in early straight, he turned the screw too tight on Ballydoyle=s 9-5 market-leader raider and kept galloping true to the line to beat the emergent Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}) by 1 3/4 lengths. Cont. p4 Mother Earth | racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY In a renewal of Newmarket=s G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas which HOW TO BUY A DERBY WINNER FOR $1,000 polarised the dreamers and the cynics, experience ultimately Bill Finley speaks with consignor Christy Whitman on GI Kentucky told on Sunday with Frankie Dettori the chief benefactor as he Derby hero Medina Spirit (Protonico). Click or tap here to go steered Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) to glory. straight to TDN America. Whereas Ballydoyle=s Santa Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) had created all the electricity in the build-up to a Classic which lost some key cast members along the way, it was the stable=s hard- working journeywoman who nestled under the radar and emerged clear-best to uphold the prime formlines of 2020. Successful in the G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies= Sprint S. and third in the course-and-distance G1 Fillies= Mile before ending up second in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Derrick Smith=s colour-bearer was an over-generous 10-1 shot boasting the second-highest official rating in this field. Switched off towards the rear early racing on the far side, the bay arrived full of running out wide to take the lead 1 1/2 furlongs from the finish as Santa Barbara had an understandable moment of greenness. As the field drove to the line spread across the track, Mother Earth was already gone beyond recall to give O=Brien a seventh renewal and fifth since 2016. A length second was Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), who denied Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) by a neck with the 5-2 joint-favourite Santa Barbara nosed out in fourth. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 21 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 3 MAY 2021 G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas S. Cont. from p1 A fourth 1000 Guineas for Dettori means that between the winning riders of the two weekend Classics there is a grand total of 104 years. Like Saturday=s hero Kevin Manning, Frankie has a wealth of experience which is invaluable in these clashes and he was in typically ebullient form as he celebrated his 20th Classic victory. ACome on the oldies. We can still do it!@ he said. AAidan gave me a lot of confidence. I rode her cold, followed Ryan and kicked at the top of the hill. I knew she=d get home and I was able to enjoy it. I think she=ll get a mile and a quarter. She=s very easy to handle and she=s very brave. She=s not very big, but she=s got a big engine.@ Introduced as soon as the Irish flat season resumed after the lockdown last June, Mother Earth was second to the precocious Frenetic (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) over an extended five furlongs at Navan before finishing a distant third in the G3 Albany S. nine days later at Royal Ascot. Backed up quickly when a four-length winner of the Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies= Sprint over the same six-furlong trip at Naas, she looked in need of further when third behind Aloha Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) and old rival Frenetic in The Curragh=s G2 Airlie Stud S. Her subsequent performance when third behind TDN Rising Star Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}) in the G2 Debutante S. again at The Curragh in August suggested that even seven furlongs was insufficient, but when Seamie Heffernan attempted to employ her stamina from the front in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. mistake had died away her performance when chasing home the plan backfired and she faded to 11th. Pretty Gorgeous and another TDN Rising Star in Indigo Girl (GB) In a now-notorious error, Mother Earth was third in the Fillies= (Dubawi {Ire}) was clearly another step up. Very few fillies can Mile where her number cloth was mixed up with stablemate start so early and end up running such a strong race in a Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) but after all the focus on that Breeders= Cup contest, but she proved one of those rarities as she charged late to narrow the winning margin of Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the Juvenile Fillies Turf. It was THE FILLIES LIVE CLOSE TO EACH significant that she was chosen to go with Santa Barbara to Newmarket and with Frankie boasting such a fine strike-rate for OTHER AND EVERYONE WAS the stable ultimately no surprise that she came through for a DELIGHTED WITH BOTH OF THEM. THE stable that now focuses intently on this Classic and its fillies in general. RACE WENT LOVELY AND WE WERE AThe fillies live close to each other and everyone was delighted DELIGHTED WITH SANTA with both of them,@ O=Brien said. AThe race went lovely and we were delighted with Santa Barbara--we got a great run out of BARBARA--WE GOT A GREAT RUN OUT her and she=ll head for the [June 4 G1 Epsom] Oaks now with OF HER AND SHE'LL HEAD FOR THE Mother Earth going for the [G1] Irish 1000 Guineas [at The OAKS NOW WITH MOTHER EARTH Curragh May 23]. Going into the dip on fast ground, it wouldn=t surprise you that Santa Barbara was green but she would have GOING FOR THE IRISH 1000 GUINEAS. learnt a lot. She=s an unbelievably beautiful big, powerful filly Aidan O’Brien on his G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas pair with everything in the right place. Mother Earth is a very good filly, always was, and she put her head down and ran to the line. She is very tough and very genuine and obviously Zoffany is a big loss.@ Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 21 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 3 MAY 2021 G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas S. Cont. AIt was unfair to Santa Barbara to come, but we had to come with a view to coming back for the Oaks,@ O=Brien continued. ARyan said he would have liked to have waited longer, but he saw Frankie coming on his outside and he had to go. We never took her off the bridle at home--today was her first time. Senior Vice President Gary King Hopefully she=ll come out of it okay and it will do her good. We Twitter: @garykingTDN were never going to over-race her and wanted to limit the [email protected] amount of times she ran, with a late-season campaign planned + 1.732.320.0975 after the Oaks.@ Saffron Beach=s trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam said of the runner- International Editor up, AIt would have been the quickest ground she has been on, Kelsey Riley but she can handle it because she is versatile as you saw in the Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Oh So Sharp on good-to-soft and here on the quicker ground. [email protected] We are just all thrilled and I=m sure the owners are highly European Editor delighted. This time last year, she wasn=t even in training. She Emma Berry has seen the mile out 100%. I knew she would get the mile and I Twitter: @collingsberry know she will get a mile and a quarter as well. There is a good [email protected] one in her.@ Richard Fahey had made no secret beforehand of his Associate International Editor expectations of Fev Rover and her performance was justification Heather Anderson of that. AWe were delighted with her--it wasn=t a truly-run race Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN really,@ her trainer commented. APaul [Hanagan] felt the ground Marketing Manager was a bit quick for her and she just rolled about a bit, but you=d Alayna Cullen have to be happy with that. She probably will go further in time Twitter: @AlaynaCullen and a bit of juice in the ground doesn=t bother her at all. She=s in [email protected] the Irish Guineas and that was going to be the plan--that or Royal Ascot.@ Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis Pedigree Notes On a weekend where Jim Bolger has been omnipresent where Cafe Racing it mattered, it was the master of Coolcullen who initially Sean Cronin campaigned the dam Many Colours (GB) (Green Desert) and Tom Frary drew from her a win in the Listed Dance Design S. and second in [email protected] the G3 Denny Cordell & Lanwades Stud Fillies S. before she switched to Saeed bin Suroor. It took her a while to produce a Irish Correspondent black-type performer, but 12 years after her own exploits in that Daithi Harvey sphere she had the G2 Premio Dormello winner Night Colours Regular Columnists (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) in October 2019.