SATURDAY, 8TH OCTOBER 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU ITALIAN NEWS | STALLION TALK | PINHOOKING TABLE | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING REVIEW O’BRIEN PAIR BLOOM IN FILLIES’ FILE Aidan O’Brien recorded his 20th Gr.1 victory of the season as Rhododendron led home stablemate Hydrangea in the Fillies’ Mile, the feature race at Newmarket yesterday. Racing in the centre of the course group, Rhododendron made headway to take the lead with just over a furlong to go. She drew clear of her rivals to win the plenty in hand from her stablemate Hydrangea, who had raced with the third Urban Fox (Foxwedge) The three-year-old Vedevani (Dubawi), who set a new on the stands’ side rail. After Ryan Moore had brought home the milestone for Arqanaonline.com when selling for €800,000. daughter of Galileo to a two and a quarter-length success, See the full story on page 9. © APRH O’Brien said: “She is a very good filly and has really progressed. I’m delighted, really. We were a little bit confused with her Moyglare run see what they want to do themselves. Both fillies are in a good place [at the Curragh when third to Intricately, trained by his son, and are very healthy and happy at the moment, so I think it is an Joseph]. We thought she was a little bit better than the other filly and option if the lads want to do it.” it just goes to show that the Moyglare was a very good race. We Rhododendron was immediately given a quote of 8/1 for the thought she would like to go up to a mile today and Ryan was very Gr.1 1,000 Guineas and 10/1 for the Gr.1 Oaks. happy with her. We knew they were progressing. It was just a case of O’Brien added: “She is out of Halfway To Heaven and she got a what rate they would progress at. When you step up to a mile, you mile and a quarter well, and she is by Galileo, so I think she has an are always very hopeful. option. Looking at her today, she’d have no problem starting off in a “I’m not sure whether she will go to America [for the Breeders’ Guineas anyway. She was relaxed. She seemed to travel very well and Cup]. It might be it for the year, but the lads will talk about that and I don’t think she was stopping at the line.” AnotherAll graduates star ofgraduate... Ballyphilip… HARRY ANGEL won Mill Reef Stakes ( ) KODI BEAR Won Celebration MileGr.2 (Gr.2) in 2015 Won Sovereign Stakes (Gr.3) in 2015 Other recent graduatesAlso include2nd Dewhurst Stakes (Gr.1) in 2014 EuropeanCOULSTY ChampionWon 2YO King Filly Richard TIGGY III W StakesIGGY ((L.R.Gr.1) in), 2015 Also won Prix de Meautry (Gr.3) in 2014 XTENSION (Gr.1), KODI BEAR (Gr.2), CTIGGYOULST YWIGGY(Gr.3), LAEuropeanDYS FIR ChampionST (Gr.3 )2YO etc. Filly in 2014 Won Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr.1) Don’t missWon our 2016 Lowther draft Stakes (Highflyer (Gr.2 )N) Paul & Marie McCartan including Lot 1250, a KODIAC ½-sister to HARRY ANGEL +353 87 2575729 Don’t miss our 2015 draft next week (Highflyer N) CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW EBN: SATURDAY, 8TH OCTOBER 2016 Bred by Orpendale, Chelston and Wynatt, the winner is out of Fandango (Elzaam) by a length and a half, with Battaash (Dark the Gr.1 Irish 1,000 Guineas, Gr.1 Nassau Stakes and Gr.1 Sun Angel) half a length back in third. Chariot Stakes heroine Halfway To Heaven (Pivotal), a half-sister Mrs Danvers had been on the sidelines since her win in the Listed to the Group winners Tickled Pink (Invincible Spirit) and St Hugh’s Stakes at Newbury in August and Portman revealed it Theann (Rock Of Gibraltar; dam of the Gr.1 Rodeo Drive Stakes was a race against time to get her fit; “She was sick enough not to be winner Photo Call). The second dam is the Gr.2 (then) King’s in full training. She had a temperature and the snots, God knows what. Stand Stakes and Gr.2 Temple Stakes winner and Gr.1 July Cup It was the right time to have it, really. It meant she could come into this runner-up Cassandra Go (Indian Ridge). race fresh. It was just a bit of a rush to get her fit. She is so professional, she really is. She knows when to work and knows when to rest. When CHALLENGE STAKES she does a bit of work at home, she does a fantastic bit of work and we Aclaim completed a hat-trick in fine style when taking the seven- are all sort of cooing on the way home, while she is wondering what all furlong Gr.2 Challenge Stakes under Frankie Dettori. The Martyn the fuss is about. She will go straight to her box and has a kip. She is the Meade-trained son of Acclamation, who had previously won a most incredible filly. If all horses were like this, it would be easy. We just mile Ascot handicap before scoring in the seven-furlong Listed hope she trains on; I don’t see any reason why she wouldn’t do. What Dubai Duty Free Cup Stakes at Newbury last month, has done happens next year, we don’t know.” nothing but improve this term. He added: “We have had no offers for her. It is not something I’m His length success from Lumiere (Shamardal) was his first worried about, but there has been no interest. Who knows, there Pattern race success and the in-form trainer could not have been might be after today. I think the phone might ring today.” more pleased. Also the winner of the valuable Weatherbys Super Sprint, Mrs He said: “I’m glad the ground has a bit of water on it, as it has taken Danvers, a £1,000 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot graduate, has now won the sting out of it a bit. He was then able to let himself down on the close to £200,000 for her connections. ground and finish his race off. It was very exciting. He has improved Bred by M A Burton and Connie Hopper, she is the first foal out all year, although he had to improve a fair bit to do this, but he has of the juvenile winner Rebecca De Winter (Kyllachy), a half-sister never been in better form at home, so I was confident he would be to the Listed Champion Trophy winner Izzthatright (Moss Vale). able to give a good account of himself. The team was very nervous. Their dam is a dual winning Alzao daughter of the Gr.1 National This is a completely new, very high level, as far as we are concerned. Stakes-third Sweet Adelaide (The Minstrel). We are just so thrilled and it was such a wonderful ride by Frankie. The horse has just progressed and progressed. He hasn’t let us down OH SO SHARP STAKES at all. It is unlikely he will run again this season, but we will just have Poet’s Vanity stamped herself as a filly of Classic potential when to see.” battling to a length victory from Glitter Girl (Invincible Spirit) in Bred by Dermot Farrington and Canning Downs, and a Goffs the Gr.3 Oh So Sharp Stakes in the hands of Oisin Murphy. graduate, he is out of the Listed Flame of Tara Stakes-third Aris The Andrew Balding-trained daughter of Poet’s Voice had (Danroad), a half-sister to the dual Gr.1 winner Again (Danehill stepped up on her debut effort, coasting home by ten lengths at Dancer), who was crowned Joint Champion Irish Two-Year-Old Salisbury last time out and she progressed again, quickening Filly. The second dam, the unraced Cumbres (Kahyasi), is a half- clear in the final furlong to overpower Glitter Girl. sister to the Champion racehorse and Champion Sire Montjeu Balding can now dream of the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas and he (Sadler’s Wells) and the family includes this year’s Gr.1 2,000 revealed that he would have no issue with Poet’s Vanity returning Guineas and Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes winner Galileo Gold to the Rowley Mile for the Fillies’ Classic in May without the need (Paco Boy). for a prep in a trial. He said: “She has a lot of physical scope and I would like to think CORNWALLIS STAKES that she could improve next year. She was very impressive at Mrs Danvers took her unbeaten run to five in a new course Salisbury, but you don’t know what she beat. She looked as though record to land the five-furlong Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes under she deserved to be at this level, so it is encouraging. She has always Richard Kingscote. Trained in Upper Lambourn by Jonathan been a delight to deal with. She has not turned a hair and she Portman, the Hellvelyn filly blitzed clear of her eight rivals in the toughed it out well because that is the first time she has been asked final furlong, recording a time of 58.69s and beating Clem to race like that, and I think she was doing her best work at the end.