SUNDAY, 19 JULY 2020 PERSIAN KING HEADLINES SUNDAY FEAST EVEN SO CLINCHES >TDN Rising Star= Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) heads to THE IRISH OAKS Chantilly on Sunday for another of the European Pattern=s main staging posts tackling more than a mile once more in the G1 Prix d=Ispahan. Tried over the 10 1/2-furlong trip of the G1 Prix du Jockey Club here last June, Godolphin and Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd=s imposing bay came up two lengths short when runner-up to Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) but it will be a surprise if he is not suited by this unique nine-furlong contest. Proving he retained all his ability when taking the G2 Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud June 28, last year=s G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains hero will start a warm order for this prize and trainer Andre Fabre said, APersian King is in really good form and has come on again from his latest start. We are hopeful of a good performance.@ Two lengths behind Persian King when third in the Jockey Club Even So (pink colours) take the Irish Oaks | Racing Post and suffering his sole career reversal, Sheikh Hamdan=s It was Ger Lyons again celebrating on a Classic Saturday at The Motamarris (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}) was like that rival subsequently Curragh as Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) carried Susan Magnier=s sidelined for the remainder of 2019. Back with a confidence- pink silks to glory in the G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks. Placed into boosting four-length win in the June 20 Listed Grand Prix de the Coolmore armada after her battling success in the Listed Compiegne over 10 furlongs, the homebred has significant Naas Oaks Trial over a mile and a quarter last time July 4, the potential if Freddy Head can get a clear run with him this term. 10-1 was settled behind the leading quartet early by Colin Keane Cont. p9 with the pace generous. Travelling best on the turn into the straight, the bay, who is part-owned by Linda Shanahan, stayed on past Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) to gain the advantage a furlong from home and beat that 2-1 favourite by two lengths. Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) did best of the Ballydoyle four, half a length away in third. AIf we=d got third it would have been great and anything else was a bonus, so it means everything for them to put that faith in us and send us these fillies,@ jockey Colin Keane said. AIt was pretty smooth, I followed Shane Foley [on Cayenne Pepper] the whole way and it didn=t take much riding from me. I couldn=t believe how well I was travelling. Between the two and the one when I really went for her she really put her head down and Persian King | Scoop Dyga really galloped the whole way to the line. She has just thrived for her racing and looked a million dollars walking around like she owned the place beforehand. I can only imagine she=ll keep IN TDN AMERICA TODAY on improving.@ MONMOUTH’S HASKELL GOES TO AUTHENTIC Introduced over an extended seven furlongs at Tipperary in Authentic (Into Mischief) outlasted all comers to take the GI August, Even So was an encouraging third on that occasion, Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Click or finishing off her race in the manner of a middle-distance tap here to go straight to TDN America. prospect. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 19 JULY 2020 G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks Cont. from p1 Benefitting from more positive tactics when scoring by 3 3/4 lengths over a mile at Gowran Park the following month, she was brought back pre-lockdown for the G3 Park Express S. also at that trip at Naas Mar. 23 and was third behind stablemate Lemista (Ire) (Raven=s Pass). By the time she had finished fifth in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas here June 13, it was time to move up to a more suitable trip and she relished the extra test of stamina to keep Laburnum (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) at bay in a battle royal in the Naas Oaks Trial. While some fillies may have backtracked after such a gruelling encounter, Even So is hewn from tough material and this examination was exactly what was going to bring out her best. Always travelling supremely easily despite the attempt by the G3 Munster Oaks winner Snow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to drag her rivals into the red from the front, she was able to enter into the most pressurised section of the contest still racing within herself and when it came down to a slog Cayenne Pepper was already weakened by having subdued Ballydoyle=s front-runner. AShe is just a queen--she is there taking it all in and was like that beforehand and that=s the difference between a good one and a bad one,@ Lyons said. AI love the Camelot fillies and I liked her from the very get-go. Did I think she was an Oaks filly then? No, but she earned the right to come here at Naas and watching her today I don=t think it was ever in doubt. I was adamant that my fillies be ridden where they were happy and to hit the line AI genuinely didn=t think she was good enough to win an Oaks. strong. She=s a lovely filly and she has just thrived week on Now I have to pay her her dues and train her accordingly. It was week. I was disappointed with her in Naas when she got beaten different to Siskin. I couldn=t breathe watching Siskin, but with by Lemista, but Lemista has turned out special. They were this one I enjoyed it all the way up the straight. There is no spoiling Aidan, this thing is easy when you get this type of pressure from the owners and they are straightforward to work horse.@ for. They=ve been around a long time and know more than I do. AI didn=t know what an Oaks filly was, but I said if we had one They=ve picked us for a reason and let us do our job which this was her,@ he added. makes life so much easier. Paul Shanahan is a lovely guy and a good judge and I had said to him >if you want to send me something send me something= and he did. Whatever happens, happens--what=s meant for you won=t pass you.@ Pedigree Notes Even So is out of Breeze Hill (Ire) (Danehill), a maiden of average ability trained by David Wachman for the late Robert Sangster. She is kin to four stakes winners, headed by the G1 Epsom Derby hero Dr. Devious (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}) and the G3 Greenlands S. winner Archway (Ire) (Thatching {Ire}), as well as to Rain Flower (Ire) by Ahonoora=s son Indian Ridge (Ire). She produced the G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Preis der Diana heroine Dancing Rain (Ire) from a mating with Danehill=s son Danehill Dancer (Ire) as well as the Listed St Hugh=s S. scorer Sumora (Ire) Even So with Colin Keane in the irons, as well as Orla O=Scanaill (left) to a mating with Danehill. and Shane Lyons (far right) | Racing Post Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 19 JULY 2020 G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks Cont. Sumora was responsible for the G1 Moyglare Stud S.-winning juvenile champion Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who in turn is the dam of the G1 2000 Guineas hero Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Breeze Hill also has a yearling filly by Footstepsinthesand (GB). Senior Vice President Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] Saturday, Curragh, Ireland + 1.732.320.0975 JUDDMONTE IRISH OAKS-G1, i250,000, Curragh, 7-18, 3yo, f, 12fT, 2:39.54, g/y. International Editor 1--EVEN SO (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Camelot (GB) Kelsey Riley 1st Dam: Breeze Hill (Ire), by Danehill Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN 2nd Dam: Rose of Jericho, by Alleged [email protected] 3rd Dam: Rose Red, by Northern Dancer European Editor 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Susan Magnier & Emma Berry Linda Shanahan; B-Lynch Bages (IRE); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Twitter: @collingsberry Keane. i145,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-0-2, $223,021. Werk [email protected] Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Cayenne Pepper (Ire), 128, f, 3, Australia (GB) Associate International Editor 1st Dam: Muwakaba, by Elusive Quality Heather Anderson 2nd Dam: Saleela, by Nureyev Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN 3rd Dam: Allegretta (GB), by Lombard (Ger) Marketing Manager (195,000gns Wlg >17 TATFOA). O-Mrs S Kelly; B-GHS Alayna Cullen Bloodstock & JC Bloodstock (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. Twitter: @AlaynaCullen i50,000. [email protected] 3--Passion (Ire), 128, f, 3, Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Dialafara (Fr), by Anabaa Contributing Editors 2nd Dam: Diamilina (Fr), by Linamix (Fr) Alan Carasso 3rd Dam: Diamonaka (), by Akarad (Fr) Christina Bossinakis (800,000gns Ylg >18 TATOCT). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor Cafe Racing & Derrick Smith; B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Camas Park Stud (IRE); Sean Cronin T-Aidan O=Brien. i25,000. Tom Frary Margins: 2, HF, 1HF. Odds: 10.00, 2.00, 6.00. [email protected] Also Ran: Laburnum (Ire), Snow (Ire), Yaxeni (Fr), New York Girl (Ire), Ennistymon (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the Irish Correspondent free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.