TUESDAY, 22 JANUARY 2019 that Dubawi (Ire) was considered a certainty for the 2005 WINTER WARMERS Guineas which ultimately went the way of the less manifest Footstepsinthesand (GB), while the 1000 heroines Homecoming PART TWO: IRELAND Queen (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and Winter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and even last year=s Oaks winner Forever Together (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) were virtually unconsidered at this point of their respective years. Interestingly, Ballydoyle=s top 2-year-old of last year was a sprinter. >TDN Rising Star= Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (No Nay Never) came along at a time when the ship was only just beginning to steady itself again in August but he shone through on his Curragh debut. That performance was a sensation in itself and a rare demonstration of natural bent on a racecourse introduction from a stable now renowned for its softly-softly approach with its greenhorns. Untried beyond six furlongs, he just had the edge over Shadwell=s Jash (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) on his final start in a terrific renewal of the G1 Middle Park S. which suggested that the mile may not be beyond him. He does hail from a family Ten Sovereigns winning the Middle Park | racingfotos.com with staying power, as the dam Seeking Solace (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) was at home over 11 furlongs, so there is hope he will get it if Coolmore strike out on that path. His sire=s influence By Tom Frary does seems very strong, however, and with the Commonwealth In the second of a series (click here for part one), Tom Frary Cup offering such lure it could be that he takes the ACaravaggio looks back at the standout Irish-trained juveniles of last season route@ and sticks at speed tests such as the G3 Lacken S. early and considers who will be most prominent during their key on. Cont. p2 Classic season. Finding the future celebrities of Ireland=s Classic generation these days is relatively easy, with Ballydoyle almost qualifying as IN TDN AMERICA TODAY a country in its own right. With the mechanics at the incomparable Rosegreen establishment temporarily out of order TDN DERBY TOP 12 FOR JAN. 22 for a spell during last summer, it would hardly have been a After War of Will (War Front)’s GIII LeComte S. victory at the Fair surprise if their A-list was diminished in form in 2019 but that is Grounds on Saturday, T. D. Thornton has the latest TDN Derby Top 12 on tap in Tuesday’s edition. Click or tap here to go not the case. Aside from the leading members of their Classic straight to TDN America. troupe, opponents will also be extremely wary of the potential of Aidan O=Brien=s less-obvious lurkers. It has to be remembered TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 22 JANUARY 2019 Winter Warmers Part 2 Cont. from p1 Everest came across as a slow learner at two, but his high-class dam Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic Swing {GB}) is a broodmare who Ballydoyle=s 2000 Guineas hopes are the G2 Futurity S. winner has been gradually getting there as she sows her precious seed. Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has already been Sticking to the territory theme, Norway (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is brushed aside by the Dubawi pair of Quorto (Ire) and Too Darn another fascinating type and it is intriguing that he took the Hot (GB), and the G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy winner Magna same path when winning the Listed Zetland S. as last year=s G1 Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). While visually the latter did St Leger hero Kew Gardens (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). A full-brother to not come across as another Camelot (GB) or Saxon Warrior (Jpn) Ruler of the World (Ire), he could easily end up in the G2 (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in his narrow defeat of Phoenix of Spain Queen=s Vase at Royal Ascot and at Doncaster in September as (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) at Doncaster, that was a third quick his predecessor did for a stable who have played a major part in outing in just four weeks against tough opposition. There is lifting the staying scene to its current heights. Speaking of the genuine merit in his fast ascent and he is one of those Anaturals@ Leger, the 10-length Thurles maiden winner Constantinople his trainer so often talks about. If there is a minor concern (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) also has that on his dance card as a full- where his Guineas prospects are concerned, it is that his dam brother to the promoted and later demoted 2015 winner Bondi Cabaret (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) did very little at three after a highly Beach (Ire). With the virus interrupting the usual momentum, promising juvenile campaign, but Magna Grecia has a touch of the darker ones from Ballydoyle could be worthy of even AFootsteps@ about him and must be feared in the mile Classics. greater respect in 2019 and the once-raced U S S Michigan (War Aidan O=Brien=s middle-distance prospects are headed by the Front) is one of stand-outs. A full-brother to the classy War solid G2 Beresford S. one-two Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and Dispatch and George Patton, the grey created a lasting Mount Everest (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who will probably head down impression on his debut when second at The Curragh in June. the tried-and-trusted G3 Ballysax S.-G3 Derrinstown Stud Derby As far as the operation=s fillies are concerned, the extremely Trial S. route. They are full-brothers to two under-performers likeable G2 Lowther S. and G1 Cheveley Park S.-winning >TDN who were evidently held in the highest regard by their trainer in Rising Star= Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is another for the Sir Isaac Newton (GB) and Yucatan (Ire), respectively. Mount sprints from midsummer onwards. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 22 JANUARY 2019 Winter Warmers Part 2 Cont. The staying types Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Fleeting (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) are certain to be there or thereabouts as the various European Oaks come around. However, the extraordinary Goddess (Camelot {GB}) could easily eclipse them if she can get back from a dismal effort in the G3 Silver Flash S. and recreate her >TDN Rising Star=-earning July Leopardstown maiden performance. Her full-sister Athena (Ire) had not shown half of her ability at the same stage and that fellow descendant Vice President, International Operations of Urban Sea (Miswaki) still managed to add another top-level Gary King victory to her eminent dynasty as a 3-year-old. Also a close Twitter: @garykingTDN relative of the high-class Montjeu (Ire) pair of Bracelet (Ire) and [email protected] Wading (Ire), with the latter being the dam of the Rockfel- + 1.732.320.0975 winning >TDN Rising Star= Just Wonderful (Dansili {GB}), Goddess International Editor could yet be a luminary in the category of Peeping Fawn Kelsey Riley (Danehill) and Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Another >TDN Rising Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Star=, the seven-furlong Gowran Park maiden winner Chablis [email protected] (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to The Pentagon (Ire), is another who is bound to make her presence felt as the G1 Epsom Oaks European Editor nears. 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His trainer Kevin Regular Columnists Prendergast knows this family inside out, as it also features his Chris McGrath recent Irish 2000 Guineas hero Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), Andrew Caulfield and there is a perfect blend of speed and stamina to suggest John Berry another Classic victory for the veteran handler is feasible. Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 22 JANUARY 2019 Winter Warmers Part 2 Cont. Patrick Prendergast=s incredible over-achiever Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy) went from unlikely successes in the Silver Flash and G2 Debutante S. to a more widely-expected one in the country=s pinnacle contest for 2-year-old fillies, the G1 Moyglare Stud S. Anthony and Sonia Rogers=s relative of the likes of Soldier of Fortune (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Intense Focus (Giant=s Causeway) punches well above her weight and is almost a female Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) in the making. One of Scat Daddy=s rare surprise packages, she could easily prove to be the nation=s signature filly at the end of 2019. Tally-Ho stallion Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) celebrated the arrival of his first reported foal at Ballinasisla Stud in Co Waterford on Monday. Bred by the Parri family of Italy=s Allevamento Le.Gi, the colt is out of the Italian SP Nonna Iole (GB) (Tobougg {Ire}), already the dam of two winners. Galileo Gold, a dual Group 1 winner, stands for €10,000 at Tally-Ho this year. | Giovanni Parri Moyglare Stud S. winner Skitter Scatter | racingfotos.com Joseph O=Brien upstaged Senior on two big stages last term and one of them was in Newmarket=s G1 Fillies= Mile, where Monday=s Result: Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}) ousted Hermosa and the 3rd-Wolverhampton, ,5,800, Novice, 1-21, 3yo, 9f 104y (AWT), British femme fatale Pretty Pollyanna (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}).