JIGGS COZ HEADS QUEEN’S PLATE HEADLINE p8-9 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND call 732-747-8060. FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2007 WINNING THE WAR INVASOR INJURED, RETIRED He needs nursing at home, but on the track he is as Invasor (Arg) (Candy Stripes--Quendom {Arg}, by tough as teak and Budget Stables= Soldier=s Tale (Stra- Interprete {Arg}), who captured the minds of the Ameri- vinsky) drew on all his courage to claim a last-gasp can racing public by winning each of his six starts since success in yesterday=s G1 Golden Jubilee S. Ending coming to the country--all in Grade/Group I company-- Australian hopes of a has been retired from Royal sprint double, racing after fracturing the well-supported 9-1 the top of a sesamoid chance produced a late during his final work rattle to deny Takeover ahead of the GI Sub- Target (Aus) (Celtic urban H. next Satur- Swing {GB}) with a day. He reportedly final thrust to record a suffered a similar in- head success. A visor jury to the ankle area was applied after his as a young horse. The bay was sent out for a Soldier=s Tale (blinkers) below-par effort when Invasor (foreground) working for the five-furlong breeze www.racingpost.co.uk third in the Listed John final time at Belmont Park yesterday morning in of Gaunt S. at Haydock Sarah K. Andrew June 7, and it worked the oracle here on the problem- the company of plagued six-year-old. AThis might be my best day as a stablemate Like Now, winner of the 2006 GIII Gotham trainer,@ an emotional Jeremy Noseda explained. AHe=s S., and the tandem covered the distance in :59.47, the had countless problems and we=ve got him to win this. best of 29 moves at the distance. The injury was not He=s such a tough horse and a brave horse and de- readily apparent until the horse was back at the barn, cooling out after the work. Although surgery does not serves it.@ Cont. p2 appear to be indicated, the decision was made to stop on the horse at this point. He s done everything we ve Saturday, Royal Ascot, Britain A = = ever asked of him. This is a huge disappointment for all GOLDEN JUBILEE S.-G1, ,350,000, Ascot, 6-23, of us as well as for the racing world,@ said Shadwell=s 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:14.51, gd/sf. Rick Nichols. Invasor=s Career in Review p9 1--sSOLDIER=S TALE, 130, h, 6, by Stravinsky 1st Dam: Myrtle (GB) (GSP-GB, SP-US, $130,770), by Batshoof (Ire) 2nd Dam: Greek Goddess (GB), by Young Generation (Ire) 3rd Dam: Cassandra (GB), by Troy (GB) O-Budget Stable; B-Budget Stables Inc; T-Jeremy Noseda; J-Johnny Murtagh; ,198,730. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-2, ,274,223. 2--Takeover Target (Aus), 130, g, 8, Celtic Swing (GB) --Shady Stream (Aus), by Archregent. O-Joe & Ben Janiak; B-Meringo Stud Farm; T-Joe Janiak; ,75,320. 3--Asset (Ire), 130, g, 4, Marju (Ire)--Snow Peak (GB), by Arazi. (24,000gns wnlg >03 TATDEC; 70,000gns yrl >04 TATOCT). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing XXVI; B-Peter Gibbons & Dermot Forde; T-Richard Hannon; ,37,695. Margins: HD, HF, HF. Odds: 9-1, 8-1, 14-1. Also Ran: Red Clubs (Ire), Drayton (Ire), Bygone Days (GB), Baltic King (GB), Borderlescott (GB), Firenze (GB), Al Qasi (Ire), Amadeus Wolf (GB), Presto Shinko (Ire), Wi Dud (GB), Magnus (Aus), Miss Andretti (Aus), As- sertive (GB), Quito (Ire), Appalachian Trail (Ire), Rising Shadow (Ire), Fayr Jag (Ire), Hamoody. Scratched: Mastership (Ire). TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/24/07 • PAGE 2 of 9 Golden Jubilee S. cont. Saturday, Royal Ascot, Britain Soldier=s Tale=s career had been confined to just HARDWICKE S.-G2, ,140,000, Ascot, 6-23, 4yo/up, seven prior starts, but he had always shown talent and 1 1/2mT, 2:35.47, gd. captured Newcastle=s G3 Chipchase S. on only his 1--MARAAHEL (IRE), 126, h, 6, by Alzao fourth outing in June 2005. Injured when fourth in the 1st Dam: Nasanice (Ire), by Nashwan G1 July Cup at Newmarket that season, the chestnut 2nd Dam: Mathaayl, by Shadeed showed he retained all his ability on his belated return 3rd Dam: Manal (Fr), by Luthier (Fr) when an eyecatching third behind Amadeus Wolf in the O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; May 16 G2 Duke of York S. He was sent off the 4-6 B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd; T-Sir Michael favorite to build on that at Haydock last time, but failed Stoute; J-Richard Hills; ,79,492. Lifetime Record: to fire, prompting connections to resort to the head- MG1SP-GB, G1SP-HK, 27-8-4-6, ,948,328. *Full to gear. The equipment change sharpened him up suffi- Huja (Ire), GSP-GB. ciently to race handily throughout the first half of the 2--Scorpion (Ire), 131, h, 5, Montjeu (Ire)--Ardmelody contest as he tracked Takeover Target. Driven as that (Ire), by Law Society. (i260,000 yrl >03 GOFORB). rival hit the front at the quarter pole, Soldier=s Tale O-Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Grangemore responded gamely to reel him in and win it on the bob- Stud; T-Aidan O=Brien; ,30,128. ber. AHe=s had countless fractures, colic surgery and 3--Mighty (GB), 126, c, 4, Pivotal (GB)--Miswaki Belle, pieces of his stomach removed--he has to have a spe- by Miswaki. (8,500gns HIT >06 TATAUT). cial diet as he finds it hard to digest,@ Jeremy Noseda O-Franconson Partners & Vanessa Church; said. AWe live in fear all the time of him getting colic B-Cheveley Park Stud; T-Jane Chapple-Hyam; again, but he=s just a special horse and a fighter. He=s ,15,078. twice been at the point of having to be put down, but Margins: HF, 2HF, HF. Odds: 10-3, 4-5, 10-1. he=s fought hard and, despite all the problems, he=s Also Ran: Admiral=s Cruise, Blue Bajan (Ire), Diamond Quest always been honest and tried.@ Joe Janiak was de- (SAf), Akarem (GB). Scratched: Linas Selection (GB). lighted with the run of the gallant second. AIt was abso- lutely fantastic and he deserves a bit of a spell off now, as he=s had a hard campaign and done a lot of travel- ing,@ he said. AI don=t want to push him to the limit and I think we=ll just pack up and go home and concentrate on the local races. I=d give Japan and Hong Kong a miss and I love the conditions in England, so I hope we=ll be back next year if he=s up to it.@ Tuesday=s G2 King=s Stand S. heroine Miss Andretti (Ihtiram {Ire}), sent off the 2-1 favorite, was restrained behind the early pace and, when asked for her effort, failed to pick up and trailed in 15th. AI'm dazed and dumbfounded,@ jockey Craig Newitt told the Racing Post. AShe was struggling 600 metres out, which is not like her at all. It may be Courtesy of Attheraces.com that the two races came a bit close together, and also the soft ground might be to blame; soft here is totally G1 Golden Jubilee S. Soldier=s Tale (Stravinsky) different to the soft we get back home.@ Video, cour- thwarts an Aussie sweep. tesy of attheraces.com. Click for the Racing Post chart G2 Hardwicke S. Maraahel (Ire) (Alzao) hangs on to or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. the Hardwicke crown. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/24/07 • PAGE 3 of 9 Hardwicke S. cont. Saturday, Belmont Park Last year=s winner Maraahel returned to deny Scor- NEW YORK S.-GII, $190,000, BEL, 6-23, 3yo/up, f/m, pion in a pulsating finish, recording back-to-back renew- 1 1/4mT, 2:00, fm. als here. With six group successes already on his re- 1--@MAKDERAH (IRE), 116, f, 4, by Danehill sume, the only thing missing from the list is a Group 1, 1st Dam: Wijdan (SP-Eng), by Mr. Prospector which was painfully wrested from him by Notnowcato 2nd Dam: Height of Fashion (Fr), by Bustino (GB) in the final stride of York=s Juddmonte Interna- 3rd Dam: Highclere (GB), by Queen's Hussar tional S. last August. This term, the blinkered bay had O-Shadwell Stable; B-Shadwell Estate Company defied penalties when winning the G3 John Porter S. at Limited (IRE); T-Kiaran P McLaughlin; J-Alan Garcia; Newbury Apr. 21 and G3 Huxley S. at Chester May 10 $90,000. Lifetime Record: SW & GSP-Eng, 10-4-2-3, before finishing third to Scorpion in Epsom=s G1 Coro- $208,594. *1/2 to Oriental Fashion (Ire) (Marju {Ire}), nation Cup on his latest start June 1. It was the latter GSW-Ity, SW-Fr & SP-Eng. who carried the burden of a five-pound penalty yester- 2--Masseuse, 120, m, 5, Dynaformer--Pedicure, by day, and that proved decisive as Maraahel wrought his Mr. Prospector. ($35,000 yrl '03 KEESEP). revenge on the Ballydoyle favorite. Keen as usual out O-Patricia E, Ronald & Justin Nicholson & Henry wide early, the homebred stalked the moderate early Elser; B-Cherry Valley Farm LLC (KY); T-James J pace before being asked to close before the final turn.