MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here COME RAIN, COME SHINE ARQANA SAVES THE BEST TO LAST Despite coping admirably with all types of race By Emma Berry and Claude Beniada conditions this term, J “TDN Rising Star” J They say save the best to last, but in the case of Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) faced the deepest yesterday=s second session of Arqana=s August Sale it ground yet in Deauville=s G1 Prix du Haras de was almost last as, five lots from the end of play, an Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois, a Breeders= Cup Invincible Spirit (Ire) half-brother to G1 Irish Oaks >Win and You=re In= qualifier for the GI Breeders= Cup winner Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) (lot 178) (video) Mile, but made light of broke the million-euro barrier when selling to Mayfair another tricky test to Speculators for i1.1 million. put himself head and Again, the show was stolen by Ecurie des Monceaux shoulders above the as the colt became the third offspring of Prudenzia (Ire) rest of Europe's milers. (Dansili {GB}) to sell for After the green light a seven-figure sum in was given for Khalid Deauville in as many Abdullah=s homebred years, with her two to take part despite previous fillies by another deluge at an Galileo (Ire) having made Kingman already soggy i1.1 million and i1 Scoop Dyga Deauville, the 2-5 shot million, respectively. did exactly what he had done in the G1 Irish 2000 Mayfair Speculators= Guineas, G1 St James=s Palace S. and G1 Sussex S. as representative Derek he swept from last to first to dispel his rivals and win Brugman, who was The session-topping lot 178 sitting with agent Peter with a degree of comfort. Taking command ecurie-monceaux.com approaching the furlong pole, he surged through the Doyle, said, AIn my quagmire to score by 2 1/2 lengths from Anodin (Ire) opinion he was the best colt in the sale. Just a lovely (Anabaa) and continue a golden run for trainer John horse--probably still a little bit immature but we have Gosden. APrince Khalid made the decision to run, so time, and after buying so many fillies we needed to buy that took the pressure off me and he showed again a colt as we might need a stallion later on, and what a great horse he is,@ Gosden said. AHe was not in hopefully that=s what he=ll be when he retires. Like the love with the ground, but handled it well enough and others he will stay in France to be trained. We want to James [Doyle] is a cool rider and did the job well.@ expand in Europe and France is a good place with the Cont. p3 premiums and the program.@ Cont. p10 MAIN SEQUENCE GETS IT DONE IN DANCER Flaxman Holdings= Main Sequence (Aldebaran) got off to a slow start, but came running late to nab pacesetting Imagining (Giant=s Causeway) on the wire in Sunday=s GI Sword Dancer Invitational S. at Saratoga. The 5-year-old gelding is now two-for- two in the U.S. after opening his stateside campaign with Graham Main Sequence Motion with a narrow Horsephotos victory over Sword Dancer third Twilight Eclipse (Purim) in the July 6 GI United Nations H. at Monmouth Park. "[Watching the stretch run I was] just hoping he gets there," Motion said. "I didn't think he got there, actually. I really didn't think he got there, so when I saw the rerun, I was thought it was unbelievable.@ Cont. p6 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Zarshana wins Prix Minerve Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] The Aga Khan’s homebred Zarshana (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) shone brightest at Deauville Sunday with her first group tally in G3 Prix Minerve. 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Iselin INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Balance of Power Director of IT: Robert Williams Equi-Photo [email protected] Database Admin./Programming Specialist: Gregg Casillo Page 8 [email protected] Holiday Gets His Classic WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley Ami’s Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday), on the board in the [email protected] Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales S., comes out on top Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin in the Breeders’ S. Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary [email protected] Ami’s Holiday Michael Burns 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) Page 9 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/18/14 • PAGE 3 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com This latest proposition was complicated by the Prix Jacques le Marois presence of Toronado=s stable companion Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), who had everything in his favor especially after another deluge had hit an already soggy Deauville. While there was an element of risk in Come Rain, Come Shine (cont. from p1) chancing him on such desperate ground, the handsome While meaningful comparison with Juddmonte=s sophomore=s owner-breeder is a great believer that recent giant Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is still a way off, great horses go on any surface, and the die was cast. Kingman has already accomplished enough in a short Hammered into odds-on by a crowd undeterred by the space of time to stand up alongside the recent miling adverse conditions, the bay was anchored last of the champions such as Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). Like that five runners early as James Doyle ignored the track former Ballydoyle celebrity, he has swallowed Group 1 bias, which has heavily favored prominently placed after Group 1 since what can only now be seen as an runners this week. Sauntering alongside Olympic Glory unlucky eclipse in Newmarket=s G1 2000 Guineas as that rival=s jockey Frankie Dettori stopped looking May 3. On that occasion, James Doyle used up his behind and started rowing along, Kingman was ahead electric burst too early and allowed Night of Thunder with just over 200 meters to race and dashed away in (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) to swoop, but with that experience another exhibition of class and versatility. under his belt the newly retained rider played it cool AHe has proven he can win on any ground now and and got his just reward in the Curragh equivalent three has a lovely temperament,@ John Gosden commented. James said they were going too slow for him early on weeks later. Again delivered late the G1 St James s A = and he almost fell asleep, and when he returned to the Palace S. at Royal Ascot June 17, Kingman readily winner=s enclosure he went back to sleep immediately. turned the tables on his Newmarket conqueror before He has had two close races now and so will head letting Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) feel his fire straight to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. [at Ascot Oct. as he went up a notch against his elders in the 18]. A decision as to whether he remains in training at G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood July 30. four will be made later on.@ Regardless of when he heads to the breeding shed, Kingman will be a valuable addition to the Juddmonte roster, being from the immediate family of successful sires Oasis Dream (GB) and Beat Hollow (GB). Anodin=s trainer Freddy Head has a stateside aim in mind for Goldikova=s brother. AAnodin has run a good race and was just beaten by a better horse on the day,@ he said. AWe will see, but it has always been the plan to run in the GI Breeders= Cup Mile.@ Cont. p4 We won and we’re in! Kingman=s connections earn: *Automatic berth into the BC Mile *$20,000 in pre-entry fees *$20,000 in entry fees *$10,000 or $40,000 travel award for ALL Championship starters (based outside CA) Kingman returns to winner’s circle. Racing Post photo Click here for the complete W&YI race schedule. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/18/14 • PAGE 4 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FRENCH GROUP RESULTS, SPONSORED BY THE FRBC Sunday, Deauville, France PRIX DU HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD - JACQUES LE MAROIS-G1, i600,000, DEA, 8-17, 3yo/up, c/f, 8fT, 1:41.90, vsf. 1--KINGMAN (GB), 125, c, 3, by Invincible Spirit (Ire) 1st Dam: Zenda (GB) (G1SW-Fr, GISP-US, G1SP-Eng, $406,560), by Zamindar 2nd Dam: Hope (Ire), by Dancing Brave 3rd Dam: Bahamian (Ire), by Mill Reef O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden; J-James Doyle; i342,840. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng & G1SW-Ire, 8-7-1-0, i1,165,403.
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