FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019 TELECASTER TOO HOT EBF, MATCHBOOK LAUNCH FUTURE STAYERS= SERIES By Emma Berry IN THE DANTE YORK, UK--British racing's commitment to the promotion of stayers was again emphasised at York Racecourse on Thursday with the launch of the Matchbook EBF Future Stayers' Series with a valuable ,100,000 bonus available for graduates of the programme of 2-year-old races. Having identified a lack of opportunities in the racing programme for staying-bred juveniles, in 2015 the British European Breeders' Fund (BEBF) and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) created a series of races aimed at the offspring of sires and dams who had won over 10 furlongs or more. The introduction of four sire- and dam-restricted races that year has now grown into 16 2-year-old contests to be run over at least seven furlongs during the second half of the season. The BEBF has engaged in a first commercial partnership with betting exchange Matchbook to inject ,128,000 into a series worth a total of ,283,000. cont.p6 Telecaster turns back Too Darn Hot in the Dante | racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Tom Frary WOUNDS HEALING AT SANTA ANITA As is generally the case where York=s G2 Al Basti Equiworld Bill Finley checks in on things at Santa Anita following a Dubai Dante S. is concerned, there was some serious Derby tumultuous time spurred by a rash of breakdowns at the reckoning on Thursday as Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) California track.Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. surrendered his unbeaten record to Telecaster (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and any thoughts of a tilt at the blue riband in the process. While John Gosden was talking of Royal Ascot and the G1 St James=s Palace S. in the aftermath for the Lloyd-Webbers= juvenile champion, Hughie Morrison was trying his best to be sensible as he pondered a supplementary entry for the June 1 Classic for the Meon Valley Stud homebred winner. Telegraphing his raw ability with a nine-length success in a 10-furlong Windsor maiden on Apr. 15, Telecaster--who races for the Castle Down Racing syndicate--tracked Too Darn Hot=s stablemate Turgenev (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) way ahead of the remainder from the outset under Oisin Murphy. Earning the lead passing the two-furlong pole, he was threatened by the even-money favourite inside the last furlong but stayed on best to prevail by a length, with four lengths back to Surfman (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in a renewal every bit as strong as looked likely beforehand. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 17 MAY 2019 Dante S. cont. from p1 Taken out of the Derby in March, Telecaster would need to be added back in AKris Kin@ style and therefore Morrison was not jumping in to an instant commitment. AHe=s obviously a very good horse, but the Derby is only 16 days away and so we=ll have to see how he is,@ he said of the 7-1 shot, who if allowed to run in the blue riband will join the stud=s Oaks-bound Anapurna (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the trip to Epsom. AWe always thought that he had an incredible cruising speed and it was his strength that kept him going. I thought he=d gone too quick and wouldn=t get home--he had to beat Turgenev first and was being stalked by the favourite--but it looked as if we outstayed him.@ Gosden was categoric about Too Darn Hot=s next destination, leaving the Derby almost a Hughie Morrison vs Ballydoyle affair. AThey set an even pace and Frankie was settling him, but he was strong and pulling being fresh on his first run of the year,@ he said. AHe had those two weeks walking and the lack of a race beforehand, but stamina told in the end. We came for a trial and an answer and that is very clearly that we=ll freshen him up and go for the [June 18] St James=s Palace at Royal Ascot.@ Pedigree Notes Telecaster, who was second on debut to the subsequent G3 Sandown Classic Trial winner Bangkok (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in a Doncaster maiden also at this trip, is the second foal out the stable=s G1 Epsom and Irish Oaks runner-up Shirocco Star (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}), who was also third in the G1 Pretty Polly S. and runner-up in the G2 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares S. and G2 Prix de Royallieu. Buyers had an opportunity to snap him up at the 2017 Tattersalls October Book 1 Sale, but none were willing to stretch beyond 180,000gns so the famous Hampshire establishment took him back into their fold. Ironically, Shirocco Star=s first foal is the 4-year-old gelding Starcaster (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who won easily for the Jedd O=Keefe yard in the meeting=s closing 12-furlong handicap on Wednesday and it is safe to say that staying ability where the Derby trip is concerned is a cast- iron certainty. Stamina was the stumbling block for Oisin Murphy when Roaring Lion (Kitten=s Joy) faded to be third at Epsom last year, but he was on a different type of animal here and was keen to exploit it. AI was able to use the pacemaker to my advantage and being by a Derby winner out of an Oaks second if he was in his comfort zone he was going to stay,@ he said after dominating the likes of a GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf winner in Line of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a G2 Beresford S. winner in Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and a >TDN Rising Star= in Turgenev. AAfter I rode him at Windsor I thought he was very special.@ Jockey reaction was also key for the placed horses. AToo much pace,@ Frankie quipped of the beaten favourite. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 17 MAY 2019 Dante S. cont. AIt was too far for him, bless him. He pulled very hard for the first four furlongs, I got him to relax and he made up some ground but the last furlong was a long way. Back to a mile.@ Andrea Atzeni said of Surfman, AHe ran a good race, travelled well and stayed on well.@ Shirocco Star, whose 2-year-old colt by Dubawi (Ire) was Vice President, International Operations Gary King bought for 1.1-million gns by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock at last Twitter: @garykingTDN year=s Tattersalls October Sale, is out of a half-sister to the G3 [email protected] Tetrarch S. winner and G1 Irish 2000 Guineas runner-up France + 1.732.320.0975 (GB) (Desert Prince {Ire}) and the listed scorer Hippy Hippy Shake (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Her upwardly-mobile International Editor daughter Twist >n= Shake (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was an impressive Kelsey Riley recent maiden winner herself and runs in the stud=s Helena Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Springfield silks in Friday=s Listed Michael Seeley Memorial [email protected] Fillies= S. over a mile here. They descend from one of the European Editor operation=s foundation mares Reprocolor (GB) (Jimmy Reppin Emma Berry {GB}), who has had a runner in the Derby in Alessandro Volta Twitter: @collingsberry (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), Ballydoyle=s G3 Lingfield Derby Trial winner [email protected] who was sixth behind Telecaster=s sire in 2008. Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Thursday, York, Britain Marketing Manager AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI DANTE S.-G2, ,165,000, York, Alayna Cullen 5-16, 3yo, 10f 56yT, 2:10.24, g/f. Twitter: @AlaynaCullen 1--TELECASTER (GB), 126, c, 3, by New Approach (Ire) [email protected] 1st Dam: Shirocco Star (GB) (MG1SP-Ire, G1SP-Eng & GSP-Fr, $485,970), by Shirocco (Ger) Contributing Editor 2nd Dam: Spectral Star (GB), by Unfuwain Alan Carasso 3rd Dam: Hyperspectra (GB), by Rainbow Quest Twitter: @EquinealTDN 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (180,000gns RNA Ylg Cafe Racing >17 TATOCT). O-Castle Down Racing; B-Meon Valley Stud (GB); Sean Cronin T-Hugh Morrison; J-Oisin Murphy. ,93,572. Lifetime Record: Tom Frary 3-2-1-0, $126,573. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click [email protected] for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Too Darn Hot (GB), 126, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)--Dar Re Mi (GB), by Irish Correspondent Singspiel (Ire). >TDN Rising Star= O-Lord Lloyd-Webber; Daithi Harvey B-Watership Down stud (GB); T-John Gosden. ,35,475. 3--Surfman (GB), 126, c, 3, Kingman (GB)--Shimmering Surf (Ire), Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (140,000gns RNA Ylg >17 TATOCT). Kevin Blake O/B-Peter Winkworth (GB); T-Roger Varian. ,17,754. Margins: 1, 4, 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 1.00, 5.00. Also Ran: Japan (GB), Turgenev (GB), Nayef Road (Ire), Line of Duty (Ire), Almania (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. DARK ANGEL DID IT THE HARD WAY John Berry looks at the rise of Harry Angel’s sire, Dark Angel. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 17 MAY 2019 JOB DARN She=s game and very genuine and in good form, but that would not be her speciality today.@ John Gosden and Frankie Dettori just failed to provide the Lloyd-Webbers with a memorable double at York on Thursday, but the Dante runner-up Too Darn Hot=s full-sister Lah Ti Dar Pedigree Notes (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) upheld her part of the bargain in the G2 Al If successful in the Epsom contest, Lah Ti Dar would be Basti Equiworld Middleton S.