MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here HEAVENS ABOVE! THE BERN SUPREMACY Lady Rothschild=s Great Heavens (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) George and Lori Hall=s Bern Identity (Bernstein) broke was supplemented for yesterday=s G1 Darley Irish Oaks his maiden super-impressively with a display of break- after showing how much she relished testing ground neck early speed downstate last month, but the bay when scoring with authority showed a new dimension in Saratoga=s GII Sanford S. in the G2 Lancashire Oaks at for 2-year-old males Sunday, rating off a torrid duel and Haydock July 7. Repaying besting pace presence that risk in spades with an Handsome Jack (Bring the Heat) impressive victory for the by 1 1/4 lengths. in-form John Gosden stable, Onetwentyeight (Discreet Cat) the homebred full-sister to was third. Second when unveiled Nathaniel (Ire) went a long in the Belmont slop May 9, Bern Great Heavens Racing Post/Norris way towards compensating Identity looked like a new horse for her stable companion=s gallant and narrow second in when romping by 13 3/4 lengths Saturday=s G1 King George S. as a result. Settled in on a dry track back at Big Sandy third throughout the early stages, the 5-4 pick was June 1. He earned a $100,000 tapped for acceleration at the top of the straight and bonus from the New York Racing The Halls and Bern Identity then needed racing room, but when it came, she picked Association for breaking his Horsephotos up in style under William Buick to cut down Shirocco maiden at the Belmont spring Star (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}) with 100 yards remaining meet and winning a graded stake at a NYRA track in and win by three lengths. AShe showed a lot of class 2012. AThe extra $100,000 bonus makes it all sweeter. and courage,@ Gosden said. AI think what she did in the So, thanks, NYRA!,@ beamed Monmouth-based Breen. last furlong says a lot about her ability.@ Cont. p3 AEven for his first start, without the bonus, I don=t know if I would have run him in New York to begin Sunday, Curragh, Ireland with. Maybe with the big money here, we=ll have to DARLEY IRISH OAKS-G1, i400,000, Curragh, 7-22, 3yo, f, 1 1/2mT, 2:42.92, sf. think about bringing some more horses here.@ Pilot 1--sGREAT HEAVENS (GB), 126, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire) Rosie Napravnik added, AWe weren=t quite as forwardly 1st Dam: Magnificient Style (GSW-Eng), by Silver Hawk placed as I thought we might be, but the pace was 2nd Dam: Mia Karina, by Icecapade extremely fast. He just hung in there down on the rail 3rd Dam: Basin, by Tom Rolfe and finished strongest coming for home.@ Cont. p5 O-Lady Rothschild; B-Kincorth Investments Inc; T-John Gosden; J-William Buick; i232,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, i318,920. *1/2 to Styleistick (Storm Cat), MSW & GSP-US, $234,788; Echoes in Eternity (Ire) (Spinning World), MGSW-Eng, $241,555; Petara Bay (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), GSP-Eng, $174,416; 3/4 to Playful Act (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), Co-Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eng, G1SW-Eng & G1SP-Ire, $485,838; Changing Skies (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), GSW & GISP-US, $438,993; Full to Nathaniel (Ire), Hwt. 3yo Colt-Eng at 9.5-11f & 11-14f, MG1SW-Eng, $1,929,883. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Shirocco Star (GB), 126, f, 3, Shirocco (Ger)-- Spectral Star (GB), by Unfuwain. (48,000gns RNA yrl >10 TATOCT). O-Helena Springfield Ltd; B-Meon Valley Stud; T-Hugh Morrison; i80,000. 3--Princess Highway, 126, f, 3, Street Cry (Ire)- - Irresistible Jewel (Ire), by Danehill. O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm; T-Dermot Weld; i40,000. Margins: 3, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 5-4, 7-1, 9-4. Also Ran: Was (Ire), Devotion (Ire), Colliding Worlds (Ire), Twirl (Ire). 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Sunday, Hoppegarten, Germany In hindsight, Great Heavens was a stone-cold 122ND GROSSER PREIS VON BERLIN-G1, i175,000, certainty receiving her 13-pound weight-for-age Hoppegarten, 7-22, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:31.50, gd. allowance from the older fillies and mares in the 1--MEANDRE (FR), 132, c, 4, by Slickly (Fr) Lancashire Oaks, having scored in an 11-furlong maiden 1st Dam: Penne (Fr) (MSP-Fr), by Sevres Rose (Ire) at Yarmouth May 10 and Newbury=s Listed Lord 2nd Dam: Une Pensee (Fr), by Kenmare (Fr) Weinstock Memorial S. over a mile and a quarter June 3rd Dam: Cleophis (Fr), by Crepello (GB) 14. At Haydock, the further the homebred went, the O/B-Rothschild Family; T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime stronger she looked as she put the proven Pattern-race Guyon; i100,000. Lifetime Record: 15 starts, 5 performers Shimmering Surf (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) wins, 5 places, i846,408. Werk Nick Rating: A++. and Set To Music (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) to the Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. sword and, with further improvement evident on the 2--Earl of Tinsdal (Ger), 132, c, 4, Black Sam Bellamy home gallops, connections were forced to pay the fee (Ire)--Earthly Paradise (Ger), by Dashing Blade (GB). and take their chance here in the Oaks. O-Sunrace Stables; B-Hannes K Gutschow; T-Andreas Taking an ideal early tow from Twirl (Ire) (Galileo Wohler; i40,000. 3--Baschar (GB), 132, h, 5, Starcraft (NZ)--Belle et {Ire}), who set the pace for Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Deluree, by The Minstrel. (20,000gns wnlg >07 Great Heavens was pushed along after the home turn TATDEC; 30,000gns yrl >08 TATOCT). O-Litex behind the Epsom Oaks winner, as Shirocco Star was Commerce Ad; B-Cheveley Park Stud; T-Miltcho unleashed on the font end by Johnny Murtagh. Given Mintchev; i20,000. one backhander approaching the quarter pole, her Margins: 1 1/4, HF, SHD. Odds: 0.80, 2.40, 11.60. stamina began to kick in, but she had to allow Princess Also Ran: Ovambo Queen (Ger), Sir Lando (GB), Highway (Street Silvaner (Ger). Click for the Racing Post chart or the Cry) past on her free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. outer. As Shirocco Meandre=s sophomore campaign was highlighted by Star veered right his win in the G1 Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp last towards the rail July and was completed with a sixth placing after a and hampered the troubled lead-up to the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe one-paced Was back at the premier Parisian track in October. Starting with a furlong off 2012 with a fourth as favorite for the G2 Jockey remaining, the Club S. at Newmarket May 5, the homebred returned to Gosden trainee Longchamp for the June 11 G3 La Coupe and stayed produced an on for second there. Back to his best with a irresistible surge comfortable win in the June 24 G1 Grand Prix de when in the clear Irish President Michael D Higgins presents Saint-Cloud, his form had been given the ultimate boost down the outside winning trophy to Lady Rothschild, with when the fourth Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) to swamp her Kildangan Stud Manager Joe Osborne and snatched Saturday=s G1 King George. Racing keenly in fellow British Nathaniel Rothschild looking on. midfield initially as Earl of Tinsdal set a stop-start gallop raider.