SAKHEE OUT OF CHAMPION S. HEADLINE p.2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2002 IT’S IN THE MAIL ORIENTATE SKIPS TO FOREGO WIN Mail the Desert (Ire) (Desert Prince {Ire}) battled to an “I think we dispelled the theory that if he’s hooked, all-the-way success in yesterday’s G1 Moyglare Stud S. he won’t run on,” trainer D. Wayne Lukas said after his at the Curragh. Having finished 1 1/4 lengths second to Orientate (Mt. Livermore) outbattled champion Squirtle Geminiani (Ire) in the G3 Prestige S. at Goodwood last Squirt (Marquetry) and kicked clear to win yesterday’s Sunday, owner John Livock and trainer Mick Channon GI Forego H. at Saratoga by 2 1/4 lengths. Despite decided to pitch her back into battle here in a weak- winning three straight springs, including the Aug. 11 looking renewal of this Group 1 contest. “Mail the GII A G Vanderbilt H., Orientate’s detractors pointed Desert is very game and kept pulling out plenty for out that the speedy colt had never been tested early. me,” commented winning rider Steve Drowne. “I was- That changed yesterday when he and Squirtle Squirt, n’t able to get a lead as the boss had suggested, be- making his first start since January, dueled through cause there was no one keen to make it, and I let my zippy fractions of :21.45 and :44.36. As his rival began filly stride on.” Breaking best from the gate under to tire, Orientate pulled clear and won in hand. “I think Drowne, Mail the Desert set a steady tempo throughout he’s clearly established himself as the best sprinter in the early stages as Richard Hughes tracked her closely the country,” Lukas added. “I think he went to the head in second on Pearl Dance (Nureyev). As Mail the Desert of the class today.” The trainer listed the Sept. 21 GI applied the pressure from the front, the leading duo Vosburgh or the GIII Phoenix Breeders’ Cup at looked to have stolen a march on the chasing pack, led Keeneland Oct. 5 as possible targets for Orientate, by Luminata (Ire) (Indian Ridge) and Seamus Heffernan. while leaving open the possiblity of training up to the As Drowne’s filly gave more to assert over Pearl Dance Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Of fourth-place finisher Squirtle inside the closing stages, it was Luminata who stayed Squirt, trainer Bobby Frankel said, “I think Squirtle Squirt will improve a lot off that race.” Frankel added on to grab second in the final strides without threaten- that both Squirtle Squirt and late-closing runner-up ing the winner. Mail the Desert was fourth in the Listed Aldebaran (Mr. Prospector) could start next in the Henry Carnarvon S. at Royal Ascot June 22 before Vosburgh. Click for the: brisnet.com chart brisnet.com filling the same spot behind Six Perfections (Fr) in the catalog-style pedigree. For the video race replay Listed Prix Roland De Chambure at Deauville July 11. choose: broadband or modem. Burdened with a three-pound penalty in both the Listed Star S. at Sandown July 25 and Listed Sweet Solera S. FOREGO H.-GI, $250,000, SAR, 9-1, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, at Newmarket Aug. 10, she ran respectably when third 1:15 3/5, ft. in the former before disappointing on soft ground when 1--sORIENTATE, 122, c, 4, by Mt. Livermore seventh behind the smart Soviet Song (GB) in the latter. 1st Dam: Dream Team (GISW, $317,410), by Cox's Ridge Click for the: racingpost.com chart brisnet.com 2nd Dam: Likely Double, by Nodouble catalog-style pedigree. 3rd Dam: Likely Lark, by T. V. Lark ($250,000 yrl '99 KEESEP). O-R & B Lewis; B-Gainesway Tbreds Ltd (KY); T-D Lukas; J-J Bailey; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 18-9-3-0, $1,124,150. Harlan’s Holiday returns *1/2 to Olympic Cat (Storm Cat), GSP, $110,105. to racing in today’s GIII 2--Aldebaran, 115, c, 4, Mr. Prospector--Chimes of Pennsylvania Derby. Freedom, by Private Account. O-Flaxman Stable; B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd (KY); $50,000. See all the Labor Day stakes 3--Multiple Choice, 114, c, 4, Mt. Livermore--Lady of previews on page 4 Choice, by Storm Bird. O/B-P Blum (KY); $27,500. Margins: 2 1/4, 3 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.80, 1.95, 48.50. Harlan’s Holiday winning the Also Ran: Squirtle Squirt, Silky Sweep, Explicit, Hook Florida Derby Equiphoto and Ladder, Saint Verre. CARSON CITY Mr. Prospector S Blushing Promise, by Blushing Groom (859) 273-1514 P Fax (859) 273-0034 Sire of 8 stakes winners and earners www.overbrookfarm.com of over $3.6 milion in 2002. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/2/02 • PAGE 2 of 4 Sunday, Baden Baden, Germany P N E W S T O D A Y P 130TH GROSSER PREIS VON BADEN-G1, i870,000, Baden Baden, 9-1, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:34.93, gd. SAKHEE RULED OUT OF CHAMPION 1--MARIENBARD (IRE), 132, h, 5, by Caerleon Sakhee (Bahri) will be replaced by stable companion 1st Dam: Marienbad (Fr), by Darshaan (GB) Grandera (Ire) (Grand Lodge) as Godolphin’s representa- 2nd Dam: Marie de Fontenoy (Fr), by Lightning (Fr) tive in Saturday’s G1 Ireland the Food Island Irish 3rd Dam: Primula (Fr), by Petingo (GB) Champion S. at Leopardstown. Last year’s International O-Godolphin; B-Saif Ali; T-S Bin Suroor; J-F Dettori; Classifications highweight was not among Godolphin’s i510,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW-Eng, G1SP-Ire & provisional plan for the 10-furlong contest, which may GSP-Fr, 13 starts, 6 wins, 6 places, i1,178,515. feature one of Aidan O’Brien’s trio of Hawk Wing 2--Salve Regina (Ger), 117, f, 3, Monsun (Ger)-- (Woodman), High Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Sacarina (GB), by Old Vic (GB). (DM280,000 yrl ‘00 Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill). Grandera, who took BBASEP). O-Gestut Hony-Hof; B-Gestut Karlshof; the G1 Prince Of Wales’ S. at Royal Ascot June 19 i160,000. before finishing a disappointing fifth in the G1 King 3--Noroit (Ger), 132, c, 4, Monsun (Ger)--Noble George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. at Ascot Princesse (Ger), by Windwurf (Ger). O-Gestut Park July 27, is likely to be the sole Godolphin runner in the Wiedingen; B-Gestut Zoppenbroich; i80,000. race taken last year’s by the stable’s Fantastic Light. Margins: 2HF, 1 1/4, 3HF. Odds: 2.80, 3.00, 16.80. Also ran: Califet (Fr), Samum (Ger), Boreal (Ger), Tareno (Ger), Auenteufel (Ger). P R E S U L T S P Marienbard proved a class apart from his rivals to take his second Group 1 prize in Germany and book his Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland place in the line-up for the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe MOYGLARE STUD S.-G1, i285,600, The Curragh, 9-1, at Longchamp Oct. 6. Having tracked the moderate 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:25.50, gd. pace in a close-up fourth throughout, Frankie Dettori 1--#@sMAIL THE DESERT (IRE), 121, f, 2, by Desert unleashed his mount’s potent turn of acceleration in the Prince (Ire) straight and the result was settled in a few strides. “We 1st dam: Mail Boat (GB), by Formidable. really fancied him very strongly because he is really 2nd dam: Boathouse (GB), by Habitat peaking at the moment,” Simon Crisford, racing man- 3rd dam: Ripeck (GB), by *Ribot ager to Godolphin explained. “Sheikh Mohammed was (Ir£54,000 yrl ‘01 GOFORB). O-John Livock; B-Sean just talking about the Arc, and I think now he deserves Coughlan; T-Mick Channon; J-Steve Drowne; to go for it, as he’s at the top of his game--he’s really i159,600. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 7-2-1-1, coming into his own.” Marienbard, winner of the G2 i189,276. *Second group stakes winner and first Yorkshire Cup at York last May, ended his 2001 cam- Group 1 stakes winner for freshman sire (by Green paign down under with a seventh in the G1 Melbourne Desert). Cup in November. He showed his best this year on a 2--Luminata (Ire), 123, f, 2, Indian Ridge (Ire)-- fast surface with a 1 1/2-length victory in the G1 WGZ Smaoineamh (Ire), by Tap On Wood (Ire). O/B-D H W Bank-Deutschland-Preis at Dusseldorf July 28 last time Dobson; i60,000. out. Here he was settled in fourth by Dettori off a pe- 3--Pearl Dance, 123, f, 2, Nureyev--Ocean Jewel, by destrian pace. “The only thing that worried us was the Alleged. ($290,000 yrl ‘01 KEESEP). O-George pace, and unfortunately it was a crawl and a sprint,” Strawbridge; B-Nancy M Cole, Dixiana Farm & Harold Dettori explained. The Italian jockey set Marienbard Harrison; i30,000. alight at the quarter-mile marker. “Once he hit top gear Margins: HD, NK, HF. Odds: 8-1, 6-1, 11-4. and stretched away it was all over--he gave me a good Also ran: Danaskaya (Ire), Anna Frid (Ger), Cat Belling (Ire), feel,” Dettori added. Trainer Saeed bin Suroor said, Plume Rouge (GB), Alexander Anapolis (Ire), Szabo (Ire). “Sheikh Mohammed told me to run him in the Arc, and this is the next race for him. He looks a different horse this year; stronger and happier.