Biomechanics & Cardio Scores HEADLINE for Yearlings, 2YOs, Racehorses, Mares & Stallions NEWS BreezeFigs™ at the Two-Year-Old Sales For information about TDN, DATATRACK call 732-747-8060. www.biodatatrack.com www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009 Bob Fierro • Jay Kilgore • Frank Mitchell TDN Feature Presentation STAR STRUCK His odds of 4-7 suggested Sea the Stars (Ire) (Cape GRADE 1 PRIORESS STAKES Cross {Ire}) would have little difficulty adding yester- day's G1 Coral-Eclipse to his tally of G1 2000 Guineas and G1 Epsom Derby, but Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) made him fight for his legacy all the way up the Sandown hill. Always traveling with his now-customary elan behind the trio of pacemakers, Christopher Tsui's LEADING 3RD-CROP SIRE BY 2009 STAKES WINNERS homebred was committed by Mick Kinane with a quar- MINESHAFT ter mile remaining as the speed collapsed. Chased all Congratulations to owner Robert LaPenta on Coal Play’s the way to the line by Ballydoyle's raider, he pulled three-length win in the Grade 3 Salvator Mile S. away after being briefly joined at the furlong pole to score by a length. In doing so, the handsome bay emu- VIRGINIA IS FOR...GI ONE-TWO FINISHERS lated Nashwan, who followed up his Newmarket and The Edward P. Evans duo of Virginia homebreds Cat Epsom Classic successes with victory here in 1989. Moves (Tale of the Cat) and Light "His versatility and unique pace make him exceptional Green (Pleasantly Perfect) keyed a and he has the temperament to go with it," Kinane said one-two finish in yesterday=s after registering his fourth Eclipse on a horse he has GI Prioress S. at Belmont. The for- been closely involved with from an early point. "The mer, unbeaten in her first two world is your oyster with this horse, and he can only be starts, raced in midpack after lung- better as he matures." ing at the break. Meanwhile, Light Green pressed Heart Ashley (Lion Cont. p2 Heart) through crisp early fractions Adam Coglianese of :21.56 and :44.01. With Ramon Dominguez aboard, Cat Moves began to pick off horses Presious Passion Defends U.N. Title......p4 on the outside on the turn for home and came with a sustained stretch run to reel in her stablemate. Cont. p4 Kensei Sharp in Dwyer Score..................p5 Mike Smith to Ride Mine That Bird.....p13 Saturday, Belmont Park PRIORESS S.-GI, $300,000, BEL, 7-4, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:08 3/5, ft. 1--#@sCAT MOVES, 116, f, 3, by Tale of the Cat 1st Dam: Dance Move, by Capote 2nd Dam: Dance Teacher, by Smarten 3rd Dam: Intentional Move, by Tentam O/B-Edward P Evans (VA); T-Anthony W Dutrow; J-Ramon A Dominguez; $180,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $229,200. *1/2 to Forty Moves (Gold Fever), GSP, $198,540; and Dance Hall Days (Seeking Daylight), SW, $105,040. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Light Green, 116, f, 3, Pleasantly Perfect--Green Light, by Sheikh Albadou (GB). O/B-Edward P Evans (VA); T-Todd A Pletcher; $60,000. 3--Reforestation, 116, f, 3, Forestry--Wacky Becky, by Gone West. ($120,000 RNA yrl '07 KEESEP; $42,000 RNA 2yo >08 OBSMAR). O-Thor-Bred Stable LLC; B-FastTrack Farms LLC (KY); T-William H Turner Jr; $30,000. Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 1.10, 1.10, 48.00. Also Ran: Selva, Luster, Heart Ashley, On the Menu, Be Fair, Gabby's Golden Gal. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/5/09 • PAGE 2 of 15 Saturday, Sandown, Britain CORAL-ECLIPSE-G1, ,500,000, Sandown Park, 7-4, 3yo/up, 10f 7ydsT, 2:03.40, gd. 1--SEA THE STARS (IRE), 122, c, 3, by Cape Cross (Ire) 1st Dam: Urban Sea (Hwt. Older Mare-Fr at 11-14f, G1SW-Fr, GSP-Ger & GB, $1,713,548), by Miswaki 2nd Dam: Allegretta (GB), by Lombard (Ger) 3rd Dam: Anatevka (Ger), by Espresso (GB) O-Christopher Tsui; B-Sunderland Holdings Ltd; T-John Oxx; J-Michael Kinane; ,283,850. *1/2 to Urban Ocean (Fr) (Bering {GB}), Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 9.5-11f, GSW-Ire; Melikah (Ire) (Lammtarra), SW & G1SP-GB, G1SP-Ire, $127,600; Galileo (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Hwt. 3yo Colt-Ire at 9.5-11 & 11-14f, Hwt. 3yo Colt-GB at 11-14f, MG1SW-GB & G1SW-Ire, $2,250,614; Black Sam Bellamy (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Hwt. 3yo-Ity at 11-14f, G1SW-Ire & Ity, G1SP-GB, Fr & Ger, $719,717; All Too Beautiful (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), GSW & G1SP-GB, SW & GSP-Ire, $298,797; and My Typhoon (Ire) (Giant's Causeway), GISW, $1,308,361; and 3/4 to Cherry Hinton (GB) (Green Desert), GSP-Ire. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 6-5-0-0, ,1,305,087. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Rip Van Winkle (Ire), 122, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Looking Back (Ire), by Stravinsky. (i170,000 yrl >07 ITYSEP). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Roberto Brogi; T-Aidan O'Brien; ,107,600. 3--Conduit (Ire), 133, c, 4, Dalakhani (Ire)--Well Head (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. O/B-Ballymacoll Stud; T-Sir Michael Stoute; ,53,850. Margins: 1, 4HF, 5. Odds: 4-7, 11-2, 9-2. Also Ran: Cima de Triomphe (Ire), Steele Tango, Juke- box Jury (Ire), Twice Over (GB), Malibu Bay, Lang Shin- ing (Ire), Set Sail (Ire). The Curragh's G2 Juddmonte Beresford S. is an unlikely place to find a Guineas winner, and Sea the Stars was far from flashy when successfully capping a brief two-year-old campaign with a professional perfor- mance in that mile contest in September. His next sighting at Newmarket May 2 proved John Oxx's in- cumbent was no follower of trends, and his easy defeat of Delegator (GB) (Dansili {GB}) was marked as much by his fluency through the early and middle portions of the race as his strong finish. Approaching Epsom with an element of trepidation after that display of speed, connections reaped the reward of setting him down the Derby trail as he thrived with equal measure in the mile-and-a-half test. While his class was firmly estab- lished on the first Saturday in June, stamina questions remained due to the lack of fast fractions in the Blue Riband. Sunday's furiously run Irish equivalent--won by the Epsom runner-up Fame and Glory (GB) (Montjeu {Ire})--would have answered more questions in that regard, but the star attraction was re-routed after heavy rain proved The Curragh's loss and Sandown's gain. Cont. p3 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/5/09 • PAGE 3 of 15 Coral-Eclipse cont. No Excuses... Blessed with a quicker surface and back at a trip that Aidan O'Brien was not offering Rip Van Winkle's late his pedigree suggests would be more in his comfort hock injury scare as a reason for his defeat, and was zone, Sea the Stars broke with the lightness and eager- happy to take a positive view of the runner-up's effort. ness of a sprinter, and even the strong pace laid on by "Jimmy [Fortune] said when he came to challenge, he the Stoute and O'Brien rabbits failed to diminish his was still very green and a bit babyish as he's only really keenness. He was tracked by the smooth-traveling Rip had a couple of serious races," the Ballydoyle condi- Van Winkle and Jimmy Fortune throughout, and the tioner told PA Sport. "He's had lots of problems and he pair soon had it between them after the favorite was had a hock the other day, which meant we were not left in front two out. Stretching away from Conduit (Ire) sure he would even get here, so we are really happy (Dalakhani {Ire}) up the rising ground, Sea the Stars with his performance." Ballymacoll Stud's Conduit was always holding the initiative and had the most to briefly threatened to take a role in the finish when give where it mattered. "He is so quick out of the stalls brought wide from rear passing the quarter pole, but and even though they were flying, they weren't going stayed on to take a clear third. "We didn't plan to be quick enough for me," Kinane commented. "I got in that far back, but there was a lot of scrimmaging and it front too soon and he only just does enough when he's got a bit messy," jockey Ryan Moore said. "I thought there, but this is a not a place where you should be two out I was going to get involved and that Sea the stopping and, when the second horse came, he just Stars was a nice target to run at, but he wasn't doing a picked up again. You are always in control of a race lot, and when Mick [Kinane] asked him he has gone with him and that's a great feeling. My only concern away again and found plenty. Conduit had a little hold- beforehand was dropping him back after bringing him up in the spring and I think there is a good deal more to to a peak for last weekend, but when I rode him on come, so hopefully he'll get back to the level he was at Tuesday morning it was as if nothing had happened.