FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here IGUGU UPSET AT MEYDAN CAVIAR INTO AUSTRALIAN HALL OF FAME All eyes were on South African Horse of the Year Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}), the world=s Igugu (Aus) (Galileo {Ire}) in yesterday=s G2 Balanchine highest-ever rated sprinter and dual Horse of the Year in at Meydan, but it was Sajjhaa her native country, has been inducted into the (GB) (King=s Best) who got the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. money with a one-length tally The undefeated 6-year-old, who last weekend won over Prussian (GB) (Dubai her 23rd race with a track record-setting performance Destination). One of Godolphin=s in the G1 Black Caviar Lightning S. at Flemington European stalwarts among the (video), becomes just the distaff brigade in recent years, second horse to be Sajjhaa had a sole Pattern-race inducted to the Hall of success to her name before the Fame while still in Sajjhaa start of 2013 in the G3 Premio training. The other was DRC/Andrew Watkins Sergio Cumani at the San Siro as dual G1 Cox Plate heroine a sophomore. The runner-up in Sunline (NZ) (Desert Sun the last two renewals of the G2 Middleton S. had {GB}), who received the swooped to conquer in the G2 Cape Verdi over a mile honor in 2002. here on her 6-year-old bow last time Jan. 24, and Three-times sprint Black Caviar Inglis photo stepped up off that building block here. Taking a champion Down Under, perfect tow in a share of third early as Igugu over-raced Black Caviar has won 13 Group 1 races. Last year, she on the front end, the bay traveled smoothly into garnered international attention when traveling to contention on the final turn, and when sent to the lead England to compete in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at with a quarter mile remaining, kicked decisively before Royal Ascot, which she won by a head (video). holding off the charge of Prussian. Racing Manager The horses joining Black Caviar in the Hall of Fame Simon Crisford commented, AShe=s really thrived since yesterday were Melbourne Cup winner Delta; Star she got to Dubai and that was a good performance. Kingdom, sire of the first five G1 Golden Slipper We=ll take her back to Europe; her main targets will be winners; and jumper Crisp. Human inductees are in North America in the second half of the season.@ jockeys Hughie Cairns, and Geoff Lane; trainer Bruce Cont. p3 McLachlan, and associates Albert O=Cass, a Sydney farrier; David Coles, a South Australian bloodstock Thursday, Meydan, Dubai agent and administrator, and Sir George Julis, inventor BALANCHINE SPONSORED BY AL NABOODAH of the totalisator. CONSTRUCTION GROUP-G2, $200,000, Meydan, 2-21, NH4yo/up/SH3yo/up, f/m, 1800mT, 1:48.58, gd. 1--SAJJHAA (GB), 129, m, 6, by King=s Best 1st Dam: Anaamil (Ire), by Darshaan (GB) 2nd Dam: Noushkey (GB), by Polish Precedent 3rd Dam: Top of the League (Ire), by High Top (Ire) O-Godolphin; B-Darley; T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Silvestre de Sousa; $120,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ity, MSW & MGSP-Eng, 15-6-4-0, $485,292. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus.* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Prussian (GB), 126, f, 4, Dubai Destination--Russian Snows (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Darley; T-Mahmood Al Zarooni; $40,000. 3--Igugu (Aus), 126, m, 5, Galileo (Ire)--Zarinia (Ire), by Intikhab. O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum; B-Kia Ora Stud; T-Mike de Kock; $20,000. Margins: 1, 3 1/4, 7. Also Ran: Lily=s Angel (Ire), Spellwork, Dark Orchid, Colliding Worlds (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. THE MIGHTY CURLIN.CURLIN. 2X Horse of the Year A Leading Freshman Sire Now #4 Leading 2nd-Crop Sire of Winners Winners this year include Hopelands (MSW by 4 1/2 lengths at Sam Houston),FlashForward (ALW at Gulfstream), Blue Violet (MSW by 9 1/4 lengths at Fair Grounds), Curly Top (MSW at Santa Anita), Countess Curlin (ALW by 4 1/2 lengths at Sam Houston) & Jias Curls (maiden at Santa Anita). 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Mike de Kock was not too disappointed with the Rebounding from a latest seventh in the G2 Al eclipse of Igugu, who was making her first start since Maktoum Challenge Round 2 on the Tapeta Feb. 7, capturing the G1 J & B Met at Kenilworth in January of Mushreq stamped his authority on this important 2012. AShe got involved in fairly quick fractions early Carnival staging post to register an impressive first on and got tired,@ de Kock said. AIt was going to be Pattern-race success. Just shy of the very best in his tough to keep up that gallop the whole way and she native South Africa, the ran a bit free and pulled hard. She=ll be back and I still bay was runner-up in the believe in her. Nobody died.@ G1 Golden Horseshoe as a juvenile and fifth in the G1 Cape Derby at Kenilworth last January. Thursday, Meydan, Dubai On his third start at AL FAHIDI FORT SPONSORED BY SAEED & Meydan, he had MOHAMMED AL NABOODAH GROUP-G2, $250,000, registered a win in a Meydan, 2-21, NH4yo/up/SH3yo/up, 1600mT, 10-furlong handicap on Mushreq 1:36.60, gd. the turf Jan. 31 before DRC/Andrew Watkins 1--#@MUSHREQ (AUS), 126, g, 4, by Flying Spur (Aus) his flop on the artificial 1st Dam: Alharir (Aus) (SP-Aus), by Jeune (GB) surface in the Maktoum Challenge. Breaking well on 2nd Dam: Asawir (Aus), by Last Tycoon (Ire) this occasion, he was restrained to race in mid-division 3rd Dam: Easy Date (Aus), by Grand Chaudiere by a confident Paul Hanagan early. Unleashed in mid- O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; stretch, he took total command with a furlong to race B-Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd; T-Mike de Kock; en route to a convincing defeat of his stable=s stalwart J-Paul Hanagan; $150,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP- Master of Hounds. AHe absolutely loves dropping in like SAf, 15-4-1-1, $283,240. *1/2 to Jazza Bell (Aus) that and passing them,@ Hanagan commented. AHe=s (Zabeel {NZ}), SW-Mac. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click improved with every run and they went a nice gallop. for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. @ Mike de Kock added, He s been a real revelation in the 2--Master of Hounds, 129, h, 5, Kingmambo--Silk and A = Carnival, and the harder we ve been on him, the better Scarlet (GB), by Sadler=s Wells. O-Sheikh Mohammed = bin Khalifa Al Maktoum; B-Silk and Scarlet Syndicate; he=s got.