SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. FRENCH FLAIR IN UNITED NATIONS FIT FOR A QUEEN He had his work cut out for him at the top of the Queen Elizabeth II, having made the rounds at Royal stretch, but French invader Chinchon (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) Ascot and Wimbledon in June, will be at Woodbine this flew late over the firm afternoon for the 151st running of the Queen=s Plate. It Monmouth turf to take the glory will be her fourth visit to the signature event, following in the GI Betfair/TVG United Na- appearances in 1959, 1973 and 1997. During that last tions S. Take the Points (Even visit, she presented the winner=s trophy to Frank the Score) and Winchester (The- Stronach for Awesome Again=s victory, and the circle atrical {Ire}) were second and could be completed today. third, respectively. ANow we will Stronach=s homebred Mobi- Horsephotos give him a break back home in lizer, edged by a half-length Europe,@ said winning trainer in the Plate Trial S. June 13, Carlos Laffon-Parias. AHe=s run four times now and is a son of Motivator (GB), deserves a break. We will bring him back again later in who stands at The Queen=s the year, maybe in October, for the Breeders= Cup. Royal Studs. Her Majesty is There=s also a race at Hong Kong later in the year.@ also a shareholder in the Roger Attfield after recording his 8th Cont. p3 2005 G1 Epsom Derby win- Queen’s Plate win ner. The dark bay colt is www.rogerattfield.com MOST HARMONIOUS AT HOLLYWOOD trained by Roger Attfield, who is looking to saddle a The Wygods= homebred Harmonious (Dynaformer), record ninth winner of the Queen=s Plate. AHe ran a making just her fourth career start good race in the Trial,@ Attfield noted. AHe was tight on in the GI American Oaks at Holly- the inside there, but he did head that other horse briefly wood Park, put in a sustained late [winner Big Red Mike {Tenpins}]). The other horse dug run to take the 10-furlong affair. in and ran really well. I thought my horse ran well. AWe have a lot of high hopes for We=ve got to improve a little bit from that and, hope- her,@ winning trainer John fully, we=re going to do that.@ Attfield added, AI would- Shirreffs said. AShe showed us a n't think the mile and a quarter would be a problem, lot.@ Cont. p2 with his pedigree." Cont. p11 Benoit Photo OVERWHELMED Khalid Abdullah=s Twice Over (GB) (Observatory), sent off the 13-8 favorite after sustained support, showed his class with a gallant success in yesterday=s G1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. In the thick of things from the start, he fended off 33-1 shot Sri Putra (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) to take it by a half-length. AThere was no pace and, although I was struggling for the line, they handed the race to me early on, and I took it by the scruff of the neck,@ jockey Tom Queally said. Cont. p4 ASMUSSEN ON THE A-LIST The glamour names in the GII Suburban H. at Belmont Park were I Want Revenge (Stephen Got Even) and Regal Ransom (Distorted Humor), but Turtle Bird Sta- ble=s Haynesfield (Speightstown) bested those two colts to kick off a quick graded-stakes double for trainer Steve Asmussen. Fifteen minutes later, the conditioner saddled Kantharos (Lion Heart), a Stonestreet Stable colorbearer, who dashed home an impressive winner in the GIII Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs. Suburban p5........Bashford Manor p6 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/4/10 • PAGE 2 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION •GI American Oaks Saturday, Hollywood Park AMERICAN OAKS S.-GI, $250,000, HOL, 7-3, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT, 2:01 3/5, fm. 1--#@HARMONIOUS, 121, f, 3, by Dynaformer 1st Dam: Jade Tree, by Storm Cat 2nd Dam: Jade Flush, by Jade Hunter 3rd Dam: Royal Strait Flush, by Seattle Slew O-Martin, Emily & Pam Wygod; B-Pam & Martin Wygod (KY); T-John A Shirreffs; J-Martin Garcia; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $202,420. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A. 2--Antares World, 121, f, 3, Decarchy--Alashir's World, by Spinning World. O/B-Mr & Mrs Larry D Williams (CA); T-Steven Specht; $50,000. 3--Weekend Magic, 121, f, 3, Ecton Park--Weekend Kaper, by Honor Grades. ($28,000 2yo >09 OBSAPR). O/T-Myung Kwon Cho; B-Weather Watch Farm (KY); $30,000. Broken & Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, NO. Odds: 2.50, 12.90, 59.50. Also Ran: Andina (Ire), City to City, Conniption (Ire), Riviera Chic. Scratched: Cozi Rosie. Harmonious was let go at 34-1 in her debut, a 6 1/2- furlong dash on the local Cushion Track Apr. 25, but did well to finish within 4 1/2 lengths of the winner when fifth that day. Favored when stretched out to a mile over this course May 16, the dark bay rallied to earn her diploma, and promptly added a narrow allow- ance victory going nine panels June 12. Regular rider Mike Smith opted for likely favorite Cozi Rosie (Pleas- antly Perfect), forcing trainer John Shirreffs to summon Martin Garcia, and Smith was left on the sidelines when Cozi Rosie was scratched. With Riviera Chic (Medaglia d=Oro) and Antares World (Decarchy) opening up a big lead on the others, Harmonious settled into easy rhythm. She mimicked famed stablemate Zenyatta with a big, wide rally on the far turn, and surged past her rivals to notch her first black-type success. AWhen she got in front, she started looking around for com- pany,@ Garcia said. AShe really is a nice filly. She was waiting for more. She wanted to keep going and going and going." Harmonious=s dam was offered at KEENOV in 2008 in foal to Unbridled=s Song, but RNA=d for $200,000. The Wygods bred the resulting filly, as well as the Candy Ride (Arg) filly produced by the mare this year. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/4/10 • PAGE 3 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Monmouth Park Straight Story (Giant=s Causeway) made a bold run at BETFAIR / TVG UNITED NATIONS S.-GI, $760,000, the pacesetter turning for home, but those two were MTH, 7-3, 3yo/up, 1 3/8mT, 2:11 3/5, fm. quickly swallowed up by the closers. Though Take the 1--sCHINCHON (IRE), 118, h, 5, by Marju (Ire) Points looked to be on his way to victory in deep stretch, Chinchon, rallying boldly up the center of the 1st Dam: Jarama (Ire), by Hector Protector course, moved right by in the final strides. Winchester 2nd Dam: Tijuana Tango, by Tejano rallied belatedly to steal third from Straight Story. AHe 3rd Dam: Northern Prancer, by Northern Dancer was very unlucky in his last race,@ trainer Carlos Laffon- O-Darpat SL Stables; B-Zubieta Limited (IRE); T-Carlos Parias explained. AHe raced along the rail and it never Laffon-Parias; J-Garrett K Gomez; $450,000. Lifetime opened. Today, I was pretty nervous halfway through Record: MGSW-Fr, 18-5-3-4, $902,035. Click for the the race with how slow the early pace was because I eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A. knew it would be tough for him to close. This horse A Pedigree Consultants Recommended Mating doesn't care about the type of ground he's running on, he just runs. He doesn't like to be in between horses, 2--Take the Points, 118, c, 4, Even the Score--Ginger though.@ The conditioner added, AAfter today, we'll Ginger, by Fred Astaire. ($160,000 yrl '07 FTKJUL). keep the Breeders' Cup in mind. We'll watch the Man o' O-Starlight Partners; B-Phoenix Farm (KY); T-Todd A War next week to see how Gio Ponti does as well. But Pletcher; $150,000. we will definitely keep the race in mind. If we do decide Recommended for Purchase by Barry Berkelhammer to go to the Breeders' Cup, we'll give him a prep in 3--Winchester, 123, h, 5, Theatrical (Ire)--Rum Charger Europe." Click for the brisnet.com chart, the (Ire), by Spectrum (Ire). O/B-Mr & Mrs Bertram R brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style Firestone (VA); T-Christophe Clement; $75,000. pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. THREE CHIMNEYS Raised and Grazed Margins: 1HF, HF, NO. Odds: 3.80, 2.70, 3.00. Also Ran: Straight Story, Get Serious, Telling, Laureate Conductor, Jeune-Turc (Brz), Acclamation. Chinchon ventured to New York last July for the GI Man o= War S. and finished fourth, three lengths behind dual champion Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat). He returned to France to finish second in the Listed Prix de Boulogne at Longchamp Sept. 6, and closed out 2009 victoriously in the G3 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte three weeks later. The Irish-bred annexed the G3 Prix Exbury in his seasonal opener at Saint-Cloud Mar. 20, but followed that with a sixth in the G1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp May 2 and, most recently, was beaten 1 3/4 lengths when fourth in the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly June 6.