GIOVEDÌ 2 GIUGNO 2016 Epsom Derby Festival, ecco le ultime: Ryan Moore su Us Army Ranger, tutti confermati gli altri. Nelle Oaks fiducia Palmer per la italian bred Architecture. In Francia supplementato Imperal Aviator per il Jockey Club
Si stanno sempre più delineando i contorni del Derby di Epsom di sabato pomeriggio nel Surrey. Aidan O’Brien ha parlato con i giornalisti del Racing Post e rivelato quelle che saranno le monte nel giorno del Blue Ribbon per i suoi pensionari. Ryan Moore, già vincitore del Derby con Workforce e Ruler Of The World, salirà in sella a US Army Ranger(Galileo), vincitore del Chester Vase G3 ed imbattuto in 2 uscite, che avrà bisogno dunque di una monta decisa. Il market del Derby lo ha visto “driftare” fino all’11/2 nell’antepost della Classica inglese. Nei giorni scorsi si pensava potesse essere a bordo di Deauville (Galileo), piazzato delle Dante con qualche recriminazione dopo corsa dispendiosa, attualmente disponibile intorno all’ 8/1, che invece sarà montato da Jamie Spencer per i colori di Fitri Hay. Idaho sarà montato da Seamie Heffernan, con Colm O’Donoghue su Port Douglas. Il piccoletto Donnacha O’Brien monterà Shogun, nel suo primo Derby da fantino professionista. Tutto questo mentre fratellone Joseph è in procinto di prendere la licenza ufficiale da allenatore. Il master di Ballydoyle ha rivelato inoltre che Moore sarà a bordo di Bravery nel Prix du Jockey Club G1 di domenica a Chantilly, mentre non ha ancora fugato tutti i dubbi sulla chance di Beacon Rock che potrebbe correre il Derby inglese, oppure dirottare sulle King Edward VII Stakes G2 ad Ascot. Una decisione verrà presa nelle prossime ore ma Aidan si presenterà con 5 cavalli nel Derby. Altre notizie da Derby: Kirsten Rausing ha confermato il suo Algometer, allenato da David Simcock, annunciato in una condizione strepitosa. Avrà in sella Jim Crowley. Per il resto tutto confermato con Frankie Dettori su Wings Of Desire con il jockey italiano scampato dall’infortunio in seguito ad una brutta caduta martedì pomeriggio dopo il palo di una corsa a Leicester.
Andrea Atzeni sarà in sella per i Niarchos su Ulysses, in cerca di rivincita per Nureyev che vinse le 2000 Ghinee ma fu retrocesso dal primo all’ultimo posto in una edizione controversa (quella del 1980, VIDEO QUI), per una storia che chiuderebbe un cerchio incredibile. Ulysses è infatti figlio della campionessa Light Shift, un’altra rappresentante del sangue di Nureyev (figlia di Kingmambo, a sua volta figlio di Miesque…) vincitrice di Oaks per il training di Sir Henry Cecil, per il quale Maria Niarchos-Gouazé, figlia di Stavros, vuole rivincita. Dopo i fatti di Nureyev sono andati vicino alla vittoria nella Classica di Epsom nel 1985 quando Law Society, allenato da Vincent O’Brien, fu secondo di Slip Anchor. Law Society poi vinse il Derby irlandese. In Francia hanno vinto 3 volte con Sulamani, Dream Well ed Hernando. La classica inglese sarebbe una bella storia per Ulysses, alla ricerca della sua “Itaca”.
Le altre monte: Barzalona su Cloth Of Stars, Kevin Manning su Moonlight Magic, stretto consanguineo di Sea The Stars.
IL CAMPO PARTENTI E LE QUOTE INDICATIVE CLICCANDO QUI.
Nel Derby saranno alla fine in 16:
INVESTEC DERBY-G1, £1,545,000, 3yo, c/f, 12f 10yT
1 6 Across the Stars (Ire) Sea the Stars (Ire) Fallon Stoute
2 4 Algometer (GB) Archipenko Crowley Simcock
3 7 Biodynamic (Ire) New Approach (Ire) Costello Burke
4 14 Cloth of Stars (Ire) Sea the Stars (Ire) Barzalona Fabre
5 12 Deauville (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Spencer A O’Brien
6 9 Harzand (Ire) Sea the Stars (Ire) Smullen Weld
7 2 Humphrey Bogart (Ire) Tagula (Ire) Levey Hannon
8 8 Idaho (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Heffernan A O’Brien
9 11 Massaat (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Hanagan Burrows
10 1 Moonlight Magic (GB) Cape Cross (Ire) Manning Bolger
11 10 Port Douglas (Ire) Galileo (Ire) O’Donoghue A O’Brien
12 16 Red Verdon Lemon Drop Kid de Sousa E Dunlop
13 5 Shogun (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) D O’Brien A O’Brien
14 3 Ulysses (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Atzeni Stoute
15 15 US Army Ranger (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Moore A O’Brien
16 13 Wings of Desire (GB) Pivotal (GB) Dettori Gosden
All carry 126 pounds.
Definito, stavolta in maniera ufficiale anche con il sorteggio degli steccati, il campo delle Investec Oaks G1. Alla fine saranno in 8. La favorita è Minding (Galileo) con Ryan Moore a bordo. La supplementata Skiffle (Dubawi) per Godolphin avrà in sella William Buick. Poi a 7/1 c’è Turret Rocks (Fastnet Rock) con Kevin Manning per Jim Bolger. Hugo Palmer nei giorni scorsi ha parlato di una chance massiccia per Architecture (Zoffany), allevata da Massimo Passamonti, che avrà bordo Frankie Dettori ed è disponibile a 10/1.
In Francia gli aggiornamenti sono i seguenti. Alla chance da supplementato di Dicton, si aggiungerà quella di Imperial Aviator (Paco Boy), portacolori della Qatar Racing, che il 23 Aprile ad inizio stagione ha battuto Ulysees (Galileo), in corsa per il Derby inglese, in una maiden di Leicester. Roger Charlton lo ha rivelato su Twitter. Comunque sono rimasti in 6, con Aidan O’Brien che ha lasciato in corsa 2 dei possibili 10 partecipanti. Black Sea(Galileo) e Bravery (Galileo) come riferito più sopra. Degli altri ci saranno Foundation (Zoffany), Robin Of Navan (American Post) che sono 2 dei 4 inglesi previsti. Dei francesi ecco Zarak (Dubawi), deludente nelle Poule alle spalle di Dicton, mentre ci sarà anche il vincitore impressionante del Prix de Hocquart Mekhtaal (Sea The Stars). Quanto The Gurkha (Galileo), correrà le St James che si preannunciano spettacolari.
PUBBLICATO DA GABRIELE CANDI A GIOVEDÌ, GIUGNO 02, 2016
Minding: suffered a shock defeat in the Irish 1,000 Guineas
PICTURE: Getty Images
Minding prep ‘not ideal’ but Moore keeping faith
RYAN MOORE admits Minding “hasn’t had an ideal preparation” for Friday’s Investec Oaks but insists he is not scared of any of her eight rivals.
Minding has by far the strongest form in the book among the nine fillies set to contest Friday’s Classic and is 9lb clear of her nearest rival, Turret Rocks, on official ratings.
However, the brilliant 1,000 Guineas winner at Newmarket suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Jet Setting in the Irish 1,000 Guineas less than a fortnight ago on soft ground.
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Connections also reported Minding bumped her head on the stalls at the beginning of the race and Moore concedes that combination does not make for the ideal build up to her third Classic of the season.
“My high opinion of this filly is well-known and I was gutted that she got beaten in the Irish 1,000 Guineas,” said Moore in his Betfair blog.
Moore, whose only Oaks success to date came in 2010 with Snow Fairy, added: “It was a late decision to run in the race after Ballydoyle was found to be off-colour and the fact that she banged her head coming out of the stalls didn’t help.
“However, ultimately, I think that she just found the ground too soft for her against a filly who relished the conditions, and the pair did pull ten lengths clear of the third.
“So, yes, you could say that she hasn’t had an ideal preparation for this race and that she would want better ground, though it can dry out very quickly at Epsom.”
‘Stamina to prove’
Minding would become the first filly since Kazzia in 2002 to complete the 1,000 Guineas-Oaks double if she can justify her short price and Moore is not too concerned by her ability to see out the 1m4f trip.
Moore said: “She obviously has her stamina to prove but I think she will stay okay, and you have to look at the opposition when making those kind of assessments.
“In my opinion she will stay well enough in this company, as I think the formbook tells you that she goes into the race as much the best filly and, to be honest, I am struggling to see one that I am afraid of.”
Trainer Hugo Palmer aired his doubts about Minding seeing out the 1m4f journey and believes his runner, Architecture, represents a safer bet on stamina grounds.
Moore disagrees though and said: “Because Seventh Heaven didn’t handle the track when beating Architecture at Lingfield, it has been suggested that she won’t handle Epsom. I don’t buy that argument myself.
“Lingfield was hard and rough and had holes in it – I walked the track beforehand – and I think we can rest assured that Epsom will present a better surface.
“Seventh Heaven is a nice, big, scopey filly with improvement in her, but soft ground could be a worry for her, and I don’t think Architecture is a guaranteed stayer.”
Rocks the danger
Turret Rocks: Has the rain hindered her chances?
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Moore nominated Turret Rocks as his main danger but suggested the rain at Epsom this week may have dented the chances of the Jim Bolger-trained filly.
“Turret Rocks is the main form danger to me on her Boussac second and she ran well enough when sixth to Minding in the Guineas, but she has always been thought of as a good or fast ground filly so that would have to be a concern,” he said.
Going update
The ground at Epsom had dried to good to soft, soft in places on Thursday afternoon, despite more than 27mm of rain hitting the track earlier in the week.
“The ground has done exactly what we’d have expected it to do after a dry 24 hours,” said clerk of the course Andrew Cooper. “It’s still slow-side ground for sure, but I thought it was 70 per cent good to soft and 30 per cent soft, walking it today.
“The mile-and-a-half start is on the slow side, and anything from a mile round to the seven at the top of the hill is a slow point. On the assumption it stays dry there’s a chance it will have dried enough to remove the soft in places in the morning.”
Cooper said there is the possibility of “spits and spots” of rain around lunchtime on Friday, but the forecast anticipates a largely dry afternoon.
Epsom FRIDAY, 03 JUNE 2016, INVESTEC OAKS (Group 1) (Fillies) (CLASS 1) (3yo)
- Winner: £269,373, Runners: 9, Distance: 1m4f10y, Going: Good To Soft, Channel: CH4
£475,000 guaranteed For 3yo fillies Weights 9st Entries 61 pay £ 1500 Confirmed 11 Penalty value 1st£269,372.50 2nd £102,125.00 3rd £51,110.00 4th £25,460.00 5th £12,777.50 6th £6,412.50
NO.DRAW FORM |
HORSE | AGE | WGT OR |
JOCKEY TRAINER RTF% |
TS | RPR | ODDS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1931-2 | ARCHITECTURE
27
|
3 |
9-0
97
|
86 | 113 | |||
235-2185 | AUSTRALIAN QUEEN
23
|
3 |
9-0
90
|
97 | 108 | |||
321-3 | DIAMONDS POUR MOI
30
|
3 |
9-0
95
|
94 | 106 | |||
451-24 | HARLEQUEEN
23
|
3 |
9-0
102
|
106 | 117 | |||
54211-12 | MINDING
12
|
3 |
9-0
119
|
119 | 135 | |||
6774-11 | SEVENTH HEAVEN
27
|
3 |
9-0
98
|
78 | 114 | |||
7831 | SKIFFLE
15
|
3 |
9-0
103
|
105 | 122 | |||
863-11 | SOMEHOW
30
|
3 |
9-0
98
|
96 | 108 | |||
913412-6 | TURRET ROCKS
33
|
3 |
9-0
110
|
108 | 124 | |||
INVESTEC DERBY (GROUP 1) (ENTIRE COLTS & FILLIES) (CLASS 1) (3yo) Winner £876,170 16 runners 1m4f10y Good To Soft CH4 Race Conditions: £1,545,000 guaranteed For 3yo entire colts & fillies Weights colts 9st; fillies 8st 11lb Entries485 pay £ 500 Confirmed 18 Penalty value 1st £876,169.50 2nd £332,175.00 3rd £166,242.00 4th £82,812.005th £41,560.50 6th £20,857.50 |
NO. | FORM | HORSE | AGE | WGT | TRAINER RTF% | JOCKEY | OR | TS | RPR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | 22-13 | Across The Stars28 | 3 | 9-0 | Sir Michael Stoute81 | Kieren Fallon | 103 | 89 | 118 | |
24 | 41-21 | Algometer15 | 3 | 9-0 | David Simcock54 | Jim Crowley | 106 | 107 | 123 | |
37 | 5-134 | Biodynamic30 | 3 | 9-0 | K R Burke55 | Dougie Costello | 94 | 90 | 109 | |
414 | 132-11 | Cloth Of Stars27 | 3 | 9-0 | A Fabre | Mickael Barzalona | 109 | 115 | 127 | |
512 | 1125-2 | Deauville23t | 3 | 9-0 | A P O´Brien60 | Jamie Spencer | 113 | 120 | 129 | |
69 | 5-11 | Harzand55 | 3 | 9-0 | D K Weld43 | Pat Smullen | 110 | 79 | 128 | |
72 | 24-421 | Humphrey Bogart28 | 3 | 9-0 | Richard Hannon70 | Sean Levey | 105 | 106 | 119 | |
88 | 14-23 | Idaho27 | 3 | 9-0 | A P O´Brien60 | Seamie Heffernan | 108 | 83 | 125 | |
911 | 212-2 | Massaat35 | 3 | 9-0 | Owen Burrows | Paul Hanagan | 116 | 118 | 133 | |
101 | 11-51 | Moonlight Magic27 | 3 | 9-0 | J S Bolger52 | Kevin Manning | 111 | 87 | 123 | |
1110 | 2414-2 | Port Douglas30tb | 3 | 9-0 | A P O´Brien60 | Colm O’Donoghue | 111 | 104 | 126 | |
1216 | 21-211 | Red Verdon14 | 3 | 9-0 | Ed Dunlop71 | Silvestre De Sousa | 102 | 100 | 121 | |
135 | 60-325 | Shogun14 | 3 | 9-0 | A P O´Brien60 | Donnacha O’Brien | 109 | 84 | 122 | |
143 | 6-21 | Ulysses22 | 3 | 9-0 | Sir Michael Stoute81 | Andrea Atzeni | 98 | 94 | 113 | |
1515 | 11 | US Army Ranger30 | 3 | 9-0 | A P O´Brien60 | Ryan Moore | 108 | 99 | 123 | |
1613 | 311 | Wings of Desire23 | 3 | 9-0 | John Gosden71 | Frankie Dettori | 114 | 121 | 130 |
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