Bel pomeriggio di corse all’ippodromo San Siro, con al centro del programma il Premio Nogara, qualitativa Listed per femmine di tre anni sui 1400 metri in pista dritta. Seconda (ma con qualcosa da recriminare) dietro Gabriella nella prova di preparazione, Intello Kiss ha confermato di essere cavalla adattissima a questo particolare percorso: la portacolori della Blueberry, allenata dal team Botti e montata con determinazione da Carlo Fiocchi, dopo un avvio non brillantissimo è avanzata tra le cavalle in retta, ha trovato il varco ai 350 finali e ha piazzato il cambio di marcia “cattivo” già ammirato nella precedente uscita, facendo una vittima illustre nella compagna di training (e favorita) Sweet Gentle Kiss. Quest’ultima ha ancora mancato l’appuntamento con la vittoria collezionando il terzo posto d’onore consecutivo di questo 2018: va detto che la portacolori della New Age, seconda dal via, sul calo drastico della deludente Charline Royale è stata costretta a muovere già ai 400 finali per anticipare l’avanzata di Gabriella e Shutka e nell’ultimo furlong non ha saputo replicare allo speed della vincitrice. Terzo posto per Lapulced’Acqua, finita forte dopo essere rimasta un pò sacrificata sul calo di Charline Royale ai 300 finali. Al quarto è terminata l’ospite Fou Rire, che a centro pista ha rimontato la sempre positiva Grabriella, presentatasi in prima linea ai 400 finali: sotto tono l’altra ospite Shutka, con pochi argomenti nella fase topica.
Apertura di pomeriggio con il Premio Dell’Avvenire, tradizionale condizionata sulla distanza minima per la generazione più giovane. Poco fortunata al debutto, Love Affair si è prontamente rifatta “stoppando” il favorito Blury: la portacolori Dioscuri, con Dario Vargiu in sella, ha anticipato le mosse del coetaneo della scuderia Genets ai 400 finali e ha ribattuto colpo su colpo al rivale, che negli ultimi metri si è dovuto adeguare al secondo posto. Più indietro Alex Grif ha battuto Francisca Pink per il terzo.
Bella affermazione di Pillola nel Premio Giambattista Gnutti, Handicap sui 2500 metri della pista media per cavalli anziani: in una corsa che ha visto Paris Magic cadenzare ritmo regolare in avanti, la cavalla di Marco Gasparini montata da Dario Di Tocco, ha atteso i 400 finali per produrre la sua progressione e nelle ultime battute ha sopravanzato chiaramente Aquileia, passata ai 300 finali filtrando lungo lo steccato. Paris Magic è rimasto in quota respingendo Punta di Diamante per il terzo, mentre Pamparana non è riuscita a cambiare marcia e ha desistito negli ultimi 100 metri.
Arrivo spettacolare nel Premio Sopran Londa, handicap limitato sui 1600 metri in pista media per femmine anziane: l’ha risolta Do You Know, seconda dal via alle spalle di Pizzo Carbonara, grazie alla monta “chirurgica” di Antonio Fresu, perfetto nello scegliere i tempi dell’attacco alla battistrada e poi capace di sostenere energicamente la sua allieva e sottrarsi al finale delle rivali, la più incisiva delle quali è risultata la Rencati Poppet’s Lachy, che ha faticato un pò a carburare ed è poi terminata forte mancando di poco l’aggancio. Venere di Milo e Ipazia sono finite nell’ordine a ridosso davanti a Lafortune.
Vincitore in bello stile della sua maiden con percorso d’avanguardia, Wibago ha ripetuto con successo la tattica nel Premio Viale Caprilli, Handicap Limitato sui 1600 metri della pista media per cavalli di 3 anni: con Silvano Mulas in sella, il portacolori della scuderia Zaro ha potuto gestire a piacimento il ritmo, poi si è prodotto in una lunga accelerazione in retta con cui si è mantenuto fuori dalla portata dei rivali. Red Velvet ha capeggiato per buona parte della retta conclusiva il gruppo degli inseguitori, ma negli ultimi metri è stato preda del bel finale di Admiral Thrawn, e insieme ai due è terminato in linea Give a Break.
Acuto di Sotsura nel Premio Piazzale Lotto, Handicap Limitato sui 2000 metri in pista media per cavalli di 3 anni. Il portacolori della scuderia Rencati, con Luca Maniezzi in sella, ha piazzato lo scatto a metà retta rimontando Allimac che ai 400 finali era passato in vantaggio superando il battistrada Poeta Innamorato. Tommy Tony ha lottato sino in fondo con i due e ha concluso terzo a ridosso su Royal Dream, preso un pò in velocità all’ingresso in retta ma poi tornato sul passo.
Nel Premio Civagno, una “reclamare” sui 1700 metri in pista media, ha fatto valere la sua qualità l’atteso Grand Oriente, montato con precisione da Dario Vargiu per emergere nella volata conclusiva su Folk Tradition e Lucomagno, mentre quarto con finale in crescendo ha concluso il rientrante Mirto.
fonte : ippodromimilano.it
Irish Guineas Glory For Mastercraftsman’s Alpha Centauri
| 5th at CUR, Gr. Stk, €400,000 | G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas | (8f) | Winner: Alpha Centauri (Ire), f, 3 by Mastercraftsman (Ire) |
Alpha Centauri | Racing Post
By Tom Frary
Labelled a TDN Rising Star due to her exciting early juvenile form, the Niarchos Family’s Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) picked the right stage to mount a serious comeback after some worrying reversals when annexing Sunday’s G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas at The Curragh. Attracting support into 12-1 despite the latest evidence of her current state being a 10th placing in the G3 Ballylinch Stud 1000 Guineas Trial over seven furlongs on heavy ground at Leopardstown Apr. 14, the imposing grey left that well behind to become the third European mile Classic winner in four generations of her esteemed Niarchos dynasty. While lacking the dash of her second and third dams East of the Moon (Private Account) and Miesque (Nureyev), the homebred knows how to gallop and that was certainly tested with another War Front in Could It Be Love opening up a sizeable advantage which only she proved able to bridge. Getting to that huge article from Ballydoyle only in the final yards, Alpha Centauri had 1 3/4 lengths in hand of the 33-1 shot, with 3/4 of a length back to the 5-4 favourite Happily (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in third. The third of four British and Irish Guineas in 2018 to be won by a horse trading in double figures, she was not surprising connections. “She did a very nice bit of work at Leopardstown two weeks ago and we thought we had her spot-on,” trainer Jessie Harrington said. “She’s a big mare who is quite heavy and on soft ground she just sinks into it. This has to be right up there, it’s fantastic.”
For a filly of her size, Alpha Centauri was quick off the blocks at two and handed the subsequent G3 Anglesey S. winner and G1 Phoenix S. third Actress (Ire) (Declaration of War) two beatings in the space of three weeks by a combined margin of 7 1/2 lengths over six furlongs at Naas. The latter came in the often-informative staging post of the Listed Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies’ Sprint S. and she subsequently went to Royal Ascot a hot favourite but found the French raider Different League (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}) a neck too strong in the G3 Albany S. Her faithful were undeterred afterwards and backed her into favouritism for the G1 Moyglare Stud S., but she could only finish fifth behind Happily on ground with considerable ease in it and by the time she had trailed in the 1000 Guineas Trial it was clear that those conditions played against her.
Always comfortable travelling towards the rear under Colm O’Donoghue as Could It Be Love strode ever clear of the market leaders Soliloquy (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Happily, Alpha Centauri was not panicked into action despite the yawning gap to that half-sister to Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) who had shown up so well for so long when eighth in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches a fortnight previously. With everything in the main group working hard approaching the final quarter mile, Alpha Centauri began to undergo the stealthy gathering in of the runaway leader and by the time she reached the 100-yard marker it was clear that she was going to be on top. Despite a late leftward drift, which could have been the considerable effort taking its toll, she was firmly on top at the line. “She’s always given us a good feel and although I was a little bit disappointed with her run in the trial, the ground was very soft and she was drawn out very wide so I just had to ride her as she was comfortable,” O’Donoghue said. “She just got tired in my hands, but everyone has been very happy with her at home since and she worked well at Leopardstown so you can only go there and approach it confidently. Aidan’s never stop–they are fit and hard and well and run to the line, but my filly got very comfortable at halfway which gave me a lot of confidence even before we made the change. When I asked her to pick up, she ran hard to the line.”
Alpha Centauri, who is bound for the June 22 G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot, is out of the unraced Alpha Lupi (Ire) (Rahy), whose best performer prior to her was Ballydoyle’s Listed Golden Fleece S. winner and G2 Royal Lodge S. runner-up Tenth Star (Ire) (Dansili {GB}). The aforementioned East of the Moon also captured the G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois as well as the Pouliches before producing the G3 Prix d’Arenberg scorer Moon Driver (Mr. Prospector) and the MSP dam of the G3 Horrix Hill S.-winning sire Evasive (GB) (Elusive Quality) and last year’s G3 Brigadier Gerard S. winner Autocratic (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The third dam, the champion Miesque, is also the second dam of Sunday’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club protagonist Study of Man (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) who after his recent G2 Prix Greffulhe success will trade as one of the leading hopes for that Chantilly Classic. The legendary 1000 Guineas and dual Breeders’ Cup Mile heroine is of course the dam of the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains-winning champion sire Kingmambo (Mr. Prospector), with other luminaries Rumplestiltskin (Ire) (Danehill) and her daughter Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein), Amanee (Aus) (Pivotal {GB}) and Real Steel (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) among her descendants. Alpha Lupi’s 2-year-old filly by So You Think (NZ) is named Etoile Filante (GB), while she also has a yearling filly by Sea the Moon (Ger).
Sunday, Curragh, Ireland
TATTERSALLS IRISH 1000 GUINEAS-G1, €400,000, Curragh, 5-27, 3yo, 8fT, 1:38.71, g/f.
1–ALPHA CENTAURI (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Mastercraftsman (Ire)
1st Dam: Alpha Lupi (Ire), by Rahy
2nd Dam: East of the Moon, by Private Account
3rd Dam: Miesque, by Nureyev
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Niarchos Family (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington; J-Colm O’Donoghue. €233,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 6-3-1-0, $356,294. *1/2 to Tenth Star (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), SW & GSP-Ire, GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Could It Be Love, 126, f, 3, War Front–Playa Maya, by Arch. O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Playa Maya Syndicate (KY); T-Aidan O’Brien. €80,000.3–Happily (Ire), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–You’resothrilling, by Storm Cat. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Orpendale & Chelston Ireland (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €40,000.Margins: 1 3/4, 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 12.00, 33.00, 1.25.
Also Ran: Soliloquy (GB), Yulong Gold Fairy (GB), Lightening Quick (GB), Who’s Steph (Ire), Most Gifted, Clemmie (Ire), Scriobh Nua (Ire), Chiara Luna, Alghabrah (Ire), Uluru Park (Ire).
Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Siyouni’s Laurens Wins Saint-Alary Battle
| 4th at LCP, Gr. Stk, €250,000 | G1 The Gurkha Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary | (10f) | Winner: Laurens (Fr), f, 3 by Siyouni (Fr) |
By Tom Frary
So game when second in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, John Dance’s Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) had to be tough again on Sunday to register a second top-level success in the G1 The Gurkha Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary at ParisLongchamp. Sent straight to the front by PJ McDonald, last year’s G1 Fillies Mile and G2 May Hill S. heroine was tackled and briefly headed by Flowrider (Street Cry {Ire}) approaching the furlong pole but battled to see off that rival before denying TDN Rising Star With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}) by a short head, justifying 7-10 favouritism in the process.
Sunday, Longchamp, France
THE GURKHA COOLMORE PRIX SAINT-ALARY-G1, €250,000, ParisLongchamp, 5-27, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:08.39, g/s.
1–LAURENS (FR), 126, f, 3, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Recambe (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire)
2nd Dam: Razana (Ire), by Kahyasi (Ire)
3rd Dam: Raysiya (Ire), by Cure the Blues
(£220,000 Ylg ’16 GOUKPR). O-John Dance; B-Bloodstock Agency Ltd (FR); T-Karl Burke; J-P J McDonald. €142,850. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, 6-4-2-0, €717,173. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–With You (GB), 126, f, 3, Dansili (GB)–In Clover (GB), by Inchinor (GB). O/B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-Freddy Head. €57,150.
3–Soustraction (Ire), 126, f, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Mathematicienne (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. €28,575.
Margins: SHD, 2, NK. Odds: 0.70, 3.00, 8.00.
Also Ran: Flowrider, Tosen Gift (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
fonte : TDN
KOREA: Cheongdam Dokki Strolls Home In YTN Cupby gyongmaman |
It was easy for Cheongdam Dokki. He confirmed his position as Seoul’s best horse by beating Clean Up Joy by five-lengths to win the YTN Cup at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.
Full report to follow.
Alpha Centauri flashes home to take fillies’ Classic for Harrington
Another Group 1, another gamble landed. Alpha Centauri came with a late burst to pick up the pace-setting Ballydoyle third string Could It Be Love to take the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas for Jessica Harrington and Colm O’Donoghue.
It was a first Classic victory for Harrington, best known for her exploits training jumpers, and it clearly meant a lot to the trainer who now has Royal Ascot in mind for the Niarchos family’s home-bred daughter of Mastercraftsman.
Irish 1,000 Guineas result, replay and analysis
Harrington, whose only previous top level success on the Flat was achieved with Pathfork in the 2010 National Stakes, also at the Curragh, said: “It’s a fantastic result. A dream come true. Our first Classic win after being placed in a few of them over the years. I’d put today on a par with winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Sizing John.
“Today is the first time since Alpha Centauri ran second in the Albany at Royal Ascot that she got fast ground and that would seem to be the key to her. She’s a lovely filly and a very big one.
“We’ll let the dust settle but I’d imagine the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot will be her next race.”
Alpha Centauri is 6-1 (from 33-1) with Paddy Power for the Coronation and 5-1 with Ladbrokes for the same event. Ladbrokes make Harrington, whose Royal Ascot team will also include Gold Cup candidate Torcedor, 5-2 to break her duck at the meeting.
The trainer, the second woman to land the fillies’ Classic following Frances Crowley who was successful with Saoire in 2005, added: “This win is certainly not all about me. A lot of work went into this win and the credit goes to everyone at home in the yard.
“I’m delighted for the owners. We have some lovely two-year-olds this season and they have been performing well.”
O’Donoghue, riding his biggest winner since moving on from a long spell at Ballydoyle, produced Alpha Centauri with a late burst on the outside to run down the clear leader and land the spoils at 12-1, having been double that price earlier in the day.
Donnacha O’Brien led the field a merry dance on Could It Be Love and the 33-1 shot traded at short odds in-running before being collared late and beaten one and three-quarter lengths by Alpha Centauri.
Happily, the 5-4 favourite, finished third, as she had done at Newmarket, with Soliloquy fourth, two positions better than she achieved at Newmarket.
O’Donoghue said: “I don’t think it was down to the fast ground. She has acted on slower ground, too, but doesn’t want it too testing. It was a more a case of everything coming right on the day.
“She was drawn wide at Leopardstown on her first start of the season and the ground was very heavy. She had worked well since and we were very happy and quietly confident coming here today.
“But you never know going into a Classic. I’m just delighted everything worked out so well.”
Result, replay and analysis (fonte : RacingPost)
Prix du Lys : Neufbosc prend la route du Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris
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Facile lauréat du Prix du Lys (Gr3), course de 3ans sur 2 400 mètres qui sert de tremplin pour le Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (Gr1), disputé sur ce même parcours le 14 juillet, Neufbosc (Mastercraftsman) fait désormais partie des chevaux en vue pour le grand classique parisien.
Entraîné par Pia Brandt à Chantilly, monté par Cristian Demuro pour la casaque du propriétaire français Gérard Augustin-Normand, également son éleveur, Neufbosc s’est imposé nettement, par près de deux longueurs devant le bon finisseur Mahoe (Doctor Dino), lui-même une longueur devant King of Camelot (Camelot).
Entraîneur du gagnant, qui s’imposait ici pour la troisième fois de sa carrière, Pia Brandt a déclaré : « Il est encore immature ; on l’a vu car il s’est repris après avoir pris l’avantage. Il ne montre pas grand-chose le matin. Ce n’est pas plus mal car il garde son énergie pour la course. Nous allons le préparer pour le Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris, mais nous pourrions passer entretemps par une autre préparatoire, le Prix Hocquart Longines (Gr2, le 17 juin à Chantilly). Cela dépend de sa récupération car il faut chaud et cela peut jouer. »
Deuxième après avoir longtemps fermé la marche, Mahoe (Doctor Dino) procure d’immenses satisfactions à son éleveur/propriétaire-entraîneur Alain Junk, dont c’était le 24ème partant cette année : « On retrouve Neufbosc, avec lequel nous avions débuté en janvier dernier à Chantilly. Ce jour-là, nous étions 4ème et lui 6ème. Mahoe n’a toujours pas gagné mais il a toujours été devancé par des chevaux de premier plan. Notre objectif reste le Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris. Nous avons attendu en retrait parce qu’il n’a pas la vitesse qu’il faut pour aller devant. Il a besoin de temps pour atteindre son plein régime et comme vous avez vu, il sait finir ses courses. »
The Gurkha Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary : Laurens, nouvelle dame de fer
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Animatrice du The Gurkha Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (Gr1), la pouliche de 3 ans Laurens(Siyouni) s’est imposée de haute lutte en repoussant jusqu’au bout l’attaque finale de With You (Dansili), qui l’avait suivie le long de la corde et a concédé la victoire d’une courte tête, pour sa première sortie de cette saison. Soustraction (Lope de Vega) a bien fini à la troisième place à deux longueurs du duo de tête.
La gagnante a fait preuve d’un courage admirable pour s’imposer car elle a semblé un moment débordée par Flowrider (Street Cry) à trois cents mètres du but, avant de se ressaisir lorsque cette adversaire a plafonné quelques longueurs plus tard.
Entraînée dans le Yorkshire, au nord de l’Angleterre, par Karl Burke, Laurens venait de terminer deuxième des Mille Guinées (Gr1) à Newmarket. Même si elle porte aujourd’hui le drapeau anglais, Laurens est née et a été élevée en France par François-Melchior Mathet (Bloodstock Agency). Elle a été vendue 220.000 £ aux ventes de Doncaster par Anna Drion (Coulonces Consignment). Le père de Laurens, Siyouni, est également basé en France au haras de Bonneval des Aga Khan Studs.
Déjà gagnante au plus haut niveau l’an dernier à 2 ans dans le Fillies Mile (Gr1), Laurens devrait revenir en France pour le Prix de Diane Longines (Gr1), le 17 juin à Chantilly. Karl Burke a déclaré : « Après les Mille Guinées, elle avait si bien récupéré que nous avons décidé de courir la version irlandaise mais le terrain s’est allégé là-bas et je n’ai pas voulu courir deux fois sur une piste rapide en si peu de temps. Nous avons donc décidé de venir en France vendredi. Elle a dû être encouragée mais elle est vraiment brave, une vraie jument de course. Nous allons revenir pour le Prix de Diane Longines mais deux longs voyages en camion en trois semaines, ce n’est peut-être pas une bonne idée. Elle prendra l’avion pour aller à Chantilly ! »
Grâce à la naissance française de Laurens, qui lui donne droit à la Prime Propriétaire, l’entourage de la pouliche est reparti de ParisLongchamp dimanche avec 178 500 € !
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier : Vazirabad au sommet de son art
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Vazirabad (Manduro) a réalisé un nouvel exploit en remportant pour la troisième année consécutive le Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (Gr2), mais pour la première fois sur la piste de ParisLongchamp après que la course se soit disputée à Saint-Cloud puis Chantilly. L’élève de l’Aga Khan, entraîné par Alain de Royer Dupré et monté par Christophe Soumillon, a confirmé que la course d’attente, sa tactique favorite, était en vogue, dimanche sur l’hippodrome parisien. Longtemps avant-dernier, il a entamé sa progression à l’entrée de la dernière ligne droite alors qu’en tête, Mille et Mille (Muhtathir) et Holdthasigreen (Hold That Tiger) tentaient de prendre la fuite. Connu pour se relâcher une fois en tête, Vazirabad doit être manœuvré avec beaucoup de précautions et il a cette fois bien tenu sa partie après avoir dépassé Mille et Mille, troisième derrière Marmelo (Duke of Marmalade), toujours bien placé et bon finisseur après avoir été brièvement pris de vitesse.
Au retour du champion stayer, Alain de Royer Dupré a déclaré : « Il nous a montré aujourd’hui ce qu’il savait faire. C’est une bonne préparation pour Ascot. »
fonte : France Gallop
