L’EUPILI A NOBLESSE OBLIGE – MUSA D’ORIENTE DA BRIVIDI – AMERICAN COFFEE UN PROSPETTO IMPORTANTE
Si apre il convegno domenicale con il Premio Goffs corsa che ha vissuto sulle frazioni iniziali di Shartattack e Land Of Freedom ma poco prima del primo traguardo lo scatto di L’imperdibile (4.86) ha ben presto chiuso la partita con Land Of Freedom che alla fine ha superato Sharkattack mentre Footstepsanpie non e’ mai entrato, pur finendo vicino al secondo arrivato, nel vivo della corsa.
Nell’Eupili Noblesse Oblige (4.67) e’ rimasto nella scia dei primi fino ai 300 finali poi e’ stato autore di un allungo col quale ha risolto la partita a suo favore. Spectralight ha provato dopo partenza non svelta a risalire a meta’ percorso ed il suo allungo conclusivo lo ha portato al secondo posto. Spina Di Rosa attiva nella prima parte di gara galoppando verso lo steccato e’ rimasta in quota per il terzo posto mentre Greach si e’ fatta da parte prima del 1° traguardo.
Nella terza corsa Havana View ha provato a gestire la corsa, Wiesenbach ed Old Fox l’hanno seguito fino ai 400 finali per attaccare simultaneamente il leader che tuttavia li ha respinti ma poi nei 300 finali Havana View ha dovuto fare i conti con Assiro (5.88) ben presentato da Raffaele Biondi e ottimamente interpretato da Mario Sanna che lungo lo steccato lo ha attaccato nei 200 finali per rimontarlo e superalo a fil di palo ; a Wiesenbach rimane la terza moneta.
Partiamo dal dopo corsa: Fabio Branca” e’ l’ennesima dimostrazione che al mattino non ci capisco nulla”. Non mi era apparso in lavoro cosi’ forte ed invece in corsa e’ andato come un treno. Poco da aggiungere quando American Coffee (5.50) si e’ presentato su Siculi e Sopran Atena ai 300 finali li ha lasciati come fermi. Malino il favorito Make Me Rich mentre il piu’ stimato Fair Excel non ha figurato al pari del vociferato Mister Shalom che aveva trovato consensi a 11.
Quinta corsa dove si porta a condurre Raise The Bar, Katsumoto che lo supera dopo 500 metri e tutto rimane tranquillo fino in retta ma nei 600 metri finali i due sono attaccati da Lost Angel che passa ai 300 e rintuzza il ritorno di Raise The Bar per il doppio di Fabio Branca mentre al terzo posto Americanism e Dratonta finiscono in foto.
Nel Bessero Musa D’oriente (3.35) nelle prime posizioni con vicino Extremely Vintage e Close Your Eyse.La lotta fra i 3 si accende dando vita ad un bel duello che nel finale Musa D’oriente risolve contenendo gli attacchi di Extremely Vintage e Close Your Eyes che terminano nell’ordine.
Conclusiva con Aspettatemi e Biderman vitali nella prima parte di gara ma in dirittura di arrivo si presenta con un altro passo Fortissimo (5.49) che si libera degli avversari a traguardo lontano e vince fermando.Per le piazze Beautiful Vintage di misura avanti a Aspettatemi.
Kodiac’s Best Solution Battles to Grosser Preis von Baden Success
| 7th at BDB, Gr. Stk, €250,000 | G1 146th Longines Grosser Preis von Baden | (12f) | Winner: Best Solution (Ire), c, 4 by Kodiac (GB) |
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Godolphin’s annus mirabilis continued apace as Best Solution (Ire)(Kodiac {GB}) backed up a narrow triumph in last month’s G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin at Hoppegarten and remained on course for attempts at the G1 Caulfield Cup and G1 Melbourne Cup with a game victory in Sunday’s G1 146th Grosser Preis von Baden at the Iffezheim track, bettering his fifth in last year’s renewal of the Longines-sponsored event. Set for quarantine in the coming days, the bay enjoyed a second winter in Dubai before bagging his July 12 European return in the G2 Princess of Wales’s S. at Newmarket, and lobbed along behind a modest tempo in third for most of this stamina test. Making smooth headway on the home turn to challenge at the top of the straight, the 29-10 second favourite outbattled last year’s hero and old foe Iquitos (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) under a drive well inside the final furlong before withstanding the renewed thrust of Defoe (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) in the dying strides. He hit the line a neck ahead of Defoe with Iquitos a half length adrift in third. “He did well to win at Newmarket and in Germany last time and he did it very nicely today,” trainer Saeed bin Suroor told Racing Post. “The plan is now to go to Australia for the [G1] Caulfield Cup and then the [G1] Melbourne Cup. He’ll now go into quarantine in preparation for that.” Reflecting on the effort of runner-up Defoe, trainer Roger Varian added, “He ran a nice race, but I think the lack of pace leading to a sprint in the short straight didn’t help. We’ll take him home and make a decision about where to go next. There are no firm plans, he’s a very talented horse anyway, but he’s always better on softer ground.”
Best Solution, half-brother to a yearling filly by Gutaifan (Ire), is the lone scorer produced by a half to Listed Winterkonigin-Trial victress Kosmiche (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), G2 Prix Hocquart and G3 Sandown Classic Trial runner-up Cape Clear Island (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and Listed Magnolia S. placegetter Squire Osbaldeston (Ire) (Mr. Greeley). His granddam is G3 Noblesse S. second Kushnarenkovo (GB) (Sadler’s Wells), herself a daughter of GSW European highweight Eva Luna (Alleged) and thus a sibling of four black-type winners headed by MG1SW sire Brian Boru (GB) (Sadler’s Wells). Kushnarenkovo is also a full-sister to the unraced dam of European champion and MG1SW sire Workforce (GB) (King’s Best).
Sunday, Baden-Baden, Germany
146TH LONGINES GROSSER PREIS VON BADEN-G1, €250,000, Baden-Baden, 9-2, 3yo/up, 12fT, 2:37.38, g/s.
1–BEST SOLUTION (IRE), 132, c, 4, by Kodiac (GB)
1st Dam: Al Andalyya, by Kingmambo
2nd Dam: Kushnarenkovo (GB), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Eva Luna, by Alleged
(32,000gns Wlg ’14 TATFOA; 90,000gns Ylg ’15 TAOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Cecil & Martin McCracken (IRE); T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Pat Cosgrave. €150,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW-Eng, G1SP-Fr & SP-Tur, 21-8-2-3, €848,738. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Defoe (Ire), 132, c, 4, Dalakhani (Ire)–Dulkashe (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-Darley (IRE); T-Roger Varian. €60,000.
3–Iquitos (Ger), 132, h, 6, Adlerflug (Ger)–Irika (Ger), by Areion (Ger). O-Stall Mulligan; B-Dr Erika Buhmann (GER); T-Hans-Jurgen Groschel. €25,000.
Margins: NK, HF, 3 3/4. Odds: 2.90, 1.80, 3.40.
Also Ran: Windstoss (Ger), Night Music (Ger), Dschingis Secret (Ger), Khan (Ger). Scratched: Rapido (Ger). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
KOREA : Gaon Champ Wins Again At Seoulby gyongmaman |
He may not be running in next week’s Korean Sprint but GAON CHAMP continued his march up the one-turn ranks with an effortless win over six-furlongs at class 2 level at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday.
GAON CHAMP missed the kick slightly but it scarcely mattered. Under jockey Manoel Nunes, the Ecton Park colt was quickly back on pace and comfortably left behind his flailing rivals in the home straight, the margin on the line three-lengths from runner-up GAMGYEOGUI SUNGAN although it could easily have been double.
It was only Gaon Champ’s fourth start of 2018 and only his seventh in total with injury setbacks having limited his appearances but after racking up his fifth win in such convincing fashion, class 1 is on the agenda next time. It will be more than a year until he potentially gets a crack at a Korea Sprint Crown, though.
Saturday at Seoul saw an American import producing the stand-out performance. Pioneerof The Nile colt MOONHAK CHIEF was 6th of 12 behind Cheongdam Dokki in the YTN Cup in May, before finishing runner-up behind fellow up-and-comer OP Seven over 1400M in July. In Saturday’s 1800M feature, however, he landed his maiden class 1 win, coming nose-to-nose with seasoned top-level winner GAEULI JEONSEOL in the home straight before easily shaking him off to win by two-and-a-half lengths. Still with scope to improve, Moonhak Chief moved on to six wins from eleven career starts.
Or was it the standout performance of the day? In Saturday’s concluding race 12, another US import SPRING BACK made just his second career appearance. The 2-year-old Gemologist gelding had won his first start over 1000M in July and proceeded to romp home once more, this time at 1400M. The winning time – set in a class 3 event – was faster than all but one class 1 race at that distance this year. His next start will be watched closely.
At Busan, Sunday’s feature race was won by CAPTAIN FORCE. An also-ran in the final leg of the Triple Crown in Seoul in June, the Kim Young Kwan trainee returned to winning ways in style, making all over 1800M for his first class 1 victory.
Next weekend is the highlight of the Korean racing calendar, the Keeneland Korea Cup and Sprint, two big international invitational races. Ten challengers from overseas have travelled to Korea to take in the locals in this year’s events.
