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Lingfield Derby Trial For High Definition

Group winner and 'TDN Rising Star' High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is likely to step forward in the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial on May 8 trainer Aidan O'Brien has revealed. A winner of a maiden at The Curragh at first asking on Aug. 22, the bay added the G2 Beresford S. to his resume there on Sept. 26 and is currently favoured for the G1 Cazoo Derby on June 5th.

“We're thinking of going to Lingfield,” said O'Brien. “He needs to start and with all the trials we're just trying to split them up. He's a baby and we're worried about Lingfield, but we have to learn. What's different about him is his stride is half a stride longer than everything else. He's going to learn a lot.”

The master of Ballydoyle also had an update on his G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas trio.

“Van Gogh (American Pharoah) ran well. He's probably a horse for the Derby–stepping up in trip,” said O'Brien. “Battleground (War Front) cruised with Frankie [Dettori] down past halfway and when he asked him he got disunited as he changed (his legs) in front and didn't change behind. When that happens, it's like a wheel flying off a car, so that was it gone with him.

“Ryan's [Moore] horse [Wembley (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})) ran well. He just felt when they started quickening down into the dip he got a bit disorganised. He ran here [Newmarket] before on soft ground, but it's a big difference on fast ground. I think he'll step forward a good bit from that run.”

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Galileo’s High Definition Leaves It Late In the Beresford

In a dramatic edition of The Curragh’s G2 Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford S. on Saturday, Ballydoyle’s TDN Rising Star High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) produced what is certain to be one of the most talked-about performances of the year as he grasped victory from surefire defeat. In rear early as Seamie Heffernan bided his time, the 9-5 favourite who had also swooped late in a course-and-distance maiden on debut Aug. 22 straightened for home with a yawning gap to close and it was still around five lengths as Monaasib (GB) (Bobby’s Kitten) overhauled Snapraeterea (Ire) (Buratino {Ire}) a furlong from home. Seemingly out of reach moments before, Monaasib came squarely into High Definition’s sights by the time he passed that marker and as he gained some momentum the bay cut back the deficit as jaws dropped in the final yards. At the line, there was a scarcely-believable degree of comfort in the success, which was measured at 3/4 of a length as Snapraeterea surrendered three lengths away in third.

Aidan O’Brien is inclined to wait until next year with the winner, who gave off some of the vibes that Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) had in this in 2017. “He’s lovely and puts away a lot of ground,” he said. “He’s a big rangy horse with a massive big stride and is one to really look forward to. It was the same in his maiden–you would say he’s not going to get there and in the end he’s won easily. I’d say we’ll put him away now. He could start in a Guineas and he looks like he’ll be a middle-distance horse. I was a bit worried about the bend, as he’s never been around one before.”

Providing a 20th success in this important staging post for Ballydoyle, High Definition who at one point traded at 100-1 in-running on the Betfair exchange is a full-brother to last year’s Beresford hero Innisfree (Ire) who went on to finish runner-up in the G1 Futurity Trophy and has yet to be seen in 2020. He was one of the stable’s leading Derby contenders over the winter and it could be that his year-younger full-sibling makes up for his absence in the blue riband next June. High Definition is currently the last known foal out of the Listed Cairn Rouge S. winner and G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial runner-up Palace (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), one of four black-type winners for Lady Icarus (GB) (Rainbow Quest).

Lady Icarus proved a source of class, producing the G3 Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial S. scorer Furner’s Green (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) who was also third in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the listed-winning G1 Irish Oaks third Lady Lupus (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and the listed-winning and G3 Solonaway S. third Mystical Lady (Ire) (Halling). The latter is the dam of three black-type performers for Ballydoyle, headed by the Listed Dee S. winner and G1 Irish Derby and G1 Ascot Gold Cup runner-up Kingfisher (Ire) also by Galileo. The third dam is the high-class Sonic Lady (Nureyev), heroine of the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Sussex S. and G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
ALAN SMURFIT MEMORIAL BERESFORD S.-G2, €80,000, Curragh, 9-26, 2yo, 8fT, 1:45.28, yl.
1–HIGH DEFINITION (IRE), 131, c, 2, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Palace (Ire) (SW & GSP-Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
2nd Dam: Lady Icarus (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Sonic Lady, by Nureyev
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Mrs A M O’Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Seamus Heffernan. €48,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $67,314. *Full to Innisfree (Ire), GSW-Ire & G1SP-Fr, $141,701. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Monaasib (GB), 131, c, 2, Bobby’s Kitten–Mullein (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). (£65,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Landmark Racing Ltd (GB); T-Kevin Prendergast. €16,000.
3–Snapraeterea (Ire), 131, c, 2, Buratino (Ire)–Snap Alam (Ire), by Alamshar (Ire). (€15,000 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFSPT). O/B-J P Farrell (IRE); T-Joseph O’Brien. €8,000.
Margins: 3/4, 3, HF. Odds: 1.80, 7.00, 11.00.
Also Ran: Sir Lucan (Ire), Reve de Vol (Ire), Southern Cape (Ire), Wuqood (GB), Brazil (Ire), Ides of August, Jack Duggan, Ace Aussie (Ire), Lifetime Legend (Ire), Adakaz (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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High Definition a New Rising Star At The Curragh

Aidan O’Brien had a duo engaged in Saturday’s Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over a mile at The Curragh and enjoyed a one-two as the middle-distance types begin to emerge from the stable’s crop of juveniles. While the market favoured Wordsworth (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the full-brother to the G1 St Leger and G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Kew Gardens (Ire) ultimately had to give best to the stable’s second-string High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who swooped late to score with authority at 7-1. Held up in rear early by Wayne Lordan, the son of the listed scorer and group 3-placed Palace (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) was looking for room two out still anchored at the back. Delivered with a surge to cut through the pack and make up three lengths on that 5-2 favourite, he was going away at the line where he held a 3/4-of-a-length margin over his stablemate, with Flying Visit (Ire) (Pride of Dubai {Aus}) a head away in third.

The winner is a full-brother to last year’s G2 Beresford S. winner and G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy runner-up Innisfree (Ire), GSW-Ire, G1SP-Eng, $141,701, who has yet to be seen this term but was front rank in the Derby picture during the winter. Lordan was impressed with the bay, who is a late-May foal. “He was a little raw early. Through the middle of the race they didn’t quicken away from me and I was getting into a nice rhythm,” he commented. “He finished out comfortably. He’s a lovely colt and he’s going to be a lovely horse next year going a trip.”

Palace was always held in high regard at Ballydoyle and that was evidenced in that fact that she was only 6-1 for the 2014 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas following her second in the G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial. Fifth in that Classic before being picked by Ryan Moore in the G1 Epsom Oaks where she was seventh, she went on to gain a vital black-type success in the Listed Cairn Rouge S. over an extended mile having run second in the 10-furlong Listed Naas Oaks Trial. She is a half-sister to this stable’s Furner’s Green (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), who took the G3 Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial and was a close third in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains, as well as the listed-winning G1 Irish Oaks third Lady Lupus (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), the listed-winning and G3 Solonaway S. third Mystical Lady (Ire) (Halling) and the Lincoln H. winner Bravery (Ire) by Innisfree’s sire Galileo. Mystical Lady is the dam of three black-type performers for Ballydoyle including the Listed Dee S. winner and G1 Irish Derby and G1 Ascot Gold Cup runner-up Kingfisher (Ire) also by Galileo. The third dam is the high-class Sonic Lady (Nureyev), heroine of the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Sussex S. and G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.

1st-Curragh, €16,500, Mdn, 8-22, 2yo, 8fT, 1:45.95, sf.
HIGH DEFINITION (IRE), c, 2, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Palace (Ire) (SW & GSP-Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
2nd Dam: Lady Icarus (GB), by Rainbow Quest
3rd Dam: Sonic Lady, by Nureyev
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,678. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Mrs Anne Marie O’Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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St Mark’s Basilica Looks For Opening at The Curragh

2.00 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, 8fT
WORDSWORTH (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is the latest progeny out of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Chelsea Rose (Ire) (Desert King {Ire}) and is therefore a full-brother to the G1 St Leger and G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Kew Gardens (Ire) and the smart group-placed 3-year-old Snow (Ire). Aidan O’Brien saddles the April-foaled chestnut, who is joined by stablemate High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-brother to last year’s G2 Beresford S. scorer Innisfree (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

2.35 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, 6fT
ST MARK’S BASILICA (FR) (Siyouni {Fr}) goes back to maiden company after finishing fifth as the 7-2 favourite for the G1 Phoenix S. over this course and distance earlier this month. Ballydoyle’s half-brother to their 2019 G1 2000 Guineas hero Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) who cost 1.3million gns at Tattersalls October Book 1 is one of a trio from the yard including the $950,000 purchase Prince of Verona (American Pharoah), a half-brother to the graded-stakes scorer You’re To Blame (Distorted Humor) from the family of Gio Ponti.

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