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First Winner is ‘Sweet’ For Luck of the Kitten in Italy

1st-Syracuse, €11,000, Mdn., 6-2, 2yo, 1200mT.
MY SWEETIE (ITY) (f, 2, Luck of the Kitten–Marbella Girl {Ire}, by Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), favoured at 7-5 in this second start, zipped straight to the head of affairs and raced by her lonesome through the back straight. A rival applied some token pressure on the turn, but My Sweetie rebroke and kicked home to win by daylight as much the best to become the first winner for her first-season sire (by Kitten's Joy). It was four lengths back to Lady Affaire (Ity) (Affaire Solitaire {Ire}) in second. The bay reported home third in only prior start on May 8. The first foal from her unraced dam, she is one of only 18 foals in her crop produced by GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf second Luck of the Kitten who now stands at Haras d'Annebault in France for €5,000 this term. Her second dam is Italian highweight Charming Woman (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), winner of the G3 Premio Tudini. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, €5,450.
O-Scuderia Cuschieri SRL. B-Centro Equino Arcadia SRL (Ity). T-Antonino Cannella.

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Churchill Sires First Winner in Rome

3rd-Rome, €13,200, Mdn., 6-2, 2yo, 1400m (AWT).
IL GRANDE GATSBY (IRE), (c, 2, Churchill {Ire}–Irene Watts {GB} {GSP-Ity, $133,610}, by Miswaki Tern), who ran second when unveiled over 1200 metres on the local synthetic on May 9, was the second choice on the board at 2-1 in this step up in trip. Noticeably warm in the preliminaries, he perched in fourth while glued to the fence through the opening furlongs. Shifted out on the bend, he was asked for his bid 400 metres from home and, began to make inroads toward the front. Unleashing a sparkling turn of foot, he dashed past all comers in the closing stages to win going away and defeat pacesetter Raimark (Ire) (Markaz {Ire}) by 1 ½ lengths. He is the first winner of 146 foals for his dual Guineas-winning first-season sire (by Galileo {Ire}) who stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland for €30,000. One of seven foals, six to race, and the fifth winner out of his Italian Group 3-placed dam, Il Grande Gatsby is followed by a yearling filly by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). His winning second dam was a half-sister to Italian Champion Older Mare Russian Lady (Ire) (Stanford {Ire}), who saluted three times at the group level in Italy. Sales history: 18,000gns RNA Ylg '20 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, €7,740.
O-TBA SRLS. B-Folco S.A.S. (Ire). T-Mario Giorgi.

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High Definition To Wait For The Irish Derby

Aidan O'Brien has announced that last year's G2 Beresford S. winner High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will miss Saturday's G1 Cazoo Derby at Epsom for which he was the winter ante-post favourite and wait for the G1 Irish Derby at The Curragh June 26. Confirming that TDN Rising Star Bolshoi Ballet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will be the stable's sole representative in the blue riband, the Ballydoyle handler said during racing at The Curragh, “Nothing is written in stone until ten o'clock in the morning, but it looks like the two horses are going to be split. It looks like Bolshoi Ballet is going to Epsom and it looks like High Definition is coming straight here. Bolshoi would be our only runner at Epsom–that's what the lads are thinking to give the two of them a chance at a Derby. St Mark's Basilica and Van Gogh are going to France. Kyprios is going to Ascot for the Queen's Vase and Sir Lamorak might go for the King Edward. We were lucky to get the run into High Definition at York and we think he's a very good horse. A little more time won't do him any harm. It was just to give the two of them a chance until they have to meet. The Curragh Derby is a very important race, as the Epsom Derby is also. I'm very happy with both horses. If we didn't get the run into High Definition then there was no decision to make, as if he didn't run in York then he definitely wouldn't go to Epsom.”

With Frankie Dettori no longer required by Ballydoyle, the 50-year-old who was widely expected to be on High Definition instead gets the call-up for TDN Rising Star John Leeper (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Cristina Patino's May 15 Listed Fairway S. winner was due to be ridden by Adam Kirby, but the owner-breeder was intent on snaring the jockey who steered Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab) to glory in the 2012 G1 Irish Champion S. “Frankie was the first choice and was approached quite a while ago, but he has been riding a lot for Aidan in England and that was going to happen until the bolt out of the blue from Ballydoyle this afternoon,” trainer Ed Dunlop explained to the Racing Post. “There are no negatives with Frankie riding in the Derby and the horse's work is all done now. He's done everything we've wanted him to do so far and, touch wood, everything is going well going into the race. The news today came a bit out of the blue, but once Mrs Patino heard she was very keen and instructed us to see if Frankie was available.”

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2022 Cazoo Derby Festival to Be Part Of Platinum Jubilee Weekend

The 2022 Cazoo Derby at Epsom Downs on June 4, 2022, will form part of the official Platinum Jubilee Weekend, Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday. The Jockey Club is delighted at the news. Next year, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee-70 years on the throne. “Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by Members of the Royal Family, will attend The Derby at Epsom Downs,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

The 2022 Cazoo Derby Festival is slated for June 3-4 of 2022. On June 6, 1953, three days after Her Majesty's Coronation, The Queen achieved her best result to date in the G1 Derby, a second-place finish by Aureole (GB) (Hyperion {GB}).

Phil White, who runs the Cazoo Derby Festival as London Regional Director of Jockey Club Racecourses, said, “We are incredibly grateful for the support Her Majesty The Queen has given to The Derby over several decades. To be afforded this opportunity to celebrate the contribution she has made to horseracing, to British life and the Commonwealth, is a real honour for all of us at The Jockey Club. Planning for this very special occasion has already begun, even before we have staged this year's Cazoo Derby Festival this weekend.”

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