Sunday, September 9, 2001
GODOLPHIN EVEN HAPPIER
Godolphin had a second Group One winner when Slickly was impressive in the Emirates Prix du Moulin de Longchamp over a mile today
The five-year-old Linamix horse made all to beat Banks Hill by three lengths in good style and in an excellent time of 1m 39s.
Frankie Dettori commented: “I hope I don’t wake up.”
GODOLPHIN REFLECT
Simon Crisford, the Godolphin Racing Manager, said about Fantastic Light’s victory over Galileo in the Ireland The Food Island Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday, September 8, 2001: “We are absolutely delighted - this was an unbelievable performance.
“It was the most tremendous race - visually it was really special to watch for everybody. The billing for two super giants to clash at Leopardstown fulfilled all expectations.
“I think both horses are great. Our horse, over a slightly shorter distance, got the better of it. Our tactics worked a treat. In the build-up to the race, everybody was saying that look you have got to sit behind Galileo and use that fifth-gear acceleration to pounce as late as possible.
“But Sheikh Maktoum and Sheikh Mohammed said no we are not going to do that. We are going to follow our pacemaker and hopefully set Galileo the task.
“Fantastic Light was very good as a three-year-old and last year he was the Emirates World Series Champion. He has continued to progress and develop. He has raced in five different countries on three different continents so he is the all-round superstar because he can travel, he can go anywhere and he is equally as effective over a mile and a quarter to a mile and a half, though probably a mile and quarter is probably his best trip.”
TRAINER LOOKS AHEAD
Saeed bin Suroor, Fantastic Light’s trainer, commented: “Fantastic Light was a little bit stiff for 24 hours after the King George and had a little break.
“Since we started training again I saw that the horse looked even better than before. He worked really well while the distance of a mile and quarter suited him much better than a mile and a half. He was in good form and I was confident and told friends that I thought it would be our day.
“There is plenty of time before the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Belmont Park, USA, October 27) and we will see how the horse comes back. When Fantastic Light was in Dubai his action on the dirt was good and I have some confidence about running in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
“I think he improved a lot since Ascot - he was a really fresh, happy and professional horse. After America we would look to run Fantastic Light in the Japan Cup (Tokyo, November 25) and the Hong Kong Cup ( Sha Tin, December 16) ”
HILLS PLEASED
Richard Hills, the rider of the Godolphin pacemakers Give The Slip, commented about the letting Fantastic Light go on his inside around the last bend: “It worked - that was the whole thing and was planned on Friday night.”
LEOPARDSTOWN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2001
FIFTH RACE RESULT
4.05pm IRELAND THE FOOD ISLAND
IRISH CHAMPION STAKES (GROUP ONE)
IR£825,000 guaranteed. For 3yo+. One mile two furlongs. Weights: 3yo 8st 11lb; 4yo+ 9st 4lb. Weight for age: 3yo from 4yo+ 7lb. Allowances: fillies 3lb, 3yo Southern Hemisphere horses 5lb. Penalty values: 1st: IR£476,750; 2nd:IR£155,000; 3rd:IR £72,500; 4th: IR£23,000; 5th: IR£14,750; 6th: IR£6,500.
1) FANTASTIC LIGHT (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor GB 5-9-04 Frankie Dettori [2] 9/4
2) GALILEO (Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor) Aidan O’Brien 3-8-11 Mick Kinane [4] 4/11F
3) BACH (Satish Sanan & Sue Magnier) Aidan O’Brien 4-9-04 Seamus Heffernan [7] 20/1
4) GIVE THE SLIP (Godolphin) Saeed bin Suroor GB 4-9-04 Richard Hills [3]
5) ICE DANCER (Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier) Aidan O’Brien 3-8-11 Paul Scallan [1]
6) SIRINGAS (Lady Chryss O’Reilly) Jim Bolger 3-8-08 b1 Kevin Manning
7) CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Luke Comer) Luke Comer b4-9-04 Johnny Murtagh [6]
7 ran non-runner: Rebelline (ground)
Breeding: b h Rahy - Jood (Nijinsky) Breeder: Gainsborough Farm Inc
Totes: Win: £2.30; Places: £1.20, £1.10 Exacta: £3.90 Trio: £1.10
Distances: hd, 6, 4, 6, 4, 8 Time: 2m 01.08s
Winning trainer:-Name: Bin Suroor, Saeed Trains at Newmarket for Godolphin, the racing entity of Sheikh Mohammed, whose horses winter in Dubai and race worldwide. Classic wins: (8) Sagitta 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), Sagitta 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi), Vodafone Oaks (1994 Balanchine, 1995 Moonshell); Vodafone Derby (1995 Lammtarra); Rothmans Royals St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche; 1998 Nedawi; 1999 Mutafaweq) Other major wins include: Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir), Ireland The Food Island Irish Champion Stakes (1994 Cezanne; 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light), Irish St Leger (1998 & 1999 Kayf Tara), French 2000 Guineas (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir); Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra); Prix d’Ispahan (1996 Halling), Eclipse (1995,1996 Halling; 1998 Daylami); Juddmonte International Stakes (1995 Halling, 1996 Halling, 2001 Sakhee), Ascot Gold Cup (1996 Classic Cliche; 1998 Kayf Tara, 2000 Kayf Tara), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra; 1997 & 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami), Nunthorpe Stakes (1995 So Factual), Derby Italiano (1998 Central Park), Lockinge Stakes (1998 Cape Cross; 2000 Aljabr), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr), Man O’ War Stakes (1998 Daylami; 2000 Fantastic Light), Great Voltigeur Stakes (1998 Sea Wave), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1999 Daylami), Sussex Stakes (1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre) Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat), Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1999 Dubai Millennium), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir), Predominate Stakes (2000 Roscius), Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1998 Faithful Son, 2000 Dubai Millennium, 2001 Fantastic Light), Duke of York Stakes (2000 Lend A Hand), Yorkshire Cup (2000 Kayf Tara, 2001 Marienbard), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq) Wins in a season (In Britain) (1995-2000) 14:48:41:38:41:17 Other details: Champion trainer 1996;1999 Completed full set of classic wins following Cape Verdi’s victory in the Sagitta 1000 Guineas Wins This Season In Ireland: 2
Winning jockey:-Name: Dettori, Lanfranco.Born: 15/12/70 in Milan, Italy First winner: Rif (Turin, Italy, November 16, 1986), British Classic wins; (7) Vodafone Oaks (1994 Balanchine, 1995 Moonshell); St Leger (1995 Classic Cliche, 1996 Shantou), Sagitta 2000 Guineas (1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Island Sands), Sagitta 1000 Guineas (1998 Cape Verdi) Other major wins include: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (1995 Lammtarra, 1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami), Ascot Gold Cup (1992, 1993 Drum Taps, 1998 Kayf Tara), St James’s Palace Stakes (1997 Starborough), Vodafone Coronation Cup (1996 Swain, 1997 Singspiel, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Mutafaweq), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (1995 Lammtarra), Breeders’ Cup Mile (1994 Barathea), Breeders’ Cup Turf (1999 Daylami) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990 Markofdistinction; 1996 Mark of Esteem, 1999 Dubai Millennium), Juddmonte International (1996 Halling, 1997 Singspiel, 2001 Sakhee), Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1998 Daylami),Yorkshire Oaks (1994 Only Royale), Middle Park Stakes (1996 Bahamian Bounty), Fillies’ Mile (1990 Shamshir, 1999 Teggiano, 2000 Crystal Music), Nunthorpe Stakes (1993 Lochsong, 1995 So Factual, 1998 Lochangel), Sussex Stakes (1991 Second Set, 1999 Aljabr, 2001 Noverre); Haydock Sprint Cup (1999 Diktat); Japan Cup (1996 Singspiel); Dubai World Cup (2000 Dubai Millennium); Poule d’Essai des Poulains (1995 Vettori; 2000 Bachir, 2001 Noverre), Irish Derby (1994 Balanchine), Irish 2000 Guineas (2000 Bachir), Prix du Jockey-Club (1992 Polytain), Prix Jean Prat (1998 Almutawakel), Prix Jacques le Marois (1999 Dubai Millennium, 2000 Muhtathir), Prix de la Salamandre (1998 Aljabr); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999 Diktat); Ireland The Food Isalnd Irish Champion Stakes (1998 Swain, 1999 Daylami, 2001 Fantastic Light); Irish St Leger (1999 Kayf Tara); Deutsches Derby (1991 Temporal), Predominate Stakes (2000 Roscius), Duke of York Stakes (2000 Lend A Hand), Yorkshire Cup (2000 Kayf Tara, 2001 Marienbard), Lockinge Stakes (2000 Aljabr), Royal Lodge Stakes (2000 Atlantis Prince), Cheveley Park Stakes (2000 Regal Rose), Canadian International Stakes (2000 Mutafaweq) Wins in a season (1987-2000): 8,22,75, 141,94,101,149,233*,217*,123,176,132,132,47 *Champion jockey Wins In Ireland This Season: 4
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