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DATA BOOK LISTINGS OF EVERY WORLDWIDE GROUP OR GRADED STAKES WINNER
Global Stakes Results Date Grade Argentina 17/12 G1 17/12 G1 17/12 G1 17/12 G1 25/12 G2 18/12 G2 04/12 G2 16/12 G3
Race
Dist
Horse
G. P. Joaquin Anchorena-Int. Antiacido G. P. Carlos Pellegrini - Internacional G.P. Felix de Alzaga Unzue Internacional G.P. Copa de Plata - Int. R. V. Mansilla Clasico Invasor Clasico Uberto F Vignart Clasico Los Criadores Clasico Republica Oriental del Uruguay
8.0f 12.0f 5.0f 10.0f 7.0f 6.0f 10.0f 8.0f
Thunder One (ARG) Expressive Halo (ARG) Dona Ley (ARG) La Laguna Azul (ARG) Dreamer Emperor (ARG) Hauswagen (ARG) Dixie Ready (USA) Come Into (ARG)
Expressive Halo had scored only once in seven outings since his triumph in the GP Nacional (Derby) in November 2010. Furthermore, his only attempt on turf had resulted in a moderate 13th in that year’s Carlos Pellegrini – admittedly run on soft ground. Yet he was the one who found the resources to claim the 2011 edition of the great race. The Brazilian fouryear-old Anakin set a strong pace before steadying it at halfway, at which point he was leading from Val Champ, Inter Milano, Star Runner and Expressive Halo. Val Champ took over early in the straight but was challenged by Star Runner more than a furlong Australia 03/12 31/12 17/12 17/12 31/12 31/12 26/12 10/12 10/12 03/12
G1 G2 G2 G2 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3 G3
GR Kingston Town Classic Golden River DVL Perth Cup Landscape Development C B Cox Stakes Inglis Villiers Stakes Good Guys B J McLachlan Stakes Channel Seven Vo Rogue Plate Summer Cup Channel 7 George Moore Summer Stakes Sir Ernest Lee Steere Classic A J Scahill Stakes
Trainer Neville Parnham’s decision to attempt to revitalize Playing God with a holiday and visits to the beach proved
from home. Juan Carlos Noriega brought the 20-1 Expressive Halo down the outside to catch them both entering the final furlong. He held the late thrust of recent Derby Paulista winner Veraneio (Signal Tap) by a short head, with the improving Veni Veni, who rallied strongly after being outpaced early in the straight, one length behind. Veni Veni, who was bred by his Argentine owners in Kentucky, is likely to join Expressive Halo in the field for the GP Latinoamericana which will be run over an extended mile and a quarter on dirt at Palermo on March 10. The Chilean-owned but Argentinetrained La Laguna Azul will probably 9.0f 12.0f 10.5f 8.0f 6.0f 6.5f 12.0f 6.0f 7.0f 7.0f
Playing God (AUS) Western Jewel (AUS) God Has Spoken (AUS) Monton (AUS) Driefontein (AUS) Punch On (AUS) Yulalona (AUS) Adebisi (AUS) Night War (AUS) Grand Nirvana (AUS)
inspired as the five-year-old belied odds of 18-1 to land his second successive Kingston Town Stakes. Playing God ran
Age
Sex
3 4 3 3 4 6 5 3
C C F F C H M F
Sire
Dam
Broodmare Sire
Thunder Gulch (USA) Halo Sunshine (USA) Orpen (USA) Orpen (USA) Emperor Jones (USA) Housebuster (USA) More Than Ready (USA) Honour And Glory (USA)
Palmtin (ARG) Embrace Moi (ARG) Dona Polenta (ARG) La Laguna Verde (ARG) Sonadora Fitz (ARG) Ilusamente (ARG) Dixie Jewel (USA) Come Out (ARG)
Cautin (ARG) Ride The Rails (USA) Candy Stripes (USA) Candy Stripes (USA) Fitzcarraldo (ARG) Interprete (ARG) Dixieland Band (USA) Romanov (IRE)
fill another of the six places reserved for the home country in that peripatetic event after proving far too good for her 13 opponents in the Copa de Plata. She shot to the front after a furlong, was soon four lengths up and came home an untroubled three lengths in front of Catch The Mad (Catcher In The Rye), who had chased her for most of the way. La Laguna Azul was completing a double for Orpen, who was already on the scoreboard thanks to the speedy Dona Ley. Racing up the middle of the course in a field of 16, Dona Ley took over with more than a furlong to run and was pushed out to hold the late 4 5 5 5 2 3 4 4 3 6
G M H G F F G C F G
Blackfriars (AUS) Jeune (GB) Blackfriars (AUS) Catbird (AUS) Fastnet Rock (AUS) Tiger Hill (IRE) Dubai Destination (USA) Shovhog (AUS) General Nediym (AUS) Scenic
challenges of In The Shot, Armas e Flores – both of whom had been drawn on the wide outside – and The New Yorker in a four-way photo. Julio Cesar Mendez did not appear to be hard on her but she swished her tail several times in the final 50 yards. Dona Ley was completing a five-timer and winning her second consecutive Group 1. There’s a chance that she could be among the field for the King’s Stand Stakes in June. The 33-1 Thunder One produced a strong run from the back to catch the hard-ridden Flowing Rye (Catcher In The Rye) and Key Decision in the final 50 yards.
Dolly Will Do (AUS) Our Millster (AUS) Dolly Will Do (AUS) Dynamic Flyer (AUS) Follow Gold (AUS) School Blue (AUS) Klamath Falls (USA) Hell For Leather (AUS) Samar (AUS) Paradise Park (AUS)
some excellent races in defeat in Melbourne in September and early October, but then lost his form badly
Rubiton (AUS) Marooned Rubiton (AUS) Marauding (NZ) Export Price (FR) Geiger Counter (USA) Storm Cat (USA) Sanction (AUS) Secret Savings (USA) Bletchley Park (IRE)
and beat only two horses home on his return to Western Australia in the Railway Stakes on November 19.
Brazil 1/12 11/12 03/12 17/12
G2 G2 G2 G3
Grande Premio Consagracao G. P. Almirante Marques de Tamandare C. Pres.Jose Bonifacio Coutinho Nogueira Grande Premio Natal
14.0f 12.0f 12.0f 9.0f
Viewfinder (BRZ) Uno Amore Mio (BRZ) Desejo Infinito (BRZ) Jeca (BRZ)
3 4 3 4
C C F C
Wild Event (USA) Signal Tap (USA) Nedawi (GB) Inexplicable (USA)
Querenca (BRZ) Namoradinha (BRZ) Felicidade-Bela (BRZ) Volition (BRZ)
Spend A Buck (USA) Royal Academy (USA) Notation (USA) Ghadeer (FR)
Canada 04/12
G3
Valedictory Stakes
14.0f
Eagle Poise (USA)
5
H
Empire Maker (USA)
Reams of Verse (USA)
Nureyev (USA)
Chile 17/12 02/12 17/12 15/12 01/12
G1 G1 G2 G3 G3
Premio St Leger-Cristal Premio Las Oaks - Carlos Hirma A Premio Seleccion de Velocistas Premio Alfredo L Jackson Handicap P. General Jose Miguel Carrera Verdugo
11.0f 10.0f 5.0f 9.5f 9.0f
Amani (CHI) La Haina (CHI) Marques de Bradomin (CHI) Contralmirante (CHI) Paso de Jama (CHI)
3 3 5 3 6
F F H G H
Morning Raider (IRE) Milt's Overture (USA) Edgy Diplomat (USA) Camp David (USA) Dushyantor (USA)
Just Fine (CHI) Lady Frontier (CAN) Coqueta (CHI) Orquidea Blanca (CHI) Edina (CHI)
Doneraile Court (USA) Mining (USA) Domineau (USA) Milt's Overture (USA) Golden Voyager (USA)
La Haina, 59-1 when runner-up to Maria Morena in the Polla de Potrancas in September, had progressed sufficiently to start third favourite when gaining a Classic of her own in Las Oaks. She is the fifth foal by Milt’s Overture (Dynaformer) out of Lady Frontier but the others were sprinters. It Hong Kong G1 11/12 G1 11/12 G1 11/12 G1 11/12
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile
Dunaden showed remarkable toughness and speed in equal measure to land the Hong Kong Vase for trainer Mikel Delzangles and owner Pearl Bloodstock just six weeks after his Melbourne Cup triumph. Ed Dunlop’s Red Cadeaux, who had been inched out by Dunaden in Australia, found the
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was only her third success in 12 tries and the form of the leading fillies on turf has been patchy. Huaso Celebre (Peintre Celebre), who beat La Haina and Llena de Fuego in the Paddock Stakes, waited for the GP Coronacion at the end of the year. Llena de Fuego went on to run La Haina to one and a 12.0f 10.0f 6.0f 8.0f
Dunaden (FR) California Memory (USA) Lucky Nine (IRE) Able One (NZ)
ground on the fast side but still covered himself in glory to fare best of the three British runners, dead-heating for third. The result provided some degree of compensation for jockey Craig Williams, who missed the winning Melbourne Cup ride because of suspension.
quarter lengths in Las Oaks but it was that day’s third, Indy Station, who beat them all at the end of December. Huaso Celebre ran third, La Haina fourth and Llena de Fuego only eighth of nine. Amani was much too good for the colts in the St Leger, scoring by five and three-quarter lengths from the 5 5 4 9
H H G G
Nicobar (GB) Highest Honor (FR) Dubawi (IRE) Cape Cross (IRE)
unfortunate Quick Casablanca. Beaten only once in 11 appearances for Marco Pavez, Amani has now joined Neil Drysdale in California. Will Quick Casablanca ever win again? He has run seven times since his winning debut, all in Group races, and has been second six times, four of them Group 1s.
La Marlia (FR) Kalpita (USA) Birjand (GB) Gardenia (NZ)
Lucky Nine, who was known as Luck Or Design when racing for Andrew Oliver in Ireland as a two-yearold, looks likely to take over from the disappointing Sacred Kingdom as Hong Kong’s top speedster following a narrow success in the Sprint. As has become normal in this event, the
Kaldounevees (FR) Spinning World (USA) Green Desert (USA) Danehill (USA)
Europeans were well beaten, with Bated Breath doing best in eighth. In the Cup, two more European imports, California Memory (who raced as Portus Blendium in France) and Irian, filled the first two spots, in front of the Waldemar Hickst-trained German raider Zazou. The local
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