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Group 1 victory for Holy Roman Emperor filly in NZ

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Coolmore sire Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) earned his first southern hemisphere Group 1 winner when Rollout The Carpet (Holy Roman Emperor – Out Of Egypt, by Red Ransom) fought tenaciously to claim Saturday’s New Zealand Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.

Homecoming Queen (Holy Roman Emperor – Lagrion, by Diesis) and Morandi (Holy Roman Emperor – Vezina, by Bering) have achieved Group 1 wins for the stallion in Europe before Rollout The Carpet did it tough to claim her maiden win at the highest level.

Jockey Mark Du Plessis sent Rollout The Carpet to the lead early in the event before the filly refused to wilt under the weight of Waterford’s (Darci Brahma – Crystal Hailey, by Greinton) challenge in the straight to score by a nose.

Waterford’s jockey Leith Innes protested against Rollout The Carpet being declared the winner but stewards allowed the Holy Roman Emperor filly to keep the race by a nose.

“She jumped out of the gates and fell flat on her face, but she picked herself up straight away,” Du Plessis said. “Every time I’ve ridden her she’s learned how to race and relaxed every time and she gave a really good kick.”

Rollout The Carpet failed to meet her $NZ40,000 reserve at the 2011 NZB Select Sale but has now won three races and more than $NZ320,000 in earnings from her nine starts.

Holy Roman Emperor colt wins French G3 by 12

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French-trained colt Morandi (Holy Roman Emperor – Vezina, by Bering) became the latest stakes winner for Coolmore Stud shuttler Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) with his brilliant win in the Group 3 Prix De Conde (1800m) at Longchamp.

Morandi stepped out for his fifth start in the Prix De Conde. The Jean Claude Rouget-trained juvenile was previously placed twice in stakes company before showing himself to be a terrific prospect with his win.

Morandi settled just off the leader before ambling to the front at the top of the lengthy Longchamp straight. The two-year-old quickened stylishly to open a six-length gap on his opposition with 200 metres to run before doubling that margin under Gregory Benoist’s hands and heels riding.

Morandi became Holy Roman Emperor’s 19th stakes winner with his dominant performance but Rouget has bigger plans for him before the end of the European season.

“He is an improving horse who is already very mature for a two-year-old and goes on any ground,”  Rouget said.

“If he is still well, he will go for the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud.”

Saint-Cloud will host the event on November 10.

 

More joy for Emperor in Doncaster G3

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A outstanding performance has provided Coolmore stallion Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) with the 18th Stakes winner of his career in the Group 3 Sceptre Stakes (1m) at Doncaster.

Sunday Times (Holy Roman Emperor – Forever Time, by So Factual) had largely struggled during her three-year-old season after the filly finishedsecond in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes (6f) towards the end of her juvenile term but surged back to form in the Sceptre Stakes.

Jockey Jamie Spencer let Sunday Times settle at the tail of the field before the filly improved under her own steam to be within three lengths of the leaders when the rider asked for her effort at the two furlong marker.

Sunday Times lengthened stride impressively to hit the lead 50 yards from the finish before going on to score by a half-length from the Godolphin runner Gamilati (Bernardini – Illustrious Miss, by Kingmambo).

“I thought she might be in the first four or five but that she might not get home as she hadn’t run for a while,” said Sunday Times’s trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam.

“We turned her out with the idea of a late campaign. Now she’s won a Group race I’d probably retire her at the end of this season but the owner is a sportsman.

“Seven furlongs is her trip and there aren’t many races for her.”

Holy Roman Emperor was not part of the Coolmore shuttle shipment to Australia for the 2012 breeding season.

17 for Holy Roman Emperor

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Durable colt Leitit Moir (Holy Roman Emperor – Christinas Letter, by Galileo) took his sire Holy Roman Emperor’s (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) stakes winner tally to 17 with his fighting win in the Group 3 Tower Stakes (6f) at Curragh.

Leitit Moir had missed a place once in his previous nine starts as a two-year-old. The Jim Bolger-bred and trainer juvenile finished second to Pedro The Great (Henrythenavigator – Glatisant, by Rainbow Quest) in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes (6f) at Curragh on August 12.

Leitit Moir hit the lead inside the final furlong of the Tower Stakes before staving off the challenge of Cougar Ridge (Johannesburg – Wild As Elle, by Elnadim) to win by a short head.

Leitit Moir hails from the same family as Hong Kong champion Viva Pataca (Marju – Comic, by Be My Chief), Italian-bred Group 1 winner and Melbourne Cup contender Voila Ici (Daylami – Finger Of Light, by Green Desert) as well as former star Australian three-year-old filly Serenade Rose (Stravinsky – Rose of Tralee, by Sadler’s Wells).

2YO double for Holy Roman Emperor

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Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) did not make the Coolmore shuttle squad to Australia for the 2012 breeding season but the sire managed a midweek metropolitan double at Canterbury and Eagle Farm.

Queen’s Elect (Holy Roman Emperor – Grand Story, by Grand Lodge) broke through for an overdue win after a run of minor placings in the Australian Turf Club Handicap (1580m) at Canterbury.

The $30,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast purchase led all the way to become the third winner from three foals to race for her dam Grand Story  (Grand Lodge – Explanation, by County). Queen’s Elect is a half-sister to Stakes winner My Destiny (Stratum – Explanation, by County) but Payne said his filly could win over longer distances than the 1580 metres of Wednesday’s race.

“She’s going to be alright this filly and maybe over a bit further as well, I think she could step up to 2000 metres,” Payne told TVN.

Lady Of Capri (Holy Roman Emperor – Playground Express, by Success Express) became the 13th two-year-old winner sired by Holy Roman Emperor when the Kelly Schweida-trained filly won the Tattersall’s Bowls Club Handicap (1000m).

 

 

13th Stakes winner for Holy Roman Emperor in Jersey Stakes

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Coolmore’s former shuttle stallion Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) sired his 13th individual Stakes winner when Ishvana (Holy Roman Emperor – Song Of The Sea, by Bering) won the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Ascot.

Holy Roman Emperor shuttled to Australia for four seasons but served his last southern hemisphere broodmare band in 2012 before remaining at Coolmore’s Irish property for the past two years.

Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O’Brien prepared Ishvana on behalf of the filly’s owner and breeder, his wife Annemarie.

Ishvana finished second in the Group1 Irish 1000 Guineas (1m) at her previous outing but relished a drop back to seven furlongs to post her second win from seven starts.

“I’d like to thank my dad, who bought her dam at the sales for me,” Annemarie O’Brien said.

“She was very impressive and showed a great turn of foot.”

Song Of The Sea foaled a brother to Ishvana in 2011 before producing a three-quarter sister to the three-year-old by Fastnet Rock (Danehill – Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) this year.”I’d like to thank my dad [Joe Crowley], who bought her dam Song Of The Sea at the sales for me. She was very impressive and showed a great turn of foot.”

Holy Roman Emperor gets first Group 1 winner in 1000 Guineas

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Coolmore stallion Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill – L’On Vite, by Secretariat) sired his first Group 1 winner when Homecoming Queen (Holy Roman Emperor – Lagrion, by Diesis) produced a wonderful front-running display to prevail in the Group 1 1000 Guineas (1m) at Newmarket.

Homecoming Queen’s Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemate Maybe was expected to lead the Ballydoyle charge in the prestigious event. However, Homecoming Queen gave her rivals no chance with a brilliant exhibition to lead throughout.

The three-quarter sister to former Ballydoyle star, now fledgling sire, Dylan Thomas scored by nine lengths over Starscope (Selkirk – Moon Goddess, by Rainbow Quest) while Maybe (Galileo – Sumora, by Danehill) finished a length further back.

O’Brien denied Homecoming Queen was supposed to perform as a pacemaker for her stablemate in the 1000 Guineas, instead praising his charge’s effort.

“She was there running on her merits,” O’Brien told the British Horseracing Authority. “She’s a tough, hardy filly with a real pedigree and has been progressive all the way.

“Perhaps we didn’t expect her to win quite like she did, but it was not a great surprise she did win.

“She has a lot of options, but the boys will talk about that later in the week.

“She can go to the Irish Guineas or she can go anywhere – the Curragh, Ascot and Epsom are all in the mix. There are lot of options open to her now. She’s a very progressive filly.”

Holy Roman Emperor stood for four seasons in Australia but has not shuttled since the 2010 breeding season.

Vitellius delivers

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The much hyped Vitellius (3 g Holy Roman Emperor – Miss Radiant, by Geiger Counter) made an impressive winning debut at the ATC meeting at Wyong on Wednesday.

Coming from midfield, Vitellius charged home late to get up and defeat Project Compassion (Dubai Destination) by half a length in the $27,000 Senior Newspaper Maiden (1100m)

A $160,000 yearling at the 2010 Magic Millions Sale on the Gold Coast from the draft of Southern Cross Breeders, Vitellius races in the now familiar purple and white colours of Star Thoroughbreds. “He’s a really nice horse and has shown us plenty of talent from day one,‚Äù said Denise Martin of Star Thoroughbreds.

“He’s a half-brother to another of our horses in Kinnersley, who ran second in the Tasmanian Derby and is now back in work.¬†Nash says he always feels as though he has a length up his sleeve in trackwork and he found that today.‚Äù

Group 1 winner Holy Roman Emperor (Danehill) did not shuttle to Coolmore Australia in 2011. His stock enjoyed a good year in Europe with seven Stakes winners, headed by  five-time Group winner Banimpire and the Italian Group winner Sandslash.

Queen rules

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Homecoming Queen (2 f Holy Roman Emperor – Lagrion, by Diesis) ran out the easy four and a quarter length winner of the Listed, Lanwades & Staffordstown Stud Stakes for two-year-old fillies over a mile at the Curragh on Sunday.

Like her sire, Homecoming Queen is trained by Aidan O’Brien and she came home alone to defeat Absolute Crackers (Giant’s Causeway) with Ronan’s Bay (Johannesburg) another two and a half lengths away in third.

Homecoming Queen is a half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner Dylan Thomas (Danehill) who has done well with his first-crop two-year-olds in Europe this season and whose first-crop are about to hit the track in Australia.

Coolmore stallions were on the mark in Italy on Sunday where Temida (Oratorio) won the 2000m Group 3  Premio Verziere Memorial Aldo Cirla defeating Toi et Moi (Galileo) by half a length and Choisir Shadow (Choisir) running out the three-length winner of the Listed, Criterium Nazionale over 1200m, both races in Milan.

Coolmore sires on fire in Europe

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Coolmore stallions were on fire in Europe over the weekend with major successes in all countries. Dancing Rain (3 f Danehill Dancer РRain Flower) powered to classic success in Germany when she defeated Djumama (3 f Aussie Rules)  by three lengths in the Henkel-Preis der Diana-Deutsches Stuten-Derby (G1) over 2200m at Dusseldorf.

Dancing Rain won the German Oaks equivalent by making most of the running under Kieren Fallon who said,¬†”It was easy in the end.¬†Once I was in the lead and going easily, I knew nobody could catch me. She must be one of the top three-year-old fillies over this trip in Europe.”

Closer to home and at the Curragh and La Collina (2 f Strategic Prince – Starfish, by Galileo) proved too good in the Phoenix Stakes (G1) over six furlongs. La Collina came from well back to mow down Power (Oasis Dream) in the final strides with Tough As Nail (Dark Angel) a length and three-quarters away in third.¬†”She’s a very good two-year-old and that was a true test against the colts.” said winning jockey Colm McDonogh,

Maybe (2 f Galileo РSumora) was the impressive winner of the Debutante Stakes (G2), defeating Yellow Rosebud (Jeremy) by two and a half lengths in this seven-furlong event for juvenile fillies. Unbeaten in four starts Maybe tracked her packemaking stablemate Chieftess in the early part of the race, before quickening impressively when clear in front.

“We’re delighted with that,” trainer Aidan O’Brien said. “We’ll probably come back here for the Moyglare next.¬†We’ve gone gently since her last race at Leoparsdtown and did it very well. She’s a nice, smart filly.”

Banimpire (3 f Holy Roman Empire – My Renee) added another Group success to her growing CV when she defeated Dunboyne Express (Shamardal) by three-quarters of a length with Mutahadee (Encosta de Lago) in third in the Royal Whip Stakes (G2) over a mile and a quarter.