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Barn Notes: Monday, August 16, 2010
In Today’s Notes:
· Second Set of Europe’s Festival Invaders on Arlington’s Grounds
· Sally Mitchelhill Now Serving as Gosden’s Spokesperson
· Charlie Henson Comes Back to
· Gypsy’s Warning Works for Beverly D. Sunday at Fair Hill
SECOND SET OF EUROPE’S FESTIVAL INVADERS ON
The second of two European transatlantic equine charters in advance of
HRH Princess Haya of
Sally Mitchelhill, Gosden’s Scottish-born lass who met Sunday’s Singapore Airlines’ charter at the airport after her own Atlantic crossing Saturday, had a positive report on both Debussy and Tazeez following their travels.
“They both looked good when they got off the plane last night, and this morning they appear very happy and enjoying themselves here at
Arlington Million candidate Summit Surge, an Irish-bred owned by William Bellew and trained by Luca Cumani, was aboard an earlier European equine charter that arrived Saturday evening and was under the supervision of Cumani’s head lad Charlie Henson.
“(Summit Surge) is in good form and travelled well,” said Henson Monday. “We should clear quarantine this afternoon and plan to go to the track for a canter at about 7 o’clock tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.”
Marquesa de Mortalla’s Biased and Michael Deegan’s Pachattack, a European-based pair of Beverly D. candidates, and Mark Hawtin’s Secretariat Stakes starter Wigmore Hall, were also on that first flight with Summit Surge.
“All of our European shippers arrived in good order and are doing well this morning,” said Andrea Branchini, shipping agent for Horse America when speaking outside
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SALLY MITCHELHILL NOW SERVING AS GOSDEN’S SPOKESPERSON
Scottish-born Sally Mitchelhill will serve as British-born trainer John Gosden’s representative at
As an apprentice jockey in 2007, Mitchelhill scored her first
Karlsson, now 27, finished fourth in last year’s
Mitchelhill, also now 27, continued her riding career for some time – eventually transferring her tack to
“Things happen,” said Mitchelhill Monday morning in
CHARLIE HENSON COMES BACK TO
Temporarily representing British trainer Luca Cumani, who will saddle William Bellew’s Summit Surge in Saturday’s Arlington Million, is Cumani’s head traveling lad Charlie Henson.
Henson, 31, a native of
Earlier in the 2009 season, Henson traveled to
GYPSY’S WARNING WORKS SUNDAY AT FAIR HILL FOR BEVERLY D.
South African-bred Gypsy’s Warning, owned by Team Valor International and Green Lantern Stable and trained by Graham Motion, breezed six furlongs in 1:13.60 over the training track at Fair Hill Sunday under exercise rider Molly Hannum prior to Saturday’s Beverly D.
“She worked in company, and went the half in 48.20 and five-eighths in 1:00.20,” said Team Valor’s Barry Irwin Monday. “She’s always been a lousy work horse, but in the afternoons it’s a different ball game.”
On Monday under jockey Julio Felix, Cherokee Lord went five-eighths on turf in 1:06.80 with the “dogs” up, getting the last furlong in 12 flat prior to Saturday’s Secretariat Stakes.
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