CASCO COCKED HAT S.-Listed, £35,000, Goodwood, 5-25, 3yo, c/g, 1 3/8mT, 2:24.61, gd.
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#MICHELANGELO (GB), 126, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Intrigued (GB) (MSP-Eng), by Darshaan (GB)
2nd Dam: Last Second (Ire), by Alzao
3rd Dam: Alruccaba (Ire), by Crystal Palace (Fr)
(550,000gns yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Bjorn Nielsen; B-Denford Stud & Balmerino Bloodstock; T-John Gosden; J-William Buick; £19,849. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, £24,153.
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Expense Claim (Ire), 126, g, 3, Intikhab--Indolente (Ire), by Diesis (GB). (95,000gns yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Another Bottle Racing 2; B-Glending Bloodstock; T-Andrew Balding; £7,525.
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Perennial (GB), 126, c, 3, Motivator (GB)--Arum Lily, by Woodman. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Charles Hills; £3,766.
Margins: HF, 1 1/4, 32. Odds: 4-6, 9-4, 5-1.
Also Ran: Polydamos (GB). Scratched: Jungle Beat (Ire).
Michelangelo was pitched in at the deep end and emerged with enormous credit when third to Frankel's brother Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the May 5 Listed Newmarket S. last time, and continued on an upward curve with a cozy first score in Britain's final recognised trial for the June 2 G1 Epsom Derby. Slowest away to race last of the four runners early, he made continued improvement into second at halfway and stayed on resolutely under stretch-long cajoling to inhale Expense Claim nearing the line. "I've just spoken to [owner] Bjorn [Nielsen] in his office in Connecticut–he watched it and he's delighted," said Charlie Gordon-Watson, who gained the winning nod for Michelangelo as a TATOCT yearling. "I can't speak for the trainer, but the owner is thinking of Royal Ascot although he's a work-in-progress and a horse for next year. He's got a lot ahead of him and he's done very well so far. The Derby was the original plan, but time worked against us."
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