TDN RISING STARS

September 4, 2005 - CURRAGH, Race , Mdn, EUR €19,280, 6f, 5.4500, gd

Art Museum, c, 2, 2003 by Storm Cat

1st Dam: Totemic (GSW, $138,438), by Vanlandingham
2nd Dam: Strong Totem, by Fappiano
3rd Dam: Right Advance, by

Owner: Susan Magnier
Breeder: Strategy Bloodstock
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien

Art Museum holds high-profile entries in the major juvenile races of the fall and was hammered down to 4-5 for this maiden test won last year by the stable's subsequent G1 Middle Park S. hero Ad Valorem. He missed the break and was baulked, but held his position in behind the leaders before being asked to close at halfway. Coaxed to the front by Kieren Fallon passing the eighth peg, he needed one slap with the whip to assert and beat Alexander Alliance (Ire) (Danehill) by a comfortable length. The winner is a half to Lil's Lad (Pine Bluff), GSW & MGISP, $589,930; and a full to Cherokee, GSW-Ire. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, Eu13,020.