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PHIPPS-BRED TOPS KEEJAN FRIDAY...p4-6 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 PRECIOUS KITTEN SOLD TO LAEL STABLE TDN Feature Presentation Kenneth and Sarah Ramseys= Precious Kitten GRADE 3 SAN RAFAEL STAKES (Catienus--Kitten=s First, by Lear Fan), an Eclipse Award finalist for champion female turf horse, has been sold to Roy and Gretchen Jackson=s Lael Stable for an undis- closed amount, it was announced yesterday. The five- year-old captured two wins at the highest level under the tute- ARAGORN lage of Bobby Frankel in 2007, GIANT’S CAUSEWAY-ONAGA, BY MR. PROSPECTOR including the GI John C. Mabee Multiple Grade 1 Winner. Earnings of $1.5 million. H. at Del Mar in August and the Click here for Alan Porter’s Mating Analysis GI Matriarch S. at Hollywood in late November. She will remain in CAT FIGHT IN THE SAN RAFAEL? training with Frankel. AWe hope El Gato Malo (El Corredor) has indeed proved to be that she brings as much pleasure one bad cat in his two starts to date. The West Point Precious Kitten to the Jacksons as she did to Thoroughbreds Horsephotos us,@ Ken Ramsey said. ASelling colorbearer opened his her was a tough decision and career with a 5 1/2-length we'll miss running her in the big races this year. We maiden score at Holly- hope she wins a 2008 Eclipse Award for the Jacksons wood Park Nov. 18 and and goes on to an equally successful career as a came back to take the broodmare. We will be following her closely and hope Gold Rush S. going a mile to see them in the winner=s circle with her often this at Golden Gate Dec. 15 year.@ Bred in Kentucky by the Ramseys, the dark bay is by 4 1/4 lengths. The a half-sister to champion Kitten=s Joy (El Prado {Ire}) El Gato Malo Benoit Photo $95,000 FTKOCT yearling and MSW Justenuffheart (Broad Brush), the dam of takes another step up the ladder here, and trainer Craig champion Dreaming of Anna and GSW Lewis Michael. Dollase feels he is ready for the test. Dollase, looking To date, Precious Kitten has won seven of 19 career back on the Gold Rush, told Daily Racing Form, AHe did starts, for $1,419,688 in earnings. it the right way. He got two turns and he handled the ship. He=s coming into the [San Rafael] with lots of confidence.@ El Gato Malo isn=t the only top cat in the one-mile race. Talk of a Cat (Tale of the Cat) is another that has shown a lot of promise. Third in his debut at Keeneland Oct. 25, the $625,000 FTSAUG yearling purchase followed up with an eyecatching score at Hol- Talk of a Cat Benoit Photo lywood Dec. 1. The chest- nut colt grabbed the lead early in that 6 1/2-furlong affair, dashed off six furlongs in 1:08 flat and hit the wire 5 1/2 lengths to the good. The runner-up that day, Coast Guard, came back to break his maiden with a handy win Dec. 29. Jockey Garrett Gomez, aboard for that victory, is not worried about the added distance this afternoon. AHe actually did something [in the maiden win] that, with his stride, you wouldn=t think he could get done sprinting,@ Gomez told DRF. AHe=s got a nice long stride; he=ll go further.@ Cont. p2 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/12/08 • PAGE 2 of 12 San Rafael cont. CashCall Rematch... YANKEE GENTLEMAN The first two finishers from the Dec. 22 GI CashCall Storm Cat - G1SW Key Phrase Futurity, Into Mischief and Colonel John, will skip this race, but three of those they beat that day return here. Massive MOMENTUM Drama (Kafwain), winner of the Nov. 22 GIII Hollywood Prevue S. in his second start, stalked the pace last time and angled outside for run- ning room in the stretch, but could- n=t get past the top two and was third by 1 3/4 lengths. The race did- n=t go exactly as trainer Bob Baffert had envisioned. AI thought he would be on the lead, but they were all rushing,@ Baffert told Daily Racing • Sire of the undefeated and ultra impressive Form. A[Jockey Kent Desormeaux] Santa Anita stakes winner Yankee Bravo. thought he would relax, but he Massive Drama never really settled.@ Massive Drama • Top 10 Kentucky Freshman Sire. Benoit Photo will have Rafael Bejarano in the • 16 First-Crop winners including stakes stars irons this time, and he will break from post six in the seven-horse field. His conditioner is Yankee Bravo and Golden Yank. hoping that is to his advantage. AHe won=t have to be $7,500 locked in,@ Baffert told DRF. Indian Sun (Indian Charlie), Think About It... runner-up in the GIII Gener- ous S. on the Hollywood lawn, was making his Cush- www.airdriestud.com (859) 873-7270 ion Track debut in the Futu- rity. At the back of the pack RECENT SAN RAFAEL WINNERS early, he gained some ground late to be fifth, Year Winner (Sire) Trainer 2007 Notional (Tiznow) O’Neill beaten 3 1/2 lengths. Cal 2006 Brother Derek (Benchmark) Hendricks Sierra Sunset Benoit Photo Cup Juvenile hero Sierra 2005 Spanish Chestnut (Horse Chestnut {SAf}) Biancone Sunset (Bertrando) was 2004 Imperialism (Langfuhr) Mulhall looking to make it three in a row in his first try against 2003 Rojo Toro (Mountain Cat) Baffert Grade I company, but, after sitting just off the leaders 2002 Came Home (Gone West) Gonzalez in fifth, he failed to launch a late bid and finished sixth, 2001 Crafty C.T. (Crafty Prospector) Zucker just a nose behind Indian Sun. 2000 War Chant (Danzig) Drysdale Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 1:45 p.m. PST SAN RAFAEL S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, 1m (AWT) PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ODDS 1 El Gato Malo West Point Thoroughbreds Kenneth C Roberts-KY C Dollase 3-1 (g, El Corredor--One Bad Cat, by Mountain Cat) Flores 2 Talk of a Cat Smith & Tabor D Ryan/B & K Donworth-KY Pletcher 5-2 (c, Tale of the Cat--Good Vibes, by Unbridled=s Song) Gomez 3 Sierra Sunset Lebherz/Mariani/Schmitt Mr & Mrs M J Wygod-CA Bonde 5-1 (c, Bertrando--Toot Sweet, by Pirate=s Bounty) Espinoza 4 Overbid Southern Equine Stable Farfellow Farms Ltd-KY Guillot 6-1 (c, Pulpit--Critikola {Arg}, by Tough Critic) M Baze 5 Indian Sun Cecil N Peacock Kim & Rodney Nardelli-KY Hendricks 15-1 (c, Indian Charlie--Unequivocal, by Alleged) Solis 6 Massive Drama Zayat Stables Clay & Mena Neel-KY Baffert 2-1 (c, Kafwain--Peyvon, by Slewacide) Bejarano 7 Spinning Sound (Ire) LGL Racing Frank Dunne-IRE Gallager 30-1 (c, Spinning World--Beryl {GB}, by Bering {GB}) T Baze TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/12/08 • PAGE 3 of 12 Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 2:45 p.m. PST Today’s Graded Stakes SAN PASQUAL H.-GII, $150,000, 4/up, 1 1/16m (AWT) brought to you by PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Thousand Words (GB) Dansili (GB) Frankel 12-1 2 Molengao (Brz) Royal Academy Lobo 4-1 3 Heatseeker (Ire) Giant’s Causeway Hollendorfer 7-2 4 Zappa Afternoon Deelites Sadler 12-1 5 Racketeer Awesome Again Frankel 5-2 6 Well Armed Tiznow Harty 7-2 7 Arson Squad Brahms Headley 4-1 3:26p Col. E.R. Bradley H.-GIII, FG (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV A perfect two-for-two on synthetic surfaces since 4:45p San Rafael S.-GIII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV joining the Jerry Hollendorfer barn, Heatseeker rallied to 5:07p Old Hat S.-GII, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV take a seven-furlong allowance at Oak Tree Oct. 8 in 5:28p , FG (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV LeComte S.-GIII his first outing under new management. The five-year- 5:45p San Pasqual H.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV old was seventh when switched to the turf for the 7:15p San Fernando S.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Oct. 27 GIII Morvich H., but bounced right back to All Times Eastern Standard Time. capture the Dec. 8 GIII Native Diver H. on the Holly- PURE PRIZE: Three Stakes Horses in 2008 wood Cushion Track last time out, earning a 100 Beyer. including G3 winner, Carioca de Gema! Second in the Native Diver was Racketeer, who came Click here for more... into the race off a six-month layoff and could be tighter in his second start back. The Adena Springs homebred P P R E V I E W S P has been on the board in 13 of his 15 career starts. The likely pacesetter today is WinStar homebred Well Armed. The five-year-old gelding disappeared after Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:15 p.m. PST finishing 11th behind Discreet Cat in the 2006 G2 UAE SAN FERNANDO S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo, 1 1/16m Derby, resurfacing when fourth in an optional claimer at (AWT) Oak Tree Oct. 4. He went right to the front in his lat- PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS est, a two-turn allowance at Hollywood Nov. 11, and 1 Ravel Fusaichi Pegasus Pletcher 7-2 never looked back, winning by 4 1/4 lengths. 2 Big Bad Leroybrown Wild Again Warren 15-1 3 Air Commander Point Given Baffert 20-1 Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:07 p.m.