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'Rising Star' Heavies in Arkansas Derby SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021 SUPER STOCK UPSETS CURLIN COLT FINISHES 'FURY'-OUSLY IN THE LEXINGTON by Alan Carasso 'RISING STAR' HEAVIES IN Fern Circle Stable & Three Chimneys Farm's King Fury (Curlin) took advantage of a fast early pace in Saturday's GIII Stonestreet ARKANSAS DERBY Lexington S. over a sloppy Keeneland main track and closed off fastest of all to cause an 18-1 upset, earning 20 points towards a potential appearance in the GI Kentucky Derby in three weeks' time. A maiden winner at first asking over a distance of ground at Churchill Sept. 3, King Fury could not overcome a wide trip when eighth of nine behind Essential Quality (Tapit) in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity over this course and distance Oct. 3. The half-length winner of the Oct. 25 Street Sense S. beneath the Twin Spires, he could do no better than seventh when wheeled back on 12 days' rest in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile and added blinkers--to no avail--en route to a fifth in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill Nov. 28. Cont. p5 Super Stock another Arkansas Derby upsetter | Coady by Alan Carasso IN TDN EUROPE TODAY The GI Arkansas Derby has been won over the last 20-plus REMEMBERING ROY ROCKET years by some short-odds favorites, like future GI Kentucky Emma Berry reflects on the Brighton specialist who became the Derby winners Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality, even-money in people's horse. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. 2004) and American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile, 1-10 in 2015) and future Classic winners such as Curlin (Smart Strike, 4-5 in 2007) and Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet, 12-5 in 2005). But the nine-furlong prep has tossed up its fair share of less- predictable winners, including Sir Cherokee (55-1 in 2003), Line of David (Lion Heart, 17-1 in 2010), Archarcharch (Arch, 25-1 in 2011), Danza (Street Boss, 41-1 in 2014) and the notorious Valhol (Diazo, 30-1 prior to being disqualified in 1999). The betting public had Saturday's renewal as a match race between the undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' Concert Tour (Street Sense), so impressive in winning the GII Rebel S. last time, and fellow 'Rising Star' Caddo River (Hard Spun), well-beaten in the Rebel, but prior to that, the 10 1/4-length winner of the Jan. 22 Smarty Jones S. However, the longshot bug bit again, as the far less-heralded Super Stock (Dialed In) allowed those two to duel themselves into submission and picked up the pieces late at a bit more than 12-1 to give trainer Steve Asmussen a record-tying fifth win in the race. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Senior Contributing Editor Sunday, April 11, 2021 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Deputy Editor Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Associate Editors Christina Bossinakis @CBossTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN News and Features Editor In Memoriam: Ben Massam (1988-2019) ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Project Manager Rachel McCaffrey Advertising Assistants Amie Newcomb Kristen Lomasson Photographer/Photo Editor To the Moon Alice delivered an Uncle Mo filly Wednesday at Old Tavern Farm as part of Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew the National Museum of Racing's Foal Patrol Season 4. | Old Tavern Farm [email protected] Social Media Strategist 'FOXTROT' GETS HER GRADE I IN JENNY WILEY 6 Justina Severni Juliet Foxtrot (GB) (Dansili {GB}) captured an elusive Grade I event, Associate Producer wiring the field in Saturday's GI Coolmore Jenny Wiley S. Katie Ritz Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes TODAY’S GRADED STAKES [email protected] ET Race Click for TV 2:40a Oka Sho-G1, HAN -------------- TVG Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen 7:58a Prix La Force-G3, LCH -------------- TVG 8:33a Prix Vanteaux-G3, LCH -------------- TVG Director of IT & Accounting 8:53a Kalkmann Fruhjahrs-Meile-G3, DUS -------------- ------- Ray Villa 9:40a Ballylinch Stud 'Priory Belle' 1000 Guineas Trial S.-G3, LEO -------------- TVG [email protected] [email protected] 9:45a Prix D'Harcourt-G2, LCH -------------- TVG 10:45a P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax S.-G3, LEO -------------- TVG WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 10:45a Prix Noailles-G3, LCH -------------- TVG International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • APRIL 11, 2021 Arkansas Derby cont. from p1 It was an upset bigger than the pari-mutuel prices might indicate. As anticipated, Caddo River, whom trainer Brad Cox promised would be ridden more aggressively than he was in the Rebel, kicked through inside and matched motors under the wire for the first time with Concert Tour before Joel Rosario took just a bit of a tug and asked the Gary and Mary West colorbearer to settle, albeit right off Caddo River's flank. The pace was very much on--the opening quarter was in a sharp :22.62--and Ricardo Santana, Jr. made best use of the one hole to land in third for the run around the turn, tracking the dueling pacesetters under a long hold. Caddo River continued to bowl along up front through a half in a fast-enough :46.51, tugging Florent Geroux out of the saddle passing the five-furlong marker, but came back to his rider and relaxed better as they raced into the final 3 1/2 furlongs. The Shortleaf runner was holding Concert Tour gamely at bay approaching the stretch, but Santana, Jr. was feeling for Super Stock and the duo began to zero in on the front-runners at the head of the stretch. Cont. p4 Members of the Asmussen family embrace following the win Coady TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • APRIL 11, 2021 Arkansas Derby cont. Pedigree Notes: Super Stock is the second Grade I winner and sixth graded for It looked for a few strides that Super Stock might try to come Darby Dan's Dialed In, whose son Get Her Number came with a between the two favorites, but he was instead pulled off run from last to finish a little more than three lengths behind Concert Tour's heels at the furlong grounds, raced to the front Super Stock in fourth. He is the first Grade I winner and second with 100 yards to race and edged clear. Caddo River fought on graded winner produced by a daughter of Closing Argument, gamely at the rail to hold second ahead of Concert Tour. who famously went within a zop of causing a major upset of his Asmussen's son Keith broke Super Stock's maiden in the Texas own in the 2005 Kentucky Derby, going down by a half-length to Thoroughbred Futurity at Lone Star last August before stepping Giacomo (Holy Bull) at 71-1. Barren to He's Had Enough for up steeply in class to be third in the GIII Iroquois S. at Churchill 2019, Super Girlie produced a colt by Mendelssohn last year. Sept. 5. An even third behind undefeated champion Essential Quality (Tapit) in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Saturday, Oaklawn Keeneland the following month, he was a battling runner-up to ARKANSAS DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, Oaklawn, 4-10, 3yo, 1 1/8m, Saturday's GIII Stonestreet Lexington S. hero King Fury (Curlin) in 1:50.92, ft. the Oct. 25 Street Sense S. before calling it a season. Though 1--SUPER STOCK, 122, c, 3, by Dialed In never a danger to Concert Tour and his stablemate Hozier 1st Dam: Super Girlie, by Closing Argument (Pioneerof the Nile) in the Rebel, it was a race he was certain to 2nd Dam: Beafleet, by Afleet need and his even fourth-place effort set him up perfectly for his 3rd Dam: Leave It Be, by Lawmaker upset bid Saturday. 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($70,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Woolsey, Erv and Asmussen, Keith; B-Pedro Gonzalez & P.J. Gonzalez (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Ricardo Santana, Jr.. $600,000. Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-2, $804,762. *1/2 to Boujie Girl (Flashback), GISP, $167,897. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. 2--Caddo River, 122, c, 3, Hard Spun--Pangburn, by Congrats. 'TDN Rising Star' O/B-Shortleaf Stable (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $200,000. 3--Concert Tour, 122, c, 3, Street Sense--Purse Strings, by Tapit. O-Gary & Mary West; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $100,000. 'TDN Rising Star' In the paddock | Coady Margins: 2HF, HD, HF. Odds: 12.20, 3.40, 0.30. A[Tactically it set up] perfectly,@ said Asmussen, whose father Also Ran: Get Her Number, Last Samurai, Hozier. Keith is the colt's part-owner. AWe wanted to use his post position. I thought he used his post position into the first turn Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free extremely well. My confidence level was he was going to run Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by really good. I've been in races like that, that you have no control TVG.
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