HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009 TDN Feature Presentation ZENYATTA TO DEBUT IN LOUISVILLE Reigning champion distaffer Zenyatta (Street Cry GROUP 1 PRIX GANAY {Ire}) will make her 2009 debut in the 1 1/16-mile GII Louisville Distaff at Churchill Downs May 1, John Shirreffs confirmed Sunday. AShe looks like she=s get- ting ready right now, and I didn=t want to particularly train her for a couple more CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONNECTIONS OF weeks,@ Shirreffs told Daily Racing Form. Winner of the SMART STRIKE’S DENOMINATION GI Breeders= Cup Distaff over UNDEFEATED IN STAKES IN 09 & NOW A GROUP WINNER! a synthetic surface last Octo- ber, the powerful mare is Horsephotos PERFECT VISION scheduled to be shipped from Last year=s G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Vision d=Etat her Hollywood Park base to Louisville today. Owned by (Fr) (Chichicastenango {Fr}) kept the G1 Prix Ganay Jerry and Ann Moss, Zenyatta--who is undefeated in Grand Prix Air Mauritius at home nine lifetime starts--won her only prior start on the dirt, yesterday with a smooth success. and that was in Oaklawn=s GI Apple Blossom H. last A respectable third under a penalty April. In her final work before leaving California, in his return in the Apr. 5 G2 Prix Zenyatta covered five furlongs in :59 flat at Hollywood d=Harcourt over 10 furlongs of this Sunday. Despite shipping a long way for her next start, circuit, the bay stripped sharper the mare=s connections revealed that their superstar here and justified 7-5 favoritism would only line up if the ship goes off without a hitch. www.pari-turf.com with a surge of acceleration that AEverything has to be perfect,@ emphasized Jerry Moss. sealed victory approaching the eighth pole. Kept up to AWe won=t run her unless she=s 100 percent.@ his work late on by Ioritz Mendizabal, he was beyond recall as Loup Breton (Ire) (Anabaa) closed to within 3/4 of a length at the line. Cont. p2 New Patch for Quality Road........................p4 Sunday, Longchamp, France PRIX GANAY "GRAND PRIX AIR MAURITIUS"-G1, i300,000, Longchamp, 4-26, 4yo/up, 1 5/16mT, 2:09.43, gd. 1--VISION D’ETAT (FR), 128, c, 4, by Chichicastenango (Fr) 1st Dam: Uberaba (Fr), by Garde Royale (Ire) 2nd Dam: Ile d=Amour (Fr), by Montevideo (Fr) 3rd Dam: Old England (Fr), by Wild Risk (Fr) (i39,000 yrl >06 DEADEC). O-Jacques Detre & Mme Eric Libaud; B-Gaetan Gilles; T-Eric Libaud; J-Ioritz Mendizabal; i171,420. Lifetime Record: 9 starts, 7 wins, 2 places, i1,301,670. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Loup Breton (Ire), 128, h, 5, Anabaa--Louve, by Irish River (Fr). O-Ecurie Wildenstein; B-Dayton Investments Ltd; T-Elie Lellouche; i68,580. 3--Adlerflug (Ger), 128, h, 5, In the Wings (GB)--Aiyana (Ger), by Last Tycoon (Ire). O/B-Gestut Schlenderhan; T-Jens Hirschberger; i34,290. Margins: 3/4, SHD, 1. Odds: 1.40, 3.00, 9.00. Also Ran: Thewayyouare, The Bogberry, Cima de Triomphe (Ire), Red Rock Canyon (Ire), Tajaaweed. Scratched: Court Canibal (Fr). www.overbrookfarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/27/09 • PAGE 2 of 10 Prix Ganay cont. Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong Under the radar before the French Derby last June, CHAMPIONS MILE-G1, HK$12,000,000, Sha Tin, 4-26, Vision d=Etat emerged from that Classic with his perfect 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:34.97, yld. record intact, and went straight to the G2 Prix Niel over 1--@#sSIGHT WINNER (NZ), 126, g, 5, by Faltaat the Arc course and distance in September. Capturing 1st Dam: Kinjinette (NZ), by Kinjite (NZ) that vital trial with relative comfort, he faced Zarkava 2nd Dam: Duanette's Girl (NZ), by Balmerino (NZ) (Ire) and company at the top of 3rd Dam: Sacaya (NZ), by Sovereign Edition (Ire) his game in the G1 Prix de l=Arc O-Mr & Mrs Tam Wing Kun; B-Westbury Stud Ltd de Triomphe in October, but (NZ); T-J Size; J-B Prebble. Lifetime Record: could only manage a fifth placing 22-7-4-2. WerkNick Rating: D+. Click for the behind the star filly after a trou- eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. bled trip. His comeback third be- 2--Egyptian Ra (NZ), 126, g, 7, Woodborough--Egyptian hind Trincot (Fr) (Peintre Celebre) Queen (NZ), by Karioi Lad (Aus). O-Cheng Keung Fai; in the d=Harcourt set him up for B-C A Ball & M L Barratt (NZ); T-A S Cruz. Eric Libaud www.zone-turf.fr this test, and his subsequent 3--Dao Dao (Aus), 126, g, 5, Shinko Forest (Ire)--Casual homework suggested he was Way (NZ), by Casual Lies. O/B-K S Lee (AUS); T-J continuing to come forward. Vision d=Etat was keen in Hawkes. third early while trapped behind the steady Prix Ganay Margins: SHD, NO, HF. Odds: 64-1, 5-1, 26-1. tempo set by Thewayyouare (Kingmambo), who was Also Ran: Good Ba Ba, Collection (Ire), Imbongi (SAf), pressed by his stable companion Red Rock Canyon (Ire) Alexandros (GB), More Bountiful (NZ), Aramada (NZ), (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}). A gap appeared when Red Fellowship (NZ), Unique Jewelry (NZ). Rock Canyon started to tire at the quarter pole and, Sight Winner ran second to Egyptian Ra in the Hong after receiving a bump from his stablemate there, Vision Kong Mile Trial back November, but had been off the d=Etat was extricated by Ioritz Mendizabal and soon had board in his five subsequent starts. Fourth behind the Thewayyouare=s measure, sealing the result as Loup Trial winner in the Mar. 15 Queen=s Silver Jubilee, he Breton and Adlerflug finished strongly to fill the places. most recently finished fifth at 23-1 in the Apr. 5 Chair- AHe is a typical mile-and-a-quarter horse who loves man=s Trophy, and was given little chance by the Sha some pace and rhythm in his races; that was not the Tin bettors here. Off at 64-1, Sight Winner pressured case today, but he still managed to come through,@ pacesetting Egyptian Ra early and grabbed a narrow trainer and half-owner Eric Libaud commented. AHe lead 200 meters from the wire. The bay was all out in quickened nicely and fully deserved that.@ Libaud has the closing yards, holding on as that determined rival Royal Ascot in mind for the winner. AHe will run in the rerallied and Australian invader Dao Dao came charging [June 17] G1 Prince of Wales=s S. next, and the pace to nearly make it a triple dead heat. AIt's a nice surprise, should be faster there, which will certainly suit him,@ he but [trainer John Size] seemed quietly confident in the said. Loup Breton will sidestep the Royal meeting, ac- paddock beforehand, so that got my confidence up a cording to conditioner Elie Lellouche. AHe ran a super little,@ jockey Brett Prebble said. AWe had a game plan race and I can=t complain,@ Lellouche commented. AI to sit outside Egyptian Ra... and, at the top of straight, took him to Royal Ascot for the Prince of Wales=s last I went past him. I knew he'd give me more because he year and things didn=t work out, so I did not enter him can stay 1800 meters and 2000 meters. He fought this time, and he will instead come back here for the hard, he loved the ground and his action felt really [May 17] G1 Prix d=Ispahan.@ Click for the Racing Post comfortable on it.@ Click for the HKJC chart or HKJC chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. video or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/27/09 • PAGE 3 of 10 Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong Going One Better... AUDEMARS PIGUET QUEEN ELIZABETH II CUP-G1, Better backed this time, Presvis was settled at the tail HK$14,000,000, Sha Tin, 4-26, 3yo/up, 2000mT, end of the field early and still had them all to beat 300 2:02.97, yld. meters from home. But jockey Ryan Moore sent the 1--@#sPRESVIS (GB), 126, g, 5, by Sakhee five-year-old up the rail in the 1st Dam: Forest Fire (Swe), by Never So Bold (Ire) stretch, and the two charged 2nd Dam: Mango Sampaquita (Swe), by Columbian Friend to a decisive score. Viva 3rd Dam: Twins= Fire (GB), by Firestreak (GB) Pataca had taken over in the (15,000gns wnlg >04 TATDEC; 30,000gns yrl >05 stretch, but was no match for TATOCT). O-Leonidas Marinopoulos, et al; B-Mrs M the winner late. AThat went Campbell-Andenaes (GB); T-Luca M Cumani; J-R perfectly.@ Moore said. AI was Moore. Lifetime Record: G1SP-UAE, 11-5-3-1. happy to sit in last, as the 2--Viva Pataca (GB), 126, g, 7, Marju (Ire)--Comic (Ire), gallop was honest on that by Be My Chief. O-Stanley Ho Hung Sun; B-Floors ground. I was never worried, Farming & Side Hill Stud (GB); T-J Moore. as he was handling the ground Luca Cumani (right) Gets His 3--Thumbs Up (NZ), 126, g, 4, Shinko King (Ire)-- well, and when I asked him Trophy HKJC Photo Regelle (NZ), by Exploding Prospect. O-Leung Chung once he picked up one horse Shan; B-Miss S A Hale, N W Johnstone & R M Stent and I knew he'd pick them all up.@ An elated Cumani (NZ); T-C S Shum.