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Visit the COX PLATE TDN Website: DRAWS 16 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here JOCKEYS= WHIP STRIKE STILL POSSIBLE BREEDERS’ CUP Strike action by jockeys remains a possibility as the severity of punishments for breaking the recently BULLETIN introduced whip guidelines became the focus of their cause, according to a statement released by the No Breeders’ Cup for Zazu Professional Jockeys= Association yesterday. The flames Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moss=s Zazu (Tapit), last seen were fanned further with the PJA claiming senior recording an impressive last-to-first win in the GI Lady=s jockeys Frankie Dettori and Tony McCoy would not Secret S. at Santa Anita have given their endorsement had they known the full Oct. 1, will miss a tilt at the implications of the regulations. The British Horseracing GI Breeders= Cup Ladies= Authority, who consulted various institutions that Classic with inflammation in included jockeys= representatives before introducing the a shoulder, according to new rules, is set to make another announcement on the Daily Racing Form. Trained matter Friday. Riders are permitted to strike their by John Sadler, the gray mounts a maximum five times inside the final furlong-- worked four furlongs in :46 and a maximum seven all told--during a flat race and 2/5 at Santa Anita Oct. 16. face a sliding scale of deterrents. AThere are concerns "We're going to bypass the within horseracing that many jockeys will independently Ladies' Classic," Sadler told decide not to take part in some racing fixtures next Zazu DRF. "She came out of her week in protest at the new rules,@ according to PJA Benoit photo work a little off. We put her chief executive Kevin Darley. AIn hindsight, we would in the nuclear scan, and it revealed a little inflammation. like to have given more thought and consideration to the The timing is lousy, but the prognosis for next year is new rules before commenting. We didn=t give them 100%." Sadler added that the GI Las Virgenes S. properly informed approval, and we really do wish the victress will be given 90 days off. "It looked like she BHA would stop saying that we did. There is now a had a big shot," Sadler concluded. "We're process of proper consultation and discussion involving disappointed." jockeys which should have happened before the original announcement by the BHA last month.@ Red Duke out of Breeders’ Cup Cont. p2 Trainer John Quinn yesterday ruled out a long-planned tilt at the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf with Red Duke (Hard Spun). Maxilead Ltd=s July 9 G2 Superlative S. winner and Sept. 10 G2 Champagne S. runner-up had beaten only one home in the G1 Dewhurst S. at Newmarket 12 days ago, and the signs are that he is not ready for a trip to Churchill Downs. ARed Duke has started to show all the signs of a horse who is feeling the effects of a long year,@ Quinn explained. AHe has been very quiet since running slightly below-par at Newmarket, where we didn=t feel he ran to his best for one reason or another. It would be unfair of me to take the colt and his owners half way around the world to run when I feel he may not be up to performing to his best. It is for this reason I=ve decided it best to rest him now for the winter and look towards a 3-year-old campaign in the UK and abroad. I=m sure he will come back as good as ever and repay our faith in him.@ www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/20/11 • PAGE 2 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Jockeys Whip Strike cont. Kevin Darley continued, Had we been properly consulted over some of the important details that relate directly to jockeys prior to that announcement, we feel that we would not be in the position we are today. Jockeys have no issues with the restricted amount of times they can use the whip under the new rules. The careers of jockeys are short by definition, and the implications of financial penalties and long suspensions are savagely disproportionate.@ Breeders= Cup Notes cont. Giant Ryan Works for Sprint Shivananda Parbhoo=s Giant Ryan (Freud), currently riding a six-race winning streak, including the GI Vosburgh Invitational S. at Belmont Park Oct. 1, tuned up for the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint with a three- furlong move in :39.20 at Churchill Downs Wednesday. With exercise rider Sabastian Garcia in the irons, Giant Ryan caught his first eighth of a mile in :12.60 and galloped out a half Giant Ryan mile in :53.60. The breeze was Adam Coglianese contested over a Awet fast@ surface following the break. AI just wanted him to get used to the track, and I told the rider to really slow him down and not go too fast,@ Parbhoo said. AThe next work next week is more important. He=ll go a half-mile and gallop out a strong five-eighths.@ ‘Chamberlain’ Ready to Defend Title Carl R. Moore Management LLC=s Chamberlain Bridge (War Chant), hero of last year=s GII Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs, worked a five-furlong bullet in :59 beneath the Twin Spires yesterday. Jockey Jamie Theriot was aboard for the move, timed in fractions of :11.80, :23.40, :35.40, :47 and out six furlongs in 1:13.80. The 7-year-old heads to the Breeders= Cup following a close third-place finish in the GIII Turf Monster H. at Parx Sept. 5. AYou can=t do any better than that,@ Theriot commented. AI think he has a big, big chance.@ Theriot continued, AThe [prospective] field doesn=t look as a deep as last year. There were some tough horses in there last year.@ Overseas Runner for Team Valor in Marathon Team Valor International's Brigantin (Cozzene), last seen dead-heating for third in the 2 1/2-mile G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran at Longchamp Oct. 2, is being pointed toward the GII Breeders= Cup Marathon at Churchill Downs Nov. 5. The G2 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier victor, trained by Andre Fabre, will be piloted by Julien Leparoux. "This is Andre's idea," said Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin, who bred the colt in partnership with Mrs. Elisabeth Fabre and Craig Bandoroff's Denali Stud. "He thinks the colt will be able to act on dirt and we know the trip will prove no problem." TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/20/11 • PAGE 3 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Ask the Moon Works for Ladies’ Classic Myron Miller=s Ask the Moon (Malibu Moon) geared up for the GI Breeders= Cup Ladies= Classic with a four- furlong workout in :48 over the Keeneland Polytrack Wednesday. The GI Ruffian Invitational H. and GI Personal Ensign Invitational S. heroine heads to the Championships off a disappointing sixth in Santa Anita=s GI Lady=s Secret S. Oct. 1. The 6-year-old was acquired by Miller via a $75,000 claim at Belmont in June; she was previously campaigned by owner Johnsen Millicent and trainer Edward Allard. AShe was bucking and playing and really feeling good,@ said Heather Irion, trainer Marty Wolfson=s Keeneland assistant, who was aboard for yesterday=s move. AShe did really well.@ In related news, Miller, who along with his father Robert own Farnsworth Farms, privately purchased GIII Arlington-Washington Lassie S. third-place finisher Ann of the Dance (English Channel) following a ninth- place finish in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. at Keeneland Oct. 7. The bay, formerly campaigned by owner William D. Cox and conditioner James DiVito, is being pointed at the GII Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. She is also currently with Wolfson=s Keeneland string. AShe=s doing extremely well,@ Irion continued. AShe is just doing everything perfect. Marty is very excited to get her onto the turf because [she is by turf champion] English Channel and her mother [Dans La Ville {Chi}) is a Grade 2 winner on turf. That=s exactly why he bought Inquiries to Kyle Wilson her. He feels she=s going to improve a lot on the turf.@ [email protected] Time Off for Awesome Gem West Point Thoroughbreds= Awesome Gem (Awesome Again), who had been under consideration for a fifth straight Breeders= Cup appearance, exited his second- Apple iOS5 Now fully Supports PDFs place finish in the GI Goodwood S. Oct. 8 with a Aminor Adobe PDF Reader is now available on Apple=s iOS5 issue@ and will get some time off. AWe see no reason to devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, push to make the Breeders' Cup if he is not 100%,@ which means that TDN readers no longer need an app Terry Finley said on www.westpointtb.com. AIt's such as iAnnotate or GoodReader to fully enjoy their something that should be a non-issue with some time TDN PDF. All links in the TDN will now function on your on the farm. I think there's a very good possibility we iPhone or iPad, whether you are reading it in bring this horse back next year as a 9-year-old. He loves the browser or have saved it to your computer. Just his job and has a strong desire to compete. He=s in that tap on the link, and you=re good to go. IOS5 is the in-between spot where he=s probably not good enough operating system on the new iPhone 4S, but can be to compete against the horses in the Breeders= Cup downloaded for free onto your older Apple devices Classic, but his optimum distance is a little further than through your iTunes account.