HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS The Idea is Excellence. NEWS Mating Recommendations for For information about TDN, BIG BROWN by Anne Peters call 732-747-8060. click here THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com STONERSIDE’S ‘SHIP COMES IN TDN Feature Presentation No matter how the photo came back, Sheikh Moham- med=s Darley Stable was going to have a new Grade I GRADE 1 WOODBINE MILE winner on its hands...at least eventually. With the wire fast approaching in yesterday=s GI Del Mar Futurity, Darley=s Coronet of a Baron (Pure Prize) tried in vain to stave off the late run of Stonerside homebred Midshipman MILESTONE: 100 STAKES HORSES for (Unbridled=s Song), SMART STRIKE and LANGFUHR! only to see that one sweep by and take the prize by a nose. No KIP SEEKS REDEMPTION IN MILE matter. On Monday, it Midshipman (left) Benoit IEAH Stables & Partners' Kip Deville (Kipling), winner was announced that of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Monmouth, is Darley was buying Stonerside=s holdings pretty much expected to be the heavy favorite for lock, stock and barrel, and so it appears Midshipman Sunday's GI Woodbine Mile. The will be joining Team Darley presently. The colt=s victory five-year-old will try to improve on marked trainer Bob Baffert=s eighth win in the Futurity, last year's second-place finish behind a remarkable run that included seven straight from favored Shakespeare. Trained by 1996-2002. Cont. p2 Richard Dutrow Jr., the Oklahoma- Wednesday, Del Mar bred is unbeaten in his last three out- DEL MAR FUTURITY-GI, $250,000, DMR, 9-3, 2yo, 7f ings, including the GI Maker's Mark (AWT), 1:23 1/5, ft. Mile at Keeneland Apr. 11 and, most 1--s#@MIDSHIPMAN, 117, c, 2, by Unbridled=s Song recently, the July 13 GIII Poker H. at 1st Dam: Fleet Lady (MGSW & GISP, $631,190), Belmont. "He's just been in a zone of Sarah K. Andrew by Avenue of Flags his own," said Dutrow. "He's incred- 2nd Dam: Dear Mimi, by Roberto ible. He's doing unbelievable. I'm just really excited 3rd Dam: Carnival Princess, by Prince John about being able to watch him run again. He certainly O/B-Stonerside Stable (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Tyler appears to be [a better horse than last year]. He's just Baze; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, so much more confident in himself. Just feels very $180,000. *1/2 to Fast Cookie (Deputy Minister), good about himself, very proud of himself. He's ma- GSW, $557,480. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the tured into that type of a horse. He's doing great and eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. right on schedule." Kip Deville, who has now amassed 2--Coronet of a Baron, 118, c, 2, Pure Prize--Time for a over $2.6 million in career earnings, will be ridden by Crown, by Time for a Change. ($30,000 yrl '07 Cornelio Velasquez. Feature Presentation cont. p2 OBSAUG; $550,000 2yo >08 OBSMAR). O-Darley; RECENT WINNERS - WOODBINE MILE B-Ed & Hannah Poremba (FL); T-E Harty; $50,000. 3--Street Hero, 116, c, 2, Street Cry (Ire)--Squall Linda, Yr Winner Sire Trainer by Summer Squall. O/B/T-Myung Kwon Cho (KY); ‘07 Shakespeare Theatrical (Ire) McLaughlin $30,000. ‘06 Becrux (Ity) Glen Jordan (GB) Drysdale ‘05 Leroidesanimaux (Brz) Candy Stripes Frankel Margins: NO, 3/4, HF. Odds: 6.30, 6.40, 6.00. ‘04 Soaring Free Smart Strike Frostad Also Ran: Southern Exchange, Believe in Hope, Escalon, Blazing Spirit, Wild ‘03 Touch of the Blues (Fr) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Drysdale Wild Posse, Kerwin's Way, Kelly Leak, Mensa Heat. www.hillndalefarms.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/4/08 • PAGE 2 of 7 Stepping Up Big Time... Midshipman debuted going 5 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar Aug. 17, when he rallied to a 1 1/4-length win at 11-1 odds. Given a 6-1 chance in this big step up in class, he was rated in fifth under jockey Ty- ler Baze as Kelly Leak (Runaway Groom) and 5-2 favorite Southern Exchange (Ex- change Rate) du- eled through a half in :46 2/5. Coronet of a Baron surged powerfully to lead in upper stretch Bell, Baze & Adger Benoit photo as Southern Ex- change battled gamely, but Midshipman and Baze, in the middle of the track, timed their run perfectly. The maiden Street Hero closed for show honors. AWe didn't even know if he could run until his first gate work down here,@ admitted Bob Baffert, referring to a :59 3/5 drill Aug. 4. AYou know, they really start developing and getting fit this time of year. What he showed today was terrific talent, and Tyler rode him great.@ Added Baze, AHow much horse is he? Here he runs two weeks ago and then he comes back and runs like this.@ So what's next for Midshipman? AI guess we'll go to the GI Norfolk [S. at Santa Anita Sept. 28],@ said Baffert, who according to the Darley/Stonerside TDN Feature Presentation... Continued agreement, will retain training duties. AI don't know anything about that surface up there, but good horses GRADE 1 WOODBINE MILE can run on different surfaces. I think. I hope.@ Luck be a Lady... Midshipman=s dam, the 14-year-old MGSW Fleet Lady Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel will be looking for (Avenue of Flags), was included in the Stonerside pur- his third win in the Woodbine Mile on Sunday when he chase, as was her Ghostzapper yearling colt and Dis- sends out Juddmonte Farms' Ventura (Chester House) torted Humor suckling filly. Fleet Lady is back in foal to in the GI Woodbine Mile. Ventura, a winner of three of Empire Maker. Darley=s Jimmy Bell joined Stonerside=s five starts this year, will attempt to become the first racing and bloodstock manager John Adger in the win- filly to win the Woodbine Mile in 12 editions of the ner=s circle. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r race. In her latest start in the GII Cash Call Mile at the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Hollywood July 5, Ventura finished second by a nose behind Diamond Diva (GB) following a score in the GI Just a Game H. at Belmont June 7. "She just got beat an inch, but I think the one-turn mile [at Woodbine] will What do Grade I winners Any Given Saturday, set up good for her," said Frankel. "I've had five Eclipse Ashado, Cajun Beat, Farda Amiga, Forest Danger, Award-winning fillies, but I'd rate her [Ventura] pretty Intangaroo, Lemons Forever, Point Ashley, Purge, Saratoga County, Splendid Blended, The Cliff’s Edge, good." Ventura will be piloted by North America's lead- Unbridled Belle & Zaftig all have in common? ing rider, Garrett Gomez, who won last year's Mile They are all Taylor Made aboard Shakespeare. A victory would not only tie Keeneland September Grads Gomez with Kent Desormeaux and John Velazquez at two Woodbine Mile wins apiece, but he would also What will you find this September at Taylor Made? become the first rider to win back-to-back Miles. A www.taylormadeEcatalog.com victory by Ventura this year would allow Frankel--who saddled Mile winners Riviera (Fr), a 10-1 longshot in 2000, and heavily favored Leroidesanimaux (Brz) in GI Del Mar Futurity Midshipman (Unbridled=s Song) gets 2005--to tie Neil Drysdale for most Woodbine Mile wins up for his first Grade I victory. among conditioners. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/4/08 • PAGE 3 of 7 P R E S U L T S P Wednesday, Baden-Baden, Germany 112TH FURSTENBERG-RENNEN-G3, i50,000, Baden- Baden, 9-3, 3yo, 1 1/4mT, 2:11.42, sf. 1--LIANG KAY (GER), 128, c, 3, by Dai Jin (GB) 1st Dam: Linton Bay (Ger) (MSW-Ger, $111,439), by Funambule 2nd Dam: Ludhiana (Ger), by Ti Amo (Ger) 3rd Dam: Lumaria (Ger), by Herero (Ger) O-Stall Emina; B-Ina E Zimmermann; T-Uwe Ostmann; J-Terence Hellier; i30,000. Lifetime Record: 7 starts, 4 wins, 2 places, i206,400. *1/2 to Laeya Star (Ger) (Royal Dragon), SW & GSP-Ger. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Redolent (Ire), 123, c, 3, Redback (GB)--Esterlina (Ire), by Highest Honor (Fr). (22,000gns wnlg >05 TATDEC; i120,000 yrl >06 GOFORB). O-De la Warr Racing; B-R O=Callaghan & D Veitch; T-Richard Hannon; i12,500. 3--Duellant (Ire), 123, c, 3, Dashing Blade (GB)-- Dapprima (Ger), by Shareef Dancer. O-Margot Her- bert; B-Dr Klaus Schulte; T-Peter Schiergen; i5,000. Margins: 5, HF, 6. Odds: 0.80, 2.90, 5.50. Also Ran: Walzertraum, Satier (Fr). Liang Kay garnered a first stakes win when success- ful in the G3 Dr Busch-Memorial at Krefeld on seasonal return Apr. 20 and hit the board when contesting the May 12 G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guin- eas) at Cologne next time. He regained the winning thread when lifting the June 15 G2 Oppenheim-Union- Rennen back at Cologne and was a last-out fourth in the G1 Deutsches Derby at Hamburg July 6. Ridden with patience at the back of the five runners from the outset of this lesser spot, he made continued smooth progress to the head of affairs approaching the final eighth and drew clear in the closing stages to easily register a third pattern race victory.