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FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII REBEL S. Sunday 17 March 2013 Sha Tin Racecourse FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII REBEL S. Sunday 17 March 2013 Sha Tin Racecourse GIBSON TRIO DRAW WELL Trainer Richard Gibson=s already-strong hand for Sunday=s HK$16-million (US$2.06 million) BMW Hong Treasury Bill All Ready for Rebel... Kong Derby got that much stronger Thursday morning Gary and Mary West already have two GI Kentucky when each of his three Derby contenders in Flashback (Tapit) and Code West entrants drew nicely for (Lemon Drop Kid), currently fifth and 11th in the Derby Sunday=s domestic rankings, and after Saturday=s $600,000 GII Rebel S. at centerpiece. Akeed Oaklawn Park they may have two more. Their horses Mofeed (GB) (Dubawi Treasury Bill (Lemon Drop Kid), trained by Ron Ellis and {Ire}), a convincing last- Title Contender (Pulpit), conditioned by Wayne Catalano out winner of a Class 2 will run as an entry at 5-1. The Rebel will be the first over 1800 meters Mar. 2, start around two turns for Treasury Bill, whose pedigree will look to give perennial suggests he=ll handle the stretch out in distance. His leading jockey Douglas dam, Wow Me Free (Menifee) was victorious in the Whyte his third Derby Pan Sutong draws post 3 for Akeed GIII Next Move H. and third in the GII Shuvee H. at a win in the last four years Mofeed. Sutong also owns Gold-Fun route of ground. Treasury Bill most recently came from and was assigned the HKJC.com last to finish second behind Skakin It Up (Midnight three hole. Gold-Fun (Ire) Lute) in the seven-furlong GII San Vicente S. on Feb. (Le Vie Dei Colori {GB}), winner of the Hong Kong 17. AWe=ve been building him up to this and I=ve liked Classic Mile two starts back Jan. 20, will try to get him all along,@ Ellis said. AAfter his first race he got sick some cover and make a run after drawing out wide in on us and missed about 10 days and that=s why we 12, and Mizani (Ire) (Bachelor Duke), undefeated in two haven=t stretched him out yet. He=s behind schedule, local appearances, will leave from post five. but actually he=s bred to go a mile-and-a-half, and I=m a Hong Kong Derby cont. p4 little surprised at how well he=s sprinted up so far. He=ll show more speed than he did in his last race.@ QATAR RACING ACQUIRES TRADE STORM Trade Storm (GB) (Trade Fair {GB}), who registered a personal best in the Mar. 2 G2 Zabeel Mile at Meydan, has been acquired by Qatar Racing in a private deal. The David Simcock trainee, who previously raced in the colors of Universal Racing, is pointing at the G1 Dubai Duty Free back at Meydan on World Cup night Mar. 30. AExcited to report that Trade Storm has been purchased by Qatar Racing and will remain with David Simcock who has done Trade Storm DRC/A Watkins so well with him,@ tweeted racing manager David Redvers. AHe remains firmly on course for Dubai Duty Free and will hopefully compete at the top level over eight furlongs this summer around the globe.@ In This Issue 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Top Trio Hook Up in QSJC Red Bank, NJ 07701 Ambitious Dragon (NZ) (Pins {Aus}) and Lucky Nine (Ire) (Dubawi (732) 747-8060 {Ire}) are both winners of international Group 1s in Hong Kong and (732) 747-8955 (fax) Glorious Days (Aus) (Hussonet) was runner-up to the Dragon in last year’s www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com G1 Hong Kong Mile. The three rivals will load in the same starting gate for the first time in Sunday’s Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup over the intermediate Barry Weisbord, co-publisher distance of seven furlongs in a race that serves as an enticing appetizer to the [email protected] • @barryweisbord Hong Kong Derby 35 minutes later. Coverage page 4 Sue Finley, co-publisher [email protected] • @suefinley Editorial [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Ambitious Dragon Lucky Nine Glorious Days Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Advertising [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Team Little Mike Feted in Florida Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant Despite a phenomenal 2012 campaign which saw him score Grade I victories in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, Arlington Million and Customer Service [email protected] Breeders’ Cup Turf, Little Mike (Spanish Steps) was denied an Eclipse Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Award. The homebred for Carlo and Priscilla Vaccarezza was the star turn at Monday evening’s FTBOA Florida Champions ceremonies, taking down Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT honors as Florida-bred Horse of the Year, Older Male and Turf Horse. [email protected] Priscilla Vaccarezza was named champion Florida-bred owner and Little Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming Mike’s dam Hay Jude (Wavering Monarch) was named Broodmare of the [email protected] Year. Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development Coverage begins ATW p1 [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing Caix-ing In [email protected] Making his 2013 debut, Repole Stables’ Caixa Eletronica (Arromanches) Sean Cronin Tom Frary won Thursday’s Uncle Mo S. at Aqueduct, earning a chance to defend his title in the GII Charles Town Classic Apr. 20. Coverage begins ATW p2 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/15/13 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:35 p.m. EDT BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS INSIDE INFORMATION S.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Saturday, Lingfield, Britain, post time: 3:30 p.m. 1 Spectacular Sky K Sky Mesa Rosario Wolfson 119 BLUE SQUARE BET WINTER DERBY-G3, £100,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m 2 Prize Informant Marciano Zayas Brownlee 117 (AWT) 3 Aubby K Street Sense Prado Nicks 117 SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 4 Ice Cream Silence Street Sense Castanon Arnold II 117 1 4 Premio Loco Prized Baker Wall 131 5 Burban K Speightstown Bravo Kenneally 117 2 2 Ansgar (Ire) Celtic Swing (GB) McDonogh Harty 126 6 Emma's Encore K Congrats Rocco Jr A Jerkens 117 3 8 Cai Shen (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Hughes Hannon 126 K 4 10 Emrld Wildrnss (Ire) Green Desert Sanders Rimmer 126 7 Nakano First Samurai Velazquez Wolfson 117 5 5 Farraaj (Ire) Dubai Destination Atzeni Varian 126 8 Golden Mystery Awesome Again Castellano Wolfson 121 6 3 Field of Dream (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Kirby Osborne 126 9 Catch a Thief K Flatter Garcia Hills 117 7 6 Miblish (GB) Teofilo (Ire) Queally Brittain 126 10 Starship Truffles K Ghostzapper Lanerie Wolfson 117 8 9 Robin Hood (Ire) Galileo (Ire) J Mitchell P Mitchell 126 9 1 Robin Hds Bay (GB) Motivator (GB) Crowley Vaughan 126 10 11 Viking Storm (GB) Hurricane Run (Ire) Morris H Dunlop 126 11 7 Tinshu (Ire) Fantastic Light Carson Haydn Jones 123 Sharing Tools Now Available on Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 3:40 p.m. TDN Alerts & In Today’s TDN PRIX EXBURY-G3, €80,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Read something you liked on the TDN homepage 1 1 Saga Dream (Fr) Sagacity (Fr) Jarnet Lemercier 128 and want to share it with your friends? 2 3 Don Bosco (Fr) Barathea (Ire) M Demuro Smaga 126 3 4 Gentle Storm (Fr) Gentlewave (Ire) Mendizabal Barberot 123 Sharing tools now enable you to do so easily. 4 5 Nutello Lemon Drop Kid No Rider Laffon-Parias 123 5 2 Pagera (Fr) Gentlewave (Ire) Guyon Pantall 122 Links to your facebook page, twitter feed, 6 6 Espero (Fr) Verglas (Ire) Benoist Rouget 121 Google +1, and Google + accounts now accompany each story on the homepage; and an Email a friend button allows you to easily email stories as well Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/15/13 • PAGE 4 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com HONG KONG PREVIEWS Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:35 a.m. EDT BMW HONG KONG DERBY, HK$16,000,000 (US$2,062,310), 4yo, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 3 Akeed Mofeed (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Whyte Gibson 2 13 Autumn Gold (Ger) Ransom O’War Moore Woods 3 12 Gold-Fun (Ire) Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) Doleuze Gibson 4 8 It Has To Be You (NZ) Volksraad (GB) Clark Size 5 4 President Lincoln (NZ) O”Reilly (NZ) Chadwick Shum 6 14 Ashkiyr (Ire) Rck of Gbrltr (Ire) Marwing Moore 7 7 Wah May Star (Aus) Fusaichi Pegasus Williams Tsui 8 5 Mizani (Ire) Bachelor Duke Rispoli Gibson 9 6 Jun Gong (Aus) Spinning World Cheng Yip 10 9 Rainbow Chic (Ire) Peintre Celebre Prebble Fownes 11 2 Albiceleste (Ire) Oratorio (Ire) Angland Moore 12 11 Best Show (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) Purton Fownes 13 10 Poetic Justice (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Mosse Moore 14 1 Endowing (Ire) Danehill Dancer (Ire) Dunn Size Also Eligible 15 Jolly Victor (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Fourie Millard 16 Crackerjack (Fr) Kahyasi (Ire) No Rider D Cruz All carry 126 pounds. Click for the HKJC.com PPs. A Every trainer and jockey wants three to five, and they are the gates we got with Akeed Mofeed and Mizani,@ Gibson told South China Morning Post.
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