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Visit the Canadian Hall of Fame TDN Website: Inductees www.thoroughbreddailynews.com p2-3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. GREEN LIGHT FOR OVERDOSE FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. Connections of the renowned Hungarian sprinter Overdose (GB) (Starborough {GB}) have confirmed him on course for Saturday's G2 Temple S. at Haydock. The "Budapest Bullet" is stabled with Amanda Perrett in Sussex. "I have never been to Haydock before, and we will be travelling up with the horse on Friday NEHRO TO BYPASS PREAKNESS night,@ said co-owner Zayat Stables' Nehro (Mineshaft), runner-up to Zoltan Mikoczy. AThe Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) in the opposition was not great GI Kentucky Derby May 7, on his comeback run in will skip Saturday's Germany, and the GI Preakness S. and instead Temple S. will be a await the GI Belmont S. much better test and June 11. AIt is very hard to will tell us more. [It] will Overdose pass any Grade I when your be on Hungarian TV, horse is doing so well, but and he has a huge following at home. If he was trained Mr. [Ahmed] Zayat felt that in Britain or France, he would not be such a big story, four races in eight weeks but in Hungary he is. He needs around four-to-six could be too much to ask, weeks between his races, so the plan this year is and wanted to take the Haydock, Royal Ascot, the Abbaye and possibly the super-cautious approach,@ Breeders' Cup. The plan is currently to race on into next explained Brad Weisbord, year with him, then he will be retired to stud. He would Zayat=s finance and racing probably stand outside of Hungary, but we would make Nehro Horsephotos manager. ANehro worked sure Hungarian mares were sent to him." brilliantly [Monday], and came out of the work as good as ever. He has been extremely consistent for us, so we=re hoping the five weeks until the Belmont will be perfect spacing and, if we=re lucky, we hope to be back at Churchill in November for the Breeders= Cup.@ Nehro was second in the GII Louisiana Derby and GI Arkansas Derby prior to completing the Derby exacta. With the defection, Kharag Stables= Isn=t He Perfect (Pleasantly Perfect) is the latest addition to the Preakness field. Fifth in both the GI Wood Memorial S. and GII Jerome S., he was scratched from last Saturday=s GII Peter Pan S. in the hopes of getting into the gate at Pimlico. Animal Kingdom to Ship Saturday Morning... Trainer Graham Motion said Tuesday that Kentucky Derby hero Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) will remain at his home base at Fair Hill until Saturday morning. AThat=s the way I=m leaning,@ Motion said. AI just don=t see why I need to change his world on Friday. He=s here, he=s happy, and I just don=t see the benefit to getting him over there the day before.@ Preakness Coverage cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/18/11 • PAGE 2 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Preakness cont. Dialed In It to Win It... Dialed In (Mineshaft), eighth as the crowd=s choice in the Kentucky Derby, is in line to win the Preakness 5.5 --the $5.5 million bonus announced by Frank Stronach last year--if he can complete the GIII Holy Bull S.-GI Florida Derby- GI Preakness triple. But trainer Nick Zito said yesterday that the bonus isn=t owner Bob LaPenta=s main goal. ABob and I talked about it, and we just want to focus on winning the Preakness,@ said Zito, who would get $500,000 of the Preakness 5.5 pot. AHe wants to win the bonus, but that=s not what he=s in the game for...he=d rather Nick Zito Horsephotos have the trophy.@ But, he added, AFor me, it=s a different story. If the horse crosses the finish line [first], the feed guys will be standing in line-- it=ll all go to the feed man.@ • PREAKNESS WORKTAB • BELMONT PARK Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), 4f (tr), :49.28, 1/4 Black-Eyed Susan/Preakness Forecast Friday: Scattered T-storms. High 76F. Winds NEWS TODAY from NW at 5 mph. Humidity 58%. Chance of precipitation 40%. CANADIAN HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED The Canadian Horse Racing Hall Fame Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 81F. Winds from announced the induction of five new members during a WNW at 4 mph. Humidity 54%. Chance of press conference at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto precipitation 10%. Tuesday. The organization=s annual induction ceremonies will be PREAKNESS PROGRAMMING conducted at the Mississauga Convention Centre Aug. 18. The five Date Program Time Network members of the Thoroughbred class May 20 Preakness Classics 3-4 p.m. VERSUS include Dancethruthedawn (Mr. May 20 Black-Eyed Susan S. 4-5 p.m. VERSUS Prospector--Dance Smartly, by May 21 Live from Pimlico 2:30-4:30 p.m. VERSUS Danzig) along with her Sam-Son Farm May 21 Preakness S. 4:30-6:30 p.m. NBC connections--the late Tammy Samuel- May 21 Preakness Wrap-Up 6:30-7 p.m. VERSUS Balaz in the Builders category and Eastern Daylight Time Mark Frostad, who trained three of the Milton nursery=s Queen=s Plate Dancethruthedawn Horsephotos 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. winners. Collecting the title in the This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Male category was 1997 GI Belmont S. winner Touch any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Gold (Deputy Minister--Passing Mood, by Buckpasser), written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. who was campaigned in the colors of Stronach and Information as to the American races, race results and Stonerside Stables, while 1973 champion 3-year-old earnings was obtained from results charts published in filly Square Angel (Quadrangle--Nangela, by Nearctic), Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission owned by the late Gen. Preston Gilbride, was elected in of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. the Veterans category. Cont. p3 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/18/11 • PAGE 3 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Canadian HOF cont. Also included among horses trained by Frostad were Sam-Son Farm once again proved its dominance on Silken Cat, Smart Strike, Always A Rainbow, Catch the the Canadian scene with a trio of inductees. The 2011 Ring, Desert Waves, Eye of the Sphynx and Dance With session was led by Dancethruthedawn, who collected a Ravens. Samuel-Balaz, daughter of Sam-Son Farm=s victory in the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown-- founder Ernie Samuel, was inducted in the Builders Queen=s Plate S.--in category. She was named president and general addition to the Labatt manager of Sam-Son Farm following the death of her Woodbine Oaks en father, Ernie Samuel, in 2000. route to a sophomore Touch Gold, Grade I placed in Canada at two, came championship in into his own at three, taking the GI Belmont S., 2001. The following GI Haskell Invitational H. and GII Lexington S. for trainer season, the David Hofmans. Now 16, he retired to Adena Springs in granddaughter of the 1999. blue hen mare Classy >n Smart (Smarten) Tammy Samuel-Balaz (left) and Mark added a score in Touch Gold Frostad (right) accept Sovereign Award Saratoga=s GI Go For (h, 16, Deputy Minister--Passing Mood, by Buckpasser) Michael Burns from David Willmot Wand S. and was O-Stonerside Stable & Stronach Stable; third in the GI Personal Ensign H. Bred for success, the B-Holtsinger Inc, Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm & Star Stable bay is a daughter of Canadian Triple Crown winner and (KY); T-D Hofmans/P Byrne. Lifetime Record: Horse of the Year Dance Smartly. A foal of 1998, she 15-6-3-1, $1,679,907. Brisnet.com Lifetime PPs is a full-sister to Scatter the Gold, who collected Classic glory in the 2000 edition of the Plate. During her career, she won seven races from 17 starts before PENN NATIONAL TO SELL STAKE IN MJC? The retiring with earnings of $1,609,643. Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that Penn National Fellow inductee Frostad, who collected his first win Gaming, which acquired a 49% share in the Maryland as a trainer in 1991, trained for a number of owners in Jockey Club last year in anticipation of getting a slots the early >90s, including Bob Anderson, Rod Ferguson, license for MJC-operated Laurel Park, is in negotiations Michael Van Every, Kinghaven Farms, Earle Mack, as with majority owner MI Developments to sell its stake well as Jim Begg and his son Jeff, owners of in the company. The MJC was unable to secure a slots Windways Farm and Frostad=s first Plate winner, Victor license for Laurel, and Penn National Gaming has turned Cooley (Cool Vicotr). He assumed the helm at Sam-Son its focus to Rosecroft Raceway, buying the bankrupt in 1994 and, for that operation, conditioned Horses of facility this past winter with plans to lobby for slots and the Year Chief Bearhart (2x), Quiet Resolve and Soaring bring back live harness racing and, in the future, Free. introduce Thoroughbred racing at the track. Before those plans can be finalized, Penn National Gaming must come to terms with MID over its shares in MJC. Dancethruthedawn The company must also sign an agreement with the (m, 13, Mr. Prospector--Dance Smartly, by Danzig) state=s horsemen, and get the approval of the Maryland O/B-Sam-Son Farms (ON); T-Mark Frostad.