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IT’S DERBY DAY! SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here UNTAPABLE UNTOUCHABLE FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI KENTUCKY DERBY Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Untapable (Tapit), trained by embattled conditioner Steve Asmussen and ridden by Rosie Napravnik, came through as the even- money favorite to prove much-the-best in the GI Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs yesterday. Mathis Stable=s J “TDN Rising Star” J My Miss Sophia (Unbridled=s Song) was 4 1/2 lengths back in second, with a six- length gap back to Unbridled Forever (Unbridled=s Song), daughter of 2006 LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN DERBY Oaks upsetter Lemons Forever, in third. Nineteen horses line up in today=s 140th GI Kentucky AOn this stage under the Derby, and this year as much as any, there are myriad circumstances... [Empress of Midway questions yet to be answered. Steve Coburn and Perry {Empire Maker} flipping] in the gate, the Martin=s California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit), who figures paddock, how congested it is, how to be the biggest Derby favorite since 2008 winner Big many people are here, this doesn't get Untapable Brown (Boundary), off smashing successes in the any bigger,@ said Asmussen, whose barn Horsephotos GII San Felipe S. and GI Santa Anita Derby, is not was the subject of an undercover without significant knocks. The humbly bred California investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of invader has never before ventured out of his home Animals that led to accusations of animal cruelty and a state, and will face a far different pace scenario here hot-button expose by the New York Times. Cont. p3 than he is accustomed to as he looks to give 77-year- old Art Sherman--exercise rider for 1955 winner Swaps- AUSTRALIA DAY? -his first Derby tally as a trainer from one attempt. When it comes to the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas, With 6-1 morning line second-choice Hoppertunity Aidan O=Brien appears to hold the key more often than (Any Given Saturday) forced to scratch Thursday with a not, and he arrives in Newmarket today with supposedly the best colt to have passed through his hoof issue, Centennial Farms=s GI Twinspires.com hands since he began his tenure Wood Memorial winner Wicked Strong (Hard Spun), at Ballydoyle. As if his breeding Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners=s GI Arkansas Derby is not enough to commend him, hero Danza (Street Boss) and Starlight Racing=s the vibes surrounding Ouija GII Risen Star S. winner and GII Louisiana Derby runner- Board=s son Australia (GB) up Intense Holiday (Harlan s Holiday) should vie for = (Galileo {Ire}) are as strong as second choice. The former must contend with the far- those which accompanied some outside gate; Danza makes just his fifth career start; of Rosegreen=s most-hyped and Intense Holiday needs to put some of the Australia celebrities of recent springtimes. Racing Post greenness he showed in the Mar. 29 Louisiana Derby King of Kings (Ire), Hawk Wing, behind him. One Cool Cat, George Washington (Ire), Rip Van Winkle Pablo Del Monte (Giant=s Causeway), who drew in (Ire), St Nicholas Abbey (Ire) and Camelot (GB) all came with the defection of Hoppertunity, will not run. here with much ballast to their sails and enjoyed mixed Click here for the 2014 Kentucky Derby Special fortunes as they bid to put real substance to their Edition or Cheat Sheet. Field p6 trainer=s heightened faith. Cont. p7 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley Oaks Undercard Results BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Director of Business Development: Gary King Among the stand-out performances on yesterday’s GI Kentucky Oaks card was [email protected] On Fire Baby (Smoke Glacken)’s second Grade I win in the La Troienne S. Page 6 EDITORIAL [email protected] Graded Stakes Previews Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini Managing Editor: Alan Carasso Racing Editor: Steve Sherack Churchill Downs will run another fully loaded card today with five graded stakes Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato prior to the GI Kentucky Derby, including an attempt at a title defense by two- Associate Editor: Justina Severni time reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry). 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Lifetime Record: 7-5-0-1, $1,124,725. *1/2 to Paddy O=Prado (El Prado {Ire}), GISW, $1,721,297. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. get the DELAHOOKE advantage purchased full sister Nov ‘13, now i/f to Medaglia d’Oro 2--My Miss Sophia, 121, f, 3, Unbridled=s Song-- Wildwood Flower, by Langfuhr. ($260,000 yrl '12 KEESEP). O-Mathis Stable LLC; B-John D Gunther (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher. $186,000. RAISED & SOLD by Hip 17 - half-bro selling at FT Midlantic with DeMeric Sales 3--Unbridled Forever, 121, f, 3, Unbridled=s Song-- Lemons Forever, by Lemon Drop Kid. O/B-Charles E Fipke (KY); T-Dallas Stewart. $93,000. Training Graduate Margins: 4HF, 6, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.00, 5.30, 13.80. Also Ran: Rosalind, Thank You Marylou, Ria Antonia, Got Lucky, Sugar Shock, Aurelia's Belle, Please Explain, Fashion Plate, Kiss Moon. Scratched: Empress of Midway. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. A debut winner sprinting here last June, Untapable added the GII Pocahontas S. to her resume back in Louisville in September. Installed the third choice for the Nov. 2 GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies after that, the bay was eliminated when she was forced to pull up in order to avoid the fallen Secret Compass (Discreet Cat). Third when trying synthetic in the Dec. 7 GI Hollywood Starlet S., Untapable really blossomed down in New Orleans this winter. She crushed Got Lucky (A.P. Indy) and five other overmatched foes in the GIII Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 22, and took another leap forward to trounce yesterday=s GIII Eight Belles S. winner Fiftyshadesofgold (My Golden Song) and Unbridled Forever by a similar margin in the Mar. 29 GII Fair Grounds Oaks. The 106 Beyer Speed Figure she earned for that effort towered over anything her competition here had run, and it appeared that only a far-outside draw could provide mild adversity. Cont. p4 Fair Grounds Oaks/Kentucky Oaks Winners in the last 10 years 2014 Untapable (Tapit) 2012 Believe You Can (Proud Citizen) - Ridden by Napravnik 2009 Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d’Oro) 2008 Proud Spell (Proud Citizen) 2005 Summerly (Summer Squall) - Trained by Asmussen TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/3/14 • PAGE 4 of 27 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Kentucky Oaks cont. After a delay caused by subsequently scratched Empress of Midway flipping in the gate, Untapable and Napravnik broke well, and settled out in the clear without much of an attempt to save ground. Tracking from joint third in the three path as pacesetter Sugar Shock (Candy Ride {Arg}) posted splits of :23.67 and :47.80, she was given her cue by Napravnik to inch closer rounding the far turn. My Miss Sophia took over briefly leaving the bend, but Untapable catapulted past that rival in the blink of an eye and it was just about over.