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HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2009 www.fasigtipton.com DIFFERENT TRIP, SAME STORY IN VA DERBY ZAYAT, ROMANS PART WAYS Four weeks ago in the GII Colonial Turf Cup, Battle of Fourteen Zayat Stables horses--including MGISW Hastings (GB) (Royal Ap- Thorn Song (Unbridled=s Song) and MGSW Eaton=s Gift plause {GB}) came up the (Johannesburg)--have been moved from the barn of fence to deny Straight Dale Romans, according to the operation=s racing man- Story (Giant=s Causeway) ager Sobhy Sonbol. Thorn Song, who added his second after the latter had a wide Grade I victory when he took the Shoemaker Mile trip. The tables were May 25, is now with Mike Mitchell in California. He turned in yesterday=s was fourth in the GII Firecracker H. July 4 in his final GII Virginia Derby, but the start for Romans. Eaton=s Gift, winner of the camera showed the same GII Smile Sprint H. last Saturday, has joined Chad bay muzzle in front as Brown=s base in New York. The other 12 horses were Battle of Hastings came divided between Mitchell and Brown. AThe bottom line flying on the outside to is that I thought my horses could be more productive nip his rival. "He's very on circuits other than in Kentucky,@ Sonbol said. AI honest and he gave me moved Thorn Song to California because he obviously everything when he had flourished out there, while he didn=t care for Kentucky to," rider Tyler Baze told this year. And the Breeders= Cup is in California [this Battle of Hastings (outside) edges Daily Racing Form. "He's year]. With Eaton s Gift, he might go in the [Aug. 9 Straight Story = Coady Photography an awesome horse." Hav- GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt H.] or in the [Oct. 3 GI] ing won the first two Vosburgh [S.].@ Sonbol said the move wasn=t an easy races of the Grand Slam of Grass, the gelding may go decision, but was based on figures that indicated for the next leg, the GI Secretariat S. at Arlington Park Romans was underperforming in terms of earnings and Aug. 8. The series, which offers over $5 million in winning percentages, as compared to the other Zayat purse and bonus earnings, concludes with the GI Breed- conditioners. AI have an obligation towards my owner ers= Cup Turf at Santa Anita Nov. 7. Cont. p2 and my horses,@ Sonbol explained. AThis is not some- thing that happened overnight. It had been under con- >JEWEL= SHINES IN DELAWARE OAKS sideration since January, and Dale [Romans] was aware Canadian shipper Careless Jewel (Tapit) was let go at of it.@ 10-1 while making her black-type bow yesterday in the GII Delaware Oaks, but belied those odds with an authoritative score. Malibu Prayer (Malibu Moon) gave chase throughout before settling for second, 7 1/4 lengths behind the winner. The 3-5 chalk Bon Hoofprintsinc.com Jovi Girl (Malibu Moon) lagged behind early and wound up a non-threatening fourth. AI was a little surprised nobody went with us,@ said winning rider Robert Landry. AIt looked like speed, but sometimes when you see that, a lot of horses end up taking a hold. [Trainer] Josie [Carroll] has a done tremendous job. I just let the filly be where she was comfortable and she kicked on. She is the real deal." Cont. p4 FASIG-TIPTON KENTUCKY JULY preview begins after Headline News P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/19/09 • PAGE 2 of 11 Saturday, Colonial Downs VIRGINIA DERBY-GII, $750,000, CNL, 7-18, 3yo, 1 1/4mT, 2:03 1/5, gd. 1--BATTLE OF HASTINGS (GB), 121, g, 3, by Royal Applause (GB) 1st Dam: Subya (GB) (MSW & GSP-Eng), by Night Shift 2nd Dam: Ashshama, by Arctic Tern 3rd Dam: Sheer Fantasy, by Damascus (62,000gns yrl '07 TATOCT; 95,000gns 2yo >08 TATHIT). O-Mike House; B-Myriad Communications & New England Stud (GB); T-Jeff Mullins; J-Tyler Baze; $432,000. Lifetime Record: 11-6-1-0, $906,417. *1/2 to Villa Carlotta (GB) (Rainbow Quest), SW-Ire & Ity, SP-Eng, $116,953. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Straight Story, 117, c, 3, Giant=s Causeway- - Eventail, by Lear Fan. ($400,000 yrl '07 KEESEP). O-Richard Santulli; B-Gallagher's Stud (NY); T-Alan E Goldberg; $144,000. 3--Take the Points, 117, c, 3, Even the Score--Ginger Ginger, by Fred Astaire. ($160,000 yrl '07 FTKJUL). O-Starlight Partners; B-Phoenix Farm (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $79,200. Margins: HD, 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 3.60, 6.10, 11.80. Also Ran: Lime Rickey, Hold Me Back, El Crespo, Affirmatif, Safety Valve, Florentino (Jpn). Scratched: Nicanor. With wins in the GIII Baldwin S. and La Puente S. at Santa Anita Mar. 1 and Apr. 11, Battle of Hastings travelled to Churchill and wound up second in the GIII American Turf S. May 1. He got back on top with a thrilling win over Straight Story in the GII Colonial Turf How the Battle Was Won... Straight Story was carried wide in the Colonial Turf Cup June 20 (video), but that was only good enough to Cup, so rider C.C. Lopez made sure the blaze-faced colt make him the 7-2 second choice here, as the bettors stayed out of trouble in second as Affirmatif (Unbri- flocked to 8-5 Hold Me Back (Giant=s Causeway), the dled=s Song) raced through a :46.64 opening half over GII Lane=s End S. hero who was making his turf debut ground with plenty of while having his first run since finishing 12th in the give. Battle of GI Kentucky Derby. Hastings, meanwhile, saved ground near the back of the pack before advancing as they approached the Find your next Grade One Stakes Winner far turn. Straight at Taylor Made this July at Fasig-Tipton Story led as they 2009 Shoemaker Mile [G1] Winner straightened into the THORN SONG lane, but his nemesis Coady Photography is a Taylor Made Sales Agency Yearling Graduate for Owner Zayat Stables and rallied five wide and needed every inch of the stretch to Trainer Dale Romans take it by a flared nostril. The result unfortunately mir- rored that of the 2007 races at Colonial, when Richard Santulli=s Strike a Deal (Smart Strike) was nipped by a head and nose in the Colonial Turf Cup and Virginia Derby when the races were respectively worth GII Delaware Oaks (DEL) Careless Jewel (Tapit) leaves $750,000 and $1 million. >em in the dust. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r GII Swaps S. (HOL) Misremembered (Candy Ride {Arg}) the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, goes gate to wire in his first black-type score. sponsored by Taylor Made. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/19/09 • PAGE 3 of 11 TDN Feature Presentation Trainer Bob Baffert took a hit when GI Santa Anita Derby winner Pioneerof the Nile (Empire Maker) was GRADE 2 SWAPS BREEDERS’ CUP STAKES forced into early retirement two weeks ago, but he might have a replacement for the second half of the season in the form of homebred Misremembered. After finishing sixth on the turf in his Apr. 9 debut at Santa Anita, the chestnut graduated over this surface Apr. 29 and promptly added an allowance tally May 24. Baffert MULTIPLE GRADE 1 WINNER of $1.5 MILLION stepped him up in class for the GIII Affirmed H. June 20, and he wound up chasing Grazen home on his ARAGORN, by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY way to a runner-up Watch for His First Yearlings at FTK! effort. Misremembered Saturday, Hollywood Park assumed command SWAPS S.-GII, $284,000, HOL, 7-18, 3yo, 1 1/8m at the outset this (AWT), 1:49, ft. time and played 1--#@MISREMEMBERED, 114, r, 3, by Candy Ride (Arg) Acatch me if you 1st Dam: Beyond Perfection (MGSW, $403,989), can@ with Grazen by Quack while putting up 2nd Dam: Miss Imorullah, by Black Beard splits of :24.44, 3rd Dam: Imorullah, by Amarullah :49.18 and Benoit photo 1:12.83. The odds- O-Natalie J Baffert & George Jacobs; B-Bob Baffert on chalk took a solid run at him, but the second choice (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Victor Espinoza; $180,000. stayed on determinedly to complete a graded double for Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $259,200. *Fourth GSW his sophomore sire. AHe's a free-running horse and I for sophomore sire (by Ride the Rails). Click for the wanted to take it to the other horse early,@ said winning eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. rider Victor Espinoza. It was a record-tying fourth win Werk Nick Rating: F (1SW). in the Swaps for Baffert. AIt=s sort of been tough, I=ve 2--Grazen, 118, c, 3, Benchmark--Hazen, by Rubiano. been depressed since Pioneerof the Nile got hurt, so O/B-Nicholas B Alexander (CA); T-Mike R Mitchell; this sort of takes a lot of the sting out of it,@ Baffert $50,000. offered. AHe was coming into this race in great shape and he=s going to get better with age.@ As for breeding 3--Scorewithcater, 118, c, 3, Even the Score--Runaway the winner, the conditioner quipped, AI=ve never had a Cater, by Runaway Groom. O-Robert Master; B-Hall's horse like this, all our horses are terrible.