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MAJOR EUROPEAN SALES DATES SET HEADLINE ...p5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, MAR. 13, 2004 READ ALL ABOUT IT PREMIER T’BRED VENTURES UNVEILED Beaten only once in six career starts, Read the Foot- Bob and Beverly Lewis will have company in the win- notes (Smoke Glacken) heads a field of 10 in today’s GI ner’s circle this year...lots of it. In an effort to bring Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. The winner of the GIII new owners to horse racing, the Lewises have agreed Nashua S. and GII Remsen S. at two, the bay came to sell a 10-percent share in their 2004 two-year-olds back after a 2 1/2-month break and bought at public auction to a new partnership, Premier made it three in a row with a game Thoroughbred Ventures. The goal of the partnership, neck victory in the Feb. 14 GII which will be made up of 15 hand-picked newcomers Fountain of Youth S. “You hope he to the Thoroughbred industry, is to introduce high- doesn’t have to run as hard as he profile individuals to racing, as well as to bring publicity did in the Fountain of Youth,” to the sport through their involvement. The recruitment trainer Rick Violette Jr. said. “I hope of investors for the partnership will be an industry-wide he can actually regress a little bit, effort. “We believe this is a unique opportunity for new numbers and sheets wise, and still owners to get involved in the Thoroughbred business get the job done [today].” Taking on for a very reasonable investment and to experience it at several promising sophomores, the the highest level,” Keeneland President Nick Nicholson Read the Footnotes talented New York-bred will not be said. “Bob and Beverly are wonderful ambassadors of Adam Coglianese photo able to take too many backward racing. They are always gracious in giving back to the steps. Also lining up for today’s $1 sport.” Premier Ventures cont., juvenile roster, p4 million event is The Cliff’s Edge (Gulch), who captured the 2003 GIII Iroquois S. by an impressive 7 3/4 Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:20 p.m. EST lengths and ended the season with a 3/4-length FLORIDA DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m score in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. The PP HORSE OWNER JOCKEY ODDS Robert La Penta runner made his 2004 debut in 1 The Cliff’s Edge Robert V La Penta Sellers 12-1 the Feb. 21 Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay and (Gulch--Zigember, by Danzig--KY) closed to be second. Undefeated Tapit (Pulpit) 2 Friends Lake Mary & Chester Broman Sr Migliore 15-1 makes his first start of the season this afternoon. (A.P. Indy--Antespend, by Spend a Buck--NY) The gray was last seen cruising to a 4 3/4-length 3 Read The Footnotes Klaravich Stables Bailey 7-5 tally in the Nov. 15 GIII Laurel Futurity. The (Smoke Glacken--Baydon Belle, by Al Nasr {Fr}--NY) $625,000 KEESEP yearling clearly has ability, but 4 Tapit Winchell T’breds LLC Prado 5-1 trainer Michael Dickinson cautioned, “There’s no (Pulpit--Tap Your Heels, by Unbridled) changing the fact that the other horses in the 5 Farnum Alley Laura & Eugene Melnyk Day 20-1 Derby have had a race and I haven’t. I think this (Distorted Humor--Falon, by Cox’s Ridge--KY) horse is fit enough to run, but I don’t think he’s 6 Sir Oscar Int’l Fair Play Inc Garcia 8-1 fit enough to win.” Value Plus (Unbridled’s Song) (Halo’s Image--Miss Medallion, by Honor Grades--FL) looks for his first two-turn victory. He tried a 7 Notorious Rogue Lee Lewis Bravo 20-1 route for the first time in the Oct. 4 GII Lane’s (Victory Gallop--Believe It Beloved, by Clever Trick--FL) End Futurity and finished fourth, but trainer Todd 8 Value Plus Marie & Aaron Jones Velazquez 3-1 Pletcher said, “He had what I would describe as (Unbridled’s Song--Roll Over Baby, by Rollin On Over--KY) a nightmare trip in that race.” Steadied early, he 9 Frisky Spider Dender & Friedman King Jr 20-1 hustled up to press the pace before tiring late. (Frisk Me Now--Deraign, by Silver Deputy--MD) After dumping his rider in his 2003 finale, the 10 Smoocher Franks Farms Santos 12-1 Nashua, Value Plus returned in an entry-level (Kissin Kris--Alta’s Princess, by Screen King--FL) allowance going seven furlongs at Gulfstream All carry 122 pounds. Park Feb. 14 and won by 5 3/4 lengths. www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/13/04 • PAGE 2 of 5 Stonerside Forward Gal S. cont. P P R E V I E W P Brilliant in her first two starts, Madcap Escapade gets a class test here. She was described as a freak follow- Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 4:11 p.m. PST ing her 10-length maiden win Jan. 4, and jockey Rene SANTA ANITA OAKS-GI, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m Douglas compared her to Ruffian when she romped by PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 11 3/4 lengths in the Old Hat S. on Valentine’s Day, an 1 Halfbridled Unbridled Mandella 6-5 effort which earned her a 108 Beyer Figure. The bay 2 Salty Romance Salt Lake Biancone 30-1 gets jockey Jerry Bailey as she stretches out to seven 3 Miss Coronado Coronado’s Quest Frankel 6-1 furlongs while facing graded-stakes winners La Reina 4 Silent Sighs Benchmark Canani 8-1 and Wacky Patty. “I couldn't be happier with what 5 Hollywood Story Wild Rush Shirreffs 8-1 she's done and the way she's going into this race, but 6 A.P. Adventure A.P. Indy W Dollase 9-5 the water gets deeper as you go along,” trainer Frank 7 Vencedora Amiga Broad Brush Lobo 30-1 Brothers told Daily Racing Form. “It’s difficult to keep a 8 Stellar Jayne Wild Rush Lukas 30-1 horse who has run like she has at that level--especially All carry 117 pounds. sprinting and especially a filly.” La Reina broke her Halfbridled and A.P. Adventure go into the starting maiden at this distance in September prior to taking the gate undefeated, but only one can end the day with GIII Tempted S. Nov. 4. She closed out 2003 with a their perfect record still intact. Champion Halfbridled nose second to Ashado in the GII Demoiselle S. Nov. could be at a slight disadvantage, as she has not been 29 and will be using this race as a springboard to route out since capturing the Oct. 25 GI Breeders’ Cup Juve- races this spring. “We’ve been pointing her for this race nile Fillies. A.P. Adventure didn’t make her first start all along,” said trainer Shug McGaughey. until five days after the Breeders’ Cup, but has been unbeatable as well, taking a Santa Anita maiden test Today’s Graded Stakes Oct. 30, the GIII Santa Ysabel S. Jan. 4 and the GI Las brought to you by Virgenes S. Feb. 15. She bested GI Hollywood Starlet heroine Hollywood Story by a half-length in her latest. “My filly is coming into the race beautiful,” trainer Wally Dollase said. “She’s right on schedule. I couldn’t be happier with the way she is training.” Stonerside’s Miss Coronado made her dirt debut in the Feb. 7 GII Davona Dale S. at Gulfstream Park and led from gate to wire, hanging on for a head tally. 1:30 p Stonerside Forward Gal S.-G2, Gulfstream Park 4:20 p Toboggan H.-G3, Aqueduct Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 1:30 p.m. EST 4:20 p Florida Derby-G1, Gulfstream Park STONERSIDE FORWARD GAL S.-GII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 4:59 p Swale S.-G3, Gulfstream Park 7f 6:25 p Skip Away H.-G3, Gulfstream Park PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 6:29 p Oaklawn BC S.-G3, Oaklawn Park 1 Journey Fever Gold Fever Vanier 20-1 6:54 p El Camino Real Derby-G3, Golden Gate Fields 2 Madcap Escapade Hennessy Brothers 3-5 7:11 p Santa Anita Oaks-G1, Santa Anita 3a Irish Melody Unbridled’s Song Pletcher 6-1 All Eastern Standard Time. 4a Frenchglen Forestry Pletcher 6-1 GILDED TIME 2yo Wins Group 1 5 La Reina A.P. Indy McGaughey 3-1 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes 6 Wacky Patty Formal Dinner Asmussen 4-1 Click here for more... TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/13/04 • PAGE 3 of 5 Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:59 p.m. EST Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:29 p.m. CST SWALE S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, 7f OAKLAWN BREEDERS’ CUP H.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS f/m, 1 1/16m 1 Chapel Royal Montbrook Pletcher 8-5 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 2 Saratoga County Valid Expectations Weaver 6-1 1 Small Promises Carson City Flint 113 3 Wynn Dot Comma Struggler (GB) Ma Wolfson 4-1 2 Mayo On the Side French Deputy Nafzger 113 4 Caiman Malibu Moon Medina 20-1 3 My Trusty Cat Tale of the Cat Vance 113 5 Dashboard Drummer Alamocitos Iwinski 12-1 4 Spectacular Lisa Formal Gold Stidham 119 6 Eurosilver Unbridled’s Song Zito 7-5 5 Took Out Barkerville Scarberry 113 Eurosilver, last year’s GII Lane’s End Futurity S.