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Turf Classic a >Main= Event P4 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here WELCOME TO THE CLUB? PHAROAH A CLEAR >FRONTRUNNER= Led by the top three finishers of the GI Travers S., Zayat Stables homebred American Pharoah (Pioneerof sophomores will be well-represented while facing older the Nile) heads a field of 10 juvenile males looking to horses in today=s GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont secure an automatic berth into the GI Breeders= Cup Park. Since 2000, the Juvenile in this afternoon=s GI FrontRunner S. at Santa AWin and You=re In@ event Anita. Fifth on debut as the 7- for the GI Breeders= Cup 5 favorite in a key Del Mar Classic has been captured heat Aug. 9, the bay showed by a 3-year-old four what all the first-out fuss was times--Albert the Great about when he set the pace (2000); Bernardini (2006); and never looked back in the Curlin (2007); and Sept. 3 GI Del Mar Futurity. Summer Bird (2009). The The ridgling earned a 101 list is even more Beyer Speed Figure--the impressive going back V. E. Day & Wicked Strong throw highest a 2-year-old has further with the honor roll down in Travers received so far this year--while NYRA/Coglianese highlighted by Man o= War (1920); Crusader (1926); defeating three of his FrontRunner rivals in the American Pharoah Gallant Fox (1930); Citation (1948); Hill Prince (1950); Benoit Photo Counterpoint (1951); High Gun (1954); Nashua (1955); process. The main question for Sword Dancer (1959); Kelso (1960); Buckpasser the 8-5 morning-line favorite is (1966); Damascus (1967); Arts And Letters (1969); the stretch out to 1 1/16 miles, but his Zayat-owned Temperence Hill (1980); Slew o= Gold (1983); Easy and Baffert-trained sire was all route. AAll the horses are Goer (1989); and Skip Away (1996). Trainer Jimmy going long first time, but American Pharoah=s win at Del Jerkens was the only one who didn=t have to sweat out Mar was very powerful,@ offered Baffert, winner of a the Travers photo last month when V. E. Day (English record five renewals of this event, which was formerly Channel) nipped Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) by a nose. called the Norfolk S. AEverybody is hoping they can go Cont. p3 two turns, but you don=t know it until they prove it. On the other hand, I haven=t seen anything in his works HARD TO GET BEYOND >BELIEF= that would make me inclined to think he can=t do it. Jungle Racing LLC, KMN Racing LLC, Hollendorfer, He=s pretty special, so we=ll see what happens.@ Litt, Solis II and Todaro=s undefeated superstar Shared Cont. p10 Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) should prove one tough customer in Santa Anita=s GI Awesome Again S., a AWin and You=re In@ qualifier for the GI Breeders= Cup Classic. Despite not starting until late May this year, last year=s champion juvenile has won his three 2014 outings by a combined 11 1/4 lengths. He cruised in a Golden Gate sprint allowance May 26, and took to the dirt and this distance to trounce Candy Boy (Candy Ride {Arg}) by 4 1/4 lengths in the Shared Belief inaugural Los Alamitos Benoit Photo Derby July 5. Rather than shipping cross-country for the GI Travers S., Hall of Fame conditioner Jerry Hollendorfer decided to remain in California and take on older horses in Del Mar=s GI Pacific Classic S. Aug. 24. That decision paid off, and yielded a career-best 115 Beyer Speed Figure for Shared Belief, who defeated fellow sophomore and BC Classic hopeful Toast of New York (Thewayyouare) by 2 3/4 lengths. 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The Magalen Bryant colorbearer is perfect in three starts on dirt, including Saratoga=s Curlin S. July 25. He enters riding a four-race winning streak. Stablemate Wicked Strong, meanwhile, posted a breakthrough victory in the GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct before rolling a pair of fours in the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont S. The addition of blinkers has sharpened him up in his last two attempts, headed by a powerful win over Belmont S. hero Tonalist (Tapit) in the GII Jim Dandy S. July 26. Wicked Strong is the slight favorite in the program at 3-1. "I realized inside the eighth pole it was going to be between our two [horses]," Jerkens said. "I thought Wicked [Strong] was going to hold on, but [V. E. Day] switched his lead and surged the last three jumps and nailed him right on the wire. I mean it was really the very last jump. It was disheartening for Wicked Strong. You know, he ran so hard. He didn't cut out the pace, but he was pretty close to a lively pace. He pretty much ran all the way." Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 5:50 p.m. EDT JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Micromanage K Repole Stable Fiona Craig & Dermot Cantillon-KY Pletcher 20-1 (c, 4, Medaglia d’Oro--Catnip, by Flying Paster) Saez 2 Last Gunfighter John D Gunther John D Gunther-KY Brown 20-1 (h, 5, First Samurai--Saratoga Cat, by Sir Cat) Bravo 3 Wicked Strong K Centennial Farms William F Lynn-KY Jerkens 3-1 (c, 3, Hard Spun--Moyne Abbey, by Charismatic) Maragh 4 Zivo Thomas Coleman Thomas Coleman-NY Brown 6-1 (h, 5, True Direction--American Skipper, by Quiet American) Lezcano 5 Prayer for Relief K Zayat Stables LLC G R Aschinger-KY Romans 15-1 (h, 6, Jump Start--Sparklin Lil, by Mr. Sparkles) Velazquez 6 Long River Godolphin Racing LLC Darley-KY McLaughlin 30-1 (c, 4, A.P. Indy--Round Pond, by Awesome Again) Velasquez 7 Speak Logistics Hardway Stables Centaur Farms Inc-FL Contessa 50-1 (c, 4, High Cotton--Miss Sabrina, by Summer Squall) Lopez 8 Tonalist Robert S Evans Woodslane Farm-KY Clement 4-1 (c, 3, Tapit--Settling Mist, by Pleasant Colony) Rosario 9 Stephanoatsee My Meadowview Farm My Meadowview LLC-KY Zito 20-1 (r, 5, A.P. Indy--Oatsee, by Unbridled) Ortiz 10 V. E. Day K Magalen O Bryant Bluegrass Hall LLC-KY Jerkens 5-1 (c, 3, English Channel--California Sunset, by Deputy Minister) Castellano 11 Moreno Southern Equine Stable LLC Southern Equine Stables LLC-KY Guillot 7-2 (g, 4, Ghostzapper--Danceinthesunlight, by A.P.