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SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. FEATURE FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 DUBAI WORLD CUP MACHO. AGAIN? Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Dream Team One Racing Stable=s Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) looks to repeat his 1 1/2-length GII Risen Star S. success Feb. 19 in this afternoon=s $1-million GII Louisiana Derby back at Fair Grounds. AHe=s doing great. We=re back in town and ready to run,@ beamed conditioner Kathy Ritvo Thursday. The GII Nashua S. and GII Remsen S. TAKE TWO FOR TWICE OVER runner-up has enough speed to be on When Khalid Abdulla=s Twice Over (GB) (Observatory) or near the lead, but the presence of came to Meydan last year to contest the G1 Dubai lightly raced speedsters Majestic World Cup, he had just a few days Harbor (Rockport Harbor) and Left to acclimate to his surroundings, (Arch) could call for rating tactics. and he hadn=t been out since a third AWe=re going to see how he breaks, Mucho Macho Man in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic at and let [jockey] Rajiv [Maragh] make S K Andrew Santa Anita more than four months that decision,@ Ritvo explained. Elite prior to that. He was forced to Alex (Afleet Alex), who put in a last-to-third run in the check early on in the race and never Feb. 21 GIII Southwest S. over the Hot Springs oval, found a spot to tuck in, finishing a would benefit from quick early fractions. Pilot Calvin disappointing 10th, albeit beaten Borel--rider of three of the last four GI Kentucky Derby only three lengths. AI thought he winners--has already compared the $300,000 KEESEP would win last year,@ conditioner yearling to 2007 Derby hero Street Sense (Street Cry Henry Cecil recalled. ABut he did get {Ire}). Cont. p12 Twice Over and a bad bump, and he couldn=t get in. Queally Michael Marten Whether that was the reason I don=t TDN TODAY know.@ Cecil has steered his charge Headline News.................... 16 pages along a much different path for a second tilt in tonight=s $10-million event, however, and all indications so far are that the changes in preparation are paying off. The now 6-year-old=s 2010 campaign post-World Cup was highlighted by successes in the G1 Eclipse S. at Sandown and the G1 Champion S. at Newmarket, but Twice Over=s impressive 2 3/4-length tally last out in the course-and-distance G2 Maktoum Challenge (Round 3) Mar. 3 over four of today=s foes seems like the strongest signal that he will be hard to beat. AThe idea was to bring him over here and settle him in and get him into a race,@ Cecil explained. AIf he hadn=t handled the surface or hadn=t settled, I would have brought him right back. He seemed to do everything very nicely. He had a good blow on the backstretch and a good blow afterwards. But he seems to have come on a lot.@ Cecil was also pleased with the way his charge cantered over the track under Tom Queally Friday morning, and cited Twice Over=s post position, number 12 (one out from last year), as the only concern. AHopefully, now that he has adapted himself to the track, he will cope with it better now. I think he is definitely better than last year... No, I know he is better than last year, he said. @ Cont. p2 www.coolmore.com Page 1 of 24 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/26/11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com >Gio= Also Seeking Redemption... Castleton Lyons= champion Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat) looks to secure the World Cup for America and improve on last year=s third-place finish under top U.S. pilot Ramon Dominguez. Trainer Christophe Clement has been pleased with how the 6-year-old, last seen finishing runner-up to supermare Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) in the Nov. 7 GI Breeders= Cup Mile under the Twin Spires, is coming into the race. AI=m very Clement at Meydan happy. He moved well from Michael Marten the beginning,@ said the Frenchman after a gallop Friday. Owner Shane Ryan added, AIt=s in God=s hands now. He seems to be in good order, and I hope he can put his best foot forward. [To win] would be the icing on the cake--he=s done everything we=ve asked. Just to be back a second time, to have a bite at the cherry again, is great.@ Cont. p3 You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at select locations in Dubai. 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 1:35 p.m. EDT DUBAI WORLD CUP-G1, $10,000,000, 3yo/up, 2000m (AWT) PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Fly Down K King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Sons Broadway Thoroughbreds/W S Farish-KY Zito 6-1 (c, 4, Mineshaft--Queen Randi, by Fly So Free) Leparoux 2 Monterosso (GB) Godolphin Darley-GB Al Zarooni 15-1 (c, 4, Dubawi {Ire}--Porto Roca {Aus}, by Barathea {Ire}) Barzalona 3 Prince Bishop (Ire) Godolphin Thurso Ltd-IRE bin Suroor 15-1 (c, 4, Dubawi {Ire}--North East Bay, by Prospect Bay) Ajtebi 4 Cape Blanco (Ire) F Hay/D Smith/S Magnier/M Tabor Jack Ronan/Des Vere Hunt Farm Co-IRE A O’Brien 10-1 (c, 4, Galileo {Ire}--Laurel Delight {GB}, by Presidium {GB}) Spencer 5 Gio Ponti K Castleton Lyons Kilboy Estate Inc-KY Clement 8-1 (h, 6, Tale of the Cat--Chipeta Springs, by Alydar) Dominguez 6 Victoire Pisa (Jpn) Yoshimi Ichikawa Shadai Farm-JPN Sumii 10-1 (c, 4, Neo Universe {Jpn}--Whitewater Affair {GB}, by Machiavellian) Demuro 7 Musir (Aus) Sh Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum Sh Mohd bin Khalifa Al Maktoum-AUS de Kock 5-1 (c, 4, Redoute’s Choice {Aus}--Dizzy de Lago {Aus}, by Encosta de Lago {Aus}) Soumillon 8 Gitano Hernando (GB) Ramzan Kadyrov Newsells Park Stud Ltd-GB Botti 10-1 (h, 5, Hernando {Fr}--Gino’s Spirits {Ire}, by Perugino) Murtagh 9 Transcend (Jpn) Koji Maeda North Hills Management-JPN Yasuda 20-1 (h, 5, Wild Rush--Cinema Scope {Jpn}, by Tony Bin {Ire}) Fujita 10 Poet’s Voice (GB) Godolphin Darley-GB bin Suroor 20-1 (c, 4, Dubawi {Ire}--Bright Tiara, by Chief’s Crown) Dettori 11 Richard’s Kid Zabeel Racing International Corp Fitzhugh LLC-MD Seemar 20-1 (h, 6, Lemon Drop Kid--Tough Broad, by Broad Brush) Mullen 12 Twice Over (GB) Khalid Abdullah Juddmonte Farms Ltd-GB Cecil 4-1 (h, 6, Observatory--Double Crossed {GB}, by Caerleon) Queally 13 Buena Vista (Jpn) Sunday Racing Co Ltd Northern Racing-JPN Matsuda 8-1 (m, 5, Special Week {Jpn}--Biwa Heidi {Jpn}, by Caerleon) Moore 14 Golden Sword (GB) Sh Mohd Khalifa Al Maktoum/Wilgerbosdrift T E Pocock & Morton Bloodstock de Kock 20-1 (h, 5, High Chaparral {Ire}--Sitara {GB}, by Salse) Shea Page 2 of 24 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/26/11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Japanese Raiders Intriguing in World Cup... Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista (Jpn) (Special Week {Jpn}); Victoire Pisa (Jpn) (Neo Universe {Jpn}), who handed the champ a nose loss in the G1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama Dec. 26; and G1 Japan Cup Dirt and G1 February S. hero Transcend (Jpn) (Wild Rush) all appear in with a chance to hoist the Cup while uplifting their disaster-stricken homeland. Buena Vista, who was a close second in last year=s G1 Sheema Classic Buena Vista Horsephotos over the Meydan sod, has never been off the board in 17 prior attempts, and must only answer questions about the surface to be a major factor. AShe is very nice, and I am very happy to have a chance on riding her,@ said Ryan Moore. AI cannot say how she handles all-weather until she comes in to the final stretch in the race. There are top-class horses in the field and any of them are capable of winning, but if she has a little luck and no one boxes her in, she should win, and I can confirm she has the talent to win. For the Japanese people, who are now having a difficult time, I would like to say that racing is my answer. What is going on is very terrible, and I suppose horse racing could lift them.@ REWILDING COULD FOLLOW IN SIS= FOOTSTEPS Champ and Midge Set for Rematch... Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) captured the G1 Dubai The one-two finishers from the GI Breeders= Cup Turf, Sheema Classic 12 months ago, and her half-brother Dangerous Midge (Lion Heart) and Champ Pegasus Rewilding (GB) (Tiger Hill {Ire}) will attempt to do the (Fusaichi Pegasus), are set for a rematch in the same for Godolphin tonight. Third in the G1 Epsom Sheema. The British- Derby last June, the 500,000gns TATOCT purchase based Dangerous Midge captured the G2 Great Voltigeur S. at York in August, hasn=t faced the starter but could only manage sixth in the G1 St. Leger S. the since his Nov. 6 triumph following month, and at Churchill Downs, but has been brought along has a solid chance to since by trainer bring home another Mahmood Al Zarooni Sheema Classic trophy with this race in mind. for trainer Brian Meehan, Dangerous Midge (blinkers) defeating ARewilding is doing very who saddled David Junior well, and I think he will Champ Pegasus (Pleasant Tap) to victory Reed Palmer photo run a good race in 2006.