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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ‘FIFTY’ NIFTY IN BLACK-EYED SUSAN FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. Fans of Orb were surely pleased to see his pilot Joel Rosario find the winner=s circle aboard Pegram, Watson and Weitman=s Fiftyshadesofhay (Pulpit) in Friday=s GII Black-Eyed Susan S., but they will probably be hoping for a slightly less eventful trip in today=s Preakness. Fiftyshadesofhay was adding blinkers for trainer Bob Baffert, but she showed a new dimension here, settling kindly in sixth of seven while an eager Maracuya (Big Brown) put up honest splits. The NEXT PHASE FOR ORB 2-1 shot began to inch closer as Stuart Janney III and Phipps Stable=s Orb (Malibu the field bunched entering the far Moon) faces eight foes as he seeks to keep the racing turn, but three-deep longshot world=s Triple Crown hopes alive in today=s 138th Marathon Lady (Graeme Hall) running of the GI Preakness S. looked like she would be tough Fiftyshadesofhay (outside) Little has gone wrong for the to collar as she swept up to Horsephotos homebred in 2013, with four challenge for command. That victories from as many tries, and runner was in front at the top of the lane and, perhaps it has been more of the same in reacting to Rosario=s right-handers, Fiftyshadesofhay the two weeks since his angled in directly behind Toasting (Congrats) and 2 1/2-length defeat of Golden Maracuya, who were chasing in vain. But Rosario Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}) in the quickly yanked Fiftyshadesofgray back to the outside GI Kentucky Derby (video). The and she reeled in Marathon Lady to score by a neck. grandson of local 1996 GII Black- Toasting and Maracuya managed to hold on for third Eyed Susan S. winner Mesabi and fourth, respectively, while 4-5 favorite Emollient Maiden (Cox=s Ridge) turned in a (Empire Maker) never looked comfortable and settled :47.18 breeze (video) at Big for a disappointing sixth. ARight when I went past the Sandy Monday that his usually three-eighths pole before turning for home, she kind of understated Hall of Fame got away from me a little bit,@ explained Rosario. AI was conditioner Shug McGaughey kind of worried about it, but she was able to get it back Orb Splashes Home in Derby deemed Abreathtaking.@ together and she kept going.@ Cont. p8 Horsephotos McGaughey has been around racing long enough to know its ups and downs, but he=s supremely confident in his charge barring some unforeseen bad luck. AThere are a lot of ways to lose, as we all know,@ he offered. AFreaky things can happen. I think we=re in the position where we can kind of dictate the race and hope, if we don=t get in trouble, that he can make his run and then see what happens. We hope he doesn=t get in trouble; we hope he handles the track; we hope he handles the kickback of dirt; we hope he handles the day. If he does all that, I would have to think it=s going to take a pretty darn good horse to beat him.@ Fresh face Departing (War Front) may be squaring off against Orb for the first time, but that=s not to say they aren=t familiar with each other. Both were foaled, raised and hung out in the same paddock at historic Departing FourFooted Fotos Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky. Departing, who carries the colors of Claiborne and Adele Dilschneider, boasts an overall record of 5-4-0-1. Cont. p3 World Class #1 Turf Sire in 2013 “Look at number nine on the Sire List--Kitten’s Joy, by El Prado-- 13 Graded Stakes Horses so far this year. Are you kidding? Tapit has 10, Giant’s Causeway has nine--but 13! That’s beyond massive.” - Bill Oppenheim / TDN, May 8, 2013 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 Phone: (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Talent Search LGB, LLC 2013 / Photo: Joy Gilbert *Statistics through May 17, 2013 In This Issue MORE STAKES PREVIEWS 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Before a big day of racing Stateside, Declarations (732) 747-8060 of War (War Front) headlines a field of 13 in (732) 747-8955 (fax) Newbury’s G1 Lockinge S... The GII Dixie S. for www.thoroughbreddailynews.com older turfers attracted a full field on the Preakness www.thetdn.com undercard, which also includes six other added- money events... Glorious View (Pleasant Tap) looks to continue her hot hand in Belmont’s GII Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Vagrancy H., More Chocolate (Malibu Moon) [email protected] • @barryweisbord Declarations of War returns off short rest in the GII Marjorie L. 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Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant Customer Service [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service EST Race Click for TV Information Technology 9:50a JLT Locking S.-G1, NMK (brisnet.com PPs) ---------- Robert Williams, Director of IT 3:14p Dupoint Distaff H.-GIII, PIM (brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN [email protected] 4:00p Gallorett H.-GIII, PIM (brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming 4:42p Maryland Sprint H.-GIII, PIM (brisnet.com PPs) NBC [email protected] 5:17p Vagrancy H.-GII, BEL (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 5:25p Dixie S.-GII, PIM (brisnet.com PPs) NBC Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development 6:00p Red Bank S.-GIII, MTH (brisnet.com PPs) TVG [email protected] 6:20p Preakness S.-GI, PIM (brisnet.com PPs) NBC 7:11p Everett H.-GII, BHP (brisnet.com PPs) TVG TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/18/13 • PAGE 3 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Next Phase for Orb cont. from p1 AWe haven=t closed our eyes and just said, >Oh, we=ll After graduating and clearing his first-level allowance do the exact same thing that we did going into the condition at Fair Grounds, Departing justified Derby,=@ O=Neill said of preparations leading up to this. 3-5 favoritism in Sam Houston=s Texas Heritage S. We tweaked a few things and I just think, with the Mar. 2. Third with minor, but probably inconsequential track looking like it=s going to be a nice, safe, fast track, that s one less excuse, too. But when they throw trouble behind Derby third Revolutionary (War Pass) and = in a head-scratcher, the next time, as confident as you fifth Mylute (Midnight Lute) in the Mar. 30 GII Louisiana may be, it=s tempered a little bit.@ Derby, Departing easily defeated 13 overmatched Trilogy Stable and Laurie Plesa=s Itsmyluckyday opponents by 3 1/4 lengths in Hawthorne=s GIII Illinois (Lawyer Ron) was a talking horse all Derby week, but Derby Apr. 20 despite a wide journey. checked in 15th after being backed down to 9-1 from a While the connections of Derby runner-up Golden 15-1 morning line. A decisive winner of the Jan. 1 Soul, third-place finisher Revolutionary and early- Gulfstream Park Derby and Jan. 26 GIII Holy Bull S., he moving fourth Normandy Invasion (Tapit) have opted to was no match for Orb when handed a 2 3/4-length skip the Preakness, five other runners from the Derby defeat as the favorite in the Mar. 30 GI Besilu Stables will hope that new surroundings and a dry strip will Florida Derby. The argument from many Itsmyluckyday help them turn the tables on Orb. supporters heading into the Derby was that perhaps the Goldencents (Into Mischief) was a disappointing dark bay wasn=t fully cranked for the Florida Derby, but 17th--beaten almost 50 lengths--in the Derby as the he failed to prove their hypothesis after not seeming to 79-10 third choice, but the bettors are likely to give him love the sloppy going in Louisville. Unwilling to accept a pass. The speedy GI Santa Anita Derby hero figured that his charge could run so poorly after training so well leading up to the AFirst Saturday in May,@ conditioner to have to find a way to avoid a meltdown at Churchill, Eddie Plesa is back for more after working but he did not, chasing the freewheeling Palace Malice Itsmyluckyday four furlongs in :47 1/5 in between (Curlin) through impossible splits, including an opening races at Monmouth Sunday. Cont. p4 quarter in :22.57 and half in :45.33. He must again contend with other speed types here if he is to secure back-to-back Preakness trophies for trainer Doug O=Neill TDN TODAY after failing to score the Derby double for his Headline News.