“NOTIONAL” ANTHEM IN HEADLINE SAN RAFAEL...p3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2007 A DIAMOND OUT OF THE ROUGH SHAKING IT UP AT SANTA ANITA There was a roughly run stretch duel going on to his Trainer Bobby Frankel, with four stakes wins already inside, but Awesome Gem (Awesome Again) avoided to his credit this meet, goes for number five in the GII the scrimmage in the GII San El Encino S. at Santa Anita this afternoon. Frankel Fernando Breeders= Cup S. at saddles two of the six starters in the Santa Anita yesterday and got up mile-and-a-sixteenth affair, Stronach to beat Midnight Lute (Real Stables=s Sugar Shake (Awesome Quiet) by a nose. First or second Again) and Juddmonte Farm=s in five of his first six starts, the Cantabria (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Sugar chestnut gelding picked up his Shake has been off the board just Benoit Photo first stakes score with the effort. once in her nine career starts, finish- AHe=s a runner,@ said trainer Craig ing seventh on a muddy track behind Dollase, adding, AWe=ve got three weeks till the next fellow El Encino contender Wonder one [GII Strub S., Feb. 3] and, if he=s good enough and Lady Anne L (Real Quiet) in the GI stays sound, we=ll think about the Big =Cap [GI Santa Coaching Club American Oaks in Anita H., Mar. 3], but we don=t want to get ahead of July. She came back to be second in ourselves; one race at a time.@ Cont. p2 a Belmont allowance in September, Bobby Frankel and was last seen going gate to wire Horsephotos Saturday, Santa Anita in a Churchill allowance test Nov. 17. SAN FERNANDO BREEDERS' CUP S.-GII, $200,000, Twice group placed in England, stablemate Cantabria SAX, 1-13, 4yo, 1 1/16m, 1:41 4/5, ft. opened her U.S. account with a 4 1/4-length score in 1--@AWESOME GEM, 116, g, 4, by Awesome Again an entry-level allowance on the Hollywood all-weather 1st Dam: Piano, by Pentelicus Dec. 6, but will try her luck on the dirt for the first 2nd Dam: Thwack, by Fight Over time. AThe only unknown is how the form will transfer 3rd Dam: Royal Ties, by Distinctive from the Cushion Track,@ her jockey, Richie Migliore, ($150,000 yrl '04 FTSAUG; $150,000 2yo 2005 told Daily Racing Form. AIf she holds her form, she BESMAR). O-West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc, Patrice should be pretty tough.@ Wonder Lady Anne L, fresh- Arudel & Paul Blavin, et al; B-Runnymede Farm Inc, ened after fading to sixth in the Aug. 19 GI Alabama S., Catesby Clay & Peter Callahan (KY); T-Craig Dollase; has worked sharply for her first appearance in nearly J-Tyler Baze; $120,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-3-0, five months. Field, p7 $218,960. 2--Midnight Lute, 118, c, 4, Real Quiet--Candytuft, by HARD TO BEAT Dehere. ($70,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). O-Watson and If he=s entered, undefeated Hard Spun (Danzig) will be Weitman Performances, LLC and Pegram; B-Tom the horse to beat in the Mar. 10 Evans, Macon Wilmil Equines & Marjac Farms (KY); GII Louisiana Derby after a domi- T-Bob Baffert; $40,000. nating victory in the GIII Lecomte 3--Brother Derek, 122, c, 4, Benchmark--Miss Soft Sell, S. at Fair Grounds yesterday. The by Siyah Kalem. ($150,000 yrl '04 KEESEP; colt is based at Oaklawn Park, but $275,000 2yo 2005 BESMAR). O-Cecil N Peacock; trainer Larry Jones said, AHe B-Mary H Caldwell (CA); T-D L Hendricks; $24,000. looked like he handled the course Lou Hodges Jr. Margins: NO, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 9.00, 2.40, 1.70. real well, so the Louisiana Derby is Also Ran: Arson Squad, Halo Steven, Spring At Last, a definite possibility. We=re certainly not going to rule Big Mistake, Objective, Sensational Score, Soul City anything out. We=ll just head back to Oaklawn and see Slew, A. P. Xcellent. Scratched: Hello Sunday (Fr). what=s next.@ Cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/14/07 • PAGE 2 of 8 San Fernando cont. Saturday, Fair Grounds Remember the Main... LECOMTE S.-GIII, $98,000, FGX, 1-13, 3yo, 1m, Beaten a nose when trying the main track for the first 1:37 4/5, ft. time in his second start, a Del Mar maiden test in Au- 1--@HARD SPUN, 122, c, 3, by Danzig gust, Awesome Gem missed by a neck on the grass 1st Dam: Turkish Tryst (SW & GSP), by Sept. 2. He came back to earn his first victory on the Turkoman Oak Tree dirt Sept. 29 and made it two in a row on the 2nd Dam: Darbyvail, by Roberto surface in an entry-level allowance Oct. 26. Freshened 3rd Dam: Luiana, by *My Babu after that performance, the versatile runner was back O-Fox Hill Farms Inc; B-Michael Moran & Brushwood on the grass for the Dec. 26 GIII Sir Beaufort S. at Stable (PA); T-J Larry Jones; J-Mario G Pino; Santa Anita and got up to be second, a length behind $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $160,970. *1/2 Kip Deville. Awesome Gem, off at 8-1 to carry that to Our Rite of Spring (Stravinsky), SW, $141,000; form to the main track, rated off the pace early. The Wild Current (Wild Again), MSP, $273,218. trio of Midnight Lute, Brother Derek and Halo Steven 2--Izzie's Halo, 116, c, 3, Halo's Image--Serene Lake, (Halo=s Image) were fighting it out at the top of the by Meadowlake. ($50,000 yrl '05 OBSAUG; lane, with Midnight Lute lugging in to cause a bumping $165,000 2yo >06 OBSFEB). O-Walter L New; match, but Awesome Gem was finishing fast on the B-Arthur I Appleton (FL); T-Thomas M Amoss; outside and proved narrowly best. Click for the $20,000. brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- 3--Teuflesberg, 122, c, 3, Johannesburg--St. Michele, style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. by Devil's Bag. ($9,000 yrl '05 FTKOCT). O-Jamie Sanders, Gary S Logsdon & Donnie Kelly; B-Richard Giacopelli (KY); T-Jamie Sanders; $10,000. Margins: 6HF, 2 1/4, 5. Odds: 1.00, 4.50, 3.70. Also Ran: Makeithapencaptain, Beta Capo, Tony Ter- Precocious Two-Year-Old rific, Citi Smoke. who broke his maiden Hard Spun kicked off his career with an 8 3/4-length first time out in July at maiden score at Delaware Park Oct. 22 and added a Belmont after a half in five-length tally in the Nov. 14 Port Penn S. at that track. He romped by 7 3/4 lengths in the Dec. 18 Penn- :44 and change. sylvania Nursery S.--a race won in 2003 by Kentucky Derby hero Smarty Jones--and proved he could handle graded foes with equal aplomb. Favored to remain www.winstarfarm.com perfect while trying two turns for the first time, the bay was dogged by Izzie=s Halo through a half in :46.78 and GII San Fernando BC S. Awesome Gem (Awesome had Teuflesberg at his flank on the far turn, but gal- Again) gets up in the final strides. loped away from his rivals down the stretch. AThe pace GII San Rafael S. Notional (In Excess {Ire}) cruises as was fast, but he did it very easy,@ jockey Mario Pino said. AWhen I asked him, he kept giving me more. This the odds-on chalk. is a real good horse. So far, nobody has gotten near GIII Lecomte S. Undefeated Hard Spun (Danzig) him.@ Click for the brisnet.com chart or the romps in his graded-stakes debut. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/14/07 • PAGE 3 of 8 Saturday, Santa Anita Saturday, Gold Coast, Australia SAN RAFAEL S.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 1-13, 3yo, 1m, JUPITERS 2YO MAGIC MILLIONS CLASSIC-Listed, 1:36 2/5, ft. A$1,014,045, (R), 2yo, 1200mT, 1:09.98, gd. 1--@NOTIONAL, 119, c, 3, by In Excess (Ire) 1--#MIMI LEBROCK (AUS), 118, f, 2, by Show a Heart (Aus) 1st Dam: Truly Blessed, by French Deputy 1st Dam: God Love It (Aus), by St Covet (Aus) 2nd Dam: Love Bunny, by Exclusive Native 2nd Dam: Lyphard=s Lady, by Lyphard 3rd Dam: Lady Tramp, by *Sensitivo 3rd Dam: Miss Francesca, by Raise a Native ($77,000 yrl '05 KEESEP; $235,000 2yo >06 (A$170,000 yrl >06 CJMMJA). O-L A & Mrs S J BESMAR). O-J Paul Reddam; B-Vessels Stallion Farm Smith; B-P Byers; T-Bart Cummings; J-H Bowman. LLC (CA); T-Doug F O'Neill; J-Corey S Nakatani; Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $133,200. 2--Husson Lightning (Aus), 122, c, 2, Hussonet--Snip 2--Tenfold, 116, c, 3, Tiznow--Island Rhythm, by Skip Snip (Aus), by Snippets (Aus). Trial. ($725,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Robert & Beverly 3--Royal Asscher (NZ), 118, f, Stravinsky--Diamond Lewis Trust; B-W A Fabry & September Farm (KY); Cashel (NZ), by *Sir Tristram. T-Bob Baffert; $30,000. Margins: SNK, LNK. Odds: 5.00, 6.00, 11.00. 3--Grapelli, 116, c, 3, Thunder Gulch--Bella Bellucci, by Also Ran: Cajou (Aus), Rock Idol (Aus), Sashenka (Aus), French Deputy.