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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 UNIFIED TRIES DEEPER WATER IN BAY SHORE EIGHT FOR WOOD, by Ben Massam Two years to the day after sending Centennial Farms= Wicked 10 FOR SA DERBY Strong (Hard Spun) north from his winter base at Palm Meadows to capture the GI Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, trainer Jimmy Jerkens is set to pull off a similar move with unbeaten >TDN Rising Star= Unified (Candy Ride {Arg}) in Saturday=s GIII Bay Shore S. at the Big A. Unified captured his six-furlong debut at Gulfstream in dominant wire-to-wire fashion Feb. 21 [video], and the trainer said the Centennial colorbearer has trained forwardly ahead of his second trip to the post. "He hasn't missed a beat,@ Jerkens said of the $325,000 Fasig- Tipton yearling purchase. AIt's a big step up, but we thought he has the talent. He=s done very well since then, so we're taking a shot." Cont. p4 Shagaf | NYRA/Labozzetta NO >DOUTE= ABOUT INGLIS SESSION TOPPER A full-brother to champion sprinter Lankan Rupee (Aus) >TDN Rising Star= Shagaf (Bernardini) will break from the rail as (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) was the star turn on day two of the he puts his unbeaten record on the line against seven foes in Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Wednesday. Saturday=s GI Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct. The Shadwell Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. homebred, who annexed the local GIII Gotham S. last out Mar. 5, was installed as the 2-1 favorite on Eric Donovan=s morning line. He will be joined in the gate by fellow Chad Brown pupil and GIII Jerome S. winner Flexibility (Bluegrass Cat). Outwork (Uncle Mo), second after setting the pace in the GII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 12, drew the eight hole and was assigned a 5-2 morning line quote. Matt King Coal (Cool Coal Man), who bested >Rising Star= and GI Toyota Blue Grass S. contender My Man Sam (Trappe Shot) in a Mar. 6 allowance, makes his graded stakes debut. The top five finishers from the GII San Felipe S. comprise half of the field for Saturday=s GI Santa Anita Derby. That race=s speedy winner, >Rising Star= Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy), is 9-5 on Jon White=s morning line, while runner-up Mor Spirit (Eskendereya) was made the 8-5 chalk. Unbeaten superstar filly and fellow >Rising Star= Songbird (Medaglia d=Oro) will break from the innermost post against six rivals in the GI Santa Anita Oaks. Complete Santa Anita fields will be published in Friday=s TDN. PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN Thursday, April 7, 2016 [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor: Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor: Steve Sherack @Steve SherackTDN Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors: Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Assistant Editors: Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Joe Bianca @countdown2march ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer This horse under exercise rider Michael McClurg takes some serious exception to this Advertising Manager: Lia Kusch family of sand cranes crossing the track at the Classic Mile training center in Ocala Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew yesterday, as outrider Kim Hardy looks on. Guess he really doesn't like birds... 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Breeders: 1-Masaichiro 3 Trojan Nation Street Cry (Ire) Gryder Gallagher 123 Abe, 2-Doug Oliver, 3-Vince Scuderi, 4-Kaz Hill Farm, 5-Joan Hadley 4 Tale of S'avall Tale of Ekati Velasquez Tagg 123 Thoroughbreds, 6-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 7-Ocala Stud, 8-Maria M. 5 Flexibility Bluegrass Cat Franco Brown 123 6 Matt King Coal Cool Coal Man Ortiz Rice 123 Haire. 7 Dalmore K Colonel John Alvarado Desormeaux 123 8 Outwork Uncle Mo Velazquez Pletcher 123 Owners: 1-Shadwell Stable, 2-Treadway Racing Stable, 3-Gilbert, Julie and Sones, Aaron, 4-Fipke, Charles, E., 5-Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H., 6-Lady Sheila Stable, 7-Big Chief Racing, LLC, Desormeaux, J. Keith and Ortowski, Ronald A., 8-Repole Stable. Breeders: 1-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 2-Monticule, 3-Dr. Aaron Sones, 4-Charles Fipke, 5-WinStar Farm, LLC, 6-John E. Shaw, 7-Sally J. Andersen, 8-Repole Stable, Inc. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 4 OF 6 $ THETDN.COM THURSDAY $ APRIL 7, 2016 Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:16 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 1:22 p.m. EDT GAZELLE S.-GII, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m EXCELSIOR S.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT K 1 Clair de Lune Malibu Moon Ortiz Brown 116 1 Turco Bravo (Chi) Caesarion (Ire) Davis Contessa 119 K 2 Lewis Bay Bernardini Ortiz, Jr. Brown 122 2 Kid Cruz K Lemon Drop Kid Ortiz Rice 117 3 Mo d'Amour K Uncle Mo Velazquez Pletcher 120 3 Norumbega Tiznow Franco McGaughey III 115 4 Dreams to Reality K Lookin At Lucky Carmouche Dilger 114 4 Madefromlucky K Lookin At Lucky Velazquez Pletcher 123 5 Royal Obsession K Tapit Franco Asmussen 116 6 Behrnik's Bank Bank Heist Gonzalez Kazamias 116 5 Good Luck Gus Lookin At Lucky Ortiz, Jr. Rodriguez 123 7 Flora Dora First Dude Alvarado Coffey 120 Owners: 1-Winning Move Stable, 2-Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds LLC & Owners: 1-Farmer, Tracy, 2-Alpha Delta Stables, 3-King of Prussia Stable, Black Swan Stable, 3-Stuart S. Janney, III, 4-Cheyenne Stables LLC & Mac 4-Duignan, Gabriel, 5-Stonestreet Stables LLC, 6-Peter Kazamias, 7-Coffeepot Nichol, 5-Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables LLC & The Elkstone Group LLC. Stables. Breeders: 1-Julie Berta, Bob Horton, Rae Horton & Charles Middleton, Breeders: 1-Haras Carioca, 2-Machmer Hall, 3-Stuart S. Janney, III, LLC., 2-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 3-Doug Branham & Felicia Branham, 4-Dr. Rod 4-RMF Thoroughbreds, 5-Fred W. Hertrich III. Orr, 5-Marbat, LLC, 6-Kaz Hill Farm, 7-Dizney Double Diamond LLC. Cont. from p1 Saturday, Oaklawn, post time: 6:09 p.m. EDT Although Unified was bet down to 4-5 favoritism first out, the FANTASY S.-GIII, $400,000, f, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT sheer ease at which he cleared the field and confidently strode 1 Taxable Tapit Nakatani Asmussen 117 home three lengths in front caught the eye of many, including 2 Terra Promessa Curlin Santana, Jr. Asmussen 121 Jerkens. K 3 Cosmic Evolution Proud Citizen Vazquez Wiggins 121 AI was surprised he broke that well, because he hadn=t been a 4 Florida Bird Summer Bird Canchari Jayaraman 117 very good gate horse in 5 Impasse Quality Road Hill Lukas 117 6 Ready to Confess More Than Ready Quinonez Von Hemel 117 the morning,@ said the Owners: 1-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (Ron & Joan Winchell), 2-Stonestreet 57-year-old conditioner. Stables, LLC (Barbara Banke), 3-Stephen L. Fidel, 4-K.K. Jayaraman & V. Devi AFor some reason, that Jayaraman, 5-Briland Farm (Robert & Stacy Mitchell), 6-Pin Oak Stb (Josephine day it looked like they Abercrombie). Breeders: 1-Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC, 2-Stonestreet opened his [stall] before Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 3-Gabriel Duignan, William Duignan &Tranquility the others.