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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC MOTT PRAISES ‘OTHER’ DISTAFF ENTRANT Conditioner Bill Mott will send out Besilu Stable=s Royal Delta (Empire Maker) to try to win her third- straight GI Breeders= Cup Distaff Friday, but he=ll also saddle fellow J “TDN Rising Star” J Close Hatches (First Defence) in the same event and was quick to point out that runner=s credentials yesterday. AShe deserved to run here,@ Mott said of Juddmonte=s PLETCHER SEES A WIDE-OPEN CLASSIC GI Mother Goose S. Dogwood Stable=s Palace Malice (Curlin) will look to and GI Cotillion S. put an exclamation mark on his 2013 season in winner. AI don=t Saturday=s GI Breeders= Cup Classic, but trainer Todd particularly like running Pletcher knows the well-travelled colt faces a tough against myself. I don=t see why anybody task. Close Hatches Sherackatthetrack AIt=s a really deep field,@ Pletcher said of the 12-horse would want to do Classic. AIt=s one of those things where you wouldn=t be that, but there are certain instances, I think, if you=re in surprised if a number of different horses win it. Fort the Kentucky Oaks or the Kentucky Derby or the Larned (E Dubai) to win it again, it wouldn=t surprise Breeders= Cup. If those situations arise, you just have to you. If Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), judging by the do it.@ The Hall of Famer, who also has two chances in way he ran in the [Sept. 28 GI] Awesome Again, won the GI Breeders= Cup Classic in Flat Out (Flatter) and it, it wouldn=t surprise you. Game On Dude (Awesome Ron the Greek (Full Mandate), added, AI don=t think I=m Again) certainly wouldn=t surprise you. And you=re not running a horse [in Close Hatches] that doesn=t deserve even talking about Ron the Greek (Full Mandate), Flat to run. Both fillies deserve to run and have their chance Out (Flatter), Palace Malice or Will Take Charge at it. Whatever happens, happens on the day. Both (Unbridled=s Song). It=s a nasty race.@ have earned their way in here. It=s a championship day Palace Malice will be making his 10th start of 2013 and--you know what?--at the end of the day will the Saturday. His year began at Gulfstream over the winter best horse win? Well, the winner is going to be who the and he participated in two-thirds of the Triple Crown, winner is. Hopefully they=ll get a clean trip and a fair finishing 12th in the GI Kentucky Derby and winning chance.@ the GI Belmont S. He won the July 27 GII Jim Dandy S. and was fourth in the GI Travers S. before running second in his first start against older horses in the Sept. 28 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. AIt says a lot about him, physically and mentally, that he=s been able to do that,@ Pletcher said of Palace Malice=s campaign. AHe seems to thrive on it, actually. He=s gained weight through the process and has gotten bigger and stronger as he=s gone along.@ Another sophomore tackling elders in the Classic is the Travers winner Will Take Charge. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas is happy with how the strapping chestnut is coming into the Breeders= Cup and he thinks he has history on his side. AHistorically, 3-year-olds have done well in the Classic,@ Lukas said. AI won with Cat Thief [in 1999], so I don=t worry about the age thing.@ Three-year-olds have won the Classic nine times, but not since Raven=s Pass (Elusive Quality) in 2008. Lukas is looking forward to an exciting race. AYou have a good blend of early speed, middle-of-the-race stalkers and late runners,@ Lukas said. AIt should be an honest pace and a good race.@ In This Issue 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 747-8060 (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Barry Weisbord, co-publisher [email protected] • @barryweisbord GI Breeders’ Cup Classic contender Ron the Greek (Full Sue Finley, co-publisher Mandate) gallops at Santa Anita. [email protected] • @suefinley Horsephotos EDITORIAL [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Breeders’ Cup Saturday Special Edition Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack provides an interesting feature on television and radio Steve Sherack, Racing Editor personality Jim Rome, owner of defending GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. champion Mizdirection (Mizzen Mast). Plus we dig deeper into the nine Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor championship races to be held on day two of the 30th Breeders’ Cup. To view part one of the Breeders’ Cup special edition click here. ADVERTISING [email protected] After Headline News Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Honours Even as Two Top Tatts Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant Emma Berry has the story on the two toppers from yesterday’s Tattersalls CUSTOMER SERVICE October Horses in Training session, Validus (GB) (Zamindar) and Goodwood [email protected] Mirage (Ire) (Jeremy), who each sold for 380,000gns. Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Page 5 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] International Appeal at Fasig-Tipton Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Christina Bossinakis details the strong international presence at the upcoming BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Page 12 Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Kelsey Riley, International Editor New Ideas For Horse Racing Do Exist [email protected] Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Trainer and breeder Edd Roggenkamp offers five ideas that he believes could [email protected] make a major positive impact on the future of the racing industry. Page 16 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/31/13 • PAGE 3 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AEvery work has gotten better and better,@ BREEDERS’ CUP McGaughey said. AIt=s a tall task, but with a horse like him, it=s not quite as tall. He=s a very good horse and he handles his training well. He=s good and sound right BULLETIN now, knock on wood. All indications are he=ll run a good race.@ Still, McGaughey acknowledged the long layoff was a Point of Entry Impresses McGaughey lot to overcome. AIt=s hard to be overly confident when we haven=t run Phipps Stable and Stronach since June 8 and coming off an Stables= Point of Entry injury,@ the Hall of Famer said. (Dynaformer), favored when a AThe injury won=t be a factor at all. troubled second in last year=s I don=t think the rest will be a GI Breeders= Cup Turf, was a factor. I think if he=s the best longshot to even make the race horse and gets some racing luck, I this term after suffering a non- think he=ll be awful tough.@ displaced condylar fracture of his Point of Entry overcame traffic left hind cannon bone while to be a closing second behind winning the June 8 Little Mike (Spanish Steps) in last GI Manhattan H. He underwent year=s Turf. It was his only loss in surgery to repair the fracture and seven 2012 starts. AI was very disappointed,@ is on target to make his first start McGaughey said of the 2012 Turf. in five months Saturday. The AHe just didn=t shake loose until 5-year-old has come back in top too late and just didn=t get there. shape, according to trainer Shug He deserves to win a race like McGaughey, who was on hand to this, especially with what watch the bay gallop 1 1/4 miles happened last year. I=m pumped over the main track at Santa Anita Point of Entry Horsephotos up that he=s got the opportunity to Wednesday. give it a try again.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/31/13 • PAGE 4 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com ‘Dan’ Doing Well Post-Ship Twilight Eclipse on Track Trainer Charlie LoPresti has done everything in his Twilight Eclipse (Purim), who set the world record for power to keep conditions as close to how they were 1 1/2 miles on the turf when he won the GII Pan leading up to Wise Dan (Wiseman=s Ferry)=s victory in American S. in 2:22.63 at Gulfstream in March, arrived the 2012 GI Breeders= Cup Mile, and all has gone from New York Tuesday for his engagement in according to plan this time around as the Mort Fink Saturday=s GI Breeders= Cup Turf. The 4-year-old flew colorbearer prepares to defend his title Saturday. AWhen from New York to Louisville and Oklahoma City before we took the blanket off, he put on quite a show arriving at Santa Anita about 6:30 in the evening. He bucking and kicking,@ LoPresti said of the Horse of the was out for a jog over the main track at 7 a.m. Year=s antics Wednesday after shipping in the day Wednesday. before. AIt was great to see. You don=t want to see AHe had a long flight and they had to work around a them come out dull and almost sound asleep.@ Of Wise storm along the way,@ explained Josh Flores, assistant Dan=s schedule for the rest of the week, LoPresti said, to trainer Tom Albertrani.