KING of the WORLD ORB ROUNDING INTO DERBY THREAT Sometimes, Things Do Go According to Plan
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SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here KING OF THE WORLD ORB ROUNDING INTO DERBY THREAT Sometimes, things do go according to plan. A little Stuart S. Janney III and Phipps Stables= Orb (Malibu more than a year ago, Arrowfield Stud and Team Valor Moon) had already secured a place in the gate for the International=s Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) GI Kentucky Derby by virtue of his last-out score in the was forced to abandon an assault on the G1 Dubai GII Besilu Stables World Cup due to injury, at which time trainer Graham Fountain of Youth S. Motion thought Team Valor principle Barry Irwin was Feb. 23. Saturday at Acrazy@ for suggesting they point their GI Kentucky Gulfstream Park, he Derby winner towards the 2013 World Cup. Crazy like continued his ascent a fox, as it turns out. The handsome chestnut got a through the 3-year-old textbook ride from Joel Rosario, took over from market division, pegging back rival Royal Delta (Empire Maker) travelling ominously favored Itsmyluckyday well at the 400-meter pole and staved off a late bid (Lawyer Ron) in the from Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) to GI Besilu Stables Florida Orb Courtney Heeney become the first American-based winner of the World Derby. "It's my dream to Cup since its transfer to Meydan in 2010. go to the Kentucky Derby and we've never tried to Joel Rosario, much-maligned when he guided Animal press to get there,@ said Hall of Fame trainer Shug Kingdom to a runner-up effort behind Point of Entry McGaughey, who was winning this event for the first (Dynaformer) in the GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. Feb. 9, time. ALooking back, I don't know that I made any atoned for what Irwin deemed a Abonehead@ ride with mistakes one way or the other. So obviously it's a race one that was beyond any sort of reproach Saturday. I'd like to have the opportunity to win.@ Cont. p5 AI knew we had a chance,@ the Dominican explained. AI=ve never been here before. This is my first time. I REVOLUTIONARY BEST ON THE BAYOU watched a lot of races. I had an idea where I needed to WinStar Farm=s Revolutionary (War Pass) was widest go from. I listened to my trainer and to my horse. He=s on the Fair Grounds backstretch and looped rivals five a very good horse. He did it. He=s very quick. It seemed or six off the inside on the final turn, but rallied into the like a long way home in the stretch.@ stretch and outslugged a very game Mylute (Midnight Irwin, who said that Animal Kingdom was fitter for Lute) to win the 100th renewal of the GII Louisiana this than any other race in his career, was taken by the Derby at the Fair Grounds. WinStar=s Super Saver performance. (Maria=s Mon) won the Run for the Roses back in 2010. AThat was shocking,@ he exclaimed. AI thought he Louisiana Derby cont. p7 could win but I didn=t think he could win like that. He proved that not only is he a top horse, but that he is one of the top horses in the world.@ Dubai World Cup cont. p3-5 Animal Kingdom Horsephotos Candy Ride (ARG) - Fair Exchange, by Storm Cat | Fee: $15,000 S&N 3001 Pisgah Pike, Versailles, KY 40383 | (859) 873-1717 | www.winstarfarm.com In This Issue All the Action from Dubai 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 In addition to the victory by Animal (732) 747-8060 Kingdom in the world’s richest race, the (732) 747-8955 (fax) Dubai World Cup card also saw strong www.thoroughbreddailynews.com performances from South African, Irish, and www.thetdn.com UAE-based runners, including St Nicholas Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Abbey (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire})’s score in the [email protected] • @barryweisbord G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. Check out all our Sue Finley, co-publisher coverage, including on-track analysis from St Nicholas Abbey Liesl King Liesl King. [email protected] • @suefinley Editorial Coverage begins page 15 [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Coast-to-Coast Graded Stakes Action Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni, Assistant Editor There was plenty of action stateside Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor yesterday, too, including standout performances by 3-year-old fillies Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy) Advertising [email protected] in the GIII Gulfstream Park Oaks and Unlimited Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Budget (Street Sense) in the GII Fair Grounds Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Oaks, as well as 4-year-old sensation Graydar Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant (Unbridled’s Song) in the New Orleans H. Keep Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant reading for all the details. Dreaming of Julia Customer Service [email protected] Adam Coglianese Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT Coverage begins page 5 [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Southern Hemisphere Results Business Development While standout Australian 3-year-old It’s a Dundeel (NZ) (High Gary King, Director of Business Development Chaparral {Ire}) continued an impressive streak in the G1 Rosehill Guineas, [email protected] Darley’s 2-year-old Sidestep (Aus) (Exceed and Excel) stamped himself as a TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing G1 Golden Slipper contender with a smart victory in the G2 Bowerman’s [email protected] Pago Pago S. at Rosehill in Sydney. Across the pond in South Africa, 3-year- Sean Cronin old Slumdogmillionaire (SAf) (Strike Smartly) recorded his second win at the Tom Frary highest level in the G1 Horse Chestnut S. Coverage begins page 22 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/31/13 • PAGE 3 of 24 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 DUBAI WORLD CUP Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates DUBAI WORLD CUP (SPONSORED BY EMIRATES)-G1, $10,000,000, Meydan, 3-30, NH4yo/up/SH3yo/up, 2000m (AWT), 2:03.21, stn. 1--ANIMAL KINGDOM, 126, h, 5, by Leroidesanimaux (Brz) 1st Dam: Dalicia (Ger) (GSW-Ger & SP-Fr, $195,352), by Acatenango (Ger) 2nd Dam: Dynamis (Ire), by Dancing Brave 3rd Dam: Diasprina (Ger), by Aspros (Ger) ($100,000 yrl >09 KEESEP). O-Arrowfield Stud & Team Valor; B-Team Valor (KY); T-Graham Motion; J-Joel Rosario; $6,000,000. Lifetime Record: GISW- US, 11-5-5-0, $8,387,500. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw Foaled, Raised and Sold by Denali Stud 2--Red Cadeaux (GB), 126, g, 7, Cadeaux Genereux (GB)--Artisia (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. (40,000gns RNA wnlg >06 TATDEC; 55,000gns yrl >07 TATOCT). O-Ronald Arculli; B-Foursome Thoroughbreds; T-Ed Dunlop; $2,000,000. 3--Planteur (Ire), 126, h, 6, Danehill Dancer (Ire)--Plante Rare (Ire), by Giant=s Causeway. O-H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani; B-Dayton Investments Ltd; T-Marco Botti; $1,000,000. Margins: 2, 4 3/4, NK. Also Ran: Side Glance (GB), African Story (GB), Meandre (Fr), Hunter=s Light (Ire), Treasure Beach (GB), Kassiano (Ger), Royal Delta, Dullahan, Capponi (Ire). Scratched: Monterosso (GB). Click for the Racing Post result, the AmWest PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. Dubai World Cup cont. p4 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/31/13 • PAGE 4 of 24 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Dubai World Cup cont. Heady Ride, Talented Horse Get It Done... Colt That Handles All Surfaces... With the raceday scratching of defending race Before Team Valor consolidated all its runners with champion Monterosso (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Animal Graham Motion, Animal Kingdom raced for the Wayne Kingdom moved down into the 11 hole and left there Catalano barn, finishing runner-up to subsequent running, but so did a few of the others to his inside, MGSW Willcox Inn (Harlan=s Holiday) on his Arlington and he was four deep out of the stretch for the first debut before time as Royal Delta (Empire Maker) was committed to a graduating over the front-running try by jockey Mike Smith. Though nothing Keeneland Poly in along the lines of the last-to-first move used by Victoire October 2010. He Pisa (Jpn) (Neo Universe {Jpn}) to win the 2011 World turned in a promising Cup, Rosario allowed Animal Kingdom to slide up run in his first start outside of G1 for this barn over the Maktoum Challenge Gulfstream turf the R3 hero Hunter=s Light following March and (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and The Kentucky Derby winner’s circle was an impressive Side Glance (GB) Horsephotos winner of the (Passing Glance {GB}) GIII Spiral S. back on around the first turn to a synthetic track before belying odds of 20-1 in the target Royal Delta GI Kentucky Derby. He couldn=t quite catch loose-on- from second. The two- the-lead Shackleford (Forestry) when the Derby fourth time Eclipse Award turned the tables in the GI Preakness S., and a winner went along at a Animal Kingdom Horsephotos nightmarish break in the GI Belmont S. effectively cost decent clip, covering Animal Kingdom any shot--he checked in sixth. the opening half-mile in a relatively quick :50 flat over A slab fracture diagnosed in late June marked the end the holding surface, but Rosario had Animal Kingdom in of his 3-year-old campaign, and connections regrouped perfect striking position and looked to have Royal Delta with an eye on the 2012 World Cup.