Another GSW for Todd Pletcher at the Spa HEADLINE p. 3 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 SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2006 BERNARDINI BACK TO BUSINESS GRADE I HUNT Today=s $500,000 GII Jim Dandy S. at Saratoga has Seven turf distaffers have been entered for the attracted only six three-year-olds to the starting gate, $500,000 GI Diana S. this afternoon at Saratoga, and but it features none other than Bernardini (A.P. Indy), only two of them--Sweet Talker (Stormin Fever) and who makes his first appearance since drawing off in the Angara (GB) (Alzao) have previously won at this level, GI Preakness S. at Pimlico May 20. Though that after- though the latter will reportedly only run if the ground noon will always be remembered comes up soft. It=s a good oppor- for Barbaro=s horrific injury, it tunity for trainer Patrick Biancone, should be noted that Bernardini who will saddle the three-year-old made an eye-catching rally, won Lady of Venice (Fr) (Loup Soli- by 5 3/4 lengths and earned big taire). Biancone knows what a speed figures. His connections Grade I win/placing means for a announced shortly thereafter that filly=s future worth. AI have owners he would skip the GI Belmont S. who spend a lot of money getting Lady of Venice Reed Palmer and target Saratoga instead, and quality horses, and it is my job to the Darley homebred has been not only put those horses in races where they can win, Bernardini Horsephotos training smartly ahead of the sec- but to get value as well,@ Biancone said. ALady of Ven- ond half of this season. AHe=s ice already won a Grade III race [Regret, June 17]...It is worked within himself,@ trainer Tom Albertrani said. AHe much better for her and for her career as a broodmare looks every ounce as good as he did going into the to run third in a race like the Diana than to win the [GIII] Preakness, and he=s run well off layoffs before. The Lake George.@ Cont. p4 Preakness was a long time ago. Actually, it feels like HURRICANE ON THE WAY forever. I=m really looking forward to having him back In the midst of the British heatwave, more weather on the track. Naturally, you want to have him good warnings are called for today as Michael Tabor=s Hurri- going into the Jim Dandy and then peaking in the cane Run (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) prepares for the G1 King Travers [Aug. 26], the same way we did it in the George VI and Queen Elizabeth Dia- Preakness. Right now, he=s showing me he=s on ready. mond S. at Ascot. With a trio of I=m hoping the Jim Dandy will catapult him to the next Group 1s already in the bag, includ- level.@ He faces some intriguiging faces here. Trainer ing last year=s G1 Prix de l=Arc de John Ward will saddle a coupled entry for owner John Triomphe, the Gallic giant takes to Oxley, the unbeaten Minister=s Bid (Deputy Minister), England=s big stage to complete a who makes his stakes debut; and Dr. Pleasure (Thunder champion=s resume. He looked im- Gulch), the son of champion Beautiful Pleasure who is perious in his four-year-old bow looking for his first win since taking his career opener Hurricane Run apres Arc IFHA photo when making all in the G1 over this surface last summer. Minister=s Bid, an impres- Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh sive maiden winner at Keeneland, overcame greenness May 28. While his subsequent second to Pride (Fr) in to take a one-mile Belmont allowance June 22 (video). the June 25 G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud can hardly AHe was a horse that had a knee problem last year,@ be labeled a disappointment, it was the first time a Ward said about Minister=s Bid. AI wanted to run him in chink had appeared in his armor. AHe doesn't line up Florida; he was entered, but he came down with a unbeaten this season, but one of the reasons for his quarter crack and we had to scratch. After that, he was defeat last time was that he needed the race, and he ready to run, but I couldn=t get a race for him until has come on a little bit from that run,@ trainer Andre Keeneland. He got his endurance trip at Belmont Park. Fabre told PA Sport. AI've not had many runners in the That race is going to set him up nicely for the Jim King George, but you need a good horse to win both Dandy.@ Jim Dandy cont. p4 the Arc and the King George.@ King George cont. p2 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/29/06 • PAGE 2 of 8 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. cont. Sir Michael Stoute knows how to win this race, hav- Shadai Race Horse=s Heart's Cry (Jpn) (Sunday Si- ing captured it with Shergar (GB), Opera House (GB) lence) will expose any weakness in the favorite, as he and Golan (Ire). He saddles Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid did with compatriot Deep Impact Al Maktoum=s Maraahel (Ire) (Alzao) this year. He was (Jpn) in the Arima Kinen at breathing down the neck of Electrocutionist (Red Ran- Nakayama on Christmas Day. That som) when third in last year=s G1 Juddmonte Interna- landmark win came as a result of a tional S. at York and showed when winning the G2 change to forcing tactics, as he Hardwicke S. at Royal Ascot last time June 24 that he arrived too late when second to Alkaased in a bobbing finish to the is best served by late-running tactics. AHe=s in great Heart’s Cry JRA photo G1 Japan Cup in Tokyo the previ- form and if he reproduces the form of the Hardwicke, ous month. Jockey Christophe- he should be there with a shout,@ jockey Richard Hills Patrice Lemaire repeated the dose to maximum effect in said. AHe=s got character and doesn=t want to be in the Mar. 25 G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad al Sheba front too long, but there should be a good, honest pace and is looking forward to taking the fight to the best and is a good horse in his own right. He=s an outsider Europe can offer. AI think Heart=s Cry has a very good and has to improve, but Sir Michael is happy with him, chance,@ he commented. AHe has a lot of experience, which is important, and he does come right at this time has proven in Japan and Dubai that he is a world-class of year.@ Godolphin, chasing King George number six, horse and the ground will suit him very well. It will be are buzzing over G1 Dubai World Cup hero hard race, with two of the best horses in the world in Electrocutionist, who warmed up with a game second Hurricane Run and Electrocutionist, but Heart's Cry has in the June 21 G1 Prince of Wales=s S. at the Royal the potential to win. He=s a fighter--he has a big heart, meeting here. AElectrocutionist has really come to him- he loves to gallop and he's very strong and tough--and in the King George, you have to be powerful and stay self after his last run at Royal Ascot,@ conditioner Saeed the trip very well.@ bin Suroor said. Saturday, Ascot, Britain, post time: 4:20 p.m. VODAFONE KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND S.-G1, ,750,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT SC PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/ ODDS JOCKEY 1 5 Cherry Mix (Fr) Godolphin SNC Lagardere Elevage bin Suroor/ 66-1 (h, 5, Linamix (Fr)--Cherry Moon, by Quiet American) McEvoy 2 1 Electrocutionist Godolphin Compagnia Generale SRL bin Suroor/ 9-4 (h, 5, Red Ransom--Elbaaha {GB}, by Arazi) Dettori 3 2 Enforcer (GB) D G Clarke & C L A Edginton Mrs H B Raw Muir/ 33-1 (c, 4, Efisio (GB)--Tarneem, by Zilzal) Dwyer 4 3 Heart=s Cry (Jpn) Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd Shadai Farm Hashiguchi/ 3-1 (h, 5, Sunday Silence--Irish Dance {Jpn}, by Tony Bin {Jpn}) Lemaire 5 4 Hurricane Run (Ire) Michael Tabor Gestut Ammerland Fabre/ 11-10 (c, 4, Montjeu {Ire}--Hold On {Ger}, by Surumu {Ger}) Soumillon 6 6 Maraahel (Ire) Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum Shadwell Estate Co. Ltd Stoute/ 16-1 (h, 5, Alzao--Nasanice {Ire}, by Nashwan) R Hills All carry 133 pounds. Coral bookmakers odds. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/29/06 • PAGE 3 of 8 Friday, Saratoga LAKE GEORGE S.-GIII, $112,900, SAR, 7-28, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:45 4/5, yl. 1--@MAGNIFICENT SONG, 120, f, 3, by Unbridled's Song 1st Dam: Song to Remember, by Storm Cat 2nd Dam: Wedding Reception, by Round Table 3rd Dam: Prodana Neviesta, by Reneged ($625,000 yrl '04 FTSAUG). O-L & D Farm; B-ClassicStar (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-G K Gomez; $67,740. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-1, $244,924. 2--Somethinaboutbetty, 116, f, 3, Forestry--Here Comes Betty, by Cox's Ridge. ($180,000 yrl '04 FTSAUG; $300,000 2yo >05 FTFFEB). O-Runnin Cardinal Stable & C E Glasscock; B-Glade Valley Farms Inc (MD); T-Todd A Pletcher; $22,580.