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4 Opt Out of Breeders’ Cup HEADLINE p. 2 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 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005 OUTSIDE LOOKING IN Chalk up one more challenge for Starcraft (NZ) (So- BREEDERS’ CUP viet Star). The connections of the big chestnut opted to BULLETIN put up $800,000 for their star to run in the marquee event of Satur- day’s Breeders’ Cup World Thor- Saturday, Belmont Park oughbred Championships, the CLASSIC - POWERED BY DODGE, $4,680,000, $4.68-million GI Classic - Powered 3yo/up, 1 1/4m by Dodge, but were dismayed that PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS he will break from post 14 for his 1 Rock Hard Ten Kris S. Stevens 7-2 dirt debut. “We got the ‘visitors’ 2 Sun King Charismatic Bejarano 30-1 draw,” said trainer Luca Cumani. ($400,000 yrl ‘03 KEEJAN) Starcraft Horsephotos “He’ll just have to run a bit faster 3 Choctaw Nation Louis Quatorze Espinoza 15-1 now. We’re giving a lot of ground ($35,000 yrl ‘01 KEESEP) away, and ground given away is ground lost. It was 4 Oratorio (Ire) Danehill Fallon 10-1 going to be hard, but 14 makes it even harder.” The 5 Perfect Drift Dynaformer Guidry 12-1 five-year-old, with Pat Valenzuela slated to ride, is 12-1 6 Sir Shackleton Miswaki Castellano 20-1 on the morning-line. The 3-1 morning-line favorite didn’t 7 Super Frolic Pine Bluff Coa 30-1 fare much better. Saint Liam (Saint Ballado) drew the 8 Suave A.P. Indy Prado 20-1 13 hole. When jockey Jerry Bailey was asked what he 9 Flower Alley Distorted Humor Velazquez 10-1 would do about the bad post, he responded, “Cry?” But ($50,000 wnl ‘02 KEENOV; $165,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) the Hall of Fame rider expounded. “I think they were 10 Jack Sullivan Belong to Me Dettori 50-1 going to use the chute, but there wasn't the money to ($55,000 yrl ‘02 KEESEP; $145,000 2yo ‘03 FTFFEB; get it ready for Breeders' Cup Day,” he explained. “It 115,000gns 2yo ‘03 TATAUT) makes for a very unfair race, and there really isn't any- 11 Borrego El Prado (Ire) Gomez 9-2 thing you can do to make up for a bad post. If you try 12 A Bit O’Gold Gold Fever Jones 30-1 and save ground, you are going to have to use your (C$60,000 yrl ‘02 FTCSEP) horse very hard leaving the gate, and then you won't 13 Saint Liam Saint Ballado Bailey 3-1 have anything left at the end.” The 7-2 second choice, ($130,000 yrl ‘01 FTSAUG) Rock Hard Ten (Kris S.), will break from the rail, while 14 Starcraft (NZ) Soviet Star Valenzuela 12-1 the 9-2 third choice, Borrego (El Prado {Ire}), drew 11. (NZ$80,000 yrl ‘02 NZKPRE) “The post is fine,” said trainer Beau Greely. “For where we’re breaking from, I don’t think it’s a big thing. It’s ORDER OF THE DAY not like we’re going to the front. We can tuck in anyhow.” Defending Their Honor... Time Race Four of last year’s Breeders’ Cup winners are back to 1:20 Alberto VO5 Juvenile Fillies defend their titles: Better Talk Now (Talkin Man) has 1:55 Bessemer Trust Juvenile drawn post four in the $2.28-million GI John Deere 2:35 Emirates Airline F/M Turf Turf; Singletary (Sultry Song) will break from post nine 3:10 TVG Sprint in the $2.025-million GI NetJets Mile; Ashado (Saint 3:45 NetJets Mile Ballado) is slated for post three in the $2-million GI 4:20 Emirates Airline Distaff Emirates Airline Distaff; and Ouija Board (GB) (Cape 4:55 John Deere Turf 5:35 Classic - Powered by Dodge Cross {Ire}) will defend her title from post 13 in the Eastern Daylight Time $1.06-million GI Emirates Airline F/M Turf. www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/27/05 • PAGE 2 of 5 FRONT AND CENTER The shortest-priced favorite in Saturday, Belmont Park all eight races is unbeaten Lost in the Fog (Lost Sol- JOHN DEERE TURF, $2,280,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT dier), who has been tabbed at even-money in the PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS $1.06-million GI TVG Sprint. He will break from post 1 Shake the Bank Sandpit (Brz) Turner 99-1 seven in the 11-horse field. “The configuration of 2 Shirocco (Ger) Monsun (Ger) Soumillon 20-1 Belmont, the start of the three-quarters has a short run 3 Bago (Fr) Nashwan Gillet 5-1 to the first turn,” explained trainer Greg Gilchrist. “So I 4 Better Talk Now Talkin Man Dominguez 8-1 would have been happy with anything but the outside.” 5 Azamour (Ire) Night Shift Kinane 7-2 The acclaimed sprinter will have to face a host of early 6 Ace (Ire) Danehill Fallon 12-1 challengers Saturday, including 30-1 Lifestyle (Indian (i300,000 yrl ‘02 GOFORB) Charlie), who will start from the nine hole. “All the 7 Shakespeare Theatrical (Ire) Bailey 3-1 tough horses are inside of us,” noted trainer Wesley 8 Silverfoot With Approval Bejarano 30-1 Ward. “We have a lot of early speed, so we could wind 9 Fourty Niners Son Distorted Humor Nakatani 15-1 up on the lead. We’re very excited about where we are.” 10 English Channel Smart Strike Velazquez 10-1 ($50,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) FOUR NO-SHOWS A quartet of runners that had been 11 Laura’s Lucky Boy Theatrical (Ire) Stevens 20-1 expected to race Saturday did not pass the entry box. 12 Leprechaun Kid Alphabet Soup Gomez 20-1 Turf hopeful Alkaased (Kingmambo) went to the track ($8,000 yrl ‘00 OBSAUG) yesterday morning, but trainer Luca Cumani said, “His 13 Gun Salute Military Velasquez 20-1 blood was bad this morning.” Keeneland Kat (Hennessy) was withdrawn due to a respiratory ailment. Saturday, Belmont Park “She scoped clean after her breeze on Monday,” ex- NETJETS MILE, $2,025,000, 3yo/up, 1mT plained trainer Kelly Breen, “but after she galloped PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS [Wednesday] morning, she weezed and coughed a 1 Host (Chi) Hussonet Bejarano 12-1 couple of times. She wasn’t 100 percent this close to 2 Artie Schiller El Prado (Ire) Gomez 6-1 the show, so the only thing to do was scratch. We ($67,000 yrl ‘02 KEESEP) don’t want to take any chances with her.” Sprint candi- 3 Whipper Miesque’s Son Murtagh 12-1 date Pomeroy (Boundary) worked four furlongs in ($4,000 wnl ‘01 KEENOV) :49 3/5 at Turfway yesterday morning, but exited the 4 Sand Springs Dynaformer Bailey 20-1 move with some lameness. “It looks like it’s in his ($625,000 HRA ‘04 KEENOV) foot,” explained trainer Patrick Biancone, “but we’re 5 Ad Valorem Danzig Fallon 20-1 not sure yet.” Three Valleys (Diesis {GB}) will forego ($450,000 yrl ‘03 FTSAUG) the Mile due to an ailment. “He’s been fighting a cough 6 Funfair (GB) Singspiel (Ire) Prado 12-1 and he’s got mucus,” explained trainer Bobby Frankel. 7 Majors Cast (Ire) Victory Note Dettori 15-1 “As simply as I can put it, he’s not right. I can’t run him (i38,000 wnl ‘01 GOFNOV; 190,000gns yrl ‘02 TATOCT) in a race like this right now.” 8 Gorella (Fr) Grape Tree Road (GB) Stevens 20-1 (i23,000 yrl ‘03 DEAOCT) “The Works” 9 Singletary Sultry Song Flores 8-1 Belmont ($3,200 yrl ‘01 KEEOCT) Happy Ticket (Anet), D 4f (tt), :46.56 10 Valixir (Ire) Trempolino Soumillon 10-1 Turfway 11 Leroidesanimaux (Brz) Candy Stripes Velazquez 7-5 12 Limehouse Grand Slam Santos 20-1 Stream Cat (Black Minnaloushe), J 4f, :48.4 ($140,000 yrl ‘02 FTSAUG) BET ON THE LANE’S END STALLIONS! LAST SATURDAY AT KEENELAND 6 OUT OF 10 RACES WERE WON BY THEIR PROGENY Congratulations to the connections of: • 2nd Race - Fuhrluck by LANGFUHR • 7th Race - Ender’s Sister by A.P. INDY • 3rd Race - Safe Play by BELONG TO ME • 9th Race - G2W For All We Know by STEPHEN GOT EVEN • 6th Race - Mambo Princess by KINGMAMBO • 10th Race - Radetzky by DIXIE UNION Box 626, Versailles, KY 40383 (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.lanesend.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/27/05 • PAGE 3 of 5 Saturday, Belmont Park EMIRATES AIRLINE DISTAFF, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS 1 Society Selection Coronado’s Quest Prado 8-1 2 Stellar Jayne Wild Rush Dettori 5-1 ($150,000 wnl ‘01 FTKNOV; $3,600,000 HRA ‘04 KEENOV) 3 Ashado Saint Ballado Velazquez 2-1 ($170,000 yrl ‘02 KEESEP) 4 Nothing But Fun Dixie Union Solis 30-1 ($150,000 yrl ‘03 KEESEP) 5 Yolanda B. Too Two Punch Coa 30-1 ($40,000 yrl ‘03 FTMSEP; $70,000 2yo ‘04 OBSMAR) 6 Healthy Addiction Boston Harbor Gomez 10-1 ($100,000 yrl ‘02 KEESEP) 7 Happy Ticket Anet Espinoza 6-1 8 Island Fashion Petionville Bejarano 12-1 9 Hollywood Story Wild Rush Valenzuela 20-1 ($130,000 yrl ‘02 FTKJUL) 10 In the Gold Golden Missile Stevens 20-1 ($250,000 yrl ‘03 FTSAUG) 11 Pleasant Home Seeking the Gold Velasquez 20-1 12 Sweet Symphony A.P.