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SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. LOVE SHACK, BABY FROM FATHER TO SON He got caught in the final jump of the GI Florida It was a family affair at The Curragh yesterday as Derby and was in front a lot longer Joseph O=Brien steered Roderic O=Connor (Ire) (Galileo than many expected before {Ire}) to an all-the-way success in the G1 Abu Dhabi running fourth in the GI Kentucky Irish 2000 Guineas, providing his father Aidan=s Derby, but Shackleford (Forestry) Ballydoyle stable with held on all the way to take a seventh edition in the Saturday=s GI Preakness S. at process. Unplaced in Pimlico by a half-length. the Newmarket GI Kentucky Derby hero Animal equivalent, where he Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) paid the price for trying closed ground in the stretch to be to chase Frankel (GB) Horsephotos second, but the weary yet (Galileo {Ire}) early on, determined Shackleford fought on last year=s G1 Criterium gamely to give his connections their first Classic International hero had Racing Post/Patrick McCann success. Cont. p2 nothing of that caliber to contend with here. Shaking off the 7-4 favorite Saturday, Pimlico Dubawi Gold (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) late on, the 7-2 shot PREAKNESS S.-GI, $1,500,000, PIM, 5-21, 3yo, scored by 3/4 of a length for owners Susan Magnier, 1 3/16m, 1:56 2/5, ft. Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and the Sangster Family. 1--#@sSHACKLEFORD, 126, c, 3, by Forestry AHe jumped smart and traveled easily, so I let him stride 1st Dam: Oatsee, by Unbridled along,@ the apprentice, who is 18 tomorrow, said 2nd Dam: With Every Wish, by Lear Fan following his textbook ride. AHe is very genuine, 3rd Dam: Amo, by Hold Your Peace quickened up well and stayed going all the way to the ($275,000 RNA yrl '09 KEESEP). O/B-Mike Lauffer & line. I=m not really sure what happened last time, but Bill Cubbedge (KY); T-Dale L Romans; J-Jesus Lopez the ground was very fast at Newmarket, and he was Castanon; $1,100,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0, taken off his feet. Today, this stiff mile suited him well, $1,471,666. *1/2 to Lady Joanne (Orientate), GISW, and he was meeting the ground well.@ Cont. p4; $987,094; Baghdaria (Royal Academy), MGSW, Irish 1000 Guineas Preview, p12-13 $725,433. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Top heart scan result for EQB client Dale Romans 2--Animal Kingdom, 126, c, 3, Leroidesanimaux (Brz)- - Dalicia (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger). ($100,000 yrl '09 KEESEP). O-Team Valor International; B-Team Valor (KY); T-H Graham Motion; $200,000. Foaled, Raised and Sold by Denali Broke and Trained by Randy Bradshaw 3--Astrology, 126, c, 3, A.P. Indy--Quiet Eclipse, by Quiet American. ($285,000 RNA yrl '09 KEESEP). O-Stonestreet Stables & George Bolton; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; $110,000. Margins: HF, 1 1/4, 2HF. Odds: 12.60, 2.30, 15.50. Also Ran: Dialed In, Dance City, Mucho Macho Man, King Congie, Mr. Commons, Isn't He Perfect, Concealed Identity, Norman Asbjornson, Sway Away, Midnight Interlude, Flashpoint. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. GOLDIKOVA RETURNS TODAY, p14 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/22/11 • PAGE 2 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. Shaky Start... Shackleford (Forestry), 17-1 in his career opener at Keeneland last October, ran to his odds, finishing ninth after showing brief speed on the Polytrack. The flashy chestnut was 25-1 when unveiled on the Churchill main track the following month, but the result was much different, as he battled to a 3/4- length victory. He opened 2011 with a decisive two-turn allowance score at Gulfstream Park Feb. 5, earning himself a ticket to the GII Fountain of Youth S. 23 days later, but his first foray into the graded ranks did not go [watch race] well. Finding himself off the pace, the homebred showed little down the lane and finished a distant fifth. The handicappers had little faith in the colt after that performance, and Shackleford was 68-1 in the Apr. 3 Dale Romans Horsephotos GI Florida Derby, but he outran his It was a different story two weeks later. Off at 12-1-- odds by a mile. In front through a half in :46 1/5 and his lowest odds since his allowance score at 9-2-- six furlongs in 1:10 3/5, he had two lengths on the Shackleford broke sharply, but allowed Flashpoint field at the eighth pole, but just couldn=t quite hold off (Pomeroy) to take a narrow lead into the first turn. The Dialed In (Mineshaft), losing by a head. The fractions two ripped off an opening quarter in :22.69, but slowed were decidedly softer in the May 7 GI Kentucky Derby; it down after that, going the second quarter in :24.18 the 3-year-old got away with a half in :48 3/5 and six and the third in :25.14. Flashpoint gave in before they=d panels in 1:13 2/5, and it looked like he might go all the completed a mile in 1:37.22, and it was Shackleford in way. But that last furlong proved his undoing, and front as they hit the lane. Astrology tried to make a run Shackleford faded to fourth on the first Saturday in May. at him from the rail, but could only get to his heels. The effort was taking its toll, and Shackleford was laboring as Animal Kingdom came at him, shifting back to his left lead as they approached the wire. But he found one last gasp of energy to hold off the Kentucky Derby winner at the wire. AI=ve won some big races, but none as exciting as that one,@ trainer Dale Romans said. AHe was a little hot, but he wasn=t acting that bad, and it=s a hot day. It didn=t take much out of him. I was more concerned if he was going to hang on. [The pace] was fast, but he kind of pulled everyone else out of the race. He has a high cruising speed. We weren=t worried about slowing it down as much as getting him into a good rhythmic pace and let him keep on going.@ Added jockey Jesus Castanon, also enjoying his first taste of Classic champagne, AI felt somebody coming at the sixteenth pole. I knew that Animal Kingdom was the only horse who was able to come get me.@ Shackleford will be pointed for the June 11 GI Belmont S. Horsephotos P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/22/11 • PAGE 3 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Feeling Their Oats... No Triple for Animal Kingdom... Bill Cubbedge and Mike Lauffer, in partnership with GI Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom Marty Takacs= Belvedere Farm, picked up SP Oatsee (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}), the 2-1 Preakness chalk, broke (Unbridled), in foal to Langfuhr, for just $135,000 as a at the back of the pack and raced in the rearguard for KEEJAN broodmare in 2006. That same year, the six furlongs. He was only about six lengths off it as mare=s Baghdaria (Royal they finished up the six furlongs in 1:12.01, but the Academy) captured three soft middle splits gave Shackleford just enough leeway Grade III events--the to stymie Animal Kingdom=s Triple Crown hopes. AWe Silverbulletday S., Iowa were just too far back,@ jockey John Velazquez said. Oak and Indiana BC Oaks-- AWhen I wanted him to go, he got dirt kicked in his and then-2-year-old face, so I had to pull him farther back than I wanted daughter Lady Joanne him to be.@ Added trainer Graham Motion, AIt=s tough to (Orientate) captured the GII come that close, but he ran a huge race. I kind of Golden Rod S. But the best thought for an instant that he might get there, but I was yet to come. Lady wasn=t sure. It=s ironic because Dale [Romans] led me Joanne was four-for-seven down to the winner=s circle after the Derby.@ Motion Lady Joanne Horsephotos in 2007, and became a added, AShoot, we won the Derby and we just got beat Grade I winner with a neck in the Preakness. I would love to win a Triple Crown... tally in the 10-panel Alabama S. at Saratoga. Cubbedge there is so much pressure to do that because it would and Lauffer decided to strike while the iron was hot. be so good for the game. But it wasn=t meant to be.@ They sent Oatsee to A.P. Indy in 2008, after Animal Kingdom will be pointed for the third leg of the Crown. [The Belmont] definitely will be a possibility, as Shackleford was foaled, then entered her at Keeneland A long as he s OK, the conditioner offered. November, where she brought $1.55 million from My = @ Meadowview LLC. AWe bought Oatsee on a Thursday,@ Takacs told TDN back in 2008. AWe paid $135,000 for her, which, to be honest with you, I thought was about $10,000 too much. Then, on Saturday, her 3-year-old at the time, Baghdaria, won her first stakes race, the GIII Silverbulletday S. [at Fair Grounds].