CANADIAN INT’L PURSE RAISED TO HEADLINE $2 MILLION ...p3 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, FEBRUARY 19, 2005 MAD ABOUT YOU GOLD CUP TO BE RUN AS A HANDICAP Madcap Escapade (Hennessy) makes her long- The 66th edition of the GI Hollywood Gold Cup, set awaited return in the GII Shirley Jones H. at Gulfstream for Saturday, July 9, will be run as a Park this afternoon. But her first race back will be any- handicap for the first time since 1996, it thing but easy with MGISW was announced yesterday. The 10-fur- Society Selection (Coronado’s long event offers a purse of $750,000. Quest) lining up in the gate “Through the combined efforts of the next to her. “This is an ex- Thoroughbred Owners of California and tremely tough spot to start Hollywood Park, the Gold Cup has been out in,” trainer Frank Brothers returned to handicap status,” said Holly- told Daily Racing Form. “It’s a wood Racing Secretary Martin Panza. huge jump she’s making “The race has a rich tradition and we’re against older fillies, and seven hopefully reverting to its roots as a ‘04 Gold Cup hero Benoit Madcap Escapade Equi-Photo furlongs is a tough distance, handicap will make it more appealing Total Impact since you’ve got to run pretty nationally.” The Gold Cup headlines a Hollywood stakes much the whole way. But I guess you can never write schedule worth $9.46 million. the script perfectly.” Madcap Escapade exploded onto the scene last year at Gulfstream, win- KING’S BOY TAKES KING’S CUP ning her first three efforts by a com- King’s Boy (Ger) (Platini {Ger}), with jockey Aaron bined 26 1/2 lengths, including the GII Gryder aboard, successfully defended his title in yester- Forward Gal S. in mid-March. She man- day’s King’s Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, cruising to a aged to stretch her speed to two turns 5 1/2-length score over American hopeful Dynever when annexing the GI Ashland S. at (Dynaformer) and jockey Jose Santos. The highweight Keeneland in her next start, but failed older horse at 14 furlongs and up in Germany at four, to see out the nine furlongs of the GI the eight-year-old was named the champion older horse Kentucky Oaks and finished third to and champion stayer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Ashado. She was sidelined with a frac- Society Selection 2004 after winning the country’s most prestigious race, tured hip shortly thereafter, but has Adam Coglianese photo which is also known as the Custodian of the Two Holy been working forwardly. Society Selec- Mosques Cup. He bettered his time in the 3400-meter tion was sensational when she took the GI Test S. by event by more than four seconds, completing the dis- 6 1/4 lengths at today’s distance last July, then under- tance in 3:36.12 yesterday. Gryder was also in the lined her versatility by winning the 10-furlong GI Ala- saddle for last year’s King’s Cup victory and had flown bama S. in her very next start. She’s been off since a to the Middle East in December to pilot the chestnut, ninth-place showing in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff. who races under the name Qaayed Alkhail in Saudi Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:26 p.m. EST Arabia, to a three-length score in the Crown Prince SHIRLEY JONES H.-GII, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f Cup. King’s Boy is owned by Prince Mohammed bin PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS Saud Al-Kabeer and trained by Jerry Barton, a former 1 Madcap Escapade Hennessy Brothers 8-5 assistant to D. Wayne Lukas. He has won 14 of his 31 2 Society Selection Coronado’s Quest H A Jerkens 3-1 career starts, earning $569,390. Dynever, racing as 3 Expect An Angel Valid Expectations Hale 15-1 Ittasak, picked up his fifth second-place finish in his last 4 Slews Final Answer Seattle Slew Mott 8-1 seven starts. His fellow U.S. shippers were both off the 5 D'Wildcat Speed Forest Wildcat White 6-1 board, with Kissin Saint (Kissin Kris) (racing as 6 Givememore (Brz) Special Nash (Ire) McPeek 8-1 Moustabsil) running eighth and Tamburello (Chi) 7 Alix M End Sweep Spatz 4-1 (Gallantsky) (under the name Mostahek) finishing 14th. www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/19/05 • PAGE 2 of 3 Barbara Fritchie H. cont. Today’s Graded Stakes Silmaril, who has won six of her last seven races, brought to you by looks to make it seven for eight. The four-year-old filly captured the Oct. 9 Maryland Million Oaks and, after running fifth in the Nov. 20 GIII Anne Arundel S., bounced back to take the Dec. 11 Geisha S. and the Jan. 29 Nellie Morse S. In at 114, she gets seven pounds from highweight Bear Fan. “We didn’t peak her for [the Nellie Morse] because we had the Fritchie in Click for TV mind,” said trainer Chris Grove. “She was unlucky in 5:13p Barbara Fritchie H.-GII, LRL brisnet.com PPs TVG her first graded experience, but they don’t give 5:22p Bayou BC H.-GIII, FG brisnet.com PPs TVG $200,000 away, so we’ll have to run for it.” Even- money choice Bear Fan began a four-race win streak 5:26p Shirley Jones H.-GII, GP brisnet.com PPs TRN with her three-length victory in last year’s Barbara 7:45p San Luis Obispo H.-GII, SA brisnet.com PPs TRN Fritchie. In addition to a stakes win over the Santa All Times Eastern Standard Time Anita turf in March, the bay mare earned main-track Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs of today’s graded races. victories with a five-length tally in the GII Genuine Risk RUNAWAY GROOM Son Wins H. and a nine-length score in the GII Vagrancy H. Grade 3 Essex Handicap! Sidelined after a runner-up effort behind Ema Bovery Click here for more... (Chi) in the GII Princess Rooney H. at Calder last July, Bear Fan returned to finish second in the Sunshine P P R E V I E W S P Millions F/M Sprint at Gulfstream last time out Jan. 29. She was third in that race at Santa Anita last winter Saturday, Laurel Park, post time: 5:13 p.m. EST before her ‘04 Fritchie win. “She came out of the Sun- BARBARA FRITCHIE H.-GII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f shine Millions great,” confirmed trainer Wesley Ward. PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS “That’s why I’m willing to run her back so quickly.” 1 Sensibly Chic Distorted Humor Tullock 9-2 Sensibly Chic missed by just a head in the Garland of 2 Silmaril Diamond Grove 10-1 Roses H. to end 2004 and returned with a front-running 3 Spectacular Moon Migrating Moon Preciado 30-1 6 1/2-length triumph in the Jan. 29 What a Summer S. 4 Josh’s Madelyn Quiet American Jones 10-1 at Laurel. 5 Wallop Grand Slam Barr 15-1 6 Lavender Lass Skip Trial McLaughlin 12-1 Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:45 p.m. EST 7 Bear Fan Pine Bluff Ward EVEN SAN LUIS OBISPO H.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 8 Cativa Sir Cat R Dutrow 5-1 1 Gorylla (Brz) New Colony Lobo 8-1 9 Richetta Polish Numbers Graham 15-1 2 Special Matter River Special Becerra 4-1 10 Santa Croce Saint Ballado Bush 20-1 3 Continental Red Flying Continental Kitchingman 3-1 4 License to Run (Brz) Exile King Frankel 5-2 The brisnet.com ‘Race of the Day’ is the 5 Californian (GB) Zafonic DeLima 20-1 Barbara Fritchie H.-GII 6 Balustrade Green Dancer Powell 6-1 For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. 7 T.H. Approval With Approval Inda 9-2 8 Sigfreto Spunky Rascal O’Neill 15-1 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/19/05 • PAGE 3 of 3 San Luis Obispo H. cont. Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:02 p.m. CST License to Run, a Group 1 winner at this marathon SOUTHWEST S., $100,000, 3yo, 1m distance in his native Brazil, is still looking for his first PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT U.S. win. The dark bay was a narrowly beaten third in 1 Copy My Notes Souvenir Copy Holthus 119 his North American bow in the Dec. 4 GI Hollywood 2 My Parade Parade Ground Milligan, Sr. 117 Turf Cup, but tired to fifth last time out in the Jan. 22 3 Greater Good Intidab Holthus 119 GII San Marcos S. “He acts like a very good horse,” 4 Silver Haze Silver Deputy Wren 115 said Pat Valenzuela, who has the mount on License to 5 Major League Magic Cat Murphy 119 Run for the first time Saturday. “I don’t know what 6 Munificence Allen’s Prospect Whiting 117 happened in his last race. It looked like he was a little 7 Humor At Last Distorted Humor Mitchell 117 temperamental and stalking the pace. I don’t know if Greater Good had the distinction of being the only [trainer] Bobby [Frankel]’s going to want to put him on juvenile male last year to have won two graded stakes the lead or what he’s going to want to do, but the around two turns.