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HEADLINE NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, 80% of DYNAFORMER’s Current call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2008 Stakes Horses are Graded/Group IEAH ANNOUNCES DRUG-FREE POLICY SANTA ANITA TO INSTALL PRO-RIDE IEAH Stables announced Monday morning that, be- Santa Anita Park will undergo a complete overhaul of ginning Oct. 1, the only medication their horses will its main track, which will be reconstituted with Pro-Ride race on will be Lasix. A press release on their website synthetic, according to track statement yesterday. The stated, "No other medica- installation process--expected to begin July 14--is antic- tion, drugs or steroids will be ipated to take six weeks to complete. While the track is administered. To the best of being restructured, Santa Anita will be closed for train- our knowledge, we are the ing, and any horses on the ground will be moved to first racing stable in North Hollywood Park. The project will include completely America to make this com- removing the existing asphalt base, adding a new grid mitment. We encourage oth- base material, and treating the entire track with binder ers to follow our lead." The and fiber. AWe are very anxious to undertake and com- date was chosen to give any plete this project,@ said Santa Anita President Ron Michael Iavarone (right) and medication time to clear the Charles. AAfter consulting extensively with [Magna Entertainment Chairman] Frank Stronach and MEC track Rick Dutrow Jr Horsephotos horses systems. IEAH co- President and co-CEO Mi- consultants, we have all decided this would be the best chael Iavarone explained the decision to announce the course of action for Santa Anita to take, with the Breeders' Cup committed to coming here over the next drug-free policy now. AThere were several motivating two years. We are firmly convinced the people at factors,@ Iavarone said. ARacing has been going down Pro-Ride can provide the product our racing demands, the tubes for too long, but we were never in a position and just as importantly, we know they will provide the before to make a statement or take a stand. Nobody oversight we need to guarantee this surface drains knew us. When we won the Kentucky Derby with Big properly, is kind to horse and rider, and that it will Brown, that put us in a position to take a stand. Also, produce formful, consistent racing.@ With regard to when Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby, it was training and stabling during the course of the project, tainted because he won it on steroids, and that wasn=t Charles acknowledged Hollywood Park=s cooperation. fair to Big Brown.@ Iavarone initially wanted the IEAH AWe appreciate very much that Hollywood has agreed horses to run without the benefit of any medication at to stay open for training during Del Mar,@ said Charles. all, but modified the plan to exclude Lasix. AWhen I told AWe will initiate this project at the conclusion of the Rick Dutrow what we wanted to do, he was all for it, Hollywood Park meet, and we'll be closed for training but he said that certain horses do bleed and, for their for most all of the Del Mar meet. We also appreciate protection, they should race on Lasix,@ Iavarone said. the cooperation of Ed Halpern and the California Thor- IEAH is willing to fund pre- and post-race testing on all oughbred Trainers [CTT] and the TOC [Thoroughbred of its runners, and if the horse tests positive for any Owners of California] for their willingness to work to- substance other than Lasix, even if that medication is gether with us to make these changes." Explaining the permissible on raceday, they will take any purse money decision to go with Pro-Ride, Charles added, AIan received and donate it to charity. What charity has not [Pearse, managing director of Pro-Ride] was able to turn yet been determined, but the money could even go to a dysfunctional track into a functional one for us in just providing better testing in the future. AWe=re making it four days," said Charles. ANow, he'll have three full very clear,@ Iavarone said. AOur horses will run on Lasix weeks to work with. We've put a great deal of thought only. If they test positive for anything else--steroids, for into this decision. We seriously considered other op- example--we will not accept the purse money, I assure tions, and we believe that staying with Pro-Ride and you--no ifs, ands or buts.@ taking the time we did not have in February to fully IEAH cont. p2 upgrade the surface is the way to go." www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/24/08 • PAGE 2 of 6 CURLIN WORKS AT CHURCHILL: TURF NEXT Curlin (Smart Strike) worked five furlongs in 1:03.80 Today’s Graded Stakes at Churchill Downs Monday morning and is expected to brought to you by follow up with a work on the turf next Tuesday, according to trainer Steve Asmussen. AHe looked good,@ said Asmussen yesterday. Owned by Stonestreet and Midnight Cry Stables, Curlin--accompa- 9:50a Prix Daphnis-G3, LCH ------ Reed Palmer photo nied by regular rider Carlos 10:20a Prix de la Porte Maillot.-G3, LCH ------ Rosas--reeled off internal All Times Eastern Daylight Time splits of :13.20, :26.20, :38.80 and :51.20, galloping PEACE RULES filly Tops out six furlongs in 1:17. The colt=s connections have OBSC June! indicated that a start in the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe Oct. 5 may be in the cards for the powerful chestnut, Click here for more... who recently posted an impressive victory in the June 14 GI Stephen Foster H. Asmussen confirmed that, P P R E V I E W S P should the colt show an affinity for the turf, he will look for a race over that surface in mid-July. Tuesday, Longchamp, France, post time: 3:50 p.m. PRIX DAPHNIS-G3, i80,000, 3yo, c/g, 1 1/8mT IEAH cont. from p1 SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER A Call to Arms... 1 2 World Ruler (GB) Dansili (GB) Fabre IEAH is encouraging other owners to follow its drug- 2 7 Maille Le Nelois (Fr) Maille Pistol (Fr) Greco free direction. AThere is no better governing body, in my 3 1 Starlish (Ire) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Lellouche eyes, than the owners,@ Iavarone said. AWe need the 4 3 In Chambers (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Delzangles owners to come together before the sport doesn=t have 5 5 Indian Daffodil (Ire) Hernando (Fr) Rouget any integrity left. This is the way to do it. The owners 6 4 Farrel (Ire) Fruits of Love B Grizzetti make the decision, they don=t give the option [for medi- 7 6 Murcielago (Fr) Spinning World Demercastel cation] to the trainers or the vets.@ Iavarone would also All carry 123 pounds. like to see that the betting public is informed as to which owners are adopting a drug-free policy, and Tuesday, Longchamp, France, post time: 4:20 p.m. which are not. AThere needs to be transparency in rac- PRIX DE LA PORTE MAILLOT-G3, i80,000, 3yo/up, 7fT ing,@ he said. To that end, the IEAH press release sug- SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT gested, AWe will request and strongly urge that race 1 9 King Jock Ghazi R Osborne 133 programs include data indicating which horses will run 2 2 Vertigineux (Fr) Nombre Premier (GB) Dufreche 128 with medication, which will run free of medication. The 3 3 Bertranicus (Fr) Take Risks (Fr) Urbano Grajales 1 2 8 programs should also indicate which owners/trainers 4 6 Athanor (Fr) Askkalani (Ire) F Head 128 decline to divulge this information.@ IEAH is in the pro- 5 7 Chantra (Ger) Lando (Ger) Rau 125 cess of developing a campaign against drugs in racing. 6 5 Belliflore (Fr) Verglas (Ire) Tarrou 125 AWe=re going to be all over it,@ Iavarone said. AWe can=t 7 1 Snow Key Cozzene Pease 125 release our plan yet, but we have a lot of ideas and we 8 8 Elusif (Fr) Elusive Quality Fabre 119 are putting them together as we speak.@ 94 African Rose (Fr) Observatory (GB) Head-Maarek 116 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/24/08 • PAGE 3 of 6 P C L A S S I C C O R N E R P P N E W S T O D A Y P Curragh Expect Good Ground... PYRO WORKS: HASKELL NEXT Winchell Thor- With the Derby weekend fast approaching, The oughbred=s Pyro (Pulpit), winner of the Mar. 8 GII Loui- Curragh=s management are forecasting good ground, siana Derby, is expected to make his next start in the with the promise of an unsettled forecast set to stop GI Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Aug. 3, according any major drying of the surface. General Manager Paul to trainer Steve Asmussen. Winner of the GIII Northern Hensey gave the current state of the going as >good to Dancer S. at Churchill Downs June 14, the dark bay-- yielding= on the round course and >yielding= on the under Carlos Rosas--breezed four furlongs in :53.60 at straight course ahead of the two-day Dubai Duty Free Churchill Monday morning. A winner of four of nine Irish Derby meeting. AThe Met Office say it will be an starts with earnings of $1,174,063, Pyro also accounted unsettled week and it is difficult to predict how much for the GIII Risen Star S.