FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. He May Have Been 33-1 for the G1 English 2000 Guineas, but Without Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire})
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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. He may have been 33-1 for the G1 English 2000 Guineas, but without Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Dubawi Gold (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) likely would have been an impressive winner of that Newmarket Classic. With that goliath heading elsewhere, Andrew Tinkler's bay bids to take full advantage in a weak-looking renewal of the G1 Abu Dhabi Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh. Having finished out the back GOOD TO BE THE KING in three tries in pattern While 11 of the 14 sophomores entered for today=s company for Michael Dods at GI Preakness S. at Old Hilltop have shipped in from two, he returned for the Kentucky (8) and New York (3), Team Valor Richard Hannon stable with International=s Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) two wins on the Polytrack in Dubawi Gold racingbetter.co.uk has been basking in the afterglow of his victory in the Lingfield=s Listed Spring Cup GI Kentucky Derby in the comparatively serene Mar. 26 and Listed International Trial S. Apr. 9 prior to surroundings of his home base at the Fair Hill Training his Guineas effort. ADubawi Gold has worked well since Center, some 60 miles Newmarket, and his final scope was good,@ commented north of Pimlico. The Hannon, who has saddled a trio of scorers here. AWe striking chestnut is did not have him last year, so you can=t compare him scheduled to catch a ride with my other three winners, but, though he has taken this morning at 5 a.m., as time to relax, he switched off beautifully in the he looks to become the Guineas. When you go to Ireland, you never know what eighth horse since 1997 sort of pace you are going to get, but Hughesie got off to score the first two legs at Newmarket and said, >Without Frankel we would of the Triple Crown. have come home alone,= so if he can reproduce that While the Run for the form he=ll be hard to beat.@ Cont. p6 Roses exacts a toll on its participants, don=t try to tell that to the seven previous Derby winners to double up in the Preakness. Only two of those horses (Silver Charm and War Emblem) scored by less than a length, while the average Animal Kingdom margin of victory is nearly EquiSport 4 1/2 lengths. Trainer Graham Motion has taken his Derby success in stride and enters today=s race full of confidence, though he will leave handicapping to the punters. AI just couldn=t be happier with how he=s doing,@ Motion said. AI can=t dictate the pace and I really can=t predict if he=s going to bounce, but he=s giving me no indication of any of those things happening. I think sometimes when a horse bounces you don=t get any indication. I think it=s pretty hard to boldly say he=s not going to, but he hasn=t given me any indication that he=s not doing as well or better than he was going into the Derby.@ Preakness cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS •5/21/11 • PAGE 2 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Preakness S. cont. Mulligan for Dialed In?... The back markers in the Derby were set a near- impossible task when Shackleford (Forestry) reached the half-mile pole in a pedestrian 1:13.40. Dialed In (Mineshaft) was dead last after getting pinched back at the break, and his eighth-place finish as the 5-1 favorite is one of the most up- gradeable of the Derby participants. He=ll look to give Nick Zito his second Preakness (Louis Quatorze, 1996). It=ll be business as usual for the colt the conditioner calls >the best 3-year- old= as far as his running style is concerned. AI still want [jockey] Julien [Leparoux] to let him run his race,@ Zito explained. AThat=s his style. He=s a wonderful horse. What really has he done wrong? He got beat by Equestrio (Elusive Quality), who just got beat two Dialed In Horsephotos noses in the [GIII] Alysheba by First Dude (Stephen Got Even) against some of the best older horses in the country. In the Derby, he still came home with his run, which has been documented. Why should he do anything 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com different?@ Cont. p3 Saturday, Pimlico, post time: 6:18 p.m. EDT 136th PREAKNESS S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 3/16m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Astrology K Stonestreet Stables LLC & George Bolton Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings-KY Asmussen 15-1 (c, A. P. Indy--Quiet Eclipse, by Quiet American) Smith 2 Norman Asbjornson Thomas G McClay & Harry C Nye III T McClay, H Nye III & Horsehoe Valley Equine-PA Grove 30-1 (c, Real Quiet--Merryland Miss, by Citidancer) Pimintel 3 King Congie K West Point Thoroughbreds Bob Austin-KY Albertrani 20-1 (c, Badge of Silver--Wise Ending, by End Sweep) Albarado 4 Flashpoint K Peachtree Stables Silverleaf Farms Inc-FL Ward 20-1 (c, Pomeroy--Two Punch Lil, by Two Punch) Velasquez 5 Shackleford K Michael Lauffer & W D Cubbedge Mike Lauffer & Bill Cubbedge-KY Romans 12-1 (c, Forestry--Oatsee, by Unbridled) Castanon 6 Sway Away K Batman Stb, Lebherz, Olsen, Sharp, Wallace, et al Billy Tiller & Bob Sliger-KY Bonde 15-1 (c, Afleet Alex--Seattle Shimmer, to Seattle Slew) Gomez 7 Midnight Interlude Arnold Zetcher LLC Arnold Zetcher LLC-KY Baffert 15-1 (c, War Chant--Midnight Kiss {NZ}, by Groom Dancer) M Garcia 8 Dance City Estate of Edward P Evans Edward P Evans-VA Pletcher 12-1 (c, City Zip--Ballet Colony, by Pleasant Colony) Dominguez 9 Mucho Macho Man Reeves T’bred Rcng/Dream Team One Stbl John D & Carole A Rio-FL Ritvo 6-1 (c, Macho Uno--Ponche de Leona, by Ponche) Maragh 10 Dialed In Robert V LaPenta W S Farish/M Pickens/Skara Glen Stables-KY Zito 9-2 (c, Mineshaft--Miss Doolittle, by Storm Cat) Leparoux 11 Animal Kingdom K Team Valor International Team Valor-KY Motion 2-1 (c, Leroidesanimaux {Brz}--Dalicia {Ger}, by Acatenango {Ger}) Velazquez 12 Isn’t He Perfect Kharag Stables Diamond A Racing Corp-KY Shivmangal 30-1 (c, Pleasantly Perfect--Reciclada {Chi}, Rictorious) Prado 13 Concealed Identity Linda S Gaudet & Morris Bailey Bowman & Higgins Stb, P Champan-MD Gaudet 30-1 (g, Smarty Jones--Richetta, by Polish Numbers) Russell 14 Mr. Commons St George Farm Racing LLC St George Farm Racing LLC-KY Shirreffs 20-1 (c, Artie Schiller--Joustabout, by Apalachee) Espinoza All carry 126 pounds. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS •5/21/11 • PAGE 3 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Preakness S. cont. Flexing His Muscle... Only longshot Isn=t He Perfect (Plesantly Perfect) has made more trips to the races than Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), who will be making his 10th career appearance and fifth of the season. A maiden winner and twice Grade II-placed at two, the bay colt has held up remarkably well this season, with a win in the GII Risen Star S. and third-place efforts in the GII Louisiana Derby and GI Kentucky Derby, where he was beaten three lengths last time out. AI think he=ll be sharper, more aggressive,@ said trainer Kathy Ritvo when asked of her Preakness expectations. AHe seems to get along at any racetrack, any surface. Bring it on. He=s ready. Animal Kingdom=s a very nice horse. I like him, but I love the way my Mucho Macho Man horse is training. I=m confident.@ Horsephotos On the negative side, Mucho Macho Man=s best game is to race prominently, and if he intends on doing that this afternoon--where the pace should be considerably more demanding than that of the Derby--he=ll have to be at his very best to stave off the come-from-behinders. Emotions Running High for Asmussen... When trainer Steve Asmussen last visited Pimlico for the Preakness, he was saddling Stonestreet Stable and Hal McCormick=s Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d=Oro) to They PERFORM on the an historic victory. That was the conditioner=s second win in BIGGEST STAGE the race in the span of three years, having sent out Curlin Sire of 13 Grade 1 Winners (Smart Strike) to a narrow see more at: success over Street Sense Unbridledssong.com (Street Cry {Ire}) in 2007. Connections are harboring no delusions of grandeur this time GII Black-Eyed Susan S. (PIM) J “TDN Rising around as they prepare Star” J Royal Delta (Empire Maker) capitalizes on Astrology (A. P. Indy) for a a fast pace. start this afternoon. AIt=s a completely different scenario in the fact that Curlin had the potential to win one of these Astrology EquiSport PREAKNESS PROGRAMMING and now we=re trying to win one for a third time,@ Asmussen said. AIt=s a completely Date Program Time Network different feel.@ With the recent passing of Stonestreet=s May 21 Live from Pimlico 2:30-4:30 p.m. VE RSUS Jess Jackson, and given that Astrology was bred at May 21 Preakness S. 4:30-6:30 p.m. NBC home, Asmussen has been overcome by emotion this May 21 Preakness Wrap-Up 6:30-7 p.m. VERSUS week. He appeared to get choked up when asked by Pimlico publicity what it would mean to win the 2011 Eastern Daylight Time Preakness. AI don=t even want to think about it, not even now,@ he said.