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SONGSTER sidelined HEADLINE p. 3 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 FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2007 AUTHORIZED SKIPPING KING GEORGE STREET SENSE FLIES IN BREEZE Peter Chapple-Hyam yesterday ruled Authorized (Ire) Champion Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) sizzled five- (Montjeu {Ire}) out of next Saturday=s G1 King George eighths in :57.40 under the Twin Spires yesterday VI and Queen Elizabeth S. morning, three seconds faster than the day=s next-best at Ascot. Announcing that move. It was the colt=s final Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad drill at Churchill before ship- Al Sagar=s G1 Epsom Derby ping to Saratoga tomorrow. winner would enjoy a short Off since a narrow second in break before being aimed the GI Preakness S. May 19, towards the G1 Prix de the GI Kentucky Derby hero l=Arc de Triomphe Oct. 7, will make his next appearance Chapple-Hyam said, AI am in either the July 29 GII Jim happy with him as he Dandy S. at Saratoga or the seems in very good form, Aug. 5 GI Haskell Invitational Authorized & Chapple-Hyam Street Sense Horsephotos www.peterchapplehyam.com although he is entitled to at Monmouth. AThis was our feel slightly tired after three major work, so we were looking for a good work,@ said hard races so far this season. With that in mind, he will Ian Wilkes, deputizing for vacationing trainer Carl probably benefit from a bit of a break. He has looked Nafzger. AHe=s a fast horse and they work fast. This after me this year, now I=ve got to look after him.@ horse is unbelievable in the way he can do things. He Runner-up in Sandown=s G1 Eclipse S. July 7 following does them easy. It=s not like he=s slowing down--he=s his emphatic five-length success in the June 2 Blue working to the wire quicker than how he started out.@ Riband, the sophomore will be asked to tackle that trip Going out just before the mid-morning break, the dark of 10 furlongs again before his Longchamp date. ARe- bay put up splits of :12.20, :24.20, garding the rest of his campaign, we will build him up :35.60 and :47.40, and galloped with the Arc as his main target,@ remarked Chapple- out six furlongs in 1:09.80. AI had Hyam. ABut he will probably run before that in the G1 him on cruise control,@ said jockey Irish Champion S. [Sept. 8 at Leopardstown]. If he does- Calvin Borel. AHe=s got so much n=t head to Ireland for that race, we could go for the G1 power to him now, it=s just unbe- Juddmonte International S. [Aug. 21 at York].@ lievable. He couldn=t blow out a match when we got back--I just UPCOMING MAJOR couldn=t believe it, because I had let NORTH AMERICAN STAKES him work pretty good.@ Borel added, AHe=s happy right now. He=s Date Race Track had a little freshening. He=s put on July 21 GI Coaching Club Am Oaks Belmont about 50 pounds, and he=s wanting GII San Diego H. Del Mar to do it now. I never moved on him GII Virginia Derby Colonial Horsephotos this morning. He kind of worked GII American Derby Arlington like he did going to the Breeders= GIII Arlington H. Arlington Cup...the older he gets, he=s getting better and better.@ Should Street Sense opt for the Haskell, he would have GIII Modesty H. Arlington a rematch with his Preakness conqueror Curlin (Smart July 22 GI Eddie Read H. Del Mar Strike), third in the Kentucky Derby; and Hard Spun GII Northern Dancer BC Turf Woodbine (Danzig), the Derby runner-up and third in the GII Dance Smartly S. Woodbine Preakness. (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/20/07 • PAGE 2 of 3 Klarman=s Baupost Group has a reputation for bank- ruptcy investments--investing money in a company=s defaulted bank debts and profiting when the company is reorganized. Summer Doldrums may have struck out in the sopho- more dirt classics, but after some reorganization, he=s ready to defy his name and reward his backers with turf Klarman Investments Pay Dividends... success. Seth Klarman has done little wrong since joining the investment world in the early 1980s and his success in P R E V I E W that high-risk world has carried over to the racetrack. P P Klarman, who along with longtime friend Jeff Ravich, races as Klaravich Stables will be sending out Summer Saturday, Belmont Park Doldrums in Saturday=s $1-million GII Virginia Derby. COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $300,000, Klaravich owns the colt in partnership with William 3yo, f, 1 1/4m Lawrence. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY A 49-year-old Baltimore native, Klarman graduated 1 Coy Coyote Honour and Glory Jara from Harvard Business School with an 2 Humble Janet Humble Eleven Garcia M.B.A. in 1982. Shortly afterwards, 3 Wow Me Free Menifee Castellano Klarman founded The Baupost Group 4 Rosie's Attitude Aptitude Bejarano with $27 million in initial investments. 5 Octave Unbridled=s Song Velazquez Today, the $7-billion hedge fund 6 Lear's Princess Lear Fan Coa group sports a sparkling average an- 7 Folk Quiet American Luzzi nual total return of 19.55 percent. All carry 121 pounds. Klarman shared some of his invest- ment secrets in his 1991 book AMar- Saturday, Arlington Park gin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value In- AMERICAN DERBY-GII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 3/16mT vesting Strategies for the Thoughtful PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY Investor.@ Although now out of print, 1 Pleasant Strike Smart Strike Douglas the book has sold for $1,200 on 2 Lovango Capote Emigh Amazon.com and for $2,000 on eBay, Seth Klarman Horsephotos 3 Going Ballistic Lite the Fuse Berry according to a recent New York Times 4 Lattice Arch Albarado article. 5 Self Made Man Catienus Razo Jr Now living in Boston, Klarman has seen Klaravich=s 6 Quasicobra Wild Rush Leparoux colors carried to victory by multiple Grade I winner 7 Sumac Crafty Prospector Sterling Subordination, who captured the 1997 GI Hollywood 8 Perfect Casting Diesis (GB) Smullen Derby and the 1998 GI Eddie Read H., and stakes win- 9 Eighteenthofmarch Wild Event Graham ners Swingforthefences and Outperformance. But All carry 119 pounds except Pleasant Strike and Going Klaravich=s biggest horse to date has been Read the Ballistic, 121. Footnotes, who captured the 2004 GII Fountain of Youth S. and was seventh in that year=s GI Kentucky Sunday, Del Mar Derby. EDDIE READ H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT The stable seemed to be back on the road to Louis- PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT ville earlier this year with Summer Doldrums, who was 1Fast and Furious (Fr) Singspiel (Ire) Espinoza 115 an impressive winner of Aqueduct=s Whirlaway S. in 2 Out of Control (Brz) Vettori (Ire) M Baze 115 February. The dark bay colt was given a break after 3 Rob Roy Lear Fan Flores 117 running third in the GIII Gotham S. and fourth in the GI Wood Memorial, but came back running when switched 4 Atlando (Ire) Hernando (Fr) Pedroza 114 to the turf. He=ll be looking for his second straight 5 After Market Storm Cat Solis 120 graded-stakes triumph Saturday. 6 Valiant Effort Bertrando Enriquez 110 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/20/07 • PAGE 3 of 3 N E W S T O D A Y IEAH PURCHASES INTEREST IN PAPI CHULLO P P International Equine Acquistions Holdings Stable has purchased a 25-percent interest in Papi Chullo SONGSTER SIDELINED Multiple graded stakes (Comeonmom), who is slated to make his next start in winner Songster (Songandaprayer) has been sidelined the GI Whitney H. at Saratoga July 28, reports Daily by a strained ligament, according to Daily Racing Form. Racing Form. The grey was an impressive winner of the An impressive winner of the GIII Bold Ruler H. May 12 Birdstone S. at Belmont June 9 (video) in his most last out, the four-year-old breezed five furlongs in recent outing for Winning Move Stables, which will 1:01.24 last Sunday at Belmont in preparation for the remain his managing partner. Gary Contessa will con- GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. at Saratoga July 28. AHe did tinue with training duties. ARight now, he's among the not come out of the work good,@ Godolphin=s assistant top five older horses in the country and he seems like trainer Rick Mettee told DRF. AHe's got a strained liga- he's getting better,@ Michael Iavarone, co-president of ment. He's going to be off for some time. We're going IEAH, told DRF. AThis is a nice horse we wanted to be a to have some scans done, redo them, and see where part of.@ Sanford Robbins purchased an additional quar- we are. He won't be going up to Saratoga with us. He ter interest in the five-year-old. really trained good. We're really disappointed.@ Mettee did mention that the mercurial Discreet Cat (Forestry) is YOUMZAIN ON TRACK Jaber Abdullah=s Youmzain headed in the right direction. Sidelined by a throat (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) was the subject of an upbeat bulle- abscess following his lone career defeat in the Mar. 31 tin ahead of next Saturday=s G1 King George VI and G1 Dubai World Cup, the four-year-old joined Queen Elizabeth S.