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SAHM dies p. 3 HEADLINE 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 THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2007 RAVEL INJURED NO BIZ ALL BUSINESS IN GULFSTREAM WORK Ravel (Fusaichi Pegasus), winner of the Feb. 3 GIII Nobiz Like Shobiz (Albert the Great), who has raced Sham S., has been knocked off the Kentucky Derby erratically at times, was well-behaved during a work trail with what looks like the beginnings of a fracture in Tuesday at Gulfstream. Working with famous stable- his left front cannon bone. The colt had been preparing mate Funny Cide (Distorted Humor), the Barclay Tagg for the Apr. 7 GI Santa Anita trainee went five furlongs in a bullet :59 4/5. AIt was Derby when he appeared Aa little perfect and just what I wanted,@ Tagg said Wednesday. off in his left front@ over the AI wanted him to work on both turns, so we went from weekend, trainer Todd Pletcher the half-mile pole to the mile pole. I wanted to work told Daily Racing Form. AWe can=t him in company and there aren=t many I could send find anything on the x-rays, but with him other than Funny Cide. I knew >Funny= would the feeling, based on the nuclear get a little tired at the end and >Nobiz= went past him Ravel Benoit scintigraphy, is that he=s starting and he didn=t go over on him. He doesn=t lug in in the to develop a fracture and it mornings. I don=t know why he=s done it in his races.@ would turn into a condylar fracture if we breezed him,@ Nobiz Like Shobiz, coming off a third-place effort in the Pletcher said. AIt=s a tough blow. He=s obviously a tal- Mar. 3 GII Fountain of Youth S., is preparing for the ented horse, but it wasn=t meant to be.@ Ravel will likely Apr. 7 GI Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct. The colt is miss three months of training, but surgery is not expected to ship to New York on Apr. 5. Plans for needed. With Ravel=s absence, Pletcher may start GI Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide, off since running Santa Anita Oaks winner Rags and Riches (A.P. Indy) in fourth in the Oct. 21 Empire Classic, are still up in the the Santa Anita Derby. AShe=ll breeze this week and air. AHe=s doing great and he looks great,@ Tagg said of then we=ll decide,@ Pletcher said. the chestnut gelding. AI=ve only got three works into him, though. The plan was to start on the turf [at EIGHT LIKELY FOR WORLD CUP Gulfstream], but I=ve got to wait a little longer.@ A field of eight, led by U.S. Horse of the Year Invasor (Arg) (Candy Stripes), looks likely to go postward in the Mar. 31 G1 Dubai World Cup at P P R E V I E W P Nad al Sheba. Invasor suffered the lone loss of his career at Nad Saturday, Turfway Park al Sheba in last year=s G2 UAE LANE=S END S.-GII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m Derby and will get a chance to PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY avenge that loss to Derby winner 1 Highest Degree Menifee Quinonez Discreet Cat (Forestry). Discreet 2 Starbase Tale of the Cat Thompson Cat is expected to make his 3 Sports Town Belong to Me S Bridgmohan Invasor and McLaughlin 2007 debut in the World Cup 4 Approval Rating Lemon Drop Kid Husbands Horsephotos after being forced out of a prep 5 Bullara Holy Bull Velazquez race with an elevated tempera- 6 Forefathers Gone West Leparoux ture. The unbeaten four-year-old has not started since 7 Twilight Meteor Smart Strike Prado winning the GI Cigar Mile H. last November. The likely 8 Helios Stormin Fever Hill World Cup field also includes recent King=s Cup winner 9 Joe Got Even Stephen Got Even Mena Premium Tap (Pleasant Tap), Japanese invader Vermil- 10 Hard Spun Danzig Pino ion (Jpn) (El Condor Pasa) and British group winner 11 For You Reppo El Corredor Desormeaux Kandidate (GB) (Kabool {GB}). 12 Sedgefield Smart Strike Bejarano Likely Dubai World Cup Carnival cards p2 All carry 121 pounds. www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/22/07 • PAGE 2 of 5 NAKHEEL THOROUGHBREDS DUBAI SHEEMA DUBAI WORLD CUP CLASSIC-G1, $5,000,000, 4yo/up, 2400mT Nad Al Sheba ! Mar. 31, 2007 HORSE SIRE OWNER Bellamy Cay (GB) Kris (GB) K Abdullah LIKELY FIELDS Best Alibi (Ire) King=s Best Godolphin Collier Hill (GB) Dr Devious (Ire) Hall/Abell/Crowe EMIRATES AIRLINE DUBAI WORLD CUP-G1, Honey Ryder Lasting Approval Glencrest et al $6,000,000, 4yo/up, 2000m Host (Chi) Hussonet Melnyk Racing Stbl HORSE SIRE OWNER Laverock (Ire) Octagonal (NZ) Godolphin Bullish Luck Royal Academy Wong Wing Keung Obrigado (Fr) Enrique (GB) Seidler & Vegso Discreet Cat Forestry Godolphin Oracle West (SAf) Western Winter A Geemooi Forty Licks (Arg) Not for Sale (Arg) Sultan Al Kabeer Pop Rock (Jpn) Helissio (Fr) K Yoshida/Pop Rock Synd Invasor (Arg) Candy Stripes Sheikh Hamdan Quijano (Ger) Acatenango (Ger) Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof Kandidate (GB) Kabool (GB) A J Richards Red Rocks (Ire) Galileo (Ire) J Paul Reddam Premium Tap Pleasant Tap King Abdulla& Sons Sir Percy (GB) Mark of Esteem (Ire) A E Pakenham Storm Mayor (Arg) Bernstein Tirki bin Badr bin Saoud Sushisan (Aus) Fuji Kiseki (Jpn) Atkinson/Velty Towers Racing Vermilion (Jpn) El Condor Pasa Sunday Racing Co Ltd Vengeance of Rain (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Raymond Chow Hon Man DUBAI DUTY FREE-G1, $5,000,000, 4yo/up, 1777mT Youmzain (Ire) Sinndar (Ire) Jaber Abdulla HORSE SIRE OWNER Admire Moon (Jpn) End Sweep Riichi Kondo GULF NEWS DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN-G1, Bad Girl Runs (SAf) Western Winter Mrs S Plattner $2,000,000, 4yo/up, 1200m HORSE SIRE OWNER Best Name (GB) King=s Best Godolphin Daiwa Major (Jpn) Sunday Silence Keizo Oshiro Agnes Jedi (Jpn) Agnes World Takao Watanabe English Channel Smart Strike James Scatuorchio Areyoutalkintome Smokester Mrs C Cyzer Flashy Wings (GB) Zafonic Jaber Abdullah Bishop Court Hill Holy Bull Melnyk Racing Stable Formal Decree (Ger) Diktat (GB) Godolphin Bounty Quest (GB) Fasliyev Malih Lahej Al Basti Irridescence (SAf) Caesour Team Valor Friendly Island Crafty Friend Anstu Stables Kapil (SAf) Jallad Fullard, et al Harvard Avenue You and I Ron Crockett Inc Lava Man Slew City Slew STD Racing Stbl/J Wood Kelly=s Landing Patton Summer Place Farm et al Linngari (Ire) Indian Ridge (Ire)Atkinson/Walichnowski Marchand d'Or (Fr) Marchand de Sable J l Giral National Colour (SAf) National Assembly C J H Van Niekerk Miesque's Approval Miesque=s Son Live Oak Plantation Mystical (Ind) Alnasr Alwasheek (GB)Poonawalla Family Nightmare Affair Out of Place Timber Side/Borgese/Marano Pompeii Ruler (Aus) Genuine (Jpn) Bridsan Bloodstock Synd Salaam Dubai (Aus) Secret Savings Farooq Racing Seihali (Ire) Alzao Sheikh Ahmed Seeking the Best (Ire) Seeking the Gold Kazuko Yoshida Stormy River (Fr) Verglas (Ire) Ecurie Mister Ess As Terrific Challenge Royal Academy Sh Rashid bin Mo’d Al Maktoum Thajja (Ire) Daylami (Ire) Sheikh Hamdan “CITGO RACING TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” Thor=s Echo Swiss Yodeler Sheikh Rashid bin Moh’d Al Maktoum Date Network Time (ET) 3-24 ESPN 5-6 p.m. MOVING ??? Lane=s End S., Rushaway S. For just a day or forever... 3-31 ABC 2:30-4:30 p.m. Call us with your new fax number. UAE Derby, Dubai World Cup (732) 747-8060 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/22/07 • PAGE 3 of 5 (Dubai World Cup -- Likely Fields cont.) SAEED & MOHAMMED AL NABOODAH HOLDING LLC P N E W S T O D A Y P UAE DERBY-G2, $2,000,000, NH/SH3yo, 1800m HORSE SIRE OWNER SAHM DIES Shadwell stallion Sahm (Mr. Prospector-- Adil (KSA) Torrey Canyon King Abdulla & Sons Salsabil {Ire}, by Sadler=s Wells) died Tuesday in Ken- Asiatic Boy (Arg) Not for Sale (Arg) Sh Mohd Bin Kalifa Al Maktoum tucky after an intestinal tract illness. The 13-year-old Bartola (Arg) Roy Prince Tirki Bin Badr Bin Saoud stallion won the 1998 GII Knickerbocker H. From only Day Pass Five Star Day Godolphin four crops to race, Sahm sired Irish group winner Eu Tambem (Brz) Wild Event Godolphin Mustameet, as well as stakes winners Adaala, Folk Quiet American Godolphin Sahmkindawonderful, Irish Dreamer, Chenia and Mr. Greetings (Brz) Choctaw Ridge Haras Interlagos Fixed Income. He is the sire of 64 winners from 97 Jack Junior Songandaprayer Roldvale & Gold Group Int’l starters with progeny earnings over $3.8 million. Joe Louis (Arg) Lode Sultan Al Kabeer Limehouse (SAf) Rich Man=s Gold Sh Moh’d bin Khalifa Al Maktoum & De Kock ICON TO BYPASS SHEEMA Paul & Susan Roy's G1 Monzante Maria=s Mon K Abdulla St Leger winner Sixties Icon (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) will Rallying Cry War Chant Godolphin bypass a possible engagement in the Mar. 31 G1 Dubai Seal Point Point Given Prime Equestrian Sheema Classic and instead point to the Apr. 21 G3 Traffic Guard More Than Ready Mrs Fritiani Hay John Porter S. at Newbury en route to a tilt at the Victory Tetsuni Gone West Yoshinori Sakae June 1 G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom, trainer Jerermy Noseda has revealed. "Sixties Icon is a non-runner in ETISALAT THOROUGHBREDS GODOLPHIN MILE-G2, the Sheema Classic," the Newmarket trainer told offi- $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 1600m cial website www.jeremynoseda.com.