MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SMOOTH AS YOU LIKE DERBY TOP THREE ON TO PIMLICO Not even in the picture for the G1 QIPCO 1000 American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), Firing Line Guineas before last Sunday, Legatissimo (Line of David) and Dortmund (Big Brown), the top (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) proved that a week can be a three finishers from Saturday=s GI Kentucky Derby, are long time in racing as she capped a stellar weekend for all now targeting a rematch in the May 16 GI Preakness Michael Tabor and Ryan Moore at Newmarket. Earning S. Still savoring his fourth Derby win Sunday morning, the right to be here only after winning last Sunday=s trainer Bob Baffert Listed Victor McCalmont Memorial S. at Gowran Park, admitted the 13-2 shot proved Saturday=s win by up to the quick American Pharoah turnaround to was different from complete an Irish his previous domination of both victories. AIt=s fun Guineas and a to come here, but Classic double for her I think this win main owner and was different than jockey. Delivered my other ones,@ from rear to overhaul Baffert said. AI Bob Baffert with American Pharoah Horsephotos Legatissimo overhauls Lucida in the G1 the 9-2 favorite and needed to get it 1000 Guineas compatriot Lucida done. I needed to Racing Post (Ire) (Shamardal) in win it. Something was building that something good the last 100 yards, was going to happen. And it did. It was a big sigh of the bay asserted for a 3/4-of-a-length success under relief. I was like >mission accomplished.= That=s the Coolmore=s new number one. There were shades of feeling I have at this time.@ Kieren Fallon in the achievement, as that rider had also Of American Pharoah, Baffert added, AHe was just pulled off the Guineas double on Footstepsinthesand born with that talent. He has that long stride. He=s (GB) and Virginia Waters in his first year in the job in quick. He=s got a really good mind. He just floats over 2005. AThey went a good gallop and I was always the ground. He=s different, just the way he=s made. confident,@ Moore said. AShe stayed really well in the What we saw yesterday is that he=s not last furlong and she=ll get further. She=s a very handy one-dimensional, which is so nice to have. He=s quick. filly and she loved the quick ground.@ Cont. p5 He=s handy. You can move on him at any time. I think with more racing he=s getting smarter.@ Cont. p3 MORE GANAY GLORY FOR CIRRUS The undimmed 9-year-old Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}), producing yet another top-class effort, outpointed his two-years younger rival Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in a finish of the golden oldies to notch up a seventh Group 1 win and third victory in the G1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp Sunday. Not sent to Dubai this year, as he had been when scoring by eight lengths in 2012 and Corine Barande-Barbe, Christophe when upsetting Treve Soumillon and Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) Scoop Dyga 12 months ago, the evergreen showed no signs of any cobwebs as he was sent to the front by Christophe Soumillon--who had returned to France less than 16 hours after piloting Mubtaahij (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) to finish eighth in the GI Kentucky Derby--after a furlong. Cont. p7 Don’t miss the 74 NY-bred 2-year-olds in training offered at FT Midlantic — May 18-19 (Under Tack Show — May 13-14) CLICK FOR CATALOG PAGES >> Stakes schedule begins at Belmont Park, July 18, with an estimated $2.5 million in purse money for NY-bred 2-year-olds. 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The previous record was the 165,307 who witnessed the 2012 Derby win of I=ll Have Another. All- sources handle for the day was $194.3 million, an increase of 4% over the 2014 total of $186.6 million. That figure bested the previous record of $187.0 million set in Derby Top Three on to Pimlico (cont. from p1) 2012. All-sources AHe wasn=t rank with Victor [Espinoza] at all,@ Baffert wagering on the Derby continued of American Pharoah. ASo he can sit there itself was $137.9 and pounce, run by you and go a mile and a quarter. He million, up 7% from a is competitive. He wants to win. He knows he=s year ago and a 4% special.@ increase over the Baffert=s previous Derby winners, Silver Charm, Real previous record of Quiet and War Emblem, each went on to victory in the $133.1 set in 2012. Preakness. American Pharoah will likely have to face On-track wagering on Dortmund leads Derby field early stablemate Dortmund in Baltimore. the Kentucky Derby Horsephotos AIt=s one of those things where I will sit down and program of $23.0 discuss it with [Dortmund=s owner] Kaleem Shah,@ million declined 2% from $23.4 million in 2014. Baffert said. AI=m sure he=s going to want a little On-track wagering on the Kentucky Derby race totaled revenge. His horse ran a really good race. If >Pharoah= is $12.0 million, an increase of 1% over 2014=s $11.9 that good, he=s going to have to run hard. Right now I million. Churchill Downs returned $154.3 million to would say if all=s well [Dortmund would run]; and bettors on the Kentucky Derby Day race program. Dortmund looked good.@ AThe Kentucky Derby is an awe-inspiring spectacle, Owner Arnold Zetcher and trainer Simon Callaghan and all of us who work here feel privileged to be a part were also looking ahead to the Preakness Sunday of this experience,@ said Bill Carstanjen, CEO of morning. Churchill Downs Incorporated. AWe saw continued AYou=d have to think if all is well that he=s earned that improvement again this year, and we preliminarily right,@ Callaghan said of a Preakness start for Firing expect record Adjusted EBITDA with growth over last Line.