Violence Injured, Off Derby Trail Orb Exits Fountain Win
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here VIOLENCE INJURED, OFF DERBY TRAIL MILITARY ATTACK ON TOP IN HONG KONG Black Rock Stable=s Violence (Medaglia d=Oro), a California Memory (Highest Honor {Fr}) was game second while suffering his first loss in Saturday=s dispatched the 4-5 chalk in the Citibank Hong Kong GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S., sustained a Gold Cup, but never picked up his feet, as Military fracture to his right front medial Attack (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) broke through at the top sesamoid. The sophomore is domestic level under Zac Purton at Sha Tin Sunday. expected to be shipped to Steven With Purton--giving perennial Marshall=s Black Rock Stables Farm in leader Douglas Whyte a real Versailles sometime this week for battle for the jockeys= further evaluation and recuperation. premiership--in the irons for the AIt=s such a disappointment to see first time, Military Attack was such a promising colt sustain an ridden more positively and was injury,@ said trainer Todd Pletcher. second early before easing AHe=s been training beautifully and back to save ground from made such an impressive effort in his about fourth. Purton guided Military Attack second place finish yesterday.@ A Military Attack off the inside to Hong Kong Jockey Club maiden winner at Saratoga last challenge one off the fence in August, Violence took the GII Nashua the stretch, tackled pacesetting Same World (GB) Violence S. in his second start before ending (Hawk Wing) crossing into the final furlong and skipped Benoit his juvenile campaign with a win in clear. Pure Champion (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) the GI CashCall Futurity in December. rallied late to deny connections a 1-2 finish, with With three wins from four starts to date, the dark bay Xtension (Ire) (Xaar {GB}) in third. colt has earnings of $623,000. His runner-up effort A trip to Dubai is under consideration for both Moore Saturday put him third on the list of Kentucky Derby runners. AI=ll look at the [G1] Dubai Duty Free for point earners. Military Attack and Zac can ride him, if we=re invited,@ said Moore. AXtension=s run today was full of merit. He ORB EXITS FOUNTAIN WIN IN FINE SHAPE was not quite at his tops yet today and he could go to Orb (Malibu Moon) exited his victory in Saturday=s Dubai too if invited--Douglas would ride him.@ GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. in good shape, California Memory was hemmed in at a crucial stage, according to trainer Shug McGaughey. He was making but was an unlikely winner and emerged with an his stakes debut in the Fountain of Youth and irregular heartbeat post-race. Cont. p8 McGaughey was impressed with the colt=s effort. AIt was great,@ the trainer said of the race. AWe got a good pace, but for him to be able to catch up from where he was over this kind of track, twice, is saying a whole lot.@ McGaughey added the colt, who broke his maiden in his fourth start and came into the Fountain of Youth off a nine-furlong optional-claiming victory at Orb Gulfstream Jan. 26, had matured A Coglianese considerably in recent months. AHe=s come so far over the winter,@ said McGaughey. AMy people have done a great job with him. If he keeps improving, maybe he=ll be something.@ He added, AI would never have thought, when I brought him down here, that he=d be where he is today. He just kind of grew up.@ As for what is next for Orb, McGaughey said a decision would be made after co-owner Stuart Janney III returns from New Zealand next week. In This Issue Vyjack on track for Gotham 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Trainer Rudy Rodriguez says unbeaten (732) 747-8060 Vyjack (Into Mischief) is on go for his biggest (732) 747-8955 (fax) test to date in Saturday’s GIII Gotham S. The www.thoroughbreddailynews.com list of likely runners also includes two other www.thetdn.com graded stakes winners. Meanwhile, trainer Keith Desormeaux is Barry Weisbord, co-publisher still celebrating Ive Struck a Nerve (Yankee [email protected] • @barryweisbord Gentleman)’s upset victory in Saturday’s Sue Finley, co-publisher GII Risen Star S. 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Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Racetrack Round-Up page 5 On Fire Baby Business Development Reed Palmer Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing Race Results [email protected] Devious d’Oro (Medaglia d’Oro) impresses in debut page 5 (atw) Sean Cronin Spellbound (Bernardini) makes it two in a row at Santa Anita page 6 (atw) Tom Frary TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/25/13 • PAGE 3 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com LA DERBY NEXT FOR IVE STRUCK A NERVE Ive Struck a Nerve (Yankee Gentleman), upset winner Triple Threats of Saturday=s GII Risen Star S., came out of the race in fine shape and will now be pointed towards the GOTHAM FIELD TAKING SHAPE Mar. 30 GI Louisiana Derby. AWe=d be crazy not to run Pick Six Racing=s Vyjack (Into Mischief) is expected to in the Louisiana Derby,@ said trainer Keith Desormeaux. put his unbeaten streak on the line in Saturday=s APlus, we have to represent 1 1/16 miles GIII Gotham S. at Aqueduct. The gelding the home team.@ The Risen is coming off a narrow victory in the Jan. 5 GII Jerome Star is Desormeaux=s S. AThe competition is going to get tougher, so he=ll biggest victory to date. AI have to keep stepping up,@ suppose, like a lot of admitted trainer Rudy modern horsemen, I could Rodriguez. Vyjack worked buy into the theory that six furlongs at Aqueduct fresh is better, and try to Thursday in 1:15.13. AHe train my horse up to the did it very good and did Kentucky Derby off of his everything we asked him to race yesterday, but that=s Ive Struck a Nerve do,@ said Rodriguez. AIt looks not my style,@ said Lou Hodges like he=s coming into the Desormeaux. AMy horse is race in good shape. He=s Vyjack fit, and it=s a lot easier to train an athlete that is fit. Fit going a little longer this A Coglianese horses don=t get hurt so easily. My horse came back time, so we had him breeze from his race just fine and ate up everything last night six furlongs and gallop out seven eighths.@ and this morning. He keeps good weight on him, and Also aiming for the Gotham is Shadwell=s Elnaawi he=s heavy-boned.@ Desormeaux added he and Ive (Street Sense). The half-brother to To Honor and Serve Struck a Nerve=s owner Matt Bryan are enjoying the (Bernardini) is coming off a one-mile maiden win at experience. AWe=re having fun with this horse,@ the Aqueduct Jan. 12. AWe=ll see how we fit in,@ Lafayette, Louisiana native said. AWe went out to dinner commented Art Magnuson, assistant to trainer Kiaran last night, talked about the future and had a lot of McLaughlin. AHe=s training well and ran well, so here we laughs.@ are.@ Elnaawi could be joined by stablemate Transparent (Bernardini). The Darley runner graduated in his sixth DEMONIC SAN FELIPE START IN DOUBT start last time out at Aqueduct Jan. 26. AWe=ll talk to Demonic (Bernardini), tabbed a J “TDN Rising everyone involved,@ Magnuson said of Transparent=s Star” J after his debut victory at Santa Anita status for the Gotham. AHe needs to take another step Jan. 13, may miss an expected second start in the forward. They=re lightly raced, and it=s just a timing and Mar. 9 GII San Felipe S. Trainer John Sadler reported experience thing.@ the colt=s participation in the race was Aquestionable@ as Also considered likely for the Gotham: GII Remsen he continues to deal with an unspecified malady. In his and GII Futurity winner Overanalyze (Dixie Union); most recent work, Demonic went six furlongs in GII Hutcheson S. winner Honorable Dillon (Tapit); 1:13.00 at Santa Anita Feb. 11. Escapefromreality (Read the Footnotes); Siete de Oros (A.P. Warrior); Ore Pass (War Pass); Sky Captain (Sky Mesa); West Hills Giant (Frost Giant); Alcolite (Hook TDN TODAY and Ladder); and Champion Boy (Big Brown). Headline News.. 8 pages TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/25/13 • PAGE 4 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI BIG ‘CAP BULLET DRILL FOR GAME ON DUDE Game on Dude (Awesome Again) tuned up for Saturday=s GI Santa Anita H.