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CURTAIN CALL HEADS RP TROPHY p9 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2007 NO SHORE THINGS IN BREEDERS’ CUP XXIV CORINTHIAN WINS BY A MILE The world=s best Thoroughbreds have assembled for Centennial Farms= Corinthian (Pulpit) had a little the 24th running of the Breeders= Cup World Champion- something to prove in yesterday=s inaugural running of ships, but not one of the 90 horses entered for today=s the Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile at Monmouth Park and did eight races rates as a slam dunk. his part to silence his doubters, splashing clear down Not Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr), the the lane to win by a dominating 6 1/2 lengths. Local 5-2 morning line favorite in the favorite Gottcha Gold (Coronado=s Quest) made the $5-million Classic. The GI Whit- early running and held for second. BC Dirt Mile cont. p2 ney H. and GI Woodward S. hero must convince the public that he THE NOW HORSE can reproduce his Saratoga form Fab Oak Stable=s Nownownow (Whywhywhy) was at this track and that he can re- the recipient of a patient ride from jockey Julien lax enough to stay today=s Leparoux and came from dead last to outfinish Ireland=s 10-furlong distance with other Achill Island (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) in yesterday=s Breed- Lawyer Ron Sarah K Andrew speed signed on. Street Sense ers= Cup Juvenile Turf. Cannonball (Catienus), returning (Street Cry {Ire}), the GI Ken- to action just five days since his victory in the King tucky Derby and GI Travers S. victor, enters the race in Cugat S. at Belmont Park last Sunday, won the photo top form, but will his late-running style play well over a for third with the British-based Strike the Deal (Van traditionally speed-favoring surface? Curlin (Smart Nistelrooy). BC Juvenile Turf cont. p4 Strike) beat Street Sense in the GI Preakness S. and Lawyer Ron in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup, but ran a SLEW’S TIZNOW OUT OF JUVENILE subpar race when third behind Any Slew=s Tiznow (Tiznow), runner-up in the GI Lane=s Given Saturday (Distorted Humor) End Breeders= Futurity last time out, spiked a fever in Monmouth=s GI Haskell Invita- yesterday and was taken out of the GI Breeders= Cup tional S. in August and has to Juvenile. The colt became the third two-year-old to be prove his agility around this tight- scratched from the BC World Championships due to an turning circuit. Ireland=s Dylan elevated temperature, following fellow Juvenile candi- Thomas (Ire) (Danehill), winner of date Dixie Chatter and Juvenile Fillies hopeful Cry and the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe, Catch Me. is the heaviest chalk on the morn- ing line at 7-5, but horses victori- ous in the Longchamp feature are winless in four subesquent tries in Dylan Thomas S Sherack the GI Breeders= Cup Turf. Sakhee (Ire) won the Arc and just missed in the 2001 Classic. Nashoba=s Key (Silver Hawk) is perfect in seven career starts, but has never traversed the 11-furlong distance of the GI Filly and Mare Turf, nor has she faced a field with such depth. Midnight Lute (Real Quiet) ran a hole in the wind to take the GI Forego S. in September, but how will he handle three-quarters of a mile and a gaggle of speedy foes as the favorite in the GI Sprint? Excel- lent Art (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) is one of Europe=s pre-emi- nent milers and has been installed the 3-1 favorite, but jockey John Murtagh will have to carve out a trip from the 12 hole in the GI Mile. Indian Vale (A.P. Indy) is the slight favorite in the GI Distaff, but has seven other Grade I winners to beat, while the GI Juvenile and GI Juvenile Fillies have what appear to be beatable favor- ites in the form of War Pass (Cherokee Run) and Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie). Who will get the job done? Tune in and find out. www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/27/07 • PAGE 2 of 11 REDEMPTION IS SWEET The enigmatic Corinthian (Pulpit) had experienced the highs and lows of the Thoroughbred this year, having CHAMPION stamped himself the early leader of the handicap divi- sion, with his victories first in the GII Gulfstream Park STEVIE H. in March, and, more importantly, in the GI WONDERBOY Metropolitan Mile H. at Belmont Park in May. BREEDERS’ CUP BRILLIANCE His march to an Eclipse was derailed, however, with a pair of subpar performances, includ- ing a last-of-six effort in the GI Suburban H. at Belmont Park June Corinthian Equi-Photo 30 and a distant fourth-place finish be- hind Lawyer Ron in the GI Woodward S. at Saratoga U Drew away from GI Winners Henny Hughes and Sept. 1. Arguably more than any other horse racing this First Samurai in the GI $1.5 Million Breeders’ Cup weekend, Corinthian had a whole lot to prove and he Juvenile. did just that yesterday, demolishing an accomplished U field in the Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile. Brilliant sprinting and routing on both coasts. U A Perfect Trip... A standout individual and an ideal outcross for all Mr. Prospector-line mares. Gottcha Gold (Coronado=s Quest) made the early lead, chased by Wanderin Boy (Seeking the Gold) and fa- 2008 Stud Fee vored Discreet Cat (Forestry), who ducked out sharply $17,500 on the turn in an effort to achieve a stalking position. In the meantime, Corinthian was enjoying the run of the (859) 873-7270 www.airdriestud.com race, glued to the inside before commencing a middle Friday, Monmouth Park move nearing the far turn. Still inside around that bend, BREEDERS' CUP DIRT MILE S., $916,000, MTH, the chestnut was eased out at the quarter pole and put 10-26, 3yo/up, 1m70y, 1:39, sy. the race to rest in a matter of strides, strolling home a 1--CORINTHIAN, 126, c, 4, by Pulpit much-the-best winner. AReally terrific,@ said trainer 1st Dam: Multiply, by Easy Goer Jimmy Jerkens, represented by his second Breeders= 2nd Dam: Add, by Spectacular Bid Cup winner (Artie Schiller, Mile, 2005). AHe=s been 3rd Dam: Number, by Nijinsky II training great, but his last two races were sub par, so it ($385,000 yrl '04 FTSAUG). O-Centennial Farms; was hard to get overly confident. [Jockey] Kent B-Gracefield Equine & Hargus Sexton (KY); T-James [Desormeaux] rode him beautifully. That was the plan, A Jerkens; J-Kent J Desormeaux; $540,000. Lifetime to try to tuck him in. He doesn=t mind running on the Record: GISW, 12-6-1-2, $1,267,273. *1/2 to Desert inside. He might as well save the ground when he can.@ Hero (Sea Hero), GSW & GISP, $324,400. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com 2--Gottcha Gold, 126, c, 4, Coronado's Quest--Gottcha catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Last, by Pleasant Tap. O/B-Centaur Farms Inc (FL); Made. T-Eddie Plesa Jr; J-Charles Lopez $200,000. Discreet Cat Fails to Fire... 3--Discreet Cat, 126, c, 4, Forestry--Pretty Discreet, by Looking for his first win since taking last year=s GI Private Account. O-Godolphin Racing LLC; B-E Paul Cigar Mile, Discreet Cat was sent off the 3-2 favorite Robsham (KY); T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Garrett Gomez. by the betting public. Well-placed for the opening six $100,000. panels, the attractive bay colt had no answer for Corin- Margins: 6HF, 8 1/4, HD. Odds: 3.70, 7.30, 1.50. thian=s winning move and actually did well to be third. Also Ran: Wanderin Boy, Lewis Michael, Xchanger, AI was having to work with him to get him off the bri- Park Avenue Ball, High Finance. Scratched: Forefathers. dle,@ said his rider Garrett Gomez. AHe was a little keen A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will with me. Once I got him outside, he was nice and re- indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will laxed and traveling well. About the half-mile pole when denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will I needed horse, he just kind of stayed. I thought he was indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- completely done. I just kept scrubbing away, and he bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races hung on and run third for us. and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/27/07 • PAGE 3 of 11 CLAIM TO FAME Well-Traveled Mare Makes Good... She was a $40,000 claimer at the start of 2006, but The bay climbed the ranks after being claimed in her Maryfield (Elusive Quality) may just have earned herself first start at five, beating $40,000 platers in her first an Eclipse Award as the sport=s first champion distaff start under new management and taking an overnight sprinter in the inaugural running of the $1 million Breed- sprint stakes in her second outing in the navy and gold ers= Cup F/M Sprint at colors. Maryfield hit the board in four of her next six Monmouth Park yesterday. starts, running second by a nose in the GII A Gleam H. Sent off at 8-1, the six-year- at Hollywood and by two lengths in the GIII Seaway S.