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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI STEPHEN FOSTER H. DAWN APPROACH CONFIRMED FOR ASCOT In a surprise move, Godolphin=s J “TDN Rising Star” J Dawn Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) will bid to bounce back from his G1 Epsom Derby debacle in Tuesday=s G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot, it was confirmed yesterday. Initially slated for a break after losing his unbeaten record in the June 1 blue riband, Jim Bolger=s trainee will ‘DAN’ SEEKS GRADE I SUCCESS IN FOSTER bid for redemption dropped Morton Fink=s Successful Dan (Successful Appeal) back down to a mile on the faces five Grade I winners as he seeks his own first meet=s opening day. AHe=s been victory at the highest level in Saturday evening=s left in the St James=s Palace GI Stephen Foster H. at Churchill and, subject to a satisfactory Downs. The $500,000 event offers piece of work [today], he is an a AWin and You=re In@ berth to the intended runner,@ Bolger told Dawn Approach Racing Post GI Breeders= Cup Classic. AThat godolphin.com. Racing would be the ultimate,@ trainer manager Simon Crisford added, AJim is very happy with Charlie LoPresti said of the half- how Dawn Approach has done since the Derby and he brother to 2012 Horse of the Year is keen to let him run at Royal Ascot if everything Wise Dan (Wiseman=s Ferry). AI=d continues to go well with his preparation between now like to see him get a Grade I.@ While and the race. We had a discussion this morning and Successful Dan doesn=t boast an decided to let him run if he pleases in his work. Jim has official Grade I tally on his resume, been delighted with how relaxed Dawn Approach has he did cross the wire first in the been in his training.@ 2010 GI Clark H., only to be Successful Dan disqualified and placed third for Coady Photography interference. Forced to miss all of ANIMAL KINGDOM PUTS IN FINAL WORK Team Valor International=s Animal Kingdom 2011 with a suspensory injury, (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) put in his final fast work Successful Dan bested Foster opponent and eventual yesterday in preparation for the G1 Queen Anne S. at Breeders Cup Classic hero Fort Larned (E Dubai) in the = Royal Ascot June 18. The 5- GII Alysheba S. last May before being upended by that year-old chestnut went five foe in the GIII Cornhusker H. at Prairie Meadows in furlongs in 1:03.00 under jockey June. He was then forced to the sidelines yet again. Paul Carberry at trainer David AIt=s been frustrating,@ LoPresti said of the homebred=s Lanigan=s Kingsdown yard in stop-and-start career. That s the best way to put it. A = Lambourn. Had he not been plagued with the injuries he=s been AIt went well,@ said trainer plagued with, you probably would have seen a potential Graham Motion, who was in Horse of the Year in him at some point. But with a @ England to oversee the work of victory over last Sunday s GII Monmouth S. winner = the GI Kentucky Derby and Boisterous (Distorted Humor) in Keeneland=s GIII Ben Ali Animal Kingdom returning G1 Dubai World Cup winner. AI S. Apr. 21, Wise Dan comes into this heat the right from his work yesterday wasn=t looking for a real hard way. Historically, his second race [off a layoff] has Graham Motion/Twitter A work for him. I wanted him to been even better. He s 110% right now. I couldn t have = = do something within himself, and I think it went very him any better. Of who he fears most in this short, but @ smoothly. I was very pleased. It was kind of similar to extremely contentious field, LoPresti said, AI think Fort what we did with him before the Breeders= Cup.@ Larned has to be respected an awful lot. He s the = Animal Kingdom will attempt to become the first horse Breeders Cup Classic winner. The other horse I d worry = = to complete the Kentucky Derby, Dubai World Cup and about is Ron the Greek (Full Mandate), who beat Wise Royal Ascot hat trick. For footage of the work, visit Dan by a head [in this race] last year. Those are the HRTV.com. two I fear the most.@ Field p3 In This Issue ‘DELTA’ TO FACE FOUR 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Besilu Stables’ champion Royal Delta (732) 747-8060 (Empire Maker) will look to start off the second (732) 747-8955 (fax) half of her 5-year-old season the same way she www.thoroughbreddailynews.com did a year ago as she faces just four foes in www.thetdn.com Churchill’s GII Fleur des Lis H... Also on the Foster undercard, an intriguing field of 11 sophomore colts square off in the GIII Matt Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Winn S., while an equal number of grass fillies [email protected] • @barryweisbord will contest the GIII Regret S... Six runners seek Sue Finley, co-publisher Royal Delta NYRA/Coglianese their first Grade I in the Vanity H. at Betfair [email protected] • @suefinley Hollywood Park, while the GIII Hill Prince S. and GIII Bed o’ Roses H. highlight Belmont’s Saturday card. Editorial [email protected] Fields page 4 Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor HISTORY IN MOTION Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni, Assistant Editor As Animal Kingdom prepares for next Tuesday’s G1 Queen Anne S., Kelsey Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Riley catches up with conditioner Graham Motion to see how the 5-year-old has Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor adjusted to European-style training ahead of his final career appearance at Royal Ascot. Advertising Coverage begins page 5 [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution More Coverage Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant 29 Entries Remain for King George page 5 Silasol Heads Diane Dozen page 8 Customer Service [email protected] Warren Place Sends Out Quintet Today page 8 Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development EST Race Click for TV [email protected] 1:55p Ballycorus S.-G3, LEO (brisnet.com PPs) 2:30p Ballyogan S.-G3, LEO (brisnet.com PPs) TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/13/13 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Stephen Foster Handicap BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland, post time: 6:55 p.m. BALLYCORUS S.-G3, €60,000, 3yo/up, 7fT Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 9:39 p.m. EDT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER STEPHEN FOSTER H. PRESENTED BY ABU DHABI-GI, $500,000, 1 4 Bold Thady Quill (Ire) Tale of the Cat Foley Condon 3yo/up, 1 1/8m 2 1 Lily's Angel (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Carroll Lyons 3 2 Reply (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) J O'Brien A O'Brien PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 4 5 Yellow Rosebud (Ire) Jeremy Smullen Weld 1 Golden Ticket K Speightstown Rosario McPeek 117 5 6 Leitir Mor (Ire) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Manning Bolger 2 Fort Larned E Dubai Hrnndz Jr Wilkes 121 6 3 Sruthan (Ire) Arakan Hayes Deegan 3 Ron the Greek Full Mandate Lezcano Mott 120 All carry 135 pounds bar Leitir Mor, 128, and Sruthan, 125. 4 Take Charge Indy K A.P. Indy Napravnik Byrne 119 5 Pool Play K Silver Deputy Mena Casse 115 Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland, post time: 7:30 p.m. 6 Successful Dan Successful Appeal Leparoux LoPresti 121 BALLYOGAN S.-G3, €60,000, 3yo/up, 6fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 1 Tickled Pink (Ire) Invncble Sprt (Ire) Queally Lady Cecil 137 2 11 Coolnagree (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Smullen McCreery 134 Purple indicates Breeders= Cup Win & You=re In Race; 3 10 Core Element (Ire) Consolidator Hayes P Prndrgast 134 BC pre-entry and entry fees paid and travel to the BC 4 4 Fiesolana (Ire) Aussie Rules O'Donoghue McCreery 134 will be subsidized by Breeders= Cup Ltd. for BC- 5 5 Katla (Ire) Mjstc Missile (Ire) Heffernan Grogan 134 nominated horses. Click here for details. 6 3 Place in My Hrt (GB) Cmptn Plce (GB) Kirby Cox 134 7 6 Boston Rocker (Ire) Acclamation (GB) McDonogh Lynam 126 8 8 Hanky Panky (Ire) Galileo (Ire) J O'Brien A O'Brien 126 9 7 Liberating (GB) Iffraaj (GB) Berry Harrington 126 10 9 Scrm Blue Mrdr (Ire) Oratorio (Ire) Lordan Stack 126 Stonestreet Farm 11 2 Tobann (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Manning Bolger 126 @StonestreetFarm 12 12 True Verdict (Ire) Dnhill Dncr (Ire) W Lee Wachman 126 Speaking of Curlin, check out this yearling colt out of Fields cont. p4 Rachel Alexandra named Jess’s Dream… #Taco #IsItInYou pic.twitter.com/WKO2jjyU69 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/13/13 • PAGE 4 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Betfair Hollywood Park, post time: 8:00 p.m. EDT Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 2:07 p.m. EDT VANITY H.-GI, $250,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m BED O' ROSES H.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 More Chocolate K Malibu Moon Gomez Sadler 119 1 Munnings Sister Speightstown Saez Tagg 116 2 Byrama (GB) Byron (GB) Stevens Callaghan 116 2 Fantasy of Flight K Tiznow Velasquez Nevin 118 3 Esentepe (Ire) Oratorio (Ire) Nakatani Hollndrfr 117 3 Dance to Bristol Speightstown Perez Figgins III 118 4 Royal Tiger Hold That Tiger Baze Glatt 113 4 Withgreatpleasure Hold That Tiger Velazquez Nunn 116 5 Open Water K Include Talamo Guillot 117 5 Delightful Quality Elusive Quality Castellano Albertrani 115 6 Lady of Fifty K After Market Bejarano Hollndorfer 117 6 Willet Jump Start Maragh Iselin 116 Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 8:30 p.m.