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AFTER MARKET TO LANE’S END p9 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2007 BAKER’S DOZEN TO TRY THE TEST NASSAU NOBILITY A field of 13 sophomore fillies is set to face the If last year's battle between the supermares Ouija starter for this afternoon=s GI Darley Test S. at Board (GB) and Alexander Goldrun (Ire) in the G1 Saratoga, headed by West Point Stable, Lewis Lakin Nassau S. was a hard act to follow, this edition of and John Sikura=s Dream Rush (Wild Rush). Possessed Goodwood's distaff jewel stands up to comparison. of a very high cruising speed, the dark bay filly posted While Princess Zahra Aga Khan's Mandesha (Fr) (Desert wire-to-wire triumphs in the GIII Old Hat S. Feb. 10 and Style {Ire}) would usually be a draw all on her own, her in the GII Nassau Breeders= presence is overshadowed by the stand-off between Cup S. May 5, but suffered a the Niarchos Family's Light Shift (Kingmambo) and one-length defeat at the hands Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier's Peeping Fawn of Cotton Blossom (Broken (Danehill), each with an Oaks victory to their name at Vow) in the GI Acorn S. the expense of the other. Connections of Mandesha, June 9. She was back to her who suffered a surprise defeat in the June 24 G1 Grand best in the July 7 GI Prioress Prix de Saint-Cloud on her latest start, are under no S., leading past every pole to illusions as to her task. AIt is going to be a real race; score by 2 1/4 easy lengths. there are some very good fillies in it and we hope to be Trainer Rick Violette Jr. is not ready for it,@ the owner/breeder's Racing Manager Geor- afraid of the bullseye on his ges Rimaud told PA Sport. "It will be a real challenge, Dream Rush filly=s back. AIt=s a poisonous but we are looking forward to it." Cont. p2 Adam Coglianese target,@ he commented. AHook us at your own peril. I don=t BURMILLA REMAINS A PERFECT MISS think anybody can reasonably think they can hook us Darley Stable=s Burmilla (Storm Cat) doesn=t race very and still be standing at the end.@ Cotton Blossom ap- often, but she sure does make the most of her opportu- pears best at one turn and looks to make amends for a nities. Facing the starter for just the fourth time in her third as the favorite in the GII Delaware Oaks July 14. career, the regally bred chestnut sped to the lead, set a Dogwood Stable=s Cot Campbell likes the shape of the soft pace and never looked back, taking yesterday=s GII Test. AThere is a great deal of speed, and while one Honorable Miss H. by 2 3/4 lengths. Click for the certainly fears Dream Rush, there should be enough brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style speed to...set it up for us to make a big run,@ he said. pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Cont. p6 High Again (High Yield) has never been off the board in five tries going one turn on the main track and was most recently third in the GIII Iowa Oaks June 29. Appealing Zophie (Successful Appeal) was a course- and-distance winner in her lone appearance at the Spa, a 5 1/4-length victory in last year=s GI Spinaway S. Saturday, Saratoga, post time: 5:14 p.m. EDT DARLEY TEST S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo, f, 7f PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Silver Knockers Silver Deputy Zito 10-1 2 Akronism Not For Love Ritchey 12-1 3 Astor Park Ecton Park Beattie 20-1 4 Down Mr. Greeley Frankel 20-1 5 Debbie Got Even Stephen Got Even Zito 20-1 6a Baroness Thatcher Johannesburg Biancone 10-1 7 Dream Rush Wild Rush Violette 2-1 8 Time's Mistress Mr. Greeley Lukas 10-1 9 Sheets Scatmandu Smith 6-1 10 Boca Grande A.P. Indy McGaughey 15-1 11a High Again High Yield Mott 10-1 12 Appealing Zophie Successful Appeal Asmussen 15-1 13 Cotton Blossom Broken Vow Pletcher 9-2 www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/4/07 • PAGE 2 of 9 Saturday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 3:20 p.m. Today’s Graded Stakes NASSAU S.-G1, ,200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 9f 192ydsT brought to you by SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 1 4 Dont Dili Dali (GB) Dansili (GB) S Moore 131 2 7 Mandesha (Fr) Desert Style (Ire) de Royer-Dupre 1 3 1 3 6 Nannina (GB) Medicean (GB) Gosden 131 4 1 Speciosa (GB) Danehill Dancer (Ire) Sly 131 5 3 Light Shift Kingmambo Cecil 122 6 8 Peeping Fawn Danehill A O'Brien 122 Click for TV 7 5 Sweet Lilly (GB) Tobougg (Ire) Channon 122 10:20a Nassau S.-G1, Gdwd -------------- ---- 8 2 Yaqeen (GB) Green Desert M Jarvis 122 5:14p Test S.-GI, Sar (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 5:43p West Virginia Derby-GIII, Mnr (brisnet.com PPs) T V G Nassau S. cont. p3 9:05p John Mabee H.-GI, Dmr (brisnet.com PPs) T V G Thoroughbred Daily News is: All Times Eastern Daylight Time. 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Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 6:05 p.m. PDT Mandesha has already proven herself adept at this JOHN C MABEE H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, f/m, level, having recording three straight successes last 1 1/8mT term in the G1 Prix d'Astarte at Deauville in July and PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS Longchamp's G1 Prix Vermeille in September and G1 1 Dancing Edie Moscow Ballet C Dollase 4-1 Prix de l'Opera the following month. Despite standing 2 Memorette Memo (Chi) Currin 10-1 still at the start of in the G2 Prix Corrida at Saint-Cloud 3 Price Tag (GB) Dansili (GB) Frankel 6-5 on her return May 30, her superior armory was enough 4 Andrea (NZ) Danasinga (Aus) Stein 10-1 to overcome the lost ground. But repeat antics proved 5 Precious Kitten Catienus Frankel 3-1 costly in the Grand Prix, where Mountain High (Ire) had 6 Take the Ribbon Chester House W Dollase 9-2 already inflicted the damage by the time she found her Trainer Bobby Frankel sends out a potent one-two stride. AI think the change of scenery will be good for punch in the form of Ken and Sarah Ramsey=s Precious her,@ Rimaud added. AIn her last two races, she possibly Kitten and Judddmonte Farms= GI Matriarch S. winner hasn't been at her best and has been a little bit tricky. Price Tag. And those two will be pleased that there is We are expecting some improvement from her last no Lady of Venice (Fr) in the field, as they finished race.@ Light Shift provided Henry Cecil with his eighth second and third, respectively, to that rival in the GII G1 Epsom Oaks with a thrilling half-length defeat of CashCall Mile S. under the Hollywood lights July 6. Peeping Fawn in the June 1 Classic, but succumbed to Precious Kitten was second to champion Wait a While that foe by 3 1/2 lengths when second in the Irish in the GIII Honey Fox H. Mar. 4 and to subsequent GI equivalent at The Curragh July 15. "Light Shift seems Diana S. victress My Typhoon (Ire) in the GII Jenny in very good form and has come through her prepara- Wiley S. at Keeneland Apr. 14. The half-sister to Kit- tion for Saturday really well," Cecil commented. "The ten=s Joy set a track record when taking the GIII filly struggled throughout the race at the Curragh in Gallorette H. on the Preakness undercard May 19. Price very heavy ground, but despite that she ran a great Tag took a Mar. 16 allowance at Santa Anita, then race." Peeping Fawn has proved a revelation since her completed another Frankel exacta behind Citronnade in Epsom eclipse, besting Pam Sly's Speciosa and the G1 the GI Gamely BC S. at Hollywood May 28. Dancing Prix de Diane winner West Wind (GB) in the June 30 G1 Edie will likely show the way as she goes in search of a Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh before her Irish Oaks second consecutive win in the Mabee. However, her romp. Jockey Johnny Murtagh is hopeful her momen- form this year does not approach last year=s and she tum will continue here. "She may have been on the go enters this off an eighth in the CashCall Mile.