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Eight Entered in BARBARA FRITCHIE HEADLINE p. 2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2007 FOLK ROMPS IN UAE 1000 GUINEAS FIRST FOAL FOR AZERI In training under Tom Albertrani=s care at Payson Park Horse of the Year Azeri (Jade Hunter--Zodiac Miss until recently, the three-year-old filly Folk (Quiet Ameri- {Aus}, by Ahonoora {GB}) delivered her first foal can) proved an effective traveler and yesterday coasted Wednesday at Hill >n= Dale Farms near Lexington, Ken- home clear by 4 3/4 lengths in the $250,000 UAE tucky. The nine-year-old chestnut, barren to a Storm 1000 Guineas under the lights Cat cover in 2005, produced an A.P. Indy colt on Valen- at Nad Al Sheba in Dubai. The tine=s Day. Mare and foal are owned by the Allen E bay finished second to Boca Paulson Living Trust. During a stellar racing career, Grande in a Belmont maiden Azeri was named Horse of the Year and champion older in mid-October, then came mare in 2002. She was again named champion older back to destroy a field of Aq- mare in 2003 and 2004. Among her 11 Grade I victo- ueduct maidens by 10 1/4 ries were the 2002 Breeders= Cup Distaff, 2004 Spin- lengths Nov. 26. Folk worked ster and 2002 Santa Margarita Invitational H. Azeri also won three straight renewals of the GI Apple Blossom H. Folk Andrew Watkins at Payson Park as recently as Jan. 27, when she earned the She hit the board in 21 of 24 starts, with 17 wins and bullet for a five-furlong breeze, before joining Ismail earnings of $4,079,820. Azeri will be bred back to Mohammed=s stable in Dubai. Running yesterday in the Storm Cat this year. colors of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum, Folk PREMIUM TAP KICKS OFF 2007 quickly took command in the about-one-mile event and Multiple Grade I winner Premium Tap (Pleasant Tap) never looked back. I only had her four days as she was A will make his seasonal bow today in the Custodian of in quarantine, having come from America, but she was the Two Holy Mosques Cup--also known as the King=s training very well, and we never had a problem with her Cup--over 1 1/2 miles at King Abdul Aziz Racecourse in in the short time we=ve had her,@ said Mohammed. AShe Janadriyah, Saudi Arabia. After his victory in the GI has shown just how fast she is and we will go for the Clark H. Nov. 24 at Churchill, the bay was purchased UAE Oaks [Mar. 8 at Nad Al Sheba] next.@ For video of privately by Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and his the race, click here. sons. He has remained under the care of trainer John Kimmel. Premium Tap breezed five-eighths in :59.80 Thursday, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai last Friday at Gulfstream, then left Florida Monday for GULF NEWS UAE 1000 GUINEAS-Listed, $250,000, this engagement. Twice a Grade I winner at nine fur- Nad Al Sheba, 2-15, 3yo, f, 1600m, 1:35.84, ft. longs, the five-year-old was third in the 10-furlong GI 1--FOLK, 121, f, 3, by Quiet American Breeders= Cup Classic Nov. 4, and will be stretching out 1st Dam: Polish Style (SW-Fr & GSP-Ity), by Danzig to 12 furlongs here. AYou never know when they go 2nd Dam: Family Style, by State Dinner one and a half miles, if a horse is going to handle it,@ 3rd Dam: Sharp Kitty, by Blade Kimmel said. ABut good horses can do good things.@ His O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum; B-Darley; cause will be helped by the fact that the final three T-Ismail Mohammed; J-K McEvoy; $150,000. furlongs are slightly downhill. Kent Desormeaux has the Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $185,486. mount aboard Premium Tap, who will race today under 2--Greetings (Brz), 130, f, 3, Choctaw Ridge--Groupie the name Allam. Premium Tap will face Forty Licks (Ire), by Great Commotion. O/B-Haras Interlagos; (Arg) (Not for Sale {Arg}), a champion in Argentina who T-Pedro Nickel Filho; $50,000. now races for a member of the Saudi royal family. Forty 3--Samba Reggae (Arg), 130, f, 3, Mutakddim--Rapper Licks, trained by Ian Jory and ridden by Mick Kinane, (Arg), by Southern Halo. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohd comes into this contest on the strength of a nine-length Al Maktoum; B-Haras La Quebrada SA; T-Ismail victory over the local course Jan. 12. Both he and Mohammed; $25,000. Premium Tap are expected to compete in the G1 Dubai Margins: 4 3/4, 1, 8HF. World Cup at Nad Al Sheba Mar. 31. (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/16/07 • PAGE 2 of 2 P P R E V I E W P FOALING NEWS Saturday, Laurel Park BARBARA FRITCHIE BREEDERS= CUP H.-GII, $300,000, INTERCONTINENTAL (GB), 7, Danehill--Hasili (Ire), by 3yo/up, f/m, 7f Kahyasi (Ire) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT Foal born Feb. 13, a filly by Empire Maker. 1 Oprah Winney Royal Academy Smith 116 Owned by and boarded at Juddmonte Farms, Ky. 2 Silmaril Diamond Fogelsonger 117 Accomplishments: Ch. Turf Mare-US, MGISW-US, SW- 3 Dixie Marrone Smoke Glacken No Rider 108 Fr & G1SP-Fr & Eng, $2,052,382. 4 Plata Skip Away Pino 113 5 Great Intentions Cat Thief Hill 117 MISS EMMA (IRE), 7, Key of Luck--Disregard That, by 6 Smart and Fancy Not For Love Rose 115 Don=t Forget Me 7 Leah=s Secret Tiger Ridge Guidry 118 Foal born Jan. 25, a filly by Vindication. 8 Carmandia Wild Rush Luzzi 117 Will be bred back to Vindication. Silmaril, seven-for-12 lifetime at Laurel, has been Owned by Takahiro Wada. installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite. The six- Boarded at Mill Ridge, Ky. year-old mare was third in this race in 2005, her first Accomplishments: Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 5-7f, MGSW-Ire & and only attempt at the trophy, and comes into this Fr, $333,051. year=s edition off a victory in the Jan. 20 What a Summer S. MUJADO (IRE), 9, Mujadil--Unaria (GB), by Prince Tenderfoot Saturday, Santa Anita Foal born Jan. 29, a filly by Street Cry (Ire). SAN CARLOS H.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 7f Will be bred back to Johar. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT Owned by Mr & Mrs Roy Jackson. 1 Raise the Bluff Pine Bluff T Baze 113 Boarded at Mill Ridge, Ky. 2 Publication Petionville M Baze 113 Accomplishments: SW. 3 Majestic Stream Fusaichi Pegasus Antongeorgi 114 CORRECTION: 4 Latent Heat Maria=s Mon Prado 118 5 Swing Your Partner Wheaton Chavez 113 In the Feb. 15 TDN, GII La Canada S. winner Bal- 6 Proud Tower Too Proud Irish Cohen 120 ance=s earnings were listed incorrectly. The MGISW has 7 Tontine Too Concerto Gomez 114 earned $720,159. 8 Siren Lure Joyeux Danseur Migliore 121 9 Ramsgate Runaway Groom Flores 114 “CITGO RACING TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” 10 Northern Soldier Yankee Victor Gryder 115 Date Network Time (ET) 11 Harvard Avenue You and I Espinoza 118 3-17 ESPN 7-8 p.m. San Felipe S., Rebel S., Tampa Bay Derby, Gotham S. 3-24 ESPN 5-6 p.m. DID YOU KNOW... Lane=s End S., Rushaway S. In Kentucky, when horse owners 3-31 ABC 2:30-4:30 p.m. purchase supplies, such as UAE Derby, Dubai World Cup feed, tack and equipment, they 4-7 ESPN 4-5 p.m. pay a 6% tax. Cows, hogs, Wood Memorial chickens, ducks and even 4-14 ESPN 5-6 p.m. llamas are not taxed. This equals Toyota Blue Grass S., Commonwealth S. approximately $7 million annually that horse farmers pay. 4-21 ESPN2 6-7 p.m. KEEP is working to right this wrong. Coolmore Lexington S., Federico Tesio S. 5-3 ESPN2 3-4 p.m. Do your part and support KEEP. www.horseswork.com Triple Crown Special FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2007 SUPER FROLIC RETURNS TO TRAINING Graded stakes winner Super Frolic (Pine Bluff), originally ex- pected to begin his stud career this year at Millennium Farms, has instead been returned to training with Steve 2:56p 5th-GP, $44K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m Asmussen. AHe was going to get a good crop of foals, HRTV LOST ETIQUETTE (Lost Soldier), a $30K KEENOV but we felt the numbers still wouldn=t give him his best weanling, debuted with a good second-place finish going chance to succeed as a sire,@ explained Millennium one mile at Belmont last September, but hasn’t been heard Farms Controller Jay Ted Neel. AWe=re talking to several from since. Half to MGSW Zakocity sports a solid Palm Mid-Atlantic stallion operations who are interested in Meadows worktab for her sophomore bow and gains the standing him after this racing season.@ The seven-year- services of Edgar Prado. brisnet.com pps old has earned over $1.3 million in five seasons of racing. He won the 2005 GII Hawthorne Gold Cup H., 4:25p 7th-FG, $46K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT was second in the 2006 GII Californian S. and 2004 TVG William S. Farish homebred DRESS UNIFORM (Red GIII Spend a Buck H.