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MY TYPHOON storms home in Diana HEADLINE p. 4 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 SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2007 CASE CLOSED! KING FOR A DAY Hines Racing=s Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) had come up Talk of this year=s G1 King George VI and Queen short in his last two outings, but put those memories Elizabeth Diamond S. being a substandard renewal behind him with a track-re- proved misguided as Susan Magnier and Michael Ta- cord setting performance in bor=s Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehill) lit up the $750,000 GI Whitney H. Ascot with a powerhouse performance at Saratoga yesterday. AHe=s in the midsummer jewel. The 5-4 pick, been kind of unlucky not to given the green light by Johnny Murtagh win his last two starts,@ said passing the quarter pole, opened up in winning trainer Todd an instant and had four lengths to spare Pletcher, who previously over Youmzain (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) at the saddled the ill-fated Left line. AYou can compare every year and Bank to win the Whitney in say it was perhaps a shame the Derby Racing Post photo 2002. AYet, his figures were winner wasn=t here, but he can only very impressive.@ Pletcher=s beat what he=s up against,@ Tabor said. AIt was still a main concern was that the very good race in my opinion, and he showed what a Brandon Benson photo handsome chestnut would good horse he is.@ Cont. p3 break from post 11, with a JIM DANDY MAKES SENSE short run to the first turn. AWe were able to get to the Unbeaten Tiz Wonderful (Tiznow) hasn=t faced the first turn and get position, and that was the real key to starter since November, and meets the the race,@ Pletcher added. ANot only to win it, but to likes of Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) win it the way he did and set a new track record, it in today=s GII Jim Dandy S. at was pretty awesome. The Whitney, historically, is such Saratoga. But trainer Steve Asmussen a great race.@ Pacesetter Wanderin Boy (Seeking the is eager to see where his colt fits. AWe Gold) stayed on gamely for second over the rallying feel that if he has any shot in the [GI] A Coglianese photo second-choice Diamond Stripes (Notebook). Cont. p2 Travers [Aug. 25], which his ability Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com warrants, this is the only prep to put him in position,@ catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor he said. Cont. p11 Made. GINGER PUNCH cruises in GI GO FOR WAND....p4 Saturday, Saratoga Race Course WHITNEY H.-GI, $810,000, SAR, 7-28, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:46 3/5 (NTR), ft. 1--sLAWYER RON, 118, c, 4, by Langfuhr 1st Dam: Donation, by Lord Avie 2nd Dam: Reddy Change, by Mr. Redoy 3rd Dam: Coin Changer, by Rambunctious O-Hines Racing LLC; B-James T Hines Jr (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez; $450,000. Lifetime Record: 23-11-3-4, $2,340,008. 2--Wanderin Boy, 117, h, 6, Seeking the Gold--Vid Kid, by Pleasant Colony. O-Stone Farm; B-Arthur B Hancock III (KY); T-Nicholas P Zito; $150,000. 3--Diamond Stripes, 116, g, 4, Notebook--Romantic Summer, by On to Glory. ($95,000 wlng '03 KEENOV; $340,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). O-Four Roses Thoroughbreds; B-Mr & Mrs Samuel H Rogers Jr (FL); T-Richard E Dutrow, Jr; $75,000. Margins: 4 3/4, 1, 1 3/4. Odds: 5.50, 29.00, 5.00. Also Ran: Fairbanks, Dry Martini, Magna Graduate, Flashy Bull, Brass Hat, Papi Chullo, Sun King, Awesome Twist. Scratched: Student Council. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/29/07 • PAGE 2 of 12 Lawyer Ron Romps in the Whitney cont. Despite breaking from post 11, Lawyer Ron came A multiple graded-stakes winner for trainer Bob over and raced three wide in third as Wanderin Boy Holthus last spring, Lawyer Ron was turned over to showed the way through honest splits of :23.86, Todd Pletcher at the end of 2006. He opened 2007 :47.37 and 1:10.28. He drew closer on the far turn, with a win at Gulfstream Feb. 11 and followed that took aim on the pacesetter with a scintillating score in the GII Oaklawn H. Apr. 7, approaching the eighth pole an effort which stamped him as one of the top older and spurted clear to an au- horses in the country. However, he finished third as the thoritative score. The future favorite in the GI Metropolitan H. May 28, and came up Stonewall stallion now has a neck short as the 1-10 chalk in the GIII Salvator Mile an automatic spot in the GI at Monmouth June 23. Pletcher said there were ex- Breeders= Cup Classic since cuses for both. AI really felt like this horse should be the Whitney is part of the undefeated this year,@ Pletcher said. AHe was unlucky in Win and You re In Chal- A = Adam Coglianese photo the Met Mile and drew the one-hole going a mile. He lenge,@ but Pletcher has yet was stuck down inside and had to make a wide move to decide how the colt will get to Monmouth. AWe=ll on a track that may not have been to his liking. At look at the [GI] Woodward [Sept. 1 at Saratoga] if he Monmouth last time, the track was just so crazy bounces out of this well,@ Pletcher said. AObviously, we speed-biased, he ran a great race.@ want to go to the Breeders= Cup Classic, and we want to figure out the best way to do it.@ Pletcher also sad- dled Fairbanks (Giant=s Causeway) and favored Magna Graduate (Honor Grades) yesterday; they finished fourth and sixth, respectively. AI thought Fairbanks hung in there fairly gamely,@ said the Eclipse Award- The fastest gun in the East, West, North, and South winning conditioner. AMagna Graduate got stuck in Winner of an Eclipse Award & the between horses down the lane, and he=s done his best $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) running when he=s been able to get in the clear. There wasn=t a bad effort by either of the other two.@ Flashy Look for his first crop yearlings at Saratoga Select Bull (Holy Bull) had a four-race winning streak coming Hip #s 6, 35, 61, 93, 99, 110, 131, 143, 181 into the Whitney, but the GI Stephen Foster H. hero looked uncomfortable on the rail on the far turn and wound up seventh. GI Whitney H. Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) seals the deal impressively. WHITNEY/ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERS GI Diana S. My Typhoon (Ire) (Giant=s Causeway) Year Winner Trainer Award gets her Grade I. 2006 Invasor (Arg) McLaughlin HOY, Older Horse GI Go for Wand H. Ginger Punch (Awesome Again) 2002 Left Bank Pletcher Older Horse pulls away in the final furlong. 2000 Lemon Drop Kid Schulhofer Older Horse GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. Diabolical (Artax) comes 1999 Victory Gallop Walden Older Horse from just off a hot pace. 1990 Criminal Type Lukas HOY, Older Horse GII Washington Park H. Lewis Michael (Rahy), a full 1988 Personal Ensign McGaughey Older Female to Dreaming of Anna, wins by daylight. 1986 Lady=s Secret Lukas HOY, Older Female GII San Clemente H. Passified (GB) (Compton Place 1984 Slew o= Gold Hertler Older Horse {GB}) rallies for her first graded victory. 1972 Key to the Mint Burch 3-Year-Old Success is our Driving Force STRIKE A DEAL A tremendously brave performance in the $1 Million Virginia Derby-G2, beaten a nostril in course-record time of 1:59.62. Congratulations to owner Richard Santulli and trainer Alan Goldberg Purchased for $350,000 at KeeSep 2005 P Lifetime Record: 7-3-3-0, Earnings $489,765 Tel: (859) 223-2500 • Mobile: (859) 621-8546 • www.mikeryanbloodstock.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/29/07 • PAGE 3 of 12 Saturday, Ascot, Britain KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH S.-G1, ,750,000, Ascot, 7-28, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:31.11, gd/sf. 1--DYLAN THOMAS (IRE), 133, c, 4, by Danehill 1st Dam: Lagrion, by Diesis (GB) 2nd Dam: Wrap It Up (Ire), by Mount Hagen (Fr) 3rd Dam: Doc Nan, by Francis S. O-Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Tower Bloodstock; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Johnny Murtagh; ,425,580. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 11-14f, Co. Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 14f+, MG1SW-Ire, G1SW-Fr, 15-8-3-1, ,2,040,774. *1/2 to Queen=s Logic (Ire) (Grand Lodge), Ch. 2yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eng, G1SW- Eng, $288,571. 2--Youmzain (Ire), 133, c, 4, Sinndar (Ire)--Sadima (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells. (30,000gns yrl >04 TATOCT). O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Frank Dunne; T-Mick Channon; ,161,400. 3--Maraahel (Ire), 133, h, 6, Alzao--Nasanice (Ire), by Nashwan. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd; T-Sir Michael Stoute; ,80,775. Margins: 4, 3HF, HF. Odds: 5-4, 12-1, 6-1. Also Ran: Laverock (Ire), Scorpion (Ire), Sergeant Cecil (GB), Prince Flori (Ger). Dylan Thomas, who stormed to an impressive suc- cess in the G1 Irish Derby at The Curragh last July, overturned Ouija Board (GB) in the G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown in September before faltering on the dirt at Belmont Park in New York.