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SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here DAY SIEZED IN BLUE GRASS DEVASTATING DORTMUND WinStar Farm and Stonestreet Stable=s Carpe Diem Dortmund (Big Brown) remained unbeaten with a (Giant=s Causeway) showed the road to Louisville on scintillating 4 1/4-length victory in Saturday=s GI Santa the first Saturday in May can once again run through Anita Derby. Kaleem Shah=s juggernaut now heads to Lexington as he rolled home an easy three-length Louisville with a perfect six-for-six record and a pair of winner of Saturday=s GI Toyota Blue Grass S. at Grade I victories in tow. He will be looking to become Keeneland. AIt was awesome,@ said Stonestreet owner the first unbeaten Barbara Banke. AWe knew we had a great horse. Todd winner of the GI [Pletcher] had him in great shape. I was happy to see Kentucky Derby that he loaded into the gate nicely. He broke well. And since his sire Big then, it was just a matter of Johnny [Velazquez] telling Brown won the him to go at the right time and he went. It was really Roses in 2008. nice race. Like some of the other great horses I have AJust to have a had, he is a fighter and a contender.@ horse in the Santa The 2-5 favorite popped away from the stalls and Anita Derby is a shadowed Ocho Ocho Ocho (Street Sense) through an thrill, but to run this even pace. Ocho Ocho Ocho looked determined and well and win it, is carried a narrow lead into the lane, but Carpe Diem hit unbelievable,@ the gas at the head of the stretch and quickly put the admitted Shah. Kaleem Shah race to bed. Danzig Moon (Malibu Moon) put in a AEver since the San Benoit decent run while four wide on the turn and stayed on Felipe, this has been like March Madness for me. To be for second, ahead of Ocho Ocho Ocho in third. With going to the Kentucky Derby with an undefeated horse the victory, Carpe Diem becomes the first dirt horse to like this and to be compared to horses like Seattle Slew win Keeneland=s GI Breeders= Futurity and Blue Grass and Smarty Jones is just amazing.@ since Round Table achieved the feat in 1956-57. Cont. p4 Trainer Bob Baffert, who will saddle juvenile champion American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in next FINALLY FROSTED week=s GI Arkansas Derby, remained cautiously Godolphin homebred Frosted (Tapit) finally delivered optimistic. AThe feeling is like we=ve been here before; on the promise he showed in last year=s GII Remsen S., just enjoy the moment because the next race is going driving to a two-length victory in Saturday=s GI to be the one,@ Baffert said. AIt=s good to see this horse Twinspires.com Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. An ultra- just really developing the way he has from his first game second despite a start. I just love the way he ran today.@ Cont. p3 pronounced speed bias in last year=s GII Remsen S., the gray colt was 5 1/2 lengths adrift of Upstart (Flatter) when second in the Jan. 24 GII Holy Bull S. He looked en route to certain victory in the Feb. 21 GII Fountain of Youth S. before fading harmlessly to fourth. AThis has been a top, special project for my team, Frosted my brother, the grooms, etc,@ Horsephotos said winning trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. AWe know he has a ton of ability and the last race really made us scratch our heads, asking 'Why?' He would go to the lead and throw his head up and stop. We did everything we could to change everything we possibly could that we thought went wrong, including the jockey just because we were changing everything. It all worked out and it's just a special win for our team and Godolphin because he's a homebred [by Tapit] and it enhances his resume by winning a race like the Wood.@ Cont. p6 AT CASTLETON LYONS FIRST FOALS FOR G1 WINNER filly ex Idols Eye colt ex Winter’s Quest also standing GIO PONTI Inquiries to Stuart Fitzgibbon: 2469 Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511 (859) 455-9222 Fax (859) 455-8892 www.castletonlyons.com IN THIS ISSUE Baffert and Pletcher Own the Day Bill Finley analyzes results from Saturday’s big day of Triple Crown prep races across the country and asks, ‘Is it possible for someone other than Bob Baffert or Todd Pletcher to win this President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord year’s GI Kentucky Derby?’ Seven of the 20 starters will likely [email protected] be either Baffert or Pletcher horses and the top four choices in @barryweisbord the betting could come from those two barns. Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley Dortmund [email protected] @suefinley Benoit Page 7 V.P., International Operations: Gary King [email protected] @garykingTDN Wind Storms to Oaks Win EDITORIAL [email protected] Stellar Wind (Curlin) earned a berth in the May 1 Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini GI Kentucky Oaks with a 5 1/4-length romp in Saturday’s Managing Editor: Alan Carasso GI Santa Anita Oaks. "She really wants more distance," revealed Senior Editor: Steve Sherack winning trainer John Sadler. "This horse has a tremendous Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato Associate Editor: Justina Severni amount of stamina.” Stellar Wind is now three for four with a Associate Editor: Christie DeBernardis pair of graded victories to her credit. 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[email protected] Lovely Maria Dir. of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Coady Photography INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Page 9 Director of IT: Robert Williams [email protected] Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa The Championships Redux [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION The Championships Day 1, postponed due to heavy rain, will now be held Monday at Randwick. The four scheduled Group 1 events include two Win and You’re In Events for International Editor: Kelsey Riley the Breeders’ Cup, the G1 Doncaster Mile and the G1 Darley T J Smith S. [email protected] Assistant Editor: Alix Choppin Page 17 Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com EST Race 10:10a Prix Edmond Blanc-G3, SCL TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/5/15 • PAGE 3 of 18 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AHe=s a big, long-legged horse,@ Baffert continued. AWhen he made the lead and when he gets by himself like that, he=ll idle on you a little bit, so he had to keep going.@ Baffert added that One Lucky Dane also earned a trip to Louisville with his runner-up effort Saturday. AOne Lucky Dane, he=s a good horse,@ Baffert said. AHe showed that last time. This distance is not going to be Devastating Dortmund (cont. from p1) a problem for him. He=ll go to the Derby. He qualified in Dortmund was away with a little stutter step from his Bob Baffert=s eyes [in addition to qualifying points]. I inside post, but recovered quickly and had a narrow don=t need 40 points. They=ve got to qualify in my eyes.@ advantage going into the first turn. Stablemate and >TDN Rising Star= One Lucky Dane (Lookin at Lucky) and Cross the Line (Line of David) chased the 3-5 favorite, but the strapping chestnut always looked to be travelling with supreme ease through fractions of :22.46 and :46.36. Martin Garcia asked Dortmund for more turning for home and the colt lengthened his stride and effortlessly sailed clear down the lane. Perfect in his three tries as a juvenile, including a victory over Firing Line (Line of David) in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity in December, Dortmond narrowly defeated that rival in the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. Feb. 7, and though some thought was given to passing the race, defeated Prospect Park (Tapit) and Bolo (Temple City) last time out in the GII San Felipe S. Mar. 7. AWhen we bought him, he looked like a really good horse, but he was just a big horse, and sometimes they don=t turn out,@ Baffert said of Dortmund, purchased for Dortmund and Kaleem Shah Benoit $140,000 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/5/15 • PAGE 4 of 18 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Santa Anita Park SANTA ANITA DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, SAX, 4-4, 3yo, FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S. 1 1/8m, 1:48 3/5, ft. 1--DORTMUND, 122, c, 3, by Big Brown 1st Dam: Our Josephina (SW & GSP, $190,584), by Tale of the Cat 2nd Dam: Ropa Usada, by Danzig 3rd Dam: Lakeville Miss, by Rainy Lake ($85,000 RNA wnlg '12 KEENOV; $90,000 yrl '13 FTKJUL; $140,000 2yo >14 FTMMAY).