465 Entries for ‘08 Epsom Derby 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, DECEMBER 15, 2006 SECOND STARLET FOR STUTE? KASTORIA TO DUBAI? Trainer Mel Stute will be looking to win his second GI His Highness the Aga Khan=s Kastoria (Ire) (Selkirk), Hollywood Starlet S. Sunday when he saddles supple- an unlucky runner-up in last Sunday=s G1 Hong Kong mentary entry Quick Little Miss (Freud) in the 1 1/16- Vase, could rematch with the victorious Collier Hill (GB) miles race for juvenile fillies. The 79-year-old condi- (Dr Devious {Ire}) in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic Mar. tioner capped a career year in 1986 when subsequent 31 before heading off to her stud career. AShe=s defi- Breeders= Cup Sprint winner Very nitely going to be covered next year, because she=ll be Subtle won the Starlet. That six and no final decision has been year, Stute also trained champion taken if we can fit in the Sheema three-year-old Snow Chief and Classic or not,@ trainer John Oxx told champion juvenile filly Brave Raj. Racing Post. AI believe she=ll be cov- Quick Little Miss, 10th in the GI ered by Gone West, but after March Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, is Kastoria (outside) 31 would be getting on a bit into the Quick Little Miss Benoit coming off a come-from-behind HKJC.com stud season, so we=ll have to wait win in the seven-furlong Mocca- and see.@ The blaze-faced chestnut sin S. at Hollywood Nov. 19. AI think Quick Little Miss won a trio of staying events in Ireland over the sum- deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Brave mer, capped by a half-length victory in the G1 Irish St Raj, Very Subtle and Buffythecenterfold, another nice Leger S. Sept. 16. She struggled over soft ground filly I trained, and I hope she proves it Sunday,@ Stute when eighth to Collier Hill in the GI Canadian Interna- said. AA couple of newsmen have told me they think tional S. at Woodbine Oct. 22 and was likely the best in she is just a late-running sprinter, but I don=t think so. I the Vase, only to fall just short. AKastoria just had an think she can handle a mile and a sixteenth.@ Preparing unfortunate bump at a crucial stage which cost her the for the Starlet, GIII Miesque S. runner-up Mystic Soul race, I suppose, but the way she ran and the way she (Bahri) worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 Wednesday for finished, she ran a real good race,@ Oxx added. her Cushion Track debut for trainer Jeff Mullins. Stakes-placed Tizthen (Tiznow) blew out three furlongs HALF OURS WINS IN THE FOG for trainer Bill Currin in a bullet :34.60. Under a heavy veil of fog which obscured most of yesterday=s eighth race at Aqueduct yesterday after- Sunday, Hollywood Park noon, Half Ours (Unbridled=s Song) marked his much- HOLLYWOOD STARLET S.-GI, $459,250, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m anticipated return to the races with PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY a workmanlike victory over 4-1 1 Baroness Thatcher Johannesburg Leparoux chance City Attraction (Vicar). Up 2 Tizthen Tiznow Desormeaux with the leading group in the early 3 Betrluckythangood More Than Ready Migliore stages, the grey emerged from the 4 Super Freaky Smart Strike Garcia fog with a narrow advantage and 5 Hucking Hot (GB) Desert Prince (Ire) Valdivia Jr A Coglianese dug in gamely to record his first vic- 6 Quick Little Miss Freud Court tory in seven months. A $625,000 7 Romance is Diane In Excess (Ire) Flores KEESEP yearling purchase in 2004, the colt aired by 8 Down Mr. Greeley Solis 10 3/4 lengths at Keeneland at two before adding a 9 She=s Included Include Espinoza victory in the Three Chimneys Juvenile S. at Churchill 10 High Cholesterol Until Sundown M Baze last May. Sidelined since, the Todd Pletcher trainee was 11 Runway Rosie Include Gomez put up for sale by Aaron and Marie Jones and Barry K 12 Mistical Plan Game Plan Nakatani Schwartz to dissolve their partnership and the Joneses 13 Mystic Soul Bahri Gryder won the day, and the three-year-old colt, with a $6.1- All carry 120 pounds. million final bid at the Keeneland November sale. (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/15/06 • PAGE 2 of 2 G1 Sussex S. N E W S T O D A Y NEW PILOT FOR MASTERPIECE P P winner Court Masterpiece (GB) (Polish Precedent) will be ridden for the first time by Olivier Peslier in Sunday=s 465 ENTERED FOR 2008 EPSOM DERBY The barns inaugural G2 Hanshin Cup over 1400 meters. AIt=s the of Godolphin and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al first time he has ridden him in a race, but he actually Maktoum boast the highest number of entries, with 44 rode a piece of work on him last Tuesday,@ trainer Ed each, among a 465-strong list of possibles of the ,1.25 Dunlop told Racing Post. The six-year-old, who will million 2008 G1 Epsom Derby it was announced retire to stud in Japan, has remained on the island since Wednesday. Among the Godolphin contingent is the his close seventh to Daiwa Major (Jpn) in the G1 Mile $11.7-million Kingmambo colt, who became the second Championship at Kyoto Nov. 19. AEverything has been highest-priced yearling ever sold at public auction when fine,@ Dunlop continued. AHe=s been there five weeks passing through the ring at Keeneland September; a now and has settled in well. Court Masterpiece has a $9.2-million colt from the final crop of Danzig pur- lead horse and three members of our staff to keep him chased at the same venue; and a Pivotal half-brother to company and he had a slight excuse about the ground George Washington (Ire) and Grandera (Ire), bought for last time.@ Court Masterpiece contests the 1400-meter 1.2-million guineas at Tattersalls= October Sale. Sue distance for the first time since taking the 2005 running Magnier has 30 horses entered, plus one in partnership of the G1 Prix de la Foret. AReturning to seven furlongs with Fittocks Stud, while Coolmore associates Michael should suit and they say the track is great,@ Dunlop said. Tabor and Derrick Smith have 15 and nine entries, respectively, making a total of 55. The Coolmore con- UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES tingent includes a Hawk Wing colt out of 1996 Oaks victress Lady Carla, a half-brother to Hawk Wing him- Date Race Track self and a Montjeu (Ire) three-parts brother to last Dec. 16 GI Hollywood Futurity Hollywood year's Oaks heroine Alexandrova. International interest GII La Prevoyante Calder comes in the form of entries from Ireland, France and GII W.L. McKnight Calder Germany, as well as a nine-strong team from Japanese GIII Fred W. Hooper Calder owner Hidetoshi Yamamoto. Yamamoto=s entries in- clude a colt by Red Ransom out of Oaks winner Love GIII Kenny Noe Jr. Calder Divine, the dam of G1 St Leger winner Sixties Icon. Dec. 17 GI Hollywood Starlet Hollywood There are two further entry opportunities for the 2008 GIII Gravesend Aqueduct Vodafone Derby; the Apr. 9, 2008 second stage cost- Dec. 18 GII Dahlia Hollywood ing ,8,000 and the June 2, 2008 supplementary stage Dec. 26 GI Malibu Santa Anita at ,75,000. GIII Sir Beaufort Santa Anita Dec. 30 GI La Brea Santa Anita 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. GIII Frances Genter Calder This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by GIII Stage Door Betty Calder any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the TDN TODAY permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. Headline News.................... 2 pages Point Given Top 2-year-olds everywhere From ten juvenile winners, Point Given has four stakes winners: Last weekend LAWRENCE THE ROMAN romped by 11 lengths in the Damon Runyon at Aqueduct, SEALY HILL is a finalist for champion 2-year-old filly of Canada and POINT ASHLEY won a G1 in California. www.threechimneys.com (859) 873-7053 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2006 PHILLY PARK JOCKEYS TAB LABOR UNION FOR REPRESENTATION by Jason Shandler, courtesy The Blood-Horse In a continuing effort to increase catastrophic 3:26p 5th-FGX, $40K, MSW, 2yo, a1mT on-track accident insurance for riders, Philadelphia Park TVG MAYOR BOZARTH (Deputy Commander) was a huge Jockeys has taken the unprecedented step of affiliating 89-1 bomb when he tried the turf for the first time at itself with a labor union to help resolve the issue. Churchill Nov. 18, but belied his odds that day and ran a Philadelphia Park Jockeys president and longtime rider very good second in a 12-horse field. The Sexton homebred Anthony Black said Dec. 13 the decision to join the will be shorter today. Starwick (Forest Wildcat) is an International Union of Journeyman Allied Trades was interesting runner. The dark bay tired after making a middle necessary because of the lack of progress over the past move on the turn in his bow over Keeneland’s Polytrack eight months. Philadelphia Park currently offers jockeys Oct.