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SPLENDID BLENDED GETS BACK ON HEADLINE TRACK...p4 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, MARCH 19, 2006 A UNANIMOUS VERDICT FOR LAWYER RON A BATTLING FINISH IN SAN FELIPE Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) stamped himself a Kentucky A.P. Warrior (A.P. Indy) outgamed Point Determined Derby contender with a decisive (Point Given) to earn his first graded score in the GII victory in the GIII Rebel S. at San Felipe S. at Santa Anita yesterday. The dark bay Oaklawn Park yesterday after- closed from the middle of the pack to get to the front noon. The chestnut colt had at the eighth pole, then fought off a resurgent runner- wired the field in his last four up to take it by a half-length. The winner goes next in starts, taking the Jan. 14 GIII the Apr. 8 GI Santa Anita Derby. San Felipe S. cont. p2 Risen Star S. by 8 1/4 lengths and the Feb. 25 Southwest S. HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW? by 3/4 of a length, but he He was let go at 36-1, but Like Now (Jules) led them changed tactics this time. The from gate to wire to win yesterday’s GIII Gotham S. at Bob Holthus trainee rated well Lawyer Ron Coady Photography Aqueduct by a neck. Making his off the pace before charging first start beyond six furlongs, the down the center of the track to best stablemate Red bay gelding dashed off fractions of Raymond (Deputy Commander) by three lengths. “I just :23.25, :47.78 and 1:12.30. Keyed followed instructions,” jockey John McKee said. “He Entry (Honour and Glory), the 8-5 did the rest. In the stretch he really kicked it in...he second choice, tracked him through- kept his mind on business and so did I.” Rebel cont. p2 out, but couldn’t get to him in the Click for the brisnet.com chart or the Video, sponsored final yards and had to settle for sec- by Taylor Made. Like Now A Coglianese ond. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is convinced that his charge will go Saturday, Oaklawn Park even farther than the mile and a sixteenth of the REBEL S.-GIII, $300,000, OPX, 3-18, 3yo, 1 1/16m, Gotham. “We will definitely keep taking the steps to- 1:44, ft. ward the Kentucky Derby and run in the Wood Memo- 1--LAWYER RON, 122, c, 3, by Langfuhr rial [GI, Apr. 8 at Aqueduct] next,” McLaughlin said. 1st Dam: Donation, by Lord Avie Click for the brisnet.com chart or the Video, sponsored 2nd Dam: Reddy Change, by Mr. Redoy by Taylor Made. Gotham cont. p3 3rd Dam: Coin Changer, by Rambunctious O-Estate of James T Hines Jr; B-James T Hines Jr DEPUTY GLITTERS SHINES AT TAMPA (KY); T-Robert E Holthus; J-J McKee; $180,000. Bluegrass Cat (Storm Cat) got the better of Deputy Lifetime Record: 13-6-1-3, $620,008. Glitters (Deputy Commander) in the Feb. 18 Sam F. 2--Red Raymond, 117, c, 3, Deputy Commander--Win Davis S., but the Joseph LaCombe Right Now, by Waquoit. ($7,500 yrl '04 KEESEP). homebred turned the tables in the GIII O-Thomas W Franks; B-William H Fires (KY); T-Robert Tampa Bay Derby yesterday afternoon. E Holthus; $60,000. Jockey Jose Lezcano rated Deputy 3--Steppenwolfer, 118, c, 3, Aptitude--Wolfer, by Wolf Glitters in second as 65-1 Winnies Ti- Power (SAf). ($25,000 yrl '04 KEESEP; $375,000 ger Too (Wheaton) strolled through six 2yo ‘05 OBSAPR). O-Lawana L & Robert E Low; furlongs in 1:13.43. The bay colt took B-Nursery Place & Partners (KY); T-Daniel C Peitz; Van Minos/T Cooley control as they raced past the eighth $30,000. pole and was kept to the task to beat 2-5 Bluegrass Cat Margins: 3, NK, NK. Odds: 1.80, 22.80, 2.70. by two lengths. The runner-up may have had an ex- Also Ran: Well Said, Film Fortune, Nob Hill Deelite, cuse, however--he lost his right front shoe during the Private Vow, Music School, Kip Deville, Travelin Leroy. race. Tampa Bay Derby cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/19/06 • PAGE 2 of 8 Rebel S. cont. Saturday, Santa Anita Case Closed... SAN FELIPE S.-GII, $250,000, SAX, 3-18, 3yo, The 9-5 favorite in quest of his fifth consecutive vic- 1 1/16m, 1:42 2/5, ft. tory, Lawyer Ron bided his time in fifth down the back- 1--@#A. P. WARRIOR, 119, c, 3, by A.P. Indy stretch. He edged closer on the far turn, then kicked it 1st Dam: Warrior Queen (Co. Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 5-6f, Hwt into gear down the lane and widened to the wire in a 3yo Filly-GB, at 5-7f, SW-Ire & GSP-GB), by Quiet American solid performance. Trainer Bob Holthus, winning the 2nd Dam: Call Me Fleet, by Afleet race for the fifth time, said, “He was a little far back 3rd Dam: Ocean's Answer, by Northern Answer early, but we didn’t know how fast they would be ($1,300,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). O-Stan E Fulton; B-Jim going up front. Once our colt made the big move and Fleming (KY); T-John A Shirreffs; J-C S Nakatani; got to the lead, I knew it was all over.” The winner $150,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0, $287,185. goes next in the Apr. 15 GII Arkansas Derby. Private 2--Point Determined, 116, c, 3, Point Given--Merengue, Vow (Broken Vow), making his first start since winning by Broad Brush. ($290,000 yrl '04 KEESEP; the Nov. 26 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., pressed the $750,000 2yo ‘05 BESMAR). O-Estate of Robert B early pace, but faded late to be seventh. “It wasn’t a Lewis & Beverly J Lewis; B-Bowman & Higgins Stable bad race and it is one that will help him,” trainer Steve & Robert N Clay (MD); T-Bob Baffert; $50,000. Asmussen said. “He needed the race and will improve.” 3--Bob and John, 122, c, 3, Seeking the Gold-- Minister's Melody, by Deputy Minister. O/B-Stonerside Stable (KY); T-Bob Baffert; $30,000. Margins: HF, 2, NO. Odds: 7.50, 3.70, 1.00. Also Ran: Racketeer, Refinery, New Joysey Jeff, Simon Pure, Blazing Sunset, Sky Diving. A.P. Warrior got the better of Bob and John when he posted a four-length score in an entry-level allowance test at Santa Anita in November, but raced evenly to be fourth in his next start, the Dec. 17 GI Hollywood Futu- rity. Fourth again in the Jan. 29 GIII El Camino Real Derby at Bay Meadows, he found himself changing www.taylormadefarm.com hands, going to John Shirreffs, the trainer of 2005 GI Kentucky Derby hero Giacomo. Off at 7-1 to improve under new management, the Stan Fulton colorbearer shadowed the frontrunners while racing on the outside. GIII Cicada S. Wild Gams (Forest Wildcat) makes it He went after the leaders as they came out of the turn three in a row in her graded bow. and had daylight on the field at midstretch, but Point GIII Gotham S. Like Now (Jules) leads gate to wire to Determined, living up to his name, came back to make post the upset at 36-1. it close at the wire. “When [Point Determined] came to GII Shirley Jones H. MGISW Splendid Blended me, he pinned his ears and dug in like I thought he (Unbridled’s Song) gets back on track. would,” jockey Corey Nakatani said. “I could not have GIII Rebel S. Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) changes tactics been more pleased with the way he was traveling un- to win his fifth straight. derneath me. He was relaxed. I really think the sky is the limit with this horse. I’m excited.” Click for the GII San Felipe S. A.P. Warrior (A.P. Indy) battles his brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- way into the Triple Crown fray. style pedigree or the Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. www.stonewallstallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/19/06 • PAGE 3 of 8 Saturday, Tampa Bay Saturday, Aqueduct TAMPA BAY DERBY-GIII, $250,000, TAM, 3-18, 3yo, GOTHAM S.-GIII, $200,000, AQU, 3-18, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:44 1/5, ft. 1 1/16m, 1:43, ft. 1--@#DEPUTY GLITTERS, 116, c, 3, by Deputy Commander 1--@LIKE NOW, 116, g, 3, by Jules 1st Dam: Glitters (MSP, $242,289), by Glitterman 1st Dam: Can't Bluff Me, by Pine Bluff 2nd Dam: Bon Adeau, by Private Thoughts 2nd Dam: Coast Along, by Coastal 3rd Dam: Dani's Doll, by Native Royalty 3rd Dam: Unsociable, by Never Bend O/B-Joseph Lacombe Stable Inc (KY); T-Thomas O/B-John Dillon (FL); T-Kiaran P McLaughlin; J-F Jara; Albertrani; J-J Lezcano; $150,000. Lifetime Record: $120,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-0, $213,932. 6-2-1-0, $201,797. 2--Keyed Entry, 120, c, 3, Honour and Glory--Ava 2--Bluegrass Cat, 122, c, 3, Storm Cat--She's a Winner, Knowsthecode, by Cryptoclearance. ($145,000 yrl by A.P. Indy. O/B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Todd A '04 FTKJUL). O-Starlight Stables, Saylor & Lucarelli; Pletcher; $50,000. B-Oakbrook Farm (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $40,000.