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You Can Also Pick up a Copy of the TDN Today at Saratoga Race THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here QUEEN’S RULES BEHOLDER FACES NINE IN PACIFIC CLASSIC As if the withdrawal of Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) Two-time Eclipse champion Beholder (Henny Hughes) did not provide enough of a twist to the plot ahead of drew post nine and was installed the 5-2 morning-line Wednesday=s G1 Juddmonte International S., the real favorite after a field of 10 was entered Wednesday for drama was still to play out on York=s Knavesmire as the Saturday=s GI TVG Pacific Classic S. at Del Mar. The 5- unheralded 50-1 shot Arabian Queen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) year-old mare will attempt to become the first female to mastered Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) to the win the Pacific Classic. The best female finish in the smell of burning formbooks. Classic came when Paseana was fifth in 1992 and Last seen finishing a well-beaten third without any Byrama was most recently seventh in 2013. obvious excuses in the G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood at AI wasn=t worried about what post position she might the start of the month, Jeff Smith=s 3-year-old filly was draw, I was worried she might not get in because of a left to her own male bias,@ quipped trainer Richard Mandella. devices by the main Beholder carries a four-race win streak into the race, group early and was most recently striding home a seven-length winner of able to build her own the Aug. 1 GI Clement L. Hirsch. pace ahead of the AShe=s a sweetheart in the stall, but when she steps free-going G1 Epsom on the track she becomes a man,@ said jockey Gary Derby and Stevens, who has been aboard for Beholder=s last nine G1 Eclipse S. hero. starts. AI go along for the ride. She puts me where I As the 4-9 favorite want to be, and when I push the button she responds.@ labored past Cont. p3 approaching the Arabian Queen (right) hands furlong pole, she looked booked for an Golden Horn his first loss | Racing Post honorable second, but Silvestre de Sousa was asking for more from Arabian Queen and she proved generous, as her WHERE’S THE POSITIVE? unbeaten rival paid for his early exertions in the last Recently, I reconnected with a good 75 yards. At the line, she had forged an unforgettable friend over lunch. He too works in the and unpredictable neck success from Golden Horn, with Thoroughbred racing industry and has been The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) a very high-profile executive. During our 3 1/4 lengths behind in third as the hold-up horses meeting we spoke openly about issues failed to land a serious blow. AShe=s a filly of the challenging our industry and asked ourselves, what highest class. areas are our positives? I am very happy to say the AShe=s tenacious and loves to battle,@ said trainer positives were plentiful and, while there are negatives, David Elsworth, who saddled another filly in In the none of them seemed insurmountable. Groove (GB) (Night Shift) to win this prestigious affair The current Aevening news model@ of reporting is in 1990. AIf we hadn=t turned up today, they would be designed almost exclusively to bring out our negatives. hailing the favorite as the best horse since Frankel. I most certainly believe that negatives cannot be She=s certain to stay further, her dam won over a mile ignored, for how else would we learn, adapt and and five furlongs. It took me three years to work out change for the better? We live and learn every day, and her best trip, but I worked this one out a bit quicker.@ I am thankful for that. However, we have a tremendous John Gosden was blaming the combination of the number of reasons to be optimistic about this industry. rain, freshness and a lack of strong pace for the Let=s go through an exercise and dissect a few public favorite=s first defeat. media positions to identify the positive: AIn that ground, he overdid it and was too gassy,@ he 1. Headline: Our industry is said to be riddled with explained. Cont. p7 abusive and performance enhancing drugs: Fact: There were 0.5% (869) declared post-race You can also pick up a copy positive tests out of 169,613 horses tested on race day in 2013 (RMTC). Many companies would love to have of the TDN today at their employee drug screen fall below 1%. So why do some within our own industry want to propagate and Saratoga Race Course. misinform our fan base with inaccurate negatives? Same message, different connotation. Cont. p5 IN THIS ISSUE President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley V.P., International Operations: Gary King Lovely Maria Returns [email protected] @garykingTDN EDITORIAL GI Kentucky Oaks winner Lovely Maria (Majesticperfection), [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini looking to rebound from a fifth-place effort in the Managing Editor: Alan Carasso GIII Delaware Oaks, is one of seven sophomore fillies entered Senior Editor: Steve Sherack for Saturday’s GI Alabama S. Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato Lovely Maria | Horsephotos Associate Editor: Justina Severni Associate Editor: Christie DeBernardis Page 4 Assistant Editor: Heather Anderson Storm the Stars Holds On Assistant Editor: Ben Massam ADVERTISING Storm the Stars (Sea the Stars {Ire}) survived a lengthy [email protected] stewards' inquiry to secure a career-best success in Wednesday’s Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Art Director: Lia Kusch G2 Betway Great Voltigeur. "He's tough and hardy, has done Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: extremely well and bounced back very well, so that should put Sarah K. Andrew him spot on [for the St Leger], not so much physically as Storm the Stars | Racing Post Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin mentally,” commented winning trainer William Haggas. Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Page 9 Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry Recorder Wins Acomb CUSTOMER SERVICE [email protected] Dir. of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes The Queen’s Recorder (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) relished the rain-eased conditions to score a 1 1/4-length victory in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Wednesday’s G3 Tattersalls Acomb S. "I liked the turn of Director of IT: Robert Williams foot--he quickened up well, I thought," trainer William Haggas [email protected] said. "He's a very nice type of horse and Frankie said there was a Recorder | Racing Post Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa bit more to come. He's always been a nice horse.” [email protected] Page 9 WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Power of Love International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Thursday's G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks, a ‘Win and You're In' event for the GI Breeders' Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Cup Filly/Mare Turf, should establish a firm pecking order among the middle-distance Sean Cronin & Tom Frary fillies, with the G1 Irish Oaks winner Covert Love (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) bidding to [email protected] solidify her status at the top of the tree following her latest G1 Irish Oaks success. Page 10 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com EST Race Click for TV 9:30a Lowther S.-G2, YOR (Brisnet.com PPs) 10:40a Darley Yorkshire Oaks-G1, YOR (Brisnet.com PPs) Headline News • PAGE 3 of 12 • thetdn.com Thursday•August 20, 2015 FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PACIFIC CLASSIC Beholder Faces Nine in Pacific Classic (cont. from p1) Richard Mandella will also saddle Catch a Flight (Arg) (Giant=s Causeway) in the Pacific Classic. The 5-year- old will break from post seven and was installed the 9-2 second choice on the morning line. He had the services of Hall of Famer Gary Stevens last time out when he scored a dramatic last-gasp victory in the June 25 GII San Diego H., but will be ridden by Flavien Prat in the Classic. East coast invader Red Vine (Candy Ride {Arg}), who broke his maiden over the Del Mar turf two years ago, arrived at the seaside oval Tuesday evening. A 6-1 shot, the Jon and Sarah Kelly runner is coming off a runner-up effort in the July 5 GIII Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park. AThis is a big step up, but it=s also a good opportunity for him and he deserves this shot,@ Lee Vickers, assistant to trainer Christophe Clement, said. Red Vine made his first start on the dirt last December, reeling off three straight victories, including the May 23 Majestic Light S. at the Oceanport oval. His troubled runner-up effort behind Bradester (Lion Heart) in the Salavator Mile was his first defeat on the main track. AWe were hoping to keep him undefeated on dirt, but he had a bit of trouble and it didn=t work out,@ Vickers continued. AThe horse that beat him, Bradester, went on to win the [GII] Monmouth Cup on the day that American Pharoah won the Haskell.@ GI TVG Pacific Classic Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 9:10 p.m. EDT $1 MILLION TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3/up, 1 1/4m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Class Leader K Smart Strike Smith Sadler 124 2 Bailoutbobby K Mizzen Mast Graham O'Neill 124 3 Bayern Offlee Wild Bejarano Baffert 124 4 Hard Aces Hard Spun Espinoza Sadler 124 5 Red Vine Candy Ride (Arg) Rosario Clement 124 6 Imperative K Bernardini Nakatani Baltas 124 7 Catch a Flight (Arg) Giant's Causeway Prat Mandella 124 8 Hoppertunity K Any Given Saturday Garcia Baffert 124 9 Beholder K Henny Hughes Stevens Mandella 119 10 Midnight Storm K Pioneerof the Nile Baze D'Amato 124 Headline News • PAGE 4 of 12 • thetdn.com Thursday•August 20, 2015 Saturday, Saratoga, post time: 6:07 p.m.
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