FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI DONN HANDICAP Arnaud Curty=S Soneva (Cherokee Run), Never Too Far from the Front, Held Off a Belated Dash from Godolphin=S
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SPRING AT LAST won the 2008 Grade I DONN H. defeating GI winners Einstein, Daaher & Brass Hat SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. SONEVA TAKES CAPE VERDI AT MEYDAN FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI DONN HANDICAP Arnaud Curty=s Soneva (Cherokee Run), never too far from the front, held off a belated dash from Godolphin=s Aspectoflove (Ire) (Danetime {Ire}) to claim the G3 Cape Verdi, Friday=s feature at Meydan Racecourse. Heroine of the G3 Prix d=Aumale during her juvenile season, the dark bay ran fifth in the G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches in May, and later secured the G3 Prix de Lieurey at Deauville Aug. 13. She MANY ANGLES POINT TO QUALITY IN DONN concluded her tenure Today=s GI Donn H. has been used as a springboard to under Yves Nicolay with Horse of the Year honors by such horses as Cigar a 13th-place finish in (1995, 1996), Skip Away (1998), Saint Liam (2005) the G1 Prix de la Foret and Invasor (Arg) (2007). While another calendar year at Longchamp Oct. 3. will pass before we name the next champion of champi- Tucked in on the rail in Soneva (middle) goes for home in the ons, Edward Evans=s Quality Road (Elusive Quality) has fourth as Synergy (Fr) Cape Verdi Andrew Watkins a lot going for him as he looks for his fourth win from (Victory Note {Fr}) five appearances at showed the way, Soneva was angled out by Christophe Gulfstream Park. The Soumillon in the straight. The four-year-old poked her reigning GII Fountain of head in front with 100 meters remaining, and the wire Youth and GI Florida came just in time to give trainer Marco Botti his first Derby hero, the Carnival victory. AObviously we are delighted with that homebred returned from and we now know she handles the faster ground,@ the well-chronicled foot victorious conditioner told Racing Post. AI will have to issues--which precluded talk to the owners but the [Feb. 25 G3] Balanchine is a trip down the Triple the logical next race,@ he added. Click for the Racing Crown trail--to take the Post chart or the Emirates Racing video. Quality Road Adam Coglianese GII Amsterdam S. in Saratoga track-record time in August. He was third to Eclipse Award winner Summer Bird (Birdstone) in the GI Shadwell Travers S. later that month and runner-up to that foe in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup in October before blowing a gasket in the gate at the Breeders= Cup. After deciding to pass on the GI Hill >n= Dale Cigar Mile H. in late No- vember, the colt was sent south to prepare for the GIII Hal=s Hope H. Jan. 3. On the pace throughout, Quality Road turned back all challenges and was ridden out to score by 2 3/4 lengths. AI thought the Hal's Hope was a good comeback and we were finally able to put all the negativity of the Breeders' Cup behind us," trainer Todd Pletcher told Daily Racing Form. AIt didn't appear to be an overtaxing race on him and he's trained exactly like we wanted him to after that with three breezes and multiple gate-schooling sessions. He'll be giving away some fairly significant weight to some awfully nice horses on Saturday, but I anticipate him to go over and run his 'A' race.@ Quality Road has breezed three times since the Hal=s Hope, including an easy half-mile move in :49 3/5 at Palm Meadows Jan. 31. Donn H. cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/6/10 • PAGE 2 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Donn H. cont. Millionaires Row... The Donn has attracted two battle-tested millionaires in addition to Quality Road. Dry Martini (Slew Gin Fizz) bankrolled over half of his career earnings of $1.2 mil- lion in 2009, his most important and valuable success coming in the GII Subur- ban H. over 10 furlongs July 4. Given his appar- ent affinity for distances of a mile and an eighth and beyond, his running- on fourth-place effort be- hind Duke of Mischief (Graeme Hall) in the off- the-turf GIII Fort Lauder- Dry Martini Adam Coglianese dale S. over Gulfstream=s one-turn mile merits respect. He was beaten just two lengths when all was said and done and the extra real estate and the prospects of a more legitimate pace work in his favor today. Six-year-old Delightful Kiss (Kissin Kris) is another who would benefit from some speed up front. Never worse than third in four tries in Hallandale, including a score in the 2009 Hal=s Hope, the gray returned from a February layoff to finish a hard-charging third to Cool Coal Man (Mineshaft) in a seven-furlong allowance Jan. 22. The quick turnaround is a bit of a concern, but he is a horse that is easy on himself and can make some 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com noise late. Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:31 p.m. EST DONN H.-GI, $500,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Kiss the Kid Hardacre Farm LLC Jayeff B Stables-KY Tarrant 6-1 (h, 7, Lemon Drop Kid--Black Tie Kiss, by Danzig) Castro 2 You and I Forever Edmund A Gann Edmund A Gann-KY Ma Wolfson 12-1 (h, 5, A.P. Indy--You, by You and I) Trujillo 3 Duke of Mischief A & J Lieblong, M McMaster & D Fawkes Marilyn McMaster-FL Fawkes 5-1 (c, 4, Graeme Hall--My Lady Amelia, by Real Courage) Coa 4 Quality Road Edward P. Evans Edward P. Evans-VA Pletcher 7-5 (c, 4, Elusive Quality--Kobla, by Strawberry Road {Aus}) Velazquez 5 Dry Martini Carol Nyren Carol & Marty Hershe-FL Tagg 12-1 (g, 7, Slew Gin Fizz--Jon’s Kimberly, by Criminal Type) Castellano 6 Past the Point Darley Stable Sequel 2001-KY McLaughlin 10-1 (r, 6, Indian Charlie--Bit of the Bubbly, by A.P. Indy) Prado 7 Helsinki Four Roses Thoroughbreds WinStar Farm LLC-KY Dutrow Jr 20-1 (h, 6, Distorted Humor--Well Dressed, by Notebook) Albarado 8 Mambo Meister Quantum Racing Team #1 LLC J. R. Cavanaugh-KY Gleaves 6-1 (g, 5, King Cugat--Bleu’slittlesecret, by Desert Secret {Ire}) Desormeaux 9 Dubai Gold Mr. Amore Stable Rae & Bob Horton-KY Ja Servis 30-1 (g, 7, Deputy Commander--Silky Finish, by A.P. Indy) Lezcano 10 Delightful Kiss P.A.R.J. Stable Hobeau Farm Ltd.-FL Anderson 8-1 (g, 6, Kissin Kris--Deputy’s Delight, by French Deputy) Leyva Click for the brisnet.com PPs TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/6/10 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Today’s Graded Stakes brought to you by Click for TV 12:15a C. F. Orr S.-G1, CAU (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 5:02p Gulfstream Park Turf H.-GI, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 5:03p Las Virgenes S.-GI, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 5:31p Donn H.-GI, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 6:00p Suwannee River S.-GIII, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 7:07p Robert B. Lewis S.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 7:38p Strub S.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV All Times Eastern Standard Time. Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. First Foal for Grade II Winner J Be K! Click here for more... P P R E V I E W S P Saturday, Caulfield, Australia, post time: 12:15 a.m. EST SPORTINGBET C. F. ORR S.-G1, A$400,000, 3yo/up, 1400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 7 Viewed (Aus) Scenic (Ire) Arnold B Cummings 2 9 Shocking (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Rodd Kavanagh 3 8 Zipping (Aus) Danehill Hall Hickmott 4 4 Sniper’s Bullet (Aus) Bite the Bullet N Rawiller Bartley 5 3 Sirmione (Aus) Encsta de Lgo (Aus) Dunn B Cummings 6 6 Heart of Dreams (Aus) Show a Heart (Aus) Newitt Price 7 5 Littorio (Aus) Bellotto Williams Blackiston 8 2 Danzylum (Aus) Danzero (Aus) Allen Griffiths 9 10 Raffaello (Aus) Encsta de Lgo (Aus) King Marconi 10 1 Typhoon Tracy (Aus) Red Ransom Nolen Moody All carry 130 poounds, bar Typhoon Tracy, 126. Typhoon Tracy should be a warm item to beat the boys this afternoon. As low as 3-5 on some ante-post markets, the four-year-old, seven for 10 lifetime, looks to take her winning streak to three. She enters this test off scores in the G2 Tristarc S. over course and dis- tance Oct. 17 and in the G1 Myer S. over 1600 meters Oct. 31. Sniper=s Bullet has been scratched from the Orr according to trainer Tracey Bartley. AIt looks like he has an infection of some sort,@ Bartley told Australian Asso- ciated Press. AIt=s not worth running the risk, I don=t want to risk flattening him first-up.@ Sniper=s Bullet was the toast of Western Australia earlier this season, with wins back-to-back in the Nov. 21 Railway S. and the Dec. 5 Kingston Town Classic. J Watch Out for “TDN Rising Stars” J Stars of tomorrow grabbing the spotlight today... TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/6/10 • PAGE 4 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Black-Type Previews cont. Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:02 p.m. EST GULFSTREAM PARK TURF H.-GI, $300,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Le Grand Cru Dynaformer Lezcano H Jerkens 12-1 2 Yate’s Black Cat Black Minnaloushe Desormeaux Romans 6-1 3 Court Vision Gulch Albarado Dutrow Jr 8-5 4 Never on Sunday (Fr) Sunday Break (Jpn) Bravo Biancone 2-1 5 Take the Points Even the Score Prado Pletcher 3-1 6 Adagio (GB) Grand Lodge Velasquez Dutrow Jr 12-1 Court Vision went a very close third in this event 12 months back, going down by just 3/4 of a length to Kip Deville (Kipling) in a swiftly run affair.