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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII SAM F. DAVIS STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA, TAKE TWO Last Saturday=s card at Santa Anita was washed out when the Arcadia area received over three inches of rain in a 24-hour period, and three graded stakes have been brought back today. Multiple Grade I winner Blind Luck (Pollard=s Vision) is still the headliner in the GI Las Virgenes, while the GII Robert B. Lewis continues to feature a clash between two sons of Tiznow, American Lion and Tiz YOU’RE A GOOD COLT, UPTOWNCHARLYBROWN Chrome. American Lion, a stylish Today=s GIII Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Downs maiden winner at Keeneland Oct. 18, features a number of three-year-olds testing their cre- looked a bit green when he added a dentials for the Classics. Fantasy Lane Stable=s un- score in the GIII Hollywood Prevue S. Blind Luck beaten Uptowncharlybrown (Limehouse), a colt whose Nov. 21. The Benoit photo fan page on Facebook grows rescheduled Lewis will mark his daily, will be stretching out to a first attempt at two turns. route for the first time. A nine- Trainer Eoin Harty termed the length winner of his career bow delay Aa minor inconvenience.@ over the tricky Tampa surface Harty added, AYou=ve got to go Dec. 26, the chestnut dashed two turns for the first time at away from his rivals in the American Lion some point, so this is it for him. seven-furlong Pasco S. Benoit photo But you never know if they can Jan. 16, and trainer Alan be successful until they do it.@ Seewald is looking to see some more from his charge this after- Las Virgenes p3 Robert B. Lewis S. p5 noon. AThis race really means a lot to us," Seewald told Daily RACHEL Round-Up.................p8 Racing Form. "It's a perfect Uptowncharlybrown in 2007 stepping stone for him going facebook.com into the [GIII] Tampa Bay Derby [Mar. 13], and it's most impor- tant that he runs well and gets a lot out of the race. If he happens to win, all the better." Seewald added, AI really wish I had a two-turn race under his belt, but I didn't have time. He's taking a lot on making the third start of his life in seven weeks. It's a big jump he's trying to accomplish. But he's very rateable, and has all the makings of a horse who will run all day. One thing he does have in his favor is two races over this track, although even that's no replacement for the experience some of the others have." For more on Uptowncharlybrown, see Take Two, p11 Eric Fein has owned or co-owned a pair of colts that hit the board in the last two runnings of the Sam F. Davis, Big Truck (Hook and Ladder) and Musket Man (Yonaguska), before capturing the Tampa Bay Derby. This year=s model is Schoolyard Dreams (Stephen Got Even), who will add blinkers after capturing a local allowance going a mile and 40 yards Jan. 9. Fein is partners with Anthony Mitola in the bay colt. Cont. p2 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/13/10 • PAGE 2 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sam F. Davis S. cont. Rule of Law... WinStar Farm, which has American Lion (Tiznow) running later today in the GII Robert B. Lewis S. at Santa Anita, will be ably represented by Rule (Roman Ruler) at Tampa Bay. Produced by a half-sister to 2003 GI Ken- tucky Derby hero Funny Cide (Distorted Humor), the dark bay closed out his juvenile campaign with a determined score in the rich GIII Delta Jackpot S. Dec. 4, thereby giving his connections the luxury of plotting out the Todd Pletcher perfect timetable to the first Sat- Equi-Photo urday in May. "Obviously, by already having enough graded earnings, we don't have to push as much and we've got a margin for error should something happen where he doesn't run well in one of these preps," trainer Todd Pletcher told DRF. AIt certainly takes the pressure off having to win. What we're looking for here is a good comeback without him overdoing it while gradually building him up for a peak performance, hopefully, on Derby Day." SAM F. DAVIS S. - RECENT WINNERS Yr Winner Sire Trainer Time ‘09 General Quarters Sky Mesa Miller 1:43.54 www.airdriestud.com ‘08 Fierce Wind Dixie Union Zito 1:44.13 ‘07 Any Given Saturday Distorted Humor Pletcher 1:44.27 ‘06 Bluegrass Cat Storm Cat Pletcher 1:44.17 ‘05 Andromeda's Hero Fusaichi Pegasus Zito 1:46.63 ‘04 Kaufy Mate Diligence Ziadie 1:44.60 ‘03 White Buck Thats Our Buck Paradise 1:45.47 ‘02 Bunk N Ted Belong to Me Wirth 1:49.86 ‘01 Burning Roma Rubiano Giglio 1:45.20 Schoolyard Dreams upgraded to Grade III in 2009 Rule Coady Photo Tom Cooley photo Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 4:52 p.m. EST SAM F. DAVIS S.-GIII, $225,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Rule WinStar Farm LLC WinStar Farm LLC-KY Pletcher 8-5 (c, Roman Ruler--Rockcide, by Personal Flag) Velazquez 2 Schoolyard Dreams Eric Fein & Anthony Mitola John E Little-KY Ryan 6-1 (c, Stephen Got Even--Hear This, by Prospector’s Music) Velasquez 3 Tristen’s Mambo Dell Ridge Farm John Cornish-KY Carwood 20-1 (g, Arch--Mambo Chatte, by Kingmambo) Goncalves 4 Middle of the Nite West Point Thoroughbreds Darley/L R King/H P King Jr-KY Albertrani 9-2 (c, Offlee Wild--A Loose Kisser, by Kissin Kris) Prado 5 Silver Craft Charles Galli Charles Galli-KY Reinstedler 8-1 (c, Value Plus--Crafty Casa, by Crafty Prospector) Castanon 6 Uptowncharlybrown Fantasy Lane Stable Juan Bruno & Rose Hill Farm-KY Seewald 2-1 (c, Limehouse--La Iluminada, by Langfuhr) Centeno 7 African Moon Savoy Stable LLC John & Kim Glenney-KY Bennett 15-1 (c, Johannesburg--Mi Luna Nueva, by El Prado {Ire}) Lopez Click for the brisnet.com PPs P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 2/13/10 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 5:03 p.m. EST Today’s Graded Stakes LAS VIRGENES S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo, f, 1m (AWT) brought to you by PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Blind Luck Pollard’s Vision Bejarano Hollendorfer 1-2 2 Evening Jewel Northern Afleet Espinoza Cassidy 8-1 3 Crisp El Corredor Rosario Sadler 4-1 4 Switch Quiet American T Baze Sadler 6-1 5 La Nez Storm Creek Smith Kruljac 8-1 6 Summer Games Limehouse M Baze Dominguez 20-1 Blind Luck, winner of the GI Oak Leaf S. Oct. 4, Click for TV couldn=t quite finish off her race in the GI Breeders= Cup 4:12p Hurricane Bertie S.-GIII, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Juvenile Fillies and dropped a 3/4-length decision to 4:52p Sam F. Davis S.-GIII, TAM (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG champion She Be Wild (Offlee Wild). The one-time 5:03p Las Virgenes S.-GI, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV claimer overturned that effort with an exclamation 5:14p GP Sprint Chmp. S.-GII, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV point, posting a stunning seven-length triumph in the 5:25p Endeavour S.-GIII, TAM (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG GI Hollywood Starlet S. Dec. 20, and breaks from the 6:05p Robert B. Lewis S.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV rail in this redrawn affair. Crisp earned “TDN Ris- 7:07p Santa Maria H.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV J ing Star” 7:38p Strub S.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV J status off her adventurous maiden score Eastern Standard Time at Hollywood Dec. 10, then validated that performance Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. with a one-length victory from Evening Jewel in the Jan. 10 GIII Santa Ysabel S. Trainer John Sadler knows GSW & Classic-placed DENIS OF CORK he faces a daunting task this afternoon. ARacing against to Stand at Vinery in Summerfield, Florida Blind Luck is challenging in the sense that she=s the Click here for more... second-best three-year-old on the West Coast,@ he explained. AThe first one is Lookin at Lucky (Smart P P R E V I E W S P Strike). We=re up against it, but you=ve got to get them started.@ www.hillndalefarms.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 2/13/10 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:07 p.m. EST Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:38 p.m. EST SANTA MARIA H.-GII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, STRUB S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo, 1 1/8m (AWT) 1 1/16m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Misremembered Candy Ride (Arg) Espinoza Baffert 2-1 1 My Baby Baby Bernstein Solis McPeek 12-1 2 Massone Menifee Rosario McAnally 12-1 2 Pretty Unusual Unusual Heat Atkinson Abrams 8-1 3 Viscount Orientate Gomez Baffert 8-1 3 St Trinians (GB) Piccolo (GB) Rosario Mitchell 5-2 4 Gallant Son Malabar Gold Solis Lucarelli 20-1 4 Mushka Empire Maker D’meaux Mott 4-1 5 Jeranimo Congaree Garcia Pender 8-1 5 Zardana (Brz) Crimson Tide (Ire) Espinoza Shirreffs 6-1 6 Heavenly Wind Heavenly Search T Baze Hess Jr 20-1 6 Once Upon a Grace (Ire) Spinning World Talamo Cecil 30-1 7 Acclamation Unusual Heat Flores Warren 10-1 7 Czechers Indian Charlie Sutherland Glatt 20-1 8 Rendezvous Victory Gallop Bejarano Hollendorfer 8-1 8 Life Is Sweet Storm Cat Gomez Shirreffs 8-5 9 Eagle Poise Empire Maker Leparoux Mott 9-2 9 Spring Style (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Scratched Scratched Scr 10 Smart Bid Smart Strike Smith Motion 4-1 Life Is Sweet, last seen posting an eye-catching win Misremembered put together an outstanding three- over Mushka in the GI Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at year-old season for breeder and trainer Bob Baffert, Santa Anita Nov.