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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here >PHAROAH= RETURNS TO THE TRACK BELARDO FACES GLENEAGLES CHALLENGE Zayat Stables=s GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness There were no surprises as the draw was made for S. hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) returned Satuday=s G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas, with the to the track Thursday for the first time since his May 2 G1 2000 Guineas hero Preakness victory May 16. The bay, who returned to Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) set Churchill Downs Monday where he will train up to the to race from stall two under GI Belmont S. June 6, jogged once around the one-mile Ryan Moore as he bids to Louisville oval with regular exercise rider Jorge Alvarez become the eighth to complete aboard. the Guineas double. One who is "He looked very good, I couldn't be happier," said poised to upset the script is Jimmy Barnes, Bob Baffert's chief assistant. "His Godolphin and Prince Faisal=s energy level is good." Belardo (Ire) (Lope de Vega Barnes added, "We'll go to the track tomorrow and {Ire}), who is looking to rebound Bob [Baffert] will tell me what he wants to do. If he from a disappointing effort when says jog him another day, we'll jog him another day. If eighth in the Apr. 18 he says gallop, then we'll gallop. Bottom line, he is in G3 Greenham S. at Newbury. On charge; I'm just the caretaker of the horse." ground contrasting with the easy American Pharoah is following the same post- surface he encountered when Preakness regiment Baffert employed with his previous winning the G1 Dewhurst S. at Triple Crown hopefuls Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet Newmarket in October, last Gleneagles (1998) and War Emblem (2002). year=s champion 2-year-old never Racing Post "We come back here with all of our Derby horses and threatened in that seven-furlong we usually come back this way," said Barnes. "I'd prep for the Guineas but is re-fitted with the hood in prefer to train here, we're set up here and our barn is which he excelled on Future Champions Day. Trainer here. I mean New York is all right. It's a big track and a Roger Varian is full of hope he can get back on track. sandy track. You get a lot of weather that you get here, AHe did some very nice work on Sunday morning, so but we're comfortable here.@ the plan is to run him on Saturday,@ the conditioner Barnes added, "We had some disappointing years. said. AYou have to keep faith in these horses and you Point Given...I really thought we could have won the can=t write them off after one run, especially as the Triple Crown that year and we didn't win the first one. ground was very quick at Newbury and he just never let But [American Pharoah] fits right in with the best of himself down. He didn=t have a hard race, so he=s a them. He's a pleasure to train, he does everything with fresh horse.@ Cont. p6 ease and he's a big mover. I think probably one of his best assets is how he moves. His action and everything is forward and big." American Pharoah Horsephotos 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 [email protected] @garykingTDN EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini Managing Editor: Alan Carasso Senior Editor: Steve Sherack Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato Associate Editor: Justina Severni Associate Editor: Christie DeBernardis American Pharoah jogging at Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Assistant Editor: Ben Massam Churchill Thursday morning. Reed Palmer ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Art Director: Lia Kusch Jerkens Duo To Run on Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. Andrew Belmont Day Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry The Jimmy Jerkens-trained pair of Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) and Effinex (Mineshaft), last seen finishing CUSTOMER SERVICE third and first, respectively, in the GIII Excelsior S. [email protected] Apr. 25, will make their next starts on the GI Belmont S. Dir. of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Wicked Strong undercard June 6. Horsephotos INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of IT: Robert Williams Page 3 [email protected] Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa Treve Pleases Connections [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Al Shaqab Racing’s dual G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe International Editor: Kelsey Riley victress Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) is “spot on” leading [email protected] up to her seasonal bow in Saint-Cloud’s G3 Prix Corrida May 29, according to trainer Criqutee Head-Maarek. Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary Treve Racing Post [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Page 7 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) ‘Kandi’ Seeks Sweet Victory www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com The Ciaron Maher-trained filly Srikandi (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}), winner of the G2 Victory S., headlines a full field of 16 in Saturday’s G1 Doomben 10,000 in Queensland, Austalia. Her biggest threat comes in the form of G3 Hall Mark S. winner Our Boy Malachi (Aus) (Top Echleon {Aus}). Page 9 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/22/15 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Wicked Strong=s sophomore season ended with the colt throwing rider Rajiv Maragh after clipping heels in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup S. at Belmont Sept. 27. The rangy bay kicked off this term in the Gulfstream Park H. prior to his latest effort in the Excelsior. Tri-Bone Stables=s Effinex will aim for the GII Brooklyn Invitational H. run at the Belmont S. distance of 1 1/2 miles. The dark bay, who was eighth to his JERKENS DUO TO RUN ON BELMONT DAY stablemate in last year=s Wood, is perfect so far this The Jimmy Jerkens-trained duo of Wicked Strong season with a Mar. 27 Aqueduct optional claimer (Hard Spun) and Effinex (Mineshaft) are both eyeing victory to his credit in addition stakes on the GI Belmont S. undercard June 6 for their to the Excelsior. next starts. The pair was last seen in Aqueduct=s "He's been improving slowly GIII Excelsior S. and surely, which is a great Apr. 25, where sign," said Jerkens. "Even Effinex upset his looking at him, the difference heavily favored between now and when he stablemate, who was a 3-year-old, he almost checked in third, looks like he's twice the size, and that's what you want. The with a victory at more he does in open and odds of 6-1. graded company is best for him Centennial Farms=s Effinex in the future to stand as a Chelsea Durand Wicked Strong is stallion. He won going pointing for the 1 1/4 miles [in the Excelsior]; I can't say that he was a GI Metropolitan H., fresh horse at the end, but he fights until the end. Don Little, Jr. (left) leading Wicked Strong where he is likely to into the Aqueduct winner’s circle. When you have a horse with that kind of determination face GI Belmont S. you know anything can happen." Susie Raisher winners Tonalist (Tapit) and Palace Malice (Curlin), as well as MGSW Honor Code (A.P. Indy) and possibly GI Breeders= Cup Classic victor CHRB APPROVES MENU OF SUMMER DATES Bayern (Offlee Wild). Last year=s GI TwinSpires.com By T.D. Thornton Wood Memorial S. and GII Jim Dandy S. hero breezed On Thursday the California Horse Racing Board five furlongs in 1:00.50 (2/22) over the Belmont main approved upcoming racing dates at four tracks that track Thursday morning. extend through Labor Day, but not before several of the "He worked good [Thursday]," said Jerkens. "He's meet applicants--Los Alamitos Race Course and Del Mar going to work again next week. I felt he ran good enough Thoroughbred Club, specifically--were grilled about in Florida, in that mile race [a close fourth to Honor Code finances, marketing initiatives and stabling issues. in the GII Gulfstream Park H. Mar. 7] to think he belongs. Thoroughbred meets at Los Alamitos (July 2-12), the [The Met Mile] is a mile around a big, sloping turn and California Exposition and State Fair at Sacramento he's always run good [at Belmont]. It's always nice to (July 10-26), Del Mar (July 16-Sept 7) and Sonoma run in your backyard if you can. There really isn't County Fair at Santa Rosa (July 30-Aug 16) were all anything that's super ideal at the moment, but it sets unanimously approved pending the filing of routine him up for the summer if he runs [at Saratoga] for the paperwork such as fire inspections, bond deliverances [GI] Whitney [H.] and [GI] Woodward [S.]." and horsemen=s association contracts. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/22/15 • PAGE 4 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com CHRB Approves Menu of Summer Dates cont. ATo answer your question bluntly, we have not But prior to voting on the Los Alamitos license, CHRB implemented anything. We have not placed security member Madeline Auerbach wanted an explanation as cameras in the barn areas,@ McKenzie said. to why the applicant, which she described as being in a Joe Morris, president of the TOC, stepped up to Adeficit situation,@ was budgeting a Avery generous@ clarify that Athe TOC is still committing dollars to [a $350,000 for the July 4 GII Los Alamitos Derby, security plan], and we=re just starting here and moving instead of, say, $250,000.