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State of the Union Ky Senate Kills Gambling Amendment FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII FASIG-TIPTON FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH KY SENATE KILLS GAMBLING AMENDMENT With only 16 senators voting in favor of the measure, the Kentucky State Senate has killed a bill that would have put a referendum on the issue of expanded gambling in the Commonwealth before the state=s electorate. AI did everything I could do under very difficult circumstances,@ said Damon Thayer, the bill=s sponsor. @I took on the leader of my party [Senate majority leader STATE OF THE UNION David Williams] who was Chadds Ford Stable=s Union Rags (Dixie Union) kicks adamantly opposed to this bill. I off his sophomore campaign in Sunday=s GII Fasig- reached across the aisle to work Tipton Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park. The with the governor from the other handsome bay, hero of the party. I sponsored the bill and GI Champagne S. at Belmont, gave it a fair hearing in makes his first start since coming committee, got it to the floor for up a head short in the the vote, and we lost. I=m Damon Thayer GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile S. at disappointed that the people of Churchill Downs Nov. 5. AHe=s as Kentucky won=t get an ready as he could possibly be opportunity to vote on this issue, yet again.@ A total of Union Rags other than running in a race,@ 23 votes, or three-fifths approval, was required to pass Adam Coglianese trainer Michael Matz commented. a constitutional amendment in the Senate. There were AFrom the time he spent taking it 21 senators who voted negative, many of whom were easy at Skara Glen Farm until he came back to us at originally in favor of the measure, but changed their Palm Meadows, he hasn=t missed a beat.@ Union Rags votes when it became apparent that it was not going to faces a pair of imposing unbeaten rivals in Starlight pass. Cont. p2 Racing=s Algorithms (Bernardini) and E. Paul Robsham Stables=s Discreet Dancer (Discreet Cat), both trained by the red-hot Todd Pletcher. Algorithms handed champion Hansen (Tapit) a five-length defeat in the GIII Holy Bull S. Jan. 29. Discreet Dancer makes his stakes debut after winning his first two starts by a combined 15 1/4 lengths. Both horses make their two-turn debuts in the Fountain of Youth. AI don=t like running two horses against each other ever, especially two very talented colts that are undefeated,@ Pletcher revealed. AI think it=s best for each horse=s development--that=s mainly where our focus is, not so much just about this weekend, but, hopefully, moving forward, as well.@ Sunday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:13 p.m. EST FASIG-TIPTON FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH S.-GII, $400,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Neck 'n Neck Flower Alley Lezcano Wilkes 116 2 Algorithms K Bernardini Castellano Pletcher 120 3 Fort Loudon Awesome of Course Maragh Gold 120 4 Casual Trick K Bernardini Nakatani Zito 116 5 Discreet Dancer Discreet Cat Velazquez Pletcher 116 6 News Pending K Harlan's Holiday Desormeaux Romans 116 7 Union Rags Dixie Union Leparoux Matz 122 8 Csaba Kitten's Joy Lopez Gleaves 116 In This Issue 60 Broad St., Suite 100 More From Damon Thayer... Red Bank, NJ 07701 "There were a number of people who, at one time or another, were in favor of (732) 747-8060 letting the people decide, who voted no today," (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Damon Thayer told TDN. "Senator Williams has a www.thetdn.com very strong hold on a number of members of the caucus, and he was able to persuade enough of them to say no." On Wednesday, the Senate State Barry Weisbord, co-publisher and Local Government Committee passed SB 151 [email protected] by a vote of 7-4 after a presentation by Governor Sue Finley, co-publisher Steve Beshear. Thayer had originally asked that the [email protected] issue not be taken up by the Senate Thursday, as Editorial two Democratic senators were going to miss the [email protected] session. However, the Senate's majority leaders, Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Williams and Robert Stivers, insisted that it would Alan Carasso, Managing Editor be voted on Thursday. In its original form, SB 151 was to allow for as many as Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor five casinos at the state's racetracks and in two other locations. A revised Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor version guaranteed seven casinos without a guarantee for the racetracks. Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Advertising [email protected] New Rider for Shadwell Announced... Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Paul Hanagan will take over from the soon-to-be-retired Richard Hills as first Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant jockey for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. "It's obviously very exciting, but I have to stress I wouldn't have achieved anything like the success Customer Service I have without the help of Richard and his team over the last 17 years," [email protected] Hanagan told sportinglife.com. Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Coverage begins page 4 Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming Trainer Dale Capuano Gets Win #3,000 [email protected] Marketing Gary King, Marketing Manager [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing Coverage begins [email protected] page 1 (ATW) Sean Cronin Tom Frary Jim McCue/MJC TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/24/12 • PAGE 3 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com RESULTS Thursday, Meydan, Dubai UAE OAKS SPONSORED BY THE SAEED & MOHAMMED AL NABOODAH GROUP -G3, $250,000, Meydan Racecourse, 2-23, 3yo, f, 1900m (AWT), 2:01.12, stn. 1--#@FALLS OF LORA (IRE), 121, f, 3, by Street Cry (Ire) 1st Dam: Firth of Lorne (Ire) (SW & G1SP-Fr, MGSP- US, $163,202), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Kerrera (Ire), by Diesis (GB) 3rd Dam: Rimosa=s Pet (GB), by Petingo (GB) O-Godolphin; B-Darley; T-Mahmood Al Zarooni; J-Mickael Barzalona; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0, $188,566. * 1/2 to Etive (Elusive Quality), SW-Ger & MSP-Fr, $126,655. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Mary Fildes (Ire), 121, f, 3, Chineur (Fr)--Scarlet Empress (GB), by Second Empire (Ire). (€6,000 2yo >11 GORMAY). O- Norton Common Farm Racing & Stan Moore; B-Tally-Ho Stud; T-Stan Moore; $50,000. 3--Alsindi (Ire), 121, f, 3, Acclamation (GB)--Needles and Pins (Ire), by Fasliyev. (70,000gns yrl >10 TATOCT). O-Saeed Manana; B-D G Hardisty Bloodstock; T-A Al Raihe; $25,000. Margins: 2 3/4, NK, SHD. Also Ran: Moon Spun (SAf), Pimpernel (Ire), Colorful Notion (Ire). Click for the Racing Post chart or the video UAE Oaks cont. replay. Falls of Lora created a big impression when swooping to a 3 1/2-length success from highly regarded stable companion Kunooz (Ire) (Hard Spun) in Ascot=s Hyperion Conditions S. over a mile in September, and that was enough to earn a supplementary for the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. Unable to land a blow in that Longchamp feature when last seen on Arc day, the bay returned to step up to the plate for connections as stable companion Pimpernel (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) flopped. Racing in third early as Mary Fildes was sent Senators Launch Own Gambling Effort into a clear advantage, she was not able to wrest the AA bipartisan group of Georgia senators proposed a lead until the final 150 yards from that wandering rival constitutional amendment Wednesday to legalize with Barzalona at his animated best in the saddle. gambling on horse racing. The move comes as hopes Pimpernel, the choice of Frankie Dettori, missed the kick and pulled too hard before finishing a disappointing fifth of passage on the issue this year have faded. A similar of six. AWe knew she would stay the trip, whereas as proposal stalled in the House going into this year's perhaps it was a slight doubt with Pimpernel, who was session, where it still languished in committee despite then keen early on,@ trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni said of two weeks until Crossover Day on March 7--the the winner. AI must admit I thought the leader had deadline for most bills to pass from one chamber to stolen the race at one stage, but Mickael chased her at the other to have a realistic shot of approval. Gov. the right time. The [Mar. 31 G2] UAE Derby is a Nathan Deal has also repeatedly said he would not possible, but Kinglet (Kingmambo) is probably our support any effort to expand gambling in Georgia.@ number one for that at the moment. The option is there Kristina Torres, Atlanta Journal-Constitution for her, though.@ " " " TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/24/12 • PAGE 4 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com PREVIEWS Sunday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:45 p.m. EST MAC DIARMIDA S.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1 3/8mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Eagle Poise K Empire Maker Maragh Motion 121 2 Musketier (Ger) Acatenango (Ger) Velazquez Attfield 123 3 Newsdad K Arch Leparoux Mott 117 4 Minister Colin Smart Strike Trujillo Proctor 117 5 Simmard K Dixieland Band Castellano Attfield 117 6 Mambo Meister King Cugat Cruz Gleaves 117 7 Dixie Emperor K Purge Solis Wolfson 123 8 Center Divider K Giant's Causeway Lezcano Brown 117 9 Middie K Officer Bravo Oliver 117 10 Crimson China K Giant's Causeway Rose Motion 117 Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:05 a.m.
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