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Barbaro’s Baby Brother Born HEADLINE p. 5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 A MATTER OF TRUST Though seven of the 10 three-year-olds entered in today=s GII Coolmore Lexington S. are Triple Crown Triple nominees, the only way any of them can make the starting gate for the GI Kentucky Derby in two weeks= time is to emerge as a winner here. One of the non- Threats nominated colts is Trust Your Luck (Mr. Greeley), who graduated in his first try over O’Neill On Hand at Keeneland... Polytrack at Turfway Feb. 17. Trainer Doug O=Neill flew to Keeneland from his Cali- Following a narrow loss in a fornia base to watch a pair of his GI Kentucky Derby Mar. 3 allowance at the Flor- contenders breeze yesterday morning. J. Paul Reddam=s ence, Kentucky, oval, the grey Liquidity (Tiznow) went six furlongs in 1:11.40 (video) , led at the stretch call of while Merv Griffin=s Cobalt Blue (Golden Missile) cov- Turfway=s Rushaway S. Mar. 24 ered five-eighths in 1:01.80 (video). Exercise rider Tony before succumbing late to Do- Romero was aboard both colts. AThe minican. Trust Your Luck was workouts were really just maintenance flattered when that rival came stuff,@ O=Neill said. AI wasn=t looking for back to upset the GI Toyota Blue a whole lot as far as time goes. It=s a Grass S. last weekend, and a couple of weeks out [before the Ken- good peformance here would tucky Derby May 5]. It=s more of a offer some consolation to trainer leg-stretcher and just to see how they Belgravia Horsephotos Helen Pitts. Pitts saddled Curlin are physically prior to the work and af- to his impressive maiden victory ter the work and go from there and see Doug O’Neill Feb. 3 at Gulfstream, but was left without a star when where we are.@ O=Neill caught a plane Horsephotos that chestnut was transferred to Steve Asmussen fol- back to California yesterday afternoon, lowing a private sale. The Lexington will also feature but plans to be back in Kentucky Apr. 27, when an- the return of Belgravia (Mr. Greeley), who hasn=t raced other Derby contender, Grade I winner Great Hunter, is since December. The $2-million FTFFEB purchase, a slated to have his first drill since finishing a troubled debut winner over this surface Oct. 18, came back with fifth in the Blue Grass. Triple Threats cont. p5 a game victory in the GIII Hollywood Prevue S. on Cushion Track a month later. He ran fourth to Stormello in the GI Hollywood Futurity Dec. 16, and a lung infec- tion this winter kept him out of action. Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:20 p.m. EDT COOLMORE LEXINGTON S.-GII, $325,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Forty Grams Distorted Humor Asmussen 4-1 2 Boogiemanball Family Calling O’Callaghan 15-1 3 Soaring By Deputy Minister Pletcher 7-2 4 Joe Got Even Stephen Got Even Sims 5-1 5 Moyer=s Pond Monarchos Reinstedler 15-1 6 Slew=s Tizzy Tiznow Fox 20-1 7 Trust Your Luck Mr. Greeley Pitts 10-1 8 Belgravia Mr. Greeley Biancone 3-1 9 Sacrifice Bunt Storm Cat Mott 6-1 10 Starbase Tale of the Cat Lukas 20-1 All carry 117 pounds. The brisnet.com >Race of the Day= is the GII Coolmore Lexington S. at Keeneland For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/21/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Today’s Graded Stakes brought to you by Click for TV 9:10a John Porter S.-G3, Nby -------------- ---- 10:15a Fred Darling S.-G3, Nby -------------- ---- 10:55a Greenham S.-G3, Nby -------------- ---- 3:34p Nat’l Jockey Club H.-GIII, Haw (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 4:20p Bed o’Roses BC H.-GII, Aqu (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 5:20p Lexington S.-GII, Kee (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 5:26p Sixty Sails H.-GIII, Haw (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 6:30p Santa Barbara H.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 7:30p San Simeon H.-GIII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV All Times Eastern Daylight Time. Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. TRUST N LUCK’S First Starter Wins Impressively at Keeneland! Click here for more... P P R E V I E W S P Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 3:30 p.m. PDT SANTA BARBARA H.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:20 p.m. EDT BED O'ROSES BREEDERS CUP H.-GII, $150,000, PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 3yo/up, f/m, 7f 1 Live Life (Fr) Linamix (Fr) Drysdale 2-1 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 2 Solva (GB) Singspiel (Ire) Cecil 5-2 1 Carmandia Wild Rush Dutrow Jr 3-1 3 Quick as Ray (Brz) Nedawi (GB) Lobo 12-1 2 Livermore Valley Mt. Livermore Ryerson 15-1 4 Flip Flop (Fr) Zieten Cecil 8-1 3 Magnolia Jackson Cape Canaveral Contessa 5-2 5 Sweet Belle Deputy Commander DeLima 20-1 4 Any Limit Limit Out H Jerkens 7-5 5 Swap Fliparoo Exchange Rate H Jerkens 4-1 6 Mabadi Sahm Shulman 15-1 Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens may have been 7 Grat A.P. Indy Gallagher 8-1 dubbed the Giant Killer back in the day, but he saddles 8Naughty Rafaela (Brz) Royal Academy Frankel 3-1 the two most accomplished runners Solva won a pair of handicaps in Britain during her in this field, MGSW Any Limit and tenure under Brian Meehan before closing out her ca- GISW Swap Fliparoo. Any Limit, who reer there with a fourth in the Listed John Musker S. at took the My Flag S. going a mile over Yarmouth Sept. 13. She made her U.S. bow Feb. 1, this strip in October, broke through rallying four wide to deny Naughty Rafaela in the La at Gulfstream this winter with victo- Zanzara H. over course and distance. The latter, a ries in the GIII First Lady H. Jan. 20 Group 1 winner in Brazil, broke through in this country and GIII Hurricane Bertie H. Feb. 17. on her fifth try, a local allowance at this trip Feb. 28. She just failed to last in the GII Shir- Another ex-British runner is Mabadi, who landed her ley Jones Breeders= Cup H. Mar. 17 stateside debut Feb. 14 before running second to and settled for second. The bay will Any Limit Sweet Belle in a nine-furlong allowance Mar. 29. Trainer have to avoid a speed duel with the Equi-Photo Sandy Shulman would like to see the four-year-old tough Magnolia Jackson, but her stretch-running stable- reserved in the early stages this time. AShe was a little mate would appreciate that scenario. AI wasn=t going to too close [to the pace] in that race,@ he explained. AShe run Swap Fliparoo, but it was coming up a small field,@ has to be taken hold of and make one run, but she=s a Jerkens explained. AIf they go fast up front, she=ll have nice filly. She can run.@ a good chance.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/21/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 Saturday, Hawthorne, post time: 2:34 p.m. CDT Greenham S. preview cont. NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB H.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo/up, Dutch Art owes his place near the top of the market 1 1/8m for the G1 2000 Guineas to his obvious class, but it is PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT the unbeaten colt=s stamina that remains the major 1 Sweetnorthernsaint Sweetsouthernsaint Trombetta 120 question mark. Having shown brilliant speed over the 2 Courthouse Doneraile Court Gorham 110 five furlongs of Royal Ascot=s G2 Norfolk S. in June and 3 Le Jester Pyramid Peak Brueggemann 112 the six furlongs of 4 Master Command A.P. Indy Pletcher 123 Deauville=s G1 Prix Morny in August and G1 Middle Saturday, Hawthorne, post time: 4:26 p.m. CDT Park S. at Newmarket the SIXTY SAILS H.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m next month, he faces his PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT first acid test stretching 1 My Chickadee Pleasant Tap Williamson 112 out an extra panel in this 2 Mo Cuishle Saint Ballado Pletcher 114 traditional trial. Jockey 3 Rolling Sea Sefapiano Asmussen 115 Jimmy Fortune is hopeful 4 Kettleoneup Victory Gallop Tomlinson 114 he can last out. AI=ve seen Dutch Art at Deauville 5 Coolwind Forest Wildcat Geier 112 him race and he looks photo APRH pretty straightforward to Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 4:30 p.m. PDT me,@ he told PA Sport. AHe is unbeaten in four starts SAN SIMEON H.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, a6 1/2fT and the only question he has to answer is if he will PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT stay. We are hoping for a big run and we=ll find out a 1 Billy Allen (Ire) Night Shift Vienna 110 lot more [today].@ Peter Chapple-Hyam, who captured 2 Bonfante Fruition McAnally 117 this with Turtle Island (Ire) in 1994 and with Victory 3 Soul City Slew Slew City Slew Sherman 113 Note four years later, also saddles Tariq, who has not 4 Turnbolt Deputy Minister Mandella 114 been seen since finishing third in the G2 Coventry S.