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MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. ALWAYS A PRINCESS UPSETS EL ENCINO FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII Lecomte S. Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) spoiled the 2011 debut of Blind Luck (Pollard s Vision), holding = off the champion=s late bid by a confident 3 1/2 lengths in Sunday=s GII El Encino S. at Santa Anita and continu- ing the hot streak of trainer Bob Baffert. Over a Santa Anita strip that was favoring speed, Always a Princess dueled with Cham- pagne d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) through early fractions of :22.38 and :45.41 and 1:08.72 as Blind MAJOR GAIN JOINS LECOMTE HOPEFULS Luck trailed the field. The 7-2 Gary and Mary West=s Major Gain (More Than Ready), Benoit shot easily put away Champagne third in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. last November, d=Oro turning into the straight may have earned himself a and opened a clear lead. Blind Luck, making her first spot in Saturday=s start since finishing second in the GI Breeders= Cup GIII Lecomte S. at Fair Ladies= Classic, rallied late despite changing leads sev- Grounds after breezing six eral times in deep stretch, but could not catch the furlongs in 1:14.40 at winner. The chestnut filly tripped while being pulled up Gulfstream yesterday. AHe on the backstretch, tossing jockey Joel Rosario, but worked real good this neither horse nor jockey appeared injured. Trainer Jerry morning,@ said trainer Hollendorfer took the blame for Blind Luck=s loss. AIf she Major Gain Four Footed Fotos Wayne Catalano. AI got him got beat, it=s because of my training,@ he said. Cont. p2. going five-eighths in a min- Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r ute flat and that=s about what I wanted to see. Right the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, now I=m leaning toward bringing him over there. Now sponsored by Taylor Made. I=ve got to start looking around for a jockey.@ Major Gain broke his maiden with a one-length victory in the Sunday, Santa Anita GIII Arlington-Washington Futurity last September. EL ENCINO S.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 1-16, 4yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:41 2/5, ft. 1--ALWAYS A PRINCESS, 123, f, 4, by Leroidesanimaux (Brz) 1st Dam: Gabriellina Giof (GB) (SW & GSP-US, SW-Ity, $197,251), by Ashkalani (Ire) 2nd Dam: Paola Quatraro, by Cure the Blues 3rd Dam: Retrousse, by Naskra O/B-Arnold Zetcher LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Rafael Bejarano; $90,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, 8-4-1-1, $426,047. *1/2 to Gabby=s Golden Gal (Medaglia d=Oro), MGISW, $499,405. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Blind Luck, 123, f, 4, Pollard=s Vision--Lucky One, by Best of Luck. ($11,000 yrl '08 FTKJUL; $10,000 RNA 2yo >09 OBSAPR). O-Mark DeDomenico LLC, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo, Jerry Hollendorfer; B-Fairlawn Farm (KY); T-Jerry Hollendorfer; $30,000. 3--Fashion Trend, 118, f, 4, Petionville--Danzigs Fashion, by A Native Danzig. ($65,000 2yo >09 KEEJAN). O-Robert B and Beverly J Lewis Trust; B-Everest Stables Inc (KY); T-Craig Dollase; $18,000. Margins: 3HF, 1HF, HF. Odds: 3.90, 0.70, 26.90. Also Ran: Champagne d'Oro, Malibu Pier. Scratched: Our Georgia, It Tiz, Life Well Lived. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/17/11 • PAGE 2 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Always a Princess Upsets El Encino (cont. from p1) Always a Princess won last year=s GII Indiana Oaks at Today’s Graded Stakes Hoosier Park and finished third in the GII Chilukki S. at brought to you by Churchill Downs in November before ending her 2010 campaign with a fourth-place effort in the Dec. 26 GI La Brea S. Winning rider Rafael Bejarano admitted his plan in the El Encino was to be on the front end. AI tried to be on the lead,@ Bejarano said. AI sent my horse really hard in the beginning. When I saw [Joe Talamo on Champagne ET Race Click for TV d=Oro] rush his horse, I decided to put my horse right 7:07p San Marcos S.-GII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV next to him. When I saw her getting tired, I decided to POSITIVE RESPONSE, the son of POMEROY, give my horse a little breather before coming to the Wins the $100,000 California Derby! stretch. After that, I just let her run and she showed me a big kick. Last time [in the La Brea] I stayed too far back with her. It was only seven furlongs, and I know P P R E V I E W S P this horse is better with more distance.@ Monday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:07 p.m. EDT SAN MARCOS S.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Philatelist Rahy Valenzuela Ascanio 30-1 2 Imponente Purse (Brz) Public Purse Sutherland Avila 30-1 3 Unusual Suspect Unusual Heat Nakatani Abrams 10-1 4 Riviera Cocktail Giant's Causeway Quinonez Drysdale 20-1 Sire of 11 length debut winner 5 Marlang Langfuhr Flores Drysdale 10-1 SHARED HEART 6 Bourbon Bay K Sligo Bay (Ire) Bejarano Drysdale 3-1 at Gulfstream Park for Owner/Breeder 7 Where's the Remote Unbridled Native Talamo Mitchell 8-1 Wertheimer & Frere and Trainer Todd Pletcher 8 Buenos Dias (Ire) Peintre Celebre Blanc McAnally 12-1 9 Expansion K Maria's Mon Espinoza Asmussen 12-1 2011 Fee: $11,250 LF Nov 1 / $12,500 S&N 10 Sebastian Flyte (GB) Observatory Gomez Cecil 4-1 11 Champ Pegasus Fusaichi Pegasus Rosario Mandella 5-2 Champ Pegasus, winner of the GII Del Mar H. in August, captured the GI Clement Hirsch H. over this GII El Encino S. Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux course and distance Oct. 3. The five-year-old is making {Brz}) holds off Blind Luck (Pollard=s Vision). his first start since a runner-up effort in the Nov. 6 GI Breeders= Cup Turf. Bourbon Bay started 2010 with a four-race win streak over this course, which included Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes victories in the GII San Luis Obispo H., GII San Luis Rey entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. H. and GII San Juan Capistrano Invitational H. The streak ended with a third-place finish in the Clement The brisnet.com >Race of the Day= is the Hirsch in his most recent start. Sebastian Flyte, a close- GII SAN MARCOS S. at Santa Anita. up fourth in the GII Oak Tree Derby, closed late to miss For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. by just a neck in the GI Hollywood Derby in his most recent outing last November. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/17/11 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Nakayama, Japan JAPANESE RESULTS KEISEI HAI-G3, -75,440,000, Nakayama, 1-16, 3yo, 2000mT, 2:00.90, fm. Sunday, Kyoto, Japan 1--@FATEFUL WAR (JPN), 123, c, 3, by Stay Gold (Jpn) NIKKEI SHINSHUN HAI-G2, -111,820,000, Kyoto, 1st Dam: Fete du Vin (Jpn), by Mejiro McQueen (Jpn) 1-16, 4yo & up, 2400mT, 2:24.60, fm. 2nd Dam: Martha=s Vineyard, by Nijinsky 1--RULERSHIP (JPN), 125, c, 4, by King Kamehameha (Jpn) 3rd Dam: Crooning Water, by Riva Ridge 1st Dam: Air Groove (Jpn) (GSW & MG1SP-Jpn, O-Shadai Race Horse; B-Shiraoi Farm; T-Shinichi Ito; $6,832,242), by Tony Bin (Ire) J-Katsuharu Tanaka; -39,588,000. Lifetime Record: 2nd Dam: Dyna Carle (Jpn), by Northern Taste 4-2-0-2. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the 3rd Dam: Shadai Feather (Jpn), by Guersant (Fr) eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm; T-Katsuhiko 2--Debonair (Jpn), 126, c, 3, Agnes Tachyon (Jpn)-- Sumii; J-Umberto Rispoli; -58,924,000. Lifetime Velvet Queen (GB), by Singspiel (Ire). O-H H Sheikh Record: 9-5-1-0. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Mohammed; B-Darley Japan Farm; -16,168,000. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 3--Pray (Jpn), 126, c, 3, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)-- *1/2 to Admire Groove (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), My Katies (Jpn), by Sunday Silence. O-Shigeyuki Ch. Older Mare, MSW-Jpn, $4,979,954; Forgettable Okada; B-Northern Farm; -9,884,000. (Jpn) (Dance in the Dark {Jpn}), MGSW-Jpn, Margins: NO, 2 1/2, HD. Odds: 3.70, 28.40, 18.90. $2,383,508. Click for the Racing Post chart. 2--Hiruno d=Amour (Jpn), 124, c, 4, Manhattan Cafe (Jpn)-- Share Elegance (Jpn), by Lammtarra. O-Masafumi Hirukawa; B-Hashimoto Bokujo; -23,264,000. TDN TODAY 3--Rose Kingdom (Jpn), 128, c, 4, King Kamehameha (Jpn)-- Headline News..................... 9 pages Rosebud (Jpn), by Sunday Silence. O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm; -15,132,000. Margins: 2, NO, 1. Odds: 2.20, 4.50, 1.00. All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, Click for the Racing Post chart. unless otherwise indicated 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/17/11 • PAGE 4 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Racetrack Round-Up Tapizar Fine after Sham Win Tapizar (Tapit) came out of his 4 1/2-length win in Saturday=s GIII Sham S. in fine shape. AHe=s good this morning,@ said trainer Steve Asmussen. AWe=ll take him back to the track, talk to the owners and try to decide what to do next.@ The Winchell Thoroughbreds Tapizar Benoit homebred graduated by 10 1/2 lengths at Churchill Downs last November.