THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 ALWAYS DREAMING 4-5 MOULTON LOOKS FOR MORE TIMONIUM SUCCESS by Jessica Martini PREAKNESS FAVORITE A year ago, Susan Moulton enjoyed pinhooking success in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sales ring when she sold an Into Mischief FROM POST FOUR filly (hip 527) for $450,000 to trainer Linda Rice. Moulton had purchased the youngster just a couple months earlier, paying $110,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale. The Texan hopes to repeat that quick success when she offers a pair of recently purchased juveniles in Timonium next week. AWe had a couple selling last year, so I was there to sell, not to buy,@ Moulton recalled of the 2016 Florida sale. AI watched the whole breeze show because I was there and what else are you going to do and I liked the way she handled the track. I think the first horse at the sale was scratched, so she was hip 2 and the first one through the ring. When she was bringing $110,000, I thought, >This is crazy--she is a nice filly, even if I have to take her and race her.= I thought with her size and with the popularity of Into Mischief, she would be a great one to throw back in the Fasig sale in Timonium. So we did that and it worked.@ Cont. p7 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Always Dreaming | Maryland Jockey Club SHUTTER SPEED SHINES AT RAINY YORK Juddmonte’s Shutter Speed (GB) (Dansili {GB}) punched her GI Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming (Bodemeister) ticket to the G1 Prix de Diane with a win in Wednesday’s G3 was tabbed as the 4-5 morning line favorite from post four when Musidora S. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. slots were drawn Wednesday afternoon for Saturday=s 10-horse GI Preakness S. The dark bay, who has shown good energy in his morning training at Pimlico this week, retains the services of Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez and looks to annex the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown on the heels of his triumph at Churchill Downs May 6. Always Dreaming has won four consecutive races, including the May 6 GI Florida Derby, since being transferred to the care of trainer Todd Pletcher. AI think it=s fine,@ Pletcher said of the post draw. AHe was four in the Florida Derby, five in the Kentucky Derby. He=s generally a very good horse away from the gate, and we=ll just try to come away and establish some position and see what some other horses are doing.@ 2016 champion juvenile colt Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile) was installed as the 3-1 second choice from post to Always Dreaming=s immediate outside in post five, as he seeks to reverse his luck following a troubled fourth-place finish on the first Saturday in May. 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(Street Boss)--11th in the Derby--will break from the three stall With co-owners Terry Finley and Tom Bellhouse of West Point as a 20-1 proposition. GII Fountain of Youth S. hero Gunnevera Thoroughbreds among the GI Kentucky Derby winner=s (Dialed In), an even seventh in the Derby, returns for the entourage, Always Dreaming continues to show all the right Preakness as a 15-1 shot from post six. signs at dawn, powering through another eye-catching The race attracts a slew of new shooters as well, including GI 1 1/2-mile gallop with his neck arched as the rising sun provided Arkansas Derby runner-up Conquest Mo Money (Uncle Mo) in a spectacular backdrop on the Pimlico backstretch. post 10 and GII Wood Memorial S. third-place finisher Cloud Exercise rider Nick Bush had plenty to smile about as he Computing (Maclean=s Music), who will break from post two. guided the half-brother to GISW Hot Dixie Chick (Dixie Union) See all Saturday graded stakes fields at the end of headline back to his current digs under the watchful eye of trainer Todd news. Pletcher with a growing flock of media not missing a beat. AI thought he was in a zone,@ Pletcher later commented. Hence (Street Boss) and Senior Investment (Discreetly Mine), meanwhile, began to walk the shed just as Always Dreaming returned to the Stakes Barn at approximately 5:45 a.m. FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MAY 18, 2017 Preakness Trackside Report cont. Preakness Starting Gate | Sherackatthetrack Trainer Kenny McPeek led out the GIII Stonestreet Lexington S. hero, and Hence, a disappointing 11th in the Derby, quickly followed suit while being ponied to the track by Steve Asmussen=s assistant trainer Scott Blasi. McPeek had to like what he saw as he watched his flashy blaze-faced chestnut from the apron through the binoculars. Under a snug hold throughout, the powerfully built sophomore certainly left a lasting impression Wednesday morning, as did Hence, who was one of the buzz horses on the Churchill Downs backstretch leading up to the First Saturday in May. Lookin at Lee (Lookin at Lucky) outran his 33-1 odds to finish a rallying second to Always Dreaming in Louisville, but still may be out for some respect in the second leg of the Triple Crown. Sporting a yellow Preakness saddle towel bearing the name Lookin(g) at Lee | Sherackatthetrack Looking at Lee (tip of the cap to America=s Best Racing=s Dan Tordjman for first calling attention to this), the fellow Asmussen trainee, wearing black blinkers, ventured out with Blasi riding shotgun once again about a half hour later. Lookin at Lee=s sire, of course, won this race in thrilling fashion back in 2010. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MAY 18, 2017 Preakness Trackside Report cont. NICK BUSH DREAMING, ALWAYS, AND Whether Gunnevera (Dialed In) wants a Classic distance or not remains to be seen, but for what it=s worth, the GII Fountain of SUCCEEDING by Michael Adolphson Youth S. winner has exhibited a bit more bounce to his step in It has been a surreal couple weeks for exercise rider Nick Bush, his mornings in Baltimore than he did leading up to the Derby. but he effortlessly makes it his own personal wonderland. The He was allowed to get some air in his lungs during the final regular morning pilot of GI Kentucky Derby winner Always three-eighths of his morning gallop, covering the distance in Dreaming (Bodemeister) has gone from unassuming and well-liked backside regular to frontside media darling, :43 3/5. ABig Money@ Mike Smith will take over riding duties seamlessly transferring his Cheshire Cat grin from atop talented Saturday. racehorses to the rabbit hole of endless camera lenses covering With trainer Mark Casse in attendance, champion Classic the middle leg of the Triple Crown.