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Sunday, Thoroughbred Daily News April 21, 2002 TDN For information, call (732) 747-8060. HEADLINE NEWS LUKAS WINS ANOTHER GUINEAS FAVE IS LOGICAL By all accounts, it has been a tremendous couple of “It’s a relief”, sighed trainer Mick Channon after his weeks for trainer D. Wayne Lukas. He is winning with unbeaten filly Queen’s Logic (Ire) (Grand Lodge) came everything from maidens to allowance horses at through the G3 Dubai Duty Free S. with relative ease ro Keeneland, but yesterday got his most important win remain undefeated. She will now bid to emulate the when Proud Citizen (Gone West) led every step of the efforts of Bosra Sham, who won this in 1996 before way to spring an 8-1 going on to win the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. “I upset in the GII was very confident as she was in good form and she Coolmore Lexington S. has come out of the winter well”, the trainer said. “You know me, I’ve “She’s just been an exceptional filly ever since I’ve had been planning this for her and she’s making the job easy for me.” A winner at three months,” the the first time of asking 11 months ago, Queen’s Logic trainer said. “We ex- went on to take the G2 Lowther S. at York in August pected it from him.” One and G1 Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket in October. Proud Citizen wins at Keeneland is compelled to believe Here, she raced keenly early under jockey Steve Horsephotos.com him. The career of Proud Drowne as Lady Dominatrix (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) Citizen began with abun- assumed the pole position. As that filly wound up the dant promise. Second in the Belmont slop in his June 2 pace from the front, Queen’s Logic settled in Drowne’s debut, the handsome bay returned to punish a June 28 hands so that she was travelling easily when taking field in Elmont by 9 1/2 lengths, but the luster of that over from the tiring leader with 1 1/2 furlongs remain- win was diminished by a disappointing fifth as the 6-5 ing. Asked to quicken from there, she settled the out- chalk in the GII Sanford S. at Saratoga. A distant sixth come in a few strides before being pushed out for a to Came Home in the GI Hopeful S. in upstate New convincing score. Coral Eurobet made the winner their York, Proud Citizen was put away with an eye on 9-4 favourite for the mile Classic in two weeks’ time. 2002. (cont. p2) Click here for the brisnet.com chart DUBAI DUTY FREE S. (Registered as The Fred Darling COOLMORE LEXINGTON S.-GII, $364,650, KEE, 4-20, S.)-G3, £40,000, Newbury, 4-20, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:24.74, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:44 2/5, ft. gd/fm. 1--#@PROUD CITIZEN, 116, c, 3, by Gone West 1--QUEEN’S LOGIC (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Grand Lodge 1st Dam: Drums of Freedom, by Green Forest 1st Dam: Lagrion, by Diesis (GB) 2nd Dam: Danseuse Etoile, by Buckpasser 2nd Dam: Wrap it Up (Ire), by Mount Hagen (Fr) 3rd Dam: Arctic Dancer, by Nearctic 3rd Dam: Doc Nan, by Francis S. ($425,000 yrl '00 KEESEP). O-Robert C Baker, David (Ir£19,000 wnlg ‘99 GOFNOV; FF1,000,000 yrl ‘00 Cornstein, & William L Mack; B-Edmund J Loder (KY); DEAAUG). O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Kip McCreery; T-Mick T-D Wayne Lukas; J-M E Smith; $226,083. Lifetime Channon; J-Steve Drowne; £23,200. Lifetime Re- Record: 6-2-1-0, $262,117. cord: Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eng, G1SW-Eng, 5-5-0-0, 2--Crimson Hero, 116, c, 3, Capote--Bright Feather, by £198,896. Fappiano. ($100,000 yrl '00 KEESEP). O-Tracy 2--Roundtree (Ire), 126, f, 3, Night Shift--Island Desert Farmer; B-Albert G Clay (KY); $72,930. (Ire), by Green Desert. (Ir£16,000 wnlg ‘99 3--Easyfromthegitgo, 116, c, 3, Dehere--Montera, by GOFNOV; Ir£39,000 yrl ‘00 GOFOCT). O-Fergus Easy Goer. ($125,000 yrl '00 KEESEP). O-James Jones; B-Brian Killeen; £8,800. Cassels & Bob Zollars; B-Twilite Farms, Inc (KY); 3--Shiny (GB), 126, f, 3, Shambo (Ire)--Abuzz (Ire), by $36,465. Absalom (GB). O/B-Mrs C E Brittain; £4,400. Margins: 3 1/4, 3/4, NO. Odds: 8.30, 7.40, 1.90. Margins: 1 3/4, HF, 2HF. Odds: 1-3, 16-1, 33-1. Also Ran: American Style, Ethan Man, Tails of the Also ran: Lady Dominatrix (Ire), Lady Links (GB), Pastel Crypt, Mucho Rapido, One Tuff Fox. (GB), Scarlet Ribbons (GB), Purple Haze (Ire). TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/21/02 • PAGE 2 of 7 Coolmore Lexington S. cont. Returned to training in early March, Proud Citizen P R E S U L T S P recorded a series of solid drills, but was thrown to the wolves for his seasonal debut against Came Home and Saturday, Santa Anita company in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 6. After SANTA BARBARA H.-GII, $250,000, SAX, 4-20, showing some early speed, the $425,000 Keeneland 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:01 2/5, fm. September yearling faded back through the pack to 1--ASTRA, 121, m, 6, by Theatrical (Ire) finish next to last. Still, Lukas remained undeterred. 1st Dam: Savannah Slew (MGSW, $212,130), by “I’m probably the only guy that would use the Santa Seattle Slew Anita Derby as a prep,” he explained. “I know that 2nd Dam: Pilferer, by No Robbery when we ran there, I told [owners] Bill [Mack], Bob 3rd Dam: Will Hail, by Hail to Reason [Baker] and Dave [Cornstein] that we were making a O-Allen E Paulson Living Trust; B-Allen E Paulson quantum leap, but we’d protect him and point him (KY); T-Laura de Seroux; J-K J Desormeaux; here.” It wouldn’t be the first time that Lukas brought a $150,000. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 13-9-0-2, horse into this race off a sound defeat in California. $788,424. *1/2 to Admiralty (Strawberry Road Could lightning strike twice? {Aus}), GSW, $332,892. 2--Golden Apples (Ire), 121, f, 4, Pivotal (GB)--Loon Doing His Trainer Proud (Fr), by Kaldoun (Fr). (19,000gns yrl ‘99 TATOCT). A bit restless in the gate, Proud Citizen broke open O-Gary A Tanaka; B-James Egan & David Hanley his stall prior to the start, but was kept from getting (IRE); $50,000. loose by the assistant starters. Settled back down, he 3--Polaire (Ire), 115, m, 6, Polish Patriot--Headrest (GB), was a bit slow into stride, but sprinted up from be- by Habitat. (Ir16,000gns yrl ‘97 GOFORB). O-Gary A tween horses to assume command entering the first Tanaka; B-Mrs Brid Cosgrove (IRE); $30,000. turn. He continued to make the pace beneath jockey Margins: 2, NO, 4. Odds: 2.00, 0.90A, 0.90A. Mike Smith, but was joined entering the far turn by Also Ran: Blue Moon (Fr), Old Money (Aus), Desiraes American Style (Quiet American) with second choice My Candy. Easyfromthegitgo (Dehere) in close attendance from The three-length winner of this event a year ago, third and Crimson Hero (Capote) making good ground Astra stamped herself the leading turf distaffer in this up the inside. But the Lukas pupil was just too strong in country with a four-length success in the GI Beverly the stretch, turning back the bid of American Style and Hills H. at Hollywood Park June 24. Sent to Chicago for drawing clear to hold Crimson Hero at bay. the GI Beverly D. S. in August, the Allen Paulson-bred Easyfromthegitgo, checked a couple of times around mare could not handle the yielding going and finished the first turn, earned the show spot in a photo. “We seventh in what would be her final start of the year. needed this one under our belts and he responded,” Kept in the barn until last month, the bay made her six- Lukas said. “It’s easy to be optimistic after a win like year-old debut in the Mar. 23 GII Santa Ana H., falling this.” Perhaps that optimism is fueled by the fact that victim to a powerful late run from Golden Apples to the winner’s third dam is a full sister to 1964 Kentucky finish third. Stretching out to her preferred distance for Derby and Preakness winner Northern Dancer. this, Astra was tucked in behind front-running Polaire (Ire), who set dawdling fractions of :50 and 1:15 and Beaten Fave Didn’t Handle Track still held the call turning for home. That’s when jockey Ethan Man (Glittterman), the 3-2 favorite off his easy Kent Desormeaux asked his mount for her best and she win in the GIII Swale S. at Gulfstream Park Mar. 16, responded, shifting off the rail and exploding through was wide into the first turn, last down the backstretch the final quarter mile in :22 flat before holding off and struggled home a well-beaten fifth. “I am not mak- Golden Apples for the win. “As a jockey, it’s scary ing excuses, but he wasn’t taking to the track,” said when the pace is so slow as it was today,” trainer Pat Byrne. “When he left the gate, he was wide Desormeaux said. “I had confidence in her turn of foot because he was not taking to the track.