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Feature Presentation • G1 Dubai World WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here Went the Day Well Likely Will Go Straight to Derby... FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 DUBAI WORLD CUP Team Valor International and Mark Ford=s Went the Day Well (Proud Citizen) put himself right into the thick of the GI Kentucky Derby picture with a game score in Saturday=s GIII Vinery Racing Spiral S. at Turfway Park, a race won a year ago by his stablemate and eventual Derby hero Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}). After initially favoring another race between the Spiral and the Derby May 5, Barry Irwin said Delta Feeling Good in the Desert... the progressive colt, who is Apparently the trip over to Dubai has taken none of conditioned by Graham Motion, the pizazz out of champion Royal Delta (Empire Maker), will instead likely train up to the Horsephotos who decided to give members of the print and photo 1 1/4-mile Classic. AHis Ragozin media a bit of a Sheet figure came back a fast 6 1/4, so I think the most show during prudent course of action is to do exactly what we did Tuesday morning last year with Animal Kingdom,@ Irwin said yesterday. trackwork at AThis colt was slightly ahead of where Animal Kingdom Meydan. Galloping was last year prior to the Spiral, then he surpassed him in the company of in the Spiral itself--Animal Kingdom ran an 8 3/4. After Team Valor=s G2 making two moves to reach contention, Went the Day UAE Derby Well kicked clear in midstretch, then in the final 75 hopeful Lucky yards, he really leveled off. I am hoping that the stamina Chappy (Ire) (High he showed in the final bit of the race, when he dropped Chaparral {Ire}), down and leveled off, is what we will see in spades on Royal Delta kicked Derby Day. He definitely will relish every yard of the up her heels a bit mile and a quarter and he looks a formidable colt, before settling into especially if there is a fast pace in the Derby.@ Cont. p3 Royal Delta 2200-meters Andrew Watkins worth of exercise alongside her younger companion. AThat=s the first time we=ve seen that from her--she=s feeling good,@ said Mylor Rider, stable foreman for trainer Bill Mott, of the filly=s brief display of exuberance. AShe saw all those people and just decided to do something silly,@ added Mott=s assistant Leana Willaford, who has been riding Royal Delta in Dubai. AShe feels great. She just does things so easily.@ Trainer Bill Mott etched his name into World Cup history by saddling Cigar in the race=s inaugural running in 1996 and arrived a short time after the filly=s breeze. AShe looks great, she=s sassy,@ he commented of the Besilu Stables runner. Did You Know?... GISW ROYAL DELTA (Empire Maker) was tabbed as a J “TDN Rising Star” J Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website! In This Issue 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Ups and Downs? Matz Has Lived It Red Bank, NJ 07701 Trainer Michael Matz, who sends out Union (732) 747-8060 Rags (Dixie Union) in the $1 million GI Florida (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Derby at Gulfstream Saturday, took time out of his www.thetdn.com schedule to appear on the NTRA's Road to the Triple Crown teleconference yesterday, and spent well over a half hour talking with members of the press about Barry Weisbord, co-publisher everything from his exciting colt's early days to the [email protected] 1989 crash of United 232, when Matz became a Sue Finley, co-publisher national hero after leading four children to safety [email protected] from the burning fuselage. Michael Matz Editorial Equi-Photo [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Coverage begins page 3 Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor Prospective Works at Churchill Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. John C. Oxley's Prospective (Malibu Moon), a Advertising game winner of the GII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 10, [email protected] breezed five furlongs in 1:03 at Churchill Downs Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Tuesday. He will prep for the GI Kentucky Derby in Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer either the GI Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Apr. 7 or Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant the GI Blue Grass S. at Keeneland Apr. 14. Customer Service Horsephotos [email protected] Coverage begins page 5 Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Recovery Mission Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint hero Regally Ready (More Than Ready) wants a mulligan, and he'll get that do-over chance in Saturday's G1 Al Quoz Sprint up Marketing the 1000-meter straight course at Meydan. Gary King, Marketing Manager [email protected] Coverage begins page 6 TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin From the Desk of Bill Oppenheim Tom Frary Rags to Riches: City Zip Coverage begins page 7 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/28/12 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Straight to the Derby cont. Went the Day Well was making his first start outside of maiden company in the Spiral, but put himself in a good spot on the graded earnings list with a 3 1/2- length win over Holiday Promise (Harlan=s Holiday) in the $500,000 event. The New York-bred currently has $282,000 in graded earnings, good for 12th on Churchill=s updated list. There are at least two horses in front of him--the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf hero Wrote (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and the filly On Fire Baby (Smoke Glacken)--whose connections have yet to commit to a run in the Derby. Of course, upsets in any of the remaining big-money stakes--including the $1 million GI Florida Derby and $1 million GII Louisiana Derby this weekend; the $1 million GI Wood Memorial S. and $750,000 GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 7; or the $1 million GI Arkansas Derby and GI Blue Grass S. Apr. 14, could greatly alter the graded earnings picture. -LM Triple Threats Ups And Downs? Matz Has Lived It... Trainer Michael Matz, who sends out Union Rags (Dixie Union) in the $1 million GI Florida Derby at Gulfstream Saturday, took time out of his schedule to appear on the NTRA=s Road to the Triple Crown teleconference yesterday, and spent well over a half hour talking with members of the press about everything from his exciting colt=s early days to the 1989 crash of United 232, when Matz became a national hero after leading four children to safety from the burning fuselage. Matz is certainly one who has Michael Matz Equi-Photo experienced the ups and downs of life, both personally and professionally. The former Olympian, who carried the American flag in the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, won the 2006 GI Kentucky Derby with Barbaro (Dynaformer), only to watch the colt suffer an devastating injury in the GI Preakness S. two weeks later. What followed was a rollercoaster seven months of promising news, cruel setbacks, and ultimately, despair. Though not nearly as dramatic, last summer, Matz went through another rough stretch when Barbaro=s owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson, decided to part ways and pulled 11 horses from his care. It was a tough blow for a stable that isn=t very big, and Matz was candid about his dismissal. AIt's something we had to move on from,@ he said. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/28/12 • PAGE 4 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Ups and Downs cont. AIt did hurt an awful lot--I didn't know why I was let go,@ Matz continued. ABut I wish them the best of luck, and I'm sure they wish the same for me.@ Matz learned of the Jackson=s decision in July, around the same time he debuted a horse for owner/breeder Phyllis Wyeth named Union Rags. There=s no salve like a promising young horse, and if the healing began with Union Rags=s debut win going five panels at Delaware July 21, it accelerated greatly when the big bay splashed home by over seven lengths in the GII Saratoga Special S. Aug. 15. AI just have to look at it that I Union Rags was lucky enough they [the Horsephotos Jacksons] gave me a horse like Barbaro to train, and lucky enough that Mrs. Wyeth gave me a horse like this to train,@ Matz said. Remembering back to last summer, Matz said he wasn=t surprised Union Rags turned into a nice horse. He was surprised, however, at the speed at which he came to hand. AAs big as he is, we weren=t even sure we=d get to the races [as a 2-year-old],@ he said. AWe always thought the longer the distances, the better he=d be. But he came around so quickly. He worked good at the sales [Wyeth, after selling him as a yearling, bought him back for $390,000 as a juvenile], and when we got him back AWe just tried to do what the horse needs,@ Matz to the farm at Fair Hill, he just did everything you=d explained. AI don=t think you have to do fast works all want a horse to do.
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