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WILL “TIMES” FLY IN LANE’S END? HEADLINE ...p2 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, MARCH 25, 2006 A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR BRASS HAT LUCK OF THE DRAW Racing fans at Thistledown, Hoosier, Turfway, Louisi- Normally, the 15 hole could be the kiss of death, but ana Downs and Gulfstream know just how good Brass it should not bother Bullish Luck (Royal Academy), who Hat (Prized) can be. Now the will drop out the back in today=s crowd at Nad Al Sheba will have G1 Dubai Duty Free S. and make the chance to see if Fred one run down the long Nad Al Bradley=s homebred bay has car- Sheba stretch. The champion ried his best form overseas for miler in Hong Kong, he handed today=s G1 Dubai World Cup. The Silent Witness (Aus) his first de- five-year-old made it three stakes feat last May. The bay was a wins in a row in his latest, the troubled fourth in the G1 Hong Bullish Luck hkjc.com Brass Hat Equi-Photo Feb. 4 GI Donn H., cruising to a Kong Mile in December and fin- 4 3/4-length score over a sloppy ished eighth to Russian Pearl (NZ) (Soviet Star) in the strip. Jockey Willie Martinez, who has been in the sad- Jan. 22 Stewards= Cup, but stretched to 10 furlongs dle for each start since the gelding captured the GII and missed by a head in the Hong Kong Gold Cup Feb. Ohio Derby in June of 2004, is confident that the real 26. Dubai Duty Free S. cont. p6 Brass Hat will be in the starting gate for the $6 million test. AI think he=s going to get a chance to show the ON BOARD world how good he is,@ Martinez said. The 10-furlong Lord Derby=s Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) will World Cup distance is still a question mark for the star try to add another trophy to her impressive gallery of the American contingent, but it is a given that when she takes on a cosmopolitan field Electrocutionist (Red Ransom) in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. At will get the route. The five-year- three, she was a Classic winner in Eng- old handled a mile and a half in land and Ireland, a champion in the U.S. the G2 Premio Carlo d=Alessio and third in the Arc. Her abbreviated and the G1 Gran Premio di 2005 campaign was highlighted by a Milano last year, and was once win in the G1 Hong Kong Vase, a sec- again on top at the finish of the ond in the GI Breeders= Cup F/M Turf 1 5/16-mile G1 Juddmonte Inter- and a close fifth in the G1 Japan Cup. A Ouija Board national S. for his third straight victory here would take her earnings Electrocutionist A Watkins Horsephotos victory. Fourth (but placed third) over $6 million. AOuija Board seems to after an eventful trip in the GI Canadian International at be enjoying herself,@ said trainer Ed Dunlop. ACertainly, Woodbine in October, he was purchased by Godolphin she is happy in the heat and overall appears to be in after the race. In his first start under new colors, good form.@ Dubai Sheema Classic cont. p7 Electrocutionist galloped to a seven-length triumph over Chiquitin (Arg) (Fitzcarraldo {Arg}) in his first try on the BATTLE OF UNBEATENS IN UAE DERBY dirt, the Mar. 2 G2 Maktoum Challenge (Round 3). AHe Four of the 13 runners in today=s G2 UAE Derby have won very well here over course and distance,@ jockey yet to be beaten, but it=s possible they will all exit the Frankie Dettori said. AHe has a completely different race with one in the loss column. Simpatico Bribon bunch of horses to beat in the World Cup on Saturday, (Chi) (Election Day {Ire}), seven-for-nine lifetime, may but he is training well and has been here all winter have the edge over undefeated Dominguin (Per) which is a bit of an advantage for him. But he has got it (Domingo), Gold for Sale (Arg) (Not for Sale {Arg}), all to do in the race. It is a very strong field and you Invasor (Arg) (Candy Stripes) and Discreet Cat (For- have to respect every horse...it should be a very excit- estry) after romping by six lengths in the Mar. 2 Al ing race.@ Dubai World Cup cont. p5 Bastikiya over track and trip. UAE Derby cont. p8 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/25/06 • PAGE 2 of 10 Lane=s End S. cont. Today’s Graded Stakes Silent Times was never worse than third in five at- brought to you by tempts last season while sprinting on the grass in Eu- rope. The dark bay finished a good third behind Horatio Nelson (Ire) in the G2 EBF Futurity S. Aug. 20, then dead-heated for the top spot in the G2 Champagne S. last out Sept. 9. He gets Robby Albarado for his U.S., two-turn and dirt debuts here. AThe Polytrack surface is the best thing they can ever do,@ trainer Eoghan O=Neill 8:40a Godolphin Mile-G2, Nad brisnet.com PPs said. AI have a private Polytrack on my farm and I have 9:15a UAE Derby-G2, Nad brisnet.com PPs been pointing Silent Times to this 9:55a Dubai Golden Shaheen-G1, Nad brisnet.com PPs race for three months. He swims 10:50a Dubai Sheema Classic-G1, Nad brisnet.com PPs every day, twice a day. He=s very 11:30a Dubai Duty Free S.-G1, Nad brisnet.com PPs fit.@ Claiborne Farm colorbearer 12:20p Dubai World Cup-G1, Nad brisnet.com PPs Laity got back on track in his 4:21p Distaff BC H.-GII, Aqu brisnet.com PPs TVG sophomore debut, notching the 4:44p Bourbonette BC S.-GIII, TP brisnet.com PPs TVG John Battaglia Memorial S. over 4:52p Rampart H.-GII, GP brisnet.com PPs HRTV this strip Mar. 4. He previously 5:45p Lane’s End S.-GII, TP brisnet.com PPs TVG finished fifth in the GI Breeders= 7:00p San Luis Rey H.-GII, SA brisnet.com PPs HRTV Futurity S. and eighth in the GIII 7:15p Golden Gate Fields H.-GIII, GG brisnet.com PPs HRTV Iroquois S. Trainer Nick Zito Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. sends out a pair in Superfly and Hemingway s Key. The latter be- $300,000 PURE PRIZE Filly at OBS March! = gan his career with two straight Click here for more... Laity Hector Ramos victories last season, but hasn=t P P R E V I E W S P been able to handle the rise to stakes company, finish- ing 11th in the GIII Holy Bull S. Feb. 4 and eighth in the Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 5:45 p.m. EST GII Fountain of Youth S. Mar. 4. He adds blinkers for LANE=S END S.-GII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m this. Superfly, winner of last season=s Whirling Ash S. PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS at Delaware, makes his return to stakes company after 1 Malameeze Saint Ballado Barnett 20-1 finishing second and third in a pair of Gulfstream allow- 2 With a City City Zip Maker 30-1 ances. 3 Superfly Fusaichi Pegasus Zito 7-2 4 Starspangled Gator Editor=s Note Gowan 30-1 Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:52 p.m. EST 5 Tahoe Warrior Carson City Pletcher 9-2 RAMPART H.-GII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m 6 Sharp Attack Storm Cat Lukas 15-1 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 7 Seaside Retreat King Cugat Casse 12-1 1 Eyes On Eddy Touch Gold McGee 3-1 8 Hemingway’s Key Notebook Zito 4-1 2 Oonagh Maccool (Ire) Giant’s Causeway Pletcher 8-5 9 Laity Pulpit Brothers 4-1 3 Mocita Boundary M Wolfson 6-1 10 More Than Regal More Than Ready Asmussen 15-1 4 Classy Charm Silver Charm Kimmel 12-1 11 Pair of Kings K One King Bradley 20-1 5 Sweet Symphony A.P. Indy Mott 9-5 12 Silent Times (Ire) Danehill Dancer (Ire) E O=Neill 5-1 6 Saint Kris Kris S. Zito 15-1 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/25/06 • PAGE 3 of 10 Rampart H. cont. San Luis Rey H. cont. Sweet Symphony stamped herself as a top sopho- Gary Tanaka sends out a pair here in King=s Drama more filly last season after taking the GI Alabama S. by and Atlando. Atlando came home a 3/4-length winner 6 1/4 lengths, but couldn=t carry that momentum into over T.H. Approval and King=s Drama in the GII San Luis the fall. She suffered her first career defeat when fourth Obispo H. Feb. 26. King=s Drama, winner of last sum- in the GI Beldame S. Oct. 1, then mer=s GI Sword Dancer Invitational S. and second-place closed out her campaign with a finisher in the GI Man o= War S., rebounded nicely from ninth-place finish in the GI Breed- his 16th-place finish in the G1 Japan Cup with a game ers= Cup Distaff Oct. 29. The effort in the San Luis Obispo. AThe pace [:46.61 & Kinsman Stable colorbearer has 1:10.84] got him beat,@ trainer Bobby Frankel told Daily Racing Form.