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THOROUGHBRED TIMES ® Thursday, March 23, 2006 TAn international daily newsletterDAY for THOROUGHBRED TIMES subscribers Dubai World Cup draw: Brass Hat to try for brass ring Fred Bradley is a no-nonsense guy who, if nothing else, is going to “If we get a good pace, he’s going to have a chance,” California- tell you how it is at every turn. based trainer Jeff Mullins said of the six-year-old Louis Quatorze geld- “Six months ago, I never could have imagined ing, who will race for the first time under the I’d be halfway around the world in Dubai with colors of Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed al Mak- my family getting ready to run a horse in a toum. “He’s more fit than he was last year, and $6-million race,” the 73-year-old owner and with him, there’s really no strategy. He’s going breeder of Donn Handicap (G1) winner Brass to be at the back and come charging hard at Hat said on Wednesday in the moments leading the end.” up to the post-position draw for the $6-million Brass Hat, who has thrust the Bradley fam- Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1). ily into the world spotlight, likely will do the “I’ve been in this business for 40 years and same. I’ve done everything there is to do. I’ve bred “He’s come from far back every time, so I horses. I’ve trained them. I’ve broken them. I’ve don’t think you’re going to see him on the lead,” raced them. I’ve foaled more than I care to re- Photo by Z said Bradley, a Vietnam veteran, former lawyer, member … but to be a part of something like DUBAI WORLD CUP (UAE-G1) DRAW and Kentucky state senator who has owned his this is just too much to fathom, honestly.” 320-acre farm in Frankfort, Kentucky, since 1967. “If we get a hot pace, Brass Hat, who is trained by Bradley’s son, Buff, drew post seven we’re going to make things interesting in that stretch run.” in the 11-horse field, which includes multiple Group 1 winner Elec- —Steve Bailey trocutionist and multiple stakes winner Kane Hekili as well as United States-based Grade 1 winner Wilko and Grade 2 winners Super Frolic, Magna Graduate, and Choctaw Nation. Godolphin Racing’s Electrocutionist, winner of last year’s Judd- “Six months ago, I never could have imagined monte International Stakes (Eng-G1) at York and the 4-to-5 morning- I’d be halfway around the world in Dubai with my line favorite by at least one British family getting ready to run a horse in a $6-million bookmaker, drew the rail for the 2,000- race.” meter (9.94-furlong) race at Nad al Sheba racecourse. —Brass Hat owner-breeder Fred Bradley “I would have preferred to be to the Photo by Z outside, but we weren’t lucky today,” Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor said of the five-year-old son of Red Ransom, Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) who scored a seven-length romp in the March 25, $6-million, a10f, NH 4yo/SH3yo&up, Nad al Sheba Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum P Horse Sire Jockey Trainer Challenge Cup-Round 3 (UAE-G2) on 1. Electrocutionist Red Ransom Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor March 2 over the Nad al Sheba dirt. 2. Shakis Machiavellian Willie Supple Doug Watson “Maybe our luck will come with a good 3. Kane Hekili Fuji Kiseki Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii trip on Saturday.” 4. Choctaw Nation Louis Quatorze Victor Espinoza Jeff Mullins Kane Hekili, winner of the 2005 Japan 5. Chiquitin Fitzcarraldo Mick Kinane Ian Jory 6. Maraahel Alzao Richard Hills Sir Michael Stoute Photo by Z Cup Dirt and, most recently, the Febru- 7. Brass Hat Prized Willie Martinez Buff Bradley ary Stakes on February 19 in Tokyo, drew post three, just to the in- 8. Magna Graduate Honor Grades John Velazquez Todd Pletcher side of Choctaw Nation, a hard-charging closer who showed his affinity 9. Wilko Awesome Again Garrett Gomez Jeremy Noseda for Nad al Sheba’s never-ending stretch with a third-place finish in last 10. Star King Man Kingmambo Olivier Peslier Hideyuki Mori year’s World Cup. 11. Super Frolic Pine Bluff Corey Nakatani Vladimir Cerin First Foals Race in 2006! WON $500,000 Don H. -G1 (352) 591-1745 Defeated Red Bullet MONGOOSEMONGOOSE visit our website at Broad Brush – Salty Gal, by Cox’s Ridge CloverleafFarms2.com CLICK HERE www.thoroughbredtimes.com Thoroughbred Times Today March 23, 2006 1 TODAY’S NEWS Corinthian sidelined with hairline fracture in hind leg Fravel appointed chairman of NTRA board of directors Corinthian, who finished first in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) Craig Fravel, executive vice president of the Del Mar Thoroughbred and was disqualified to third for causing interference in the stretch, Club, has been appointed chairman of the National Thoroughbred will miss the Triple Crown after the detection of a hairline fracture in Racing Associaton board of directors. his left hind leg. “He has a hairline fracture on the top and front of his pastern Veteran trainer Sullivan dies at 77 bone,” said Pat Lamberty, spokesman for owner Centennial Farms. Trainer John Sullivan, whose 40-to-1 outsider The Bart thrilled rac- “The injury is fairly minor and he will not have surgery. He’s not even ing fans as he gamely dueled John Henry to the wire in the inaugu- going to the farm; he’s going to stay in [trainer] Jimmy Jerkens’s barn ral Arlington Million Invitational in 1981, died from cancer on Tuesday at Belmont [Park].” night in Arcadia, California, at age 77. For more on each story, click the headline. AROUND THE TRACKS Aqueduct a Change), a half sister to Grade 2 winner and sire Darn That Alarm Grade 2-placed stakes winner Fifth Avenue (Monarchos) is among (Jig Time). eight three-year-olds fillies entered for Friday’s $60,000 Wayward Lass Stakes, a one-mile test on the main track. Stakes winners Daytime Santa Anita Park Promise (Five Star Day) and Pure Disco (Disco Rico) are also slated Jockey Jose Valdivia resumed riding on Wednesday, six days after to contest the Wayward Lass. having a kidney stone surgically removed. “I’m feeling great,” Valdivia, 31, said. “I’m just glad that the episode Evangeline Downs is done and over with. It was very painful. I don’t wish it on anybody, Grade 3 winners Culinary (El Amante) and Ballroom Deputy but it happened and I’m glad it’s over now.” (Silver Deputy) are among seven older fillies and mares entered in Patrick Valenzuela, who leads the rider standings at the Arcadia, Friday’s $75,000 Goddess Stakes, a one-mile race on the main track. California, track, was excused from his mounts on Wednesday be- Precocious Kat (Precocity), who carries a four-race winning streak cause of neck pain. into the race, was tabbed the 9-to-5 morning-line favorite for the God- dess. Stakes winner Thunderdoll (Thunder Gulch) is the 2-to-1 sec- Trainer Dan Hendricksplans to work Brother Derek(Benchmark) ond choice on the morning line six furlongs this weekend. The workout will be the first for the Triple Crown hopeful since he breezed four furlongs in :49.40 on Monday. Gulfstream Park “He came out of his half-mile work real good,” Hendricks said. “It Rehoboth (Wagon Limit), a stakes-placed winner trained by Frank took so little out of him, I took him right back to the track the next Gomez, prepped for an expected start in the $1-million Florida Derby day. Everything’s right on schedule.” (G1) on April 1 by breezing six furlongs in 1:16 on Wednesday at Turfway Park Calder Race Course. An opportunity to run on Polytrack was a big factor in trainer Mark “He just went a nice, easy three-quarters,” Gomez said. “He’s ready Casse’s decision to point Seaside Retreat (King Cugat) toward the to go.” $500,000 Lane’s End Stakes (G2) on Saturday. Rehoboth exits a fifth-place finish in the Fountain of Youth Stakes “They say horses that like grass seem to do well over Polytrack,” (G2) on March 4. Casse said. “My horse ran once on grass and won.” Fairbanks (Giant’s Causeway), the $1.85-million sale topper at the Seaside Retreat outran Bear’s Kid (Lemon Drop Kid) by a half-length 2004 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings, will make his to win his turf debut on September 1. Bear’s Kid won the Summer 1 racing debut on Friday against nine rivals in a 1 ⁄16-mile maiden spe- Stakes (Can-G2) in his next start. cial weight race for three-year-olds on the turf at the Hallandale, Florida, oval. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the bay colt is a half brother to Grade 2 THOROUGHBRED TIMES CO. INC. Publisher of THOROUGHBRED TIMES TODAY winner Keats (Hennessy). 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