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NYRA files for Chapter 11 HEADLINE p. 1 ATW 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 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2006 FINAL BC TUNE-UP FOR OUIJA BOARD SANGRITA WINS CHILUKKI Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), the 8-5 morning- Sangrita (Mr. Greeley), looking to win her second line favorite for GI Breeders= Cup Filly and Mare Turf, straight off a seven-month layoff, drove clear to a had her final tune-up for Saturday=s race with a three- two-length victory in yesterday=s GII Chilukki S. at furlong move over the Churchill lawn in :44. The well- Churchill Downs. Sent off at traveled mare impressed trainer 9-2, the bay filly attended the Ed Dunlop. AShe flourishes wher- pace through fractions of ever she goes and puts on weight :23.00, :46.17 and 1:10.76. whenever she goes abroad, @ She put her head in front en- Dunlop said. Ouija Board will be making her third appearance in tering the stretch, turned back the F/M Turf after winning the the challenge of Indian Flare race in 2004 and finishing second (Cherokee Run) and was pull- last year. In 2006, the five-year- Sangrita R Palmer ing clear as favored Joint Ef- old has made seven starts. AThere fort (Runaway Groom) closed have been a lot of questions for second. AThis filly is lightly raced, but she has lots Horsephotosabout the amount of racing she of heart,@ said winning trainer Michael Matz, making has had this year, but Oujia Board=s a freak. She takes his first trip to Churchill since Barbaro captured the GI her racing well and looks after herself at home. She=ll Kentucky Derby in May. AShe showed that today.@ give her best [on Saturday], I hope,@ Dunlop added. Cont. p3 After ending the year with a trip to Asia, Ouija Board will be retired. AIt=s been well-documented this is her Thursday, Churchill Downs last year--she goes to Kingmambo--and hopefully she=ll CHILUKKI S.-GII, $170,250, CDX, 11-2, 3yo/up, f/m, go from here to Japan and then Hong Kong before 1m, 1:36 3/5, ft. retirement. It=s been a great story and I=ll certainly never 1--@SANGRITA, 116, f, 3, by Mr. Greeley have another one like her,@ her trainer concluded. 1st Dam: Alvear, by Seattle Slew 2nd Dam: Andover Way, by His Majesty JUVENILE HOPEFULS ON TRACK 3rd Dam: On the Trail, by Olympia A pair of juveniles completed preparations for Satur- O/B-Dorothy Alexander Matz (KY); T-Michael R Matz; day=s Breeders= Cup yesterday at Churchill. English J-Edgar S Prado; $101,335. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, invader Satulagi (Officer), prepping for the Juvenile $152,265. *1/2 to Offlee Wild (Wild Again), GISW, Fillies, went four furlongs from the gate in :50 4/5. $976,325. AShe was very good at the stalls,@ said trainer Stan 2--Joint Effort, 118, f, 3, Runaway Groom--C. C. Prin- Moore. AShe jumped off at the sound of the bell, and cess, by Conquistador Cielo. O/B-Donald R Dizney breezed to the finish post. The assistant starter said she (FL); T-Dale Romans; $32,688. did everything perfectly and that he was happy with 3--Indian Flare, 118, f, 4, Cherokee Run--True Flare, by her.@ The Juvenile Fillies will be Satulagi=s first start on Capote. O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc (KY); T-Bobby the dirt, although she did debut with a third-place finish Frankel; $16,344. over the all-weather track at Lingfield in March. She is Margins: 2, 1 3/4, 1. Odds: 4.60, 3.20, 3.70. coming off a fourth-place effort in the Sept. 23 G1 Also Ran: Wild Fit, Humorous Gal, Golden Locket, Mary Fillies= Mile S. Juvenile hopeful Street Sense (Street Cry Delaney, Lady Pegasus, Trippi Street. {Ire}), third in the Oct. 7 GI Breeders= Futurity, worked Scratched: Prospective Saint, Carmandia, Vague. an easy four furlongs yesterday in :50 4/5. AWe wanted Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com :51, :52,@ said trainer Carl Nafzger. AI guess that fifth of catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor a second won=t bother us. He did it perfect. I think Made. we=re ready.@ (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/3/06 • PAGE 2 of 5 BREEDERS’ CUP BULLETIN CLASSIC - POWERED BY DODGE, $5,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m Surrounded by cameras, Classic favorite Bernardini (A.P. Indy) went out for his first visit to the Churchill track yesterday morning. After the striking sophomore galloped 1 1/4 miles and schooled in the gate, trainer Tom Albertrani pronounced himself satisfied with his charge=s condition. AHe=s doing super,@ Albertrani said. AI couldn=t be happier with him at the moment.@ MG1SW David Junior (Pleasant Tap), scheduled to make his dirt debut in the Classic, schooled in the pad- dock and galloped on the main track Thursday. AI was very happy with what I saw today,@ trainer Brian Meehan said. AWe let him stand in the paddock and have a look around to get him used to his surround- ings.@ Meehan isn=t concerned about David Junior han- dling the dirt. AWe have a Polytrack at the farm [in Manton, England],@ he explained. AAnd we have several bends on it, so he=s trained for American racing, even though he hasn=t run on anything but turf.@ NETJETS MILE, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, 1mT Badge of Silver (Silver Deputy) has not raced since winning his turf debut in the Jan. 1 GII San Gabriel H., but the long layoff does not bother trainer Bobby Frankel. AI=ll be on the lead, I=ll be sav- EMIRATES AIRLINE DISTAFF, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, ing all the ground and I=ll be 10-1,@ f/m, 1 1/8m Frankel said. AThere are some reasons GI Acorn S. winner Bushfire (Louis Quatorze) has to like him.@ According to Frankel, the never started on the turf, but she tried out the lawn Mile might just set up perfectly for yesterday when the main track came up sloppy at Chur- Badge of Silver. AI looked at the race chill. AI=d rather not have her gallop over the main track pretty good and there=s not a lot of when it=s in that condition,@ explained trainer Eddie Horsephotos speed in it this year,@ he said. AIn other Kenneally after the sophomore filly galloped 1 1/2 miles years there has been, but not this over the turf. AI had to do a little something with her, year. I don=t think [anyone] is going to want to run with but I didn=t want to risk anything in that slop. It was her him. If they do, they=ll compromise themselves. So if he first time on turf. Maybe we could run in the Mile next gets loose up front...@ Badge of Silver will retire after year?@ Saturday=s race. AIf he can win a Breeders= Cup race-- well, obviously, that=s greatly to his advantage,@ Frankel said. Since running in January, Badge of Silver had TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY surgery to remove chips in his ankle, then an abscess AT KEENELAND NOVEMBER SELLS knocked him out of the Saratoga meet, but Frankel thinks the six-year-old will be ready to run Saturday. AI #1704 SAINTLY HERTFIELD, A ½ SISTER TO didn=t have any trouble getting him fit,@ the Hall of SATURDAY’S BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE (G1) STARTER Famer said. AHe=s there. He=s a very generous horse in GOT THE LAST LAUGH (G3). the mornings. He=s ready--and you never know.@ SELLING ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2006 What They’re Saying at the Breeders’ Cup (859) 885-3345 • www.taylormadesales.com “He’s sharper than a Ginsu knife on Thanksgiving Day” Exercise rider Jody Giorgio GII CHILUKKI S. Sangrita (Mr. Greeley) drives to on Breeders= Cup Mile hopeful Miesque=s Approval second straight victory. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/3/06 • PAGE 3 of 5 Sangrita Takes Chilukki (cont. from p1) Friday, Aqueduct, post time: 1:24 p.m. EST The lightly raced Sangrita (Mr. Greeley) romped to a TEMPTED S.-GIII, $100,000, 2yo, f, 1m 12 3/4-length maiden victory at Gulfstream last Febru- PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT ary, but went to the sidelines after a fifth-place finish 1 Tell It As It Is Chester House Smith 115 behind Breeders= Cup Distaff hopeful Bushfire in the 2 Changeisgonnacome Cherokee Run Trombetta 117 Mar. 18 Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs. The Matz 3 Spectacular Malibu Malibu Moon Trombetta 121 homebred returned with a wire-to-wire 3 3/4-length 4 Five Star Daydream Five Star Day McGaughey 119 allowance victory at Delaware Park Oct. 9. AWe lost the 5 Successful Outlook Orientate Blasi 115 mare [Alvear] last year, but we were lucky enough to Five Star Daydream, second in her swifty run debut get two fillies from her,@ trainer Michael Matz said. at Belmont July 14, has flourished under the patient AThis is an exciting win for us.@ The race went accord- approach undertaken by trainer Shug McGaughey. After ing to plan for winning rider Edgar Prado. AWe just graduating second time out at the Spa Aug. 10, the bay wanted to lay a nice second or third, and just press the landed an optional claimer at Belmont Sept.