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PATTON’S VICTORY STREAK HEADLINE p3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2003 BEAUMONT BELLES DOZEN DRAWN FOR ARKANSAS DERBY A solid group of three-year-old fillies will go postward An even dozen will face the starter in the $500,000 in today’s GII Stonerside Beaumont S. at Keeneland, GII Arkansas Derby Saturday at Oaklawn Park, one of headed by graded-stakes winners Midnight Cry (Smart three major Kentucky Derby preps that afternoon. The Strike), My Boston Gal (Boston Harbor) and Chimichurri Arkansas Derby will be the final leg of the national Big (Elusive Quality), as well as Elegant Designer (Suave 3 Pick 3 wager, which will also include the GI Wood Prospect), who has a four-race winning streak in hand. Memorial at Aqueduct and the GI Midnight Cry ran second to Elegant Designer in the Toyota Blue Grass S. from Great State Challenge Juvenile Keeneland. Region of Merit Fillies Dec. 7, then made an eye- (Touch Gold) defeated Aristocat catching sophomore bow in win- (Tale of the Cat) in the GIII ning the GIII Stonerside Forward Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 16. This Gal S. at Gulfstream Mar. 14. will be the third meeting between Stonerside has set up a $200,000 the two colts. Shipping in from bonus to any filly who can sweep Region of Merit Equi-Photo California is Man Among Men the Forward Gal, the Beaumont (Gentlemen {Arg}), who surprised Bird Town Equi-Photo and the Stonerside S. at Lone current Kentucky Derby favorite Empire Maker in the Star May 24 and Midnight Cry Sham S. Feb. 7. Ten Cents A Shine, who had been will be tough to handle in the second leg of this series. expected to run in the Arkansas Derby, will instead run One who could be up to the task is Bird Town (Cape in the Blue Grass (see p2 for the story). Town). The Marylou Whitney homebred gave subse- quent GSW Yell a run for her money in a two-turn Saturday, Oaklawn Park allowance at Gulfstream Jan. 16, missing by just a ARKANSAS DERBY-GII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m neck after a stretch-long duel. She came back at the PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT same track to trounce the field by 12 1/2 lengths in the 1 Sell to Survive Patton Marquez Jr 118 Charon S. Feb. 23, an effort which earned her a 100 2 Crowned King Barkerville Rennie 122 Beyer Speed Figure. 3 Defrere’s Vixen Defrere D Meche 118 4 Christine’s Outlaw Wild Again Guidry 118 Thursday, Keeneland, post time: 4:45 p.m. EDT 5 Sir Cherokee Cherokee Run Thompson 118 STONERSIDE BEAUMONT S.-GII, $250,000, 3yo, f, a7f 6 Cat Genius Western Cat Borel 122 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 7 Region of Merit Touch Gold Coa 122 1 Chimichurri Elusive Quality Pletcher 8-1 8 Comic Truth Proudest Romeo Theriot 122 2 Wild Light Tabasco Cat Pletcher 12-1 9 Aristocat Tale of the Cat Douglas 118 3 My Boston Gal Boston Harbor Nafzger 7-2 10 Man Among Men Gentlemen (Arg) Solis 122 4 Perfect Story Tale of the Cat Ward Jr. 4-1 11 Saint Liam Saint Ballado Court 118 5 Adopted Daughter Elusive Quality Werner 15-1 12 Eugene’s Third Son Indian Charlie Sellers 118 6 Elegant Designer Suave Prospect A Dutrow 8-1 7 Bird Town Cape Town Zito 5-1 8 Vibs Beau Genius Romans 6-1 RACING ON TELEVISION: 9 Midnight Cry Smart Strike McPeek 4-1 Apr. 12 - Wood Memorial & Bay Shore S. The brisnet.com ‘Race of the Day’ is the - ESPN, 3:30-4:30 p.m. EDT GII Stonerside Beaumont S. from Keeneland. Toyota Blue Grass & Arkansas Derby (live) For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. - NBC, 4:30-6 p.m. EDT HORSE OF THE YEAR AZERI CONTINUES TO DOMINATE IN 2003. JADE HUNTER’s daughter, multiple Eclipse winner AZERI, captured the G1 Apple Blossom H. on April 5. The same day, John G. Sikura, President FOUFA’S WARRIOR placed in the $500,000 G2 Illinois Derby. PHONE: (859) 255-8290 FAX: (859) 281-6148 Where can you find action like that for $10,000? TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/10/03 • PAGE 2 of 4 P P R E V I E W P P S O P H O M O R E S C E N E P Thursday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:38 p.m. CDT Ten Cents A Shine Rerouted COUNT FLEET SPRINT H.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 6f Originally scheduled to make his final Kentucky Derby PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT prep in Saturday’s GII Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, 1 Cojet Unbridled’s Song Holthus 116 Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Ten Cents A Shine (Devil His 2 Beau’s Town Beau Genius Norman 122 Due) will take his place alongside his owner’s Badge of 3 Big Bad George Groovy Holthus 112 Silver (Silver Deputy) in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. at 4 Chindi El Prado (Ire) Hobby 113 Keeneland. “It looks like there is going to be a big field 5 Honor Me Honor Grades Roberts 116 in Arkansas and if you draw the outside there, you have 6 Sand Ridge Known Fact Von Hemel 113 no chance to win,” trainer D. Wayne Lukas com- mented, despite the fact that the last three winners of Friday, Keeneland the race broke from posts 11, 10 and 10, respectively. MAKER’S MARK MILE-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1mT “This horse is training great. I have him where I want PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT him physically, but he’s not where I want him mentally. 1 Angel on the Wing Sky Classic Lovato Jr. 116 We need to step up and get in the fray though or we’ll 2 Private Son Miesque’s Son Velasquez 116 be lost on the first Saturday in May.” In his first start 3 Royal Spy Peteski Albarado 118 for his trainer, Ten Cents A Shine was unplaced in the 4 Political Attack Hawk Attack Guidry 116 GII San Felipe S. Mar. 16, but came back to work a 5 Miesque’s Approval Miesque’s Son Bailey 118 solid mile in 1:38 2/5 at Santa Anita two weeks later. 6 Mister Acpen (Chi) Golden Voyager Sellers 116 Jockey Mike Smith will be in from California for the 7 Decarchy Distant View Prado 116 mount. 8 Statement Seattle Slew Coa 116 9 Touch of the Blues (Fr) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Desormeaux 116 Lion Tamer Gets Another Chance 10 Music’s Storm Storm Creek Day 116 Lion Tamer (Will’s Way), fourth as the favorite in the GII Lane’s End S. at Turfway Park Mar. 22, may get Friday, Oaklawn Park another opportunity to prove that he can handle a dis- FANTASY S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m tance of ground as he was pronounced yesterday a PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT likely starter in Saturday’s Blue Grass S. Trainer Todd 1 Harbor Blues Petionville Theriot 121 Pletcher, who will also be represented by Indy Dancer 2 Ruby’s Reception Rubiano Thompson 121 (A.P. Indy) in the GI Wood Memorial and Aristocat (Tale 3 Go for Glamour Pine Bluff Solis 117 of the Cat) in the GII Arkansas Derby on Saturday, has 4 Kristina’s Wish Smart Strike Marquez Jr 117 tabbed jockey Cornelio Velasquez to pilot the chestnut 5 My Trusty Cat Tale of the Cat Pettinger 121 colt, who earlier this winter won the seven-furlong GII 6 Westerly Breeze Gone West Court 121 Hutcheson S. at Gulfstream Park. UPCOMING GRADED STAKES ‘Talk’ Needs Focus Atswhatimtalknbout (A.P. Indy), fourth as the 3-2 Date Race Track favorite in last Saturday’s GI Santa Anita Derby, may 4-12 GI Wood Memorial Aqueduct need some sharpening up. “I’m going to work him in GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Keeneland blinkers and see if he’s more aggressive,” said trainer GI Carter H. Aqueduct Ron Ellis of the colt, who shipped to Kentucky yester- GII Arkansas Derby Oaklawn day morning. “It’s not a definite [that he’ll race in blink- GIII Bay Shore S. Aqueduct GIII Shakertown S. Keeneland ers]. He’s a little bit of a lazy work horse...he probably 4-13 GII Commonwealth BC S. Keeneland needs them. I haven’t put him on them to this point GIII Jenny Wiley S. Keeneland because he was always doing so well, but now that he 4-18 GIII Comely S. Aqueduct ran one race that wasn’t up to par, we’ve got to kind of pull out all stops.” SILVER GHOST Mr. Prospector S Misty Gallore 17% STAKES HORSES BOX 626, VERSAILLES, KY 40383 (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 FROM STARTERS E-MAIL: [email protected] 2003 STUD FEE: $10,000 LIVE FOAL WEB SITE: lanesend.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/10/03 • PAGE 3 of 4 Sophomore Scene cont. Ocean Terrace to Lexington P R E S U L T S P GIII El Camino Real Derby hero Ocean Terrace (Saint Ballado), who lost his unbeaten record when eased in Wednesday, Oaklawn Park the GI Santa Anita Derby, will likely make his next start FIFTH SEASON S.-GIII, $100,000, OPX, 4-9, 4yo/up, in the GII Coolmore Lexington S. at Keeneland Apr. 19. 1 1/16m, 1:43 1/5, ft.