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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII DELTA JACKPOT >BRANDI,= YOU=RE A FINE GIRL Many hardened race observers figured that Willis Horton=s J “TDN Rising Star” J Take Charge Brandi (Giant=s Causeway) got away with one last time in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 1, leading throughout over a Santa Anita track that likely aided her front-running cause. Just three weeks removed from that 61-1 boilover, Horton and trainer D. Wayne Lukas rolled the dice and sent the OCHO OCHO OCHO L->EIGHT= ON THE SCENE flashy chestnut filly down to Owner Deron Pearson has really stepped up his Vinton for a crack at involvement in the Thoroughbred business in 2014, Saturday=s GIII Delta Princess and purchased six horses--including Ocho Ocho Ocho S. in an attempt to further (Street Sense)--for just over $1.2 million at the OBS enhance her championship April Sale. He augmented that spend by signing for a credentials. Whether she did whopping 18 horses for over $3.8 million at Keeneland enough in those 99 seconds September. One of four to sway enough voters will be horses to ship in from determined over the next the West Coast for eight weeks, but for the time Take Charge Brandi Saturday=s $1-million being, Take Charge Brandi Coady Photography GIII Delta Jackpot S., backed up her Southern Ocho Ocho Ocho repaid California effort with a pace-pressing victory over the at least some of his maiden Skipalute (Midnight Lute) and the somewhat owner=s hefty unlucky Majestic Presence (Majestic Warrior). AWe don't investment, proving have a vote, but we sure think it moves us in the right narrowly best following direction,@ Lukas opined after the race, adding that a final-furlong strong consideration will be given for a start in the throwdown with Zayat $350,000 GI Starlet S. Dec. 13, to be run for the first Stables= Mr. Z (Malibu time at Los Alamitos. Cont. p4 Moon). Far Right (Notional) finished an unlucky third. A $50,000 Keeneland Ocho Ocho Ocho September graduate, Coady photographer worked an eighth of a mile in a green :10 1/5, and--catalogued as hip 888--was hammered down to Pearson for $200,000, the most expensive of the nine Street Sense juveniles to go under the hammer in 2014. Sent off at debut odds of 4-1 going 5 1/2 furlongs over the Santa Anita main track Oct. 11, Ocho Ocho Ocho rallied professionally from third to score by a length and was sent off the 4-5 chalk for the Juvenile Turf Sprint in the Breeders= Cup Saturday opener when it was washed onto the main track. Despite arguing fast fractions of :21.46 and :43.96, the dark bay streaked home by 5 3/4 lengths, becoming a J “TDN Rising Star” J. 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DELTA DOWNS JACKPOT S.-GIII, $1,000,000, DED, 11-22, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:45 2/5, ft. Wake Up Nick (Cindago) stumbled leaving the stalls, 1--@OCHO OCHO OCHO, 119, c, 2, by Street Sense but showed early speed, only to be overtaken by 1st Dam: Winner, by Horse Chestnut (SAf) Conquest Tsunami (Stormy Atlantic) and the well-bet 2nd Dam: Pennant Champion, by Mr. Prospector Prime Engine (Northern Afleet). Mr. Z raced by his 3rd Dam: Personal Ensign, by Private Account lonesome in third, and Mike Smith took advantage and ($50,000 yrl '13 KEESEP; $200,000 2yo ‘14 OBSAPR). O-DP Racing dropped Ocho Ocho Ocho down into a ground-saving LLC; B-Siena Farms LLC (KY); T-James M Cassidy; J-Mike E Smith. spot in fourth. The pacesetters dueled on a near- $600,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $693,600. *1/2 to Private Ensign suicidal pace of :22.27 for the opening two furlongs. (A.P. Indy), GSP, $124,384. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the Mr. Z shaded Ocho Ocho Ocho for third, and while that eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. one went up three wide to vie for the lead at the half- mile marker, Smith sent the favorite up the fence to A GARY YOUNG 2YO-IN-TRAINING SALES RECOMMENDATION lead inside of Prime Engine entering the turn. Under a head s-up move by Paco Lopez, the Zayat runner = loomed up three deep to lead at the quarter pole, but Ocho Ocho Ocho responded in kind, took command just 2--Mr. Z, 117, c, 2, Malibu Moon--Stormy Bear, by Storm Cat. ($60,000 inside the eighth pole and outfought Mr. Z to the RNA yrl '13 KEESEP; $135,000 yrl '13 FTKOCT). O-Zayat Stables money. Far Right was detached from the field early LLC; B-Richard D Maynard (KY); T-D Wayne Lukas. $180,000. with no visible excuse, but made a monster middle Training Graduate move into contention down the backstretch. He went EQB yearling purchase for Zayat Stables • www.EQB.com for a run inside of the eventual winner nearing the stretch, but was checked hard at the quarter pole, lost 3--Far Right, 117, c, 2, Notional--Zindi, by Vindication. ($2,500 yrl '13 some momentum and re-rallied late to be third. A KEEJAN). O-Harry T Rosenblum; B-Nossabllc & Patrick J Crowley subsequent claim of foul was disallowed. The winner s (KY); T-Ron Moquett. $100,000. = third dam is the incomparable undefeated champion Personal Ensign. Margins: NO, 4, 2HF. Odds: 2.60, 3.10, 23.20. Also Ran: Saratoga Heater, Dekabrist, Wake Up Nick, Red Button, Prime Engine, Golden Actor, Conquest Tsunami. Scratched: Two Six Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Wins, Unblunted. VIDEO. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/23/14 • PAGE 4 of 18 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Delta Downs DELTA DOWNS PRINCESS S.-GIII, $400,000, DED, 11-22, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:39 3/5, ft. 1--TAKE CHARGE BRANDI, 122, f, 2, by Giant=s Causeway 1st Dam: Charming, by Seeking the Gold 2nd Dam: Take Charge Lady, by Dehere 3rd Dam: Felicita, by Rubiano ($435,000 yrl '13 KEESEP). O-Willis D Horton; B-Charming Syndicate (KY); T-D Wayne Lukas; J-Paco Lopez. $240,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 7-3-1-0, $1,410,126. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Another GSW from Paramount Sales 2--Skipalute, 117, f, 2, Midnight Lute--Skipstone, by Montbrook. ($130,000 yrl '13 FTKJUL). O-Gold Mark Farm LLC & Whisper Hill Farm; B-Morgan's Ford Farm (VA); T-Eddie Kenneally. $72,000. 3--Majestic Presence, 117, f, 2, Majestic Warrior-- Shining Victory, by Victory Gallop. ($100,000 yrl '13 KEESEP). O-Mark DeDomenico LLC & North American Thoroughbred Horse Company; B-Judy B Hicks (KY); T-Jerry Hollendorfer. $40,000. Margins: 1HF, 1, 2HF. Odds: 2.20, 7.80, 5.70. Also Ran: Danessa Deluxe, Temper Mint Patty, Vivian Da Bling, Lil Super Bear, Miss Mandate, Sharla Rae, Spooled. Scratched: Divine Dawn, Lovely Maria. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO. Take Charge Brandi debuted with the easiest of maiden wins at Churchill Downs June 22 and ran with credit when second to fellow J “TDN Rising Star” J Fashion Alert (Old Fashioned) after setting a searching pace in the GIII Schuylerville S.