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Rock Hard Ten Heads Swaps Field HEADLINE p. 2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2004 SEVEN GO FOR THE GOLD ‘PRINCESS’ SUMMIT OF SPEED FEATURE It’s not the best GI Hollywood Gold Cup field ever Six stakes races totaling $1.75 million make for an- assembled, but seven will be in the starting gate for other exciting rendition of Calder’s Summit of Speed. A today’s 65th renewal. Even the stellar field of six line up for the Score (Unbridled’s Song) raced GII Princess Rooney H. headed mainly on the turf last season by Bear Fan (Pine Bluff). A sharp under trainer Dallas Stewart’s five-length winner over Harmony care, but has turned around his Lodge (Hennessy) in the GII Gen- career since moving into Vladimir uine Risk H. May 9, she followed Cerin’s shedrow. The gray has that effort with an eye-opening Even the Score made only three starts this sea- nine-length success in the GII Benoit photo son, beginning with a third-place Bear Fan Vagrancy H. on Belmont Stakes finish behind Dynever in the GIII Adam Coglianese photo day. If she comes anywhere San Bernardino H. Apr. 3. The six-year-old bounced close to duplicating that 117 back with two sharp victories over the Hollywood Park Beyer Speed Figure performance, the rest will be run- main course, notching the GII Mervyn LeRoy H. May 8 ning for second. Harmony Lodge started off the year and the GII Californian S. June 12. Lone Star shipper with a smart win in the GIII First Lady H., but has Yessirgeneralsir (Patton) steps up in company here after turned in three runner-up ef- a wire-to-wire victory in the GIII Lone Star Park H. May forts since. Last year’s GI Balle- 31. Twenty-year-old rider Omar Figueroa, who rode the rina H. victress makes her first gelding in his last two starts, gets the call. “Omar has a start back since the Genuine very positive attitude and believes in this horse,” trainer Risk. After a disappointing sev- enth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Dallas Keen said. Total Impact (Stuka) hasn’t gotten his Distaff and a sixth-place finish picture taken since the 2003 GII Mervin LeRoy H., but in the Madison S., Lady Tak has been right with Even the Score in his last two, (Mutakddim) has gotten back Harmony Lodge (two path) finishing third in the Mervin LeRoy and second in the on track in her last two. The leads the Ballerina field Californian. Trainer Laura de Seroux thinks he’ll love the turning for home. Heiligbrodt colorbearer notched Steve Sherack photo Gold Cup distance. “He’ll love the trip, he stays,” de a Churchill allowance Apr. 24, Seroux said. “He almost won the [2002] Dubai Derby at then took the Winning Colors H. last time May 22. Local that distance.” Olmodavor (A.P. Indy) was sharp in hero Mary Murphy (Coronado’s Quest) will take a major victory in the GIII Whirlaway H. earlier in the year, but class hike after posting wins in the Goldarama S. and disappointing fourth-place finishes in the GI Santa Anita the Sugar n Spice S. “This will be exciting seeing her be H. and the Mervin LeRoy, led to a two month layoff. the local favorite and to see how she stacks up,” said Rob Murphy, of M375 Thoroughbreds. Saturday, Hollywood Park, post time: 5:40 p.m. PDT HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo/up, 10f Saturday, Calder, post time: 5:44 p.m. EDT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS PRINCESS ROONEY H.-GII, $500,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f 1 Olmodavor A. P. Indy R Mandella 5-2 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 2 Total Impact (Chi) Stuka de Seroux 4-1 1 Harmony Lodge Hennessy Pletcher 4-1 3 Continental Red Flying Continental Jory 10-1 2 Lady Tak Mutakddim Asmussen 2-1 4 Yessirgeneralsir Patton Keen 8-1 3 Mary Murphy Coronado’s Quest Waunsch 12-1 5 Gift of the Eagle Islefaxyou Shirreffs 15-1 4 Puxa Saco Dehere Sahadi 10-1 6 Royal Moro With Approval C Dollase 20-1 5 Bear Fan Pine Bluff Ward 9-5 7 Even the Score Unbridled’s Song Cerin 6-5 6 Ema Bovary (Chi) Edgy Diplomat Ross 4-1 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/10/04 • PAGE 2 of 6 Today’s Graded Stakes Rock Hard Ten looks to get back on track after finish- ing a disappointing fifth in the GI Belmont S. June 5. brought to you by The striking colt received plenty of attention after his maiden win at Santa Anita Feb. 7 and added an allow- ance over the Arcadia course Mar. 3. He was disquali- fied from second and placed third for interference in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 3, then finished a very dis- tant second behind Smarty Jones in the GI Preakness S. May 15. His main competition will likely come from 9:00a G3 Silver Trophy S., Ascot Suave and Boomzeeboom. The former gave a career- 10:20a G3 Prix du Ris Orangis, Deauville best performance taking the GIII Northern Dancer S. in 4:10p GIII Azalea Breeders’ Cup, Calder the Churchill slop last time June 12, while the latter 4:16p GIII All Along Breeders’ Cup, Colonial Downs notched the GIII Affirmed H. in game fashion over this 4:41p GIII Carry Back S., Calder course June 19. 4:44p GIII Virginia Derby, Colonial Downs 4:45p GIII Poker H., Belmont Saturday, Hollywood Park, post time: 3:32 p.m. PDT 4:47p GIII Eatontown H., Monmouth A GLEAM INVITATIONAL H.-GII, $150,000, 3yo/up, 7f 5:13p GIII Smile Sprint H., Calder PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 5:44p GII Princess Rooney H., Calder 1 Coconut Girl Cryptoclearance Aguirre 4-1 6:32p GII A Gleam Invitational H., Hollywood 2 Fencelineneighbor Wild Rush Machowsky 8-1 7:36p GII Swaps Breeders’ Cup S., Hollywood 3 Royally Chosen In Excess (Ire) Headley 5-1 8:40p GI Hollywood Gold Cup S., Hollywood 4 Tucked Away Unusual Heat Gallagher 6-1 Eastern Daylight Time 5 Elloluv Gilded Time C Dollase 5-2 6 Elusive Diva Elusive Quality Glatt 5-1 First Stakes Winner for 7 Stormica Storm Cat G Mandella 15-1 MORE THAN READY 8 Pocketfullofpesos In Excess (Ire) Mitchell 12-1 Click here for more... 9 Dream of Summer Siberian Summer Garcia 12-1 The question confounding bettors this afternoon sur- rounds the readiness of MGISW Elloluv in her first start P P R E V I E W P since finishing sixth in the GI La Brea S. Dec. 27. Per- fect in two starts at Hollywood, the bay was disquali- fied from second to fourth in the GII Lady’s Secret Saturday, Hollywood Park, post time: 4:36 p.m. PDT Breeders’ Cup H. at Santa Anita Sept. 28 and finished SWAPS BREEDERS’ CUP S.-GII, $400,000, 3yo, runner-up to Adoration in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff 1 1/8m Oct. 25 prior to her La Brea effort. Coconut Girl put an PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS end to Ema Bovary’s nine-race winning streak when 1 Capitano Belong to Me Bell 8-1 defeating that rival by 1 1/4 lengths in this track’s GIII 2 Bear in the Woods Formal Gold C Dollase 15-1 Desert Stormer H. June 5. Royally Chosen crossed the 3 Rock Hard Ten Kris S. Orman 4-5 line a nose better than Ema Bovary in the Dec. 31 4 Brands Hatch A.P. Indy Harty 10-1 Kalookan Queen H. at Santa Anita, only to be demoted 5 Suave A.P. Indy McGee 5-1 to second. The bay was last seen when a head winner 6 Boomzeeboom Explosive Red Cerin 5-2 of the B. Thoughtful S. for Cal-breds over course and Cont. distance Apr. 24. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/10/04 • PAGE 3 of 6 Saturday, Calder, post time: 5:13 p.m. EDT Saturday, Calder, post time: 4:10 p.m. EDT SMILE SPRINT H.-GIII, $500,000, 3yo/up, 6f AZALEA BREEDERS’ CUP S.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo, f, 6f PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Champali Glitterman G Foley 6-1 1 Boston Express Boston Harbor Norman 5-1 2 My Cousin Matt Matty G Lake 10-1 2 Chatter Chatter Lost Soldier Ma Wolfson 8-1 3 Super Fuse Lite the Fuse Asmussen 20-1 3 Dazzle Me Tactical Cat Asmussen 6-1 4 Built Up Homebuilder Alonso 8-1 4 Anna Em Our Emblem Amoss 8-1 5 Clock Stopper Gilded Time Stewart 4-1 5 Frenchglen Forestry Pletcher 5-2 6 Hombre Rapido Falstaff Sadler 15-1 6 French Village Jules White 6-1 7 Love That Moon Migrating Moon Wolfendale 20-1 7 Reforest Forestry Frankel 3-1 8 Super Frolic Pine Bluff Mi Wolfson 20-1 8 Special Report Notebook Plesa Jr 15-1 9 Twilight Road Cahill Road Fawkes 12-1 French Village holds the homecourt advantage this 10 Alke Grand Slam Scr Scr afternoon, with four wins from five career starts. She 11 Valid Video Valid Wager Manning 6-1 employed pace-pressing tactics to win her first three 12 Gold Dollar Seattle Slew Azpurua 30-1 tries, but was seventh in the My Dear Girl S. in her two- 13 Aloha Bold Flying Chevron Hawley 12-1 turn bow Oct.