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LUCKY=, LOPEZ LOVING LIFE at the SPA >PALACE= TREATS SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here >LUCKY=, LOPEZ LOVING LIFE AT THE SPA GOING >COMMANDO= IN THE SPINAWAY Trilogy Stable and Laurie Plesa=s Itsmyluckyday Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables and The Elkstone (Lawyer Ron) nearly followed in the hoofprints of his Group=s Condo Commando (Tiz Wonderful) looks to talented late sire in the GI Whitney H. Aug. 2, dropping >build= on one of the more impressive debut successes a 1 1/4-length decision to front-running Moreno this summer at Saratoga when she steps up to the top (Ghostzapper). But the level in today=s GI Spinaway S. at the Spa. The dark striking dark bay colt, bay, a half-sister to the three-time graded stakes-placed equipped with blinkers for sprinter/miler Checklist the first time, (Gone West) and successfully turned the produced by 2004 tables on the Southern GII Delaware Oaks Equine runner, grinding winner Yearly Report his way past his fellow (General Meeting), was 4-year-old in the final dangled for a $75,000 50 yards to duplicate the in a 5 1/2-furlong feat of Lawyer Ron, who maiden Aug. 3 and was Itsmyluckyday Adam Coglianese crushed the field by immediately doing the 8 1/4 lengths in 2007. It Condo Commando Adam Coglianese hustle for Joe Bravo was the second career Grade I success for trainer Eddie from the gates. She Plesa Jr. (Three Ring, 1999 Acorn S.) and first for turned it on down the stretch to report home a talented jockey Paco Lopez, who also took the 12-length winner in 1:03.82, and she should argue the GII Prioress S. with Monmouth raider Stonetastic pace again this afternoon from the inside berth in the (Mizzen Mast). "It's like when you have a child that field of nine. The >for sale= sign is unlikely to ever be does something out of the ordinary, exceptional, that seen again, and the filly has the full confidence of you know he could do; that's what it felt like,@ Plesa Jr. trainer Rudy Rodriguez. "She ran a very good race; she enthused. AI mean, horses aren't your children, but we deserves a chance to run in [the Spinaway]," the take great pride in our horses.@ Cont. p3 conditioner commented. "We got a couple works into her; she looks like she's training good. The race comes >PALACE= TREATS FOREGO FOES WITH MALICE up a little quick, but that's the way it has to be. She's a Antonino Miuccio=s former $20,000 claimer Palace lot more comfortable now; she looks like she has it (City Zip) took advantage of a perfect inside trip over a figured out." Cont. p13 track with a strong rail and turned on the afterburners in the stretch to take Saturday=s GI Forego S. by 3 1/2 lengths. Big Business (Eddington) rallied from midfield and outfinished Vyjack (Into Mischief) for second. It was the second consecutive top-level success for the Palace, who arguably holds the inside track to a divisional championship. The Forego is a AWin and You=re In@ event for the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint. Cont. p5 GLOW SHOWS NEW DIMENSION IN DEBUTANTE Ten Broeck Farm=s Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate) employed front-running tactics when defeating males in landing two of her three previous trips to the post. But the gray was held up off the pace this time around by jockey Victor Espinoza in Saturday=s GI Del Mar Debutante S. and came through to best a stubborn Her Emmynency (Successful Appeal) by a neck. Conquest Eclipse (Malibu Moon), making her first start since graduating first time out at Churchill Downs June 29, looked a winner for a few strides in deep stretch and finished a solid third. Del Mar Debutante cont. p6 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ‘Dan’ is Still the Man Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] Two-time reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry) put in another EDITORIAL championship performance yesterday in his [email protected] highly anticipated return in Saratoga’s Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini GII Bernard Baruch H., just four months after Managing Editor: Alan Carasso undergoing emergency colic surgery. Racing Editor: Steve Sherack Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato Associate Editor: Justina Severni Wise Dan Assistant Editor: Christie DeBernardis Adam Coglianese Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Page 9 ADVERTISING [email protected] A Pair of Stars on the Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Art Director: Lia Kusch Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. Andrew ‘Rise’ Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Two impressive colts earned the J “TDN Rising Star” J distinction yesterday, starting CUSTOMER SERVICE with 2-year-old El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) who [email protected] bound home to a 10 3/4-length success at Saratoga. Director of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Just about three hours later, the regally bred Atreides sophomore Atreides (Medaglia d’Oro) romped by Leslie Martin 17 1/2 lengths in Gulfstream’s Monarchos S. 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Gone nearly nine months, the colt had the unenviable A dual stakes winner in a reasonably busy seven-race task of facing Palace Malice (Curlin) in the juvenile season in 2012, Itsmyluckyday aired by 6 3/4 GII Gulfstream Park H. Mar. 8, but turned in a solid lengths in the Gulfstream Park Derby, then handed fourth-place effort, then plundered overmatched rivals champion Shanghai Bobby (Harlan=s in the Apr. 26 Best of the Rest S. at Holiday) his first career defeat in the Gulfstream and in the Majestic Light GIII Holy Bull S. Favored in the S. at Monmouth May 24. He proved a GI Florida Derby in his start, he took handy winner of the GIII Salvator Mile the lead into the final furlong, but at the Jersey Shore oval July 6, and could not resist the late bid of Orb Plesa Jr. could have stayed at home (Malibu Moon) and settled for second. for another potentially easy payday in At $9.50-1 the fifth betting choice in the GII Monmouth Cup July 27. the GI Kentucky Derby, Itsmyluckyday Instead, the conditioner reasoned that never got untracked over a sloppy his charge was in career form and Churchill main track and struggled in that it was time to re-engage Palace 15th behind Orb, but Plesa Jr. lost no Malice and company in the confidence in his charge and GI Whitney H. Aug. 2. Allowed to sit continued on undaunted to the a good trip in behind pacesetting GI Preakness S. two weeks hence, Itsmyluckyday Adam Coglianese Moreno, Itsmyluckyday slid up the and Itsmyluckyday validated the fence and went to the attack entering decision with an outstanding runner-up effort to the the stretch. Somewhat curiously taken to the outside pacesetting Oxbow (Awesome Again). With an eye on where an inside run was available, he came home three the second half of the season, connections took a pass lengths better than champion Will Take Charge on the GI Belmont S. and instead headed back to (Unbridled=s Song) in second and would be equipped Monmouth Park and an intriguing matchup with with blinkers for his return to the Spa. Cont. p4 Verrazano (More Than Ready) in the GIII Pegasus S. But Mike Smith, in the irons that day, pulled up his mount on the backstretch, and Itsmyluckyday was done for TDN TODAY the year, diagnosed with a pelvic fracture that required Headline News.. 16 pages no surgical intervention, but plenty of TLC. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/31/14 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Woodward S. cont. FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI WOODWARD S. Favored by slightly more than $6,000, Moreno was off a half-step slow, but Junior Alvarado was intent on the front and had the Whitney hero at the head of affairs entering the first turn. Paco Lopez was only too happy to let that one go, but never let him out of the crosshairs, and while the first quarter went in a moderate :24.01, the tempo increased in the middle and the half was in a more testing :47.41. Itsmyluckyday was poised and in with every chance as the two took their Saturday, Saratoga race-long duel into WOODWARD S.-GI, $600,000, SAR, 8-30, 3yo/up, the far turn, but 1 1/8m, 1:48 4/5, ft. Moreno was 1BsITSMYLUCKYDAY, 120, c, 4, by Lawyer Ron unwavering on the 1st Dam: Viva La Slew (SP), by Doneraile Court engine and was the 2nd Dam: Viva La Viva, by Crafty Prospector first to face the 3rd Dam: Viva Sec, by Secretariat judge.
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