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MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here RUMOR HAS IT IN THE LAS FLORES FORT LARNED ESCAPES INJURY Rumor (Indian Charlie) overtook a game Teddy=s GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner Fort Larned (E Promise (Salt Lake) in deep stretch to secure a half- Dubai), who fell out of the starting gate and lost jockey length victory in Sunday=s GIII Las Flores S. at Santa Brian Hernandez, Jr. in Saturday=s GII Gulfstream Park Anita. Sent off at 6-1, the bay mare settled into a H., appears to have escaped major injury in the mishap. stalking position along the rail as AHe=s walking good this morning,@ trainer Ian Wilkes Shumoos (Distorted Humor) led reported yesterday. AWe=ll the field through an opening keep a close eye on him a quarter in :22.11. Teddy=s couple more days to make Promise spurted to the lead sure nothing else comes up. leaving the backstretch, had a Otherwise, he looked good two-length advantage after a half this morning. He grabbed a in :44.64 and looked likely to quarter. It wasn=t too bad. It give trainer Ron Ellis a birthday could have been a lot worse.@ graded stakes victory. But Rumor Despite the incident, Wilkes was finding her best gear late was feeling lucky. AHow lucky and she surged to the lead in the do we get,@ he asked. AThe dying strides, completing the horse fell on his head; he=s Fort Larned 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.44. AShe lucky he didn=t really hurt A Coglianese Rumor had a perfect trip,@ trainer himself. He could have ripped Benoit Richard Mandella said of the his whole heel off or he could have broken his leg. The winner. AI didn=t really think we=d way he fell, his whole head hit the ground.@ Wilkes said beat Teddy=s Promise, because she=s such a good mare, he would continue to watch Fort Larned for the next but my mare ran her heart out today. She=s not the best few days before making a plan for a future race. mare in the world, but she=s not far off.@ Cont. p3 Hernandez was uninjured in the incident and was back riding at Fair Grounds Sunday. AI=m fine today,@ said Sunday, Santa Anita Park Hernandez. AI didn=t get hurt at all. The only thing that LAS FLORES S.-GIII, $100,250, SAX, 3-10, 4yo/up, was bruised was my pride. Now my only concern is for f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:15 2/5, ft. the horse. I hope he comes out of the race without any 1--@RUMOR, 118, m, 5, by Indian Charlie problems.@ 1st Dam: Mini Chat, by Deputy Minister 2nd Dam: Phone Chatter, by Phone Trick 3rd Dam: Passing My Way, by Pass the Glass ($440,000 yrl '09 KEESEP). O-Ramona Bass, Claiborne Farm & Adele Dilschneider; B-Stonerside Stable, Marula Park Stud & Dr & Mrs Walter Zent (KY); T-Richard E Mandella; J-Mike E Smith. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 14-6-4-1, $384,438. *1/2 to Dixie Chatter (Dixie Union), GISW, $464,606. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Consigned by BLUEWATER SALES at KEESEP ‘09 2--Teddy's Promise, 123, m, 5, Salt Lake--Braids and Beads, by Capote. O/B-Ted & Judy Nichols (CA); T-Ronald W Ellis. $20,000. 3--Shumoos, 118, f, 4, Distorted Humor--Wile Cat, by Storm Cat. ($375,000 yrl '10 KEESEP). O-Fawzi Abdulla Nass; B-Brushwood Stable (PA); T-Ben D A Cecil. $12,000. Margins: HF, 6HF, 2. Odds: 6.50, 0.80, 2.70. Also Ran: Sugarinthemorning, Belle of the Hall, Distracting. Scratched: Pink Lollipops, Quizzical. Click for brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO. In This Issue Action Heats Up at OBS 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Steve Sherack is on the ground at OBS where he caught up with “the Sarge” (732) 747-8060 Nick Hines. Hines sold Kentucky Derby contender Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron) (732) 747-8955 (fax) at last year’s March sale and has high expectations for this year’s auction which www.thoroughbreddailynews.com begins Tuesday in Ocala. 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Page 1 (atw) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/11/13 • PAGE 3 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Rumor Has It (cont. from p1) Rumor, a J “TDN Rising Star” J, was already a Ocala Breeders’ Sales two-time stakes winner over this track and trip, but Company March Selected was seeking her first graded stakes tally. She won the Sale of Two Year Olds in L.A. Woman S. last October before concluding the Training 2012 season with a fifth-place effort behind champion Mar. 12-13 · 11:00 a.m. Groupie Doll (Bowman=s Band) in the Nov. 3 GI Breeders= Cup F/M Sprint. In her 2013 debut, Rumor was seventh over the turf in the Feb. 10 Wishing Well Walking Around Lucky... S. AShe never looked like she really extended herself After successfully pinhooking a pair of Lawyer Ron down the hill,@ trainer Richard Mandella said of that colts at the 2012 OBS March Juvenile Sale--including most recent effort. AI don=t think she liked it.@ GI Kentucky Derby hopeful Itsmyluckyday--former- Mike Smith could tell Rumor was ready to give a trainer-turned-bloodstock-agent Nick Hines marches better effort this time around. ALast time I rode her, she back to Ocala with another set of was just quiet, really, really quiet,@ Smith explained. promising prospects on behalf of AToday, I said, >I really want to warm her up,= at least, at his growing list of clientele. some point, get her into the race and see what would First up to bat for Athe Sarge@ is happen. When I did, she just locked on, and once she hip 135, a Horse Greeley half- did that, I knew she was going to run, it was just a brother to Strike the Bell (Mizzen matter of being good enough. I=m not too sure Teddy=s Mast), GSW, $301,112. Promise ran her race today, but when I saw that she Consigned by Eisaman Equine, the wasn=t really >kickin= on, I thought I had a shot to win it. $95,000 KEESEP yearling breezed Once I got her clear, she went on about her business. in :10 2/5, and galloped out in She went to the front a little sooner than you would fractions of :11.57 and :12.67, want, but like I said, you never know with >Teddy;= she per Hines. might fire a big one on us. You got to get her when you AHe=s cat-like and is very quick can, and that=s what we did. She kind of loafed a little on his feet,@ said Hines, who also at the end and she won well within herself.@ Nick Hines splits his time as an analyst for As for where the 5-year-old mare might start next, Horsephotos TVG. AHe has a great disposition. Mandella said, AShe runs well enough on synthetic. We I=m convinced that he=s an early might look at the [Apr. 13 GI] Madison at Keeneland. If horse that has the capabilities of getting a mile. she had run poorly, she=s done enough to be a Personally, I think he=s a star.@ broodmare, but the gals [owners Ramona Bass and Hines continued, AHe got a little aggressive prior to Adele Dilschneider] have said, if she=s doing well, we his work. It=s just one of those things. He did can keep her racing. We=ll see how it goes, but everything right up until that day, then he kind of obviously we=re in pretty good shape right now.@ goofed off a little bit and it may=ve cost him a 1/5 or Ron Ellis wasn=t overly disappointed with the runner- 2/5 of a second. But he=s a wonderful specimen, has a up effort of favored Teddy=s Promise.