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GALLOPING GROCER BACK ON TRACK HEADLINE ...p3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005 A PRINCE AMONG HORSES HOW SWEET IT IS Good enough to beat champion Kitten’s Joy by a Honey Ryder (Lasting Approval) caught Briviesca (GB) head in the GIII Jefferson Cup S. at Churchill Downs (Peintre Celebre) in the final stride to pick up her first last June, Prince Arch (Arch) graded-stakes win in the GIII proved himself a Grade I win- The Very One H. at Gulfstream ner yesterday, hanging on Park yesterday afternoon. The gamely to beat Gigli (Brz) four-year-old filly had come (Clackson {Brz}) by a nose in close in the past, finishing third the Gulfstream Park Breeders’ by 1 1/4 lengths in the 2004 Cup H. “He knows where the GIII Herecomesthebride S. at wire is,” jockey Brice Blanc Gulfstream, rallying to be a Honey Ryder (left) Equi-Photo Prince Arch Equi-Photo said. Making his first start close-up third in the Dec. 18 since Saratoga, Prince Arch GII La Prevoyante H. at Calder and most recently finish- broke the Gulfstream Park course record that had been ing fourth, beaten 1 1/2 lengths, in the Feb. 12 GIII set by Honey Ryder just 60 minutes earlier, getting the Suwanee River H. The final time for the race was, for a 11 furlongs in 2:11.44. The bay also gave owner Ray- short time, a course record 2:11.71, more than a full mond H. Cottrell Sr. his first-ever Grade I score. “He’s second faster than the mark set by Host in the Jan. 30 the most loyal client I’ve ever had,” said trainer Ken GIII Mac Diarmida H., but a tick slower than Prince Arch McPeek, who has handled horses for Cottrell for 15 was clocked an hour later. The Very One H. cont. p2 years. “He believed in me before anyone else.” Gulfstream Park BC H. cont. p2 Sunday, Gulfstream Park THE VERY ONE H.-GIII, $100,000, GPX, 3-6, 3yo/up, Sunday, Gulfstream Park f/m, 1 3/8mT, 2:11 3/5 (NCR), fm. GULFSTREAM PARK BREEDERS' CUP H.-GI, $230,000, 1--@HONEY RYDER, 114, f, 4, by Lasting Approval 1st Dam: Cuando Quiere, by Affirmed GPX, 3-6, 3yo/up, 1 3/8mT, 2:11 2/5 (NCR), fm. 2nd Dam: Quatre Saisons, by Court Recess 1--sPRINCE ARCH, 119, c, 4, by Arch 3rd Dam: Alpine Peak, by Olympia 1st Dam: Princess Kris (GB), by Kris (GB) ($70,000 yrl '02 WIMJUL). O-Glencrest Farm LLC; 2nd Dam: As You Desire Me (Ire), by Kalamoun (GB) B-Wimborne Farm, Inc (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-J R 3rd Dam: Royal Saint (GB), by Saint Crespin III (GB) Velazquez; $60,000. Lifetime Record: 15-4-1-6, ($37,000 yrl '02 KEESEP). O-Raymond Cottrell Sr; $209,830. *1/2 to Cuando Puede (Lord at War B-Pine Lake Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G {Arg}), GSW, $199,973; Cuando (Lord at War {Arg}), McPeek; J-B Blanc; $150,000. Lifetime Record: MSW & MGSP, $329,967. 14-6-4-1, $569,186. 2--Briviesca (GB), 114, f, 4, Peintre Celebre--Kimono 2--Gigli (Brz), 114, h, 7, Clackson (Brz)--Forza Del (Ire), by Machiavellian. (10,000gns yrl ‘02 TATOCT). Destino (Brz), by Roi Normand. O-TNT Stud; B-Haras O-Darpat SL Stables; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud, Clarendon Tributo a Opera (BRZ); T-Robert J Frankel; $30,000. Farms & Warranty Bloodstock (GB); T-W Mott; $20,000. 3--Mustanfar, 118, c, 4, Unbridled--Manwah, by 3--Vous, 113, f, 4, Wild Rush--Seattle Moon, by Seattle Lyphard. O-Shadwell Stable; B-Shadwell Farm, LLC Dancer. ($20,000 wlng '01 KEENOV; $30,000 yrl (KY); T-Kiaran P McLaughlin; $27,500. '02 KEESEP). O-Tee-N-Jay Farm; B-Adam Staple (FL); Margins: NO, HF, NK. Odds: 7.30, 9.40, 1.40. T-Timothy A Hills; $11,000. Also Ran: Navesink River, Demeteor, Macaw (Ire), Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 3.80, 4.90, 11.40. Swagger Stick, Host, Niigon, Quest Star, Rio Guapore Also Ran: High Court (Brz), Galloping Gal, Savedbythelight, (Brz). Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com Royal Sweetpea, Binya (Ger), Noble Stella (Ger), Skip Com- catalog-style pedigree. mand. Scratched: Coquinerie, Old Fashion Girl, Krasnaya. www.overbrookfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/7/05 • PAGE 2 of 3 Gulfstream Park BC H. cont. Six Months to the Day... P T R I P L E T H R E A T S P It had been six months since Prince Arch last faced the starter, posting a head tally over Mustanfar (Unbri- Flying High After Fountain of Youth... dled) in the Sept. 6 GIII Saranac H. Explaining the ex- Trainer Nick Zito reported yesterday that GII Fountain tended layoff, Ken McPeek said, “There was nothing of Youth S. winner High Fly (Atticus) came out of the seriously wrong with him, we just decided to back off race in good order and will likely on him for awhile so he could be a good older horse.” head to the Apr. 2 GI Florida Off at 7-1 in his return, the modest $37,000 KEESEP Derby. “That’s the next logical yearling tracked the pace from the inside, moved to the spot for High Fly, but you never outside for the final drive and just held on over Gigli. know how things are going to work out,” said Zito, who was Mask Hysteria... saddling the colt for the first It was an unusual scene in the winner’s circle, as time. “We’ll talk with the owners owner Raymond Cottrell Sr. and company posed wear- and make a decision.” Zito has a High Fly Equi-Photo ing Mardi Gras masks. “Mr. Cottrell’s daughter was in quartet of Triple Crown candi- New Orleans...and picked up all these masks and they dates in the barn. Also possible for a tilt at the Triple all decided to wear are Sam F. Davis S. winner Andromeda’s Hero (Fusaichi them,” said McPeek, Pegasus); GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile third Sun King who sported one him- (Charismatic), who captured a Gulfstream allowance in self as he posed by his sophomore bow Feb. 26; and Noble Causeway Prince Arch’s tail. (Giant’s Causeway), an allowance winner on the Foun- “Mr. Cottrell told me tain undercard. “We hope we can keep it going, but he wasn’t going to things can change,” said the Brooklyn native. “You Dubai if everyone did- can’t boast about tomorrow. You saw what happened Gulfstream Park BC H. win photo Equi-Photo n’t wear these last year.” Zito had a trio of Derby candidates in 2004-- masks, and the race Eurosilver, The Cliff’s Edge and Birdstone--but the for- in Dubai is $2 million and I’d like to go.” The colt goes mer was forced to skip the race and the other two were next in the Mar. 26 G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. off the board. Birdstone went on the thwart Smarty Jones’ bid for history by taking the GI Belmont S. The Very One H. cont. Riding the Rail to Victory... Honey Ryder was tucked in behind the leaders while TODAY’S VIDEO saving ground early. The gray was in tight quarters as they entered the far turn, but managed to fight her way HIGHLIGHTS through, then swung wide for the drive and ran down Briviesca at the line. “I wanted to save ground and hold my position as long as I could,” winning jockey John Velazquez said. “The only time she ever wanted to back GIII The Very One H. Honey Ryder (Lasting Approv- out of there was leaving the half-mile [pole], but she al) gets up in the final jump for her first graded win. hung tough.” The winner will point for the Apr. 2 GII GI Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup H. Prince Arch Orchid H. Click for the brisnet.com chart. (Arch) beats Gigli (Brz) (Clackson {Brz}) by a nose. www.winstarfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/7/05 • PAGE 3 of 3 Triple Threats cont. On to the Santa Anita Derby... Galloping Grocer Back on Track... Trainer Ron Ellis said yesterday that Declan’s Moon Sleepy Hollow S. winner Galloping Grocer (A. P Jet), (Malibu Moon) exited his win in Satur- who was forced out of Saturday’s GII Fountain of day’s GIII Santa Catalina S. in fine fet- Youth S. due to a minor injury sustained tle. “He came out good, ate everything Feb. 17, was back in action Sunday at and all systems are go [for the Apr. 9 Belmont Park. With jockey Mike Luzzi GI Santa Anita Derby],” Ellis said. aboard, the gelding worked five furlongs Spanish Chestnut (Horse Chestnut in a bullet 1:00 3/5. “He galloped out six {SAf}), third in the Santa Catalina, will furlongs in 1:14 and I caught him going go for the rematch in the Santa Anita the last quarter mile in :23 3/5,” said Derby. “We’ll follow the program,” trainer Dominick Schettino. “He did it in trainer Patrick Biancone said. “He hand.” Owned by Robert Rosenthal and Declan’s Moon came out of the race very good and Galloping Grocer Bernice Waldbaum, the New York-bred Benoit photo we’re very pleased by his effort. It’s a Steve Sherack photo finished fourth in his only start this long way from the cup to the lips, but term, the Feb.