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HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, FLOWER ALLEY Weanlings Turned Heads, call 732-747-8060. Selling for up to $120,000 in 2008 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009 Johnny V Staying Home for Quality Road... John Velazquez, who piloted Edward P Evans=s Qual- Triple ity Road (Elusive Quality) to an emphatic score in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S. Feb. 28, will stay at Gulfstream to ride the sophomore in the Mar. 28 Threats GI Florida Derby. Velazquez will bypass a mount on champion Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie) in the OLD FASHIONED DRAWS RAIL IN REBEL G1 Dubai Golden Fox Hill Farms=s unbeaten Old Fashioned (Unbridled=s Shaheen, run on the same day. It was a very Song) has been assigned post one in Saturday=s A tough decision,@ GII Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park. The J “TDN Rising Velazquez said. ABut Star” J closed out Quality Road is really his juvenile campaign the one horse I=ve got with a dominating that=s heading toward win in the the Derby right now. GII Remsen S. at the Indian Blessing is a re- Big A Nov. 29. He ally good horse, but it=s picked up right where about the Derby right Quality Road he left off in his now and Quality Road is Horsephotos sophomore debut, a three-year-old that has stalking Silver City that kind of promise.@ Quality Road is expected to face (Unbridled=s Song) in the unbeaten J “TDN Rising Star” J Dunkirk (Unbri- Old Fashioned the GIII Southwest S. dled=s Song) in the Florida Derby. The $3.7-million Adam Coglianese Feb. 16, before pow- KEESEP graduate has been ridden by Edgar Prado and ering clear to a Garrett Gomez in his two previous starts. AI=ve gotten 3 1/4-length decision. The latter, last time drawn to the no edge on [Dunkirk] so far,@ Velazquez continued. AHe inside of Old Fashioned in the Southwest, has drawn hasn=t done anything wrong and he=s going to be post eight Saturday. Captain Cherokee (Sir Cherokee), a tough.@ half to champion sprinter Midnight Lute (Real Quiet), gets tested for class after clearing his first allowance condition at Fair Grounds Feb. 14. The Stonestreet colorbearer will exit from the seven stall. Hamazing Destiny (Salt Lake), transferred to D. Wayne Lukas following a sparkling 10 1/2-length debut victory going six furlongs at Oaklawn Feb. 7, breaks one to the out- side of Old Fashioned. He blew out three furlongs in :35 2/5 over this strip Mar. 10. Saturday, Oaklawn Park REBEL S.-GII, $300,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Old Fashioned Unbridled’s Song Dominguez 122 2Hamazing Destiny Salt Lake Thompson 115 3 Poltergeist Tapit Hamilton 117 4 Pointing Home Point Given J Garcia 115 5 Wise Kid Lemon Drop Kid Caraballo 117 6 His Greatness Honour and Glory Sterling Jr 117 7Captain Cherokee Sir Cherokee Quinonez 117 8 Silver City Unbridled’s Song Court 117 9 Win Willy Monarchos Berry 117 www.claibornefarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/13/09 • PAGE 2 of 5 P P R E V I E W P Saturday, Tampa Bay TAMPA BAY DERBY-GIII, $300,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1 Perfect Bull Holy Bull Butler 2 Musket Man Yonaguska Centeno 3Nowhere to Hide Vindication A Garcia 4 Hello Broadway Broken Vow Coa 5 Warrior=s Reward Medaglia d=Oro Montalvo 6 Sumo Fusaichi Pegasus Rose 7Join in the Dance Sky Mesa Trujillo 8General Quarters Sky Mesa J Lopez 9 Bear=s Rocket Lion Heart Allen Jr 10 Justdontcallmejeri Mr. Broad Blade Rios 11 Top Seed Grand Slam Maragh All carry 116 pounds, bar General Quarters, 122. Nowhere to Hide, also entered in Saturday=s GII Louisana Derby, will opt for this spot, it was an- nounced yesterday. He enters off a fourth-place finish in the GIII Risen Star S. Feb. 7. Saturday, Tampa Bay FLORIDA OAKS-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Brinca Macho Uno Gonzalez 116 2 Rock Candy Mineshaft Montalvo 120 3 Royal Ballade Elusive Quality A Garcia 116 www.pinoakstud.com 4 Ameribelle Medaglia d=Oro Coa 116 5 Dzibanche Roar of the Tiger Trujillo 116 6 Don=t Forget Gil Kafwain Maragh 118 FASIG-TIPTON - 2009 SALES DATES 7 Miss Ocean City Mineshaft Velez Jr 116 Texas 2yos Mar. 31 Saturday, Tampa Bay Midlantic 2yos May 18-19 HILLSBOROUGH S.-GIII, $175,000, 4yo/up, f/m, July Selected Yearlings July 20-21 a1 1/8mT Saratoga Selected Yearlings Aug. 10-11 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT New York Bred Yearlings Aug. 15-16 1 First Ascent Cherokee Run Cotto Jr 116 Texas Summer Yearlings Aug. 31-Sept. 1 2 Elusive Lady Van Nistelrooy Bravo 116 Eastern Fall Yearlings Oct. 5-7 3Ballymore Lady War Chant Maragh 122 Kentucky Selected Fall Mixed Nov. 9 4Russian Rosie (Ire) Traditionally Homeister Jr 116 Midatlantic December Mixed Dec. 6-7 5 Drop a Line Lemon Drop Kid Rose 116 Texas Fall Mixed Dec. 13 6 Mushka Empire Maker Trujillo 118 7Backseat Rhythm El Corredor Coa 118 8 Communique Smart Strike J Lopez 116 THIS DATE IN HISTORY... 9Waquoit’s Love Not For Love Centeno 122 10 Absolutely Cindy Arch A Garcia 116 March 14, 1941...Merrick died at age 38, establishing 11 Jaunty Gale Tiger Ridge Montalvo 116 the longevity record for a Thoroughbred. Did You Know?... March 14, 1976...Jockey Bill Shoemaker picked up his Dual Classic winner Big Brown 7,000th career victory, riding Royal Derby II to win the earned J “TDN Rising Star” J fifth race at Santa Anita. status after a GPX Alw win. Check out the TDN Rising Stars Courtesy of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. section on our website! TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/13/09 • PAGE 3 of 5 Previews cont. Sunday, Gulfstream Park INSIDE INFORMATION S.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Stormin Mon Maria=s Mon J Bridgmohan 116 2 Any Limit Limit Out Velasquez 122 3 Keep the Peace Touch Gold Leparoux 118 4 Precious Kiss Kissin Kris Jacinto 120 5 Game Face Menifee Velazquez 122 6 Pious Ashley Include Castellano 114 Sunday, Gulfstream Park HERECOMESTHEBRIDE S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Obsequious Fusaichi Pegasus Prado 114 2Bluegrass Princess Dynaformer Velazquez 114 3 Dream Empress Bernstein Desormeaux 122 4 Oilgonewile Montbrook Henry Sr 120 5 Fast Tigress Hold That Tiger Castellano 116 6 Gozzip Girl Dynaformer Trujillo 120 7 Guarda Empire Maker Leparoux 114 8 Candle Maker Tapit Garcia 114 Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes Earnings Compiled by Churchill=s Ben Huffman (Through Mar. 9) Horse Trainer Graded $ Square Eddie (Smart Strike) O'Neill $774,981 Pioneerof the Nile (Empire Maker Baffert $623,250 Vineyard Haven (Lido Palace {Chi}) bin Suroor $417,500 Terrain (Sky Mesa) Stall $344,830 I Want Revenge (Stephen Got Even) Mullins $324,000 Old Fashioned (Unbridled’s Song) Jones $270,000 Desert Party (Street Cry {Ire}) bin Suroor $241,667 West Side Bernie (Bernstein) Breen $225,760 Chocolate Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}) Hollendorfer $220,000 Friesan Fire (A.P. Indy) Jones $210,465 Bittel Road (Stormy Atlantic) Pletcher $206,000 Azul Leon (Lion Heart) O'Neill $203,600 Crowded House (GB) (Rainbow Quest) Meehan $195,020 The Pamplemousse (Kafwain) Canani $180,000 Charitable Man (Lemon Drop Kid) McGlaughlin $150,000 Quality Road (Elusive Quality) J Jerkens $150,000 Beethoven (Sky Mesa) Ward $132,494 General Quarters (Sky Mesa) McCarthy $121,645 Munnings (Speightstown) Pletcher $105,000 Cribnote (Read the Footnotes) Violette $90,000 Flying Pegasus (Fusaichi Pegasus) Nicks $90,000 Hello Broadway (Broken Vow) Tagg $63,860 Theregoesjojo (Brahms) McPeek $58,063 All horses in TDN Headline News and TDN American edition are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/13/09 • PAGE 4 of 5 Brennan continued, AAgain, comparing the horses that went early and those who went later, I know the OBS MARCH ones that went later are every bit as good as the ones that went early, but they were a little slower on times. Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds In Training But that=s one of the reasons on how I can form my opinion of how the track was slower in the second half of the day.@ Brennan said that, regardless of the final times, horses were going well over the track all day long. AI think the horses move just as well over it--it=s just slower,@ he said. AIf you sit there all day and mark your card, you=d just need to mark where the breaks were as a reminder that the times would slow down afterwards --say the :9 4/5 is a :10 or :10 1/5. Which really, is probably more normal for the horses than :9 4/5.@ OBS Director of Sales Tom Ventura said he was happy with Thursday=s results. AIt was a good day,@ he said. AThe weather was ac- commodating, the track was good and the horses got March 17-18 11:00 a.m. to show their stuff. The wind, if any, was mild, and it was probably 60 degrees when we started and maybe 80, 85 when we finished. It was maybe a little warmer than normal, but last time [at February], it was a little FAST TIMES AT FIRST OBS BREEZE SHOW colder than normal.