High Again Readies for Oaks HEADLINE p.2 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 TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007 ASMUSSEN DUO DRILL AT CHURCHILL HARD SPUN BLAZES IN WORK Trainer Steve Asmussen sent out a pair of Kentucky Hard Spun (Danzig) turned more than a few heads Derby aspirants over Churchill Down=s main track Mon- Monday with a sharp five-furlong work :57.60 over day. GII Arkansas Derby winner Curlin (Smart Strike) Churchill=s main track. Accompanied by Mario Pino, the breezed a half mile in Pennsylvania-bred recorded the fastest of 27 moves at :48.40, with internal spilts the distance. The colt, who worked of :12.40, :24.20, :36.60 in tandem with stablemate Wildcat and :48.40, galloping out Bettie B., carved out internal splits five furlongs in 1:01.40. AHe of :11, :22, :33.40 and :45 flat for breezed real nicely,@ a half mile, galloping out six panels Asmussen said. AI feel com- in 1:12.60. AHe did it easy,@ said fortable about the way he Pino. AI was pushing on him a little bit--to keep his attention. He can got over the racetrack.@ The get to looking around.@ Although colt went to the track at Curlin Horsephotos not quite as planned, the colt=s 6:30 a.m. with little fanfare, Hard Spun Horsephotos trainer Larry Jones thought the but by the time he came off just over a quarter of an work was effective. AHe wasn=t hour later, the usual Derby week paparazzi had supposed to beat [Wildcat Bettie B.] that far,@ Jones swarmed. AThe horse exudes confidence and has a explained. AShe isn=t chump change, you know. But presence about him,@ added Asmussen. The midwest Mario was happy with the way he did it, so that means trainer also sent out stablemate Zanjero (Cherokee Run) I=m happy. The move was faster than I told him to go, in preparation for Saturday=s classic. Caught in :48.40 but he was within himself. We know he likes this track; for a half mile--the co-seventh fastest of 29 at the that=s fur sure.@ distance yesterday--the colt galloped out five furlongs in 1:02.40. AAs David Fiske, >MARCHAND= TAKES ON NINE the manager for [owner Making his second start of the year in today=s G2 Prix Winchell] said, >Side Show du Muguet at Saint-Cloud, Marchand d=Or (Fr) Bob= is doing really well,@ (Marchand de Sable) steps up to a mile following a try quipped Asmussen. AI think on Nad Al Sheba=s dirt when eighth in the Mar. 31 G1 everybody=s getting the Dubai Golden Shaheen. The four-year-old may find life same feel about him that the hard, however, under a penalty earned when winning barn always has had--he=s the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville in August. hard to eliminate when you He meets a host of proven milers, including Kentucky look at him and watch him Dynamite (Kingmambo), who annexed the G3 Prix Paul train. You don=t see anybody Zanjero Horsephotos de Moussac at Chantilly in June before finding only picking him, but you can=t Stormy River (Fr) too strong in the G1 Prix Jean Prat find anyone eliminating him. He shows up, his state of back there the following month. Sixth in the G1 Prix du mind is good, he=s great in flesh and he=s very sound. Moulin de Longchamp on his only subsequent start in September, he should appreciate the quicker conditions From watching previous runnings of the Derby, he=s a prevalent here. Lateral (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) carved out good horse to have in the race.@ a position as one of Germany=s top milers when win- ning the G3 Hamburger Meile in July, G3 Oppenheim TDN TODAY Pramerica Meile at Cologne in August and G2 Grosse Headline News.................... 7 pages Europa-Meile back at Cologne the following month and adds more weight to this contest. field p.3 www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/1/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Castellano Gets a Feel for Bwana Bull... The Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Bwana Bull (Holy Bull) Triple breezed six furlongs in 1:14.40 Monday morning at Churchill Downs to the complete satisfaction of jockey Javier Castellano. AIt was a nice and easy work. He Threats went nice and slow the first part of it and picked it up late,@ said Castellano after getting up on the GII El Sedgefield On Course... Camino Real Derby winner for the first time. AHe gal- Sedgefield (Smart Strike) put in a workmanlike half- loped out great. He worked like he needed, nice and mile breeze in :48.40 with jockey Julien Laparoux slow. I didn=t want to squeeze him, because we=ve got aboard. The work was the 11th fastest of 52 at the a few days before the Derby. I wanted to check out distance Monday. AI=m happy with the way he=s cover- what kind of horse he is. I really liked the way he ing the racetrack,@ said trainer Darrin Miller, who was went.@ Castellano, who rode his 2000th winner at aboard Sedgefield=s workmate, Bacetto. AWe wanted to Calder Race Course on Saturday, was impressed with get him to relax, so Julien kept him on a loose rein, and Bwana Bull. AHe=s a nice horse to ride,@ said Castellano, then took him up along the rail.@ Sedgefield started the who finished seventh aboard Bellamy Road in 2005 in drill several lengths behind his stablemate. AWe wanted his only Derby appearance. AHe=s an easy horse to ride. him to get sandblasted a little, so we started him off He=s a big horse, a strong horse.@ Bwana Bull showed behind the other horse. He handled that really well, and no ill effects from a cut suffered in the fleshy area near then he handled running along the rail just fine.@ Runner his left hip joint during shipping. AIt was a good work,@ up in the Hallandale Beach S. on the grass and in the said Hollendorfer=s assistant Galen May. AYou don=t GII Lanes End S. over the Turfway Polytrack, the colt need any speed for this race.@ finished fourth last time out in the GIII Transylvania S. on the grass at Keeneland Apr 6. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will Flying High... denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will High Again (High Yield) breezed a strong half-mile in indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- :47.80 Monday after the renovation break with jockey bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races Larry Melancon deputizing for and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. Cornelio Velasquez in the saddle. AIt looked like she broke off very well and galloped out very well,@ Triple Threats said trainer Bill Mott, who took Horse (Sire) Track Distance Time in the action aboard his pony on Bwana Bull (Holy Bull) CDX 6f 1:14.40 the racetrack. AHere on Derby Week, you can=t see both sides Curlin (Smart Strike) CDX 4f :48.40 High Again Horsephotos of the track unless you=re riding Hard Spun (Danzig) CDX 5f :57.60 in the Goodyear Blimp.@ Mott said that his GII Bonnie High Again (High Yield) CDX 4f :47.80 Miss S. winner likely would walk the shedrow this Sedgefield (Smart Strike) CDX 4f :48.40 morning, but cautioned, ALet=s see how she acts. If Storm in May (Tiger Ridge) CDX 3f :35.80 she=s high, we may take her out and gallop her.@ Zanjero (Cherokee Run) CDX 4f :48.40 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/1/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 Tuesday, Frankfurt, Germany, post time: 5:10 p.m. P R E V I E W P P FRUHJAHRSPREIS DES BANKHAUS METZLER - STADTRAT ALBERT VON METZLER-RENNEN-G3, Tuesday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 4:05 p.m. i50,000, 3yo, 1 1/4mT PRIX DU MUGUET-G2, i130,000, 4yo/up, 1mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 1 1 Allanit (Ger) Tiger Hill (Ire) Hirschberger 1 10 Marchand d'Or (Fr) Marchand de Sable F Head 130 28 Appel Au Maitre (Fr) Starborough (GB) Neuroth 2 9 Lateral (GB) Singspiel (Ire) Schiergen 127 3 9 Axxos (Ger) Monsun (Ger) Schiergen 3 7 Krataios (Fr) Sabrehill Laffon-Parias 127 4 7 Classic Caro (Ger) Seattle Dancer Rotering 4 1 Fastmambo Kingmambo F Head 123 56 Global Champion (GB) Elnadim Hofer 5 5 Racinger (Fr) Spectrum (Ire) F Head 123 6 3 Lord Hill (Ger) Tiger Hill (Ire) Zeitz 6 6 Passager (Fr) Anabaa Head-Maarek 123 7 10 Marzipan (Ger) Acatenango (Ger) Schiergen 73 Kentucky Dynamite Kingmambo de Royer-Dupre 123 8 2 Montalembert Kalanisi (Ire) S Moore 88 Turtle Bowl (Ire) Dyhim Diamond (Ire) Rohaut 123 92 New Girlfriend (Ire) Diesis (GB) Rob Collet 120 9 4 Perdono Lear Fan Wohler 10 4 Gwenseb (Fr) Green Tune Laffon-Parias 120 10 5 Shrek (Ger) Pelder (Ire) Wohler All carry 126 pounds. Tuesday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 2:20 p.m. PRIX CLEOPATRE-G3, i80,000, 3yo, f, 1 5/16mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER H C L A S S I C C O R N E R H 1 6 Posamina (Fr) Linamix (Fr) Fabre 2 1 Vadapolina (Fr) Trempolino Fabre US Ranger Added to 2000 Guineas..