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DAILY SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM IN TODAY’S EDITION PETER PAN TOP TWO MAY HAVE BELMONT OPTIONS 4 PARX-BASED ABIDING STAR COULD ENTER PREAKNESS 5 CHERRY WINE, LAOBAN BREEZE FOR PREAKNESS 6 MARK CASSE HITS 2,000 WINS 7 ALL AS PLANNED FOR ACAPULCO 8 CAVORTING HITS A MILLION IN RUFFIAN 8 RAWNAQ PROTECTS HOME TURF IN IROQUOIS HURDLE 9 COGLIANESE PHOTOS COGLIANESE PHOTOS German-bred Wake Forest runs past his stablemate Money Multiplier MARYLAND BREEDING, RACING LOOKING UP 10 in 1-2 finish for trainer Chad Brown RESULTS 11 WAKE FOREST SHOWS LATE KICK IN ENTRIES 17 MAN O' WAR LEADING LISTS 20 By Frank Angst fter watching Wake Forest complete the final fur- Along of the 1 3/8-mile Man o' War (gr. IT) in about 11 seconds, winning trainer Chad Brown knew he'd witnessed a top-level horse. "Everything worked out for this horse today," Brown said. "He's got a lot of talent—grade I talent." Weaving through horses in the stretch under John Velazquez, Wake Forest displayed a powerful late kick to surge past rivals in the final furlong to win the $400,000 race May 14 at Belmont Park. Completing the test on the firm inner turf in 2:12.94, Michael Dubb, Sheep Pond Partners, and Bethlehem Stables' Wake Forest earned his first U.S. stakes victory and first in a grade I or group I race The 6-year-old made up about two lengths in a final furlong run in :11.39. The German-bred son of Sir Percy completed his second start for Brown. (continued on page 3) BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 20 JOE D’ORIO © nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 Belmont Park SIX STAKES RACES AND MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN RESTRICTED PURSE MONEY ON THE MAY 30TH CARD For more information visit our website or call 518.388.0174 Download the FREE smartphone app WAKE FOREST SHOWS LATE KICK IN LATEST HEADLINES FROM BLOODHORSE.COM MAN O' WAR (continued from page 1) STRIKE CHARMER RALLIES TO VICTORY IN BEAUGAY A three-month layoff Sent off the 2-1 favorite Saturday, Wake Forest earlier this year may have helped Strike settled into eighth in the field of nine as stablemate Charmer, as she registered her first Money Multiplier stayed close to early leader Go stakes win since 2014 in the $150,000 Around through a half-mile in :49.24, six furlongs in Beaugay Stakes (gr. IIIT) May 14 at 1:13.83, and a mile in 1:38.22. Belmont Park. At that point, the field closed in on the top two but Wake Forest was still second-last, 6 1/2 lengths I WILL SCORE GAME IN BARRERA back. Velazquez then displayed his Hall of Fame skills VICTORY Off the Triple Crown trail and to rally through horses and find room, where Wake back at arguably his best distance, Hans Forest showed off the fastest of gears to register a Poetsch's homebred I Will Score broke three-quarter-length win over Money Multiplier. through for his first graded stakes win in "It was a perfect trip," Velazquez said. "We know the $100,000 Lazaro Barrera (gr. III) May he doesn't break really well, so it was a perfect op- 14 at Santa Anita Park. portunity to put him behind horses and save ground and hopefully, down the lane, we'd get some sort of THATLOOKONYERFACE UPSETS MARINE seam where we could let him run. When he got the AT 32-1 Dominion Bloodstock and Barry little seam he just exploded." Butzer's Thatlookonyerface split rivals A two-time group III winner in Germany, where in the shadow of the wire to win a photo he raced for owners Klaus Allofs and Stiftung Gestut over Bear'sway in the $150,000 Marine Fahrhof (who is also his breeder) and trainer Andre- Stakes (Can-III) May 14 at Woodbine. as Wohler, Wake Forest made his U.S. debut in last year's Arlington Million (gr. IT), where he finished sixth in his final start for those connections. Wake Forest returned to racing last month in his debut for his current connections, finishing a close Contact us second to Kaigun in the Pan American (gr. IIT) at Gulf- (800) 582-5604 or (859) 278-2361 stream Park. Comments, Story Ideas [email protected] "It's nice to run one-two. I'm sorry there had to be Advertising Questions one horse lose after running so great, but they both [email protected] ran terrific," Brown said. BH Customer Service © 2016 Blood-Horse LLC [email protected] BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016 PAGE 3 OF 20 smartphone app PETER PAN TOP TWO MAY HAVE BELMONT tired at the end, so Jimmy and Steve will talk about it. OPTIONS "Everything is very open. But he's a talented horse. He always tries. I think he's got the competitive sprit By Claire Novak you want to see." n the post-race pleasure of the Peter Pan (gr. II), Christophe Clement, who used a Peter Pan victory Ihaving watched Unified successfully stretch out to in 2014 with Tonalist to pave the way to a Belmont nine furlongs while preserving his perfect record with Stakes win, said he would consider options for Gover- a solid win, trainer Jimmy Jerkens remained his usual nor Malibu, a New York-bred by Malibu Moon. down-to-earth self. "I thought he ran well," he said. "I've got to see The victory—a third in as many starts for Centen- how he comes out of this race and think about (the nial Farms' Candy Ride colt—left Jerkens pleased, but Belmont) before I make any plans. Everything is wide not necessarily dreaming of carnations. The 1 1/8- open, but I'm very happy. mile Peter Pan is one thing; the race it traditionally "He's always showed us that he was going to stay. leads to is quite another. The two factors we know are that he has some ability "It's improbable but not impossible," the trainer and he wants to go long. Now people might stop say- said of a Belmont Stakes (gr. I) bid at 1 1/2 miles over ing he's a New York-bred and instead say he's a nice Big Sandy. New York-bred." BH "I don't know. There would have to be a lot of horses going by the way- side for that to happen. But you'd be an idiot nowadays to rule any- thing out, because things change overnight." Previously only tested at seven furlongs, but an impressive win- ner of the April 9 Bay Shore (gr. III) last out, Unified collared 70-1 shot Singleton coming off the turn after letting that one set the pace. He carried on to hold off the late-run- ning Governor Malibu, winning by three-quarters of a length in 1:47.14 on a fast track. Savoring the accomplishment of the moment, Centennial managing partner Don Little echoed Jerkens. "After the Bay Shore, we weren't really sure where we were going and Dr. (Steve) Carr and Jimmy talked about it and felt that if we were going to try (to stretch out), now was the time to do it," he said. "It's another step accomplished. Jose (Ortiz) said he didn't want the horse in front of him to get away, so he said he may have used him a little bit too soon, but the way he got away from them at the stretch, you could see he was getting a little COGLIANESE PHOTOS Unified wins the Peter Pan Stakes to remain undefeated in his first time stretching out to nine furlongs BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016 PAGE 4 OF 20 smartphone app PARX-BASED ABIDING STAR COULD the favorite for his race. Both would ship in May 19. ENTER PREAKNESS "If it does get lifted, we're putting up a temp barn with a couple of stalls for (Allard), clear from By Claire Novak the Preakness and stakes horses," Sinatra said. "We ual stakes winner Abiding Star could run in the asked him to make special arrangements to train at DMay 21 Preakness (gr. I), should Parx Racing lift its 5 a.m., before other horses come out onto the track. equine herpesvirus quarantine. We want to make sure everything is 100% safe for The Pennsylvania track has been quarantined since everyone stabled at Pimlico." April 1 and currently has one barn waiting for the all- After winning the Private Terms Stakes at Laurel clear. The ban could be lifted as soon as May 17. Park March 12, Allard and breeder Gilbert Campbell If it is, trainer Ned Allard plans on running Abid- of Stonehedge Farm supplemented Abiding Star as a ing Star in the Preakness. He'll also have Tom Fool $6,000 late nomination to the Triple Crown. Handicap (gr. II) runner-up Always Sunshine for the They planned to run in the April 9 Federico Tesio Maryland Sprint (gr. III). with a "Win and You're In" berth to the Preakness on "From everything I gather from the vets and the line, but the Uncle Mo colt got caught in the quar- trainers in that barn, they all feel quite confident (the antine and had to stay at Parx instead. quarantine lift) is going to happen," Allard said. "It There, Abiding Star won an April 12 allowance remains to be seen what kind of horse Abiding Star going a mile and 70 yards by 8 3/4 lengths against could actually be.