Visit the PLEASANTLY PERFECT COLT TDN Website: TOPS OBSAPR OPENER www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P1, ATW TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. RACHEL ALEXANDRA FIRES BULLET Stonestreet Stables= Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d=Oro) is looking like her old self Triple again. The four-year-old worked six furlongs in a rapid 1:11.40 at Churchill Downs yesterday Threats morning, her third straight bullet Dublin Sharp in Derby Prep... breeze over the GII Arkansas Derby third Dublin (Afleet Alex) worked track. AShe worked five furlongs in :59.20 at Churchill Monday morning, crazy good,@ said fastest of 44 at the trip. The chestnut broke off behind trainer Steve a stablemate, but was on Asmussen. AShe=s even terms as they nego- had three works tiated the turn and left his since she=s been company in the dust here, and they have down the lane. The splits Churchill Downs photo been extremely for the move were >Rachelesque.= I=m :11.80, :23.20, :35.20 happy to see her putting in work like she did last year.@ and :47.20, and he gal- A perfect eight-for-eight last season, Rachel Alexandra loped out six furlongs in had a nine-race winning streak snapped when she was 1:13.20. AI thought it was upset by Zardana (Brz) (Crimson Tide {Ire}) in the Mar. an excellent work, trainer @ EquiSport 13 New Orleans Ladies S. at Fair Grounds. It has not D. Wayne Lukas said. AI yet been decided where the filly will start next, but she liked the way he did it. It is hard to say it was in com- is nominated for the Apr. 30 GII La Troienne S. going 1 pany; it was almost a solo work.@ Lukas added, AThe 1/16 miles on the GI Kentucky Oaks undercard. first work here, it is the energy that you want to see, and I saw that today. I think he really fits. I like him as TRIPLE THREAT WORKS well as any of them I=ve had.@ The Hall of Famer has had a record 43 Kentucky Derby starters, with four BELMONT winners: Charismatic (1999), Grindstone (1996), Thun- Streaker (Forest Wildcat), 4f, :49.33, 16/31 der Gulch (1995) and Winning Colors (1988). Dublin KEENELAND has been on the board in five of his eight career starts, Make Music for Me (Bernstein), 4f, •:46.20, 1/17 with a win in the GI Three Chimneys Hopeful S., but two of his three off-the-board efforts have been in his CHURCHILL DOWNS two tries over the Churchill surface. The colt was Dublin (Afleet Alex), 5f, •:59.20, 1/44 fourth in his career opener at the track last June, and Game On Dude (Awesome Again), 5f, 1:00.60, 5/44 seventh in the GIII Iroquois S. in November. Jockey Hot Dixie Chick (Dixie Chick), 6f, 1:13.60, 6/7 Terry Thompson, aboard for the work, will be having Necessary Evil (Harlan’s Holiday), 4f, :51.80, 41/45 his first Derby mount this year. AI think Terry is riding as well as anybody in the nation right now and he has great chemistry with the horse,@ Lukas said. AWe had TDN TODAY made a change of riders, but it didn=t work and we had Headline News..................... 7 pages the sense to switch back. If it wasn=t broken, it should- n=t have been fixed.@ www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/10 • PAGE 2 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Arcano to Bypass 2000 Guineas... Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Arcano (Ire) Classic (Oasis Dream {GB}), winner of last term=s G1 Prix Morny, will sidestep the May 1 G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket following his defeat Corner in last Saturday=s G3 Greenham S. at Newbury. AArcano won=t run in the English Guineas and Lady Darshaan Straight to Guineas... we=ll give him a bit longer,@ Last semester=s G1 Ascot Fillies= Mile runner-up Lady Sheikh Hamdan=s racing manager Darshaan (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) will point straight Angus Gold told PA Sport. AThe to the May 2 G1 1000 Guineas without the benefit of a Greenham came a bit quick for prep run, trainer Stan Moore has revealed. Moore is him and also he had a rushed sportinglife.com confident Coleman Bloodstock=s sophomore, who is a preparation. He=ll either go for the [May 22 G1] Irish half-sister to last year=s G1 Prix de l=Abbaye hero Total [2000 Guineas at The Curragh] or the [May 16 G1] Gallery (Ire) (Namid {GB}), will be fully primed for a tilt French Guineas [at Longchamp], or we may even wait at Newmarket s one-mile Classic. Lady Darshaan has = A until [Royal] Ascot in June. He didn=t run much of a come on well and did a nice piece of work over at Rich- race and Sheikh Hamdan said to give him more time.@ ard Hannon=s place on Saturday morning,@ said the Lambourn conditioner. AIt is great that Richard lets us do that and she might go back over there one more Puff Magic Earns Guineas Date... time--maybe on Sunday--and then it will be straight to Mr. and Mrs. David Aykroyd=s Puff (Ire) (Camacho the 1000 Guineas from there. We have been a little bit {GB}) has earned a berth in the May 2 G1 1000 Guin- behind because of the weather, but the way she eas following Saturday=s success in the G3 Fred Darling worked, I think there is every chance she will be in S. at Newbury, according to trainer Ralph Beckett. AI good form come the Guineas. She has done fantastic felt there was none keener through the early part of the and, although she is not 100 percent at this moment, race and Puff looked like she outstayed them,@ Beckett she is not far off it. She will be there with a fighting told PA Sport. AThat was something I was not expect- chance and I think she is the forgotten filly. I have ing, that=s for certain. There was nothing in her pedi- another filly, Kinky Afro (Ire) (Modigliani), who was just gree that said she would get seven [furlongs], never beaten a short-head in the German 1000 Guineas trial mind a mile, but she clearly outstayed them on Satur- [Apr. 11 Listed Henkel-Stutenrennen at Dusseldorf] day. We look like we are going to Newmarket and, if behind the best filly in Germany [Ronja]. Now, the the ground=s fast, that would be on our side.@ Sheikh German Guineas itself is not going to be much different Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Habaayib (GB) (Royal to the trial, so that in itself gives me a bit of reason for Applause {GB}), beaten a neck by Puff, remains on optimism because Lady Darshaan is a different gear to target to renew rivalry at Newmarket. AI thought she Kinky Afro. They are chalk and cheese, Kinky Afro ran a great race, and we are going to leave her in the could not work with Lady Darshaan. She will run in the [1000] Guineas,@ said the Sheikh=s Racing Manager 1000 Guineas and hopefully then the Irish 1000 Guin- Angus Gold. AWe=ve also got Tabassum (Ire) (Nayef) eas. She is entered in the Irish Oaks, but I think a mile and Rumoush (Rahy), but we=ve always thought and a half might be pushing her, and 10 furlongs could Habaayib was a nice filly. She slightly lost her way last prove to be her ideal trip. I would say she would be year, but it=s great to have her back. She has trained on better on fast ground, more so than if it was soft.@ and she stayed the trip well.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/10 • PAGE 3 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com SO. HEMISPHERE RESULTS Sunday, Hipodromo da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GRANDE PREMIO CRUZEIRO DO SUL-G1, $39,738, Gavea, 4-18, 3yo, c, 2400mT, 2:26.01, gd/sf. 1--#@sLEWIS (BRZ), 123, c, 3, by Thignon Lafre (Brz) 1st Dam: Toda Prossa, by Roanoke 2nd Dam: Our Relation, by Ribot (Eng) 3rd Dam: Aunt Edith (Eng), by Primera (Ire) O/B-Haras LLC; T-Cosme Morgado Neto; J-A C Silva. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-1. 2--Timeo (Brz), 123, c, 3, First American--In the Sand, by Atticus. O-Stud Yatasto; B-Haras Sao Jose da Serra; T-Dulcino Guignoni. 3--Sal Grosso (Brz), 123, c, 3, Our Emblem--Ken de Saron, by Kenmare (Fr). O/B-Stud TNT; T-Venancio Nahid. Margins: HD, 1 1/2, 1 1/4. Sunday, Hipodromo da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GRANDE PREMIO ZELIA GONZAGA PEIXOTO DE CAS- TRO-G1, $25,546, Gavea, 4-18, 3yo, f, 2400mT, 2:28.43, gd/sf. 1--#@sDEAR NATI (BRZ), 123, f, 3, by Crimson Tide (Ire) 1st Dam: Miss Dodge (Brz), by Dodge 2nd Dam: Festa Missionera (Brz), by Clackson (Brz) 3rd Dam: Mocita Missionera (Brz), by Ghadeer (Fr) O/B-Haras Nacional; T-Leonardo J Reis; J-Ilson Correa. Lifetime Record: 10-2-3-0. 2--Inchatillon (Brz), 123, f, 3, Inexplicable--Du Chatillon, by Manila. O-Stud Alvarenga; B-Haras J B Barros; T-A Gregorio. 3--Ladyttore (Brz), 123, f, 3, Redattore (Brz)--Binoche (Brz), by Kenetico (Brz). O/B-Haras Mabruk; T-S Dorneles. Margins: 1 1/2, 1/2, 1 1/2. Enjoying a flutter on the horses in the Iraqi capital Jim Muir, BBC News Win, Place--YourOrder Connecticut OTB looks to open betting parlors in restaurants, bars Ann Marie Somma, Hartford Business Journal `I know where I get my highs now and it=s from winning= Kieren Fallon has put his demons behind him, but hasn=t lost his determination Marie Crowe, The Independent P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/10 • PAGE 4 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com PEDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD SANTA BARBARA H.-GII, $147,000, SAX, 4-17, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:00 1/5, fm.