TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SAM’S SISTER STRIKES AGAIN SINATRA TAKES MJC JOB BY STORM Favored Sam=s Sister (Brother Derek) overtook a by Mike Kane game Sweet Marini (Marino Marini) in deep stretch to Sal Sinatra isn=t exactly easing into his new position win the GII Santa Monica S. by 1 1/4 lengths at Santa as the vice-president and general manager of the Anita Monday. The chestnut filly, coming off a win in Maryland Jockey Club. Now in his seventh week on the the GI La Brea S., settled into a stalking position as job, Sinatra, 50, has already made some changes and Sweet Marini was three wide in a three-way battle for has others ready to be teed up. He is looking forward to the lead down the helping shape the future of backstretch. racing in the state and the Dancinthenightaway region, which could involve the (Indian Charlie) rebuilding of historic Pimlico asserted control after and the renovation of a quarter in :22.10, once-grand Laurel Park, both but Sweet Marini aged venues. battled back and Sinatra spent 16 years at loomed a threat after a PARX, formerly called half in :43.87. The Philadelphia Park, and as the gray filly grabbed the director of racing was the lead, but Sam=s Sister architect of the makeover of was winding up for Sam’s Sister the stakes program. His biggest her run with a wide Benoit success was the 2014 GII rally into the stretch. Pennsylvania Derby program, Sweet Marini gave way grudgingly as Sam=s Sister which featured Sal Sinatra swept to her second straight graded stakes tally. AWe GI Kentucky Derby and MJC photo got :22 and :43 [fractions], so it makes it a little easier GI Preakness S. winner to close ground,@ admitted winning trainer and co- California Chrome(Lucky Pulpit)--named the Horse of owner Jerry Hollendorfer. AWe thought that might the Year and 3-year-old male champ on Saturday--and happen, but then when Dancinthenightaway kind of Bayern (Offlee Wild), who followed his Pennsylvania shook loose a little bit, it looked a little bit risky. But we Derby score with a win in the GI Breeders> Cup Classic, were able to sustain and run her down in the end.@ as well as 3-year-old filly champion Untapable (Tapit) in Cont. p3 the GI Cotillion S. Cont. p4 ROMAN CHAPA SUSPENDED by T.D. Thornton Roman Chapa, a top Texas-based jockey who has been suspended twice before for carrying an illegal electrical device during a race, was removed from his mounts on Monday at Sam Houston Race Park while stewards launched an investigation into whether he used a similar Abattery@ or Abuzzer@ while winning a stakes race on Saturday night. Sam Houston stewards were apparently alerted to the possibility that Chapa Quiet Acceleration and Roman Chapa Coady Photography might have carried an electrical stimulator after being shown a blown-up photograph of the stretch run of the $50,000 Richard King S. 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Sam=s Sister is out of stakes-placed Kittery Point (Include), a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and multiple graded stakes placed Tiffany Diamond (Tiffany Sam’s Sister Strikes Again (cont. from p1) Ice), as well as to the dams of Grade I winners Sweet Sam=s Sister was entered in Saturday=s GII La Canada Talker, Check the Label and Include Me Out. The S. over 1 1/16 miles, but Hollendorfer opted to keep 11-year-old mare produced a colt by Proud Citizen in her at seven furlongs--the same distance at which she 2013 and a filly by Divine Park in 2014. She was bred won the La Brea S. AI=m just taking these races one at a to Istan last spring. Her Proud Citizen colt RNA=d for time,@ Hollendorfer said. AWe thought she would run $35,000 at last year=s Keeneland September sale. long, but we thought this was a more advantageous race, so that=s why we went here.@ Jockey Elvis Trujillo was always confident he was riding the winner Monday. AIt was the perfect trip,@ Trujillo said. AI knew there was going to be a lot of speed in there and I knew it would be fast early on. But I knew that sooner or later they would have to stop. She=s a nice filly. I knew Martin [Garcia on Sweet Marini] would stop; it was too fast for three horses head-to-head.@ Garcia admitted the pace was a factor late in the race. AShe got a little bit tired,@ Garcia said of the runner- up. AWe were going pretty fast up front and when we got to the stretch the other horse just got by us today.@ Sam’s Sister Benoit TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/20/15 • PAGE 4 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Monday, Santa Anita Park SANTA MONICA S.-GII, $200,250, SAX, 1-19, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:22 2/5, ft. 1--SAM'S SISTER, 123, f, 4, by Brother Derek 1st Dam: Kittery Point, by Include 2nd Dam: Lucy Sims, by Northjet (Ire) 3rd Dam: Join the Waves, by Sailor ($125,000 yrl '12 KEESEP). O-Mark Dedomenico LLC, Jerry Hollendorfer & George Todaro; B-Brereton C Jones (KY); T-Jerry Hollendorfer; J-Elvis Trujillo. $120,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 6-5-0-0, $427,450. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Sweet Marini, 118, m, 5, Marino Marini--Excessing, by In Excess (Ire). O-Kaleem Shah Inc; B-BMWZ Stables (CA); T-Bob Baffert. $40,000. 3--Harlington's Rose, 118, f, 4, Harlington--A Rose for You, by Orientate. ($7,500 yrl '12 OBSAUG; $20,000 yrl '12 BESOCT). O-Thomas Halasz, Ryan Johnson, Paul L Newhart, Martha Miller et al; B-Y-Lo Racing Stables LLC (CA); T-Steve Knapp. $24,000. Margins: 1 1/4, 2 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.20, 5.00, 10.90. Also Ran: Dancinthenightaway, Lexington Pearl, My Sweet Addiction. Scratched: Master the Blues. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. Sinatra Takes MJC Job by Storm (cont. from p1) It was a landmark day for Philadelphia racing and among the job offers Sinatra received in the wake of that triumph was an opportunity to oversee the MJC, which owns the Pimilco and Laurel tracks and the Bowie training center. Sinatra succeeded Tom Chuckas, widely recognized for taking the tough stand that curbed the alcohol-fueled rowdiness of the Preakness infield and resulted in record attendance last year, and for negotiating a 10-year plan with Maryland horsemen. The Maryland Jockey Club is part of the Stronach Group of racing properties founded by businessman Frank Stronach, long a top-level horseman and breeder. AI=ve put my faith in Mr. Stronach,@ Sinatra said. AHe seems to be the one man putting his money back into to the sport. He truly loves horse racing. I truly love horse racing and I feel like I=m with a good company. AObviously the industry is in disarray and everybody is just trying to survive right now. I think he=s the man putting his money where his mouth is. Santa Anita has been successful. Gulfstream is ultra-successful right now. Now we=ve got to focus on Maryland.@ To that end, Sinatra and Tim Ritvo, the Stronach Group=s COO of Racing based at Gulfstream, have been working together at Laurel Park since Sinatra came aboard on Dec.