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GRAND SLAM III FIELDS p2 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007 TDN Feature Presentation NYRA RECEIVES EXTENSION Live racing in New York has been saved for the time GRADE 1 LA BREA STAKES being, as officials from the New York Racing Associa- tion yesterday signed an agreement with the state attorney general which will allow racing to continue at Aqueduct Racetrack through Jan. 23, according to published reports. Under the agreement, NYRA will retain all legal rights to Belmont Park, Saratoga Race From Sireaverages.com, Nov. 30, 2007 Course and Aqueduct. The deal averts a shutdown of SIRES AT THE SALES racing in the Empire State after Dec. 31, when NYRA=s franchise to operates the three tracks was set to expire. ROCK HARD TEN QUALITY SCOPE “ is getting and .” A long-term extension of the franchise remains in heavy negotiations involving Governor Eliot Spitzer and the LA BREA A TAR-RIFFIC AFFAIR leaders of the state legislature, Democrat Sheldon Silver The field for today=s GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita is and Republican leader Joseph Bruno, whose staunch anything but the pits, featuring an evenly matched opposition to a plan proposed by Spitzer is largely re- group of sophomore fillies making their final starts sponsible for the failure to reach a long-term agreement versus their own age group. Oak West Farm=s Ashley=s to date. Officials at NYRA had threatened to shut down Kitty (Tale of the Cat), one of operations absent an agreement, and also stated their just two graded-stakes winners distaste for any plan which would hand the operations in the field, owns the added dis- over to an oversight board created in 2005 by former tinction of having posted her Governor George Pataki. The New York Senate and success going today=s distance House are not in session until Jan. 9, giving ample time in the GIII Railbird S. at Holly- for a decision to be reached prior to the expiration of the extension. wood Park in May. Unable to duplicate her form at a distance of ground, the chestnut won a TDN TODAY Del Mar allowance Aug. 1 and Headline News..................... 3 pages has been runner-up in a pair of stakes in her last two, including to Jay Em Ess Stable=s Theverythoughtof U in the Ashley’s Kitty 6 1/2-furlong Pine Tree Lane S. Benoit photo over the local Cushion Track Oct. 20. AI think the distance is great for her,@ trainer Ted H. West told Daily Racing Form. AWe=ve been targeting this race for several months and she=s coming in fresh.@ The Siegel family won the 1997 running of the La Brea with I Ain=t Bluff- ing, and the stable has a serious shot this time around with Glorified (Honour and Glory). Favored at 7-2 on the morning line, the dark bay is the most lightly raced of the 13 runners and is first up since finishing second in the July 2 Honest Lady S. at Hollywood Park. Trainer Ron Ellis, who also conditioned I Ain=t Bluffing, is not overly concerned about the time off or his filly=s relative inexperience. AWe have a lot of faith in our filly,@ Ellis told DRF. AShe=s only had three races, but she=s pretty professional. I=ve given her plenty of time for this. I haven=t rushed her.@ La Brea S. cont. p3 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/29/07 • PAGE 2 of 3 Today’s Graded Stakes 2007 Leading Sires of 2-Year-Olds bloodhorse.com brought to you by Stallion 2007 Progeny Earnings CHEROKEE RUN $2,144,768 INDIAN CHARLIE $1,996,257 POSSE $1,740,970 Click for TV 3:44p Gravesend H.-GIII, AQU (brisnet.com PPs) T V G HARLAN'S HOLIDAY $1,647,980 4:19p Stage Door Betty H.-GIII, CRC (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 4:45p Frances Genter S.-GIII, CRC (brisnet.com PPs) T V G PROUD CITIZEN $1,419,771 7:07p La Brea S.-GI, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV All times Eastern Standard Time. DISTORTED HUMOR $1,392,116 Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. TALE OF THE CAT $1,322,812 VINERY OPEN HOUSE Sunday, January 6, 2008 VAN NISTELROOY $1,303,075 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Click here for more... MALIBU MOON $1,293,360 PULPIT $1,280,202 P P R E V I E W S P All of us at Airdrie Stud are grateful for the strong support you have given to our stallions. Saturday, Calder, post time: 4:19 p.m. EST STAGE DOOR BETTY H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, The future is bright 1 1/16m for each of us. PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Bayou's Lassie Outflanker Clement 4-1 (859) 873-7270 www.airdriestud.com 2 Beautiful Daniele A.P. Indy Mott 12-1 3 Potra Clasica (Arg) Potrillon (Arg) Ma Wolfson 6-1 4 Annabill Outflanker Mi Wolfson 3-1 Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 3:44 p.m. EST 5 Quiet Royal Royal Academy Pletcher 6-1 GRAVESEND H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 6f 6 Amazing Speed Langfuhr Garoffalo 5-1 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 7 Cindy's Mom A.P. Indy H Jerkens 8-1 1 Pavo Marquetry Dutrow 7-2 8 Exchanging Fire Exchange Rate DiMauro 10-1 2 Debussy Concerto Contessa 10-1 9 Stop a Train Devil His Due White 20-1 3 Joey P. Close Up Perkins Jr 3-1 10 Cat Can Do Adcat Ziadie 12-1 4 P. Kerney Pleasant Tap Trombetta 6-1 5 Gold and Roses Gold Token Bush 9-2 Saturday, Calder, post time: 4:45 p.m. EST 6 City Attraction Vicar Dutrow Jr 2-1 FRANCES A. GENTER S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 7.5fT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS Thoroughbred Daily News is: 1 Sweet Ransom Red Ransom Mott 5-1 2 Beautiful Venue Came Home Beagle 20-1 Barry Weisbord President/Co-Publisher 3 Street Sounds Street Cry (Ire) Matz 8-1 Sue Finley Vice President/Co-Publisher 4 Katerbug Pulpit Arnold 20-1 Andy Belfiore Editor-in-Chief 5 Cozzi Capital Cozzene Wilensky 10-1 Alycia Borer Director of Advertising Jessica Martini Senior Editor 6 Silence Dogood Grand Slam Kimmel 6-1 Alan Carasso Associate Editor 7 Dattts Awesome Awesome Again Hennig 15-1 Marie Kizenko Associate Editor 8 Rutherienne Pulpit Clement 5-2 Christina Bossinakis Associate Editor 9 Maddy's Heart Lion Hearted Hills 12-1 Lucas Marquardt Writer/Reporter 10 Pitamakan Danzig Mott 4-1 Steve Sherack Writer/Reporter 11 Pretoria Light Colony Light Brownlee 12-1 Vicki Forbes Director of Customer Services Lia Kusch Advertising Assistant 12 Snow Cone Cryptoclearance Ma Wolfson 5-1 Sarah K. Andrew Advertising Assistant AE Lady Carlock Chester House Nafzger 20-1 Robert Williams Webmaster AE Marchesa Outflanker Rivera 30-1 Gregg Casillo Database Administrator AE Foret Forest Camp O=Connell 20-1 Bradley Weisbord Bug Boy AE Precious Princess Horse Chestnut (SAf) Oliver 20-1 Juliette Weisbord “Big Boss” P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/29/07 • PAGE 3 of 3 La Brea S. cont. The other graded winner in the La Brea is the well- Ike and Dawn Thrash=s Dawn After Dawn (Successful traveled Sindy With an S (Broken Vow), who annexed Appeal) is the lone member of the field with Grade I the GIII Safely Kept Breeders= Cup S. at Laurel Park black-type, having run third at 54-1 in Keeneland=s Oct. 6. Third to Ashley=s Kitty in the Railbird, the dark Ashland S. in April. Fourth to Rags to Riches in the bay was most recently fifth in the Miss Woodford S. on GI Kentucky Oaks the following month, she most re- the Breeders= Cup undercard Oct. 27, but reportedly cently returned from a July layoff and made her debut struggled with the underfoot conditions. Look Deep for the John Sadler barn Nov. 30, taking a 6 1/2-fur- (Petionville) has missed the frame just once in six starts long allowance at Hollywood over Swiss Diva (Swiss over synthetic tracks, including a win in the Sept. 21 Yodeler). Jockey Garrett Gomez has the call; he and Cozy Lace S. at Presque Isle Downs. She was a wide Sadler have teamed to win 35 percent of their starts. fifth in the GII Raven Run S. at Keeneland Oct. 20. Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 4:07 p.m. PST LA BREA S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo, f, 7f (AWT) PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ODDS 1 Pinata Graph Racing/Petrick/Tannenbaum John Newell-KY Vienna 30-1 (Vision and Verse--Sienna, by Kris S.) Pedroza 2 Cathrine's Hope Cenicola, Jett, Jett, et al Cenicola & Jett-CA Cenicola 20-1 (In Excess {Ire}--Cookin Vickie, by Far Out East) Court 3 Ashley's Kitty Oak West Farm Gaines-Gentry Tbreds-KY West 6-1 (Tale of the Cat--Pretty >n Smart, by Beau Genius) T Baze 4 Silky Smooth E K Gaylord II William A Carl-KY Mullins Scr (Mr. Greeley--Sapphire n= Silk, by Pleasant Tap) Gryder 5 Dawn After Dawn Ike & Dawn Thrash Hartley/De Renzo Tbreds-FL Sadler 6-1 (Successful Appeal--Jhenais Jewel, by Sword Dance {Ire}) Gomez 6 Shriek Bruce & Laurie Berenson Bruce & Laurie Berenson-KY Hofmans 20-1 (Street Cry {Ire}--Tricky Bird, by Storm Bird) Migliore 7 Glorified Jay Em Ess Stable Mike C Rutherford Sr-KY Ellis 7-2 (Honour and Glory--Foxcaller, by Beau Genius) Valdivia Jr 8 Frisk Her JMJ Racing Stables LLC Viking Stud Inc-KY Mulhall 8-1 (Officer--Divine Honor, by Honor Grades) Nakatani 9 Dearest Trickski Tom Mankiewicz K K & V Jayaraman-FL Sadler 8-1 (Proudest Romeo--Trickski, by Peteski) Smith 10 Sindy With an S Mitchell/Tommy Hutton’s Dream Stable Louisa W Lenehan-KY Mitchell 5-1 (Broken Vow--Backroom Blues, by Dixieland Band) M Baze 11 Look Deep Everest Stables Inc Everest Stables Inc-PA J Canani 12-1 (Petionville--Inner Peace, by Seattle Slew) Espinoza 12 Macadamia Janavar Tbreds LLC Hardy Thoroughbreds-KY O=Neill 15-1 (Artax--Unique Creek, by Tricky Creek) Leparoux 13 Swiss Diva Rick & Sharon Waller Rick & Sharon Waller-CA Gallagher 30-1 (Swiss Yodeler--One Stop, by Mr.