SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ZENYATTA FOALS A COLT FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII SAN FELIPE S. After several days of buzz on Facebook and Twitter, 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) gave birth to her first foal, a colt by Bernardini, at approximately 10:10 p.m. Thursday at Lane's End Farm. Owners Jerry and Ann Moss flew to Kentucky in anticipation of the event. "My adorable foal weighed in at 130 pounds, has a white star on his forehead...and some white CAUSE FOR HOPE on his feet," read the There will be a few new shooters in this afternoon=s announcement on GII San Felipe S. at Santa Anita, but Creative Cause www.zenyatta.com. Added the (Giant=s Causeway), already a Grade I winner over the Mosses, AZenyatta is an amazing track and distance, should prove the one to beat in the mother,@ said owners Ann and @Ann Moss/ final local prep for the GI Santa Anita Derby. The Jerry Moss, who were present for Zenyatta.com GI Norfolk S. hero was a the foaling. AShe is so proud of her more-than-respectable third to foal, and so are we. He is already showing his mother=s Hansen (Tapit) and Union spirit, and the way Zenyatta encourages and nurtures Rags (Dixie Union) in the her precious baby is simply beautiful.@ Click for GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile in YouTube video of mother and foal. November, and his comeback third to Drill (Lawyer Ron) and MENDIP UP TO THE CHALLENGE? American Act (Quiet Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum=s Mendip American) in the GII San (Harlan=s Holiday), last-out winner of the G2 Maktoum Vicente S. over seven panels Challenge-R2 going 1900 meters over the Meydan Creative Cause Benoit Feb. 19 shouldn=t be judged Tapeta track Feb. 9, looks too harshly. The J “TDN Rising Star” J found the to see out another half- wire generously, shading 12 seconds for his final furlong in this evening=s furlong, and should improve for the return effort. Maktoum Challenge-R3, Bodemeister (Empire Maker) has a chance to complete-- promoted to Group 1 level or top--the ARising Star@ exacta. A debut second to for the first time. AMendip American Act over 5 1/2 furlongs Jan. 16, he turned in won well last time and he a freakish performance in a one-mile maiden Feb. 11, came out of that race in covering his final quarter-mile in :23.73 en route to a great form,@ commented 9 1/4-length score. Liaison (Indian Charlie), the Mendip Andrew Watkins trainer Saeed bin Suroor. GI CashCall Futurity winner, had run his race and was AThis looks a better race destined to be off the board in the GII R. B. Lewis S. than the second round, but he is in good form at the Feb. 4 when he clipped heels and lost his rider. He moment, and I am hopeful that he can run another nice needs to show much more today. Field p5 race. Maktoum Challenge cont. p7-8 In This Issue Tampa Bay Derby Up for Grabs 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 A full field of sophomore colts and geldings, (732) 747-8060 headed by George Bolton and Stonestreet Stables’ (732) 747-8955 (fax) Spring Hill Farm (Smart Strike), will face the www.thoroughbreddailynews.com starter in today’s GII Tampa Bay Derby on the www.thetdn.com Florida Suncoast. The 5-2 morning-line chalk will have to deal with Prospective (Malibu Moon), drawn much more favorably than when marooned Barry Weisbord, co-publisher outside in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. 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WIDE OPEN TEST IN TAMPA A case can be made for about half of the runners in today=s GII Tampa Bay Derby, and John Oxley=s Prospective (Malibu Moon) looms a value play from an advantageous post. Last year=s winner of Woodbine=s GIII Grey S., the $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga graduate was last of 13 in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Nov. 4, but returned to action with a game half-length victory in this track=s Pasco S. over seven- eighths of a mile Jan. 14. Drawn in the parking lot for the GIII Sam F. Davis S. Feb. 4, the dark bay Prospective Michael Burns covered ground on both turns, but stayed on extremely well to finish 1 1/4-lengths second to the maiden Battle Hardened (Giant=s Causeway). Many will be happy to take a crack against Spring Hill Farm (Smart Strike), who brings a two-for-two mark into the Derby. Owned in partnership by George Bolton and Barbara Banke=s Stonestreet Stables, the dark bay aired by over a half-dozen lengths in his seven-furlong debut at Gulfstream Jan. 14 and followed up with a front- running allowance victory going a mile Feb. 11. AWe always thought he had a lot of talent,@ trainer Todd Pletcher told Daily Racing Form. AHe started behind some of our other 3-year-olds, but he=s made up a lot of ground.@ The race will lose some of its luster, as morning-line second favorite Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy) will not take part. "He's doing so well here (in South Florida) that we're just not crazy about the idea of shipping him to Tampa," trainer Patrick Byrne said. Take Charge Indy is expected to make his next start in the GI Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park Mar. 31. AWe love the idea of racing him there for $1 million." Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 5:28 p.m. EST TAMPA BAY DERBY-GII, $350,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Prospective Malibu Moon Contreras Casse 8-1 2 Golden Ticket K Speightstown Cruz McPeek 10-1 3 Twin Omega Code Centeno Maestre 30-1 4 Chief Energy K Ghostzapper Lopez Toner 12-1 5 Tell All You Know Van Nistelrooy Goncalves Stewart 15-1 6 Cozzetti K Cozzene Lezcano Romans 12-1 7 Battle Hardened Giant's Causeway Leparoux Kenneally 9-2 8 Ravelo's Boy Lawyer Ron Sanchez Azpurua 12-1 9 Spring Hill Farm K Smart Strike Castellano Pletcher 5-2 10 Take Charge Indy K A.P. Indy Scr Scr Scr 11 Fox Rules Roman Ruler Villa-Gomez Ferraro 30-1 12 Cajun Charlie Afternoon Deelites Hebert House 15-1 All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/10/12 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Black-Type Previews cont. FLORIDA-BRED FULL HOUSE Today=s GII Gulfstream Park H. isn=t restricted to Florida-breds, but each of the six runners was remarkably foaled in the Sunshine State. Jackson Bend (Hear No Evil), who has certainly done his best to fly the flag for horses with the >FL= suffix, races at arguably his pet distance. Victorious in last year=s GI Forego S. going seven furlongs in September, he stretched out to this distance and posted Jackson Bend Horsephotos a 112 Beyer, good for only second behind Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) in the GII Kelso H. Oct. 1. Despite that defeat, he had an Eclipse Award within reach, but could do no better than a rallying third to Amazombie (Northern Afleet) in the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint Nov. 5. Jackson Bend entered the Jan. 14 GIII Hal=s Hope S. winless in four tries at this venue, but overcame a bobble at the start to rally for a one-length success.