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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here OAKS FAV READY, WILLING AND >ABLE= KINGMAN FACES 13 IN 2000 GUINEAS Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC homebred Untapable J “TDN Rising Star” J Kingman (GB) (Invincible (Tapit), heavily favored at 4-5 on the morning-line, Spirit {Ire}) will face 13 rivals in tomorrow=s G1 QIPCO looks to provide both trainer Steve Asmussen and 2000 Guineas at Newmarket after yesterday=s jockey Rosie Napravnik with their second GI Kentucky declaration stage saw no notable withdrawals. So Oaks win. Asmussen captured the 2005 renewal with impressive when extending his perfect tally to three in Summerly (Summer Squall) Newbury=s G3 Greenham S. for the same owner, while Apr. 12, Khalid Abdullah=s Napravnik became the first of newest sensation, who is her sex to win the Oaks just drawn one, had the sprinkling two years ago with Believe of rain that he needed arrive on You Can (Proud Citizen). the Rowley Mile yesterday. AHe Forced to contend with the has a high cruising speed and is outside post in this 13-horse very relaxed and I think he will field, Untapable has a perfect Kingman Racing Post Untapable Hodges Photography get the mile no problem, but I record over this strip with a don=t think he would go much after that,@ trainer John debut graduation last June Gosden commented. AI think it is a really good Guineas. and a win in the GII Pocahontas S. that September. She It is an exciting race with a lot of depth. Australia (Ire) closed out her juvenile campaign with an excusable (Galileo {Ire}) is being talked about as being head and eighth in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Nov. 2 and a respectable third in the GI shoulders above the rest at Ballydoyle, while I like the Hollywood Starlet S. over the Betfair Hollywood Park Craven winner Toormore (Ire) (Arakan). I think he is one synthetic Dec. 7. Making two starts this term, the bay of those tough horses that will see the mile out and if romped by a combined 17 1/4 lengths in the you go by him, you know you will have had a race. We GIII Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 22 and GII Fair Grounds have only had four millimeters of rain since the Craven Oaks Mar. 29. She registered a field-best Beyer Speed and we could have done with a little bit more. As long Figure of 106 in that last outing, the only triple-digit as the ground is close to good, that=s fine. I just don=t Beyer in the field. want to run on firm.@ Drawn on the opposite side in 14 West Coast invader Fashion Plate (Old Fashioned) is is Middleham Park Racing=s similarly unbeaten the second choice on the morning-line for trainer Simon Toormore, while Coolmore=s much-vaunted Australia Callaghan. After graduating at third asking in Arcadia will exit from the 10 box alongside his stable Dec. 29, the Arnold Zetcher companion War Command (War Front) in nine. LLC , Michael Tabor and Cont. p4 Derrick Smith colorbearer returned better than ever this term, with wire-to-wire wins in that venue=s GI Las Virgenes S. Feb. 1 and GI Santa Anita Oaks Apr. 5. Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, Fashion Plate Benoit Photo aboard for both victories, retains the mount and searches for his third Oaks victory, having last won with fellow Hall of Famer Silverbulletday (Silver Deputy) in 1999. AGary knows her well,@ Callaghan said. AI would like to see her break well and find her rhythm. She will be forwardly placed and if someone else wants to go, she can sit back and stalk@ Last year=s winning trainer Todd Pletcher has two chances to be the first conditioner since his mentor D. Wayne Lukas to capture consecutive Oaks renewals. Mathis Stable LLC=s My Miss Sophia (Unbridled=s Song) earned J “TDN Rising Star” J status when she blew away the field by 11 lengths in her second-out graduation at Gulfstream Mar. 9. She followed that with an impressive 7 1/4-length win over stablemate Got Lucky (A.P. Indy) in Aqueduct=s GII Gazelle S. last time Apr. 5. Cont. p3 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Director of Business Development: Gary King TDN Derby Edition [email protected] Check out the TDN’s special Derby edition with a front EDITORIAL page story on Swale’s Derby win 30 years ago and [email protected] detailed profiles of each Derby contender. 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The Hill >n= Dale Equine Holdings LLC and Philip Steinberg homebred finished second to Untapable in the Rachel Alexandra prior to her runner-up effort last out. Hall of Famer Mike Smith, who piloted last year=s upset winner Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior), gets the call on Christopher Dunn and Loooch Racing=s Ria Antonia (Rockport Harbor). Winner of the GI Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies via DQ, the bay started this term with a non- factor fourth in the Rachel Alexandra and was subsequently transferred Ria Antonia Horsephotos from trainer Jeremiah Englehart to Bob Baffert. Second last time in the Santa Anita Oaks, she adds blinkers for this start. The other Grade I winner in the field is Landaluce Educe Stables runner Rosalind (Broken Vow), who was third in the Pocahontas the last time she ran beneath the Twin Spires. The Ken McPeek pupil kicked off her sophomore season with an optional claimer third in Hallandale to subsequent GII Gulfstream Oaks heroine In Tune (Unbridled=s Song) Feb. 27. The chestnut won Keeneland=s GI Ashland S. last time in a dead-heat with Room Service (More Than Ready) and it was seven Ï Ò lengths back to Thank You Marylou (Birdstone) in third. Friday, Churchill Downs, post time: 5:49 p.m. EDT LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, f,1 1/8m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Please Explain Niall Racing D H & M L Niall-KY Proctor 50-1 (f, 3, Curlin--Lizzy’s Bluff, by Pine Bluff) Lezcano 2 Ria Antonia Christopher T Dunn & Loooch Racing Stable Lynn B Schiff-KY Baffert 10-1 (f, 3, Rockport Harbor--Beer Baroness, by Mr. Greeley) Smith 3 Sugar Shock K On Cloud Nine LLC Pam & Martin Wygod-KY Anderson 12-1 (f, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}--Enthusiastically, by Distorted Humor) Borel 4 Rosalind Landaluce Educe Stables Hurstland Farm/Greene/Pin Oak Stud-KY McPeek 8-1 (f, 3, Broken Vow--Critics Acclaim, by Theatrical {Ire} ) Rosario 5 Thank You Marylou K Ken & Sarah Ramsey Mr & Mes C W McNeely III-VA Maker 30-1 (f, 3, Birdstone--Menifeeque, by Menifee) Leparoux 6 Kiss Moon Carl F Pollard Hermitage Farm LLC-KY Vance 30-1 (f, 3, Malibu Moon--Kiss the Devil, by Kris S.) Espinoza 7 Fashion Plate K Arnold Zetcher LLC, M Tabor & D Smith Springland Farm & Fox Hill Farms Inc-KY Callaghan 6-1 (f, 3, Old Fashioned--Miss Puzzle {Aus}, by Citidancer {Ire}) Stevens 8 Aurelia’s Belle K James F Miller Alexander-Groves-Matz-KY Catalano 50-1 (f, 3, Lemon Drop Kid–Aurelia, by Danzig) Stevens 9 Unbridled Forever Charles E Fipke Charles Fipke-KY Stewart 12-1 (f, 3, Unbridled’s Song--Lemons Forever, by Lemon Drop Kid) Albarado 10 Empress of Midway Daniel Kramer, Dave Kenney & Rap Racing Katie Rich Stables-KY O’Neill 50-1 (f, 3, Empire Maker--Miss City Halo, by Carson City) Nakatani 11 My Miss Sophia K Mathis Stable LLC John D Gunther-KY Pletcher 8-1 (f, 3, Unbridled’s Song--Wildwood Flower, by Langfuhr) Castellano 12 Got Lucky Hill ‘n Dale Equine Holdings & Phillip Steinberg Hill ‘n Dale Equine Holdings & Phillip Steinberg-KY Pletcher 20-1 (f, 3, A.P.