Wilkinson Resurfaces in Daytona Ready for Re-Entry
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here READY FOR RE-ENTRY Heading into the Breeders= Cup, the Phipps Stable=s homebred Point of Entry (Dynaformer) loomed as the leading candidate for turf male honors, and had an outside shot at Horse of the Year. Though the 4-year- old ran gamely when second to Little Mike (Spanish Steps) in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf, he will likely end up without a trophy when the Eclipse Awards are presented WILKINSON RESURFACES IN DAYTONA next month. AThere=ll Wilkinson (Lemon Drop Kid) makes his first start in always be more than seven months in today=s GIII Daytona S. disappointment,@ Point of Entry down the hill at Santa Anita. Last year=s GIII Lecomte S. admitted trainer Shug Horsephotos winner and McGaughey. AIt=s just GI Jamaica H. third- the way it is. That=s why they line them up. He ran a place finisher was strong race.@ Point of Entry is currently on track to purchased privately return to action in the GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. Feb. by E. K. Gaylord from 9, and McGaughey may end up making his first voyage breeder Gaillardia to the Middle East for the $5-million G1 Dubai Sheema LLC, and he Classic Mar. 30. @It=s penciled in,@ the Hall of Fame conditioner added. It s something I m thinking about. immediately A = = @ Point of Entry, who won the GI Man o War S., rewarded that = GI Sword Dancer S. and GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic in investment when 2012, has another tilt at the GI Breeders= Cup Turf at transferred to Jeff Santa Anita as his main 2013 objective. AOur goal is for Mullins from Neil the Breeders= Cup next year, so we=ll have plenty of Howard. Let go at Wilkinson Benoit Photo time if he does make it to Dubai,@ McGaughey added. 44-1 in the GII American H. at Betfair Hollywood Park in May, the dark bay blew up the tote with a 1 1/4-length score from Mr. Commons (Artie Schiller). He has been sidelined since due to a bout with colic that required surgery, but Wilkinson has been firing bullets over the main track for what will be the shortest race of his career. Thoroughbred Legends Racing=s Capital Account (Closing Argument) will also be trying something new as he makes his first turf try. The lightly raced 5-year- old took the GII Pat O=Brien S. over stablemate Coil (Point Given) at Del Mar in August before that runner reversed the order by a head in the Oct. 6 GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. A dull 12th in the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint Nov. 3, the Bob Baffert trainee was third last time in the GIII Vernon O. Underwood S. in Inglewood Dec. 2. Grade I winner Comma to the Top (Bwana Charlie) could be poised to surpass the $1- million mark with current career earnings of $967,696. The bay took the one-mile Big Bear H. going a mile on the main track here Oct. 21 before finishing a nose behind Capital Account when fourth last time in the Underwood. Field p3 More DIRT on Kitten’s Joy Three-Year-Old Graded Stakes Winner CSABA posts his third consecutive Stakes victory on DIRT with a decisive 3 3/4 length win in the 1 1/16th mile $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes at Gulfstream on December 16th. The 108 Beyer he earned in the race is equal to the Beyer earned in this year’s Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup and Grade 1 Arkansas Derby and better than that earned in this year’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational. 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 Phone: (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Talent Search LGB, LLC 2012 / Photo: Coady Photography *Statistics through December 28, 2012 In This Issue Oppenheim Clarifies Eclipse Stats 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Bill Oppenheim points out that, by virtue of the inclusion of earnings (732) 747-8060 from Dubai World Cup night, owner/breeder statistics provided to Eclipse (732) 747-8955 (fax) Award voters may be slightly misleading. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Coverage begins page 3 Barry Weisbord, co-publisher More Media Eclipse Awards [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher Ryan Goldberg, Tom Keyser and Mary Simon won Media Eclipse [email protected] • @suefinley Awards. "I grew up reading all of the racing greats who influenced my work, like Bill Nack and Joe Hirsch,” said Goldberg. "To see my name next to theirs on this award is overwhelming." Editorial [email protected] Coverage begins page 4 Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Cibelli Eyes Winter Prizes Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni talks to trainer Jane Cibelli, who will saddled unbeaten Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Purple Egg (Lion Heart) in the Gulfstream Park Derby on New Year’s Day. Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Coverage begins page 5 Advertising [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Revolutionary Movement Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution WinStar’s much-followed Revolutionary (War Pass) earned his diploma at Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Aqueduct yesterday, getting the job done by 8 1/2 lengths (video) . Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant Coverage ATW page 1 Customer Service [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] EST Race Click for TV 2:37p Mr. Prospector S.-GIII, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Business Development 7:07p Daytona S.-GIII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/29/12 • PAGE 3 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Attention Eclipse Voters: Important Clarification I was about to send in my Eclipse votes yesterday when it was pointed out to me why I=ve been so confused about certain statistics supplied to voters by the Eclipse Awards-sponsoring organizations (Daily Racing Form, NTRA, and National Turf Writers and Broadcasters [NTWAB]); these are the Leaders= Lists, particularly for Leading Owner and Leading Breeder, both in the printed version, sent out to voters; and on line. If you read the fine print, it does say that these lists include racing from Dubai World Cup night. As it happens, on that night Godolphin sent out 19 starters and won three races and $9.7 million in prize money. If you look on the www.equibase.com website, and go to Stats for Owners (there are top-left buttons for earnings in graded stakes and all stakes also), you can see that Godolphin, in North American races, earned $3,749,075, which ranks them eighth on the owners= list by purse money. On the material sent out to voters, as well as on the website set up for Eclipse voters, Godolphin is the wide-margin leading owner, with stable earnings of $13,449,075. Again, though, $9,700,000 of that was earned in Dubai; they won 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com three group races that night, including a 1-2 in the G1 Dubai World Cup, worth $8 million. All three winners were bred by Darley, which shows " " " $16.7-million in earnings in the Eclipse information on breeders. I=m not trying to argue for or against anybody Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:07 p.m. EST here, but I did just want to point out to any of my DAYTONA S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, a6.5fT fellow voters who have not yet voted, what are the PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML consequences to the tables we are studying when 1 Great Mills K War Front Bejarano Asmussen 4-1 those races are included, and to what extent they may 2 Byrama (GB) K Byron (GB) Gomez Callaghan 8-1 look quite different if those Dubai races are not 3 Comma to the Top Bwana Charlie Nakatani Miller 5-1 included. 4 Starspangled Heat Unusual Heat Smith Abrams 20-1 5 Circa'sgoldengear Golden Gear Talamo Heap 8-1 Bill Oppenheim may be contacted at [email protected] 6 Clubhouse Ride Candy Ride (Arg) Gryder Lewis 12-1 (please cc TDN management at 7 Capital Account K Closing Argument Flores Baffert 6-1 [email protected]). Follow him on 8 Guest Star Storm Cat Espinoza Shirreffs 12-1 Twitter at www.twitter.com/billoppenheim. 9 Red Sun Redattore (Brz) Leparoux Gaines 6-1 10 Wilkinson Lemon Drop Kid Pedroza Mullins 6-1 11 Ain't No Other Old Topper Hernandez Hllendrfer 8-1 BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS 12 Tale of a Champion K Tale of the Cat Baze Mulhall 15-1 Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 2:37 p.m. EST Tuesday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 2:37 p.m.EST OLD HAT S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 6f MR. PROSPECTOR S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Bull Dozer Trippi Castellano Maker 6-1 1 Kauai Katie K Malibu Moon Velazquez Pletcher 122 2 Dreaming of Neno Exclusive Quality Torres Ramirez 6-1 2 Power Lady K Discreet Cat Rocco Jr. Servis 116 3 Off the Jak With Distinction Alvarez Parbhoo 12-1 3 Cor Cor K Smoke Glacken Spieth Scott 120 4 Action Andy Gators n Bears Velazquez Garcia 6-5 4 Cupids Messenger Gottcha Gold Leyva Kaplan 116 5 Partyallnightlong Put It Back Lezcano Broome 12-1 5 She's All Scat K Scat Daddy Bravo Pino 120 6 Indiano K Indian Charlie Saez Wolfson 8-5 Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates.