FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI KENTUCKY DERBY the Betting Public Thought Todd Pletcher Would Saddle the Winner in Friday=S GI Kentucky Oaks
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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here PLETCHER GOES 1-3-4 IN OAKS FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI KENTUCKY DERBY The betting public thought Todd Pletcher would saddle the winner in Friday=s GI Kentucky Oaks. After all, he was sending out the 3-2 favorite in Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy), but that one was off to a troubled start, and in the end, it was 38-1 longshot Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior) who made steady progress from the back of the STORY LINES APLENTY FOR DERBY 139 pack and ran down an For two minutes and change in the late afternoon ultra-game Beholder hours on the first Saturday in May, even the casual (Henny Hughes) for sports fan tunes in to the GI Kentucky Derby, and there the victory. Unlimited should be no shortage of interest, no matter who Budget (Street Sense) emerges victorious. Trainer Shug McGaughey, New loomed boldly with Princess of Sylmar Reed Palmer York-based, but raised down the Interstate in every chance at the Lexington, does not bring Orb (Malibu Moon) to the quarter pole, but settled for third ahead of Dreaming of Derby so much as the colt Julia in fourth. Princess of Sylmar nearly didn=t gain a brings him. Owned and start in the Oaks after turning in a sub-par work over bred by two of the track Apr. 20. But she was green-lighted for the McGaughey=s most race following an improved move Apr. 29 and made steadfast clients, the that decision look good Friday afternoon. Cont. p4 Phippses and the Janneys, Orb is >the right horse= for A NEW DAWN the job, he says, and Mike During a dark period for Godolphin, there would be no Battaglia and a slew of finer fillip for the team than success in today=s Churchill ready for Derby 139 punters agree, as he is the Horsephotos G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas and 7-2 favorite on the morning few colts have arrived on the line. While McGaughey is looking for his first win in the Rowley Mile with stronger big race, trainer D. Wayne Lukas has four trophies in credentials than their his case, and, in what many would call the twilight of acquisition Dawn Approach his Hall of Fame career, shows back up with not one, (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}). but two chances. Owner Brad Kelley has poured a Unbeaten from five to seven bunch of resources into the game and has helped, to furlongs at two, the champion some extent, to resurrect the Lukas barn, and he will be is bred to appreciate this mile represented by Oxbow (Awesome Again). The GIII and more. He also hails from Lecomte S. winner will be partnered by two-time Derby-winning jockey Gary Stevens, who was atop the one of the finest training Dawn Approach Lukas-trained Winning Colors in 1988. Lukas will also establishments in the world Racing Post photo send out Willis Horton=s Will Take Charge (Unbridled=s has, as his breeder and Song), who last raced 49 days ago, defeating his conditioner Jim Bolger acknowledged last year, checked barnmate in the GII Rebel S. Cont. p3 all the boxes. Cont. p6 Hoping the fourth time’s the Charm Sarah Kathern and myself wish the entrants of the 139th Run for the Roses the Best of Luck 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 Phone: (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Talent Search LGB, LLC 2013 In This Issue 1000 Guineas Lures 15 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 In the aftermath of Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby and G1 English 2000 (732) 747-8060 Guineas comes the G1 English 1000 Guineas Sunday afternoon. A field of 15 (732) 747-8955 (fax) sophomore fillies was drawn yesterday, and three of the race’s main threats, www.thoroughbreddailynews.com What a Name (Ire) (Mr. Greeley), Just the Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) and www.thetdn.com Hot Snap (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) will have have wide draws to deal with in the one-mile test. 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There is the story of Calvin Borel, who won this race three times in the span of four years from 2007 to 2010, and partners Revolutionary, one of two in the race for his late sire War Pass. An $80,000 KEESEP yearling, he was purchased for $235,000 as an OBSMAR 2-year-old, and races for WinStar Farm, whose Super Saver won the 2010 Derby for Borel and trainer Todd Pletcher. The conditioner sends out a record-equaling (one Pletcher co- owns) five runners in this year=s race, including Verrazano (More Than Ready), the 4-1 second choice on the morning line. Then there is the story of Doug O=Neill, a seemingly unlikely candidate to become the first trainer to put Derby wins back-to-back since Bob Baffert accomplished the feat with Real Quiet and Silver Charm in 1997 and 1998. Yet, here he is with Goldencents (Into Mischief), Horsephotos another colt who has earned his way into the race via the same GI Santa Anita Derby route used by I=ll Have Another (Flower Alley) last season. Just 26 days after guiding his Louisville Cardinal to a NCAA Division I basketball championship, coach Rick Pitino, a 5% owner of Goldencents, will be amongst the loudest fans. O=Neill sticks with Kevin Krigger for his first Derby ride. Into Mischief is also represented by Vyjack, who must overcome the 20 hole. Trainer Rudy Rodriguez knows a little something about having to deal with that adversity. He was with Rick Dutrow Jr. when the stable=s Big Brown (Boundary) bounded home victoriously from that stall in 2008. Normandy Invasion (Tapit) exits a runner-up effort in the GI Wood Memorial to Verrazano and races for Fox Hill Farms, and maybe-- just maybe--it=ll be owner Rick Porter=s day. Only a barnstorming performance by Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) denied Hard Spun (Danzig) in 2007, and he finished second with Eight Belles (Unbridled=s Song) the following year before tragedy struck a couple furlongs past the wire. There is Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron), who shot to the head of the class with a big-figure win from then-unbeaten champion Shanghai Bobby (Harlan=s Holiday) in the GIII Holy Bull S. in January, but lost some of the luster when an alibi-free second to Orb in the GI Florida Derby. He could give noted 2-year-old consignors Barry and Shari Eisaman an unprecedented second Derby winner in two years. Chuck Fipke isn=t the most likely to have one runner in the Derby, let alone two, but yet here he is, with the far-from-hopeless GI Toyota Blue Grass S. hero Java=s War (War Pass) and 11th-hour addition Golden Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}). And what would any major race run in the Commonwealth of Kentucky be without the presence of the effervescent Ken Ramsey? His Charming Kitten (Kitten=s Joy) will be a fringe player at best, but win, lose or draw, he=s sure to leave with a smile, if only for the experience. Post time for Kentucky 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com Derby 139 is set for 6:24 p.m.