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ANOTHER G1 WIN FOR WEEKEND HUSSLER...p10 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2008 WAR PASS INJURED; OUT OF DERBY SEBRING A SLIPPER SENSATION Robert LaPenta=s War Pass (Cherokee Run), last Sebring (Aus) (More Than Ready) became the first year's champion juvenile, has been injured and will be undefeated winner of the G1 Golden Slipper S. with a forced to miss the May 3 determined victory over glamour colt Von Costa de GI Kentucky Derby. Ac- Hero (Aus) (Encosta de Lago cording to trainer Nick {Aus}) at Rosehill Saturday. Zito, the colt has a small Favored for this race for the fracture in the sesamoid of past three months, Sebring his left front ankle. AIt's at looked to have ruined his the back of the ankle, and chances when last of 16 out it pulled away from the of the barriers. But the tena- sesamoid,@ Zito said. AIt's cious colt stealthily made up Horsephotos very small. In fact, [veteri- ground before bursting clear narian Dr. Rick Fischer] in the straight--only to have took the picture again and had a technician look at the the shadow of the larger- digital images, because there's no swelling there. He's than-life Von Costa de Hero Sebring Sunday Telegraph actually walking sound.@ Zito said it was too early to tell appear, sprinting from out if surgery would be required. The injury may have wide like a freight train. But in a battle of David-and- occured during War Pass=s runner-up effort in the GI Goliath proportions, little Sebring pinned his ears back Wood Memorial S. The dark bay appeared to exit the and fought Von Costa de Hero tooth-and-nail to the race in good order, but a few days later his connections line. If 30,000 racegoers were uncertain of the result, felt something wasn=t quite right. AWe had some good exuberant jockey Glen Boss was not, raising his whip in days, but we started to get some bad days,@ said Zito. a victory salute as a large group of owners decked out AThe Wood was a killer--anybody who saw it knows it in the Star Thoroughbreds purple and white went wild. was a gut-wrenching performance. The race took its AEveryone said to me, >This horse has not run for seven toll, but when he got back to the barn at Belmont, he weeks,= and I said >Why worry about it, he has got one was great--that=s the heart he=s got.@ As for his progno- thing on his side, [trainer] Gai Waterhouse,=@ Boss said. sis, the conditioner said, AWhat I=ve got to do is give AHe is a special horse; I think when he steps up in dis- him a few months off, see the healing process, and go tance he is going to get better and better.@ Cont. p2 through all the motions. I=ll take the pictures over to Dr. [Larry] Bramlage on Monday, see what he thinks and we=ll go from there.@ The winner of the GI Champagne S. and GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile at two, he has com- piled a record of 7-5-1-0 and earnings of $1,583,400. ANOTHER DERBY HORSE FOR PLETCHER? Just over a week ago, it looked like they might run the 134th Kentucky Derby without reigning Eclipse Award trainer Todd Pletcher. But, after saddling Behindatthebar (Forest Wildcat) to a one-length victory in yesterday=s GII Coolmore Lexington S. at Keeneland, Pletcher could have as many as three in the gate on the first Saturday in May. It has not yet been determined if Behindatthebar will head to Louisville with GI Toyota Blue Grass hero Monba (Maria=s Mon) and Blue Grass runner-up Cowboy Cal (Giant=s Causeway), a possible Derby candidate. Padua Stables= Satish Sanan, the colt=s majority owner, said after the Lexington, AWe don=t know if he likes the dirt or not, but we will get together and decide what to do.@ With the Lexington purse of $201,5000 in the bank, the bay colt would sneak into the Derby field on earnings. Cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/08 • PAGE 2 of 16 Saturday, Rosehill (Sydney), Australia AAMI GOLDEN SLIPPER S.-G1, A$3,500,000, Rosehill (Sydney), 4-19, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.88, hy. 1--@sSEBRING (AUS), 125, c, 2, by More Than Ready 1st Dam: Purespeed (Aus), by Flying Spur (Aus) 2nd Dam: Lady Moulin (Aus), by Luskin Star (Aus) 3rd Dam: Willowy (Aus), by Better Boy (Ire) O-J Hazzisevastos, Team Henderson Racing Syndicate, S Mekertichian, Ms M Butler, J & Mrs A McDonnell, Ms D Dunphy, B Leonard, J Screnci & Mrs W Mullens; B-Corumbene Stud; T-Gai Waterhouse; J-Glen Boss; A$2,000,000. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A++. 2--Von Costa de Hero (Aus), 125, c, 2, Encosta de Lago (Aus)--Piavonic (Aus), by Scenic (Ire). O-Darley Australia Pty Ltd Syndicate, T J & Mrs J A Hughes, D A Hayes, D & Mrs C Paradice, L M Macri, B W Paton & M W Bailey; B-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; T-David Hayes; A$620,000. 3--Portillo (Aus), 120, f, 2, Red Ransom--Snowdrift (Fr), by Polish Precedent. O-Woodlands Stud Syndicate; B-P J Fleming; T-Peter Snowden; A$310,000. Margins: SHD, 1 3/4. Odds: 5-1, 14-1, 20-1. Also Ran: Anatomica (Aus), All American (Aus), Sugar Babe (NZ), Hips Don=t Lie (NZ), Siennas Fury (Aus), Augusta Proud (Aus), Typhoon Fury (Aus), Over the Wicket (Aus), She=s Meaner (Aus), Burgeis (Aus), Re- lated (Aus), Sidereus (Aus), Reaan (Aus). Scratched: Krupt (Aus), Stripper (Aus). Having won two barrier trials before Christmas, Waterhouse, whose 2004 Triple Crown winner Dance Sebring made a winning racetrack debut Jan. 19 in a Hero (Aus) led the Slipper field out under grey skies two-year-old open race, and repeated the dose Feb. 16, yesterday, said Sebring would be pointed toward the winning the Listed Canonbury S. He then added the Triple Crown, providing he took no harm from his Slip- Listed Breeders= Plate Mar. 1 to his tally, but, after per outing. The second leg is the A$800,000 AJC receiving treatment for an infection, he was not seen in Sires= Produce S. at Randwick Apr. 26, ahead of the the traditional Slipper lead-up races. It could be ex- A$450,000 Champagne S. over a mile at the same pected that the colt would be on the muscle for his first track May 3. start in seven weeks, but such was not the case. AI tried to get him gee-ed up in the barriers, but he blew Big Win for the Little People... the start,@ Glen Boss said. AHe walked out. It didn=t Denise Martin linked up with Waterhouse 14 years concern me, because he got into a good spot early and ago, and estimates she has since brought some 3,000 kept his composure. There were a couple of times first-time owners to racing. Their successes include when he lost his footing and he seemed to drop off, but G1 Flight S. winner Danglissa (Aus), but Sebring was no sooner had it happened and he quickly picked up the first Slipper runner for Star Thoroughbreds. He is again. He came out so quick at the 200 meters, I felt raced by James Hazzisevastos, David and Luke like he was going to win, but [when Von Costa de Hero Henderson of Team Henderson Racing Syndicate, closed], I was getting a bit desperate; I looked like a Shahen Mekertichian, Margaret Butler, John and Anne goose all over him.@ Gai Waterhouse said Denise Mar- McDonnell, Denise Dunphy, Brian Leonard, Joseph tin=s Star Thoroughbreds, which operates in an office Screnci and Wendy Mullens. AThey are terrific people adjacent to the stable headquarters in Randwick, de- and, even before today, they have become lifelong served victory at the highest level. AThis is sensational,@ friends, and now they have a wonderful colt together,@ said Waterhouse, celebrating her third Golden Slipper said Martin. The syndicate snatched the A$2-million trophy. AThis is everything you dream about--here is a winning purse from the well-heeled connections of the horse owned by people who have $10,000 or $20,000 placegetters on a day when modestly priced horses to spend on owning a horse, and they win a $3.5-mil- shone. Darley recently purchased a 50-percent share in lion race. This is what racing in Australia is all about. It Von Costa de Hero in a deal that reportedly valued the is a triumph for syndication, for Star Thoroughbreds.@ colt at A$10 million. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/08 • PAGE 3 of 16 Saturday, Keeneland Saturday, Santa Anita COOLMORE LEXINGTON S.-GII, $325,000, KEE, 4-19, SANTA BARBARA H.-GII, $200,000, SAX, 4-19, 3yo, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:42, ft. 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:00 2/5, fm. 1--#@BEHINDATTHEBAR, 117, c, 3, by Forest Wildcat 1--FOXYSOX (GB), 116, m, 5, by Foxhound 1st Dam: Rhiana (GISP, $281,422), by Runaway Groom 1st Dam: Triple Tricks (Ire), by Royal Academy 2nd Dam: Tatiani, by Fappiano 2nd Dam: Tricky Note (GB), by Song (GB) 3rd Dam: Holiday Dancer, by Masked Dancer 3rd Dam: Trickster (GB), by Major Portion (GB) ($130,000 yrl '06 KEESEP; $140,000 2yo >07 (13,000gns yrl '04 TATOCT; 40,000gns 2yo >05 OBSJUN).