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SUNDROP SHINES AT CHURCHILL HEADLINE p2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2005 ROARING TO VICTORY CAMPING OUT Stronach Stables’ I’m The Tiger (Siphon {Brz}) has The least seasoned member of the quintet which always hinted at good things and yesterday it all came went postward in yesterday’s GIII Hollywood Prevue S., together, as the consistent five-year-old led past every Your Tent Or Mine (Forest Camp) belied his inexperi- pole en route to an easy ence to win the prep for the GI Hollywood Futurity by 3 1/4-length victory over an impressive 2 1/2 lengths. Trainer Neil Drysdale has a Tiger Heart (Scatmandu) in reputation of bringing along his horses slowly and this the Grade I Frank J. is no exception. The bay had just one previous start to DeFrancis Memorial Dash S. his credit, a half-length victory in a Del Mar maiden at Laurel Park. Instructions? Sept. 4, but missed a prep for this race when an entry- Not necessary for Hall of level allowance at the Oak Tree meeting did not fill. The Fame rider Jerry Bailey, longest shot in the field at 6-1, Your Tent Or Mine I’m The Tiger MJC/Jim McCue whose charge was quickest tracked from off the pace before moving into conten- off the line and left the field tion at the quarter pole. Sent through between rivals by in his dust. “I just told him [Jerry Bailey] that he’s very jockey Pat Valenzuela, the colt hit the front at the good leaving the gate,” said Bobby Frankel, who as- eighth pole and leveled off nicely while drifting a bit sumed training duties of the gelding earlier this sum- inside the final half furlong. The winner goes next in the mer. “I left the rest up to him.” Cont. p2 GI Hollywood Futurity S. Dec. 17. Click for the Saturday, Laurel Park brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. FRANK J. DE FRANCIS MEMORIAL DASH S.-GI, Saturday, Hollywood Park $300,000, LRL, 11-19, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:09, ft. HOLLYWOOD PREVUE S.-GIII, $100,000, HOL, 11-19, 1--s@I'M THE TIGER, 118, g, 5, by Siphon (Brz) 2yo, 7f, 1:21, ft. 1st Dam: Love Medicine (SW, $149,560), by Mining 1--#@YOUR TENT OR MINE, 118, c, 2, by Forest Camp 2nd Dam: Medicine Woman, by Dr. Blum 1st Dam: Shes Got the Look (MSP, $182,333), 3rd Dam: Julita, by Lt. Stevens by Prospector's Music O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (KY); T-Robert 2nd Dam: Hord, by Private Account J Frankel; J-J D Bailey; $180,000. Lifetime Record: 3rd Dam: Acquire, by Spectacular Bid 16-7-6-1, $581,462. *Second GISW for sire (by ($310,000 yrl '04 KEESEP; $250,000 2yo 2005 Itajara {Brz}). 2--Tiger Heart, 118, c, 4, Scatmandu--No Small FTFFEB). O-Anthony Speelman; B-R C Durr & George Miracle, by Silver Deputy. ($32,000 wlng '01 Budig (KY); T-Neil D Drysdale; J-P A Valenzuela; KEENOV; $150,000 yrl '02 FTKJUL). O-Buckram Oak $60,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $91,800. Farm; B-Audubon Farm (KY); T-Richard E Dutrow Jr; 2--Da Stoops, 114, c, 2, Distorted Humor--Glamorous $60,000. Lady, by Kingdom of Spain. O-Watson & Weitman 3--Clever Electrician, 118, h, 6, Clever Trick--Loose Performances LLC; B-Malibu Valley Farms, Inc (CA); Wire, by Ruritania. ($75,000 wlng '99 KEENOV). T-Bob Baffert; $20,000. O-Gumpster Stable LLC; B-Driver-Ferguson (NY); 3--The Pharaoh, 114, c, 2, Forest Camp--Touche de T-Bruce N Levine; $33,000. Velours, by Meadowlake. ($47,000 wlng '03 Margins: 3 1/4, HF, 2. Odds: 3.20, 2.40, 48.60. KEENOV; $80,000 yrl '04 FTKJUL). O-Charles Cono; Also Ran: Friendly Island, Saay Mi Name, Elusive Jazz, B-John A Devault III & Sue S Devault (FL); Who's the Cowboy, Dale's Prospect, Forest Park, Wild T-Christopher S Paasch; $12,000. Tale, Gold Cluster, Gators N Bears, Abbondanza, Minis- Margins: 2HF, 1HF, 2 1/4. Odds: 6.10, 5.10, 4.00. ters Wild Cat. Also Ran: Old Thunder, Bengal Lore. Scratched: Attila's Storm, Blown Audit. Scratched: The Five J's. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/20/05 • PAGE 2 of 9 Frank J. DeFrancis Dash cont. Saturday, Churchill Downs Promise Fulfilled.... CARDINAL H.-GIII, $175,050, CDX, 11-19, 3yo/up, Talented enough to run subsequent Canadian Triple f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:50, fm. Crown winner Wando to a neck in the 2003 Woodstock 1--@SUNDROP (JPN), 117, f, 4, by Sunday Silence S. in Canada, I’m The Tiger made a favorable South 1st Dam: Oenothera (Ire) (SW & GSP-Ger, SP-Fr), by Night Shift Florida impression in 2004, finishing a close second to 2nd Dam: Fruition (Ire), by Rheingold (Ire) that year’s G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen runner-up Alke in 3rd Dam: Welsh Flame (GB), by Welsh Pageant (Fr) Gulfstream allowance company before winning a similar (¥50,000,000 fl ‘01 JPNJUL). O-Godolphin Racing event in his next start. Sidelined off a victory in the Inc; B-Yukiko Hosokawa (JPN); T-Saeed bin Suroor; Bold Venture H. at Woodbine last July 11, he posted an J-M Guidry; $108,531. Lifetime Record: MSW & Oct. 3 allowance success in what would be his final MG1SP-GB, 12-4-3-0, $503,812. start for trainer Danny Vella. Shelved off that effort, he 2--Delta Princess, 118, m, 6, A.P. Indy--Lyphard's resurfaced for this stable with a runner-up finish in a Delta, by Lyphard. O-Saud bin Khaled; B-Palides July 13 allowance in Canada followed by a second- Investments NV Inc (KY); T-William I Mott; $35,010. place effort to Pomeroy in the GII A.G. Vanderbilt H. at 3--Finery, 116, m, 5, Lear Fan--Duds, by Ack Ack. Saratoga Aug. 13. Not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup, O/B-Althea D Richards (VA); T-W Turner Jr; $17,505. the bay used the Oct. 1 GI Vosburgh S. at Belmont as a Margins: 1, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 7.60, 3.60, 5.90. springboard to this event, finishing fifth, three lengths Also Ran: Movie Star (Brz), Paz Ciudadana (Chi), behind Taste of Paradise. Noisette, Katdogawn (GB), Stage Shy, Humoristic, Miss Nashwan (Ire), Stupendous Miss, Lenatareese. Eye of the Tiger.... Scratched: Strike Me Lucky, Anegada, Very Very, With Bailey in the saddle for the first time, I’m The Louve Royale (Ire). Tiger broke alertly and set solid fractions of :22.67 and Sundrop had been off the board in all three prior U.S. :45.46 while pursued closest by Hudson H. winner starts and had to be vanned back to the barn after a Friendly Island (Crafty Friend). He began to shake loose dismal 14th-place effort in the Oct. 29 GI Breeders’ Cup from that rival once heads F/M Turf, but returned to form here. The bay was a were turned for home, opened half-length runner-up to Attraction (GB) in the G1 1000 up three lengths past the Guineas at Newmarket at three and ended her sopho- eighth pole and easily held fa- more campaign with a Listed stakes win at that course vored Tiger Heart, who was in September. She opened 2005 with a victory in the briefly in tight past midstretch G3 Princess Elizabeth S. at Epsom in May and was a before coming on again for solid second in the G2 Windsor Forest S. in June, but second. “I had not seen him tired to be seventh in the G1 Falmouth S. in July before until he came down from Can- heading across the Atlantic. Fifth in the Aug. 13 GI MJC/Jim McCue ada and when I did see him, I Beverly D. S. and in the Oct. 1 GI Flower Bowl Invita- knew he was a very nice tional S. prior to her Breeders’ Cup bid, the Japanese- horse,” Frankel added. “He is definitely one of the top bred faced a much softer field here and had them at her five sprinters in the country. I will take him to California mercy. Sundrop settled in sixth through the opening to see how he does there.” half, moved to challenge as they raced out of the turn Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com and motored to the front in the stretch to win handily. catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by Made. Taylor Made. www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/20/05 • PAGE 3 of 9 Saturday, Aqueduct Saturday, Woodbine STUYVESANT H.-GIII, $108,600, AQU, 11-19, 3yo/up, WOODBINE SLOTS CUP H.-GIII, $139,153, WOX, 1 1/8m, 1:51 1/5, ft. 11-19, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:43 4/5, ft. 1--EVENING ATTIRE, 116, g, 7, by Black Tie Affair (Ire) 1--CRYPTOGRAPH, 121, c, 4, by Cryptoclearance 1st Dam: Concolour, by Our Native 1st Dam: Hopes and Fears, by Mt. Livermore 2nd Dam: Stachys, by Northern Jove 2nd Dam: Strike a Balance, by Green Dancer 3rd Dam: The Silver Tassie, by Royal Levee 3rd Dam: Strike a Pose, by Iron Ruler O-Mary & Joseph Grant & Thomas J Kelly; B-Thomas O-Pin Oak Stable LLC; B-Pin Oak Stud LLC (KY); J Kelly & Joseph M Grant (KY); T-Patrick J Kelly; J-J T-Malcolm Pierce; J-T Kabel; $82,887.