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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here GRADE I DOUBLE FOR >THE DORF= NY INSURANCE HIKE: SHORT WINDOW FOR When John Sadler sent out Twirling Candy (Candy LONG-TERM SOLUTION By T.D. Thornton Ride {Arg}) and Switch (Quiet American) to win the Now that a worker=s compensation insurance plan for 2010 GI Malibu S. and GI La Brea S., respectively, he jockeys and exercise riders is in place to ensure racing became the first to accomplish that impressive double and training at Aqueduct and Belmont Park will since D. Wayne Lukas swept the end-of-year features in continue seamlessly into 2015, 1987 (On the Line, Family Style). Hall of Fame trainer New York Jockey Injury Jerry Hollendorfer added his name to that short list on Compensation Fund president opening day of the 2014-2015 meeting at Santa Anita, Rick Violette Jr. said the next saddling Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) to knock out step will be for the organization the Malibu at odds of 1-2 a couple of races after Sam=s to seek a more cost-effective Sister (Brother Derek) upset J “TDN Rising Star” J provider so horsemen won=t have Taris (Flatter) at odds of 12-1 in the La Brea. to face a steep 59% increase in Mailbu S. cont. p3; La Brea S. p5 premiums. The NYJICF has a three-month window to terminate without penalty its 2015 agreement with the New York State Insurance Fund. While attempting to partner with a new carrier, Rick Violette Jr. Violette said the organization will Horsephotos prepare owners and trainers for up to $6.7 million in worst-case costs while simultaneously attempting to come up with ways to defray the rising price of insurance. AWe have to operate as if we=re going to carry the full boat until we have more meat on the bones,@ Violette said. AIt=s a little bit like we do in racing, period: We have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best, and then make adjustments as we go forward.@ Cont. p12 Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer accepts congratulations from jockey Elvis Trujillo following the La Brea Benoit FINLEY LAWYER OBJECTS TO NYTHA RESOLUTION PROCESS A lawyer for NYTHA presidential candidate Terry Finley has sent a letter on Finley=s behalf to NYTHA=s attorneys objecting to the process NYTHA has put forth to resolve Finley=s protest of the way in which the election was handled. That proposed process was reported in a story in the Dec. 18 TDN. Christopher Green, from the firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, says in the letter to NYTHA attorney James M. Altman that Athe NYTHA Board=s protest process is fundamentally and fatally flawed@ and asks that a new election be held Ausing appropriate election procedures...rather than the woefully inadequate procedures and roster used in the prior election.@ The letter also asks that NYTHA delegate control of the protest process to Aone or more independent, un-biased decision-maker(s).@ Cont. p11 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Alert Bay Wins Fourth Straight Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] Purchased privately earlier this year by British Columbia-based owner Peter EDITORIAL Redekop, Alert Bay (City Zip) remained [email protected] perfect in four tries since that transaction Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini with a narrow defeat of Home Run Kitten Managing Editor: Alan Carasso (Kitten’s Joy) in Friday’s GII Mathis Racing Editor: Steve Sherack Brothers Mile on opening day of the Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato Associate Editor: Justina Severni winter/spring/summer meeting at Santa Assistant Editor: Christie DeBernardis Anita. 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[email protected] California Chrome Benoit photo WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley Page 8 [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 EST Race Click for TV 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) 3:58p La Prevoyante H.-GIII, GP brisnet.com pps HR/TVG www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com 4:27p Mr. Prospector S.-GIII, GP brisnet.com pps HR/TVG 4:57p W. L. McKnight H.-GIII, GP brisnet.com pps HR/TVG 5:30p Midnight Lute S.-GIII, SA brisnet.com pps HRTV 7:00p Robert J Frankel S.-GIII, SA brisnet.com pps HRTV TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/27/14 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI MALIBU S. Friday, Santa Anita MALIBU S.-GI, $301,000, SAX, 12-26, 3yo, 7f, 1:20 3/5, ft. 1--SHARED BELIEF, 123, g, 3, by Candy Ride (Arg) 1st Dam: Common Hope, by Storm Cat 2nd Dam: Sown, by Grenfall 3rd Dam: Bad Seed, by Stevward O-Jungle Racing LLC, KMN Racing LLC, Hollendorfer, Litt, Solis II & Todaro; B-Pam & Martin Wygod (KY); T-Jerry Hollendorfer; J-Mike E Smith. $180,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Male, MGISW, 9-8-0-0, $2,032,200. *1/2 to Double Major (Bertrando), SP, $157,439; Little Miss Holly (Maria=s Mon), GSW, $217,430. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Raised at LANE’S END A Solis/Litt PRIVATE Purchase 2--Conquest Two Step, 118, c, 3, Two Step Salsa-- Winner of all three his juvenile starts by a combined Homesteader, by Pioneering. ($20,000 yrl '12 23 1/2 lengths, Shared Belief was named champion of OBSAUG; $420,000 2yo >13 OBSAPR). O-Conquest his generation, but was forced to miss the Triple Crown Stables LLC; B-Manuel Andrade (FL); T-Mark E Casse. and the first half of his sophomore season with a foot $60,000. ailment. Perfectly managed by Hollendorfer, the dark 3--Chitu, 118, c, 3, Henny Hughes--Sea Gift, by A.P. bay wired a six-furlong Golden Gate allowance by 4 1/2 Indy. ($67,000 yrl '12 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo >13 lengths May 26 before switching to conventional dirt OBSMAR). O-Tanma Corporation; B-Tom Evans, for the first time to lead home a 1-2 finish for his sire Macon Wilmil Equines & Marjac Farms (KY); T-Bob ahead of Candy Boy in the inaugural GII Los Alamitos Baffert. $36,000. Derby (formerly Swaps S.) July 5. With options Selected, Trained & Sold by Southern Chase Farm available such as the GI Haskell Invitational S. and GI Foaled, Raised & Sold by Trackside Farm Travers S., Shared Belief instead returned to the synthetic track--albeit Polytrack for the first time--in the Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock GI TVG Pacific Classic S. Aug. 24, and rallied from Margins: NK, HF, 1HF. Odds: 0.50, 72.80, 2.30. further off the speed than he ever had previously, but Also Ran: Indianapolis, Frensham, Tamarando, showed push-button acceleration to surge past Rprettyboyfloyd, Diamond Bachelor, Midnight Hawk. pacesetting Game on Dude (Awesome Again) and on to Scratched: Pimpernel. a 2 3/4-length defeat of Toast of New York Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or (Thewayyouare). With the target very much on his back the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. in the GI Awesome Again S. Sept. 27, Shared Belief There was plenty to play for in the Malibu for Shared was kept wide the entire trip by Sky Kingdom (Empire Belief, who was the victim of a much-publicized, - Maker) while his stablemate Fed Biz (Giant=s Causeway) discussed and -debated non-foul at the start of the enjoyed an easy time down inside. But Shared Belief GI Breeders= Cup Classic Nov. 1, costing him his seven- overcame that exceptionally wide passage to prevail race winning streak and effectively dashing any chance narrowly in his final Breeders= Cup Classic prep. he had against his fellow 3-year-olds and potential Eclipse Award adversaries Bayern (Offlee Wild) and California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit). He would try to make J Watch Out for “TDN Rising Stars” J amends Friday. Stars of tomorrow grabbing the spotlight today... TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/27/14 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Malibu S. cont. AHe broke extremely well today which I was really, really happy with,@ winning jockey Mike Smith stated. With the early-morning scratching of Pimpernel AHe didn=t go real quick the first quarter mile but we (Elusive Quality), the shape of the Malibu was really picked it up from then on; it was a horse race. I significantly altered, and that one=s stablemate Chitu don=t know if people really understand how difficult it is was left as the main speed of the race. Off well to go from a mile and a quarter back to seven eighths.