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Visit the MINE THAT BIRD TDN Website: FIRES BULLET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. WINSLOW HOMER RETURNS SATURDAY OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA BACK ON In late January, Fox Hill Farm=s J “TDN Rising The Oak Tree meeting will be held at Santa Anita this Star” J Winslow Homer (Unbridled=s Song) estab- year after all. Speaking before the California Horse lished himself as Racing Board Tuesday, MI Develop- one of the most ments Chairman Frank Stronach stated exciting sopho- repeatedly that MID, which owns and mores in the na- operates the Arcadia track, was no lon- tion when he ger interested in having a Atenant in its sliced between house,@ seemingly ending any hope that rivals in mid- his company would come to an agree- stretch and forged ment with the Oak Tree Association. to a 3/4-length But, in a last minute about-face, win over Jackson Stronach offered Oak Tree a one-year Bend (Hear No lease. Five members of the Oak Tree Frank Stronach Evil) in the one- Association in attendance at the meet- Horsephotos mile GIII Holy Bull ing, including President Jack Robbins Winslow Homer S. at Gulfstream and Executive Vice President Sherwood Chillingworth, Adam Coglianese Park. But Fox Hill held an informal meeting, and accepted the one-year principal Rick Porter, second in the GI Kentucky Derby offer. AMr. Stronach has generously changed his mind, with Hard Spun (Danzig) in 2007 and with Eight Belles and allowed us to stay [at Santa Anita] for another (Unbridled=s Song) in 2008, would not get another year,@ Chillingworth said. AI think it=s good for the indus- chance at Derby glory in 2010, as Winslow Homer try, and good for all of us.@ Chillingworth added, AWe emerged from the Holy Bull with a stress fracture to his would also like to apologize [to], and thank at the same right front cannon bone. Now, five months later, Wins- time, the people from Del Mar and Hollywood, who low Homer is gearing up for a return. The gray will have been very cooperative with us. We thought we make his comeback in Saturday=s 1 1/16-mile GIII Iowa were going to have to leave, and they spent a lot of Derby at Prairie Meadows, and, with a big effort, could time with us, and I apologize to them for having to reassert his prominence in a reasonably wide-open change that decision. But, in the long run, I think it=s division. AI just couldn=t be any happier with the horse better for us to run this year at Santa Anita.@ Cont. p5 in any way,@ trainer Tony Dutrow told Daily Racing Form. Dutrow said the colt came to hand quicker than expected after returning from the injury, and said Saratoga=s July 31 GII Jim Dandy S. and GI Travers S. Aug. 28 later in the summer were possibilities. AIn a perfect world, if he is a good enough horse to compete in these races, the Iowa Derby fits superbly,@ said Dutrow. The conditioner added that Dr. Larry Bramlage, who inserted a screw in Winslow Homer=s cannon bone that has since been removed, was optimistic the colt could return to his previous form. ALarry told us there was a very strong probability this horse would come back 100 percent,@ Dutrow said. AHe has come back just fantastic.@ Field p4 WINSLOW HOMER’S WINS GIII Holy Bull S. Gulfstream Jan. 23, 2010 Alw (NW1X) Philadelphia Park Nov. 20, 2009 Msw Saratoga Aug. 22, 2009 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/23/10 • PAGE 2 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com NEWS TODAY FARISH STEPS DOWN AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF JOCKEY CLUB William S. Farish, a member of The Jockey Club since 1970 and its vice chairman for the last 27 years, is step- ping down from that position and will be succeeded by Stuart S. Janney III, effective immediately, according to a release from the organization. Farish will continue to serve his term on the Board of Stewards, which expires in 2013. Janney became a member of The Jockey Club in 1992. He has also served as chairman of The Jockey William S. Farish Club's Thoroughbred Safety Committee Horsephotos and will continue to serve in that role. Racing Round-Up Mine That Bird Fires Bullet... Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird (Birdstone) vinery.com worked a bullet six furlongs in 1:13 at Churchill Downs Tuesday. With Calvin Borel aboard, the 2009 Friend or Foe Saratoga Bound... GI Preakness S. runner-up and GI Belmont S. third-place New York-bred Friend or Foe (Friends Lake), who ran finisher was caught in his record to three-for-three in the seven-furlong Mike fractions of :12.80, :25, Lee S. against fellow Empire-breds at Belmont Sunday, :37.60, :49.60 and gal- will be pointed toward loped out seven furlongs the GII Jim Dandy S. at in 1:27.20. He worked in Saratoga July 31, ac- company following the cording to Daily Racing renovation break with Form. AWe'll really have Bird Empire (Empire to give a lot of consider- Maker), a three-year-old ation to running in the maiden. AWhen they Jim Dandy,@ trainer John Mine That Bird started training horses Kimmel told DRF. AIt Reed Palmer 300 years ago, this is gives us a nice five-week break. I'm really looking what they had in mind,@ Friend or Foe Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas commented. His forward to running him A Adam Coglianese last quarter was in :23 2/5 and his last eighth, it had to around two turns to see be :11 and change. He was flying.@ The Double Eagle if we see the same kind Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine colorbearer was last of effort.@ Owned and bred by Chester and Mary seen finishing ninth in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic. AI Broman, Friend or Foe won his debut against open am not sure where we=ll go,@ Lukas continued. AHe is company at Gulfstream Mar. 6, then added a first-level nominated to the [GIII] Salvatore Mile [at Monmouth state-bred allowance at Belmont May 15. July 3], which is a nice option. He is nominated to everything but the Tokyo Fair. Our goal is the [GI] Whit- All horses in TDN Headline News and TDN American edition ney [H. at Saratoga Aug. 7]. We are going to dive right are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated into the deep end.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/23/10 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 MOTHER GOOSE S. Baker Has New York State of Mind... Canadian co-champion juvenile filly Biofuel (Stormin Fever) is New York-bound for Saturday=s GI Mother Gooose S. at Belmont Park. A troubled fourth in the GI Breed- ers= Cup Juvenile Fillies, the Brereton C. Jones homebred is perfect in two Woodbine at- tempts at three--the six-furlong Star Shoot S. Apr. 10 and the Biofuel 1 1/16-miles La Lorgnette S. Michael Burns May 23. AWe had looked at the Mother Goose for her all along, if we were good enough coming out of the La Lorgnette,@ trainer Reade Baker told Daily Racing Form. AEvery- thing's going great. AI couldn't have one going into a race any better.@ Racing MONTEROSSO ADDED TO IRISH DERBY Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's Monterosso (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has been supplemented Round-Up for i150,000 to Sunday's G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh, for which there were 11 accep- No Pretty Polly for Sariska... tors at the six-day stage. The Mark Johnston-trained Michael Bell has ruled Sariska (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) out colt was successful in last Friday's G2 King Edward VII of Saturday's G1 Audi Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh S. at Royal Ascot. Aidan O'Brien will have a maximum due to fast ground, and is instead looking at the follow- of five to choose from, including his respective ing week's G1 Eclipse at Sandown. Lady Bamford's G1 Epsom Derby second-, fourth- and fifth-place finish- dual Oaks heroine was runner-up to Fame and Glory ers At First Sight (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Jan Vermeer (Ire) (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) in the G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom (Montjeu {Ire}) and Midas Touch (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), as June 4, and her conditioner is keen to avoid ground on well as G2 Dante S. winner Cape Blanco (Ire) (Galileo the fast side of good for the time being. "She's in great {Ire}). Godolphin may be represented by the G3 San- form, but we have knocked the Pretty Polly on the head down Classic Trial scorer Chabal (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), while trainer Michael Bell signaled his intent to run as there's absolutely no rain forecast," Bell said. Lawrie Inman's J “TDN Rising Star” J and Epsom "There's little chance of the ground being any easier seventh Coordinated Cut (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). "He's in than good-to-firm, and she's had a couple of races on good order and looks really well, and it looks a very that this year already. We are keen not to go the well open race,@ Bell commented. AThe track should suit him too often on that ground with her, bearing in mind her much better than Epsom, and we have no doubt he's a autumn targets of the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe [at high-class horse, but whether we can find that improve- Longchamp Oct.