BEAR NOW UPSETS OCTAVE AT THE PHA p3 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 BROOKLYN WIN A GIVEN STREET SENSE TO TURFWAY WinStar Farm and Padua Stables= Any Given Saturday Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}), the GI Kentucky (Distorted Humor) was made the 1-10 chalk for yester- Derby and GI Travers S. winner, will have his final day=s GII Brooklyn H. at Breeders= Cup Classic prep in Saturday=s GII Kentucky Belmont Park and the Cup Classic at Turfway Park, where he will square off GI Haskell Invitational with GI King=s Bishop S. winner Hard Spun (Danzig). S. hero obliged, punch- Trainer Carl Nafzger and ing his ticket to the owner Jim Tafel had also Oct. 27 GI Breeders= been considering the GII Cup Classic with a Hawthorne Gold Cup the 2 1/2-length victory same afternoon and the GI over pacesetting Jockey Club Gold Cup Tasteyville (With Ap- Sept. 30. AThe main thing proval). Away in a tan- is that we=ll ship over gle, the dark bay colt [from Churchill Downs] Any Given Saturday Sarah K. Andrew settled nicely as Street Sense Horsephotos and ship back the same Tasteyville raced loose day,@ Nafzger reasoned. ASecondly, it=ll be run on on the lead. Given his cue by Garrett Gomez approach- Polytrack. I know we=ve been beat on Polytrack, but we ing the stretch, he methodically reeled in the front won two good races off of [races over] Polytrack.@ runner and drew clear, leaving something in the tank for Street Sense followed his third-place effort in last year=s the next one. AHe had to work a bit,@ trainer Todd GI Lane=s End Breeders= Futurity at Keeneland with his Pletcher said. AWe=ll go from here. All in all, we=re very smashing score in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile. Prior pleased.@ Brooklyn H. cont. p4 to this year=s Derby, he was caught at the wire of the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Despite those defeats, Nafzger Saturday, Belmont Park cited familiarity with the surface as another contributing BROOKLYN H.-GII, $154,200, BEL, 9-22, 3yo/up, factor. He s never run at Hawthorne or Belmont, so 1 1/8m, 1:48 1/5, ft. A = they d be totally new racetracks to him, Nafzger 1--ANY GIVEN SATURDAY, 118, c, 3, by Distorted Humor = @ added. Street Sense is likely to have one more work at 1st Dam: Weekend in Indy, by A.P. Indy Churchill prior to Saturday s race. 2nd Dam: Whow, by Spectacular Bid = 3rd Dam: Hooplah, by Hillary BALLISTIC TURNS IN SUPER PERFORMANCE ($1,100,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Winstar Farm LLC & Unheralded Going Ballistic (Lite the Fuse) had just one Padua Stables; B-Racehorse Management LLC (KY); victory from eight previous efforts over the main track. T-Todd A Pletcher; J-Garrett K Gomez; $94,320. But horses can=t read and the gray colt came from last Lifetime Record: GISW, 10-6-2-1, $1,083,533. *1/2 to upset GI Travers S. runner-up Grasshopper (Dixie to Bohemian Lady (Carson City), GSW, $423,231. Union) in yesterday=s GII Super Derby at Louisiana 2--Tasteyville, 114, g, 4, With Approval--Rahfee, by Downs. Super Derby cont. p3 Rahy. O/B-Fox Ridge Farm Inc (KY); T-Patrick J Kelly; $31,440. JAZZING IT UP ON THE DIRT 3--Helsinki, 112, c, 3, Distorted Humor--Well Dressed, Team Valor International=s Barry Irwin was keen to try by Notebook. ($165,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Four Jazzy (SAf) (Mutakddim) on the main track, and picked Roses Thoroughbreds; B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); a tough spot to do it in yesterday=s GII Gallant Bloom H. T-Nicholas P Zito; $15,792. at Belmont Park. The five-year-old handled the test with Margins: 2HF, 3/4, 1 3/4. Odds: 0.15, 18.30, 25.00. aplomb and could be heading for Monmouth Park. Also Ran: Awesome Twist, Sightseeing. Gallant Bloom H. cont. p4 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/23/07 • PAGE 2 of 14 REDEMPTION FOR BRASS HAT Brass Hat (Prized) has experienced the highs and lows of the Thorough- bred game, winning the GI Donn H. in 2006 and finish- ing second in the G1 Dubai World Cup, only to be dis- qualified for a disputed drug positive. The six-year-old gelding has also endured a pair of potentially career- ending injuries, but fought through those successfully and returned to national prominence yesterday with a minor upset over Fairbanks (Giant=s Causeway) in the rejuvenated Mass >Cap. Brass Hat broke his maiden in the 2004 Rushaway S. and added victories in the GII Ohio Derby and the GII Indiana Derby, but went missing for 13 months following a ninth in the GIII Lone Star Derby. He returned to take three of his first four races, capped by his Donn success, and would have bank- rolled $1.2 million for his runner-up effort to Electrocutionist in the World Cup. Fifth in the 2006 GI Stephen Foster H., Brass Hat suffered a fractured ankle in a July 2006 workout and was sidelined for over a year. He made a triumphant return to racing, besting subsequent GI Pacific Classic S. hero Student Council in a July 8 Churchill allowance, breaking a 36-year-old track record in the process. Brass Hat found Lawyer Ron a bit too tough in his two most recent efforts, an Hat Does the Trick... eighth in the GI Whitney H. July 28 and a sixth in the Fairbanks bobbled at the start, allowing the local GI Woodward S. Sept. 1. horse Fire Striker (Adcat) to establish dawdling frac- tions of :24.45 and :49.37. The odds-on favorite raced Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by alongside the front runner, while Willie Martinez had Taylor Made. Brass Hat ideally situated in a close fourth. Fairbanks assumed command Saturday, Suffolk Downs entering the far turn, MASSACHUSETTS H., $500,000, SUF, 9-22, 3yo/up, but his older rival 1 1/8m, 1:49 3/5, ft. was just hitting his 1--BRASS HAT, 116, g, 6, by Prized best stride while 1st Dam: Brassy, by Dixie Brass three deep around 2nd Dam: Calm Princess, by Sensitive Prince that final bend. The 3rd Dam: Equanamity, by Sir Ivor two hooked up at O/B-Fred F Bradley (KY); T-William Bradley; J-Willie midstretch and Martinez; $300,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, Brass Hat gradually 19-8-4-0, $1,582,451. wore down his stub- Brass Hat gets the better of Fairbanks 2--Fairbanks, 115, c, 4, Giant's Causeway--Alaska born rival for the Bud Morton Queen, by Time for a Change. ($1,850,000 yrl '04 victory. AMy goal FTSAUG). O-Team Valor International; B-Kidder, Grigg was to keep my horse happy and to get a nice posi- & Mamakos (KY); T-T Pletcher; $100,000. tion,@ Martinez commented. AOnce I got to the first 3--Dr. Pleasure, 116, c, 4, Thunder Gulch--Beautiful turn, I was very condfident and I knew that we had Pleasure, by Maudlin. O/B-John Oxley (KY); T-J Ward Fairbanks to beat.@ Winning trainer Buff Bradley, who Jr; $50,000. conditions Brass Hat for his father Fred, says not to Margins: 3/4, 4HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 4.10, 0.70, 2.90. expect the winner on Championship Day. AI don=t think Also Ran: Evening Attire, Shuffling Maddnes, Palladio, we have the money to get in there, so we=ll have to Fire Striker. Scratched: Who What Win. look for something else,@ he said. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/23/07 • PAGE 3 of 14 Saturday, Philadelphia Park Saturday, Louisiana Downs FITZ DIXON COTILLION H.-GII, $750,000, PHA, 9-22, SUPER DERBY-GII, $515,000, LAD, 9-22, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:41 1/5 (NSR), ft. 1:50 1/5, ft. 1--BEAR NOW, 119, f, 3, by Tiznow 1--@GOING BALLISTIC, 124, c, 3, by Lite the Fuse 1st Dam: Controlled (MSW & GSP, $325,248), by In Excess (Ire) 1st Dam: Holy Lightning, by Holy Bull 2nd Dam: Guilded Times, by Crafty Prospector 2nd Dam: Blazing Hot, by Irish River (Fr) 3rd Dam: Our Mahney, by Olden Times 3rd Dam: Hot Milk, by Restless Native ($65,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Bear Stables, Ltd; ($4,000 yrl '05 KEEJAN). O-Kindred Thoroughbreds B-ClassicStar (KY); T-Reade Baker; J-Jerry Baird; LLC; B-Adena Springs (FL); T-Donnie K Von Hemel; $426,000. Lifetime Record: 12-6-0-2, $812,414. J-M Clifton Berry; $275,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, *1/2 to Controlled Meeting (General Meeting), SW & 16-5-2-3, $671,242. GSP, $104,204. 2--Grasshopper, 124, c, 3, Dixie Union--Grass Skirt, by 2--Octave, 123, f, 3, Unbridled's Song--Belle Nuit, by Mr. Prospector. O-W S Farish, E J Hudson Jr & Estate Dr. Carter. ($350,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Starlight of James A Elkins Jr; B-W S Farish, E J Hudson Jr & Stable & Donald J Lucarelli; B-Mr & Mrs Martin J James Elkins (KY); T-Neil J Howard; $100,000. Wygod (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $147,000. 3--Past the Point, 124, c, 3, Indian Charlie--Bit of the 3--Talkin About Love, 118, f, 3, Not For Love--She's Bubbly, by A.P. Indy. ($400,000 2yo >06 BESMAR). Jane, by Northern Idol.