HOLLYWOOD STAKES SCHEDULE HEADLINE RELEASED...p1, ATW 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 SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2006 NINE PANELS A STRETCH FOR SHARP HUMOR? JUMPING ON THE BANDINI WAGON Sharp Humor (Distorted Humor) has been impossible An impressive 3 3/4-length winner in his first start to beat going seven furlongs and a mile, but can he after nearly 10 months on the shelf, Bandini (Fusaichi carry his speed over a mile Pegasus) takes on seven rivals in and an eighth? The bay colt the GIII Skip Away H. at Gulfstream makes his two-turn debut in today. The four-year-old was all the the GI Florida Derby at rage in Florida last year after scoring Gulfstream Park this after- twice and running second by less noon. The New York-bred than a length in the GII Fountain of ended his juvenile season with Youth S. He followed up with a six- consecutive victories in the length romp in the GI Blue Grass S., Bandini Equi-Photo Sept. 25 Bertram F. Bongard but faltered when beating just one Sharp Humor Equi-Photo S. and Oct. 22 Sleepy Hollow in the GI Kentucky Derby and was subsequently S. at Belmont, then made it three in a row in the Mar. 4 sidelined by a chip in his right front ankle. The dark bay GII Swale S. He is in tough in his first try at a route, but pleased his connections in his return, getting the mile in trainer Dale Romans is confident he is up to the task. 1:34 flat. “I thought having him run a mile as well as he “The pedigree says he should handle the distance, and did the first time was tremendous and he looks and is he trains like it, too,” Romans told Daily Racing Form. doing great,” trainer Todd Pletcher told DRF. He will face a quartet of colts that have already succeeded at the Florida Derby distance. Sunriver Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:42 p.m. EST FLORIDA DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m (Saint Ballado) comes off a half-length score over PP HORSE OWNER TRAINER ODDS High Blues (High Yield) in an entry-level allow- 1 Hesanoldsalt Live Oak Plantation Zito 20-1 ance over track and trip Mar. 4. Hesanoldsalt (c, Broad Brush-Salty Gal, by Cox’s Ridge) (Broad Brush) beat that pair when breaking his 2 Flashy Bull West Point Tbreds McLaughlin 4-1 maiden at nine panels in Hallandale Jan. 15, but (c, Holy Bull--Iridescence, by Mt. Livermore) showed little in his last two and adds blinkers 3 Saint Augustus Dogwood Stable Pletcher 12-1 after running seventh in the Mar. 18 GIII Gotham (c, Saint Ballado--Lorie Darlin, by West by West) S. Saint Augustus (Saint 4 Doc Cheney My Meadowview Farm Zito 12-1 Ballado) went gate to wire in (c, Saint Ballado--Lady Melesi, by Colonial Affair) a nine-furlong allowance test 5 Sunriver Marie & Aaron Jones Pletcher 6-1 Feb. 26, besting Doc Cheney (c, Saint Ballado--Goulash, by Mari’s Book) (Saint Ballado) by 3 1/2 6 Rehoboth J Robert Harris Jr Gomez 20-1 lengths. But the one they all (c, Wagon Limit--So Ritzy, by Darn That Alarm) 7 Sharp Humor Purdedel Stable Romans 5-1 have to beat is undefeated (c, Distorted Humor--Bellona, by Hansel) Barbaro (Dynaformer), who 8 High Blues Dixiana Stables Paulus 10-1 made it four-for-four over a (r, High Yield--Kim’s Blues, by Cure the Blues) sloppy Gulfstream strip in the 9 Charming Image Marc Wexler Pecoraro 20-1 Feb. 4 GIII Holy Bull S. “He's (c, Halo’s Image--Glass Slipper, by Katowice) the best horse in the race, 10 Barbaro Lael Stables Matz 8-5 Barbaro Equi-Photo and I don't think I should be (c, Dynaformer--La Ville Rouge, by Carson City) worried,” said his jockey, Ed- 11 Sam’s Ace Reddam & Wellman O’Neill 20-1 gar Prado. “He's training super, he's doing (c, In Excess {Ire}--Queen of Pain, by Meadowlake) great...we just have to find out if he handles the All carry 122 pounds. fast track, and I think he will.” www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/1/06 • PAGE 2 of 4 Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 3:35 p.m. EST Today’s Graded Stakes ORCHID H.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT brought to you by PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 1 Olaya Theatrical (Ire) Motion 118 2 Noble Stella (Ger) Monsun (Ger) Attfield 116 3 Honey Ryder Lasting Approval Pletcher 120 4 Asti (Ire) Sadler’s Wells H Jerkens 114 5 Dynamite Lass Dynaformer McLaughlin 116 6 Pretty Jane Subordination Caramori 113 Click for TV 7 Potra Clasica (Arg) Potrillon (Arg) Ma Wolfson 115 9:20a Prix Edmond Blanc-G3, SCl 8 Kate Winslet Signal Tap Violette Jr 116 3:35p Orchid H-GIII, GP brisnet.com PPs HRTV 4:21p Excelsior BC H.-GIII, Aqu brisnet.com PPs TVG Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:07 p.m. EST 4:31p Santa Paula S.-GIII, SA brisnet.com PPs HRTV SKIP AWAY H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m 4:38p Pan American H.-GIII, GP brisnet.com PPs HRTV PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 5:07p Skip Away H.-GIII, GP brisnet.com PPs HRTV 5:42p Florida Derby-GI, GP brisnet.com PPs HRTV 1 We Can Seek (Chi) Seeker’s Reward Hennig 113 7:13p Tokyo City H.-GIII, SA brisnet.com PPs HRTV 2 Bandini Fusaichi Pegasus Pletcher 117 Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. 3 Noble Causeway Giant’s Causeway Zito 114 4 O’Connell’s (Brz) Jules Caramori 114 $300,000 PURE PRIZE Filly 5 Network Pulpit Broome 114 at OBS March! 6 Zoffinger Unbridled Forbes 112 Click here for more... 7 Whos Crying Now Concerto Tortora 115 P P R E V I E W S P 8 Contante (Arg) Interprete (Arg) Hough 114 Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 1:31 p.m. PST Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:21 p.m. EST SANTA PAULA S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f EXCELSIOR BREEDERS’ CUP H.-GIII, $200,0,00, PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 3yo/up, 1 1/8m 1 Brenda Meova (GB) Dr Fong Yakteen 114 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 2 Bettarun Fast Kelly Kip Cerin 116 1 Liquor Cabinet (Ire) Hennessy Hennig 114 2 Colita Grindstone Pletcher 114 3 Candy Jo Maria’s Mon Mullins 114 3 Watchmon Maria’s Mon Reynolds 114 4 El Mirage Queen Gilded Time Moon 116 4 Funny Cide Distorted Humor Tagg 114 5 Morethanaprincess More Than Ready Forster 114 5 West Virginia Tomorrows Cat Pletcher 115 6 Ladies Souvenir Souvenir Copy Gilchrist 114 6 Go Now Go for Gin Zito 114 7 Acceleration Vision and Verse Mullins 114 7 Evening Attire Black Tie Affair (Ire) Kelly 115 Stakes Previews cont. p3 8 Your Bluffing Pine Bluff Trombetta 115 9 Infinite Glory Hennessy Dutrow Jr 114 The brisnet.com ‘Race of the Day’ is the GI Florida Derby. All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. unless otherwise indicated TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/1/06 • PAGE 3 of 4 Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 4:13 p.m. PST Sunday, Santa Anita TOKYO CITY H.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m POTRERO GRANDE BREEDERS= CUP H.-GII, $200,000, PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 4yo/up, 6 1/2f 1 Romeo Plus (Arg) Alpha Plus Gallagher 114 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 2 Truly A Judge Judge T C Bernstein 116 1 Areyoutalkintome Smokester Martinez 113 3 Congrats A.P. Indy Mandella 116 2 Keep On Punching Silver Deputy Valenzuela 111 4 Bully Hayes Sultry Song Headley 114 3 Grinding It Out Grindstone Valdivia Jr 109 5 Snorter Awesome Again Stein 112 4 Oceanuz (Brz) Rainbow Corner (GB) Berrio 112 6 Texcess In Excess (Ire) Mitchell 113 5 Surf Cat Sir Cat Solis 119 7 Sort It Out Out of Place Baffert 113 8 El Roblar War Chant Mandella 115 9 Preachinatthebar Silver Charm Baffert 116 P N E W S T O D A Y P 10 Melanyhasthepapers Game Plan Marquez 112 PRINCE DATE FOR ELECTROCUTIONIST Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 3:20 p.m. Godolphin yesterday confirmed that G1 Dubai World PRIX EDMOND BLANC-G3, i80,000, 4yo/up, 1mT Cup winner Electrocutionist SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT (Red Ransom) will run in the 1 7 Art Master Royal Academy Fabre 126 June 21 G1 Prince of Wales' S. 2 3 Rageman (GB) Desert King (Ire) Cheno 126 at Royal Ascot. In a statement 3 6 Gharir (Ire) Machiavellian Hammond 123 on www.godolphin.com, the 4 2 Svedov (Fr) Exit To Nowhere Lellouche 123 organization announced that 5 1 Krataios (Fr) Sabrehill Laffon-Parias 123 the five-year-old will be back 64Helios Quercus (Fr) Diableneyev Diard 123 on turf for the 10-furlong test, 7 5 Ysoldina (Fr) Kendor (Fr) de Royer-Dupre 120 but delayed a decision on the Saturday, Sunland Park, post time: 3:45 p.m. MST Electrocutionist Horsephotos target of G2 UAE Derby winner WINSTAR DERBY, $600,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m Discreet Cat (Forestry). "Dis- PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER creet Cat's plans will be confirmed in due course," read 1 Sky Diving Aptitude Baffert the statement.