WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here DUBAI TARGET FOR THE FUGUE WILDCAT RED SET FOR FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Three-time Group 1 winner The Fugue (GB) (Dansili The GIII Hutcheson S. hero, Wildcat Red (D=Wildcat), {GB}) is likely to be seen next on Dubai World Cup will contest Saturday=s GII Fountain night Mar. 29, although which race she will target has of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park. He not yet been decided. The 5-year-old mare, winner of has had an impressive start to his last year=s G1 Darley career, scoring three wins and two Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Irish seconds in his five starts. Most Champion S. and second in recently, he captured the seven- the GI Breeders= Cup Turf, furlong Hutcheson by 4 3/4 lengths was last seen finishing over the Hallendale oval Feb. 1. second in the G1 Longines The bay=s conditioner, Jose Hong Kong Vase Dec. 8. The Garoffalo, said that his horse=s options for the John Gosden performance in the Hutcheson charge are the G1 Dubai demonstrated a maturity that The Fugue Sheema Classic over 2400 convinced him he could handle the Racing Post meter on the turf, the G1 extension to 1 1/16 miles in the Wildcat Red Leslie Martin Dubai Duty Free over 1800 Fountain of Youth. meters on the turf, or the $10 million G1 Dubai World AI noticed that he was more focused and more Cup going 2000 meters on the Tapeta surface. relaxed, and he proved that he could run behind the "Where she goes will be largely down to John, but speed and finish strong if he stayed relaxed in the hopefully she will run there somewhere,@ Simon Marsh, beginning,@ Garafalo said. racing and bloodstock manager to The Fugue=s owners, Garafalo was also encouraged by Wildcat Red=s Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber, told PA Sport. "I would performance at a mile in the Gulfstream Park Derby on imagine she'll go straight there, as Dar Re Mi [2010 Jan. 1, where the bay finished second by a head after Sheema Classic winner] did, but it will be John's dueling gamely with General A Rod (Roman Ruler), who decision [which race she runs in].@ he faces again Saturday. Marsh added: "She is a fantastic filly to have as she AAfter that race we started to prepare for the [GII is remarkably consistent, and you would have to say Holy Bull S.], which is a two turn race; we couldn=t she's right up there with the best." make it for that race, but the horse already had the training to go longer,@ Garafalo said. AHe=s shown in the training that he can handle two turns very easily. His DRAW SHAKES UP BLUE DIAMOND PUZZLE pedigree doesn=t show much stamina, but he might be No one would blame the connections of G1 Blue the exception to the rule.@ Cont. p4 Diamond S. pre-draw favorite Earthquake (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) if they were shaken up following yesterday=s barrier draw for Saturday=s A$1 million Victoria juvenile showpiece. The unbeaten G3 Fillies Prelude heroine drew in barrier 15 of 16, and she will have to overcome a strong bias if she is to provide Darley and trainer Peter Snowden with a second Blue Earthquake Diamond score. The last nine Racingandsports.com.au favorites to have drawn outside gate 10 in the last 20 years have all tasted defeat, including Darley=s own Guelph (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) last year, and the majority of bookies responded by pushing Earthquake out to joint $3.00 favoritism with pre-draw second choice and undefeated J “TDN Rising Star” J Rubick (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}), who fared better when landing in barrier 10. 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Trainer Mick Price, six or seven horses drawn inside her who could go who tasted success in the 2012 Blue Diamond with forward, and if that's the case it strings them out a bit. Samaready (Aus) (More Than Ready), also found his You're banking on luck, but she can begin well and take runners, Jabali (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) and up a spot that puts her in front of most." Cornrow (Aus) (Duporth {Aus}), drawn alongside one He added: She is as good a chance as we've ever another in barriers three and four. Click to share this A story. had in the race, there's no doubt about that. Ability wise, I'm not sure we've seen her at her best yet. I still Saturday, Caulfield, Australia think that's to come." BLUE DIAMOND S.-G1, A$1,000,000 (US$902,700), 2yo, 1200mT Rubick, all the rage after a strong Rosehill barrier trial SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT victory in early January, justified the hype with a 1 13 Boomwaa (Aus) Mutawaajid (Aus) Callow Laing 124 2 10 Rubick (Aus) Encosta de Lago (Aus) Avdulla Ryan 124 runaway maiden score deemed worthy of J “TDN 3 6 Mohave (Aus) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Symons Snowden 124 Rising Star” J status Jan. 25. He overcame a less 4 5 Chivalry (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Baster Kavanagh 124 than ideal trip to stay unbeaten in the male=s division of 5 11 Nostradamus (Aus) Medaglia d’Oro Boss Hawkeses 124 the Feb. 8 G3 Blue Diamond Prelude S. just hours after 6 3 Jabali (Aus) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Oliver Price 124 7 4 Cornrow (Aus) Duporth (Aus) Nolen Price 124 Coolmore bought into him. Sterling Alexiou, traveling 8 7 Zululand (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Zahra Hayes 124 foreman to trainer Gerald Ryan, was on hand at the 9 8 Francesco (Aus) Wanted (Aus) Duric Waterhouse124 barrier draw, and was pleased with the outcome. "We 10 1 Malaguerra (Aus) Magnus (Aus) Rawiller Hunter 124 were hoping for between seven and 12," he told Racing 11 12 Stratum Star (Aus) Stratum (Aus) Newitt Hore-Lacy 124 12 15 Earthquake (Aus) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Browne Snowden 120 and Sports. "It's an ideal gate for the horse." 13 9 Nayeli (Aus) More Than Ready McDonld Waterhouse120 Nostradamus (Aus) (Medaglia d=Oro), a fast-finishing 14 2 Golconda (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) Stackhse Laing 120 second behind Rubick in the Prelude when drawn out in 15 17 Top Dolly (Aus) Choisir (Aus) Williams Hughes 120 the sticks, fared slightly better yesterday, pulling barrier 16 14 Piacenza (Aus) Denman (Aus) Rodd McEvoy 120 Also Eligible 11, and he currently trades at around $11.00. 17 16 Sttue of Wrriors (Aus) Statue of Liberty No rider Hunter 124 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/19/14 • PAGE 4 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Black-Type Previews cont.