HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, WAR CHANT is call 732-747-8060. Second Leading Turf Sire www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008 ‘HARLEM’ ROCKS THE WITHERS TDN Feature Presentation Unbeaten Harlem Rocker (Macho Uno) rallied impres- GROUP 1 PRIX GANAY sively from off the pace to defeat J Be K (Silver Dep- uty) by 2 1/2 lengths in Sat- urday=s GIII Withers S. at the Big A. Sitting in third while J Be K rattled off fractions of :23.91 and :46.41, jockey BELONG TO ME Eibar Coa swung out the “TDN Rising Star” st $12,500 J J STAY CLOSE (GB) - 1 HENRY S. CLARK S. Live Foal on the turn for home, came FOR EARNINGS OF $290,526! charging on the outside to take over in the stretch, and HERE COMES THE SUN had the race in hand while Today=s G1 Prix Ganay offers a clean slate for Khalid racing a bit greenly in deep Abdullah=s Zambezi Sun (GB) (Dansili {GB}) as he faces stretch. AHe=s still green, but a potentially exciting four-year-old campaign. Despite he s one of those improving = Adam Coglianese winning the G1 Grand Prix de Paris at this venue in horses,@ Coa said. AEvery July, the homebred rounded off his sophomore season time he runs, he just gets better. He=s not 100 percent somewhat anti-climatically. Only third behind Soldier of yet, which is kind of scary because he can be better Fortune (Ire) in the G2 Prix Niel back here off a summer than this. I was a little concerned that he was too close break in September, he was eighth after being ham- to the pace today, but he took me there himself. At the pered on his third visit for the G1 Prix de l=Arc de five-sixteenths pole I thought that if J Be K was good Triomphe the following month. Trainer Pascal Bary is enough, he would beat us, but I knew my horse was hoping for better fortune this time. AHe seems in very going to finish. At the end he was playing around be- good form at present,@ he commented. AAfter the Grand cause he=s still a little green, but he showed he can Prix de Paris, he had an interrupted preparation for the compete with these horses.@ Cont. p4 Prix Niel with a foot problem. He still ran a good race Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. there, but it was not ideal leading up to the Arc, and Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. that is probably why he didn=t run to his best. That is all behind him now, and he is training very well, so we are hopeful. He likes it good or faster, so the decent ground will help.@ Put Up Your Duke... While last year=s hero Dylan Thomas (Ire) is secure at stud, Aidan O=Brien is looking to fill the void from the ranks of Coolmore=s now-familiar older horse brigade. One that might fit the bill is Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor=s Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill), who re- turned from a serious fracture to take part in some of the major battles last term. Fourth in both the English and Irish G1 2000 Guineas in May, he went down by a Click here for San Felipe video neck to Excellent Art (GB) in the G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot the following month before filling fourth spot again after a break in York=s G1 Juddmonte International S. in August. Runner-up to the aforemen- tioned Dylan Thomas in the G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown, he wound up with a third in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. back at Ascot. Cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/27/08 • PAGE 2 of 15 Feature Presentation cont. AIt was possible that the pins in his leg were niggling him all last year,@ trainer Aidan O=Brien told Racing Post after announcing that Red Rock Can- yon (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) was lame and would miss the gig. ADuring the winter, [vet] John Halley and his team did a couple of procedures and they appear to have been really help- ful. I am very happy with Duke of Marmalade, as he is working well. 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Sunday, Longchamp, France, post time: 4:20 p.m. PRIX GANAY-G1, i300,000, 4yo/up, 1 5/16mT SC PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY 1 7 Zambezi Sun (GB) Khalid Abdullah Juddmonte Farms Bary (c, 4, Dansili {GB}--Imbabala {GB}, by Zafonic) Pasquier 2 8 Sageburg (Ire) H H The Aga Khan SNC Lagardere Elevage de Royer-Dupre (c, 4, Johannesburg--Sage et Jolie {GB}, by Linamix {Fr}) Soumillon 3 6 Spirit One (Fr) Bouzid Chehboub Kamel & Boualem Chehboub Demercastel (c, 4, Anabaa Blue {GB}--Lavayssiere {Fr}, by Sicyos) Peslier 43Duke of Marmalade (Ire) Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor Southern Bloodstock A O=Brien (c, 4, Danehill--Love Me True, by Kingmambo) Murtagh 5 1 Saddex (GB) Stall Avena The Niarchos Family Rau (h, 5, Sadler=s Wells--Remote Romance, by Irish River {Fr}) Thulliez 64Red Rock Canyon (Ire) Scratched Scratched Scratched 7 5 Anna Pavlova (GB) Galaxy Racing Raymond Cowie Fahey (m, 5, Danehill Dancer {Ire}--Wheeler=s Wonder {Ire}, by Sure Blade) Hanagan 8 2 Mrs. Lindsay Bettina Jenney Derry Meeting Farm Rohaut (f, 4, Theatrical {Ire}--Vole Vole Monamour, by Woodman) Lemaire All carry 128 pounds bar Anna Pavlova & Mrs. Lindsay, 125. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/27/08 • PAGE 3 of 15 Pletcher Pair Breezes at Keeneland... Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out his Derby hopefuls Triple Monba (Maria=s Mon) and Cowboy Cal (Giant=s Causeway)--the one-two Threats finishers in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Apr. 12--for SMOOTH AIR STATUS UNCERTAIN Mount Joy=s five-furlong works at Smooth Air (Smooth Jazz) is on the fence for next Sat- Keeneland yesterday morn- urday=s GI Kentucky Derby after being treated for a ing. Monba worked with stablemate Ready=s Echo, fever. AHe has a low grade Monba trackphotographer.com fever and he is being covering the distance in 1:02.60 and galloping out three-quarters in 1:14.60. treated with anti-biotics,@ AWe normally work him in company,@ Pletcher ex- said trainer Bernie Stutts Jr. plained. AHe won=t do much on his own. It was kind of He has an elevated white A in the norm for him in cell count that shows infec- terms of what he does. tion. His temperature is nor- He=s not an overzealous mal [Saturday morning] and work horse--I thought he if it stays down and I am did fine.@ Stonerside able to train [Sunday], we=ll homebred Cowboy Cal Adam Coglianese be OK. He doesn=t need to stopped the clock in a min- work. He=s fit.@ Second to ute flat during his drill and Big Brown in the GI Florida Derby Mar. 29, Smooth Air Cowboy Cal Horsephotos galloped out in 1:12. AI breezed seven furlongs in 1:25.80 at Calder last Satur- thought he worked ex- day and shipped to Churchill the following day. AHe had tremely well,@ Pletcher said. As for GII Coolmore a clean bill of health before leaving Florida,@ Stutts Lexington S. winner Behindatthebar (Forest Wildcat), a added. AI don=t think it came from shipping, because decision has yet to be made on his Derby status. AHe that would show up right away. We trained him Thurs- galloped well this morning, and we=re just kind of play- day morning, but when we came back to the barn at ing it by ear.@ noon, he had left some feed in the tub and he always eats everything. We knew then we had a sick horse.@ Gayego on the Go... Stutts continued, AHe didn=t go to the track Friday and GII Arkansas Derby hero Gayego (Gilded Time) thrilled Dallas Stewart=s vet Dr. [Phil] Tripp worked on him and trainer Paulo Lobo by breezing five panels in 1:01 over gave him plenty of fluids and got his temperature a muddy surface at Churchill yesterday morning. down. But [Friday] afternoon it went back up higher Jockey Mike Smith was aboard for the drill. APerfect,@ than it was the day before.@ Stutts is still looking for his said Lobo. AExactly what I wanted--it was an awesome first Derby starter at age 70. AHe=s a horse with a fu- work.@ The dark bay colt registered splits of :12.40, ture,@ Stutts said.