FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here >STELLAR= FAVORITE HEADLINES LOADED OAKS Hronis Racing=s Stellar Wind (Curlin) hopes to provide trainer John Sadler with his first GI Kentucky Oaks victory as the 7-2 morning-line favorite in a fully loaded field of 14 Friday. The chestnut earned her diploma at second asking with an 8 3/4-length romp going a mile at Laurel for previous trainer Donald Barr and owner Barbara Houck, after which she was privately purchased and transferred to Sadler. Rallying four- wide to capture Arcadia=s STANFORD OUT OF DERBY, FRAMMENTO IN Stellar Wind Benoit Photo GII Santa Ysabel S. Feb. 28, Stonestreet Stables, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Stellar Wind dazzled with a Tabor and Derrick Smith=s Stanford (Malibu Moon) has 5 1/4-length romp next out in the GI Santa Anita Oaks been scratched from Apr. 4 to stamp herself as the one to beat here. Saturday=s GI Kentucky Derby A[Exercise rider Ricardo Peniche] says she=s just floated and Mossarosa=s Frammento over the track,@ Sadler said. AShe hasn=t had any (Midshipman) has drawn in off problems handling it. We haven=t breezed over it, but the also-eligible list. she trained really well at home before traveling. We=re AWe entered the horse in the very excited, obviously. We=re ready.@ race to see what sort of post The GII Fair Grounds Oaks has produced four of the he might draw,@ trainer Todd last seven Kentucky Oaks winners, and trainer Larry Pletcher said of the Jones has saddled two of them in 2008 winner Proud GII Louisiana Derby runner-up. Spell (Proud Citizen) and 2012 victress Believe You Can AWe were on the fence as to (Proud Citizen). Jones hopes to whether or not to run him, but Stanford Sherackatthetrack saddle his third this year in Grayson we thought we d take a look. Farm s I m a Chatterbox (Munnings). = = = But after seeing the draw and talking to the owners, we A debut winner at Keeneland for previous trainer Ken McPeek last decided it might be best to take him out and consider fall, she was third in a Churchill other options.@ Cont. p3 Downs optional claimer Nov. 9 and fourth in the GII Golden Rod S. here Nov. 29. Transferred to Jones, the flashy chestnut really came into her own this season at Fair Grounds, starting with a front-running success in the Silverbulletday S. Jan. 17. Coming from last to capture the GIII Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 21, I=m a Chatterbox sat a stalking trip when winning the Fair Grounds Oaks over >TDN Rising I’m a Chatterbox Star= Shook Up (Tapit) and Forever Horsephotos Unbridled (Unbridled=s Song) Mar. 28. Champion Untapable (Tapit) had an undefeated sophomore season that included wins in the Rachel Alexandra and Fair Grounds Oaks prior to her Kentucky Oaks victory last year. Jones has another good chance to win in Brereton C. Jones=s GI Ashland S. winner Lovely Maria (Majesticperfection). Kicking off this term with a Fair Grounds optional claimer win over Shook Up, the bay finished second to her stablemate in the Rachel Alexandra prior to her impressive victory over Angela Renee (Bernardini) in the Ashland Apr. 4. Cont. p6 IN THIS ISSUE President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley V.P., International Operations: Gary King [email protected] @garykingTDN EDITORIAL Dortmund makes his way through the big crowd Thursday [email protected] Horsephotos Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini Managing Editor: Alan Carasso Senior Editor: Steve Sherack Kentucky Derby Special Edition Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato Associate Editor: Justina Severni The TDN editorial staff takes you through the GI Kentucky Derby field horse-by-horse, Associate Editor: Christie DeBernardis providing pros, cons, pedigree analysis and a final verdict on each contender in this year’s Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Run for the Roses. Assistant Editor: Ben Massam After International Report ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Sherack at the Track Art Director: Lia Kusch Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Steve Sherack continues to provide detailed trackside Sarah K. Andrew coverage from Churchill Downs. Want to know how your Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin favorite Derby or Oaks contender looked Thursday morning? Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry Sherack has you covered. CUSTOMER SERVICE Dortmund [email protected] Sherackatthetrack Dir. of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Page 4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Post Positions Drawn for 2000 Guineas Director of IT: Robert Williams [email protected] The Aidan O’Brien trained duo of ‘TDN Rising Star’ Ol’ Man River (Ire) (Monteju Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa {Ire}) and Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) headline a strong field of 19 in Newmarket’s [email protected] G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas. Ol’ Man River drew the two-hole, while his stablemate drew post 16 during Thursday’s draw. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Page 14 International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] EST Race Click for TV 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 9:50a Prix du Muguet-G2, SAI ------------------------ ----------- Red Bank, NJ 07701 10:20a Bankhaus von der Heydt-Silberne Peitsche-G3, MUN ------------------------ ----------- 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) 1:26p Edgewood S.-GIII, CD (Brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN www.thoroughbreddailynews.com 2:08p La Troienne S.-GI, CD (Brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN www.thetdn.com 3:02p Alysheba S.-GII, CD (Brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN 4:02p Twin Spires Turf Sprint S.-GIII, CD (Brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN 4:52p Eight Belles S.-GIII, CD (Brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN 5:49p Longines Kentucky Oaks-GI, CD (Brisnet.com PPs) NBCSN 10:51p Texas Mile S.-GIII, LS (Brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/1/15 • PAGE 3 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI KENTUCKY DERBY Stanford Out of Derby, Frammento In cont. from p1 Pletcher continued, AWe are now thinking that either the [GII] Peter Pan [S. at Belmont May 9] or the [GI] Preakness [S. May 16] might be better spots for him. The horse is fine. We=ll train him [Friday] morning and we=ll probably work him the morning of the Derby before we ship him to New York.@ Stanford drew post 11 in Wednesday=s draw, so the horses in posts 12 through 20 will each move over one stall and Frammento will be Frammento break from the 20 hole for Sherackatthetrack trainer Nick Zito. Third in the GII Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Feb. 21, Frammento was last seen finishing fourth behind Carpe Diem (Giant=s Causeway) in Keeneland=s GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Apr. 4. MUBTAAHIJ BREEZES THREE FURLONGS AI got the call from the racing office this afternoon,@ Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum=s G2 UAE Zito said. AWe are all excited. We made it. Everybody is Derby hero and GI Kentucky Derby contender Mubtaahij happy. He has been training great. I know we will have (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) breezed an easy three furlongs in to break from the 20, but that is a lot better than Post :37.40 at Churchill Downs Zero!@ Thursday with jockey Charles Fipke=s Tale of Verve (Tale of Ekati), who Christophe Soumillon broke his maiden at Keeneland Apr. 23, is now the lone aboard. The bay was also-eligible. clocked his first eighth in :13.20 and completed a half-mile gallop-out in :52.40. AIt was a very easy work just to stretch his legs,@ trainer Mike de Kock said. AIt just gets them Mubtaahij Horsephotos breathing a little bit deeper, gets the blood oxygenated, lets them stretch and get the circulation going into the muscles. I just told [Christophe] to let him stretch his legs out over the last 400 and just enjoy himself.@ This was the first work at Churchill Downs for Mubtaahij, who had been training at Arlington Park since his arrival in the U.S. De Kock has been quite pleased with his charge since his arrival in Louisville. AHe goes out there to work and he doesn=t flinch, he doesn=t balk, he doesn=t sweat up, he doesn=t behave like an idiot,@ de Kock said. AHe=s doing everything right.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/1/15 • PAGE 4 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com ALMOST GAME TIME An overcast and misty morning scared few away from the Churchill Downs backstretch Thursday. With the parking lot already quite occupied adjacent the Gate 10 entrance nearly an hour before the private training session for Derby/Oaks horses, the crowd, although not nearly as mighty as it was a day ago, was pretty well- spread throughout the backside. Eclipse Thoroughbred=s Aron Wellman chatted with Dortmund a group by the gap Sherackatthetrack recalling the walkover for last year=s Derby with Danza (Street Boss) and the GI Arkansas Derby winner=s namesake, actor Tony Danza. The lightly raced chestnut ran well in defeat to finish a solid third. Morning-line odds maker Mike Battaglia was spotted making the rounds while the Derby runners began to hit the track as the sky began to get a bit brighter behind the grandstand and iconic Twin Spires. Dortmund (Big Brown) and American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) entered the track like they owned the place--nothing new there--while Tencendur (Warrior=s Reward) briefly set up shop near the clubhouse turn to take in the scenery. El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) and Frosted (Tapit) may have had onlookers seeing double as the two grays, both piloted by exercise riders wearing blue, galloped by in rapid-fire succession.