Steve Cauthen Joins Capital Play HEADLINE p.2 (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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007 Haatef Shelved... C L A S S I C C O R N E R P P Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Haatef (Danzig) has been ruled out of Saturday's G1 Irish 2000 Beo Heads Guineas 14... Guineas at The Curragh due to a minor problem in his Michael Ryan's Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley) will bloodwork. After finishing 10th in Newmarket's G1 face a maximum of 13 rivals when she takes in her 2000 Guineas May 5, the homebred was being pre- third Classic within a month in Sunday's G1 1000 pared for the Irish equivalent, but trainer Kevin Prender- Guineas at The Curragh. Successful in Newmarket's G1 gast yesterday revealed that he will miss the gig. AHe 1000 Guineas before a has had a bit of a setback and will not run for a while,@ short-head defeat in the G1 Prendergast told PA Sport. AIt is just a blood disorder, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches but we have no plans yet. We need to get him right.@ at Longchamp seven days later, the chestnut was Peslier Call-Up for Dalvina? reported on course for the Olivier Peslier has been approached for the ride on St third leg of her Guineas Albans Bloodstock's Dalvina (GB) (Grand Lodge) in next triple by trainer Jim Bolger. Friday's G1 Epsom Oaks. Following the news that AShe is very well,@ Bolger Jamie Spencer had been unsuc- Finsceal Beo (Ire) told PA Sport. AIn France, cessful in his appeal against a france-galop she couldn't show her suspension that rules him out of usual speed on the action for the Derby meeting, rain-softened ground and, hopefully, conditions will be trainer Ed Dunlop has had to more in her favour on Sunday. If they stay as they are look elsewhere to find a partner at present, it would be grand.@ John Oxx has declared for the impressive Listed Pretty Pat Garvey's Newmarket Guineas runner-up Arch Swing Polly S. winner. AI think there are (Arch), while Mick Channon is set to run Highclere still some T's to cross and some Thoroughbred Racing's Treat (GB) (Bareathea {Ire}), and Dalvina edunlop.com I's to dot regarding some possi- Richard Hannon will ship in Raymond Tooth's Indian Ink ble commitment in France, but (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), who were fourth and fifth, we have approached [Peslier] and we'll see if he's avail- respectively, in the one-mile Classic. Treat=s connec- able,@ Dunlop told PA Sport. AI've used him before; he's tions are hoping for a reversal of the Newmarket form. won a Derby, he knows his way around Epsom, so AShe's in good form, she'll have a breeze tomorrow hopefully all being well, he will be available.@ morning and, as long as Mick is happy with her, she will head to Ireland,@ Highclere's Harry Herbert told PA Perfect Has Oaks Agenda... Sport. AShe hasn't done a lot since Newmarket. She Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier's was in season last week, so she had a easy time of it, Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill) is being aimed at next but she will have a nice breeze tomorrow and then it Friday's G1 Epsom Oaks. Trainer Jeremy Noseda con- will be all systems go. Johnny Murtagh will ride her, firmed the 1 1/2-mile Classic as the target for last and we think the stiff mile of the Curragh will be to her year's G1 Fillies' Mile winner, who was third in the G1 advantage. Obviously, a bit of rain will help her, but it 1000 Guineas at Newmarket May 6. AWe've been doesn't look as if we are going to get any.@ happy with her since the 1000 Guineas,@ Noseda said. AWe feel she will stay a mile and a quarter. As for the extra furlongs of the Oaks, only June 1 will answer that TDN TODAY question. But she definitely has at least comparable Headline News.................... 7 pages form with anything else in the race.@ www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/23/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Dwyer Booked for Regime... Martin Dwyer will ride Highclere Thoroughbred Rac- ing's Regime (Ire) (Golan {Ire}) in next Saturday's G1 Epsom Derby. Last year's Derby-winning jockey, who received the invitation as a result of Jamie Spencer's supspension, will partner the G3 Sandown Classic Trial winner at the track prior to the blue riband. ARegime will go to Epsom on Thursday with Martin on board to have a spin around Tattenham Corner,@ Highclere's Harry Herbert told PA Sport. AHe knows his way around Ep- som very well and he has ridden an Oaks winner and a Derby winner, so he rides the track very well.@ Awelmarduk to Hamburg? Scuderia Effevi's G1 Derby Italiano hero Awelmarduk (Ire) (Almutawakel {GB}) could be supplemented for the G1 Deutsches Derby, connections revealed yesterday. After his charge defeated German challenger Shrek (Ger) by a half-length in Classic at Rome this past Sunday, trainer Alduino Botti is eyeing the weather forecast. AHe took the race well and we are thinking about the German Derby, which is a valuable race this year,@ Botti said. AWe have to supplement him and will make a definite plan closer to the race.@ Despite the loss of 30 percent of its value in the last two years, the Derby Italiano still brought Awelmarduk's owner and breeder Felice Villa i718,000. vinery.com FOALING NEWS P N E W S T O D A Y P STORM DREAM (IRE), 10, Catrail--Mamara Reef, by NATALMA ELECTED TO CANADIAN HALL Salse Windfield Farm=s Natalma, dam of the vastly influential Foal born May 5, a filly by Pulpit. sire Northern Dancer, has been elected into the Cana- Will be bred back to Street Cry (Ire). dian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The regally bred daugh- Owned by Mr & Mrs Roy Jackson. ter of Native Dancer and Almamoud joins three Queen=s Boarded at Mill Ridge, Ky. Plate winners--L=Enjoleur, Jammed Lovely, and Quiet Accomplishments: GSW-US & G1SP-Ire, $158,334. Resolve--as this year=s equine representatives. The 16- member Thoroughbred election committee also in- RUBY RANSOM, 15, Red Ransom--Amelia Bearhart, by ducted Russ and Lois Bennett of Flying Horse Farm and Bold Hour publicist/writer Bruce Walker in the Builders= category, Foal born May 6, a colt by El Prado (Ire). as well as trainer Andy Smithers and jockey Chris Owned by Jamm, Ltd. Loseth. To make the Hall, nominees must receive at Boarded at Mill Ridge, Ky. least 75 percent (12 of 16) of the votes cast by the Accomplishments: SW. Dam of Sacred Song (Diesis electors. Natalma gained international acclaim when she {GB}), MGSW & GSIP-Eng, $167,446; Strut the Stage gave birth to a stocky, muscular colt by Nearctic: (Theatrical {Ire}), MGSW & GISP, $1,568,555. Northern Dancer. He'd go on to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness S. and Queen's Plate and become one FORDYCE, 13, Cox=s Ridge--Foresta, by Alydar of the preeminent sires of the 20th century. In addition Foal born May 7, a filly by Pleasantly Perfect. to Northern Dancer, Natalma produced four other Will be bred back to Dixie Union. stakes winners. A gala dinner and induction ceremony Owned by Diamond A Racing Corp. will be held Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Mississauga Boarded at Diamond A, Ky. Convention Centre. The guest speaker will be former Accomplishments: Dam of Victory U.S.A. (Victory professional goalie and comic Jim Ralph. Gallop), GSW & MGISP, $615,829. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/23/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES by Alan Porter BLACK-EYED SUSAN S.-GII, $250,000, PIM, 5-18, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m, 1:50, ft. 1--#@PANTY RAID, 116, f, 3, by Include 1st Dam: Adventurous Di (SP), by Private Account 2nd Dam: Tamaral, by Seattle Slew 3rd Dam: Summer Legend, by Raise a Native ($110,000 yrl '05 FTKJUL; $275,000 2yo 2006 KEEAPR). O-Glencrest Farm LLC; B-Heaven Trees Farm (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-Edgar S Prado; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $242,275. *1/2 to Franc (Woodman), SW-Fr, $153,319. We would have to admit that we were fairly cautious about the prospects of Include when he first retired to stud. Despite having a very solid racerecord and pedi- gree, it had to be noted that he was a later maturing individual and that he was a son of Broad Brush, a stallion whose best previous son, Concern, proved a very disappointing sire. It didn=t take long for Include to prove the doubts groundless, however. In his first crop of two-year-olds in 2006, he came up with three stakes winners, headed by the GI Oak Leaf Breeders= Cup S. winner, Cash In- cluded. He was also represented by She=s Included, who didn=t win a stakes, but took third in the GI Del Mar Debutante S. Include has more than maintained the momentum this term with his first three-year-olds: in March, Etude became his fourth stakes winner with a score in the Private Terms S., and over the weekend, his daughter Panty Raid captured the GII Black Eyed Susan S.