Visit the Canford Cliffs to Meet TDN Website: Dick Turpin in G1 Lockinge www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P4 TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. ARCHARCHARCH RETIRED Robert and Val Yagos=s GI Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch (Arch--Woodman=s Dancer, by Woodman) NEWS TODAY has been retired from racing. The dark bay suffered a condylar fracture of UNCLE MO TO WINSTAR FOR TREATMENT his front left ankle It was announced that Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie), last while finishing 15th year=s 2-year-old champion, left Churchill Downs for in Saturday=s Winstar Farm Monday morning. Scratched a day before GI Kentucky Derby. last weekend=s GI Kentucky Derby, the Mike Repole- The surgery he owned colt is expected to undergo further treatment at underwent at Rood & the Versailles nursery. AIt makes sense to keep him in Riddle Equine the Lexington area, where he will have access to the Hospital in Lexington best veterinary facilities,@ explained trainer Todd Sunday was deemed Pletcher. AWinStar Farm has a beautiful training facility, successful, but it which includes a hyperbaric chamber and a first class was decided that staff. Our focus is to figure out what is going on Lucas Marquardt cartilage in the ankle internally with him and get him back to 100%. When was too damaged for we do figure this out, the horse is already fit, so we him to continue racing. Dr. Larry Bramlage performed don=t think it will take him long to get back to his the surgery and gave the Yagoses the bad news. 2-year old form.@ The colt, who scored in the Timely AThe cartilage damage was going to be Writer S. in his seasonal debut, was diagnosed with a irreparable--you can=t regrow cartilage," Robert Yagos Gastro Intestinal infection following his third-place said yesterday. "He's going to have some stiffness in finish in the GI Wood Memorial S. AThe number one that ankle. Dr. Bramlage actually thought he probably goal is to get Uncle Mo healthy, and I feel very could run again, but not at the level that he was confident with Elliott Walden [WinStar President/CEO] running. That's not what we want for him. He's so and his team,@ added Repole. ATodd trains many of Winstar s horses, and he and Elliott speak on a regular competitive that he'd probably end up pushing himself = basis. Our second, distant goal when Uncle Mo gets and hurting himself again. So we're just going to retire back to the races is for him to be named 3-year-old him.@ champion and Horse of the Year.@ Yagos said Dr. Bramlage agreed with trainer Jinks Fires's initial assessment that the injury likely occurred at the beginning of the Derby after the colt stumbled coming out of the starting gate. Yagos said that it was a testament to the colt's fortitude that he was able to finish the race. "It was a pretty good fracture, and for him to run a mile and a quarter on it without giving Robert Yagos (left) before the Jon [Court, jockey] any Kentucky Derby indication there was something wrong, that's a horse with a big heart," he said. Cont. p2 TDN TODAY Headline News.................... 12 pages TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/10/11 • PAGE 2 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cont. from p1 Robert Yagos continued, AJon did feel a little FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. something, but thought it was the saddle problem. He stumbled leaving the gate and the saddle slipped forward a little bit, and Jon thought he was a little uncomfortable, but other than that he never gave any indication he was in distress or anything, and it didn't show up to the end of the race. Of course, we're not sure it happened out of the gate, but Dr. Bramlage said for as much ASTROLOGY WORKS damage as there was to his cartilage, Stonestreet Stables and George Bolton=s Astrology that's probably where it happened. If (A.P. Indy) worked six furlongs in 1:12.40 Monday he transfers that heart and desire he morning over a fast track at Churchill Downs. With Jon Court in the has to his offspring, there will be Carlos Rosas aboard, the colt--working in company with post parade some nice babies out there.@ Yagos 4-year-old Awesome Act (Awesome Again)--reeled off said the colt will remain at Rood & fractions of :13, :25, :37, :48.60, 1:00.40, galloping Riddle for three or four more days, then rejoin Fires's out seven furlongs in 1:25.40. He completed a mile in string at Churchill. AThat way, his groom can take care 1:39.60. AWe liked the work,@ said Barbara Banke of of him for about a month of stall rest,@ explained Stonestreet Stables. AWe=ll see how he comes out of Yagos. AThen he=ll probably walk for another month, the work [before making a decision on the Preakness]. then we'll ship him to a farm.@ Stud plans are He looks good.@ Astrology, winner of last year=s undecided. AWe visited a couple GIII Iroquois S., finished second most recently in the farms Sunday when we went to GII Jerome S. at Aqueduct Apr. 23. check on him, but we haven't made a choice yet," Yagos said. "We're Flashpoint Confirmed for Preakness.. new at this, so we want to go visit Peachtree Stable=s Flashpoint (Pomeroy) has been the rest of the farms down there. confirmed for the May 21 GI Preakness S. by owner Then we'll see which one we like John Fort yesterday. best and make a decision.@ AHe=s training up a Archarcharch was bred in Kentucky storm, better than ever,@ by Grapestock LLC and sold for Fort said. The lightly- $60,000 at the 2009 Keeneland raced colt, who won the September Sale. He annexed the Trainer Jinks Fires Feb. 26 GII Hutcheson Sugar Bowl S. at Fair Grounds in photos by L Marquardt S., has been transferred December and the GIII Southwest S. to the care of Wesley at Oaklawn Feb. 21 in addition to his victory in the Ward and has been in Apr. 16 Arkansas Derby. Archarcharch was produced training at Keeneland. Adam Coglianese by the MGSP Woodman=s Dancer and is a half-brother He turned in his second to SW Run Sully Run (Cherokee Run). His second dam straight bullet workout of :59 seconds for five furlongs is Grade I winner Pattern Step (Nureyev). -BD/LM last Friday morning. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/10/11 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com King Congie Readies for Preakness... West Point Thoroughbreds= King Congie (Badge of Silver) breezed five furlongs in 1:01.14 over the main track at Belmont Park Monday morning. It was the sixth-fastest of 17 at the distance. AHe worked very well [yesterday] morning,@ trainer Tom Albertrani said. AHopefully, all goes well from now until the Preakness.@ Albertrani indicated the colt will work again at Belmont before the Preakness, and is likely to ship from New York to Coady Photography Baltimore the day before the race. Winner of the Tropical Park Derby Jan. 1, he finished first in the Hallandale Beach S., but was disqualified and placed third for drifting out in the stretch. In his latest outing, the colt was third by a head in the GI Blue Grass S. at Keeneland. Racetrack Round-Up PRETTY POLLY OPTION FOR FAIRY Trainer Ed Dunlop yesterday suggested that Royal Ascot would come too soon for Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab), who has the Curragh=s G1 Pretty Polly S. as an alternative. Cristina Patino=s dual Oaks and four-time Group One-winning 4-year-old has been held up with an injury sustained in the lead-up to the Dubai World Cup meeting, but is nearing a return. AShe is back in ridden exercise and due to do her first canter this week, so is fully recovered from her injury and it=s so far so good,@ click for video Dunlop said. AWe made the Royal Ascot entry, but to be honest, it=s probably a little bit soon for her and the [June 25] Pretty Polly would be a race to try and be ready for if we don=t make Ascot.@ PREAKNESS POSSIBLES Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) 1st GI Ky Derby Astrology (A.P. Indy) 2nd GII Jerome Concealed Identity (Smarty Jones) 1st Tesio Dance City (City Zip) 3rd GI Ark Derby Dialed In (Mineshaft) 8th GI Ky Derby Flashpoint (Pomeroy) 4th GI Fl Derby King Congie (Badge of Silver) 3rd GI Blue Grass Mr. Commons (Artie Schiller) 3rd GI SA Derby Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) 3rd GI Ky Derby Norman Asbjornson (Real Quiet) 4th GI Wood Mml Prime Cut (Bernstein) 2nd GIII Lexington Saratoga Red (Eddington) 10th GI Ark Derby Shackleford (Forestry) 4th GI Ky Derby Sway Away (Afleet Alex) 4th GI Ark Derby www.keeneland.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/10/11 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Racetrack Round-up cont. We are very lucky to have two of the best milers in Europe and, though Dick Turpin has the benefit of a HANNON DUO SET FOR LOCKINGE CLASH run, Canford Cliffs is straight enough, having enjoyed a Richard Hannon yesterday admitted defeat in his couple of recent racecourse gallops.@ attempt to keep his star milers Canford Cliffs (Ire) Also among the 11 remaining entries at yesterday=s (Tagula {Ire}) and Dick Turpin (Ire) (Arakan) from taking forfeit stage are Khalid Abdullah=s Twice Over (GB) each other on in the G1 Lockinge S.