TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017 SHAMAN GHOST SET FOR SUBURBAN STEVENS HOPES FOR Stronach Stables= Shaman Ghost (Ghostzapper) has been FIREWORKS WITH OM green-lighted for a start in Saturday=s GII Suburban H. after pleasing trainer Jimmy Jerkens with a solo six-furlong work in 1:13.20 Sunday at Belmont Park. AIf I had anything else I would have worked him in company [Sunday] because you have to urge him along pretty good to get him to work by himself, especially if the track is pulling a little deep like it was,@ Jerkens explained. ABut [exercise rider] Kelvin Pahal got him off the bridle in the end and he=s a horse that is willing enough to get a good workout.@ Shaman Ghost=s regular workmate Dolphus (Lookin at Lucky) ships to Louisville Thursday before vanning to Prairie Meadows for Saturday=s GIII Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. Shaman Ghost was fifth in last year=s Suburban before winning the GI Woodward S. Second behind Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song) in the Jan. 28 GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the 5-year-old is coming off wins in the Mar. 11 GI Santa Anita H. and May 19 Om | Horsephotos GIII Pimlico Special. Cont. p3 Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens is expecting big things from IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Sareen Family Trust=s Om (Munnings) when the two team up for the GIII American S., Tuesday=s holiday feature at Santa Anita. SIXTEEN REMAIN IN ECLIPSE Stevens has ridden Om in his last 10 starts, with the consistent The first major clash of the generations is in store as 16 horses go forward for the G1 Coral Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday. 5-year-old winning three and hitting the board in additional six Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. graded races, including a narrowly beaten runner-up effort behind Obviously (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint. A I haven't been on AMERICAN S.-GIII, 3yo/up, 1mT him in the mornings, PP. Horse Sire but I=ve been 1. Hunt (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) watching him train 2. Kenjisstorm Stormy Atlantic all winter,@ Stevens 3. Om K Munnings said. AHe=s training 4. Alert Bay K City Zip lights out, he looks 5. Patentar (Fr) Teofilo (Ire) great and I=m looking 6. Si Sage (Fr) Sageburg (Ire) forward to being 7. Flamboyant (Fr) Peer Gynt (Jpn) back on board. I 8. Pee Wee Reese Tribal Rule think he=s using me (see Graded Stakes Entries) as the fuse to light the firecrackers.@ Om, a two-time winner over Santa Anita=s turf course at the American=s one-mile distance, will be making his first start since finishing third, beaten a half-length, in the Nov. 26 GII Seabiscuit H. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. 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(City Zip). The 6-year-old gelding opened the year with a pair of wins at Golden Gate Fields, including a 1 1/4-length tally in the one-mile GIII San Francisco S. over the lawn Apr. 29. He was third in a blanket finish over the Tapeta in the May 29 GIII All- American S. last time out. Flamboyant (Fr) (Peer Gynt {Jpn}), second that day, reopposes in the American. Shaman Ghost Set for Suburban (cont. from p1) Jerkens, who captured Sunday=s Queen=s Plate with Holy Helena (Ghostzapper), will also saddle Centennial Farms= Unified (Candy Ride {Arg}) on Belmont=s Stars & Stripes Racing Festival program Saturday. The 4-year-old faces G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen S. winner Mind Your Biscuits (Posse) in the GII Belmont Sprint Championship, a Win and You=re In event for the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint. AIt=s a tough spot, because Mind Your Biscuits is one of the best horses I=ve seen in a long time,@ Jerkens admitted. AYou know he=s going to be coming. But you have to run and see Shaman Ghost | Benoit where you=re at.@ TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 4, 2017 SURRENDER NOW HEADS TO SORRENTO powered home a seven-length winner for the Bob Baffert barn. That filly completed five furlongs in :58.03 and earned a 70 by Jessica Martini Beyer figure. Rockingham Ranch=s Surrender Now (Morning Line), who gave Three races later, Surrender Now went five furlongs in :57.66 her freshman sire his first stakes winner with an effortless eight- before completing the 5 1/2-furlong Landaluce in 1:03.84 and length score in Sunday=s Landaluce S. (video), will make her next earning a 79 Beyer. start in the Aug. 5 GII Sorrento S. at Del Mar, trainer Peter Miller Of comparisons between the two promising juveniles, Miller confirmed Monday. said, AWe ran a couple of ticks faster and I AShe ran great,@ Miller commented. think nine Beyer points faster, but that AShe won easy and did everything doesn=t mean anything. It was her first race very professionally. She came out of and it was my second race. You don=t know. the race in good shape, so it looks These horses develop at different rates. I like we=re on to the Sorrento.@ think they are obviously two very talented Surrender Now is perfect in two fillies and we=ll know more after the career starts after scoring a two- Sorrento.@ length victory in her five-furlong Miller also saddled his veteran graded debut at Santa Anita June 9. She was stakes winner Calculator (In Summation) never threatened in the Landaluce out to a win in an optional claimer down the and came home under a strangle Santa Anita turf course Monday. hold. AI=ll get with [owner] Mr. [Richard] Pell AYou never expect a horse to win and we=ll talk about it, but we=ll probably by eight lengths, but I thought she=d keep him on the grass for the foreseeable be tough,@ Miller said of the future,@ Miller said of the classy gray 5-year- Landaluce win. AI felt pretty old. confident she=d win.@ Miller enters Tuesday=s closing day of Miller picked Surrender Now out of Santa Anita=s spring meet with a the Barretts March Sale this spring, commanding lead in the trainer=s title. The paying $220,000 for the filly on 50-year-old conditioner will be earning his behalf of Gary Hartunian=s second spring title and eighth overall Rockingham Ranch. Surrender Now | Benoit Southern California title. AShe had a terrific breeze and a AIt means a lot to win a training title at Santa Anita,@ Miller great way of moving,@ Miller said of the juvenile, who worked a said. AIt=s very special. It takes a team and we=ve got a great furlong in :10 flat prior to the Barretts sale. AShe is a good- team and we have some great owners. Everything has just been looking filly and very correct. So she checked all the boxes that falling into place. We are just going to try and carry it through to we were looking for at these 2-year-old sales.@ Del Mar.@ The Barretts March sale had its second stakes winner in two days when Surrender Now=s Landaluce victory was followed up by Run Away (Run Away and Hide)=s score in Monday=s Santa Anita Juvenile S.