TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ROYAL DELTA ENTERED IN BOTH CLASSICS FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 RACING POST TROPHY Champion Royal Delta (Empire Maker) has been cross- entered in both the GI Breeders= Cup Classic and GI Breeders= Cup Ladies= Classic, but the 4-year-old filly will most likely defend her title in the Ladies= Classic. A[Owner Ben Leon] just wants to be in position to have the option if at the last minute we change our mind, if there were a bunch of defections out of the Classic,@ trainer Bill Mott told Daily Racing Form. AI think TWO ADDED TO POST FIELD we should go in the Ladies= Saturday=s G1 Racing Post Trophy was swollen by a Classic,@ Mott continued. AWe pair of fascinating supplementary entries at the six-day talked about it next year trying stage, with Kingsbarns (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Van Der [the Classic] on the way out if Neer (Ire) (Dutch Art [GB}) set to test their mettle in she makes another season. It=s Doncaster=s mile contest. The former, who was the not any indication of what she seven-length winner of a Navan maiden Oct. 10, joins can and can=t do. It=s more an Royal Delta five other Ballydoyle trainees including Battle of indication of me than her.@ A Coglianese Marengo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), successful in the Royal Delta, purchased by Leon G2 Beresford S. at The Curragh last time Sept. 30, and for $8.5 million at Keeneland November just days after Eye of the Storm (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was third in her Breeders= Cup victory, is coming off a dominating 9 Newmarket=s G3 Autumn S. Oct. 13. Richard Hannon 1/2-length victory in the Sept. 29 GI Beldame paid the additional fee to let Saeed Manana=s Van Der Invitational S. at Belmont. She turned in a bullet five- Neer take his chance after he went two-for-two in a furlong work at Belmont Monday in :59.16 after which Leicester conditions event last Tuesday. Mott told DRF, AShe couldn=t have gone any better.@ Following that latest success, jockey Richard Hughes commented, "I really liked this colt when he won first time out at Yarmouth, and, though we had a tailwind “The Works” helping us here at Leicester, you have to be impressed Belmont Park with the way he quickened. He found three lengths in Balance the Books (Lemon Drop Kid), JT, 4fT, :49.11, 1/9 five strides.@ Cont. p3 Flat Out (Flatter), C, 5f (tr), 1:00.10, 1/28 Noble Tune (Unbridled’s Song), JT, 4fT, :49.11, 1/9 Point of Entry (Dynaformer), T, 5fT, 1:02.71, 1/8 Ron the Greek (Full Mandate), C, 5f (tr), 1:00.10, 1/28 Royal Delta (Empire Maker), LC, 5f, :59.16, 1/12 To Honor and Serve (Bernardini), C, 5f (tr), 1:05.53, 26/28 Watsdachances (Ire) (Diamond Green {Fr}), JFT, 4fT, :50.29, 5/9 Zagora (Fr) (Green Tune), F/M T, 5fT, 1:04.50, 6/8 Betfair Hollywood Park Mr. Commons (Artie Schiller), M, 6f, 1:13.00, 1/12 Churchill Downs Fort Larned (E Dubai), CL, 5f, 1:01.00, 4/38 Neck ‘n Neck (Flower Alley), DM, 5f, 1:02.00, 7/38 Santa Anita Contested (Ghostzapper), F/M S, 5f, :59.00, 2/50 Fed Biz (Giant’s Causeway), DM, 4f, :48.00, 13/43 Great Mills (War Front), TS, 5f, 1:02.80. 28/38 Justin Phillip (First Samurai), S, 5f, 1:00.20, 5/38 Power Broker (Pulpit), J, 6f, 1:12.80, 3/13 Scherer Magic (Doneraile Court), JS, 5f, 1:01.00, 14/38 Tapizar (Tapit), DM, 6f, 1:12.80, 3/13 Title Contender (Pulpit), J, 6f, 1:12.80, 3/13 Unbridled's Note (Unbridled’s Song), TS, 5f, 1:00.20, 5/38 In This Issue PEB’s TDN Sketch of the Week 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 747-8060 (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Barry Weisbord, co-publisher [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher [email protected] • @suefinley Editorial [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. 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[email protected] Coverage begins page 9 TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Fasig-Tipton October Tom Frary Complete coverage from Monday’s first session of the three-day auction in Lexington. Coverage begins page 1 (atw) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/23/12 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Two Added to Post Field (cont. from p1) It took just over three years to register a second Alongside the Aidan O=Brien-trained contingent, Group 1 win in the Oct. 2010 G1 Premio Vittorio di further Irish interest is added by the presence of Jim Capua at Milan=s San Siro. The Saeed bin Suroor trainee Bolger=s Autumn S. scorer Trading Leather (Ire) (Teofilo closed a banner 5-year-old campaign--which included a {Ire}) and Team Valor=s Aug. 26 G2 Futurity S. scorer runner-up finish in the G1 Prix du First Cornerstone (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire}) from the Moulin at Longchamp--with victory Andrew Oliver stable. Mark Johnston has Sheikh in the G1 Premio Roma at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum=s Sept. 29 G2 Capanelle the following month. Rio Royal Lodge S. winner Steeler (Ire) (Raven=s Pass) to de la Plata also ran third to Frankel call on, while Saeed Suhail=s Sept. 1 G3 Solario S. (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in last term=s scorer Fantastic Moon (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) will bid to G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood, was improve on his subsequent fifth in the Royal Lodge for runner-up to Excelebration (Ire) Jeremy Noseda. (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the G1 Prix du Moulin back at NEWS TODAY Longchamp once more and finished a short-head adrift of Zazou (Ger) RIO DE LA PLATA RETIRED (Shamardal) when defending his Godolphin=s Rio de la Plata (Rahy--Express Way {Arg}, crown in last November=s G1 Premio by Ahmad {Arg}) has been retired and will join Darley=s Roma. He has failed to fire in four band of stallions at Haras du Logis in Normandy. The starts this season, including a Rio de la Plata chestnut, who earned J “TDN Rising Star” J last-out fifth in the Aug. 25 Racing Post photo status with a five-length score at Newmarket in 2007, G3 Winter Hill S. at Windsor, and landed the G2 Vintage S. at Goodwood, and was in the retires with a career record of money behind New Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in that 30-8-7-4, and earnings of ,976,039. ARio de la Plata term's G1 National S. at The Curragh and G1 Dewhurst was a very high-class 2-year-old, who proved to be S. back at Newmarket. He managed a first top-tier notably durable and talented over a long career at the success between those efforts when annexing the top,@ said Darley=s Sam Bullard. AWith those attributes, G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp, and was his powerful looks and his telling burst of acceleration, runner-up in the following year=s G1 Poule d=Essai des plus a pedigree that is an outcross to the major lines of Poulains back at the Bois de Boulogne track. the day, we are sure he will be popular with breeders.@ The Only 3YO since Easy Goer to win the BELMONT (G1), TRAVERS (G1) & JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP (G1) From the immediate family of leading sire TAPIT First Weanlings SELL THIS FALL WinStarFarm.com/lilchamps TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/23/12 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com SO. HEMISPHERE RESULTS Sunday, La Plata, Argentina GRAN PREMIO PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES-G1, $89,607, La Plata, 10-21, 3yo, 2,200m, 2:19.04, my. 1--#@sPROUD RULER (ARG), 123, c, 3, by Roman Ruler 1st Dam: Sarahllon (Arg), by Potrillon (Arg) 2nd Dam: Vermont Sarah, by Sassafras (Fr) 3rd Dam: Proudest Moment, by Proudest Roman O-Stud Chelsea; B-Haras Melincue; T-Daniel Bordon; J-Rodrigo Blanco. Lifetime Record: 9-2-3-1. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Catch And Go (Arg), 123, c, 3, Catcher In The Rye (Ire)--Miss Dixie (Arg), by Numerous. O-Stud Las Grutas; B-Haras Las Raices; T-Jorge Blaiotta; Ar$75,000. 3--Si Vieras (Arg), 123, c, 3, Not For Sale (Arg)-- Stellify (Arg), by Southern Halo. O-Stud DoZa Pancha; B-Haras Vacacion; T-Guillermo Frenkel Santillan.