DUBAI WORLD CUP notes HEADLINE p. 8 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 SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 STREET FIGHTIN’ MAN REBEL YELL He hadn=t faced the starter since the Breeders= Cup, Making only his second career start, Curlin (Smart but Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) put up a race for the Strike) overcame a wide trip to take the GIII Rebel S. by ages in yesterday=s GIII Tampa Bay Derby, getting his 5 1/4 lengths at Oaklawn nose down on the line ahead of Any Given Saturday Park yesterday. AI never (Distorted Humor). felt I was rushing [him],@ AWe thought we won said winning trainer Steve it, but sometimes Asmussen, who took the you get a little bit colt after a private sale exuberant,@ said win- following his Feb. 3 ning trainer Carl maiden win. AI know what Nafzger. ABut I he is capable of doing. He thought we held on. has all this ability, but Curlin Coady Photography It was a helluva race sometimes he tries to do to hold on.@ Owner/ too much. He has a young mind, and sometimes even Street Sense (inside) tops ‘Saturday breeder Jim Tafel surprises himself.@ Cont. p3 Stephanie Van Minos/Tom Cooley photo was pleased with his colt=s effort. AWe had- NEVER IN JEOPARDY n=t run since early November, and we=ve had a long Merv Griffin is back in business. A year after having layoff,@ Tafel said. A[But] he=s been training like a bear.@ winter-book GI Kentucky Derby favorite Stevie Cont. p2 Wonderboy sidelined, the show business legend Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by watched as Cobalt Blue Taylor Made. (Golden Missile) led every step of the GII San Felipe S. Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs at Santa Anita yesterday. TAMPA BAY DERBY-GIII, $300,000, TAM, 3-17, 3yo, AIt=s alive again,@ Griffin said, 1 1/16m, 1:43, ft. referring to his dream of 1--STREET SENSE, 122, c, 3, by Street Cry (Ire) winning the Derby. AYou 1st Dam: Bedazzle, by Dixieland Band know, he was born on Abra- 2nd Dam: Majestic Legend, by His Majesty ham Lincoln=s birthday-- 3rd Dam: Long Legend, by Reviewer Feb. 12--and his first big win O/B-James Tafel (KY); T-Carl A Nafzger; J-Calvin H as a three-year-old came on Borel; $180,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt, Valentine=s Day. Today is St. Cobalt Blue Benoit Photo GISW, 6-3-1-2, $1,358,200. Patrick=s Day, and Derby 2--Any Given Saturday, 120, c, 3, Distorted Humor-- Day is Cinco de Mayo! He=s a holiday horse.@ Cobalt Weekend in Indy, by A.P. Indy. ($1,100,000 yrl '05 Blue=s next start is expected to be the GII Illinois Derby KEESEP). O-WinStar Farm LLC & Padua Stables; at Hawthorne Apr. 7. Cont. p3 B-Racehorse Management LLC (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $60,000. CICADA POSTPONED 3--Delightful Kiss, 116, g, 3, Kissin Kris--Deputy's The $100,000 GIII Cicada S., scheduled to be run Delight, by French Deputy. O/B-Hobeau Farm Ltd yesterday at Aqueduct, had to be postponed when a (FL); T-P D Anderson; $30,000. winter storm forced the cancellation of weekend racing Margins: NO, 6 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.20, 0.70, 20.30. at the New York track. The six-furlong test has been Also Ran: Most Distinguished, All I Can Get, Optimistic moved to Saturday, Mar. 24. It will be reopened to its Steve, Lisselan Muse. original nominees and redrawn. California Dreamin’? Have Some Fun in the Sun With Murray’s Beach Boys! MURRAY HIP 26 c, by SONGANDAPRAYER Breezed in :10.2 . Video SMITH HIP 47 c, by LIGHTNIN N THUNDER Breezed in :10 . Video Buying & Selling HIP 140 c, by DONERAILE COURT Breezed in :10.1 . Video Winners at Cell Phone: HIP 190 c, by FOREST WILDCAT Breezed in :21.2 . Video Barretts 2yos! 352.804.2579 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/18/07 • PAGE 2 of 8 Tampa Bay Derby cont. Back in the Picture... Making Sense... Street Sense went postward here as the second Second in his career opener, Street Sense was tabbed choice to odds-on Any Given Saturday, winner of the as a TDN Rising Star when graduating next out at Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Feb. 17. The champion came Arlington Aug. 19. He ran third over a sloppy track in away well from post two under Calvin Borel and saved the GIII Arlington-Washington Futurity Sept. 10, and ground in fourth on the first turn, several lengths off followed that with a similar effort over Keeneland=s the lead. He still had plenty to do approaching the far Polytrack when third to Great Hunter in the GI Lane=s turn, but quickly made up ground while committed to End Breeders= Futurity Oct. 7. But a huge performance the rail. He poked his head in front as they straightened in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile--he rallied from 11 into the lane, while the favorite loomed up to the out- lengths back, came up a lively rail and scored by 10 side. Street Sense appeared to have the race in the bag lengths--earned him an Eclipse Award as the nation=s in midstretch, but Any Given Saturday fought back top two-year-old colt, as well as winter-book favoritism gamely in the final sixteenth before the Tafel colt took for the GI Kentucky Derby. He was freshened up by it by a nose and set a new track record. AWe had to trainer Carl Nafzger and didn=t hit the worktab this year start somewhere and this seemed like the best place to until Jan. 29. Nafzger had originally intended to start start,@ Borel commented. ABelieve you me, he=s 20 Street Sense back in the 7 1/2-furlong GII Hutcheson S. lengths better than he ran today.@ Nafzger added, AI=ve Mar. 3, but opted to give the colt two more weeks and said a thousand times, he=s a helluva colt. And Any a slightly longer race for his comeback. After weighing Given Saturday, as I told [trainer] Todd [Pletcher], of all his options, Nafzger opted for Tampa, despite the ex- the three-year-olds that have come along except for the pected presence of the talented Any Given Saturday. Breeders= Cup horses, this horse is about the best. He really ran his race.@ Street Sense will now head to Ken- tucky. AWe=re going to the [GI] Blue Grass S. [Apr. 14, Keeneland] and the [GI Kentucky] Derby,@ Nafzger con- firmed. Any Given Saturday=s connections were gra- cious in defeat. AWe ran a super race and got beat by a champion,@ said Elliott Walden on behalf of co-owner Sire of Breeders’ Cup Champion and WinStar Farm. AIt was a great race.@ Eclipse Champion FOLKLORE (G1) Trendsetters... Look for Tiznow’s 2yos at Barretts: 61, 123, 143. In 2006, Barbaro came off a five-week break to take 2007 Stud Fee: $25,000 the Kentucky Derby, becoming the first horse since 1956 to win off a layoff longer than four weeks. This winstarfarm.com year, Street Sense will be looking to break two jinxes. Since its inception in 1984, no Breeders= Cup Juvenile GII San Felipe S. Cobalt Blue (Golden Missile) handles winner has worn the Derby roses the following spring, two turns with aplomb. and no horse since Sunny=s Halo in 1983 has taken the GII Shirley Jones BC H. Sweet Fervor (Seeking the Gold) Derby with only two prior starts that season. rallies for her first graded victory. GIII Rebel S. Curlin (Smart Strike) takes his stakes debut You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at in style. the Barretts March Sale of Selected Two-Year- GIII Tampa Bay Derby Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) Olds in Training. outbattles Any Given Saturday (Distorted Humor). They’ve hit the ground running! Leroidesanimaux (859) 846-4334 i www.stonewallstallions.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/18/07 • PAGE 3 of 8 Saturday, Oaklawn Park Saturday, Santa Anita REBEL S.-GIII, $300,000, OPX, 3-17, 3yo, 1 1/16m, SAN FELIPE S.-GII, $250,000, SAX, 3-17, 3yo, 1:44 3/5, ft. 1 1/16m, 1:42 2/5, ft. 1--#@CURLIN, 117, c, 3, by Smart Strike 1--#@COBALT BLUE, 116, c, 3, by Golden Missile 1st Dam: Sherriff's Deputy, by Deputy Minister 1st Dam: Prado Star (SP, $203,779), by El Prado (Ire) 2nd Dam: Barbarika, by Bates Motel 2nd Dam: Eastern Star, by Star de Naskra 3rd Dam: War Exchange, by Wise Exchange 3rd Dam: Queen to Be, by Cornish Prince ($57,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Stonestreet Stables, ($100,000 yrl '05 FTSAUG; $325,000 2yo >06 Padua Stables, George Bolton & Midnight Cry FTFFEB). O-The Merv Griffin Ranch Co; B-Adena Stables; B-Fares Farm Inc (KY); T-S M Asmussen; Springs (FL); T-Doug F O'Neill; J-Victor Espinoza; J-Robby Albarado; $180,000. Lifetime Record: $150,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $207,000. 2-2-0-0, $202,800. 2--Air Commander, 116, c, 3, Point Given--Santaria, by 2--Officer Rocket (GB), 119, c, 3, Officer--Ocean View, Star de Naskra. O-Robert N Clay & Faisal Salman; by Gone West. (40,000gns wlng '04 TATDEC; B-Robert N Clay & Fair Way Equine LLC (KY); T-Bob $190,000 2yo >06 OBSMAR).