DANETIME COLT TOPS AT GOFFS p8-9 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007 WHERE THERE’S SMOKE... NOW FOR NATAGORA West Point Stable and Lewis Lakin=s Irish Smoke With the spectre of Zambezi Sun (GB) looming in (Smoke Glacken) has yet to take a misstep in her brief Sunday's Arc, Pascal Bary has an opportunity for a career and looks to run her record to a perfect three- golden weekend as Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light {Jpn}) from-three in this afternoon=s GI Darley Alcibiades S. on lines up for today's G1 Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket. opening day at Keeneland. The gray filly was a profes- Stefan Friborg's grey enjoyed a winning spree in early sional winner of her Aug. 2 summer in the July 1 debut at Saratoga and be- G3 Prix du Bois and G2 Prix came the third individual Robert Papin at Maisons- Grade I winner for West Laffitte July 22, but that Point in 2007 when she ral- was brought to an abrupt lied to best A to the Croft halt by Myboycharlie (Ire) (Menifee) by a convincing in the G1 Prix Morny. 3 1/4 lengths in the Sept. 2 Rested since her second in Spinaway S. at the Spa. Pro- that Aug. 19 Deauville duced by a full sister to heat, she returns to her 1998 GII Black-Eyed Susan Natagora as a yearling own sex in a bid to gain a S. winner Added Gold, Irish le-cheval-bleu.com deserved Group 1 success. Smoke should be able to see AShe is very consistent and out today=s trip. Morakami has a lot of speed,@ Bary told PA Sport. "She ran very (Fusaichi Pegasus) takes an- well at Deauville--she tried to make the running and other crack at the top two was beaten by a very good colt. She had to do all the this afternoon, having fin- hard work, going from the post to the end. It is hard to Irish Smoke ished a non-threatening Adam Coglianese do that at Deauville. At the moment, right now, she is fourth in the Spinaway. the best two-year-old filly in France." Cont. p2 Trainer Rusty Arnold is looking forward to seeing his filly stretch out. AWe will find out how good she is, but TAJ TEST I would think she will love two turns,@ Arnold said. AShe Today's G1 Shadwell Middle Park S. at Newmarket is not a sprinter. I am very optimistic she will run well.@ represents a speed test in which the later-developing The dark bay, who bested Sunday Holiday (Sunday types have a crack at the hardened juveniles from Break {Jpn}) in a Saratoga maiden Aug. 5, turned in a spring and summer. One of the less grizzled runners in solid five-furlong work over the local Polytrack today's open renewal is Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Sept. 29. Grace Anatomy (Aldebaran) ships in from “TDN California for trainer Doug O=Neill, who nearly took the Maktoum's Tajdeef (Aljabr), who earned a J 2004 Alcibiades with Sharp Lisa. Third to subsequent Rising Star” J tag when recording a highly impres- GSW More Happy in a Del Mar Polytrack maiden sive five-length success in a six-furlong maiden at July 21, she earned a better speed figure in graduating Newbury on debut Aug. 5. He appeared not to get the at the Seaside Aug. 19 than did Irish Smoke for her seventh panel of the Sept. 15 G2 Champagne S. at Spinaway success. Grace Anatomy is owned in part by Doncaster last time, but reverts to a trip over which he New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca. The Alcibiades is could yet excel. "They tell me he's been doing well at responsible for the winners of four runnings of the home and, to be honest, I thought he didn't stay last Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies (Eliza--1992; Countess time," the owner/breeder's Racing Manager Angus Gold Diana--1997; Silverbulletday--1998; and Cash Run-- told PA Sport. "He looked fast on his first outing, so 1999). Alcibiades field p2; see related story p10 the trip should suit him." Cont. p3 (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/5/07 • PAGE 2 of 11 Friday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 2:05 p.m. Today’s Graded Stakes CHEVELEY PARK S.-G1, ,170,000, 2yo, f, 6fT brought to you by SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER 1 3 Dubai Princess (Ire) Dubai Destination J Osborne 2 7 Elletelle (Ire) Elnadim Lyons 310 Falcolnry (Ire) Hawk Wing Fanshawe 413 Festoso (Ire) Diesis (GB) H Dunlop 5 8 Fleeting Spirit (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Noseda 614 Gone Fast Gone West Fanshawe Click for TV 7 1 Lady Aquitaine El Prado (Ire) Meehan 8:35a Somerville S.-G3, NMT -------------- ---- 8 2 Lady Avenger (Ire) Namid (GB) Eustace 9:05a Cheveley Park S.-G1, NMT -------------- ---- 9 9 Missit (Ire) Orpen Channon 10:15a Middle Park S.-G1, NMT -------------- ---- 10 11 Natagora (Fr) Divine Light (Jpn) Bary 12:05p Fillies S.-G3, GOW -------------- ---- 11 6 Perfect Polly (GB) Efisio (GB) Oliver 4:45p Sycamore S.-GIII, KEE (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 12 4 Polar Circle Royal Academy P Chapple-Hyam 5:15p Darley Alcibiades S.-GI, KEE (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 13 12 Unilateral (Ire) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Smart 9:50p Indiana Oaks-GIII, HOO (brisnet.com PPs) T V G 14 5 Visit (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Stoute 10:41p Meadowlands Cup-GII, MED (brisnet.com PPs) T V G All carry 124 pounds. All Times Eastern Daylight Time. Sir Michael Stoute saddles Khalid Abdullah's Visit Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. here in hopes of his third Cheveley Park winner since D’WILDCAT Fillies 1-2-3 in champion Marwell (Ire)=s triumph in 1980. After gradu- Victorian Queen S.. at Woodbine!! ating impressively in the G3 Princess Margaret S. at Click here for more... Ascot July 29, the homebred was runner-up in the G2 Lowther S. at York last time Aug. 23. On that form, she holds the trio Fleeting Spirit, Unilateral and Festoso, P P R E V I E W S P who filled the next three places. The Searchers Syndi- cate's Fleeting Spirit has since won the G2 Flying Friday, Keeneland, post time: 5:15 p.m. EDT Childers S. at Doncaster Sept. 14, while Prime Eques- DARLEY ALCIBIADES S.-GI, $500,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m trian's Unilateral has captured Ayr's G3 Firth of Clyde (AWT) S. Sept. 22. Ger Lyons brings the Jesse Club Syndi- PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS cate's Elletelle back to Britain, where she took the 1 Initiation Deputy Minister Motion 12-1 June 20 G2 Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot before fin- 2 Dreaming of Liz El Prado (Ire) Catalano 6-1 ishing third under a penalty in the G2 Cherry Hinton S. 3 Morakami Fusaichi Pegasus Arnold 15-1 on the July Course July 11. Third again in the G1 Phoe- 4 Irish Smoke Smoke Glacken Biancone 2-1 nix S. on deep ground at The Curragh last time 5 Minewander Mineshaft Vance 20-1 Aug. 12, she holds major claims back on a sounder 6 French Kiss Hussonet Hartlage 30-1 surface. "The ground at the Curragh last time was 7Startswampindowski El Corredor Asmussen 30-1 basically unraceable for her--it was very heavy," Lyons 8 Bee=s Wax Quiet American R Maker 50-1 said. "But she is such a quality filly that Johnny 9 Grace Anatomy Aldebaran O=Neill 6-1 [Murtagh] thought he might win two furlongs out. Her 10 Country Star Empire Maker Frankel 6-1 weight is up 20 kilos, so she's in top shape, and the 11 Rasierra Kafwain Tracy Jr 15-1 faster the ground, the better." Trainer Mick Channon 12 A to the Croft Menifee McPeek 5-1 won this with Seazun (Ire) in 1999 before Queen's 13 Sunday Holiday Sunday Break (Jpn) Mott 12-1 Logic (Ire) followed up in 2001. He saddles Tim Corby's All carry 118 pounds. Missit, who booked her ticket with a five-length suc- cess in a Lingfield maiden last time Sept. 11. "We think she's a pretty good filly," Channon commented. "All of TDN TODAY our fillies have been performing very well this year, but Headline News.................... 11 pages whether she's good enough to win a Group 1, we'll find out." P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/5/07 • PAGE 3 of 11 Friday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 3:15 p.m. Friday, The Meadowlands, post time: 10:41 p.m. EDT SHADWELL MIDDLE PARK S.-G1, ,170,000, 2yo, c, MEADOWLANDS CUP H.-GII, $500,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m 6fT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER 1 Mr. Umphrey Jules Dutrow Jr 50-1 1 2 Achilles of Troy (Ire) Danehill Dancer (Ire) A O'Brien 2 Utopia (Jpn) Forty Niner bin Suroor 3-1 2 3 All in the Red (Ire) Redback (GB) Kelleway 3 Praying for Cash Songandaprayer McLaughlin 9-2 3 1 Dark Angel (Ire) Acclamation (GB) B Hills 4 Diamond Stripes Notebook Dutrow Jr 2-1 4 8 Dream Eater (Ire) Night Shift Balding 5 Awfully Smart Anees Goldberg 6-1 5 6 Proud Linus Proud Citizen Carroll 6 Xchanger Exchange Rate Shuman 8-1 6 7 Red Alert Day (GB) Diktat (GB) Callaghan 7 Magna Graduate Honor Grades Pletcher 5-2 7 9 Rock of Rochelle Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Kinsella Diamond Stripes, winner of this track=s GII Pegasus S.