Saturday, Thoroughbred Daily News April 20, 2002 TDN For information, call (732) 747-8060. HEADLINE NEWS LATE BLOOMERS IN LEXINGTON 2003 CUP TO OAK TREE Three years ago, Charismatic used a victory in the GII The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has Coolmore Lexington S. as a springboard to success in announced that the 2003 Breeders’ Cup World Thor- the Kentucky Derby and Preakness S. and was oughbred Championships will be hosted by the Oak subseqently named Horse of the Year. This year’s re- Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park Oct. 25, newal seems unlikely to produce a Derby entrant, but 2003. The Arcadia, California oval had previously the Preakness is another story. Trainer Steve Asmussen hosted the 1986 and 1993 editions of the Breeders’ will send Easyfromthegitgo (Dehere) postward and Cup. “We are delighted to reunite with the Oak Tree indicated that the bay colt could target the second Racing Association in returning to Santa Anita for our jewel of the Triple Crown. “This is a lovely three-year- 20th Breeders’ Cup,” said D.G. Van Clief, Jr., Breeders’ old,” Asmussen told Daily Racing Form. “He does ev- Cup president. “Santa Anita is an outstanding facility erything we ask him, lays everything on the line. But with a great tradition of showcasing top flight interna- even if he runs big Saturday, I don’t think we want to tional racing for both its horsemen and its fans. As with try the Derby. We’re looking forward to having a nice, the previous two runnings of the Breeders’ Cup during long year with him.” Winner of the Lecomte S. at Fair the Oak Tree Meets at Santa Anita, we look forward to Grounds, Easyfromthegitgo lost by just a nose to Re- another excellent presentation of the World Thorough- pent in the GII Louisiana Derby Mar. 10. Trying his hand bred Championships.” Santa Anita had originally been at two turns for the first time is Ethan Man scheduled as the 2002 site, but renovations at the (Glitterman), who defeated Easyfromthegitgo in his track forced the Breeders’ Cup to shift to Arlington Park career debut at this year. “In the past three years, we have had two Churchill Oct. 28. false starts; therefore, it is with particular pleasure to The speedy bay learn that Oak Tree has been selected to host the 2003 colt captured the Breeders’ Cup,” said Sherwood Chillingworth, Oak Tree seven-furlong GIII Racing Association executive vice president and director. Swale S. Mar. 16. A half brother to Albert the Great, P P R E V I E W P Crimson Hero (Ca- pote) finished Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 4:45 p.m. EDT fourth in the GII COOLMORE LEXINGTON S.-GII, $325,000a, 3yo, 8.5f Lane’s End Breed- PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS Ethan Man Wins Swale Equi-Photo ers’ Futurity over 1 Mucho Rapido Senor Speedy Vanier 20-1 course and dis- 2 Proud Citizen Gone West Lukas 8-1 tance Oct. 6, a race in which Siphonic and Harlan’s 3 Easyfromthegitgo Dehere Asmussen 3-1 Holiday ran 1-2. The bay colt comes from the 4 American Style Quiet American Zito 15-1 connections--owner Tracy Farmer and trainer Nick Zito-- 5 Tails of the Crypt Regal Classic Ross 12-1 who campaigned his multi-millionaire sibling and was a 6 Officer Bertrando Scr Scr good second in his seasonal debut, a seven-furlong 7 Ethan Man Glitterman Byrne 5-2 allowance at Gulfstream Mar. 16. The consistent Tails 8 One Tuff Fox Foxhound R Dutrow 30-1 of the Crypt (Regal Classic) ships in to Kentucky off a 9 Crimson Hero Capote Zito 15-1 pair of solid efforts at Tampa, including a second in the GIII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 17. The 8-5 morning-line TDN TODAY favorite, Officer (Bertrando) was scratched with a ten- don injury (story, p2). Click here for brisnet.com PPs. Headline News .................... 4 pages www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/02 • PAGE 2 of 4 Previews cont. P T R I P L E T H R E A T S P Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 4:37 p.m. PDT SANTA BARBARA H.-GII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, Perfect Drift Derby Preparations Continue: 1 1/4mT GII Lane’s End Spiral S. winner Perfect Drift PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS (Dynaformer) continues to train up to the first Saturday 1 Desiraes My Candy Candy Stripes Spawr 12-1 in May in good form. The bay gelding went three-quar- 2 Astra Theatrical (Ire) de Seroux 2-1 ters in 1:13.60, handily, over the Churchill Downs 3 Blue Moon (Fr) Lomitas (GB) Ellis 4-1 training track yesterday morning. “It was impressive,” 4 Old Money (Aus) Old Spice (Aus) McAnally 4-1 said jockey Joe Deegan, who was aboard for the drill. 5a Golden Apples (Ire) Pivotal (GB) B Cecil 6-5 “The horse worked as good as you could expect him to 6a Polaire (Ire) Polish Patriot Burke 6-5 work. He settled nice behind the other horse [stable- Part of a Gary Tanaka-owned entry, Golden Apples mate Slough Creek] and then when I let him run, he looms a strong favorite in this event providing she blew by him and finished real strong.” starts. The four-year-old has been fighting a bruise in her right foot even before she charged from off the Throat Surgery for Saarland: pace to defeat a quality field in the GII Santa Ana H. in Fourth in the GI Wood Memorial Apr. 13, Saarland her seasonal bow Mar. 23. “It was a lot worse then,” (Unbridled) displaced his soft palate during the race and trainer Ben Cecil told Daily Racing Form. “I think our underwent minor throat surgery Wednesday morning to chances are good to have her right [for today].” The correct the problem. Dr. Mark Cheney performed the bay has done little wrong in five starts since coming to 10-minute procedure, which took place in the colt’s the U.S. last year, including a first-out win in the GI Del stall at Belmont Park. “The procedure doesn’t always Mar Oaks. Among the vanquished four Saturdays ago work, but I’ve had good success with it, especially with was Astra, a three-length winner of this event a year Coronado’s Quest,” trainer Shug McGaughey told The ago before adding the GI Beverly Hills H. Sidelined off a Blood Horse. If all goes according to plan, Saarland last-of-nine finish in the GI Beverly D. last August, the would be McGaughey’s first Derby starter since the bay was third, beaten 3 1/4 lengths in the Santa Ana. Kentucky native ran second with Easy Goer in 1989. Saturday, Sportsman’s Park, post time: 3:58 p.m. CDT Officer Out with Injury: NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, The Thoroughbred Corporation’s Officer (Bertrando) 1 1/8m has been scratched out of today’s GII Coolmore PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT Lexington S. with injury to his left front leg. Trainer Bob 1 Ubiquity Colonial Affair Bond 115 Baffert said that a slight filling had been discovered 2 McMahon Salt Lake Boyce 113 after the colt galloped on Thursday; he termed the 3 Bandana Academy Award Bettis 111 injury “minor” and said that it was not career threaten- 4 Apalachee Special Apalachee Livesay 110 ing. “We’ll give him 90 days off,” he said. “We don’t 5 Chicago Six Wild Again Smith Jr. 117 want to take any chances.” Winner of the GI Cham- 6 E Z Glory Cox’s Ridge Bowman 113 pagne S. last season, Officer returned this year to take 7 Hail the Chief (GB) Be My Chief O’Callaghan 113 the Zany Tactics S. for Cal-breds Apr. 7. 8 Deferred Comp Ide Reinstedler 112 Take Charge Lady Breezes: Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:22 p.m. EDT Undefeated in three starts this year, Take Charge BED O’ ROSES BREEDERS’ CUP H.-GIII, $150,000, Lady (Dehere) tuned up for the GI Kentucky Oaks by 3yo/up, f/m, 1m breezing five-eighths in 1:00.40 Friday morning at PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT Churchill Downs. “It was a piece of cake,” said trainer 1 Atelier Deputy Minister McGaughey 119 Ken McPeek. “Nice maintenance work. She’s as good 2 Senora Claudia (Chi) Great Regent Hushion 113 as she’s ever been, so we’re on dead aim for every- 3a Pleasant County Pleasant Tap Hennig 113 thing.” The three-year-old filly seems likely to be fa- 4 Belle Artiste Broad Brush Arnold 112 vored in the Oaks, which could attract as many as 12 5 Shiny Band Dixieland Band A Jerkens 112 runners. “I think Bella Bellucci and my filly are the two 6a Raging Fever Storm Cat Hennig 121 horses that probably stand out in my mind,” he added. 7 Critical Eye Dynaformer Schwartz 115 (859) 255-8537 FAX 259-0040 www.jonabell.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/02 • PAGE 3 of 4 Saturday, Newbury, Britain, post time: 3:05 p.m. Guys and Dolls is the highest rated of these in the DUBAI DUTY FREE S. (Registered As The Fred Darling 2001 International Classifications on 114 pounds. Hav- S.)-G3, £40,000, 3yo, f, 7fT ing won the G3 Prix la Rochette at Longchamp in Sep- SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER tember, he finished third behind Act One (GB) and 1 2 Lady Dominatrix (Ire) Danehill Dancer (Ire) Dutfield Landseer (GB) in the G1 Criterium International at Saint- 2 8 Lady Links (GB) Bahamian Bounty (GB) Hannon Cloud in November.