GROUPIE DOLL TO KEENOV P16 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here >OUT= TO MAKE HISTORY >PRINCESS= ATTEMPTS TO DETHRONE QUEEN Featuring the race=s two-time defending champion, Despite having a field of six, today=s GI Beldame winners of two-thirds of this year=s Triple Crown as Invitational S. at Belmont Park looks to be a royal well as the prestigious GI Woodward S. and GI Whitney match race between the two leading ladies of racing Invitational H., today=s GI Jockey Club Gold Cup J “TDN Rising Star” J Royal Delta (Empire Maker) Invitational at Belmont Park has it all. and Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior). This 1 1/8- J “TDN Rising Star” J Cross Traffic (Unbridled=s mile event is a AWin and You=re in@ for the GI Breeders= Song), making his first attempt beyond nine furlongs Cup Distaff, known as the Ladies= Classic for the past here, has done very two years. little wrong in five Royal Delta won career starts. A last year=s renewal heartbreaking second of this test by 9 1/2 in the GI Metropolitan lengths on her way H. May 27, the to her second GoldMark Farm straight victory in colorbearer the Distaff, which successfully carried she will try to his speed, albeit while extend to three-in-a- racing a bit erratically row this year. The in the stretch, in the Besilu Stables Flat Out winning the 2011 JCGC... Whitney last out colorbearer has Adam Coglianese Royal Delta Aug. 3. Cross Traffic another divisional Sherackatthetrack is the 5-2 morning-line championship in her favorite. sights after a AWe'll have to see 10-length romp in the GI Delaware H. July 20 followed about the mile and a by a solid score in the GI Personal Ensign H. at quarter, but Saratoga Aug. 25. Her only losses in 2013 were everything that he's against the boys in the G1 Dubai World Cup shown us indicates Mar. 30 and an uncharacteristically dull second in that it shouldn't be a Churchill Downs= GII Fleur De Lis H. June 15. Royal problem," trainer Todd Delta led from wire-to-wire in her last two scores, but Pletcher commented. trainer Bill Mott said she doesn=t have to be the front- Pletcher added, AI runner to win. AI=ll let [jockey] Mike [Smith] worry about ... and successfully defending his crown would say it's a very that,@ Mott said. AShe will position herself where she=s in 2012 strong renewal. It's a comfortable. She=s been [on the lead] her last few Adam Coglianese tall order for races, but it=s not a situation where she has to be on everybody in there, the lead.@ As far as top 3-year-old filly Princess of really." Sylmar is concerned, Mott said, AShe=s a serious filly. Preston Stables= Flat Out (Flatter) seeks to join the You can=t take her for granted, but Royal Delta is doing mighty Kelso as the only horse to bring home this well. 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July 6, then came up a head short to Alpha (Bernardini) over a sloppy track in the Woodward Aug. 31. The Gold Cup is a AWin and You=re In@ event for this year=s GI Breeders= Cup Classic at Santa Anita. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races. Purple indicates Breeders= Cup Win & You=re In Race; BC pre-entry and entry fees paid and travel to the BC will be subsidized by Breeders= Cup Ltd.