ANOTHER SM SPRINT FOR BORDONARO? HEADLINE ...p4 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 SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2007 HOW SWEET IT IS LAVA MAN’S MARCH ON THE MILLIONS Sweetnorthernsaint (Sweetsouthernsaint) will have The winner of the $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic his work cut out for him after getting stuck with post last year, Lava Man (Slew City Slew) looks for new 12 for today=s $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic at worlds to conquer in the $500,000 Gulfstream Park, but the four-year-old is still the 9-5 Sunshine Millions Turf at Santa Anita morning-line favorite to over- today. The gelding kicked off a come the draw. With a short seven-race skein in last year=s Classic run to the first turn in the nine- and went on to take the GI Santa panel test, trainer Michael Anita H., Khaled S., GI Charlie Trombetta is hoping jockey Whittingham H., GI Hollywood Gold Ramon Dominguez will be able Cup, GI Pacific Classic and GII Good- to use the colt=s speed to get wood BC H. The streak was snapped position early. AWe=re at a dis- when he finished seventh in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, but he is Horsephotos advantage, but we=ve just got to roll with the punches,@ odds-on to get back on track here. Lava Man Benoit Photo Trombetta told Daily Racing Form. AThis is going to AWe plan to start a new streak,@ make things a little tougher on the rider. My horse has jockey Corey Nakatani said. The dark bay will break some speed and he usually likes to be forwardly placed, from post 10 in the 12-horse field, a fact that trainer and I have every confidence that Ramon will be able to Doug O=Neill feels will be an advantage. AThat should give Corey ample time to dissect what s going on pace- find a spot.@ Seventh as the favorite in the GI Kentucky = Derby, GII Illinois Derby hero Sweetnorthernsaint was wise, and either take it to >em or sit just off it,@ O=Neill said. We hope we re outside of any crazy speed. The sidelined after finishing second in the GI Preakness. He A = @ likely pacesetters will break from the inside. Railroad came back to take an optional claimer at Laurel Oct. 19 (Double Honor) led nearly every step in the Dec. 31 GII and the Odessa S. at Delaware Park Nov. 11, but weak- San Gabriel H. before settling for second. Wild Buddy ened late in the Jan. 6 GIII Hal=s Hope H. at Gulfstream (Line in the Sand), runner-up in the Oct. 7 GII Oak Tree and ran third. Cont. p2 BC Mile, needs to rebound from three off-the-board Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:45 p.m. EST efforts, including a sixth in the Dec. 16 Val Royal S. SUNSHINE MILLIONS CLASSIC, $1,000,000, (R), Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 1:45 p.m. PST 4yo/up, 1 1/8m SUNSHINE MILLIONS TURF, $500,000, (R), 4yo/up, PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 1/8mT 1 Dry Martini Slew Gin Fizz Benson 10-1 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 2 Get Funky Straight Man Sadler 20-1 1 Railroad Double Honor Koriner 15-1 3 Summer Book Notebook Brothers 20-1 2 Wild Buddy Line in the Sand Knapp 30-1 4 Blazing Rate Exchange Rate Cesare 30-1 3 Revved Up Sultry Song Clement SCR 5 Silver Wagon Wagon Limit Dutrow Jr 6-1 4 Icy Atlantic Stormy Atlantic McCarthy 15-1 6 Rehoboth Wagon Limit Gomez 8-1 5 El Don Cee=s Tizzy M Jones 8-1 7 Papi Chullo Comeonmom Teater 6-1 6 Go Between Point Given Mott 6-1 8 McCann’s Mojave Memo (Chi) Gallagher 20-1 7 Jack=s Wild Lil Tyler Gutierrez 30-1 9 Texcess In Excess (Ire) Mitchell 4-1 8 Running Free Soft Gold (Brz) Mulhall 30-1 10 Bob’s Proud Moment Proud and True Potter 30-1 9 Sabre Baby Kissin Kris Dutrow Jr 30-1 11 Armenian Summer Siberian Summer Gallagher 15-1 10 Sherwood Park Saint Ballado Drysdale 6-1 12 Sweetnorthernsaint Sweetsouthernsaint Trombetta 9-5 11 Lava Man Slew City Slew O=Neill 4-5 AE Gottcha Gold Coronado’s Quest Plesa Jr 30-1 12 Super Strut Lil Tyler C Dollase 12-1 AE Halos Sailing Sain Halo=s Image Orseno 20-1 AE Maraquero Comeonmom Barbaran 30-1 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/27/07 • PAGE 2 of 5 SUNSHINE MILLIONS Today’s Graded Stakes SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 2007 brought to you by GULFSTREAM & SANTA ANITA Classic Contenders... Poised to take on Sweetnorthernsaint in the Sunshine Millions Classic are California shippers Armerian Sum- mer (Siberian Summer), Get Funky (Straight Man) and Texcess (In Excess {Ire}). Arme- 3:15p Sunshine Millions Oaks, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV nian Summer was let go at 3:45p Sunshine Millions Distaff, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 14-1 in the Jan. 6 GII San 3:50p Sunshine Millions Dash, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Pasqual H. last time out, but 4:15p Sunshine Millions Sprint, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV came flying in the stretch to be 4:20p Sunshine Millions F/M Sprint, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV second, beaten just a nose. Get 4:45p Sunshine Millions Turf, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Funky, winner of the GII Del 5:05p Sunshine Millions F/M Turf, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Mar Derby on the grass, re- 5:45p Sunshine Millions Classic, GP (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV turned after nearly four months Get Funky Benoit Photo Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs of today’s graded races. on the shelf to be sixth in the GILDED TIME: 47 STAKES WINNERS, Dec. 26 GIII Sir Beaufort S. at Santa Anita. He last tried 93 STAKES HORSES the main track in a maiden claimer back in April, win- Click here for more... ning by 2 3/4 lengths and getting haltered by his cur- rent connections. Texcess makes his first appearance since capturing the Oct. 28 Cal Cup Classic. P P R E V I E W S P FRESHMAN SIRES Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 12:45 p.m. PST 2006 EXPERIMENTAL FREE HANDICAP SUNSHINE MILLIONS DISTAFF, $500,000, (R), 4yo/up, Stallion Sire Fillies Colts Total f/m, 1 1/16m Johannesburg Hennessy 1 4 5 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS Include Broad Brush 3 0 3 1 Dancing General General Meeting Becerra 8-1 Officer Bertrando 1 2 3 2 Getback Time Gilded Time Becerra 12-1 Jump Start A.P. Indy 1 1 2 3 Friel=s for Real Sword Dance (Ire) McCarthy 10-1 Orientate Mt. Livermore 2 0 2 4 Take d=Tour Tour d=Or Fawkes 6-5 Pure Prize Storm Cat 0 2 2 5 Joint Effort Runaway Groom Romans 8-1 Street Cry (Ire) Machiavellian 1 1 2 6 Purrfectly Fitting Iron Cat Cassidy 30-1 Three Wonders Storm Cat 1 1 2 7 Saffronista Ecton Park Pinchon 30-1 E Dubai Mr. Prospector 1 0 1 8 No Sleep Robyn Dancer Guillot 20-1 Exciting Story Diablo 1 0 1 9 Bit of Folly Olympio Periban 30-1 Littleexpectations Valid Appeal 0 1 1 10 Preciousness Exchange Rate C Dollase SCR Noverre Rahy 1 0 1 11 Beneficial Bartok Bartok (Ire) Gutierrez 20-1 Until Sundown Smart Strike 1 0 1 12 Somethinaboutlaura Dance Floor Hollendorfer 7-2 Val Royal (Fr) Royal Academy 1 0 1 AE Yearly Attitude Event of the Year Spawr 30-1 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/27/07 • PAGE 3 of 5 SM Distaff cont. Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:05 p.m. EST Take d=Tour, the lone Grade I winner in the field, SUNSHINE MILLIONS F/M TURF, $500,000, (R), ships in from Florida as a deserving favorite. After a 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT four-race winning streak in the spring and summer PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS capped by victories in the GII Shuvee H. and GI Ogden 1 Private Betty Lost Soldier Dwoskin 30-1 Phipps H., both at Belmont, the front-running mare lost 2 Memorette Memo (Chi) Currin 5-1 in three successive Grade I events, and trainer David 3 Howboutrightnow Montbrook Casse 20-1 4 Bayou=s Lassie Outflanker Trujillo 120 Fawkes brought her back to the Sunshine State. She 5 Formal Miss Formal Dinner Gold 4-1 regained her confidence by defeating Florida-breds in 6 May Night Gulch Seitz 6-1 the Elmer C. Heubeck H. at Calder Nov. 11, then 7 Miss Shop Deputy Minister H A Jerkens 10-1 steamrolled the competition with a 14-length stroll in 8 Fortunate Event Event of the Year Fanning 30-1 the GIII Stage Door Betty H. at the same track Dec. 30. 9 Tiger Belle Tiger Ridge Muench 20-1 Fawkes flirted with the idea of keeping the six-year-old 10 Prop Me Up Reparations Breen 12-1 at home to take on males in the $1-million Classic, but 11 Rich In Spirit Repriced Proctor 3-1 opted to put her on a plane to Santa Anita instead. 12 Charmisil Silver Charm Terranova II 8-1 AThat race was significantly tougher,@ Fawkes told Daily AE Saint Knows Sweetsouthernsaint Calascibetta 30-1 Racing Form. The big mare will have a full field to deal Charmisil, an allowance winner at Keeneland in April with in the Distaff, and Somethinaboutlaura may have and at Belmont in May, took a long vacation before her say in the outcome.