WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here EASY PICKINGS? FEVER CHANGES PAYNTER TRAVEL PLANS Today=s G1 Qipco Sussex S. looks to represent the Zayat Stable=s Paynter (Awesome Again), impressive least-demanding task set in front of Frankel (GB) winner of Sunday=s GI Haskell Invitational at Monmouth (Galileo {Ire}) so far, with only two rivals from outside Park, skipped a scheduled flight back to California his own stable daring to line up and a perfect pace Tuesday after suffering from elevated temperature. AHe scenario awaiting him courtesy of woke up with a slight fever,@ confirmed the stable=s his close relative Bullet Train (GB) manager Justin Zayat. AWe will take it day by day and (Sadler=s Wells). Much of the talk let [trainer] Bob [Baffert] tell us how he=s doing. We will leading up to this race, which saw know more later in the week.@ his reputation launched into the stratosphere 12 months ago, has CHURCHILL UNVEILS RENOVATION PLANS centered around his next target in Churchill Downs unveiled plans for a $9-million Frankel the Aug. 22 G1 Juddmonte renovation project, highlighted by construction of >The Racing Post photo International at York, where the Mansion,= a luxurious setting with seating for more than opposition is due to be far deeper. However, 320 guests and designed to Aevoke the elegant feel and connections are not counting any chickens as they seek flow of a celebration at a stately home,@ according to track officials. We ve been hinting at details of The to protect the Juddmonte homebred s cherished A = = Mansion and those mentions have generated unbeaten run and status as the world s best. There are = A considerable buzz in our community and the racing and no certainties, but he brings the greatest credentials on sports entertainment industries, so it=s good to provide earth to this racecourse, so he is going to be very some enticing details of a marvelous venue that will difficult to beat,@ the owner-breeder=s Racing Manager take the Kentucky Derby experience to an extraordinary Teddy Grimthorpe summarized yesterday. AIf you new level,@ said Churchill President Kevin Flanery. AFew become complacent and think everything is a penalty events in the world can offer the experiences provided kick, you are going to end up in the wrong part of the by the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, which finishing line. Everything has to go right for these big combine entertainment, fashion, celebrity, food and fun races, but this is a rare bird, and we may never see with the excitement generated by the world-class races another like him. He has come out of Ascot really well, that are their respective centerpieces. The sensations and he=s been built up with a view to coming here and experienced by our guests in The Mansion will be unlike going onto the Juddmonte International.@ Cont. p8 any offered in our 138-year history.@ Cont. p3 NOBLE MISSION OFFERS FRANKEL PRELUDE A day before his illustrious sibling Frankel (GB) arrives here, Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) did his part for family honor when outgaming Encke (Kingmambo) for an initial pattern-race score in the G3 Gordon S. at Goodwood Tuesday. The hooded bay was held up in last early by Tom Queally before creeping into contention out wide in the stretch. As Mickael Barzalona committed Encke, the 6-4 favorite Michelangelo (GB) (Galileo Noble Mission {Ire}) had first go at that Racing Post photo rival, but quickly backed out of matters, as Noble Mission was produced on the front end passing the quarter pole. Encke refused to buckle in the run to the line and had the narrow call at one stage, but it was the Juddmonte representative who eventually won the bobber. Cont. p7 In This Issue Mott Holds Strong Hand in Whitney 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Hall of Famer saddles a pair of Grade I winners in (732) 747-8060 Saturday’s GI Whitney H. at Saratoga. (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Page 3-4 www.thetdn.com Flat Out Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Horsephotos [email protected] Sue Finley, co-publisher Olympic Glory not just in London [email protected] Editorial The hunch play at Goodwood could be Olympic Glory [email protected] (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), who faces nine rivals in today’s G2 Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Vintage S. Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Page 8-9 Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Olympic Glory (right) Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor Racing Post/Edward Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Whitaker Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Bill Oppenheim Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Bill Oppenheim examines Bernardini’s success in the Saratoga sales ring and Advertising [email protected] looks ahead to the first yearlings by superstar Sea the Stars (Ire) to the hit the Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising auctions later this month. Page 10-12 Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Hoe Down in Saratoga Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant TDN’s Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato continue to match wits in a battle for Customer Service [email protected] Saratoga supremecy. Check out the dynamic duo’s picks on today’s card. p1 (atw) Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Marketing Gary King, Marketing Manager EST Race Click for TV [email protected] 9:35a Vintage S.-G2, GOO (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV 10:10a Sussex S.-G1, GOO (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/1/12 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Churchill Unveils Renovation Plans (cont. from p1) Patrons can access The Mansion via a private FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI WHITNEY H. elevator and the area will include a covered outdoor terrace, a dining room, living room, library, parlor and veranda. The Mansion will take the place of the previous media center. Other projects revealed yesterday include construction of a new media center; the razing of the Paddock Pavilion to make way for an MOTT TO SADDLE TWO IN WHITNEY open gathering Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s chances in Saturday’s space for racing, GI Whitney H. at Saratoga could hardly be better, as he business and social saddles the Grade I winning duo of Ron The Greek (Full events; and the Mandate) and Flat Out (Flatter) for the popular relocation and midsummer fixture. expansion of the “I never look forward to running against myself, track=s Gold Room. however we’ve got different owners and both horses are training well and deserve to run,” said Mott. “I can’t AThe four projects keep one horse in the barn just because I’ve got getting underway another one in the race.” this summer at Both Ron The Greek and Flat Out are horses Mott has Churchill Downs are received from other barns, and they have both the latest steps in continued to thrive in his care. Ron The Greek, an early an ongoing effort to favorite for the 2010 GI Kentucky Derby before falling improve and off the trail in late March of that year, has blossomed in enhance both the 2012. He has recorded wins in the GI Stephen Foster facilities and the H. and the GI Santa Anita H., and was runner-up in customer both the G2 Oaklawn H. and Sunshine Millions Classic experience at S. Churchill Downs,@ When asked why the horse has improved so Flanery said. AThe more than $150 million in spending significantly in his care, Mott said: “I think he’s just one on facilities over the past of those later developing horses, and I probably just got decade at Churchill Downs lucky to get him at the right time. He’s a great big has been targeted toward strong horse, and I think you could tell he couldn’t have that goal and represents a been at his best as a 2- or 3-year-old.” significant investment in Despite a busy spring campaign, the conditioner is our city, state and region. confident Ron The Greek is progressing well towards We will continue those the Whitney. efforts to ensure that the “He’s certainly come around since the first of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky year,” said Mott. “He’s just one of those horses that Oaks and their home track keeps grinding away and if the pace is good enough for remain major economic him, he’s going to be a factor at the end.” engines for our region for Mott said that Ron The Greek’s schedule after the decades to come.@ Whitney could include the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Oct. 1, with the ultimate goal being the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Nov. 3. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/1/12 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Flat Out is a more recent addition to the Mott stable. The 6-year-old, who started as the favorite in last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic, joined his new conditioner this spring after lackluster efforts in the GIII Fort Lauderdale S. Jan. 14, and the GI Donn H. Feb. 11 at Gulfstream Park. In his first start for the Mott stable, he ran a respectable second to Rule (Roman Ruler) in the GII Monmouth Cup July 7. “I thought his first race for us at Monmouth, although being sort of jammed up in traffic most of the way, was a really good race,” said Mott.