NOTIONAL INJURED HEADLINE p. 10 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 SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2007 WILD FINISH IN THE BLUE GRASS CURLIN STAYS PERFECT It was 8-1 upsetter Dominican (El Corredor) who stole Curlin (Smart Strike) established himself as one of the the show in a roughly run edition of yesterday=s GI favorites for the GI Kentucky Toyota Blue Grass S. at Keeneland. Southwest S. win- Derby after an electrifying per- ner Teuflesberg (Johannesburg) was uncontested on formance in yesterday=s GII Ar- the lead through :26.12 and :51.46 fractions, as Do- kansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. minican sat in fifth. The pace- Placed in a stalking third as setter began to tire in Deadly Dealer (Concerto) clicked midstretch, and drifted out off fractions of :23.56 and into Great Hunter (Aptitude), :47.89, Curlin inhaled the pace- who was forced to check. setter on the turn for home and Juvenile champ Street Sense powered clear to a 10 1/2-length (Street Cry {Ire}) and Domini- victory over Storm in May (Tiger Coady photography can rallied in tandem on the Ridge). AI was impressed with Pat Lang photo outside, and it was the Silver- how much he had improved between this start and his ton Hill colorbearer who got last one,@ jockey Robby Albarado said. AHe stayed his nose on the line first over the GI Breeders= Cup straight through the stretch unlike his previous races.@ Juvenile winner. Zanjero (Cherokee Run) stayed on Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com stubbornly in the stretch to place a close third. AMy catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor horse just gave me everything he had to win,@ winning Made. Cont. p3 jockey Rafael Bejarano said. Cont. p2 Saturday, Keeneland ‘TYPHOON’ TAKES OFF-THE-TURF ‘WILEY’ TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S.-GI, $750,000, KEE, 4-14, Heavy rain moved yesterday=s GIII Jenny Wiley S. at 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:51 1/5, ft. Keeneland to the Polytrack, and it was Live Oak=s My 1--@DOMINICAN, 123, g, 3, by El Corredor Typhoon (Ire) (Giant=s Cause- 1st Dam: First Violin (SP), by Dixieland Band way) who got the job done by a 2nd Dam: Sunrise Symphony, by Secretariat neck at odds of 6-1. Kept close 3rd Dam: Wimbledon Star, by Hoist the Flag to the leaders in third by Eddie ($70,000 yrl '05 FTMOCT; $37,000 yrl '05 KEEJAN; Castro, My Typhoon hooked up $150,000 2yo >06 OBSMAR). O-Silverton Hill LLC; with 5-1 Precious Kitten B-Barak Farm (KY); T-Darrin Miller; J-Rafael Bejarano; (Catienus) in the stretch and $465,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-2, $596,259. gamely fought her way past that 2--Street Sense, 123, c, 3, Street Cry (Ire)--Bedazzle, one to post a narrow score. by Dixieland Band. O-Jim Tafel LLC; B-James Tafel Pat Lang photo Champion Wait a While (Maria=s (KY); T-Carl A Nafzger; $150,000. Mon), favored at 1-2, trailed the 3--Zanjero, 123, c, 3, Cherokee Run--Checkered Flag, field for most of the way and crossed the line a non- by A.P. Indy. ($700,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Winchell threatening fifth. The Jenny Wiley was automatically Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Tony Holmes & Walter Zent downgraded from its Grade II status after being moved (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; $75,000. off the grass. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free Margins: NO, HD, HD. Odds: 8.00, 1.10, 7.60. brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored Also Ran: Teuflesberg, Great Hunter, Time Squared, by Taylor Made. Love Dubai. Cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/15/07 • PAGE 2 of 10 Bluegrass cont. Better Luck Next Time for Great Hunter... Dominican Stays Perfect on All-Weather Surfaces... Great Hunter lost all chance after taking up in deep Dominican finished fourth in the GIII Arlington-Wash- stretch and had to settle for fifth. AIt=s a bummer,@ ington Breeders= Cup Futurity Sept. 10, then graduated trainer Doug O=Neill said from California. AI thought over this course we=d have been right there if not for that incident in the Oct. 12. He ran fourth stretch. From that standpoint, I think he ran a good to Zanjero in a Chur- race. But his lane completely got taken away from him. chill allowance Nov. 2, Hopefully, he came out of it okay. When you=re going and closed out his ju- at that speed and get shut off you just hope you come venile campaign with a out okay. If he looks okay, we=re going on with our third-place finish in the plans to go to the Derby.@ GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. Nov. 25. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will Gelded since that ef- indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will fort, the chestnut ran denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner. away to a five-length Horsephotos victory in the Rushaway S. over Turfway=s Polytrack last time Mar. 24 and made it three-for-three over synthetic surfaces with a narrow victory here. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Sire of New SW CASH’S GIRL Northern Afleet’s First Kentucky Crop are Champ Doesn’t Go Down Without a Fight... Yearlings of 2007 Favored Street Sense was able to pull out a nose 2007 Stud Fee: $15,000 victory over Any Given Saturday in the Mar. 17 GIII Tampa Bay A TAYLOR MADE / WINSTAR VENTURE • Standing at Taylor Made Derby in his sophomore debut, GI Blue Grass S. Dominican (El Corredor) pulls off the but just fell short in this one. AHe upset in a roughly run Blue Grass. ducked in a couple of times in the GII Arkansas Derby Curlin (Smart Strike) establishes lane,@ jockey Calvin Borel offered. himself as one of the favorites for the Derby. AThere was no pace in the race. I GII Comely S. Boca Grande (A.P. Indy) returns to the had him on the lead turning for Big A with a solid score. home because of it. I had to put GII Commonwealth BC S. Silent Name (Jpn) (Sunday him there. I had no choice. They Silence) makes some noise over the Keeneland were crawling up front. We=re Polytrack. Horsephotos learning with him every day. We GIII Jenny Wiley S. My Typhoon (Ire) (Giant=s ran a winning race, but I had to Causeway) takes it by a neck. grab him three times and it cost him.@ COURTING INFLUENCE “DONERAILE COURT is a multiple graded stakes winning two-year-old and miler by Seattle Slew, from a prolific female family. Along with A.P. Indy, he is one of only two active Seattle Slew sons to sire a U.S. Experimental Free Handicap Highweight.” -Alan Porter 3204 Midway Road, Versailles, KY (859) 846-4334 2007 Stud Fee: $10,000 Live Foal www.stonewallstallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/15/07 • PAGE 3 of 10 Saturday, Oaklawn Park Saturday, Keeneland ARKANSAS DERBY-GII, $1,000,000, OPX, 4-14, 3yo, JENNY WILEY S.-GIII, $200,000, KEE, 4-14, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:50, ft. f/m, 1 1/16m (off turf), 1:43 1/5, ft. 1--CURLIN, 122, c, 3, by Smart Strike 1--MY TYPHOON (IRE), 119, m, 5, by Giant=s Causeway 1st Dam: Sherriff's Deputy, by Deputy Minister 1st Dam: Urban Sea (Hwt. Older Mare-Fr at 11-14f, 2nd Dam: Barbarika, by Bates Motel G1SW-Fr, GSP-GB, Ger & Can, $1,698,901), 3rd Dam: War Exchange, by Wise Exchange by Miswaki ($57,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Stonestreet Stables, 2nd Dam: Allegretta (GB), by Lombard (Ger) Padua Stables, George Bolton & Midnight Cry 3rd Dam: Anatevka, by *Espresso Stables; B-Fares Farm Inc (KY); T-Steven M (1,800,000gns wlng '02 TATDEC). O-Live Oak Asmussen; J-Robby Albarado; $600,000. Lifetime Plantation; B-Sunderland Holdings (IRE); T-William I Record: 3-3-0-0, $802,800. Mott; J-Eddie Castro; $124,000. Lifetime Record: 2--Storm in May, 122, c, 3, Tiger Ridge--Laun Shaw, by GISP, 17-7-3-3, $823,361. *1/2 to Urban Ocean (Fr) Relaunch. ($16,000 2yo >06 OBSAPR). O-W Kaplan, (Bering {GB}), Hwt. 3yo-Ire at 9.5-11f, GSW-Ire; D & T Palmer & F Waugh; B-Flying H Enterprises (FL); Melikah (Ire) (Lammtarra), SW & G1SP-GB, G1SP-Ire, T-William A Kaplan; $200,000. $127,600; Galileo (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Ch. 3yo Colt- 3--Deadly Dealer, 118, c, 3, Concerto--Deadly, by Eur, Hwt. 3yo Colt-Ire at 9.5-11f & 11-14f, Hwt. 3yo Williamstown. O-Charles H Wacker III; B-Terry Colt-GB at 11-14f, MG1SW-GB & G1SW-Ire; Black Raymond (FL); T-Todd A Pletcher; $100,000. Sam Bellamy (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Hwt. 3yo-Ity at Margins: 10HF, HF, HF. Odds: 0.80, 30.30, 2.20. 11-14f, G1SW-Ire & Ity, G1SP-GB, Fr & Ger, Also Ran: Delightful Kiss, Going Ballistic, Flying First $719,717; All Too Beautiful (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Class, Officer Rocket (GB), Slew by Slew, Olympic GSW & G1SP-GB, SW & GSP-Ire, $298,797. Chief. Scratched: For You Reppo. 2--Precious Kitten, 123, f, 4, Catienus--Kitten's First, Curlin debuted with a spectacular 12 3/4-length win by Lear Fan.