Friday, Thoroughbred Daily News May 3, 2002 TDN For information, call (732) 747-8060. HEADLINE NEWS IT’S LADIES’ DAY IN LOUISVILLE Contention Runs Deep Sophomore fillies take center stage this afternoon The field for the Kentucky Oaks is so deep that Ms beneath the Twin Spires for the 128th renewal of the Brookski (Montbrook), winner of the GII Davona Dale S. GI Kentucky Oaks. Trainer Kenny McPeek, who will at Gulfstream Park in February, rates just a longshot. saddle morning-line favorite Harlan’s Holiday in tomor- Recently purchased by Gary Tanaka, the dark bay has row’s Kentucky Derby, will hobble into the paddock to trained fast over the Churchill main. Farda Amiga (Broad tighten the girth about Select Stables’ Take Charge Brush) may be the best closer in the field. Campaigned Lady (Dehere). Winner of six of her eight career starts exclusively on the turf in her first four starts, the bay and a perfect three-for- filly came from 11 lengths back in the Santa Anita Oaks three this season, she is to finish fourth by two lengths, beaten a nose for third coming in off a convinc- by Ile de France (Storm Cat) in her main-track debut. ing win over Take The The field is completed by Art Fair (Air Forbes Won), Cake (Fly So Free) in the 1 1/2-length winner of the Cincinnati Trophy at GI Ashland S. at Turfway Park in Jnauary, but a well-beaten fifth in the Keeneland Apr. 6. Sec- Bourbonette Breeders’ Cup in Florence Mar. 23. ond to the de- clared Belterra in Friday, Churchill Downs, post time: 5:43 p.m. EDT the GII Golden KENTUCKY OAKS-GI, $500,000a, 3yo, 1 1/8m Rod S. last sea- PP HORSE OWNER TRAINER ODDS Take Charge Lady scores the son, the bay has 1 FARDA AMIGA DeCamargo/Old Friends, et.al. Lobo 30-1 Ashland Jim Massie/Lang Photos sparkled in a ($45,000 yrl ‘00 KEESEP) pair of local (Broad Brush--Fly North, by Pleasant Colony) drills since her Ashland success. “She is eating 2 HABIBTI Thoroughbred Corp. Baffert 6-1 and training now better than ever,” assistant ($450,000 2yo ‘01 BESMAR) trainer Helen Pitts told Daily Racing Form. (Tabasco Cat--Miss Sobriety, by Temperence Hill) “She’s too good to be true.” Imperial Gesture 3 TAKE THE CAKE Elizabeth Valando Nafzger 15-1 (Langfuhr) may represent Team Godolphin’s (Fly So Free--Lil Merry Sunshine, by Chief’s Crown) best chance at success on the weekend. Sec- 4 YOU Edmund Gann Frankel 7-2 ond to the late Tempera in the GI Breeders’ (You and I--Our Dani, by Homebuilder) Cup Juvenile Fillies last October, the dark bay 5 MS BROOKSKI Gary A Tanaka O’Callaghan 30-1 has been ultra-impressive in two starts in ($8,500 yrl ‘00 OBSAUG) Dubai this winter, with a nine-length win in the (Montbrook--Junk Bond Queen, by Baldski) Feb. 24 Moonshell Mile and a 3 1/4-length 6 BELLA BELLUCCI Michael Tabor Drysdale Scr decision over Tempera in the UAE Oaks Apr. 7 IMPERIAL GESTURE Godolphin bin Suroor 4-1 13. Regular rider Frankie Dettori is in for the ($350,000 wnlg ‘99 KEENOV) ride. You (You and I) and Habibti (Tabasco Cat) (Langfuhr--Honor an Offer, by Hoist the Flag) clash for the fifth consecutive time today, with 8 ART FAIR Billy Hays Woodard 50-1 the former leading the head-to-head battle by a (Air Forbes Won--Art Gallery, by Cure the Blues) count of three to one. Fourth and seventh, 9 TAKE CHARGE LADY Select Stable McPeek 2-1 respectively, in the Juvenile Fillies, Habibti got ($175,000 yrl ‘00 FTKJUL) the better of her rival by a head in the GI Holly- (Dehere--Felicita, by Rubiano) wood Starlet S., but You turned the tables in 10 ILE DE FRANCE Stud TNT Mandella 30-1 their last two, winning the GI Las Virgenes S. (Storm Cat--Cara Rafaela, by Quiet American) by a length Feb. 9 and the GI Santa Anita All carry 121 pounds. For the brisnet.com PPs, click here Oaks by 1/2 length Mar. 10. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/3/02 • PAGE 2 of 5 6 8 HO CHOI (GB) Pivotal (GB) 66-1 2 0 0 0 G U I N E A S P P (20,000gns yrl ‘00 DONSEP) O-Alan Guthrie; B-Brook Stud Ltd; T-Linda Perratt; O’BRIEN LOW, MIDDLE AND HIGH IN GUINEAS J-John Carroll. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, £45,942. With Tendulkar (Spinning World) in the one stall, Hawk 7 4 KING OF HAPPINESS Spinning World 3-1 Wing (Woodman) in 10 and Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) (220,000gns yrl ‘00 TATHOU) (Danehill) the widest of all the declared runners for O-Saeed Suhail; B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd; T-Sir Michael tomorrow’s G1 Sagitta 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, Stoute; J-K Fallon. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, £27,782. trainer Aidan O’Brien seems to have the classic field 8 15 LOVE REGARDLESS Storm Bird 8-1 surrounded. Hawk Wing, the 6-4 favourite with Coral ($135,000 wnlg ‘99 KEENOV; Ir£60,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB) Eurobet, will start from the same position as Zafonic, O-M Doyle; B-Ironwater Farms Joint Venture; the last market leader to win the English 2000 Guineas T-Mark Johnston; J-Kevin Darley. in 1993, while the “Rock” will have to emulate last Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £2,863. year’s winner Golan (Ire) in overcoming the widest 9 12 MASSALANI (FR) Ashkalani (Ire) 16-1 draw. Nevertheless, Rock of Gibraltar, with Johnny O/B-Jean-Luc Lagardere; T-Andre Fabre; J-Olivier Murtagh scheduled to ride, was backed into 8-1 from Peslier. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, £24,455. 10-1 on Wednesday with Coral Eurobet and now holds 10 3 MESHAHEER Nureyev 25-1 the position as third favourite behind Hawk Wing and ($425,000 wnlg ‘99 KEENOV; $525,000 yrl ‘00 KEESEP) King of Happiness (Spinning World). Sir Michael O-Godolphin; B-Calogo Bloodstock & Bob Scarborough; Stoute’s unbeaten King of Happiness will be bidding to T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Richard Hills. follow in the steps of the stable’s Entrepreneur (GB), Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-2, £50,723. who also exited from the four hole in 1997 to win the 11 7 NAHEEF (IRE) Marju (Ire) 9-1 Classic. Among the seven withdrawals yesterday were O-Godolphin; B-Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd; Godolphin’s Waldenburg (Miswaki) and O’Brien’s Cen- T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Frankie Dettori. tury City (Ire) (Danzig). Good ground seems likely after Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, £72,883. more rainfall yesterday afternoon, with drying condi- 12 18 PARASOL (IRE) Halling 100-1 tions forecast for today and over the weekend. O-Godolphin; B-Mohammed Jumah Al Nabouda; T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Daragh O'Donohoe. Saturday, Newmarket, Britain Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-0, £36,525. SAGITTA 2000 GUINEAS-G1, £300,000, 3yo, c/f, 1mT 13 5 RAPSCALLION (GER) Robellino 50-1 SC PP HORSE SIRE *ODDS O-J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud; T-James Eustace; 1 6 ARAMRAM Danzig 50-1 J-Jason Tate. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-1, £47,591. O-Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid al Maktoum; B-Darley Stud 14 16 REDBACK (GB) Mark Of Esteem (Ire) 33-1 Management Inc; T-Mick Channon; J-Steve Drowne. (40,000gns yrl ‘00 TATOCT) Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, £24,898. O-The Waney Racing Group Inc; B-Chippenham Lodge 2 9 BRAGADINO (GB) Zilzal 50-1 Stud Ltd; T-Richard Hannon; J-Darryll Holland. O/B-Athos Christadoulou; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Michael Hills. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, £18,487. Lifetime Record: 12-4-2-2, £96,218. 3 2 COMPTON DRAGON Woodman 50-1 15 22 ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) Danehill 9-1 (Ir£75,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB) O-Sir Alex Ferguson & Susan Magnier; B-Joe Crowley & O-Erik Penser; B-Orpendale & Partners; T-Gerard Butler; Mr & Mrs A P O'Brien; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-J Murtagh. J-Eddie Ahern. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, £17,441. Lifetime Record: 7-5-1-0, £382,142. 4 13 COSHOCTON Silver Hawk 40-1 16 17 SHOLOKHOV (IRE) Sadler’s Wells 66-1 O-John W Philips; B-Phillips Racing Partnership; O-Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-J S Bolger; T-Michael Jarvis; J-Philip Robinson. T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Paul Scallan. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, £10,841. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, £147,446. 5 10 HAWK WING Woodman 13-8F 17 11 STEENBERG (IRE) Flying Spur (Aus) 100-1 ($225,000 wnlg ‘99 KEENOV; $300,000 yrl ‘00 FTSAUG) (12,500gns yrl ‘00 TATOCT) O-Susan Magnier; B-Hill 'N' Dale Farm; T-Aidan O'Brien; O-Kenneth MacPherson; B-B Ryan; T-Mark Tompkins; J-Jamie Spencer. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, £235,010. J-Ted Durcan. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, £24,917. Congratulations to FARFELLOW FARMS, breeder of TAYLOR 10 percent of the 2002 Kentucky Derby starters. MADE Best of luck to BUDDHA (G1), by Unbridled’s Song, and sales agency phone (859) 885-3345 WILD HORSES, by Saint Ballado, and all their connections. fax (859) 887-1754 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/3/02 • PAGE 3 of 5 Sagitta 2000 Guineas field cont. 18 20 SWEET BAND Dixieland Band 50-1 P P R E V I E W P ($190,000 yrl ‘00 KEESEP) O-Abdulla Buhaleeba; B-Robert Newlin Clay; Friday, Churchill Downs, post time: 3:55 p.m.