NO DERBY FOR HAAFHD HEADLINE p. 7 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, MAY 3, 2004 THE STAR ATTRACTION SMARTY JONES FINE AFTER DERBY WIN Comeback stories hardly come any more dramatic Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality) exited his emphatic than the victory of the Duke of Roxburghe’s Attraction win in Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby in fine shape, (GB) (Efisio {GB}) in yesterday’s G1 1000 Guineas at according to trainer John Servis. “I won’t know that Newmarket. Sidelined due to injury since July, she had much until he goes back to the track,” Servis said yes- provided no evidence of the terday. “But I can tell you right now, with the way he requisite staying power for this came out of the race, I’m tickled to death.” Servis plans Classic. But, after forming the to ship Smarty Jones back to his home base at Philadel- arrowhead of the 16 runners in phia Park on Monday or Tuesday and, if all goes well, the centre of the track from the train there for the May 15 GI Preakness S. “I’m not outset, she responded to all of going to do a whole lot with him, unless he gets to the Kevin Darley’s questions as she point where I have to,” the trainer explained. “He loves stepped beyond six furlongs for to train and trains hard and, in two weeks time, I don’t the first time and resolutely think there’s a lot to be done.” Attraction J Herbert/Getty Images maintained the gallop all the Also likely to start in the Preakness is Derby runner- way to the line to deny up Lion Heart (Tale of the Cat). “We’ll see in the next Godolphin’s Sundrop (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) by a half few days what we’re going to do, but I’ll talk with my length. “She’s an incredible filly,” Darley said. “[Trainer owners and if the horse is well, we’re going to go for Mark Johnston] said make it uncomplicated and let her the Preakness,” confirmed trainer Patrick Biancone. bowl along. She got to the front, pricked her ears and “That’s what we’re going to aim for and, if the horse is was just lolling about.” 1000 Guineas cont. p2 happy and he tells me, ‘Yes, boss I can go,’ then we’ll go.” Of Saturday’s sloppy conditions, Biancone added, Sunday, Newmarket, Britain “The Derby this year was on May 1 and we have to ULTIMATEBET.COM 1000 GUINEAS S.-G1, £320,000, take what God gave to us. This is all the beauty of the Newmarket, 5-2, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:36.78, gd. Derby. The only thing I know is that the 18 horses in 1--sATTRACTION (GB), 126, f, 3, by Efisio (GB) the race had the same track and everything was the 1st Dam: Flirtation (GB), by Pursuit Of Love (GB) same for everybody. All the trainers had the same wet 2nd Dam: Eastern Shore (GB), by Sun Prince (Ire) shoes, all the owners had the same wet shoes and the 3rd Dam: Land Ho (GB), by Primera (GB) women had the same wet hat. We were proud to be O-Duke Of Roxburghe; B-Floors Farming; T-Mark there and we take what we have. This year it was Johnston; J-Kevin Darley; £187,195. Lifetime raining, next year it could be sunshine. We don’t know. Record: 6-6-0-0, £288,645. My horse was the second best yesterday and we just 2--Sundrop (Jpn), 126, f, 3, Sunday Silence--Oenothera hope to reverse that result in two weeks.” (Ire), by Night Shift. (¥50,000,000 wnl ‘01 JRHA GII Coolmore Lexington S. winner Quinton’s Gold Select). O-Godolphin; B-Yukiko Hosokawa; £71,005. Rush (Wild Rush), eased in the Derby, exited the race in 3--Hathrah (Ire), 126, f, 3, Linamix (Fr)--Zivania (Ire), by good order. “He came out of the race fine,” trainer Shernazar (Ire). (340,000gns yrl ‘02 TATHOU). Steve Asmussen said. “Now he is going to spend some O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum; B-Kildaragh time at the Padua Farm in Ocala, Florida.” Stud; £35,503. Other Derby runners expected to point toward the Margins: HF, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 11-2, 16-1, 6-1. Preakness are: Limehouse (Grand Slam) (fourth), The Also ran: Red Bloom (GB), Secret Charm (Ire), Carry On Cliff’s Edge (Gulch) (fifth) and Borrego (El Prado {Ire}) Katie, Nataliya (GB), Silca’s Gift (GB), Majestic Desert (10th). Third-place finisher Imperialism (Langfuhr) will (GB), Cairns (UAE), Kelucia (Ire), Necklace (GB), Valjarv likely skip the Preakness for the Belmont, with stablemate (Ire), Incheni (Ire), Jath (GB), Spotlight (GB). Cheiron (Maria’s Mon) heading to Baltimore in his stead. Scratched: Phantom Wind. EDITOR’S NOTE Forty Niner S Beware of the Cat, by Caveat $3,500 live foal (859) 273-1514 P Fax (859) 273-0034 LEAD STORY wins the $327,000 Louisville BC H.-GII www.overbrookfarm.com over Sightseek, Yell and Cat Fighter. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/3/04 • PAGE 2 of 7 1000 Guineas cont. R E S U L T S Tried and True P P Attraction was never tried beyond six furlongs in five starts at two, but never looked in danger of losing her Sunday, Longchamp, France unbeaten record as she knocked off her major tests in PRIX GANAY-G1, i200,000, Longchamp, 5-2, 4yo/up, the G3 Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot in June and the 1 5/16mT, 2:14.60, vsf. G2 Cherry Hinton S. at the July Course here the follow- 1--sEXECUTE (FR), 128, h, 7, by Suave Dancer ing month. Plans to run her in the main events of the 1st Dam: She’s My Lovely (GB), by Sharpo (GB) fall were thwarted by a pedal bone fracture and an 2nd Dam: Girl Friend (GB), by Birdbrook (GB) examination that revealed bony changes in her knees. 3rd Dam: View Mistress (GB), by King’s Troop (GB) Rested and coaxed back to full training by Mark O-Ecurie Chalhoub; B-Ecurie Kura; T-John Hammond; Johnston, the dark bay entered this contest with more J-Thierry Gillet; i114,280. Lifetime Record: 26 questions to answer than most, but she had the class starts, 9 wins, 12 places, i411,129. *1/2 to Tot Au edge as the clear top-rated of her generation and sex in Tard (Ire) (Robellino), MGSW-Fr, $243,320; Glorious the International Classifications, and her conditioner Linda (Fr) (Le Glorieux {GB}), SP-US, $473,558; and was not surprised by the result. “This is fantastic,” Ing Ing (Fr) (Bering {GB}), GSW-Fr, SP-US, $129,475. Johnston commented. “It’s beyond belief. I said this 2--Vespone (Ire), 128, c, 4, Llandaff--Vanishing Prairie, morning she was probably the best chance I’ve ever by Alysheba. (FF450,000 yrl ‘01 DEAAUG). had in a Guineas. This was the horse with all the form O-Godolphin; B-Stall Sohrenhof; i45,720. and all she needed to do was stay and she stayed it 3--Fair Mix (Ire), 128, h, 6, Linamix (Fr)--Fairlee Wild, by well. It has been a pretty worrying time, but everything Wild Again. O-Ecurie Week-End; B-Jean-Luc has gone so smoothly and perfectly.” Owner-breeder Lagardere; i22,860. the Duke of Roxburghe added, “We are not a big opera- Margins: 1HF, HF, HF. Odds: 22.00, 4.20, 4.60. tion and this is the most exciting thing that could hap- Also ran: Vallee Enchantee (Ire), Polish Summer (GB), pen to anyone involved in breeding. I've had dreams Touch Of Land (Fr), Vangelis, Chancellor (Ire). about this day for the last few months, she's finished Turning bad fortune into good, Execute made it third everywhere from first to last and this still feels like a time lucky as he caused an upset in this contest. Sec- dream.” Of Attraction’s many setbacks, the owner ond to Aquarelliste (Fr) in this race in 2002 and to Fair explained, “We were convinced she would never come Mix last year, the veteran was due to miss the gig this back, at one stage we were advised that she would time in favor of last Sunday’s G1 Queen Elizabeth II never run again, but Mark’s vets said she could come Cup at Sha Tin. However, a minor foot abscess ruled back. She went lame in the last week of August and him out of that overseas foray and pitched him back her knees had to be nerve-blocked. There had been into familiar territory. Settled in a stalking fourth by quite significant bone changes to the knees and we sent the x-rays to the top vets in Newmarket, who Thierry Gillet as Vespone cut out the fractions under advised that she should be retired but Mark's vet said Christophe-Patrice Lemaire, he was in ideal striking that we should try and get her back.” position at the top of the stretch. Favored Polish Sum- mer (GB) (Polish Precedent) was reined back by a confi- Another Day in the Sun dent Gary Stevens, but failed to pick up as expected, Sundrop, who was purchased for ¥50,000,000 from and it was Execute who delivered the decisive turn of the 2001 JHRA Select Sale of foals, will be pointed for acceleration to lead with 150 yards remaining and score the G1 Epsom Oaks June 4, according to trainer Saeed with authority.