EADLINE H Battle for Ky NEWS Slots For information about TDN, See page 2 call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2009 RACHEL WORKS HALF FOR MOTHER GOOSE GOLDEN IN THE DAPHNIS Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick=s Rachel Golden Century (El Prado {Ire}) made the most of soft Alexandra (Medaglia d=Oro) worked a half in :49 4/5 at early fractions and proved best late to hold off Allybar Churchill Downs yesterday in advance of Saturday=s GI (Ire) (King=s Best) by a length in yesterday=s G3 Prix Mother Goose Daphnis at Longchamp. AHe is a nice horse and won S. at Belmont well,@ said winning jockey Maxime Guyon. AI don=t Park. The filly know what [trainer, Andre] Mr. Fabre is going to do ships to New with him, but he won=t stay much further than that.@ York this Golden Century followed a debut win over this trip at morning. Un- Fontainebleau Apr. 10 with a third when upped to a der exercise mile and a half in a conditions event at Saint-Cloud rider Dominic May 1. Back to a mile at this track last time May 30, Terry, Rachel the homebred returned to winning ways and extended was caught his sequence under an enterprising ride. Allowed to through frac- saunter along behind reluctant rivals shortly after the tions of :13, start, the bay ran freely until settled into his soft lead, :25 and and after kicking at the top of the stretch, was mainly hand ridden to comfortably beat the Wertheimer=s Reed Palmer photo :37.40; she galloped out homebred Allybar. J “TDN Rising Star” J Jukebox five furlongs in 1:03.40. Her work ranked as the 17th Jury (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), the runner-up in last year=s G1 fastest of 51 at the distance. AThe filly went beautiful Racing Post Trophy who was making his return from this morning,@ said trainer Steve Asmussen. AShe looked injury, missed the break and needed to be shoved along very happy. Scott [assistant trainer Scott Blasi] and leaving the false straight before failing to pick up and Dominic have done a great job keeping her happy.@ The finishing last. Click for the Racing Post chart. winner of the GI Kentucky Oaks will be making her first start since defeating Mine That Bird (Birdstone) in the Monday, Longchamp, France May 16 GI Preakness S. PRIX DAPHNIS-G3, i80,000, Longchamp, 6-22, 3yo, c/g, 1 1/8mT, 1:52.20, gd. Dixie To Pass Mother Goose; Test Next... 1--#@GOLDEN CENTURY, 123, c, 3, by El Prado (Ire) 1st Dam: Maple Syrple (SW & GSP, $170,892), by American Chance In other Mother Goose news, West Point Thorough- 2nd Dam: Sweet and Lowdown, by Stalwart breds= multiple graded stakes winner Justwhistledixie 3rd Dam: Twice Regal, by King Pellinore (Dixie Union), runner-up in the GI Acorn S. last time at O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Belmont June 6, will not go B-Darley; T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon; i40,000 against Rachel Alexandra in Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 3 wins, 1 place, i65,600. the nine-furlong event and Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. will instead point toward the Werk Nick Rating: D. seven-furlong GI Test S. at 2--Allybar (Ire), 123, c, 3, King=s Best--Irika, by Irish Saratoga Aug. 8. We just A River (Fr). O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Carlos decided it=s back a little Laffon-Parias; i16,000. quick for us, explained @ 3--Guest Ville (Fr), 123, c, 3, Highest Honor (Fr)-- Justwhistledixie A Coglianese trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. Kadance Ville (Fr), by Fabulous Dancer. (i45,000 yrl Remaining as likely for the >07 DEAAUG). O-Growthwork SARL; B-Serge Mother Goose are Alan Brodsky=s GSW Don=t Forget Gil Boucheron; T-Sandrine Tarrou; i12,000. (Kafwain), Godolphin Stables Flashing (A.P. Indy), and = Margins: 1, HF, 1HF. Odds: 1.70, 2.70, 8.00. Edward P. Evans=s Malibu Prayer (Malibu Moon). Also Ran: Dovil Boy (Ire), Globus (Ger), Milanais (Fr), Jukebox Jury (Ire). www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/23/09 • PAGE 2 of 8 Monday, Longchamp, France PRIX DE LA PORTE MAILLOT-G3, i80,000, P N E W S T O D A Y P Longchamp, 6-22, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:20.00, gd. 1--SMOOTH OPERATOR (GER), 124, g, 3, by Big Shuffle SLOTS BILL CENTER STAGE IN KY SENATE 1st Dam: Salzgitter (GB), by Salse The fight for slots in Kentucky was heating up last 2nd Dam: Anna of Brunswick (GB), by Rainbow Quest night in Frankfort as proponents of a bill that would 3rd Dam: Anna Paola (Ger), by Prince Ippi (Ger) allow VLTs at Kentucky racetracks argued their case in O-Stall Jenny; B/T-Mario Hofer GmbH; J-Maxime front of the state senate. Hearings were still ongoing Guyon; i40,000. Lifetime Record: SW-Ger, 7 starts, when the TDN went to press Monday evening. 4 wins, 3 places, 212,950. *1/2 to Sugar Baby i Keeneland President and CEO Nick Nicholson spoke in Love (Ger) (Second Empire {Ire}), SW & GSP-Ger, favor of House Bill 2, the measure approved by the $153,311. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Kentucky house last Friday. Nicholson made the case Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Varenar (Fr), 119, c, 3, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)--Visor, that the Kentucky horse industry needs slots to remain by Mr. Prospector. O-HH the Aga Khan; B-Haras de competitive with neighboring states, and noted that SA Aga Khan SCEA; T-A de Royer- Dupre; i16,000. Ohio, which sits on Kentucky=s northern boarder, could 3--Dunkerque (Fr), 131, c, 4, Highest Honor (Fr)-- be next in line to install VLTs at its tracks. On Friday, Dissertation (Fr), by Sillery. O-Alec Head; B-Alec & Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced that, for the first Ghislaine Head; T-Criquette Head-Maarek; i12,000. time, he was endorsing slots in the state as a means of Margins: HF, SNK, 3/4. Odds: 8.40, 4.20, 2.30. balancing Ohio=s budget. The continued push for slots Also Ran: Only Green (Ire), Tertio Bloom (Swe), Mariol in Kentucky came as Turfway Park President Bob (Fr), Leap Ahead (Ire), Abbashiva (Ger), Peace Royale (Ger). Ellison warned the Florence-area oval would likely have Smooth Operator proved himself to be one of Ger- to close down by the end of 2010 if the bill failed to many=s leading juveniles last term when rattling up a pass. trio of successes over six furlongs in the Listed Kronimus-Rennen at Baden-Baden in September, G3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly the following month and G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte in November. Return- ing with a staying-on fourth in the G3 Benazet-Rennen over that trip at Baden-Baden May 16, the bay proved he had the stamina for this test to regain the winning thread and complete an afternoon group race double for rider Maxime Guyon. Keen early trapped wide on the speed as Dunkerque and then Varenar set the fractions, Churchill Downs night racing stumbles, but don=t give he was taken over to the rail when the coast was clear. up yet Driving a wedge between those rivals in the final 50 by Eric Crawford, Louisville Courier-Journal yards, he was driven out to assert and book his ticket Race battles for spot in national sports psyche to the highlight of Deauville=s August festival. AHe had Stephen Brunt, The Globe And Mail already proven his quality last year, but we weren=t certain he would stay,@ trainer and breeder Mario Hofer Are slots poison or cure? commented. ALooking at the way he ran today, he looks Tom Eblen, Lexington Herald-Leader like he=ll be even better over a mile, so I think we=ll be State budget: A day at the races tempted by the [Aug. 16] G1 Prix Jacques le Marois.@ Op/Ed page, Philadelphia Daily News Click for the Racing Post chart. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/23/09 • PAGE 3 of 8 International News cont. NEW BC CHALLENGE RACES NAMED Winners of Ascot=s G1 Queen Elizabeth II, G1 Fillies= Mile and G2 Royal Lodge S. and Newmarket=s G1 Champion S. will earn automatic berths at this year=s Nov. 6-7 Breeders= Cup, it was announced yesterday. Extending the list of stakes races involved in the AWin and You=re In@ Challenge series ahead of the latest edition of the World Championships at Santa Anita Park, the Breeders= Cup announced that Ascot=s trio of contests Sept. 26 and Newmarket=s autumn Oct. 17 highlight have been selected. Also included in the series are The Curragh=s G1 Pretty Polly S. June 27 and G1 Moyglare Stud S. Aug. 30; Leopardstown=s G1 Irish Champion S. Sept. 5; Dundalk=s G3 Diamond S. Oct. 2; Deauville=s G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest Aug. 9 and the Oct. 4 G1 Prix de l=Abbaye de Longchamp. AWe are excited to return the Breeders= Cup Challenge races to Ascot and welcome Newmaket and the Emirates Airline Champion S. to the Breeders= Cup Chal- lenge,@ said Breeders= Cup President and CEO Greg Avioli. AWe are always striving to make the Breeders= Cup more inclusive to our international horsemen and fans. British racing has been a long and valued partner to the success of the Breeders= Cup, and the selection of the Ascot and Newmarket races for the series strengthens the link of the world=s greatest races and racehorses to the Breeders= Cup.@ Charles Barnett, Chief Executive of Ascot Race- course, added, AWe=re delighted to be involved in >Win and You=re In= for the second time and pleased that the portfolio of linked races has been extended to include the Emirates Airline Champion S.