HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 SEA THE STARS CHAMPION BID IN DOUBT TDN Feature Presentation Heavy rainfall at Leopardstown has cast serious GRADE 1 WOODWARD STAKES doubt on the participation of Christopher Tsui=s dual Classic hero Sea the Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the G1 Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion S. on Saturday. The Foxrock track is now described as yielding and trainer John Oxx has continually stated his stable star=s race- MG1 WINNING FRESHMAN SIRE course appearances hinge on ROCK HARD TEN suitable turf conditions. AIt com- THE ONLY NA FRESHMAN SIRE WITH A GRADED/GROUP WINNER menced raining here at about Watch for His Sales Yearlings! one o=clock [Wednesday],@ Leopardstown's General Man- RACHEL HEAVY FAVORITE IN WOOD ager Tom Burke told PA Sport. Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d=Oro) has been installed AIt has been raining heavily, as the 1-2 morning-line favorite as she has her date though it did ease for a while, with destiny in the GI Woodward S. but it started again. By three Horsephotos this Saturday at Saratoga. AWe o=clock we=d had six millimeters want to prove she=s a great horse, of rain and we=ve had more since. This morning we one for the history books,@ said co- were good to yielding, but I=d say it=s probably yielding owner Barbara Banke. AWe=re hop- now. For Thursday, we are forecast sunny spells, with ing to race her next year. That=s showers about, and some drying conditions as it will be part of our strategy this year; to try a breezy day. Friday will be similar, but with less of a and keep her sound and happy so risk of showers and Saturday is set to be dry. I=ve filled that she=s available next year to in the trainers on the ground and the forecast, and I=ll have a great campaign.@ Regular be having further conversations with them. Obviously, rider Calvin Borel will be in the irons John Oxx has a big call on it as the declarations are to What Borel Sees when the filly breaks from the three be made Thursday morning.@ Sarah K Andrew photo hole. AIt=s tough competition Satur- day,@ Borel remarked. AWe=re step- Saturday, Del Mar ping up to the plate and we just have to put them in DARLEY DEBUTANTE S.-GI, $300,000, 2yo, f, 7f the gate and see what happens.@ PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Pure Class Purge Smith Sadler 116 Saturday, Saratoga 2 Champagne d'Oro Medaglia d’Oro Garcia Guillot 118 WOODWARD S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m 3 Blind Luck Pollard’s Vision Bejarano Hollendorfer 116 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 4 Necessary Evil Harlan’s Holiday Rosario O'Neill 122 1a Da' Tara Tiznow Lezcano Zito 2 Bullsbay Tiznow Rose Motion 5 It Tiz Tiznow Talamo Glatt 118 3 Rachel Alexandra Medaglia d’Oro Borel Asmussen 6 Mi Sueno Pulpit M Baze Guillot 122 4a Cool Coal Man Mineshaft Velazquez Zito 7 Ridemetothemoon Malibu Moon Quinonez Miller 116 5 Macho Again Macho Uno Albarado Stewart 8 Repo In Excess (Ire) Gomez O'Neill 122 6 It's a Bird Birdonthewire Leparoux Ma Wolfson 9 La Nez Storm Creek Espinoza Kruljac 118 7 Asiatic Boy (Arg) Not for Sale (Arg) Garcia McLaughlin 10 Punctual Werblin Blanc Miller 116 8 Past the Point Indian Charlie Prado Harty All carry 126 pounds except Rachel Alexandra, 118. Weekend Fields cont. p2-3 www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/3/09 • PAGE 2 of 5 TDN Feature Presentation/The Woodward cont. Macho Again Supports Safety & Integrity Alliance... West Point Thoroughbreds revealed yesterday that a portion of any purse money earned by Macho Again (Macho Uno) in the Woodward and Awesome Gem (Awesome Again) in the GI Pacific Classic at Del Mar Sunday will be donated to the See Race Video National Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety and Integrity Alliance. "West Point Thorough- breds is proud to support the im- portant work of the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance, and I en- courage other horsemen to do the same," said Terry Finley, the syn- dicate=s president. "We are de- lighted to be part of a couple of the immensely exciting races tak- ing place this weekend, but amid all that excitement, we must re- Macho Again Horsephotos member that the safety of our industry's human and equine ath- See Race Video letes is of paramount importance, and that's why we feel so strongly about the NTRA Alliance's objectives." Macho Again, hero of the GI Stephen Foster H. in June, is the 8-1 third choice on the Woodward=s morning line. The Alliance was formed last October. Among the tracks that have been accredited by the Alliance thus far are Arlington Park, Belmont Park, Churchill Downs, Delaware Park, Hollywood Park, Keeneland Race Course, Monmouth Park and Saratoga Race Course. Saturday, Saratoga Pimlico was granted provisiional accreditation in May. FOREGO S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo/up, 7f Click for the brisnet.com PPs. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Pyro Pulpit Velazquez bin Suroor 2 Kodiak Kowboy Posse Saez Jones 3 Ready's Echo More Than Ready Borel Pletcher PREVIEWS 4 Peace Chant War Chant Leparoux O’Neill 5 Riley Tucker Harlan’s Holiday Prado Baffert Friday, Saratoga 6 Gold Trippi Trippi Velasquez Hough WITH ANTICIPATION S.-GIII, $100,000, 2yo, 7 Driven by Success Precise End Dominguez Levine 1 1/16mT 8 Multidude Fusaichi Pegasus Garcia C Martin PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 9 Law Enforcement Posse D’mo Hennig 1a Mississippi Hippie Dance Master Velazquez Ward 118 10 My Pal Charlie Indian Charlie Albarado Stall Jr 2 Paddy O'Prado El Prado (Ire) Albarado Romans 116 11 True Quality Elusive Quality Castellano Sedlacek 3 Two Notch Road Partner’s Hero Uske Thompson 120 12 Keep Laughing Distorted Humor Maragh McLaughlin 4b Zapster Ghostzapper Prado Pletcher 116 All carry 124 pounds. 5 Red Rally Reformer Rally Castanon Scherer 118 Saturday, Arlington Park 6 Dean's Kitten Kitten’s Joy Leparoux Maker 118 WASHINGTON PARK H.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 7 Jung Man Scott Freud Dominguez Dutrow Jr 118 1 3/16m (AWT) 8 Interactif Broken Vow D’mo Pletcher 118 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 9b Golly Day Lion Heart Castellano Weaver 118 1 Palladio Lycius Dos Ramos Attfield 120 10a Strike the Tiger Tiger Ridge Velazquez Ward 120 2 Eldaafer A.P. Indy Potts Alvarado 118 AE Quick Money City Zip Garcia Rice 116 3 Let It Rock Trippi Razo Jr Hicklin 114 Main-Track Only 4 Unusual Suspect Unusual Heat Alvarado Abrams 118 5 Wicked Style Macho Uno Castanon Arnold 116 Aikenite* Yes It’s True No rider Pletcher 118 6 Dubious Miss E Dubai Emigh McGee 116 Turf Melody Maria’s Mon Rose Motion 118 7 Church Service Pulpit Graham Mitchell 118 *coupled with Zapster and Golly Day 8 Gran Estreno (Arg) Lucky Roberto Baird Stidham 115 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/3/09 • PAGE 3 of 5 Saturday, Delaware Park KENT S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Boots Ahead Storm Boot Rose Weaver 2 No Inflation Repriced Homeister Jr Proctor 3 Out At Night Aptitude Rocco Jr R Martin 4 Dr Large A.P. Indy Shepherd Jones 5 Al Khali Medaglia d’Oro Cohen Mott 6 Laureate Conductor Bernstein Napravnik Clement 7 Colonel Rutledge Orientate L Garcia Motion All carry 116 pounds, except Dr Large, 118. Whether it precludes his participation in this race remains to be seen, but Boots Ahead, sixth by a neck in that thrilling six-horse photo at Saratoga Aug. 22, came back to earn his first black-type badge in yesterday=s Restoration S. at Monmouth. He won the 1 1/16-mile turf event by a facile 6 1/4 lengths (see >East Report= in ATW). Saturday, Monmouth Park SAPLING S.-GIII, $150,000, 2yo, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 El Rocco Vicar Castro Levine 2 Not Macho Any More Macho Uno Migliore Violette Jr 3 Come From Behind Roaring Fever Bravo Mott 4 Awesome Son Pure Precision Centeno Kelly 5 Western Smoke Smoke Glacken Trujillo Asmussen 6 One Roll Strong Hope Alvarado Jr Allen III 7 Whats Up Cuge Officer Velez Jr Breen 8 Toccet's Charm Toccet Morales Furlong All carry 121 pounds. SIMILAR ‘SCENARIO’ FOR THE SPINAWAY? Saturday, Arlington Park Trainer Rick Violette Jr. and jockey Alan Garcia ARLINGTON-WASHINGTON FUTURITY-GIII, $150,000, teamed up for a 13-1 upset with Worstcasescenario 2yo, 1m (AWT) (Forbidden Apple) in the GII Adirondack S. earlier in the PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Saratoga meeting, and 1 Beware the Tiger Hold That Tiger J Campbell M Cmpbll 117 the duo will attempt to 2 U Appeal to Me Successful Appeal Graham Stidham 117 strike lightning again with 3 Oak Motte Valid Expectations Razo Jr Amoss 117 a fresh face in Sunday=s 4 Herecomesbert Purge Sterling Jr Asmussen 117 GI Spinaway S. 5 Piscitelli Victory Gallop Alvarado Sacco 117 Like Worstcasescenario, 6 Kratisto Afleet Alex Rosendo Allen 117 Broadway Blue Stable=s Opus A (Read The Foot- 7 Dixie Band Dixie Union Flores Catalano 119 notes) takes on graded- stakes company after get- Saturday, Arlington Park Opus A ting her picture taken at ARLINGTON-WASHINGTON LASSIE S.-GIII, $150,000, Adam Coglianese photo first asking. Facing 2yo, f, 1m (AWT) Empire-breds at the Spa PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Aug.