HEADLINE Colonel John Tunes NEWS Up for Pac Classic See page 3 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 ANOTHER NOTCH IN RACHEL’S BELT? Raising the Interest Rate... Following her facile victory over GI Belmont S. and Terry Finley, president of West Point Thoroughbreds, subsequent GI Shadwell Travers S. hero Summer Bird will pit Macho Again (Macho Uno) against the superfilly (Birdstone) in the GI Haskell Invitational S. Aug. 2, the this weekend, and credits her with generated unex- brain trust surrounding pected interest in Thoroughbred racing. Rachel Alexandra AShe=s brought a lot of attention to our game and we (Medaglia d=Oro) sat all know we need the positive attention,@ Finley said. down to plot a course AShe=s come along at the right time. for her next start. The It=s great to run into people who are decisions to be made not in the business and they all talk were whether to re- about Rachel Alexandra. That being main with her peers, said, we=re really going to try hard face colts or fillies, to beat her on Saturday.@ test older females or For their part, officials at the New try older male handi- York Racing Association upped the Sarah K Andrew Photo cappers. After nomi- ante by hiking the purse from nations were made to $500,000 to $750,000. Similarly, the Haskell saw its five separate races, purse money raised to $1.25 million, but Jackson in- Saturday=s GI Wood- sists his decision making is not strictly about finances. ward S. was selected. AWe go one race at a time and we do what=s best for Should she emerge the horse, he explained. If financials were the top Sarah K Andrew Photo @ A victorious from a race consideration, we would have gone for the [$1-million] won by the likes of Ghostzapper, Saint Liam, Travers. [The extra purse money] helps bring competi- Mineshaft, Cigar, Alysheba and Forego, to name but a tion to the race, but it=s not only to Rachel=s benefit.@ few, she would become the first sophomore to take the Others expected for the Woodward include Sheikh race since Easy Goer in 1989, and the first three-year- Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum=s Asiatic Boy (Arg) old filly to beat older males in a Grade I route on dirt in (Not For Sale {Arg}), GI Whitney H. upsetter Bullsbay New York in over 120 years. (Tiznow) and Past the Point (Indian Charlie), runner-up AWe try to give her hurdles,@ co-owner Jess Jackson to Curlin (Smart Strike) in last year=s Woodward. told a national media teleconference Tuesday afternoon. AEach time she passes one we=re delighted. It=s a pro- cess of defining her greatness. If she goes up against older male horses, we=ll be better able to get a measure of her greatness.@ Rachel Alexandra is riding an eight-race winning streak, and the debate has already started on just where her career is going to fall in the annals of history. And if the generally accepted barometer of all-time greatness is Ruffian, how does this filly compare? AIt=s hard for an owner not to love his horse,@ Jackson opined. A[Rachel] and I have a good relationship. I didn=t know Ruffian, but she was the greatest horse of the century...until now.@ However, the Kendall-Jackson winery owner is in- clined to wait another year before passing final judg- ment. AWe=re in the process of trying to define Rachel, but she=s only half-defined right now,@ he stated, reiterating his intention to race Rachel Alexandra in 2010. AI=d want to wait until her career is over. But I can say that I think she is one of the best of all time, and I think she does compare to Ruffian.@ www.taylormadestallions.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/2/09 • PAGE 2 of 9 RESULTS Tuesday, Baden-Baden, Germany 76TH DARLEY OETTINGEN-RENNEN-G2, i65,000, Baden-Baden, 9-1, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:38.00, gd. 1--@PREMIO LOCO, 128, g, 5, by Prized 1st Dam: Crazee Mental (GB) (G1SP-GB), by Magic Ring (Ire) 2nd Dam: Corn Futures (GB), by Nomination (GB) 3rd Dam: Hay Reef (GB), by Mill Reef (19,000gns yrl >05 TATDEC). O-Bernard R Westley; B-Kidder, Cole & Griggs; T-Chris Wall; J-George Baker; i40,000. Lifetime Record: MSW & GSP-GB, 15-8-2-0, i191,571. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Konig Concorde (Ger), 128, g, 4, Big Shuffle-- Kaiserin (Ger), by Ile de Bourbon. O-Wolfgang Frohlich; B-Gestut Elsetal; T-Christian Sprengel; i15,000. 3--Earl of Fire (Ger), 128, g, 4, Areion (Ger)--Evry (Ger), by Torgos (Ire). (i8,500 RNA yrl >06 BBAOCT). O/B-Frau Marlene Haller; T-Werner Baltromei; i6,000. Margins: 2HF, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.70, 10.40, 3.50. Also Ran: Aspectus (Ire), Caro Jina (Fr), Glad Panther vinery.com (GB). Scratched: Sehrezad (Ire), Wiesenpfad (Fr). Premio Loco earned black-type at the first attempt in the Listed Ladybird S. at Kempton Feb. 8, but was edged out by a nose when upped in class to the Sunday, Hipodromo de la Plata, Argentina G3 Winter Derby at Lingfield next time Mar. 21. He GRAN PREMIO SELECCION DE POTRANCAS-G1, regained the winning thread in the May 30 Listed On P192,000, 8-30, 3yo, f, 2000m, 2:03.48, ft. The House S. at Goodwood, and continued his consis- 1--#@sKALATH WELLS (ARG), 123, f , 3, by Poliglote (GB) tent run with a second in the Listed Midsummer S. at 1st Dam: Kalath (Arg) (MG1SP-Arg), by Kaljerry (Arg) Windsor last time June 27. Racing in a share of third 2nd Dam: Athalie (Arg), by Mariache (Arg) for much of this first overseas foray, he made solid 3rd Dam: Andromaque (Arg), by Mount Athos (Ire) headway under urging in the straight to lead approach- O/B-Firmamento (Arg); T-Miguel Garcia; J-Edwin ing the final eighth and was ridden out in the closing Talaverano; P120,000. Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-1, stages to assert superiority. "Once Sehrezad and P154,375. *1/2 to Kalath Champ (Arg) (Ski Champ), Wiesenpfad were scratched, Premio Loco's chances of MGSW & MG1SP-Arg; and Kalath Honour (Arg) success obviously increased," said trainer Chis Wall. (Honour and Glory), MG1SP-Arg. Werk Nick Rating: "Our confidence was justified and he ran a great race, F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. so we are very pleased." Click for the brisnet.com 2--La Charmante (Arg), 123, f, 3, Indygo Shiner--La catalogue-style pedigree or the Racing Post chart. Magie (Arg), by Luhuk. O-S de B;B-La Quebrada (Arg) T-Edmundo Rodriguez; P36,000. 3--Loadora (Arg), 123, f, 3, Mutakddim--Lobuna (Arg), TDN Fax-on-Demand by Southern Halo. O-Stud La Fiacca; B-La Quebrada Don’t wait one more minute (Arg); T-Oscar Fravega; P19,200. to get a resend of your TDN. Margins: 5, 8, 3/4. Odds: 5.55, 1.35, 7.35. Call our Fax-On-Demand line, (732) 559-9595 and enter your Haras Firmamento homebred Kalath Wells confirmed 6-digit user id from either your fax machine or any phone line. her affinity for the local dirt course with a dominant Enter the fax number where you’d like the paper to be gate-to-wire victory. In the process, the grey denied delivered, and it will be sent immediately. even-money favorite La Charmante the opportunity to (Don’t know your user id? Give us a call at 732-747-8060 sweep La Plata=s major series for sophomore fillies. The and we’ll tell you what it is.) 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I felt he was the best horse in the race, but the thing that surprised me the most was the final time.@ Colonel John covered the one-mile distance in a sharp 1:32.77, just about two-fifths of a second off the course record in what was his turf debut. A respectable sixth in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic Oct. 25, Colonel John was an even fourth in the GI Malibu S. Dec. 26. He was entered for the GI Santa Anita H. in early March, but was scratched the morning of the race. AHe had a pleural pneumonia,@ Harty explained. AHe came back, but I had to give him more time off due to some aches and pains.