MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. SMALL BUT SELECT, BARRETTS TONIGHT The 2011 Barretts March Sale of Selected Two-Year- FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII REBEL STAKES Olds in Training will be held tonight at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park in Pomona, California. An already slender catalogue of 106 horses has been whittled to 82 after outs, but what the sale may lack in size, Barretts officials hope it makes up for in quality. Friday=s under-tack show, where a total of 13 horses shared the bullet at :10 flat, certainly gave OPTIONS OPEN FOR THE FACTOR the indication there were some The Factor (War Front) exited his dominating victory runners on the sales grounds. in Saturday=s GII Rebel S. in fine shape, according to AThe horses trained well in the trainer Bob Baffert. AHe looked Barretts VP Kim Lloyd two weeks leading up to the breeze good today, ate up well and all show, and they didn=t disappoint,@ reports are positive,@ Baffert said said Barretts Vice President of Sales Kim Lloyd. AThey yesterday. AI think he comes came through big. We had a lot of traffic right after the back to Santa Anita [Monday].@ preview, and you know when they come right back to As for what is next for his the barn after the preview, the horses did well. So I=m speedy charge, Baffert added, excited about the sale. I think we=ve got a pretty strong ARight now, I would say he=s catalogue with a lot of athletes, and I think we=ll get The Factor Horsephotos going back to the [Apr. 16 GI] them sold. That=s the goal--to get them sold.@ Arkansas Derby. I could leave Last year, Barretts catalogued 135 horses for March, him at Santa Anita, but I don=t know. I=m just going to and sold 69 of those juveniles for $6,255,000. The sale get him back here and look at him, and I=ll let him tell average was $90,652, down 26.4% from the year me where he wants to go. I have a lot of options with prior, while the median was $60,000, down 25%. him. I could go anywhere. He=s nominated everywhere.@ Topping the 2010 sale was Uphill Tigger, a colt by Cont. p2 Unbridled=s Song--King Shooting Star who sold to Narvick International for $475,000. Ciaran Dunne=s Wavertree Stables consigned the horse, who joined Katsumi Yoshida=s Northern Farm string in Japan. Several groups from Japan have been perusing the wares on the sales grounds over the past few mornings, and officials and consignors alike are especially grateful for their presence, given the crisis facing their home country in the wake of last week=s earthquake and tsunami. AConsidering what happened in Japan, we=re really appreciative to Japanese buyers at see them back here,@ said Lloyd. Barretts AIt=s very gratifying. They are very comfortable here and they=ve had great luck. We really admire them; they=re great people and great horsemen. We have a special place for them.@ Cont. p8 13 Entered for Louisiana Derby ... p4 Snow Fairy out of Dubai Sheema Classic ... p5 Page 1 of 16 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/21/11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Alternation Fine After Rebel Mishap Making his first start on dirt when this marathon Alternation (Distorted Humor), forced to scratch from event came off the turf and taking blinkers off, the bay the Rebel after flipping in the gate, suffered a minor chased pacesetting Dahoud through moderate splits. abrasion on his leg, but was able to return to the track The colt moved to challenge the longtime leader after a Sunday morning. AIt looks like going in his first stakes mile in 1:43.44, but Dahoud kicked clear again on the race was a little bigger than he expected,@ said Kristal turn. Juniper Pass refused to go away, however, and Campbell, assistant to trainer Donnie Von Hemel. AThe pestered that rival the length of the stretch before infield crowd, the whole thing really wound him up. inching clear in the final strides. AMy horse ran really Fortunately, it wasn=t serious. He went right back out well for his first time on the dirt,@ said winning rider there [Sunday] and we stood him in the gate and he Rafael Bejarano. AHe surprised everybody. I knew the was fine.@ number eight [Dahoud] was going to go to the lead and try and slow the pace. My only chance was to put my horse right behind the speed the whole way around. I=m GRADED/GROUP RESULTS glad it worked out. My horse showed me a big kick in the stretch. The other horse [Dahoud] came running, Sunday, Santa Anita but my horse was very strong.@ Winning trainer Ray Bell *SAN LUIS REY S.-GIII, $150,000, SAX, 3-20, 4yo/up, had nothing but praise for Bejarano. AI left it up to the 1 1/2m (off turf), 2:32 3/5, sy. jock and thank God I did,@ Bell said. AHe knew what 1--#@JUNIPER PASS, 118, c, 4, by Lemon Drop Kid kind of pace they were going. I told the jock to just play 1st Dam: Child Bride, by Coronado's Quest it by ear. We knew that [Dahoud would be on the lead]. 2nd Dam: Chapel of Dreams, by Northern Dancer That was the only thing we knew. I kind of left it up to 3rd Dam: Terlingua, by Secretariat Rafael. I told him he could be laying second. He=s got a ($92,000 yrl '08 KEESEP; $170,000 2yo >09 little bit of speed. It all worked out well, so we=re BESMAR). O-Betty & Robert G Irvin; B-Brookdale happy.@ Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Thomas Ray Bell II; free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. J-Rafael Bejarano; $90,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, 11-3-1-2, $194,380. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Dahoud (NZ), 118, g, 5, Scaredee Cat (NZ)--Aiglette (NZ), by Krona (NZ). O-Mrs S K Johnston Jr; B-M P Miller (NZ); T-Jerry Hollendorfer; $30,000. Freshman Leading Sire by winners in 2009 3--Imponente Purse (Brz), 118, g, 5, Public Purse-- Leading Second-Crop Sire in 2010 White Tea (Brz), by Sunny's Halo. O-Jessica Coudelaria; B-Ulisses Lignon Carneiro (Brz); T-A C Sire of Hip #8 and Hip #28 at Barretts Avila; $18,000. Both worked :10 flat Margins: HF, 4HF, 7HF. Odds: 4.60, 1.80, 6.40. 2011 Stud Fee: $10,000 S&N Also Ran: Haimish Hy, Romp (Arg), Falcon Rock (Ire). Scratched: Restless Soul (GB), Buenos Dias (Ire). *Automatically downgraded when race came off turf. Juniper Pass, a narrowly beaten third behind Haimish GIII San Luis Rey S. Juniper Pass (Lemon Drop Kid) Hy (Ecton Park) in the GI Hollywood Derby last takes to the dirt just fine. November, was coming off a fifth-place effort in the GIII Orchid S. La Luna de Miel (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) Feb. 19 GII San Luis Obispo. stays perfect in U.S. Page 2 of 16 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/21/11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Gulfstream Park ORCHID S.-GIII, $150,000, GPX, 3-20, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:25 3/5, fm. 1--#@LA LUNA DE MIEL (GER), 117, f, 4, by Monsun (Ger) 1st Dam: La Hermana (GB) (MSP-Ger), by Hernando (Fr) 2nd Dam: La Candela, by Alzao 3rd Dam: La Colorada, by Surumu O-Rashit Shaykhutdinov; B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof (Ger); T-H Graham Motion; J-John R Velazquez; $90,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $118,312. *1/2 to La Salvita (Ger) (Big Shuffle), SW-Ger. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Endless Expanse (Ire), 117, f, 4, Red Ransom--Desert Ease (Ire), by Green Desert. O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm (Ire); T-Christophe Clement; $30,000. 3--Giants Play, 117, f, 4, Giant=s Causeway--Playful Act (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. ($850,000 yrl '08 KEESEP). O-Newsells Park Stud; B-Swettenham Stud (KY); T-Christophe Clement; $15,000. Margins: 1, NK, NO. Odds: 8.90, 1.20, 5.30. Also Ran: Tarrip, Musical Rain (Ire), Zapparition, Queen Martha, Doe Run. The lightly raced La Luna de Miel debuted a winner last April at Hannover and was sent stateside after an eighth-place effort in a listed event at Cologne in June. The bay filly took a 1 7/16-mile allowance over the Gulfstream lawn in her U.S. unveiling Feb. 18. Looking to go two-for-two in her first foray into graded stakes company, La Luna de Miel was taken in hand and settled into a stalking fourth. She took closer order along the rail on the turn, angled to the outside for the drive and forged to the lead late to win going away. AShe=s bred for the distance with that sire,@ said winning trainer Graham Motion. AShe came to us at Palm Meadows in November. David [Rock], my assistant deserves credit for how she=s done here. He=s had her here all winter. One reason she was sent over is that there are so many more black-type opportunities for fillies and mares over here. We were hoping there would be some speed in the race and that=s the way it developed.