THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here INAUGURAL CHENGDU INTL CUP APRIL 6 FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII REBEL S. The inaugural Chengdu Dubai International Cup, presented in partnership with the Meydan Group and the Chengdu Municipal Government, will be held Apr. 6, according to a Meydan release. To be held at Jinma Racecourse in Chengdu, the five turf races will include the 2200-meter Chengdu Dubai International Cup and the Wenjiang Meydan Classic over 1600m, both presented by Longines. The race meeting is organized by the Meydan Group, under the Emirates Racing Authority rules of racing, in partnership with the Chengdu Municipal Government, the Chengdu Sports EIGHT SOPHOMORES ENTERED IN GII REBEL Bureau, the Wenjiang District Government and China A field of eight sophomores, lead by the top three Gunagsha Group. Horses based in the UAE and finishers from the GIII Southwest S. Feb. 17, were prepared by Dubai Racing Club trainers will be shipped entered for Saturday=s GII Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park. in to contest the card. Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Tapiture (Tapit) AThis is an exciting strategic partnership that we have enters on a hot streak, entered into to assist the Chinese authorities in having graduated two developing the sport of Thoroughbred racing,@ Malih Al back in the GII Kentucky Basti, Meydan Group Board Member and Chairman Jockey Club S. at Meydan Racing Committee said in the release. AWith Churchill Downs Oct. 27 this groundbreaking meeting, we have opened up and capturing the channels of cooperation that will continue to grow Southwest last time over between the UAE and China. Meydan Racecourse, the this oval. Likely to get the Dubai World Cup Carnival and the G1 Dubai World Cup are seen as pinnacles of racing excellence around the morning-line nod here, world, and we hope to share the strong equine culture the chestnut will break that underpins the UAE=s passion for this sport with the from the three-hole. people of Chengdu through this event.@ Tapiture Alongside him, in post ALongines is very proud to be the Official Timekeeper Coady Photography four, will be GI and Official Watch of the Chengdu Dubai International Champagne S. winner Cup,@ said Juan-Carlos Capelli, Vice President of Strong Mandate. The Robert Baker and William Mack Longines and Head of International Marketing. Cont. p3 colorbearer was a respectable third in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile last term and started his sophomore season with a runner-up finish in the Southwest. Daniel Dougherty=s Ride On Curlin (Curlin) will emerge from post two on Saturday. The bay captured an allowance in Hot Springs Jan. 12 prior to rounding out the exacta in the Southwest. West Coast invader Kobe=s Back (Flatter) drew the outside post in this eight-horse affair. The CRK Stable runner romped by 5 1/4 lengths last time out in Santa Anita=s GII San Vicente S. Feb. 16. Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 7:04 p.m. EDT REBEL S.-GII, $600,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Jet Cat Tactical Cat McKee Frederick 115 2 Ride On Curlin K Curlin Dsrmeaux Gowan 115 3 Tapiture Tapit Santana Jr. Asmussen 122 4 Strong Mandate K Tiznow Rosario Lukas 117 5 Hoppertunity K Any Given Saturday Smith Baffert 115 6 Sheltowee's Boy Nobiz Like Shobiz Navarro Cox 115 7 Street Strategy K Street Sense Borel Morse 115 8 Kobe's Back Flatter Lezcano Sadler 117 Click here to share this story IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Black-Type Previews Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] There are five graded stakes in the U.S. Saturday, headlined by the GI Santa Margarita S. at Santa Anita and the next step on the road to the GI Kentucky EDITORIAL Derby, the GII Rebel S. at Oaklawn. 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From p1 Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:30 p.m. EDT ATogether with this event, we share common values SANTA MARGARITA S.-GI, $350,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m such as tradition, performance and elegance. The PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Chengdu Dubai International Cup presented by Longines 1 Fiftyshadesofhay K Pulpit Garcia Baffert 118 is the perfect venue to discover Conquest Classic, our 2 Spellbound K Bernardini Espinoza Mandella 118 watch collection dedicated to our passion for equestrian 3 Macha Majestic Warrior Bejarano Hollndrfr 118 sports.@ 4 Miss Serendipity (Arg) Not for Sale (Arg) Blanc McAnally 120 Chao Xie, Wenjiang District Party Committee 5 Let Faith Arise Kafwain Nakatani Hollndrfr 118 Secretary, added, AThis is a landmark event for the city 6 Stanwyck K Empire Maker Stevens Shirreffs 118 of Chengdu and will act as a major bridge for the 7 Iotapa K Afleet Alex Talamo Sadler 118 continuing good relations between the District of 8 Yahilwa K Medaglia d'Oro Baze Cassidy 118 Wenjiang, the city of Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates.@ Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:36 p.m. EDT HONEY FOX S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT SYNTHETIC SURFACES IN NORTH AMERICA PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Effie Trinket Freud Saez Violette Jr. 119 Track All-Weather Surface 2 Triple Charm (GB) Pivotal (GB) Bravo Clement 117 Arlington Park Polytrack 3 Triple Arch K Arch Bocachica Vitali 117 Del Mar Polytrack 4 Run a Risk Distorted Humor Rocco Jr. Arnold II 117 Keeneland Polytrack 5 Parranda English Channel Trujillo Garcia 121 6 Centre Court Smart Strike Leparoux Arnold II 117 Turfway Park Polytrack 7 Tapicat K Tapit Velazquez Mott 119 Woodbine Polytrack 8 Kitten's Point Kitten's Joy Prado Motion 117 Hollywood Cushion Track 9 Sonja's Angel Smoke Glacken Castellano Walder 117 Golden Gate Tapeta Footings Presque Isle Downs Tapeta Footings Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes OBS Training Center Safetrack entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates.