HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, EXCHANGE RATE Colt Remains call 732-747-8060. Undefeated in $150,000 Colin S. (ATW p6) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2008 TDN Feature Presentation GIO PONTI CRAFTS VA DERBY VICTORY Named after one of the most important Italian archi- G1 COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS tects and artists of the 20th century, Castleton Lyons=s Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat) came from just off the pace beneath jockey Garrett Gomez and fought off a stubborn Court Vision (Gulch) to take Saturday=s A.P. INDY EXACTA GII Virginia Derby at Colo- 3 nial Downs. The 8-5 second MUSIC NOTE - 1st by 11 lengths in 2:01 favorite behind GIII Colonial LITTLE BELLE - 2nd Turf Cup winner Sailor=s Cap (Distant View), Gio ANOTHER HIGH NOTE IN CCA OAKS Gio Ponti Coady Photography Ponti was never far from Music Note (A.P. Indy) led home a one-two finish for the front and brushed with Godolphin and for her sire in Saturday=s GI Coaching Court Vision at the five-sixteenths pole, who was de- Club American Oaks at nied a clear run into the stretch. Gio Ponti got first run Belmont Park, setting up a on his rival, carried a narrow lead past the eighth pole potential clash for divisional and just held once Court Vision found running room. leadership with GI Kentucky Cont. p3 Oaks winner Proud Spell in the GI Alabama S. at WELL ARMED WIRE TO WIRE IN SAN DIEGO Saratoga Aug. 16. The win- Speed was anything but king at the Seaside last ner=s barnmate Little Belle summer, but the newly refurbished track at Del Mar (A.P. Indy), the GI Ashland was much to the liking of WinStar Farm=s Well Armed Music Note A Coglianese S. winner and Kentucky (Tiznow), who sped to the front and took them pillar to Oaks runner-up, finished post to take the GII San Diego H. With the win, the somewhere in the 212 area code, some 11 lengths five-year-old gelding secures a spot in the Breeders= Cup adrift of Music Note. Cont. p2 Dirt Mile in October. Cont. p3 Saturday, Belmont Park COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $294,000, BEL, 7-19, 3yo, f, 1 1/4m, 2:01 3/5, ft. 1--MUSIC NOTE, 121, f, 3, by A.P. Indy 1st Dam: Note Musicale (GB), by Sadler's Wells 2nd Dam: It's in the Air, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: A Wind Is Rising, by Francis S. O-Godolphin Racing LLC; B-Gainsborough Farm LLC (KY); T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Javier Castellano; $180,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $398,000. *1/2 to Musical Chimes (In Excess {Ire}), GISW-US & Fr, $965,349; Top of the Bill (Lear Fan), MSW-Stp, $165,420. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Little Belle, 121, f, 3, A.P. Indy--Dubai Belle, by Mr. Prospector. O-Godolphin Racing LLC; B-Darley (KY); T-Saeed bin Suroor; $60,000. 3--Flaming Slew, 121, f, 3, Slew City Slew--Flaming Faith, by Marquetry. O-William Teinowitz & Marco Bommarito; B-Ramona Thomson (KY); T-Niall M O'Callaghan; $30,000. Margins: 11, 6 3/4, 1. Odds: 0.35A, 0.35A, 20.50. Also Ran: Acoma, Never Retreat. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/20/08 • PAGE 2 of 8 TDN Feature Presentation... Continued GRADE 1 CCA OAKS Invincible Since Debut... Music Note kicked off her career in Darley maroon and white for trainer Tom Albertrani with a respectable fourth over 6 1/2 furlongs at Belmont Park Oct. 14, but got it right the next time, posting a 7 1/4-length maiden victory going Aqueduct=s one-turn mile. Accorded sta- tus as a J “TDN Rising Star” J off that effort, she made a successful debut in Godolphin blue, strolling home a seven-length winner of a mile allowance May 22, then completed her ascent through the ranks, posting an easy 3 1/2-length success in this track=s GI Mother Goose S. June 28. Another Noteworthy Performance... Never Retreat (Smart Strike), the promoted runner-up in the Mother Goose, set a moderate pace from Flaming Slew (Slew City Slew), while Music Note and Javier Castellano raced three wide from last, but always in touch. Given her cue after six panels in 1:13.01, the bay filly cruised up to the leaders with little encourage- ment whatsoever and promptly opened up on the field under a few superfluous cracks of her rider=s whip. Little Belle was rank early on and never looked com- pletely comfort- able, but ran on well enough to capture second money in a fin- ish reminiscent of stablemates Inside Informa- tion and Heav- enly Prize in the 1995 GI Breed- Sire of Another Stakes Winner in 2008 ers= Cup Distaff BLUE SAILOR Wins the Mo Bay Stakes at Delaware Park Music Note (far left) rolls onto victory in the at Belmont. Look for yearlings by Northen Afleet second leg of the Triple Tiara Adam Coglianese AShe has a at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Hip #139 at OBS Select Yearling Sale Hip #164 long, beautiful stride,@ commented Castellano. AShe sat just where I wanted her. At the quarter-pole, when I A TAYLOR MADE / WINSTAR VENTURE • Standing at Taylor Made asked her, she just took off. I know it was a small field and looked impressive, but she did it the right way. She does everything the right way.@ Added trainer Saeed bin GI Coaching Club American Oaks Music Note (A.P. Suroor, AShe has really improved from her last race. She Indy) makes her case for divisional superiority. showed a different class than the rest of them. I told GII Virginia Derby Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat) gets the jockey to keep her nice and relaxed. She looked like home just ahead of Court Vision (Gulch). she was stronger than her last race. The plan is to take GII San Diego H. Well Armed (Tiznow) shows his her to the Alabama.@ That is also the objective for the heels to the field. runner-up. ALittle Belle had not run since May,@ bin GIII Virginia Oaks I Lost My Choo (Western Suroor stated. AThis race will set her up for her next Expression) gets her first graded victory as the race.@ Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com favorite. PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/20/08 • PAGE 3 of 8 Saturday, Del Mar P R E S U L T S P SAN DIEGO H.-GII, $300,000, DMR, 7-19, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:41 2/5 (NTR/NSR), ft. Saturday, Colonial Downs 1--WELL ARMED, 117, g, 5, by Tiznow VIRGINIA DERBY-GII, $772,500, CNL, 7-19, 3yo, 1st Dam: Well Dressed (SW, $103,961), by Notebook 1 1/4mT, 2:02 1/5, fm. 2nd Dam: Trithenia, by Gold Meridian 1--GIO PONTI, 118, c, 3, by Tale of the Cat 3rd Dam: Tri Argo, by Tri Jet 1st Dam: Chipeta Springs (SP), by Alydar O/B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Eoin G Harty; J-Aaron 2nd Dam: Salt Spring (Arg), by Salt Marsh T Gryder; $180,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-UAE, 3rd Dam: Jungle Mythologic, by Mount Athos 17-5-2-1, $1,030,803. *1/2 to Helsinki (Distorted O-Castleton Lyons; B-Kilboy Estate Inc (KY); Humor), GISP, $193,349. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click T-Christophe Clement; J-Garrett K Gomez; $450,000. for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $640,800. *1/2 to Fisher 2--Surf Cat, 120, h, 6, Sir Cat--Trust Greta, by Pond (A.P. Indy), SW & MGSP, $251,490. Click for Centrust. ($25,000 yrl '03 FTKFEB). O-Aase Headley the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick & Marsha Naify; B-William Taylor Nicholls & Rating: A+. Gainsway Farm (KY); T-Bruce Headley; $60,000. 2--Court Vision, 116, c, 3, Gulch--Weekend Storm, by 3--Mostacolli Mort, 114, g, 4, Hold for Gold--Quiet Storm Bird. ($180,000 yrl '06 KEESEP; $350,000 Whisper, by Quiet American. O/B-Everest Stables Inc 2yo >07 FTFFEB). O-IEAH Stables & WinStar Farm; (KY); T-Julio C Canani; $36,000. B-W S Farish & Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership (KY); Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.70, 4.00, 9.70. T-William I Mott; $150,000. Also Ran: Mr Napper Tandy (GB), Rebellion (GB), Global 3--Sailor's Cap, 120, c, 3, Distant View--Wave On, by Hunter (Arg), Tall Texan, You Got Me Rocking, Mag- Caveat. O-Team Valor International; B-Wave On LLC num (Arg), Racketeer. (KY); T-James J Toner; $82,500. Eleventh in Discreet Cat=s G2 UAE Derby win in Margins: NO, 2 1/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.60, 4.60, 1.30. 2006, Well Armed was off 16 months, returning to be Also Ran: Your Round, Southwest, Old Man Buck, fourth in a Satna Anita allowance Oct. 4. Victorious in Baltimore Bob. Scratched: Budge Man, El Sultry Sun. a Nov. 11 event at Hollywood, the homebred was Gio Ponti made a successful debut in a seven-furlong second in the Jan. 12 GII San Pasqual H. in Arcadia, turf maiden at Belmont Park Sept. 7, then took his but bounced back to defeat Heatseeker (Ire) in the GII show on the road and defeated Nownownow in the San Antonio H.