THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. Close Call... FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PREAKNESS S. Robert LaPenta=s Dialed In (Mineshaft) will be directly to the left of Animal Kingdom, having drawn post 10. In line for a huge payday should he win the Preakness, Dialed In ran eighth as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby after breaking tardily. He is 9-2 on the morning lilne. AHe should be in the clear, and [jockey] Julien [Leparoux] should be able to get over and get in a good spot,@ trainer Nick Zito told HRTV. AHe hasn=t lost any credibility [after the Derby]. He=s a wonderful horse. I=m pretty sure, if he ‘ANIMAL’ FAVORED IN PREAKNESS PARTY comes with his Team Valor International=s GI Kentucky Derby hero run, it will be a Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) has been different story installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite for Saturday=s this time. Nick GI Preakness S. The chestnut drew the 11 hole as he Zito believes continues his Triple Crown quest. AConsidering what that Dialed In is was left--the still the best one or the 3-year-old in the 14--I=m very country. I happy,@ said believe that in trainer my heart.@ The Maryland Jockey Club photo Graham GI Florida Derby Motion. AI=m hero was in a Zenyatta-like spot early during the ARun would rather for the Roses,@ but put up a final :23.79 quarter to be on the finish eighth. AIt wasn=t his fault,@ Zito added. AA horse outside than came over and he got squeezed back, and that cost him Graham Motion with Kathleen and Barry Irwin stuck down a few lengths. And, with the pace, the rest is history.@ Horsephotos on the Full Preakness field, p2-3 inside.@ Motion added that the colt was in fine fettle. AI=d like to say he=s doing even better [than before the Derby],@ the Englishman commented. AI=m not trying to be cute, but he hasn=t missed a meal since. I couldn=t be happier.@ Motion confirmed that the 3-year-old will van over to Pimlico from Fair Hill Training Center Saturday morning. AI=ve got seven or eight others running that day, and they=re all shipping in in the morning. I=d rather leave him in his stall until he has to leave.@ More on Animal Kingdom from TDN=s Steve Sherack...p6-7 136th GI PREAKNESS FIELD 1 Astrology 8 Dance City 2 Norman Asbjornson 9 Mucho Macho Man 3 King Congie 10 Dialed In 4 Flashpoint 11 Animal Kingdom 5 Shackleford 12 Isn’t He Perfect 6 Sway Away 13 Concealed Identity 7 Midnight Interlude 14 Mr. Commons P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/19/11 • PAGE 2 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Pimlico, post time: 6:16 p.m. EDT PREAKNESS S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 3/16m PP HORSE SIRE ML 1 Astrology K A.P. Indy 15-1 ($285,000 RNA yrl ‘09 KEESEP) O-Stonestreet Stables LLC & George Bolton; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings (KY); T-Steve Asmussen; J-Mike Smith. Lifetime Record: 7-2-3-2, $358,893. Last Start: 2nd GII Jerome S. Apr. 23 2 Norman Asbjornson Real Quiet 30-1 O-Thomas G McClay & Harry C Nye III; B-Thomas G McClay, Harry C Nye III & Horseshoe Valley Equine (PA); T-Christopher Grove; J-Julien Pimentel. Lifetime Record: 7-2-1-0, $167,200. Last Start: 4th GI Wood Memorial S. Apr. 9 3 King Congie K Badge of Silver 20-1 ($30,000 yrl ‘09 KEEJAN; $47,000 yrl ‘09 KEESEP; $100,000 2yo ‘10 FTFFEB) O-West Point Thoroughbreds; B-Bob Austin (KY); T-Tom Albertani; J-Robby Albarado. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-2, $174,290. Last Start: 3rd GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Apr. 16 4 Flashpoint K Pomeroy 20-1 ($115,000 yrl ‘09 KEEJAN; $100,000 yrl ‘09 KEESEP) O-Peachtree Stables; B-Silverleaf Farms Inc (FL); T-Wesley Ward; J-Cornelio Velasquez. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $165,000. Last Start: 4th GI Florida Derby Apr. 3 5 Shackleford K Forestry 12-1 ($275,000 RNA yrl ‘09 KEESEP) O/B-Mike Lauffer & Bill Cubbedge (KY); T-Dale Romans; J-Jesus Castanon. Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0, $371,666. Last Start: 4th GI Kentucky Derby May 7 6 Sway Away K Afleet Alex 15-1 ($170,000 wnl ‘08 KEENOV; $75,000 2yo ‘10 BESMAR) O-Batman Stable, P Lebherz, C Olsen, J Sharp, G Wallace, et al; B-Billy Tillery & Bob Sliger (KY); T-Jeff Bonde; J-Garrett Gomez. Lifetime Record: 5-1-2-0, $126,600. Last Start: 4th GI Arkansas Derby Apr. 16 7 Midnight Interlude War Chant 15-1 O/B-Arnold Zetcher LLC; T-Bob Baffert; J-Martin Garcia. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, $649,680. Last Start: 16th GI Kentucky Derby May 7 8 Dance City City Zip 12-1 O-Estate of Edward P Evans; B-Edward P Evans (VA); T-Todd Pletcher; J-Ramon Dominguez. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $160,900. Last Start: 3rd GI Arkansas Derby Apr. 16 9 Mucho Macho Man Macho Uno 6-1 O-Reeves Thoroughbred Racing & Dream Team One Racing Stable; B-John D & Carole A Rio (FL); T-Kathy Ritvo; J-Rajiv Maragh. Lifetime Record: 9-2-3-3, $610,643. Last Start: 3rd GI Kentucky Derby May 7 10 Dialed In Mineshaft 9-2 ($475,000 yrl ‘09 FTSAUG) O-Robert V LaPenta; B-W S Farish, Madeleine Pickens & Skara Glen Stables (KY); T-Nick Zito; J-Julien Leparoux. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $879,206. Last Start: 8th GI Kentucky Derby May 7 11 Animal Kingdom K Leroidesanimaux (Brz) 2-1 ($100,000 yrl ‘09 KEESEP) O-Team Valor International; B-Team Valor (KY); T-Graham Motion; J-John Velazquez. Lifetime Record: 5-3-2-0, $1,696,800 Last Start: 1st GI Kentucky Derby May 7 Preakness field cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/19/11 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 136th GI Preakness S. field cont. 12 Isn’t He Perfect Pleasantly Perfect 30-1 ($27,000 2yo ‘10 OBSAPR) O-Kharag Stables; B-Diamond A Racing Corp (KY); T-Doodnauth Shivmangal; J-Edgar Prado. Lifetime Record: 12-2-0-1, $90,222. Last Start: 5th GII Jerome S. Apr. 23 13 Concealed Identity Smarty Jones 30-1 ($16,000 yrl ‘09 FTMOCT) O-Linda S Gaudet & Morris Bailey; B-Bowman & Higgins Stable & Patricia L Chapman (MD); T-Edmond Gaudet; J-Sheldon Russell. Lifetime Record: 8-4-0-0, $120,780. Last Start: 1st Federico Tesio S. May 7 14 Mr. Commons Artie Schiller 20-1 ($70,000 yrl ‘09 FTKJUL) O-St George Farm Racing LLC; B-St George Farm LLC (KY); T-John Shirreffs; J-Victor Espinoza. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $186,400. Last Start: 3rd GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 9 KENTUCKY DERBY TO PREAKNESS Recent Longshot Derby Winners with Preakness Odds see video Horse Derby Preakness Finished Animal Kingdom (2011) 20-1 ??? ??? Mine That Bird (2009) 50-1 6-1 2nd Giacomo (2005) 50-1 6-1 3rd Charismatic (1999) 31-1 8-1 1st Inquiries to Kyle Wilson Thunder Gulch (1995) 24-1 7-2 3rd [email protected] War Emblem (2002) 20-1 5-2 1st EDWARDS EVANS - Dance City Evans, a Virginia businessman, passed away PREAKNESS OWNERS Dec. 31, 2010. He was 68. A graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School, MORRIS BAILEY & LINDA he was the son of Thomas Mellon Evans, who GAUDET - Concealed Identity An owned Kentucky Derby and Belmont S. winner Atlantic City, NJ, native, Bailey is a New York Edward Evans Pleasant Colony. Evans worked for his father real estate developer and co-owns Resorts until the 1980s, when he bought a majority casino and hotel in his hometown. The interest in MacMillan Inc and served as the chairman of the owner/breeder is negotiating for a five-year publishing firm until selling to Maxwell Communications for $2.8 billion in late 1988. Thereafter, he concentrated on his Linda Gaudet lease of Monmouth Park in Oceanport, NJ. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Linda Thoroughbred breeding and racing operation at Spring Hill Gaudet, the wife of Maryland-based trainer Eddie Gaudet, is Farm, a 3,000-acre facility in Casanova, VA, established in from a racing family. She owns most of the horses in the 1969. Evans bred more than 100 stakes winners, including Gaudet string, and also held a trainer’s license at one time. 2005 Horse of the Year Saint Liam. The Gaudet’s daughter Lacey is an exercise rider. BILL CUBBEDGE & MIKE LAUFFER - Shackleford Friends for more than 30 years, Kentucky natives Lauffer and Cubbedge met through their work in the natural gas industry. Lauffer, the majority owner, folowed his father and grandfather into the oil and gas business and now runs the Mike Lauffer family company, JML Oil and Gas, in Paintsville, Ky. Cubbedge hails from Catlettsburg, Ky. Horsephotos P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/19/11 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KHARAG STABLES - Isn’t He Perfect Kharag is the stable name of trainer Doodnauth Shivmangal, who hails from the small country of Guyana, situated between Venezuela, Brazil and Suriname is the small country of Guyana. Shivmangal’s father also Doodnauth trained racehorses, and his brother was a Shivmangal jockey. A former jockey himself, Shivmangal trained 52-time winner Guyana Star before he moved to the U.S.