THE TDN STAFF WISHES YOU HEADLINE HAPPY HOLIDAYS! NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2006 ARIMA-DERCI FOR DEEP IMPACT LUTE LINES UP FOR MALIBU LOOT Over 150,000 are expected to flock to Nakayama Having accomplished most everything in the Thor- Racecourse for this afternoon’s Arima Kinen, which oughbred business, a victory in the GI Malibu S. has marks the final career start for Deep Impact (Jpn) eluded trainer Bob Baffert. That could all change during (Sunday Silence) before he heads off to stud. The 2005 Tuesday’s opening-day fea- Japanese Triple Crown winner entered this event a year ture, when the silver-haired ago undefeated and the heavy chalk to stay that way, conditioner sends out the but Heart’s Cry (Jpn) got the uncoupled duo of GIII jump on his younger rival Perryville S. hero Midnight and went on to hand the Lute (Real Quiet) and four- colt his lone defeat on do- time stakes winner Da mestic soil. Racegoers will Stoops (Distorted Humor) in have to deal with having lost Midnight Lute Horsephotos the seven-furlong event. the chance to see the re- Three-for-four in his career, match, as Heart’s Cry was the dark bay colt suffered his lone defeat at the hands Deep Impact beats Dream retired following his disap- of Sailors Sunset (Petionville), going down by a half- Passport in the Japan Cup pointing 10th-place effort to length in an entry-level allowance at Del Mar July 28. japanracing.jp the favorite in the G1 Japan Midnight Lute rolled to a 4 3/4-length victory in the Cup Nov. 26, but every Oct. 13 Perryville and has torn up the Santa Anita main other noteworthy middle-distance horse from the island track in his morning trials since. Da Stoops is looking nation will take their crack at spoiling the Deep Impact for his first open stakes success as he makes his final party. Three-year-old Dream Passport (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki racetrack appearance. Off the board in just one of his {Jpn}) has yet to miss the frame in any of his 12 career 15 career starts, the dark bay has proved very tough in starts, but has yet to break through at the top level. Cal-bred company and comes into his first Grade I test Runner-up in the Japanese 2000 Guineas and third in off a 2 1/4-length victory against his elders in the Cal the Japanese Derby, he was second in the Japanese St. Cup Sprint H. over this surface Oct. 28. Da Stoops will Leger prior to his runner-up effort in the Japan Cup, enter stud at Sequel Stallions in Ocala as the property where he had Ouija Board (GB) directly behind him. of Stonewall Farm. Daiwa Major (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) took the Tenno Sho (Autumn) in late October, but passed on the Japan Tuesday, Santa Anita, post time: 3:52 p.m. PST Cup, instead shortening up to take the G1 Mile Champi- MALIBU S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo, 7f onship Nov. 19. He should really appreciate the added PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT real estate today. Delta Blues (Jpn) (Dance in the Dark 1 Hyperbaric Sky Classic Flores 117 {Jpn}) and Pop Rock (Jpn) (Helissio {Fr}) represented 2 Arson Squad Brahms Solis 121 the Land of the Rising Sun with distinction in Australia 3 Potential General Royal Delgadillo 115 last month, as the pair finished noses apart in the G1 4 Monarcho Polo Monarchos Chavez 115 Melbourne Cup over 3200 meters. Meisho Samson 5 Brother Derek Benchmark Gomez 121 (Jpn) (Opera House {GB}) will challenge Dream Passport 6 Sailors Sunset Petionville Court 119 for year-end honors as Japan’s leading sophomore off 7 Midnight Lute Real Quiet Espinoza 119 his wins in the Japanese 2000 and the Derby. He is 8 Da Stoops Distorted Humor Garcia 119 perfect in two tries at Nakayama to boot. Cosmo Bulk 9 Objective El Corredor T Baze 115 (Jpn) (Zagreb) represents Japan’s minor-league NAR, 10 It’s a Bird Birdonthewire Migliore 115 but proved his mettle on the international stage earlier 11 Northern Soldier Yankee Victor Gryder 117 this year, taking the G1 Singapore Airlines International 12 Latent Heat Maria’s Mon Prado 115 Cup in May. Arima Kinen field p2 13 Spring at Last Silver Deputy Nakatani 115 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/24/06 • PAGE 2 of 2 Malibu S. cont. Today’s Graded Stakes Jay Em Ess Stable’s Arson Squad indicated his readi- brought to you by ness for the Malibu, drilling a half-mile in a scintillating :45.20 Friday morning beneath exercise rider Jack Stack. It was the fifth bullet from the last seven works turned in by the Pennsylvania-bred, winner earlier this summer of the GII Swaps Breeders’ Cup S. at Holly- wood Park. “It was fabulous. He’s lived up to expecta- tions. He’s as good as any horse I’ve ever had,” said trainer Bruce Headley, who most famously tightened Click for TV the girth around champion Kona Gold. Jockey Alex Sunday: Solis explained his reasoning for landing on Arson 1:15a Arima Kinen-G1-JRA, Nak -------------- TVG Squad over Brother Derek in the Malibu. “It was a tough decision,” the rider admitted, adding that agent Tuesday: Scott McClellan played a big role. “They are two really 6:20p Sir Beaufort S.-GIII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV good horses. You don’t want to lose any of them, but I 6:52p Malibu S.-GI, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV think it was more or less that we gave Bruce a call. We All Post Times are Eastern Standard Time. thought Brother Derek was going to run on the grass [in TWENTY-SIXTH WINNER Tuesday’s GIII Sir Beaufort S.], but that didn’t happen. FOR YONAGUSKA! Click here for more... P R E S U L T S P P P R E V I E W S P Saturday, Hanshin, Japan RADIO NIKKEI HAI NISAI S.-G3-JRA (Listed), Sunday, Nakayama, Japan ¥61,630,000, Hanshin, 12-23, 2yo, 2000mT, 2:02.10, ARIMA KINEN-G1-JRA (Listed), ¥346,320,000, 3yo/up, fm. 2500mT 1--FUSAICHI HO-OH (JPN), 121, c, 2, by Jungle Pocket (Jpn) PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1st Dam: Admire Sunday (Jpn) (SP-Jpn, $529,254), 1 Pop Rock (Jpn) Helissio (Fr) Sumii 30-1 by Sunday Silence 2 Delta Blues (Jpn) Dance in the Dark (Jpn) Sumii 18-1 2nd Dam: Moon Indigo, by El Gran Senor 3 Dream Passport (Jpn) Fuji Kiseki (Jpn) Matsuda 8-1 3rd Dam: Madelia (Fr), by Caro (Ire) 4 Deep Impact (Jpn) Sunday Silence Ikee 1-10 O-Fusao Sekiguchi; B-Northern Farm; T-Kunihide 5 Daiwa Major (Jpn) Sunday Silence Uehara 10-1 Matsuda; J-Katsumi Ando; ¥32,441,000. Lifetime 6 Sweep Tosho (Jpn) End Sweep Tsurudome 40-1 Record: 3-3-0-0. *1/2 to Admire Megami (Jpn) (El 7 Cosmo Bulk (Jpn) Zagreb Tabe 20-1 Condor Pasa), SP-Jpn, $219,166. 8 Meisho Samson (Jpn) Opera House (GB) Setoguchi 15-1 2--Victory (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Brian’s Time--Grace Admire 9 Tosho Knight (Jpn) Timber Country Yasuda 50-1 (Jpn), by Tony Bin (Ire). O-Hideko Kondo; B-Northern 10 Admire Main (Jpn) Sunday Silence Hashida 70-1 Farm; ¥13,126,000. 11 Swift Current (Jpn) Sunday Silence Mori 60-1 3--Namura Mars (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Chief Bearhart--Bistro 12 Admire Fuji (Jpn) Admire Vega (Jpn) Hashida 99-1 de Paris (Jpn), by French Glory (Jpn). O-Nobushige 13 Win Generale (Jpn) Tamamo Cross (Jpn) Kunieda 99-1 Namura; B-Hatta Farm; ¥8,063,000. 14 Tosen Shana O (Jpn) Sunday Silence Mori 99-1 Margins: NK, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 0.80, 4.60, 3.80. 2007 Stallions Kentucky BANDINI CACTUS RIDGE EAVESDROPPER IS IT TRUE OLD DEUTERONOMY SONGANDAPRAYER SUCCESSFUL APPEAL SUNDAY BREAK TENPINS THUNDERELLO TROPICAL STORM ZAVATA Florida FULL MANDATE OMEGA CODE ROAR OF THE TIGER John T.L. Jones III, Managing Director 6500 NW Hwy. 225A • Ocala, FL 34482 3395 Paris Pike, Lexington, KY, USA 40511 • 859.299.0473 TEL: 352.732.8878 • FAX: 352.732.8867 [email protected] [email protected] SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2006 H E A S T H Yesterday’s Results: SQUAN SONG S., $50,000, LRL, 12-23, (S), 3yo/up, G U L F S T R E A M f/m, 7f, 1:25 1/5, my. H H *1--#YOLANDA B. TOO, 118, f, 4, Two Punch--Avie's Sweetnorthernsaint Drills Bullet for Hal’s Hope: Lady (MSW, $122,408), by Lord Avie. ($40,000 yrl Graded-stakes winner Sweetnorthernsaint '03 FTMSEP; $70,000 2yo ‘04 OBSMAR). O-West (Sweetsouthernsaint), slated to make his four-year-old Point Stable; B-Dr & Mrs T Bowman & M Higgins III debut in the GIII Hal’s Hope H. at (MD); T-Richard A Violette Jr; J-Jeremy Rose; Gulfstream Jan. 6, breezed a bul- $30,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, 13-5-4-1, let five-eighths in :58.60 yester- $308,390. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. day at the Hallandale Beach track. 2--La Chica Rica, 116, f, 3, Disco Rico--Colonial Hero of the GII Illinois Derby, the Conquest, by Colonial Affair. O-Bella Cavello Stables dark bay was given some time off LLC. $10,000. following a second to Bernardini 3--Mint Landing, 118, f, 4, Yarrow Brae--Miss Puritan, by Medaille d'Or.