THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here A SIGHT TO BEHOLD FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP Reigning juvenile filly champ Beholder (Henny Hughes) has already fashioned a pretty impressive season thus far, having won three of five starts, including the Mar. 2 GI Las Virgenes S. and the GI Santa Anita Oaks Apr. 6. Facing arguably her toughest challenge yet, the Spendthrift Farm runner will have to contend with her elders for the first time in Saturday=s GI Zenyatta S., a >Win THREE-PEAT FOR FLAT OUT? and You=re In= event When they line up for the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at for the GI Breeders= Belmont Saturday afternoon, Preston Racing=s Flat Out Cup Distaff. Breaking (Flatter) will have from post 3, Beholder the chance to join will be ridden by Hall elite company by of Fame jockey Gary Stevens. AWell, we'll winning his third Beholder Benoit Photo run her on Saturday consecutive renewal and then point to the Breeders' Cup; more likely to the of the race. The Distaff, unless we see something this weekend that 1 1/4-mile race is a makes us think we ought to go shorter into the >Win and You=re In= seven-eighths race [BC Filly & Mare Sprint].@ Stretched event for the out to nine furlongs for the May 3 GI Kentucky Oaks at GI Breeders Cup = Churchill Downs, Beholder prompted an earnest pace Classic at Santa and had to settle for second behind closer Princess of Anita Nov. 2. Sylmar (Majestic Warrior), who went on to win the Alpha (rail) besting Flat Out in Woodward AI think it's great a Adam Coglianese GI Coaching Club American Oaks and GI Alabama S. in horse can her next two starts. Given a significant respite after her participate in it game effort in the Kentucky Oaks, Beholder returned to three times in a row," said Hall of Fame trainer Bill win over Del Mar=s Polytrack in the one-mile Torrey Mott. AIt's a testament to the horse's durability and Pines S. Sept. 1. When asked about the mid-season class." layoff, trainer Richard Mandella explained, AI've had my Last year, Flat Out became the 10th horse to take best luck in the Breeders' Cup doing that. Going back consecutive editions of the 1 1/4-mile Jockey Club Gold to Kotashaan [Fr, Darshaan {GB}], I ran him hard at Cup, joining Kelso, who won five straight from Santa Anita in the winter and gave him the Hollywood 1960-64; Mad Hatter (1921-22), Dark Secret summer meet off, and then prepped him with a race at (1933-34), Nashua (1955-56), Shuvee (1970-71), Slew Del Mar and the Oak Tree meet, and it worked out o'Gold (1983-84), Creme Fraiche (1986-87), Skip Away well.@ Kotashaan, who won five Grade I=s in 1993, (1996-97) and Curlin (2007-08). Creme Fraiche finished including the GI Breeders= Cup Turf, closed out the fourth in his bid for a third victory in 1988, while Skip season with Champion Turf Horse and Horse of the Away was third in his attempt at the hat trick in 1998. Year honors. AI believe if you've got something as big JCGC report cont. p3 as the Breeders' Cup to point at, you'd better take that into consideration that you can't keep them at the top Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 5:49 p.m. EDT of the game all year long,@ he said. ASo that's the JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, reason [for the break].@ And where does Mandella hope 1 1/4m to see his filly Saturday? AShe's always trained from off PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT the pace in the morning just, because I've known she's 1 Ron the Greek Full Mandate Lezcano Mott 126 always had the natural speed that we didn't have to 2 Orb Malibu Moon Castellano McGaughey III 122 teach her that,@ he explained. AAnd when we ran in the 3 Last Gunfighter First Samurai Maragh Brown 126 Kentucky Oaks, we set off with the leader and she ran 4 Vitoria Olimpca (Brz) Northern Afleet Ortiz Jr. Pletcher 126 very well. I think she's very competitive. It takes a 5 Alpha Bernardini Bravo McLaughlin 126 pretty fast horse to set a pace for her, but if that 6 Flat Out Flatter Alvarado Mott 126 K happened [in the Zenyatta], I have never seen any 7 Palace Malice Curlin Smith Pletcher 122 reason that she wouldn't sit off of one or a couple and 8 Cross Traffic Unbridled's Song Velazquez Pletcher 126 still give it her best shot.@ Field p4 In This Issue A Classic Tale of Kittens 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Since July 1, owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey have won seven graded stakes on (732) 747-8060 the grass, including a pair of Grade 1's with (732) 747-8955 (fax) Big Blue Kitten (Kitten's Joy) and Real www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Solution (Kitten's Joy). In Saturday's GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, the duo--both trained by Chad Brown--will Barry Weisbord, co-publisher attempt to give their owners win number [email protected] • @barryweisbord eight. Big Blue Kitten and Real Solution Sue Finley, co-publisher • will join Joes Blazing Aaron (Graeme [email protected] @suefinley Big Blue Kitten Hall)--trained by Mike Maker--to form a Editorial three-horse coupled entry installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the [email protected] 1 1/2-mile "Win and You're In" test for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Nov. 2. Coverage page 3 Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Dayjur Euthanized Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor European champion Dayjur (Danzig--Gold Beauty, Mr. Prospector) was Advertising euthanized at Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky yesterday due to the [email protected] infirmities of old age. He was 26. 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AI also think there probably are a lot of factors that go into it, including that he comes into form at this time of year.@ Flat Out, who will be accompanied by Junior Alvarado, was erratic in the stretch before finishing a close-up second to Alpha (Bernardini)--who drew the five hole this time--in the Aug. 31 GI Woodward. Kittens Abound... Since July 1, owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey have won seven graded stakes on the grass, including a pair of Grade 1's with Big Blue Kitten (Kitten=s Joy) and Real Solution (Kitten=s Joy). In Saturday=s GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational, the duo--both trained by Chad Brown--will attempt to give their owners win number eight. Big Blue Kitten and Real Solution will join Joes Blazing Aaron (Graeme Hall)--trained by Mike Maker--to form a three-horse coupled entry installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the 1 1/2-mile AWin and You=re In@ test for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Nov. 2. Big Blue Kitten, who breaks from post position three, seeks his third straight Grade I victory. His winning skein began with an off-the-pace score in the 11-furlong GI United Nations S. at Monmouth Park July 6 before adding a one-length win in the Aug. 17 GI Sword Dancer S. at Saratoga. Like the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, the Sword Dancer is a 1 1/2-mile race. AHe's finally getting those longer distances, and I think that, in combination with physically maturing, has him in top form, as long as the turf is firm," said Brown. AHe's won two Grade I races in a row, so he should be a major player.@ Real Solution began his career in Italy, where he won a listed stakes in 2012 before being sent to Brown's barn over the winter.