NOBLE THREEWITT retires HEADLINE p. 1, ATW 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, JANUARY 28, 2007 ‘MOJAVE’ SPRINGS CLASSIC SURPRISE STILL THE MAN Now seven, McCann=s Mojave (Memo {Chi}) proved Last year=s Sunshine Millons Classic hero, Lava Man he still has the right stuff with a 33-1 victory in the (Slew City Slew) opted for the $1-million Sunshine Millions Clas- Turf this time in order to stay in sic yesterday at Gulfstream Park. Southern California. The result The victory made him a million- was the same, as the six-year-old aire. AWhen he's in front...he's not reported home in convincing fash- going to let anyone pass,@ said ion. AHe=s the Lava Man of old,@ winning jockey Frank Alvarado. enthused winning rider Corey AHe keeps going. He's a fighter Nakatani. AThere=s no question and has a big heart. At the quarter he=s the best horse I=ve been on.@ Horsephotos pole, I knew they had to come Cont. p3 and get me.@ After prompting the pace, the bay assumed command A SUNSHINE DOUBLE FOR JOINT EFFORT Equi-Photo on the far turn, turned back a A year ago, Donald Dizney=s homebred Joint Effort challenge from favored (Runaway Groom) rallied to take the Sunshine Millions Sweetnorthernsaint (Sweetsouthernsaint) and went on Oaks at Gulfstream. Travelling to Santa Anita for yester- to post his third straight victory. Cont. p2 day=s Sunshine Millions Distaff, the Florida-bred rallied Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by past Take D=Tour (Tour d=Or) to win in fine style. AShe Taylor Made. always runs well fresh, so we just gave her the time off Saturday, Gulfstream Park and pointed her here,@ said winning trainer Dale SUNSHINE MILLIONS CLASSIC S., $1,000,000, GPX, Romans. Cont. p3 1-27, (R), 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:49 4/5, ft. 1--MCCANN'S MOJAVE, 122, h, 7, by Memo (Chi) NO PUSSYFOOTIN’ AROUND 1st Dam: Joni U. Bar (MSW, $320,050), by Nordic Prince Multiple Grade I winner Pussycat Doll (Real Quiet) has 2nd Dam: Edes Ilona, by Grey Eagle been out of action for nearly nine months, but she=s still 3rd Dam: Tomato Miss, by Admiral Lea the headline act in today=s GI Santa Monica H. at Santa O/B-Alix Nikke Hunt & Mike Willman (CA); T-Steven Anita. Both of her top-level wins Specht; J-Frank T Alvarado; $550,000. Lifetime have come at this seven-furlong Record: GSW & GISP, 24-10-2-0, $1,174,955. distance. After concluding her 2--Summer Book, 122, g, 6, Notebook--Romantic Sum- sophomore campaign with a vic- mer, by On to Glory. ($140,000 wlng '01 KEENOV). tory in the GI La Brea S. over track O-Greg Besinger; B-Mr & Mrs S H Rogers (FL); and trip, the Mike Pegram homebred ran fourth in the GII La T-Frank L Brothers; $200,000. Benoit Photo 3--Silver Wagon, 122, h, 6, Wagon Limit--So Ritzy, by Canada S., but rebounded to take Darn That Alarm. ($55,000 yrl '02 OBSAUG; the GI Humana Distaff H. at Churchill May 6 in her $120,000 2yo >03 OBSFEB). O-Four Roses Thor- most recent outing. AShe=s been training good for this,@ oughbreds; B-Mr & Mrs Leverett S Miller (FL); T-Rich- said trainer Bob Baffert. AAfter the Churchill race, she ard E Dutrow; $120,000. was knocked out and didn=t look right, so I freshened Margins: 3/4, HF, NK. Odds: 33.90, 42.30, 3.10. her up. Since we missed the Breeders= Cup races any- Also Ran: Dry Martini, Sweetnorthernsaint, Papi Chullo, way, I decided to give her extra time. She=s grown up Rehoboth, Armenian Summer, Texcess, Bob's Proud more and filled out; hopefully she=ll get better. We=ll get Moment, Blazing Rate, Get Funky. her ready for here and then a summer campaign. They Scratched: Halos Sailing Sain, Gottcha Gold. have to have a break sometimes, you know?@ Cont. p9 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/07 • PAGE 2 of 10 SUNSHINE MILLIONS SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 2007 GULFSTREAM & SANTA ANITA Sunshine Millions Classic cont. Back in the winter of 2004, McCann=s Mojave cap- tured the GII Potrero Grande H.; at the time, it was his fifth win in six career starts. The California-bred made just one more start that year, however, finishing second to subsequent divisional champ Speightstown in the GII Churchill Downs H. May 1. It took him some time to find his form when he returned in 2005, winning the Ack Ack H. at Hollywood and the Cal Cup Classic at Santa Anita from nine starts over the course of his campaign. A homebred for Alix Nikke Hunt and Mike Willman, McCann=s Mojave failed to make a dent in his first four starts of 2006 for trainer Paddy Gallagher, and his owners sent him north to Steve Specht=s base at Golden Gate. His first Bay Area was an inauspicious seventh in the John Henry H. Nov. 24, but he turned things around with a narrow decision in a Dec. 10 optional claimer at Bay Meadows. He continued the good work with a victory in the Union Square H. at Golden Gate Dec. 26, but that didn=t warrant much consideration 3,000 miles away. AGoing against softer company, he's been able to get his confidence back,@ Specht explained. Mojave on the Move... The seven-year-old broke alertly from post eight and cleared most of his rivals heading into the first turn, Is the only sire represented by two colts settling just off the flank of Get Funky (Straight Man). After a half in :46.91 and three-quarters in 1:10.99, among the top 12 rated Juvenile colts of 2006 McCann=s Mojave ranged up to poke Weighted on the Experimental Free Handicap his head in front on the far turn, and Get Funky faded on the rail. The 9-5 favorite Sweetnorthernsaint 2007 STUD FEE: $25,000 (Sweetsouthernsaint) came up on the Standing at WinStar outside to challenge, but the classy veteran fought on bravely along the Sunshine Millions Dash Storm in May (Tiger Ridge) rail and kept on going for his third benefits from a torrid duel. straight victory. AI guess it was the Sunshine Millions F/M Sprint Shaggy Mane (Bertrando) change of scenery,@ Specht added. AI runs away and hides from the field. don't know that I've done anything Sunshine Millions F/M Turf Miss Shop (Deputy Minister) rallies up the center of the course. special since getting this horse [in No- Equi-Photo Sunshine Millions Classic McCann=s Mojave (Memo vember]. He's a good horse to train. {Chi}) springs a 33-1 surprise. He's a tough horse in his stall, but on the racetrack he Sunshine Millions Oaks Mistical Plan (Game Plan) denies does everything right.@ The $1-million purse was a Tiz Elemental (Cee=s Tizzy) by a nose. career high for the horseman. AThe biggest pot I've ever Sunshine Millions Distaff Joint Effort (Runaway Groom) won before was a $150,000 Cal Cup race, and that goes right by Take D=Tour (Tour d=Or). horse paid over a $100 [to win--Our Mango in the 2004 Sunshine Millions Sprint Smokey Stover (Put it Back) Cal Cup Distaff],@ he continued. As for the beaten fa- upsets GISWs Proud Tower Too (Proud Irish) vorite, trainer Michael Trombetta said, A[Jockey] Ramon and Bordonaro (Memo {Chi}). [Dominguez] positioned him very well, but he just didn't Sunshine Millions Turf Lava Man (Slew City Slew) gets have it today. All that matters now is that he comes back on track. back all right and lives to fight another day.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/07 • PAGE 3 of 10 Saturday, Santa Anita Saturday, Santa Anita SUNSHINE MILLIONS SAN MANUEL INDIAN BINGO SUNSHINE MILLIONS DISTAFF S., $500,000, SAX, AND CASINO TURF S., $500,000, SAX, 1-27, (R), 1-27, (R), 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:43 1/5, ft. 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47 3/5, fm. 1--JOINT EFFORT, 120, f, 4, by Runaway Groom 1--LAVA MAN, 122, g, 6, by Slew City Slew 1st Dam: C. C. Princess, by Conquistador Cielo 1st Dam: Li'l Ms. Leonard, by Nostalgia's Star 2nd Dam: Oh So Smooth, by Nijinsky II 2nd Dam: Pink Native, by Be A Native 3rd Dam: Smooth Bore, by His Majesty 3rd Dam: Pink Khal, by Khalex O/B-Donald R Dizney (FL); T-Dale L Romans; J-Eddie O-STD Racing Stable & Jason Wood; B-Lonnie Castro; $275,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW, Arterburn, Eve & Kim Kuhlmann (CA); T-Doug F 18-6-5-1, $791,465. O'Neill; J-Corey S Nakatani; $275,000. Lifetime 2--Take D' Tour, 122, m, 6, Tour d'Or--Cherry Flare, by Record: MGISW, 35-15-7-3, $4,079,706. Mr. Washington. O-Alice Muller; B-Paul Muller (FL); 2--Icy Atlantic, 122, h, 6, Stormy Atlantic--Frosty T-David Fawkes; $100,000. Promise, by Frosty the Snowman. ($80,000 2yo 3--Getback Time, 120, f, 4, Gilded Time--Shay, by 2003 OBSMAR). O-James T Scatuorchio; B-Arthur I Incinderator. O-Derenzis & Vanderham; B-J & L Sta- Appleton (FL); T-Michael McCarthy; $100,000. ble (CA); T-Rafael Becerra; $60,000. 3--Go Between, 120, c, 4, Point Given--Mediation (Ire), Margins: 5, 2 3/4, 3/4.