Biomechanics & Cardio Scores HEADLINE for Yearlings, 2YOs, Racehorses, Mares & Stallions NEWS BreezeFigs™ at the Two-Year-Old Sales For information about TDN, DATATRACK call 732-747-8060. www.biodatatrack.com www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2009 Bob Fierro • Jay Kilgore • Frank Mitchell TDN Feature Presentation “KEN” DO KID It could be a great weekend for Stonestreet Stables GRADE 1 HASKELL INVITATIONAL and trainer Steve Asmussen. The operation that brings you Rachel Alexandra in today=s GI Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park started the celebration at the Spa after Kensei (Mr. Greeley), owned in partnership with breeder Gulf Coast Farms, drove to a professional win in the GII Jim Dandy S. yesterday. Just moments ear- BELONG TO ME'S CHAMPION FOREVER TOGETHER lier, Asmussen watched as another trainee, Zayat Sta- TAKES THE GRADE 1 DIANA S. AT bles= Soul Warrior (Lion Heart), posted the upset in the GII West Virginia Derby. AIt=s been a good day--unbeliev- SARATOGA FOR THE SECOND TIME! able,@ said Asmussen. Kensei=s success came as less of a shock. The winner of the July 4 GII Dwyer S. after COME TO PAPA being stretched out past 7 1/2 furlongs for the first OK, that headline is misleading. No offense to Papa time, the bay collared front-running Warrior=s Reward Clem (Smart Strike)--he is a very talented colt with (Medaglia d=Oro) at the three-eighths pole and pulled more than $900,000 in ca- away down the lane to take the nine-panel Jim Dandy reer earnings--but I just don=t by 2 1/4 lengths. Cont. p5 see him, or anyone else in the GI Haskell Invitational S. “SOUL” SURVIVOR field, beating Rachel Let go at 23-1 in yesterday=s GII West Virginia Derby Alexandra (Medaglia d=Oro) at Mountaineer, Soul Warrior (Lion Heart) made his bid today. Unfortunately, after alongside Mine That Bird (Birdstone), but, surprisingly, one outstanding performance it was the longshot who prevailed. Soul Warrior shook after another, we=ve pretty off the GI Kentucky Derby hero at the eighth pole and much run out of headlines went after the loose-on-the-lead 4-5 chalk Big Drama lauding the filly. What more (Montbrook), getting past that gritty rival in the very can you say? She owns the last jump to take it by a neck. Mine That Bird, off at three-year-old distaff divi- 9-10, was 1 1/2 lengths back in third. Cont. p4 sion, and already proved she Is this the view of Rachel could beat the boys in the Alexandra that her Haskell foes GI Preakness S. The tradi- will have? Sarah K Andrew Photo tionally speed-favoring Monmouth Park strip gives her a big edge over the late-closing GI Belmont S. hero Summer Bird (Birdstone), and second choice Munnings (Speightstown) is suspect at the nine-furlong distance. I=ve analyzed the race from every angle, and every time it comes up Rachel. -Andy Belfiore Cont. p6 GETTING IT TOGETHER Champion Forever Together (Belong to Me) couldn=t overcome a tough trip in the June 6 GI Just a Game S. at Belmont Park and had to settle for second, but it was smooth sail- ing in yesterday=s GI Diana S. at Saratoga. Content to sit well off the early pace, the grey was set down when they straightened for Horsephotos home, took the lead from Carribean Sunset (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) in the final furlong and fought it out for a head score. Cont. p3 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/2/09 • PAGE 2 of 11 BLACK-TYPE RESULTS MIDDAY MAGIC There was no Sariska (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) to take on in yesterday=s G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood, but Khalid Abdullah=s Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) still had the elements to overcome before she could claim a first top-level success. Allowed to drift to a huge 11-2 after heavy rain turned the going against her, the homebred G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up went through the ground with her usual ruthless efficiency and, after grabbing the advantage inside the final quarter, stayed on under Tom Queally to secure a 2 1/4-length success from Rainbow View (Dynaformer). AShe has worked well on good-to-soft ground and they were going through it in the earlier races, so I took a chance,@ commented trainer Henry Cecil, whose suggestion it had been to let her line up. AShe didn=t get the best of runs in the Oaks, but I thought that was her d-day and knew Sariska would improve a lot from there, so this is compensa- tion.@ Saturday, Goodwood, Britain BLUE SQUARE NASSAU S.-G1, ,200,000, Goodwood, 8-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 9f 192ydsT, 2:09.42, sf. 1--s@MIDDAY (GB), 122, f, 3, by Oasis Dream (GB) 1st Dam: Midsummer (GB) (SP-Eng), by Kingmambo 2nd Dam: Modena, by Roberto 3rd Dam: Mofida (GB), by Right Tack (GB) Goodwood recorded good ground at the start of O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd; T-Henry racing, but by the time she was due to be saddled it Cecil; J-Tom Queally; ,113,540. Lifetime Record: had turned soft with the rain, G1SP-Ire, 9-3-2-2, ,273,961. Werk Nick Rating: B. and connections took the plunge Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. based on Henry Cecil=s judge- 2--Rainbow View, 122, f, 3, Dynaformer--No Matter ment. That proved well-founded What, by Nureyev. O-George Strawbridge; as she tracked the early pace and B-Augustin Stable; T-John Gosden; ,43,040. had the speed to cross over to 3--Moneycantbuymelove (Ire), 122, f, 3, Pivotal (GB)-- the stand=s rail at the top of the Sabreon (GB), by Caerleon. (75,000gns RNA yrl >07 straight. Swooping at the head of TATOCT). O-Wright, Stanley, Marsh, Lascelles & affairs as the runners vanished Harris; B-Eurostrait Ltd; T-Michael Bell; ,21,540. into the sea fret passing the Margins: 2 1/4, HF, 2 1/4. Odds: 11-2, 5-2, 17-2. quarter pole, she was firmly on top when reappearing and safely www.skysports.com Also Ran: Barshiba (Ire), High Heeled (Ire), Katiyra (Ire), holding the wide challenge of Heaven Sent (GB), Saphira=s Fire (Ire), Spacious (GB), Rainbow View. AShe did it well and is back to her best,@ Nashmiah (Ire). jockey Tom Queally said. AWe didn=t want to break her Midday stepped out of the shadows when registering heart and disappoint her, but Henry stuck his neck out a six-length win in the May 9 Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial and said he wanted her to run, and she went through it and entered the June 5 Epsom Classic with a live better than I thought she would. English soft ground chance. In the event, the bay had the misfortune to run and Irish soft are two different things.@ Cecil added, up against Sariska but put up a real fight to be beaten a AShe couldn=t go on the ground at all at The Curragh, head after suffering a troubled trip after the final turn. but she is very consistent. This ten furlongs could be Her second encounter with that foe came on heavy her best trip, so we have the G1 Prix de l=Opera [at ground at The Curragh and she never threatened to Longchamp Oct. 4] as the G1 Yorkshire Oaks [at York make the July 12 G1 Irish Oaks into anything other Aug. 20] might come too soon.@ Click for the Racing than the one-sided contest it became when trailing Post chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com home in third. catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy Racing UK. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/2/09 • PAGE 3 of 11 Saturday, Saratoga Saturday, Mountaineer Park DIANA S.-GI, $500,000, SAR, 8-1, 3yo/up, f/m, WEST VIRGINIA DERBY-GII, $750,000, MNR, 8-1, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:48 1/5, gd. 1 1/8m, 1:51 2/5, ft. 1--FOREVER TOGETHER, 123, m, 5, by Belong To Me 1--#@SOUL WARRIOR, 111, c, 3, by Lion Heart 1st Dam: Constant Companion, by Relaunch 1st Dam: Urmia, by Meadowlake 2nd Dam: Wedding Picture, by Blushing Groom (Fr) 2nd Dam: Chaldea, by Cutlass 3rd Dam: Strike a Pose, by Iron Ruler 3rd Dam: Flight, by Barachois ($30,000 wlng '04 KEENOV; $27,000 yrl '05 ($175,000 wlng '06 KEENOV; $95,000 yrl '07 KEESEP; $240,000 2yo >06 OBSMAR). O-Augustin KEESEP; $290,000 2yo >08 OBSMAR). O-Zayat Stable; B-White Fox Farm (KY); T-J E Sheppard; Stables LLC; B-Bob Austin, Copperhead Stable & D J-Julien R Leparoux; $300,000. Lifetime Record: Hanley (KY); T-S Asmussen; J-D Beckner; $457,500. Ch. Turf Mare, 17-9-2-3, $2,508,533. Werk Nick Rating: Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-0, $589,720. *1/2 to My Miss F. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Storm Cat (Sea of Secrets), SW & GSP, $190,026. 2--Carribean Sunset (Ire), 118, f, 4, Danehill Dancer (Ire)- - Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Bonheur (Ire), by Royal Academy. (i160,000 yrl '06 2--Big Drama, 115, c, 3, Montbrook--Riveting Drama, by GOFORB; $1,250,000 HRA 2008 KEENOV). O-Jon & Notebook. O/B-H Queen (FL); T-D Fawkes; $150,000. Sarah Kelly, Don & Joan Cimpl & Helen C Alexander; 3--Mine That Bird, 122, g, 3, Birdstone--Mining My B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-C Clement; $100,000.