Breeders’ Cup Friday preview p14 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here NEREID OUT OF F/M TURF COOLMORE BUYS 50% OF ‘SHANGHAI’ Grade I winner Nereid (Rock Hard Ten) has been Coolmore Stud has secured a 50% share of Grade I taken out of Friday=s GI Breeders= Cup Filly and Mare winner Shanghai Bobby (Harlan=s Holiday--Steelin=, by Turf. AShe is off in her right Orientate) from Starlight Racing. All management hind,@ reported trainer John decisions will be divided Shirreffs said. AShe had between Starlight and already come over [Tuesday Coolmore, according to from Betfair Hollywood Park]. Starlight managing partner She must have kicked the Jack Wolf. wall or something. The injury AWe will manage the is very minor but came at the horse together, but the worst possible time.@ Winner horse will continue to run in Nereid of last year=s GI American our silks,@ confirmed Wolf. Benoit Oaks, Nereid is coming off a Todd Pletcher, the regular Shanghai Bobby runner-up effort behind trainer for Starlight, is also Horsephotos Marketing Mix (Medaglia d=Oro) in the GI Rodeo Drive S. the principal conditioner for Coolmore=s American string. O’BRIEN OPINES ON BALLYDOYLE CHANCES AThey showed a real interest in the horse,@ said Wolf. His horses won=t make their first visit to the Santa AWe=ve known them, through Todd, for a number of Anita main track until this morning, but trainer Aidan years. It was a good deal for them and a good deal for O=Brien held court at the quarantine barn Wednesday us.@ morning, assessing the chances of several of his Shanghai Bobby, victorious in Belmont=s June 27 runners. Excelebration (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) Track Barron S., was an easy 3 3/4-length winner of was pegged the 2-1 second choice on Jon White=s the Sept. 3 GII Hopeful S. In his latest trip to post, he morning line behind the slight ran away to a five-length score in the Oct. 6 GI 9-5 chalk Wise Dan (Wiseman=s Champagne S. at Belmont. Undefeated in four starts, Ferry) for Saturday=s GI Breeders= the $105,000 Keeneland September sale purchase has Cup Mile, and the Ballydoyle earned $607,000. maestro expressed at least some concern that the 4-year-old will TDN TODAY have just two weeks between Headline News.. 13 pages this test and his last-out victory in the G1 QIPCO Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot Oct. 20. AIt was always the plan to come on to the Breeders= Cup after Ascot, and I suppose there is always the chance that two Group 1 Aidan O’Brien races in two weeks is asking too Racing Post photo much of the horse, but he seems in very good form,@ O=Brien commented. Excelebration seems to act on all ground, having won the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois over Deauville=s straight mile in 1:34 3/5 Aug. 12, but also handled the much easier going in the QE II. AAs he=s got older he appears to have got stronger and faster,@ O=Brien commented. AWhen he won at Ascot, the ground was obviously a lot softer than he=ll meet on Saturday, but hopefully he=ll handle that OK.@ Excelebration will race left-handed for the first time Saturday. Cont. p3 In This Issue Shanghai Poised for Take off 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Christina Bossinakis talks Shanghai Bobby with Starlight’s Jack Wolf. (732) 747-8060 (732) 747-8955 (fax) Coverage begins page 4 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Fasig-Tipton November Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Fasig offers enhanced on-line catalogue for next week’s sale. 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A[Jockey] Joseph [O=Brien] knew after a furlong or so that the horse was in trouble on that [deep] ground, and did his best to look after the horse as well as he could. St Nicholas Abbey Hopefully it will be a different story Racing Post photo on quicker ground here,@ O=Brien explained. Fame and Glory (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) is in uncharted territory in Friday=s GII Breeders= Cup Marathon as he tries a dirt surface for the first time. AHe=s been a great horse and a great servant to the yard--he owes us nothing,@ O=Brien stated. AThis is a bit of an experiment, I suppose. He stays well, and it=s really a question of whether, being a Montjeu, he handles the surface or not. As he=s gotten older he=s maybe just started to keep a little for himself; started to think a little, so we might try things a little differently. We=ll put a pair of blinkers on him. Jamie [Spencer] might just try and jump him out and let him roll along and we=ll see how he goes from there.@ Winner of the G1 Ascot Gold Cup last season, the bay was fifth in defense of his title in the G3 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot Oct. 20. THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT Anyone familiar with Timbuk 3's post-punk classic of 1986 knows how to complete that line....I gotta wear shades. There=s no evidence that Trinniberg (Teuflesberg) has that particular song on his iPod, but the sophomore colt will be equipped with a set of blinkers for Saturday=s GI Xpressbet Breeders= Cup Sprint, the first time since setting a wicked pace in last year=s inaugural Breeders= Cup Juvenile Sprint. The winner of a trio of graded events for 3-year-old short- trackers earlier this year, Trinniberg is looking to snap a three-race skid in Saturday=s race. He exits a runner-up effort, beaten only a half-length, in the Gallant Bob S. at Parx Sept. 22. AAfter the race, the first question I had for [jockey] Willie [Martinez] was whether he saw the horse on the outside,@ trainer Shivananda Parbhoo said. AAnd he said >no.= I said >that=s ok; that=s fine.= After Willie took the lead at the eighth pole, he didn=t see anyone behind him. That considered, I thought it was a great race.@ Though his best results thus far have come from on or near the pace, Trinniberg can come from a little bit out of it, Parbhoo believes. AI think we=re going to try and avoid going to the lead in this race if we can,@ Parbhoo said. AWe drew the perfect post [9], and from there we can settle in a good spot up close, but not on the lead. Then again, maybe he just goes. We=ll find out on race day what happens.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/1/12 • PAGE 4 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com As is the case for all of this year's Breeders' Cup BREEDERS’ CUP races for 2-year-olds, this year=s Juvenile will fall under the new, Lasix-free guidelines. FEATURE "He=s just gotten better and better with each race," confirmed Wolf. AIn his four races, he's run over three ‘SHANGHAI’ POISED FOR LIFTOFF different surfaces. We've kept everything pretty much by Christina Bossinakis the same, whether it be Lasix or a change in location. Since its inception in 2000, the Starlight Racing Whatever changes you encounter along the way could partnership has campaigned it share of top-class certainly be a concern, but he just seems to handle horses, including illustrious alums 2004 GI Breeders' everything so easily. He's such a laid back horse and I Cup Distaff heroine Ashado (Saint Ballado), in addition think he'll do just fine on Saturday.@ to Grade I winners Purge (Pulpit) and Hilda's Passion Shanghai Bobby, who also won Saratoga's Sept.