Finsceal Beo to G1 Coronation S. HEADLINE ...p. 6 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 MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2007 SHE’S LIKE THE WIND ‘RICHES’ EXITS BELMONT IN FINE SHAPE A late addition to the G1 Prix de Diane Hermes, A day after her historic victory in the GI Belmont S., Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s West Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s super filly Rags to Wind (GB) (Machiavel- Riches (A.P. Indy) was reported to lian) swooped to capture be no worse for the wear. “She yesterday’s Chantilly came back well,” said trainer Todd Classic and continue the Pletcher, the three-time Eclipse Classic run for Frankie Award winner who was capturing Dettori. Buoyed by his first Triple Crown event. Derby successes on Au- Pletcher, too, was in fine fettle thorized (Ire) and Law- Sunday morning. “This feels man (Fr) last weekend, good,” he said. “I don't know if the Italian made it a his- it's all sunk in yet--the historical torical treble on the de- significance of it and all. It's a cisive 7-1 winner. The pretty special win. It was a great www.racingpost.co.uk homebred quickened Rags to Riches day and I think a popular victory. with an irresistible rush Horsephotos It was great for the sport, great in the final 300 yards, and her 1 1/2-length margin of for the Belmont and it made for victory flattered runner-up Mrs. Lindsay (Theatrical good TV.” The valiant runner-up Curlin (Smart Strike), {Ire}). “Last Sunday, I stood here talking about an meanwhile, left Belmont at approximately 6 a.m. yes- amazing 24 hours, but now I’m talking about an amaz- terday and was due to arrive in Kentucky later in the ing week,” Dettori said. “She’s a really nice filly who afternoon. Cont. p2 quickened very well and gave me a great feel.” For conditioner Henri-Alex Pantall, the triumph represented TOO ‘TOUGH’ IN HOLLYWOOD OAKS a notable first. “I’ve been chasing a Group 1 win for so Trainer Bob Baffert’s Tough Tiz’s Sis (Tiznow), win- many years, so you can imagine how proud and thrilled ner of the WinStar Oaks at Sunland Park in March, I am,” Pantal commented. Prix de Diane cont. p2 rebounded from a dismal try in the GI Kentucky Oaks to capture yesterday’s GII Hollywood Breeders’ Cup Oaks Sunday, Chantilly, France at Hollywood Park. Hollywood Oaks cont. p3 PRIX DE DIANE HERMES-G1, i800,000, Chantilly, 6-10, 3yo, f, 1 5/16mT, 2:06.30, gd. 1--#@sWEST WIND (GB), 126, f, 3, by Machiavellian 1st Dam: Red Slippers (GSW-GB), by Nureyev 2nd Dam: Morning Devotion, by Affirmed 3rd Dam: Morning Has Broken, by Prince John O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Darley; T-Henri-Alex Pantall; J-Frankie Dettori; i457,120. Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 2 wins, 2 places, i484,070. *1/2 to Redbridge (Alleged), SW-GB, MSP-UAE. 2--Mrs. Lindsay, 126, f, 3, Theatrical (Ire)--Vole Vole Monamour, by Woodman. O-Mme Bettina Jenney; B-Derry Meeting Farm; T-Francois Rohaut; i182,880. 3--Diyakalanie (Fr), 126, f, 3, Ashkalani (Ire)--Diyawara (Ire), by Doyoun (Ire). O/B-R Luce; T-Joel Boisnard; i91,440. Margins: 1HF, NK, HF. Odds: 7.20, 17.00, 54.00. Also Ran: Anabaa’s Creation (Ire), Beatrix Kiddo (Fr), Believe Me (Ire), Marie Rossa (GB), Vadapolina (Fr), Fontcia (Fr), Cinnamon Bay (GB). Also Ran (not classi- fied): Coquerelle (Ire), Topka (Fr), Sweet Lilly (GB), Sequoia (Slo). www.overbrookfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/11/07 • PAGE 2 of 6 Prix de Diane cont. Belmont notes cont. Go West... West Wind started out over a mile at Saint-Cloud Hard Spun To Get A Brief Vacation... Mar. 23, but showed little in that third-place effort to Fox Hill Farms’ Hard Spun (Danzig), a lackluster suggest she held Classic fourth in Saturday’s Belmont, returned safely to his pretensions. The chestnut home track of Dela- turned a corner when upped in trip next time, ware Park yesterday however, running second morning. “He ate well to Coquerelle (Ire) last night and his legs (Zamindar) at Longchamp are good and cold,” Apr. 15. She graduated trainer Larry Jones going 10 furlongs at this said. “We’re not going www.paris-turf.com track last time May 9, and to plan on anything her 2 1/2-length defeat of right away. We’ll let the highly regarded Andre Fabre runner Concentric (GB) Jones and Hard Spun him recharge his bat- was a sign of how much progress she had made in her Horsephotos teries. He won’t run short career. She made her stakes debut in Classic again until August.” company. Held up in mid-division against the rail, West Wind needed the gaps to appear at the top of the Hard Spun, along with Curlin, were the only two horses stretch; when daylight came, she was angled wide for to compete in all three legs of the Triple Crown this her run. When the question was asked approaching the year. eighth pole, she responded to settle the result in a matter of strides. “I would like to thank Sheikh Moham- Belmont Handle Down With Smaller Field... med, who has been a long-time supporter and who was With a considerably smaller field and no Triple Crown fully behind me wanting to supplement her,” Henri-Alex on the line, the overall handle for Saturday’s Belmont S. Pantall said. “At one point, I though she might never was down from 2006 numbers. Total all-sources handle make it to the races, but she suddenly changed around for Belmont S. day was $75,587,892, compared to and has improved so much from the start of the year and between her races.” Looking ahead, he added, $81,465,277 in 2006. Track officials attributed the dip “Having done so much so far this year, I would imagine in overall handle of $5,877,385--and the Belmont she needs a break now before coming back probably for Stakes-only handle reduction of $7,319,263--to the five the G1 Prix Vermeille [at Longchamp Sept. 16], with a fewer betting interests in 2007 as compared with race beforehand. Without a doubt, she is the best I 2006. Total all-sources handle for the 2007 Belmont have trained so far.” Francois Rohaut was delighted only, with a seven-horse field, was $37,786,382, com- with the performance of Mrs. Lindsay, who gamely pared to $45,105,645 for the 2006 Belmont with a attempted to make all. “With the number one draw, I 12-horse field. At Belmont Park, on-track wagering knew we had to be close up with the pace and Johnny totaled $8,843,720 for the 13-race presentation, com- Murtagh did well to go on after no one wanted to make pared to $8,958,323 in 2006. An additional $712,406 it,” he said. “We could have done with a pacemaker was wagered by the on-track crowd on incoming simul- and, if we had had one, we might have made more of a fight with the winner, but she has run a great race and casts, elevating the total on-track handle to I’m very proud.” Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or $9,556,126, a record Belmont Day handle when there the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. was no Triple Crown opportunity. www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/11/07 • PAGE 3 of 6 Sunday, Hollywood Park HOLLYWOOD BREEDERS' CUP OAKS-GII, $126,400, HOL, 6-10, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:43 1/5, ft. 1--@TOUGH TIZ'S SIS, 119, f, 3, by Tiznow 1st Dam: Leaseholder (SP), by Taylor's Falls 2nd Dam: Leasehold, by Stevedore 3rd Dam: Lease Play, by Landman O-Watson and Weitman Performances LLC; B-Gary Tussey (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Aaron T Gryder; $63,840. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-1, $253,872. *1/2 to Golly Greeley (Mr. Greeley), SW & MGSP, $113,640. 2--Silver Swallow, 115, f, 3, Alphabet Soup--Topsom, by Red Ransom. ($55,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Bruce Headley and Irwin Molasky; B-Robert L Dodd (FL); T-Bruce Headley; $31,280. 3--High Cholesterol, 113, f, 3, Until Sundown--Devilish Deva, by Devil His Due. O-Janavar Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Magali Ventures, LLC (CA); T-Paulo H Lobo; $18,768. Margins: 3HF, 6 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 2.20, 0.90, 19.10. Also Ran: Follow the Clues, Ashley's Kitty. Scratched: Spenditallbaby, Seaside Affair, Hucking Hot (GB). Tough Tiz’s Sis has blossomed under the tutelage of trainer Bob Baffert and yesterday earned the first graded stakes victory of her career. The daughter of Tiznow broke her maiden in her route debut at Haw- thorne last December, then was moved from Tom Dorris’s barn in Illinois to Baffert’s California operation. After taking a Santa Anita allowance in her second start for the silver-haired conditioner, she was given a shot in Tough Foe to Overcome... Tough Tiz’s Sis was offered a 2-1 chance to succeed the $200,000 WinStar Oaks at Sunland Mar. 18 and here, the second wagering choice behind the odds-on came away with a popular 3 3/4-length victory. Taking Silver Swallow, herself a game second to Rags to another big step up in company when tried in the May Riches in the GI Santa Anita Oaks in 4 GI Kentucky Oaks, Tough Tiz’s Sis found either the March and a nose runner-up over this company or the off-going too much to overcome and surface in the GIII Railbird S.