SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. POWER SURGE FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI Beverly D While the winner of yesterday's G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. coming from Ireland was no surprise, few would have predicted it would be the 100-1 outsider Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) in the hallowed spot afterwards. Coming into this on the back of an inauspi- cious fifth in Tipperary's Listed Abergwaun S. Aug. 6, the bay took a leap into the dark against esteemed opposition, but there was no fluke in his clear-cut success in front of a stunned MOTT NOT RESTING ON HIS LAURELS Knavesmire crowd. Settled off It=s been a banner year for trainer Bill Mott. The Hall the murderous pace set by the of Famer earned his first win in a Triple Crown race flying filly Rose Blossom (GB) when Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor) captured the (Pastoral Pursuits {GB}), he Sole Power sportinglife.com GI Belmont S. in June, and became the ninth condi- moved into contention with the 6-4 pick tioner in North American history to saddle 4,000 win- Starspangledbanner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) to his right ners when Mystic (Unbridled=s Song) came home first in and quickened the better to win by 1 1/4 lengths, with an allowance test at Saratoga in August. He is currently another 100-1 shot Piccadilly Filly (Ire) (Exceed and the fifth-leading trainer in the country, with more than Excel {Aus}) making the frame. Trainer Eddie Lynam $5 million in purses to his credit, and could add signifi- was not as surprised as many. AWe've always rated this cantly to that total if Juddmonte Farms= homebred horse, and he is very fast, but is just mentally a bit Treat Gently (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) can get the job immature, and in sprints in Ireland they go too slow and done in the GI Beverly D. S. at Arlington today. Good we can't get him to relax,@ Lynam said. AThat wasn't enough to finish third behind Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) going to happen in a Nunthorpe--this race was going to and Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) in the 2008 G1 Prix suit him, as they go mad.@ Click for the Racing Post Vermeille, the five-year-old mare made just two starts chart, the TRNi PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue- last year, taking an optional claimer at Belmont in July style pedigree. Video, courtesy Racing UK. Cont. p2 before tiring to sixth in the GI E.P. Taylor S. in October. Mott picked up the bay at the end of the season, but, after running second in the GII San Gorgonio H. in January, Treat Gently was off the board in the Mar. 21 GII Santa Ana H. and Apr. 10 GII Jenny Wiley S. She has hit her best stride after stretching out to 11 panels in her last two starts, however, winning the May 22 GII Sheepshead Bay H. and July 17 GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial H., and will be well backed to make it three in a row in the 1 3/16-mile Beverly D. Mott took the race last year with Dynaforce (Dynaformer). Cont. p3 TITLE BOUT IN ‘BAMA Forget about the AThrilla in Manila.@ Today=s GI Betfair/TVG Alabama S. at Saratoga features a clash between division heavyweights Blind Luck (Pollard=s Vision) and Devil May Care (Malibu Moon). Local starlet Devil May Care sports a stylish win over the track in the GI CCA Oaks July 24, while California girl Blind Luck has criss-crossed the country for last-gasp victo- ries in the GI Kentucky Oaks and GII Delaware Oaks. AI think this is a race that the fans want to see,@ said Blind Luck=s trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Cont. p5-6 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/21/10 • PAGE 2 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Friday, York, Britain COOLMORE NUNTHORPE S.-G1, ,240,000, York, 8-20, 2yo/up, 5fT, :57.14, gd/fm. 1--#@sSOLE POWER (GB), 135, g, 3, by Kyllachy (GB) 1st Dam: Demerger, by Distant View 2nd Dam: Merida (GB), by Warning (GB) 3rd Dam: Metair (GB), by Laser Light (GB) (,32,000 yrl >08 DONAUG). O-Mrs S Power; B-G Russell; T-Edward Lynam; J-Wayne Lordan; ,136,248. Lifetime Record: sp-iRE, 13-3-1-2, ,199,341. *1/2 to Cornus (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), GSP- Eng, $190,982. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Starspangledbanner (Aus), 137, c, 4, Choisir (Aus)- - Gold Anthem (Aus), by Made of Gold. O-M Tabor/D Smith/S Magnier/Ms Massey; B-Emily Krstina (Aust) Pty Ltd; T-Aidan O'Brien; ,51,648. 3--Piccadilly Filly (Ire), 132, f, 3, Exceed and Excel (Aus)--Tortue (Ire), by Turtle Island (Ire). (,9,000 RNA 2yo >09 DONAPR). O-The Ultimate Racing Fraternity; B-Stock Vale Ltd; T-Edward Creigh- ton; ,25,848. Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, NO. Odds: 100-1, 6-4, 100-1. Also Ran: Prime Defender (GB), Rose Blossom (GB), Borderlescott (GB), Dinkum Diamond (Ire), Spin Cycle (Ire), Kingsgate Native (Ire), Mister Hughie (Ire), Stone of Folca (GB), Equiano (Fr). Scr: Fleeting Spirit (Ire). Finding Sole Power in this puzzle was made all the harder by a paucity of black-type in his resume. Run- ner-up in The Curragh's Listed Grangecon Stud S. over five furlongs on heavy ground last July, he was third in this meeting's ,300,000 St Leger Yearling S. before running eighth in the G3 Cornwallis S. at Ascot in Octo- ber. Dundalk's Polytrack was the surface on which he started to metamorphose over the winter and early spring, and he cracked the track record in a five-furlong conditions event there Apr. 3 before going back to turf. His fourth in the May 1 G3 Palace House S. at Newmarket promised much, but he took a step back on the formbook when he ran unplaced in the June 7 Listed Naas Sprint S., the June 27 G3 Sapphire S. at The Curragh and the Abergwaun. Able to rate here for Wayne Lordan as Rose Blossom tore up the grass on the front end, he had the same ground to make up as the lone stand's-side runner Starspangledbanner inside the final quarter, but found an extra gear to outstay the hot favorite close home. In doing so, he was emulating his sire's success in this contest eight years ago. AWe weren=t thinking he would win, but we knew today we could get him relaxed, and if he=d have been third or fourth, we=d have been happy,@ trainer Eddie Lynam admitted. AHe is a very good horse, but he could go for a Listed race in Ireland in three weeks= time, and if they messed around, he=d run as free as a bird and not fin- ish. This will be his race every year, and if we get a nice sunny day in France [for the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Oct. 3], he=ll go, but if it's typical French ground he won't. He=ll be a better horse next year.@ 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/21/10 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Beverly D. cont. Bringing Their A Games... Acoma (Empire Maker) and Ave (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) lead the pack alphabeti- cally, and it would be no sur- prise if either filly hit the wire first. Three-for-six last term, five-year-old Acoma capped off the season with a win in the Nov. 21 GIII Cardinal H. on the Churchill lawn. She was off for more than six months after that effort, returning to finish a rally- ing second behind Hot Cha Cha Acoma Horsephotos (Cactus Ridge) in the June 5 GIII Mint Julep H. under the Twin Spires. Fourth, but beaten just a neck, in the July 3 GIII Locust Grove H., she should appreciate the stretch-out off that one-mile affair. AShe's been training very well lately,@ trainer David Carroll said. AI think she's going to give us a big effort Saturday. I'm looking forward to the race.@ Ave, a Group 3 winner in Ireland last fall, is looking to break through after hitting the board in her first three U.S. appearances. Third by a half length in the May 15 GIII Gallorette S. at Pimlico, she filled out the triple once again in the June 19 GII New York S. at Belmont, and just missed in her latest, running second by a nose in the July 18 GII Dance Smartly S. at Woodbine. Hot Cha Cha followed up on her Mint Julep score with a third in the local prep for this, the July 17 GIII Modesty S. Saturday, Arlington Park, post time: 5:24 p.m. EDT BEVERLY D. S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Pachattack K Michael V Deegan Dapple Broodmares 2004-KY Butler 8-1 (4, Pulpit--El Laoob, by Red Ransom) Fallon 2 Hot Cha Cha Nelson McMakin Nelson McMakin-KY Sims 6-1 (4, Cactus Ridge--Reduced Sentence, by Broad Brush) Graham 3 Acoma Helen C Alexander Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds-KY Carroll 8-1 (5, Empire Maker--Aurora, by Danzig) Castanon 4 Gypsy’s Warning (SAf) Team Valor Int’l/Green Lantern Stbls Rathmor Stud-SAF Motion 10-1 (5, Mogok--Gypsy Queen {SAf}, by Royal Chalice {SAf}) Buick 5 Rainbow View Augustin Stable Augustin Stable-KY Sheppard 4-1 (4, Dynaformer--No Matter What, by Nureyev) Leparoux 6 Eclair de Lune (Ger) Richard L Duchossois Th Kohler-GER McAnally 5-1 (f, Marchand de Sable--Elegante {Ger}, by Acatenango {Ger}) Alvarado 7 Biased (GB) Marquesa de Moratalla Childwick Bury Stud Management Ltd-GB Delzangles 20-1 (4, Haafhd {GB}--Pas d’Heure {Ire}, by Arazi) Benoist 8 Romacaca Frank C Calabrese Cashel Stud Inc-FL N Canani 20-1 (4, Running Stag--Romaca, by Kris S.) M Baze 9 Treat Gently (GB) Juddmonte Farms Inc Juddmonte Farms Ltd-GB Mott 9-2 (5, Cape Cross {Ire}--Kid Gloves {GB}, by In the Wings {GB}) Desormeaux 10 Ave (GB) Three Chimneys Racing/Lordship Stud Plantation Stud-GB Attfield 5-1 (4, Danehill Dancer {Ire}--Anna Amalia {Ire}, by In the Wings {GB}) Dominguez All carry 123 pounds.