SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here IT=S GAME TIME AT CHARLES TOWN FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII COOLMORE LEXINGTON S. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town will be offering a purse of $1.5 million for its flagship race, the GII Charles Town Classic, and a pair of Grade I winners, as well as the race=s defending champion will line up to try to grab the lion=s share of the hefty pot. Four-time Grade I-winner and multi-millionaire Game on Dude (Awesome Again) seeks his fourth consecutive victory FUN IN THE LEXINGTON SUN after posting Beyers of 116 in With 20 points on the line, today=s GIII Coolmore the GII San Antonio Feb. 3, and Lexington S. at Keeneland may have some GI Kentucky 117 in the GI Santa Anita H. Game on Dude Derby implications after all. Pure Fun (Pure Prize), a Mar. 2. The 6-year-old gelding Benoit Photo visually impressive heroine of will carry highweight of 123, last term=s GI Hollywood Starlet and will exit from post three as the 4-5 morning-line S. Dec. 8, takes on the boys choice. The Craig Lewis-trained Clubhouse Ride (Candy following a flat third as the 4-5 Ride {Arg}) finished second to Game on Dude in both chalk in Turfway=s GIII Fathead the San Antonio and the Big >Cap, and looks for his first Bourbonette Oaks Mar. 23. APure stakes victory here. Brous Stable and Jack T. Hammer=s Fun is doing better than ever,@ Ron the Greek (Full Mandate) won a pair of Grade Is trainer Kenny McPeek tweeted last year, taking the Santa Anita H. in March before Apr. 16. ABring on the boys. adding the GI Stephen Foster H. over subsequent Horse Pure Fun Unconventional move, but we of the Year Wise Dan (Wiseman=s Ferry) at Churchill in Benoit Photo need a good race before the [GI] June. The 6-year-old rounded out that campaign with a Kentucky Oaks.@ Garrett Gomez, fourth-place finish in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, and aboard Pure Fun in her last two starts, winds up aboard opened this year=s account with an emphatic 11 1/4- California shipper Examen (Giant=s Causeway). Trained length victory in the Sunshine Millions Classic over a by Tom Proctor, the chestnut graduated over the Santa sloppy Gulfstream strip Jan. 19. The Bill Mott charge Anita lawn Feb. 9, then annexed an off-the-turf most recently finished fourth behind Game on Dude in $80,000 optional tagger in Arcadia Mar. 7. Winning an attempt to defend his title in the Big >Cap. Cont. p4 Cause (Giant=s Causeway), a perfect two-for-two over the Keeneland Polytrack, returns on short notice after landing a local seven-furlong first-level allowance Apr. 6. Field p3 HEFTY PURSE LURES 14 TO ILLINOIS Boosted by a purse of $750,000, today=s GIII Illinois Derby at Hawthorne has attracted a full field of 14 despite being excluded from the official GI Kentucky Derby prep schedule. Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider=s Departing (War Front), an impressive winner of his first three starts, including the Texas Heritage S. at Sam Houston Mar. 2, encountered some traffic woes in the stretch when a good third in the GII Louisiana Derby Mar. 30. He adds Lasix for this. Ground Transport (Big Brown), a good-looking winner of two straight at Fair Grounds, also exits the Louisiana Derby, finishing fifth, beaten five lengths. The ultra- consistent Siete de Oros (A.P. Warrior) makes his first start since finishing fourth behind Vyjack (Into Mischief) in the GIII Gotham S. Mar. 2. Field p4 Charming Kitten shown winning the 2013 $100,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes WORLD CLASS #1 Turf Sire in America with less than half of his earnings on turf 4 Stakes Winners / 12 Stakes Horses of which 2 are Graded Stakes Winners and 9 are Graded Stakes Horses including Kentucky Derby Hopeful and Stakes Winner CHARMING KITTEN who placed in the $750,000 Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass, beaten half a length, as well as Stakes Winners SISTERHOOD and ARTEMUS KITTEN who ran second and third in the Grade 3 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare Stakes. 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 Phone: (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Talent Search LGB, LLC 2013 / Photo: Kenny Martin *Statistics through April 19, 2013 In This Issue Easy Money 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Vinery Stud et. al's All Too Hard (Aus) (Casino Prince {Aus}) is set for (732) 747-8060 his reappearance in the G1 All-Aged S. at Randwick Apr. 27 after winning a (732) 747-8955 (fax) barrier trial over 1050 meters Friday morning at the Sydney track. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Coverage begins page 8 Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Making Some Noise at [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher Keeneland [email protected] • @suefinley G. Watts Humphrey Jr’s Ice Cream Silence (Street Sense) hung on to realize a career high in Editorial Keeneland’s GIII Doubledogdare S. Friday. “She’s [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief a great filly and just very responsive, did whatever Alan Carasso, Managing Editor I asked and obviously showed her class,” jockey Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Rosie Napravnik said. Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Mr. Humphrey & Justina Severni, Assistant Editor Ice Cream Silence Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor Coverage begins page 9 Coady Photography Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor Advertising [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. 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Ï Ò Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:13 p.m. EDT COOLMORE LEXINGTON S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m (AWT) PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Winning Cause K Alto Racing LLC Galleria Bloodstock-KY Pletcher 5-1 (c, 3, Giant’s Causeway--Raffishing Look, by Kingmambo) Leparoux 2 Pick of the Litter K Crossed Sabres Farm Duignan/Crosshaven/Vision Thoroughbreds-KY Romans 6-1 (c, 3, Kitten’s Joy--Eagle Sound, by Fusaichi Pegasus) Castanon 3 River Rocks Cavello, Imperio, & Inserra Shadybrook Farm-FL Catalano 12-1 (c, 3, Western Pride--Flip the Stone, by Birdstone) Graham 4 Hip Four Sixtynine J-LU LLC Charles Deters-KY Barnett 50-1 (c, 3, Southern Image--Gentle Wave, by Mt. Livermore) Saez 5 Where’s Dominic R D M Racing Stable Elisabeth Alexander-KY Trombetta 20-1 (c, 3, Midnight Lute--Woodflower, by Woodman) Prado 6 Sunbean Brittlyn Stable Inc Brittlyn Inc-LA Maker 4-1 (c, 3, Brahms--X Strawdnair, by Malagra) Stevens 7 Examen K Heider Family Stables, et al. Charles & Scott Heider-KY Proctor 5-1 (g, 3, Giant’s Causeway--Surf N Sand, by Boston Harbor) Gomez 8 Cerro (Ire) Team Valor International Manganaro LLC-IRE Motion 5-1 (c, 3, Mr. Greeley--Ballette {Ire}, by Giant’s Causeway) Rosario 9 Wings of Fortune Richard Reed/Tiffany Zammit/ Bruce & Joyce Quade Emerald Q /TCR / Fusaichi Pegasus Syndicate-KY Maker 15-1 (c, 3, Fusaichi Pegasus--Fortune Queen, by Lear Fan) Borel 10 General Election K WinStar Farm Meg & Mike Buckley-KY Gorder 15-1 (c, 3, Harlan’s Holiday--Menekineko, by Kingmambo) Rocco 11 Pure Fun K Magdalena Racing Royal Oak Farm-KY McPeek 7-2 (f, 3, Pure Prize--Chelsea Green, by Key to the Mint) Napravnik All carry 118 pounds.