TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here BAFFERT STAYS SUPER AT OAKLAWN CAN’T MIZ AT SANTA ANITA Trainer Bob Baffert=s domination of Oaklawn Park=s GI Breeder=s Cup Turf Sprint heroine Mizdirection sophomore stakes program continued Monday when (Mizzen Mast) kept her record over the Santa Anita turf Super Ninety Nine (Pulpit) splashed home an perfect with a win in 11 1/4-length winner of the GIII Southwest S. Sent off yesterday=s GII Buena the even-money choice, the chestnut Vista H. The gray entered colt quickly assumed control into the Monday=s contest with first turn and cut through a driving rain four wins in four attempts as he took the field through fractions of down the hill in Arcadia, :23.33, :47.49 and 1:12.29. He snuck the site of her Breeders= away on the turn and bounded clear in Cup victory and most the stretch, effortlessly extending his recent tally in the GII advantage to the wire. AWith the way Monrovia S. Jan. 6. The he broke and the speed we had, course specialist was Mizdirection everything went well, said winning @ stretching out to a mile for Benoit Photo rider Rafael Bejarano. AThere at the end, Super Ninety Nine the first time since my horse still had something left.@ Coady Photography Baffert swept both divisions of last winning Del Mar=s Sandy Blue Hen S. in August of year=s Southwest, as well as the GII Rebel S. and 2011. Undeterred after being bumped at the start, the GI Arkansas Derby. Over the last five years, the well-deserving 3-5 favorite showed versatility, heading California-based trainer has a record of 15-11-2-1 in straight to the front unlike her pressing Monrovia or Oaklawn=s graded stakes races, according to DRF deep-closing Breeders= Cup tactics. Formulator. Baffert was able to enjoy the rain-soaked Mizdirection set a sensible pace along the rail, going victory from the comforts of his Mexico vacation. the half in :47.00 as Byrama (GB) (Byron {GB}) pressed ARafael called me before the race and I just told him to from two wide. Meanwhile, jockey Gary Stevens had let him get away from there and do his thing,@ Baffert his hands full holding In the Stars (Brz) (Romarin {Brz}) said via phone. ATurning for home, I could see he had to track in third. plenty of horse. It=s exciting. This is the time of year Still in command at the top of the lane, Mizdirection when these 3-year-olds start getting exciting.@ shifted into gear, shaking free from In the Stars, who had tipped out and was in pursuit, in midstretch and SOUTHWEST S.-GIII, $300,000, OPX, 2-18, 3yo, finished under good handling. 1 1/16m, 1:44 4/5, sy. 1--#@SUPER NINETY NINE, 117, c, 3, by Pulpit Continued p.4 1st Dam: Exogenetic, by Unbridled's Song 2nd Dam: Tangled Up in Blue, by Phone Trick 3rd Dam: Count on Kathy, by Dancing Count ($200,000 yrl '11 KEESEP; $260,000 2yo >12 OBSJUN). O-Tanma Corporation; B-Northwest Farms LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Rafael Bejarano. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $266,480. *1/2 to Elusive Horizon (Elusive Quality), MSW, $241,715 Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. THREE CHIMNEYS Sales Graduate bo ug ht & sold b y SEQUEL BLO ODSTOC K 2--Fear the Kitten, 117, c, 3, Kitten's Joy--Dynarhythm, by Dynaformer. O-Frank D Irvin; B-Kenneth L Ramsey & Sarah K Ramsey (IL); T-Michael J Maker. $60,000. 3--Heaven's Runway, 117, c, 3, Run Away and Hide-- Heavens Passport, by Awesome Again. O/B-Dr K K & Dr V Devi Jayaraman (KY); T-J Martin. $30,000. Margins: 11 1/4, 2 1/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.00, 22.90, 59.80. Also Ran: Channel Isle, Always in a Tiz, Will Take Charge, Big Lute, Brown Almighty, Texas Bling, Officer Alex. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. 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Tom Frary Page 7 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/19/13 • PAGE 3 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Super Ninety Nine Takes Southwest (cont. from p1) Ninety Nine Gives Chus Super Start Super Ninety Nine began his racing career with a Super Ninety Nine is the first racehorse owned by the 1 1/4-length victory over seven furlongs at Santa Anita Tanma Corporation of Susan and Charles Chu. Trainer last October. He was forced to miss the Breeders= Cup Bob Baffert picked the colt out of last year=s OBS June Juvenile Sprint after getting cast in his stall the night sale on behalf of the couple. After working a bullet before the race, but returned with a runner-up effort in furlong in :10 flat, the juvenile was the sale=s third- the Nov. 22 GIII Hollywood Prevue S. Fourth in a highest price at $260,000. Originally from Taiwan, the Dec. 28 six-furlong allowance at Santa Anita, the colt Chus reside in Massachusetts. Charles Chu works in stretched out to a mile to record an impressive the GPS and security systems business. Susan Chu has 3 1/4-length allowance victory in Arcadia last time out. long been involved with showhorses. As for what is next for the handsome chestnut, Out of Exogenetic (Unbridled=s Song), an unraced Baffert said, AWe=ll get him back home and see how he 3/4-sister to MGISW Exogenous (Unbridled), Super Ninety Nine is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner does. We know he likes the track now. I don=t like to plan ahead and with these young horses, you just never Elusive Horizon (Elusive Quality). Exogenetic has a yearling filly by Quality Road and was bred to Smart know. We=ll definitely have something for the Strike last spring. [Mar. 16 GII] Rebel.@ Bejarano, meanwhile, will be spending another night ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY POINT STANDINGS in Hot Springs. AI missed my flight, but as thrilled as I Horse (Sire) Points am with the race, I don=t mind waiting until tomorrow,@ Shanghai Bobby (Harlan’s Holiday) 24 he said. Goldencents (Into Mischief) 24 Oxbow (Awesome Again) 11 Violence (Medaglia d’Oro) 10 Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron) 10 Overanalyze (Dixie Union) 10 Uncaptured (Lion Heart) 10 Den’s Legacy (Medaglia d’Oro) 10 Power Broker (Pulpit) 10 Super Ninety Nine (Pulpit) 10 Will Take Charge (Unbridled’s Song) 10 Falling Sky (Lion Heart) 10 Email TDN management at [email protected], and Flashback (Tapit) 10 indicate whether the comment is private, or for publication. Revolutionary (War Pass) 10 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/19/13 • PAGE 4 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Can’t Miz at Santa Anita cont. from p1 AIf anything good came out of it, she rated really well,@ jockey Mike Smith said of the bump at the break. AI don=t know if it was because of that or she was just going to rate well. She=s a much more mature horse this year. She=s stronger, she=s bigger, and she=ll definitely get a mile. I thought if a horse was going to come to her she would have dug back in, so now at least we have options. There=s not too many six or six and [a half furlong races], but we can kind of pick our spots. I don=t know how much further we want to go than this, but she can certainly get a mile.@ AI felt okay with her on the lead,@ trainer Mike Puype said of Mizdirection=s unusual position at the front through the early going. AMike said he kind of got her to settle,@ the conditioner noted of the start. A[She] grabbed a pretty good-sized quarter off that foot, too, so we=re going to have to go to work on that after the race.