SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. PROVISO STREAKS HOME IN FIRST LADY FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 CHAMPAGNE S. Her second trip to the Bluegrass ended a lot happier than did her first. Disqualified from the victory in last year=s GI Spinster S., Juddmonte Farm=s Proviso (GB) (Dansili {GB}) un- leashed a furious rally from eighth entering the Keeneland stretch and charged past C. S. Silk (Medaglia d=Oro) for a half- length tally in the GI Abu SAY UNCLE Coady Photography Repole Stables= Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) proved that Dhabi First Lady S. As to his towering debut success on the Travers Day whether a start against Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) in the undercard Aug. 28 was no fluke, GI Breeders= Cup Mile is in the offing, Juddmonte=s attending a very strong pace be- Garrett O=Rourke said, AIt=s our home turf. It=s obviously fore dusting his rivals in the going to be up entirely to what [trainer] Bill [Mott] rec- stretch to take the GI Cham- ommends and what Prince Khalid [Abdullah] wants to pagne S. by a commanding do.@ Cont. p2 4 3/4 lengths. The final time of 1:34.51 was a tick off Devil=s QUALITY ROAD TO Bag=s 1983 stakes record, and STAND AT LANE’S END equaled that of the 1976 winner Edward Evans=s homebred Horsephotos --Seattle Slew. Cont. p2 Quality Road (Elusive Quality-- Kobla, by Mt. Livermore) will Saturday, Belmont Park retire to stud in 2011 and will CHAMPAGNE S.-GI, $300,000, BEL, 10-9, 2yo, 1m, stand at William S. Farish=s Lane s End Farm. Cont. p18 1:34 2/5, ft. Adam Coglianese = 1--#@UNCLE MO, 122, c, 2, by Indian Charlie 1st Dam: Playa Maya (MSP), by Arch 2nd Dam: Dixie Slippers, by Dixieland Band 3rd Dam: Cyane's Slippers, by Cyane ($160,000 wlng '08 KEENOV; $220,000 yrl '09 KEESEP). O-Repole Stable; B-D Michael Cavey DVM (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez; $180,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $216,000. Selected & Broken by Crupi’s New Castle Farm A Glencrest / IBS G1 Pinhook Success Bred by Respite Farm - Sold by Denali Dam Sells with Denali F-T November 2--Mountain Town, 122, c, 2, Cape Town--Mountain Bird, by Mt. Livermore. O-Paul P Pompa Jr; B-Marylou Whitney Stables LLC (KY); T-R E Dutrow Jr; $60,000. 3--I'm Steppin' It Up, 122, c, 2, Congrats--Cindy Woo Who, by Thunder Gulch. O-Roman Hill Farm; B-Thomas L Croley (FL); T-Anthony Pecoraro; $30,000. Margins: 4 3/4, 9 3/4, NK. Odds: 0.20, 9.00, 22.50. Also Ran: Settle for Medal, Meridian Magic, Brother in Arms. Scratched: Stay Thirsty. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/10/10 • PAGE 2 of 19 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Gotta Go With Mo... Saturday, Keeneland Travers Day two-year-old races have routinely fea- ABU DHABI FIRST LADY S.-GI, $400,000, KEE, 10-9, tured the cream of the crop on the grounds at Old 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:34 4/5, fm. Saratoga, and over the past 10 years, those races have 1--PROVISO (GB), 124, m, 5, by Dansili (GB) been won by the likes of GI Breeders= Cup Sprint hero 1st Dam: Binche, by Woodman Silver Train, MGISW Devil May Care, GISW Discreet Cat 2nd Dam: Binary (GB), by Rainbow Quest and MGSW Gone Astray. Those in attendance this past 3rd Dam: Balabina, by Nijinsky II Aug. 28 were treated to a virtuoso performance well O/B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-William I Mott; before Afleet Express (Afleet Alex) took the day=s fea- J-Mike E Smith; $240,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW tured Midsummer Derby. & MG1SP-Fr, G1SP-GB, 22-9-3-5, $1,704,253. *1/2 The word was out on Uncle Mo for the fifth race, as to Byword (GB) (Peintre Celebre), GSW & G1SP-Fr, the Repole runner took all the play at the windows and G1SW-GB, $292,096. Werk Nick Rating B: Click for was 90 cents on the dollar. And the bay made no mis- the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. takes. Quickly in front, he cruised along through a half- 2--C. S. Silk, 124, f, 4, Medaglia d=Oro--Remember the mile in :45.67, then took off like he was shot out of a Day, by Settlement Day. ($120,000 yrl '07 KEESEP). cannon, getting his final two furlongs in :23.54 while O-William Pacella, George Bonomo & Fred Barbara; widening under a hand ride. The teletimer read 1:09.21, B-Hermitage Farm LLC (KY); T-Dale L Romans; the runner-up was 14 1/4 lengths in arrears and a $80,000. J “TDN Rising Star” J was born. 3--Gotta Have Her, 124, m, 6, Royal Academy-- Win- Drawn on the rail for his first try at a route of ground, nowing, by Rahy. ($300,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). Uncle Mo broke smoothly, but John Velazquez allowed O-Green Lantern Stables LLC; B-Nursery Place & longshot I=m Steppin It Up (Congrats) to lead just to his Robert T Manfuso (KY); T-Jenine Sahadi; $40,000. outside. The two duked it Margins: HF, NO, NK. Odds: 1.30, 20.00, 8.00. out and got to the half-mile Also Ran: Fantasia (GB), Wasted Tears, Dynaslew, Kiss pole in a demanding :45.92, Mine, Cure for Sale (Arg), West Hope (Brz). but Uncle Mo was always Twice a Group 3 winner in France and runner-up in going along easily and led by the 2007 G1 Fillies= Mile, Proviso was fourth to Life Is a length as the field reached Sweet (Storm Cat) in the GI Breeders= Cup Ladies= Clas- the top of the stretch. Just sic following her Spinster disappointment. Runner-up in when it looked like the the GI Santa Monica H. on the Pro-Ride Jan. 31, she come-from-behinders would bounced back to best males in the GI F. E. Kilroe Mile Horsephotos try to make a race of it, the H. Mar. 6. The homebred made the most of a pair of 1-5 chalk rebroke and won going away. starts in New York over the summer, adding the GI Just AHe=s obviously a very fast and talented horse and it A Game S. at Belmont June 5 and the GI Diana S. up at looked as if he was doing it easily,@ said winning trainer Saratoga July 31. Last but one beneath Mike Smith to Todd Pletcher. AIn a perfect world you=d be going the the stretch yesterday, Proviso still had just Gotta Have first half in :48, in front three lengths, down the back- Her (Royal Academy) behind her as they cornered, but side. We anticipated these solid fractions; the track was rallied under a full head of steam to score, covering her lively today. He=s just such a talented horse; he=s able final quarter mile in an unconscious :21 4/5. Click for the to do things other horses can=t do.@ Click for the brisnet.com brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/10/10 • PAGE 3 of 19 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Keeneland Shadwell Turf Mile cont. SHADWELL TURF MILE S.-GI, $600,000, KEE, 10-9, It takes a horse of some quality to cut back to a mile 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:35, fm. against top competition after spending the majority of 1--GIO PONTI, 126, h, 5, by Tale of the Cat the year racing at 10 and 11 furlongs, but Gio Ponti is 1st Dam: Chipeta Springs (SP), by Alydar just that horse. Runner-up to Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) 2nd Dam: Salt Spring (Arg), by Salt Marsh in last year=s GI Breeders= Cup Classic, the Castleton 3rd Dam: Jungle Mythologic, by Mount Athos homebred resumed with a nose second in the Feb. 22 ($95,000 RNA yrl '06 KEESEP; $45,000 RNA 2yo Tampa Bay Breeders= Cup S. before a fourth in the >07 FTFFEB). O-Castleton Lyons; B-Kilboy Estate Inc G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 27. Outfinished and rele- (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J-Ramon A Dominguez; gated to second by stablemate Winchester (Theatrical $360,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. Older Male & Ch. {Ire}) in defense of his title in the GI Manhattan H. on Turf Horse, 21-11-7-0, $4,177,800. *1/2 to Fisher Belmont S. day June 5, he made it back-to-back scores Pond (A.P. Indy), SW & MGSP, $251,490; and Bon in the GI Man O=War S. Jovi Girl (Malibu Moon), MSW & GISP, $518,743. July 10 and looked on his Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk way to repeating in the Nick Rating: A. GI Arlington Million 2--Society's Chairman, 126, h, 7, Not Impossible Aug. 21, only to be run (Ire)--Athena's Smile, by Olympio. (C$40,000 yrl '04 down by the upstart De- ONTSEP). O-Charles E Fipke & George Waud; B-Errol bussy (Ire) (Diesis {GB}). Bailey (ON); T-Roger L Attfield; $120,000. The dual Eclipse winner 3--Courageous Cat, 126, c, 4, Storm Cat--Tranquility in 2009 looked a bit vul- Lake, by Rahy. O/B-Pam & Martin Wygod (KY); nerable on paper in a race T-William I Mott; $60,000.