Bill Oppenheim’s September Review p. 8-9 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 >EDIE TRIUMPHS IN MADDY HARD SPUN VS. STREET SENSE, ROUND III Dancing Edie (Moscow Ballet), heroine of the 2006 GI Hard Spun (Danzig) will get another crack at cham- John C. Mabee H, but looking for her victory this year, pion Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}) in Saturday=s GII rallied up the rail to Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park, which drew five take the GIII Senator entrants. Runner-up to that colt in the GI Kentucky Ken Maddy H. at Oak Derby, Hard Spun finished third to Street Sense=s sec- Tree=s opener yester- ond in the GI Preakness S., but does have a few advan- day. Second in this tages here. The bay was a handy year=s Mabee Aug. 4, winner over track and trip in the GII the bay will be stretch- Lane=s End S. in March, and may not ing out next time. AI have too much company on the missed some time with front end this time. AIt could be a her after the Mabee freaky deal like the Blue Grass, Dancing Edie (rail, purple cap/shadow roll) and I was a little con- where they went three-quarters in turns for home Benoit Photo cerned about her fit- 1:16,@ said Hard Spun=s trainer, ness, so I decided to Larry Jones. AI can tell you it won=t shorten her up here and use this as a prep for some- be a repeat of the Belmont, where thing longer, and obviously it worked out,@ explained they went 1:15 for three-quarters Hard Spun Adam Coglianese winning trainer Craig Dollase. AWe may go to Toronto without us in front. We=re just going for the [GI] E.P. Taylor [$1 million, 10fT, Oct. 21] or to do our thing. The Derby was a 20-horse field and, in stay here for the [GII] Las Palmas [Nov. 4].@ Cont. p2 our horse=s mind, it was a match race from the quarter- pole home.@ Jones added, AThe one thing about the Wednesday, Oak Tree at Santa Anita short field is there should be enough time for everyone SENATOR KEN MADDY H.-GIII, $114,900, OSA, 9-26, to focus on where [jockey] Calvin [Borel] is. He [and 3yo/up, f/m, a6 1/2fT, 1:13 1/5, fm. Street Sense] have never come up on the rail on Hard 1--DANCING EDIE, 122, m, 5, by Moscow Ballet Spun. He=s going to have to come around.@ Street 1st Dam: Duchess of Ack, by Slewpy Sense=s trainer Carl Nafzger, looking to give his colt a 2nd Dam: Lady Ack Ack, by Ack Ack Polytrack prep for the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, com- 3rd Dam: Crepuscule, by Jester mented, AMatch races are won by speed horses.@ Both O-Julian Basin, Fast Lane Farms & J Paul Reddam; colts--future barnmates at Darley--are coming off victo- B-Fast Lane Farms & Donald Reiker (CA); T-Craig ries at Saratoga Aug. 25, Street Sense in the GI Travers Dollase; J-Corey S Nakatani; $68,940. Lifetime S. and Hard Spun in the GI King=s Bishop S. Record: GISW, 20-4-7-2, $782,535. 2--Lady Gamer, 116, f, 4, Game Plan--Mariah Reyna, by Saturday, Turfway Park Far North. O/B-Clark A & Janine Rae Hansen (CA); KENTUCKY CUP CLASSIC S.-GII, $350,000, 3yo/up, T-John W Sadler; $22,980. 1 1/8m (AWT) 3--Strong Faith, 116, m, 6, Pioneering--Let's Eat Out, PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY by Banquet Table. ($8,000 yrl '02 KEESEP). 1 Hard Spun Danzig Pino O-Mervyn & Jacqueline Sahud & Mark Saleby; B-Rose 2 Cat Shaker Catienus Woods Jr Hill Farm Inc (KY); T-Jeff Mullins; $13,788. 3 Street Sense Street Sense (Ire) Borel Margins: HF, NK, NO. Odds: 5.00, 22.80, 6.30. 4 Stream Cat Black Minnaloushe Leparoux Also Ran: Macadamia, Clinet (Ire), Sophie's Trophy, 5 Muqbil Swain (Ire) Martinez Runway Rosie, Itsawonderfullife (Ire), Super Freaky, All carry 118 pounds except Street Sense, 120. Attima (GB), Fantastic Spring. Scratched: Stylish Wild- cat, True and True, Spenditallbaby. Saturday=s Oak Tree, Turfway fields p4-5 www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/27/07 • PAGE 2 of 11 GIII Sen. Ken Maddy H. result cont. Dancing Edie worked her way through Cal-bred com- pany last year before finishing second by a neck in the GI Gamely BC H. Fourth in the GIII CashCall Mile, she was a brave, front-running winner of the GI John C. Mabee H. at Del Mar prior to finishing second behind champion Wait a While in the GI Yellow Ribbon S., but concluded 2006 by fading to eighth in the GI Breeders= Cup F/M Turf Nov. 4 at Churchill. In her June 9 return, Dancing Edie missed by a head in the Redondo Beach H. at Hollywood, then ran eighth in the GII CashCall Mile July 6 over the same course before taking the runner-up spot in the Aug. 4 GI John C. Mabee H. at Del Mar. Trying the downhill course for the first time here, the five-year-old tucked into a nice spot midfield. The rail opened up turning for home and the second choice burst through to take the lead before holding off longshot Lady Gamer for a Cal-bred exacta. AThe race set up the way I thought it would,@ said winning rider Corey Nakatani. AThe main thing was, I just wanted her to relax. She did, and she really ran gamely. She=s just a tremendous filly.@ Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. P N E W S T O D A Y P IN THE ‘MARKET’ FOR NEW YORK Pam and Martin Wygod=s After Market (Storm Cat), trained by John Shirreffs, will tune up for the Breeders= Cup Satur- day at Belmont Park in the $250,000 GII Kelso BC H., GINGER PUNCH BELDAME BOUND Frank according to Daily Racing Form. The four-year-old=s Stronach=s Ginger Punch (Awesome Again), the leading main objective now is the $2-million GI Breeders= Cup older filly on the East Coast, will make her next start in Mile. A Grade I winner at nine and 10 furlongs this Sunday=s $600,000 GI Beldame year, the dark bay is coming off a score in the 11-fur- S., according to Daily Racing long GII Del Mar H. Aug. 26. Form. The chestnut, heroine of Wygod opted to point for the the GI Ruffian S. and GI Go for Mile instead of the 12-furlong Wand H., breezed a half in :47.64 $3-million GI Breeders= Cup Tuesday at Belmont. She is not Turf. AIf it doesn't work, I'm currently nominated to the Breed- the one responsible,@ Wygod ers= Cup. ARight now it looks like told DRF. After Market began we'll go in the Beldame,@ trainer his career in New York for Bobby Frankel told DRF. AIt=s Ginger Punch A Coglianese trainer Bill Mott, winning the tough to pass up $600,000 when After Market Benoit Photo GIII Lexington S. last summer you're 6-5.@ Also expected in the nine-furlong Beldame at Belmont. He has won eight of 12 career outings with are Balance (Thunder Gulch), Indian Vale (A.P. Indy), earnings of $853,685. DRF also reports that three-year- Miss Shop (Deputy Minister), Mo Cuishle (Saint Ballado) old English Colony (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), who is and Unbridled Belle (Broken Vow). Meanwhile, Team- coming off a score in the seven-furlong Lights and mate (A.P. Indy), third in the Ruffian, has sustained a Music S. over Belmont=s sod Sept. 9, is heading to the minor ankle injury and will miss the Beldame. Trainer Kelso as well. AThe way he won last time, I think he Allen Jerkens told DRF, AIf she comes around okay we can handle the mile,@ trainer Angel Penna Jr. told DRF. might run her in the [GI Juddmonte] Spinster [at AI don't know if he can handle the competition, but Keeneland Oct. 7]. If not, we'll probably send her home. Multiple Grade I winner Take d Tour (Tour d Or), there's not that many choices.@ The bay=s lone defeat @ = = came in his debut, when he was well-beaten going a fourth as the second choice in the Ruffian, will not have another outing before the GI Breeders Cup Distaff mile and an eighth at Gulfstream. Penna said the colt = Oct. 27, for which she ll need to be supplemented to sustained an entrapped epiglottis and underwent sur- = the tune of $180,000. gery after that loss. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/27/07 • PAGE 3 of 11 News cont. >GEORGE’ TO STAY AWAY George Washington (Ire) (Danehill) is set to miss another gig during his stop- start 2007 campaign as Aidan O=Brien virtually ruled AGorgeous George@ out of Saturday=s G1 Queen Eliza- beth II S. at Ascot. Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith=s four-year-old was an impressive winner of the mile contest 12 months ago, but has only managed to get to the track on three occasions this term. He returned from a two- month absence with a third in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Sept. 9. However, Ballydoyle will still be strongly represented in the QEII by the sophomores Excellent Art (GB) (Pivotal George Washington {GB}) and Duke of Marmalade (Ire) Horsephotos (Danehill), first and second, respec- tively, in the G1 St James=s Palace S.