MIESQUE’S APPROVAL TO HEADLINE SOUTH AFRICA...p6 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007 ROCK ON After his disappointing seasonal debut in Dubai, J Paul Reddam=s Red Rocks (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) got back Triple on track yesterday defying a seven-pound penalty in Sandown=s G3 Gordon Richards S. Only ninth in the Mar. 31 G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad al Sheba, Threats jockey Frankie Dettori made no mistake as he steered the 11-4 second favorite to a two-length success from O’Neill Trio Work at Keeneland... Mashaahed (GB) (In the Wings {GB}). AThings didn=t Trainer Doug O=Neill worked his trio of GI Kentucky work out in Dubai, where there was a lack of pace, but Derby candidates at Keeneland yesterday. All three he came back so well and got a solid pace today,@ were sent out for six-furlong moves, trainer Brian Meehan said of last year=s GI Breeders= Cup with Liquidity (Tiznow) clocking the Turf hero. AThis was a pretty decent race with top distance in 1:11 3/5, Cobalt Blue horses, so it=s a big relief.@ Cont. p2 (Golden Missile) getting it in 1:11 4/5 and Great Hunter (Aptitude) going in A SURE THING AT KEENELAND 1:13. Exercise rider Tony Romero was Bidding for his second straight score on the in the irons for each work. AWith Co- Keeneland turf, Ascertain (Ire) (Intikhab) held off Al- balt Blue and Liquidity coming off me- ways First (GB) (Barathea {Ire}) to take diocre races, we were looking for them the GIII Fifth Third Elkhorn S. by a to show interest early and late in the neck yesterday. The chestnut gelding work, and we saw that today,@ O=Neill settled in second for 10 panels before said. AWe saw what we were hoping forging to the front in the stretch. He to see and, again, credit to Tony, who Great Hunter drifted to the outside near the eighth has an amazing clock in his head.@ Co- Horsephotos pole, but was quickly straightened balt Blue was seventh in the Apr. 7 GII Pat Lang away and held on as Always First Illinois Derby in his latest, and Liquidity was fourth in charged hard at the wire. Jazil (Seek- the Apr. 7 GI Santa Anita Derby. Great Hunter was fifth ing the Gold), making his turf bow at 3-1, trailed in the Apr. 14 GI Blue Grass S. The O=Neill contingent throughout. Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, will head to Churchill Sunday afternoon. Videos, p7 sponsored by Taylor Made. Cont. p2 BOB AND JOHN RETURNS AT LONE STAR GI Wood Memorial S. winner Bob and John (Seeking the Gold) makes his four-year-old bow in the GIII Texas Mile S. at Lone Star Park today. The dark bay, 17th in the GI Kentucky Derby and eighth in the GI Belmont S., has not been out since finish- ing second in the El Cajon S. at Del Mar Sept. 2. He has been working steadily for his return, with a mile work in 1:37 2/5 at Santa Anita Apr. 4 Bob and John Benoit Photo and a bullet half in :46 2/5 Apr. 10. He prepped for this with a five-eighths move in 1:01 2/5 at Hollywood Apr. 23. AHe=s ready,@ trainer Bob Baffert said. AI thought this would be the logical spot to bring him back because he=s been training well and he ships extremely well.@ Baffert won this race with Preachinatthebar last year. Bob and John, has a record of 12-4-2-3 and earnings of $701,330 to date. Texas Mile Field, p4 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/28/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Friday, Keeneland Friday, Sandown, Britain FIFTH THIRD ELKHORN S.-GIII, $200,000, KEE, 4-27, GORDON RICHARDS S.-G3, ,50,000, Sandown, 4-27, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:30 2/5, gd. 4yo/up, 10f 7ydsT, 2:09.16, gd/fm. 1--@#ASCERTAIN (IRE), 118, g, 6, by Intikhab 1--RED ROCKS (IRE), 133, c, 4, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Self Assured (Ire) (GSP-Eng), by Ahonoora (GB) 1st Dam: Pharmacist (Ire) (SW-Ire), by Machiavellian 2nd Dam: Impudent Miss (Ire), by Persian Bold (Ire) 2nd Dam: Pharaoh=s Delight (Ire), by Fairy King 3rd Dam: Pavello (GB), by Crepello (GB) 3rd Dam: Ridge the Times, by Riva Ridge O-Paul J Dixon, Dr Gene Voss & Mrs S K Johnston, (i130,000 yrl >04 GOFORB). O-J Paul Reddam; Jr; B-Darley (IRE); T-Niall M O'Callaghan; J-J Theriot; B-Ballylinch Stud; T-Brian Meehan; J-Frankie Dettori; $124,000. Lifetime Record: 22-7-3-1, $314,210. ,28,390. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, G1SP-Eng & Fr, 2--Always First (GB), 118, g, 6, Barathea (Ire)--Pink 12-4-4-2, ,1,198,465. *1/2 to Medicinal (Ire) Cristal (GB), by Dilum. (200,000gns yrl '02 TATHOU). (Linamix {Fr}), SW & MGSP-Ire, $105,122. O-Merriefield Farm and Charles Noell; B-D B Clark and 2--Mashaahed (GB), 126, c, 4, In the Wings (GB)-- A L and Mrs Penfold (GB); T-T H Voss; $40,000. Patacake Patacake, by Bahri. (88,000gns wnlg 03 3--Drilling for Oil, 118, c, 4, Giant's Causeway--Won't > She Tell, by Banner Sport. ($270,000 yrl '04 KEESEP). TATDEC; 150,000gns yrl >04 TATOCT ). O-Sheikh O-B Lunsford & L Robbins III; B-Gainesway Thorough- Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum; B-Lightbody breds Ltd (KY); T-Kenneth G McPeek; $20,000. Celebration Cakes; T-Barry Hills; ,10,760. Margins: NK, 3/4, HF. Odds: 7.60, 6.00, 20.00. 3--Kandidate (GB), 129, h, 5, Kabool (GB)--Valleyrose Also Ran: Transduction Gold, Cloudy's Knight, Ramazutti, (Ire), by Royal Academy. O-A J Richards; B-Proton Pellegrino (Brz), Hard Deck, Spider Power (Ire), Bee Partnership; T-Clive Brittain; ,5,385. Charmer (Ire), Last Answer, Jazil. Scratched: Fri Guy. Margins: 2, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 11-4, 10-1, 13-2. Ascertain went to the shelf after finishing third by a Also Ran: Notnowcato (GB), Mountain High (Ire), Art neck in the July 2 GIII Stars and Stripes BC H. at Deco (Ire). Arlington. He made his return in the Mar. 17 Tejano Red Rocks did not look back after opening his stakes Run S. at Turfway, finishing fifth on the Polytrack, but account in the Listed Fairway S. at Newmarket last got back on track with a Keeneland grass allowance May. He finished at the bottom of the exacta in Royal score Apr. 7. AHe=s had some problems over the years, Ascot=s G2 King Edward VII S. in June, the G1 Grand but he=s never been better,@ trainer Niall O=Callaghan Prix de Paris at Longchamp the following month and said. The winner goes next in the June 9 GI Manhattan the G2 Great Voltigeur S. at York in August. Third in H. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, explaining Jazil=s poor the G1 St Leger back at that track in September, the effort, said, AThe turf was yielding and, since it was the bay shook off his nearly tag with a fluent success at last day of the meet, it was pretty chewed up. But he Churchill Downs and connections blamed the tepid just didn t run well. If he d liked it, it would have given = = fractions for his no-show in the desert on his four-year- us more options. But we=ll probably go back to the dirt.@ old return. With pace not an issue here, Dettori dropped the anchor in rear early to reserve energy for the final uphill climb. Taken widest of all at the top of the 2007 Kentucky Derby (G1) Contender straight, Red Rocks produced a sustained run to lead HIGH AGAIN approaching the eighth pole and asserted on the run to the line. AThe key with him is a decent pace and that is a 2005 Taylor Made Yearling Sales Graduate was a tremendous performance giving seven pounds to the other horses,@ Dettori said. AHe is one of the best KEENELAND SEPTEMBER ENTRY DEADLINE: MAY 1st turf horses in the world and he had plenty of excuses for his Dubai run. I have made the running on him in the (859) 885-3345 • www.taylormadesales.com past, so he=s quite versatile.@ Meehan is considering either the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh May 27 or G1 Prince of Wales=s S. at Royal Ascot June 20. AThe big target is the Breeders= Cup at the end of GIII Fifth Third Elkhorn S. Ascertain (Ire) (Intikhab) the year, so we=ll work back from there,@ Meehan ex- makes it two in a row on the Keeneland turf. plained. Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/28/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 Today’s Graded Stakes brought to you by 175 MEMBERS STRONG "The CBA is providing a great service to the industry. 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