SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here DANCE WITH FATE CONFIRMED FOR DERBY FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII CHARLES TOWN CLASSIC S. After initially expressing serious reservations, trainer Peter Eurton had a change of heart and, in a nine-word statement via his Twitter account, confirmed Friday that GI Toyota Blue Grass S. hero ADance With Fate (Two Step Salsa) will be heading to the [GI Kentucky] Derby.@ Following his stirring victory in the nine- furlong spring centerpiece at Keeneland, Eurton THE DUDE=S BACK IN TOWN admitted that he felt At a million and a half dollars, tonight=s GII Charles the colt was better Town Classic offers the most purse money for a race in on turf and synthetic the United States outside of the Triple Crown and the surfaces and also Breeders= Cup. For the second straight year, the lure of expressed concern a giant payday has attracted Diamond Pride LLC and the about the three-week Lanni Family Trust=s Game on Dude (Awesome Again) turnaround. Dance With Fate returned to to the Mountain State as he looks to successfully Dance With Fate defend his title in the his Southern Coady photography three-turn event. The California base earner of nearly $6.2 Monday and on Thursday, Eurton posted a photo million in a brilliant career, indicating his pupil was Aholding excellent weight@ out Game on Dude flopped of the race and the flight back to California. Corey for a second straight Nakatani, who was aboard for the Blue Grass victory, season in the GI Breeders= retains the mount for the Derby. The jockey had ridden Cup Classic, finishing Uncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) in his two most recent ninth, and closed the year appearances, but trainer Gary Contessa announced with last-lunge defeat at earlier this week that Irad Ortiz Jr. would take over on the hands of champion that New York-bred on Derby Day. Will Take Charge Game On Dude Benoit Photo (Unbridled=s Song) in the Triple Threats cont. p7 GI Clark H. Whereas he began 2013 with a dominating success in the GII San Antonio H., he got caught up in a suicidal speed duel in this year=s running Feb. 8 and weakened to fifth. That effort, in addition to the presence of Will Take Charge and Breeders= Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) saw Game on Dude go off at 38-10 in defense of his title in the GI Santa Anita H. Mar. 8, his highest starting price since running second at 14-1 in the 2011 Classic, a span of 16 outings. But >the Dude= set a searching pace, repelled Will Take Charge in the stretch and won his third Big >Cap by 1 3/4 lengths. Trainer Bob Baffert indicated his charge is ready to strut his stuff. AHe=s doing really well,@ he said. AHe worked great the other day, and he=s happy.@ Game on Dude worked a bullet six furlongs in 1:11 at Santa Anita last Sunday. With a victory this evening, Game on Dude would surpass the legendary John Henry as the top money-winning gelding of all time. 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Page 7 Database Admin./Programming Specialist: Gregg Casillo [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley EST Race Click for TV [email protected] 4:00p Miami Mile H.-GIII, CRC (Brisnet.com PPs) HRTV Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin 4:42p Ben Ali S.-GIII, KEE (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary 4:57p Distaff H.-GII, AQU (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG/HRTV [email protected] 5:13p Coolmore Lexington S.-GIII, KEE (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 6:10p Sixty Sails H.-GIII, HAW (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) 6:42p Illinois Derby-GIII, HAW (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG www.thoroughbreddailynews.com 10:30p Charles Town Classic S.-GII, CT (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG/HRTV www.thetdn.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/19/14 • PAGE 3 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com TDN Feature Presentation cont. Moreno (Ghostzapper) figures to try to keep pace with the favorite as he makes his first start of the season and first since a distant 10th in the Breeders= Cup Classic. Prior to that, the homebred=s form was solid, winning the GII Dwyer S. and finishing third to Palace Malice (Curlin) in the GII Jim Dandy S. before rounding out the exacta underneath Will Take Charge in the GI Travers S. and GII Pennsylvania Derby. He was entered for, but scratched from last Friday=s GII Oaklawn H. and breezed an easy half-mile at Keeneland before setting out for Charles Town. Clubhouse Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) was beaten nearly eight lengths when second to Game on Dude in the 2013 San Antonio, but gave him all he could handle in this race, finishing well to be a half-length behind in second. He looks to snap a seven-race skid here, and exits a useful third in the Santana Mile S. at Santa Anita Mar. 30. Click here for the Classic field. >PAL= COULD PROVE DISTAFF GAL When Marty Wolfson ships one in from out of town for a big race, you automatically sit up and pay attention, and the conditioner looks to have a live chance in today=s GII Distaff S. in the form of Farnsworth Stable LLC=s My Pal Chrisy (Alex=s Pal). Third in last year=s GI Princess Rooney H. at Calder, she joined the Wolfson barn a couple starts later and promptly took her first three appearances. She is winless--though not worse than third--in My Pal Chrisy Jim & Lisa Photo her four most recent efforts, including a second to Munnings Sister (Speightstown) in the Awesome Feather S. at Gulfstream Feb. 6 and in the Mar. 22 GII Inside Information S. My Pal Chrisy is cross- entered in tonight=s Sugar Maple S. at Charles Town. New York-bred La Verdad (Yes It=s True) zoomed through her restricted allowance conditions and added a pair of open-company allowance scores before being overtaken late by My Wandy=s Girl (Flower Alley) in the Feb. 22 GII Barbara Fritchie H. and settling for second. She bounced back with a facile defeat of seven of her fellow Empire-breds in the Mar. 29 Broadway S. and will take some catching from the fence. J “TDN Rising Star” J Kauai Katie (Malibu Moon) makes a much-anticipated seasonal debut this afternoon. One of the leading short-trackers of her generation last term, the bay was only third behind Midnight Lucky (Midnight Lute) in the GI Acorn S. and last of six in the GI Prioress S. in two subsequent starts. She=ll try to regain her winning ways off a worktab which is more steady than spectacular. Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/19/14 • PAGE 4 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Black-Type Previews cont. Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:57 p.m. EDT DISTAFF H.-GII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 La Verdad Yes It's True Ortiz Rice 5-2 2 Miss d'Oro Medaglia d'Oro Franco Servis 20-1 3 Lion D N A Lion Heart Arroyo Rodriguez 8-1 4 Munnings Sister Speightstown Saez Tagg 4-1 5 Kauai Katie K Malibu Moon Velazquez Pletcher 3-1 6 Bridgehampton K Bernardini Maragh Hushion 10-1 7 My Pal Chrisy Alex's Pal Alvarado Wolfson 7-2 >HAWK= HOPES RIVALS SING THE >BLUES= Shortly after the Chicago Blackhawks and St.