GIACOMO LOOKS TO GET BACK ON TRACK HEADLINE p2 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, JULY 22, 2006 ISLAND IN THE SUN Trainer Shug McGaughey has won the GI Coaching Today’s Graded Stakes Club American Oaks on a pair of occasions, sending out brought to you by My Flag in 1996 before winning the race last year with the Phipps Stables’ subsequent champion Smuggler. Pine Island (Arch) gets a chance to prove she be- longs in that company and will take her fair share of beating in this afternoon’s 10-furlong feature. Pro- Click for TV duced by a full sister to 9:25a Hackwood S.-G3, NBY --------- --- MGSW Country Hideaway 11:25a Lotto-Trophy-G3, HMB --------- --- and reigning Breeders’ Cup 3:27p Arlington H.-GIII, APX (brisnet.com PPs) TVG Distaff heroine Pleasant 4:25p Modesty H.-GIII, APX (brisnet.com PPs) TVG Pine Island Adam Coglianese Home, Pine Island kicked 4:45p CCA Oaks-GI, BEL (brisnet.com PPs) TVG off her career on the turf, returning nearly $60 in win- 5:25p American Derby-GII, APX (brisnet.com PPs) TVG ning her maiden at Gulfstream Mar. 9. An 8-1 chance in 7:30p John C. Mabee H.-GI, DMR (brisnet.com PPs) TVG her entry-level allowance test rained off the turf June 8, 8:30p San Diego H.-GII, DMR (brisnet.com PPs) TVG she powered away to score by 5 1/2 lengths, earning a All Post Times are Eastern Daylight Time. spot in the July 1 GI Mother Goose S., where she came Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs of today’s graded races. flying late to miss by 3/4 of a length to Bushfire. McGaughey, not one to rush lightly raced horses into FUTURE VINERY STALLION SILVER stakes company, felt it was the right thing to do. “I TRAIN WINS TOM FOOL HANDICAP! thought she was probably okay with those fillies,” the Click here for more... conditioner commented. “I was kind of hoping Bushfire would bounce off the Acorn. I’m not too sure had we P P R E V I E W S P not gotten away better and someone carried [Bushfire] along a little bit further that we couldn’t have been more competitive with her.” Though the divisional Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 4:45 p.m. EDT leader is passing on this event in favor of the GI Ala- COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $300,000, bama S. Aug. 19, GI Kentucky Oaks upsetter Lemons 3yo, f, 1 1/4m Forever (Lemon Drop Kid) is a PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS legitimate threat. An even fifth 1 Teammate A.P. Indy H A Jerkens 12-1 as a lukewarm favorite in the 2 Lemons Forever Lemon Drop Kid Stewart 8-1 Mother Goose, trainer Dallas 3 Miss Shop Deputy Minister H A Jerkens 10-1 Stewart continues on undaunted. 4 Wonder Lady Anne L Real Quiet Dutrow Jr 5-1 “She just didn’t run her race. No 5 Sugar Shake Awesome Again Frankel 9-2 excuses,” he admitted. “She’s 6 Baghdaria Royal Academy Amoss 8-1 been training so well it would be 7 Pine Island Arch McGaughey II 3-1 hard to deny her a chance to run Lemons Forever Horsephotos 8 Vague Elusive Quality Noseda 6-1 in a race like the Coaching Club. I 9 Unbridled Belle Broken Vow Pletcher 8-1 really feel she just couldn’t be doing any better.” Lem- All carry 121 pounds. ons Forver, owned in part by her trainer, arrived in New York on Wednesday. Previews cont. p2 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/22/06 • PAGE 2 of 5 Stakes Previews cont. San Diego H. cont. Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 4:30 p.m. PDT Giacomo, looking for his first victory since a surprise JOHN C. MABEE H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, f/m, win in the 2005 GI Kentucky Derby, returns from a 1 1/8mT 4 1/2-month hiatus. The grey ran fifth to Lava Man in PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS the Mar. 4 GI Santa Anita H. in his most recent trip 1 Dancing Edie Moscow Ballet C Dollase 6-1 postward. Trainer John Shirreffs is aware that the set- 2 Moscow Burning Moscow Ballet Cassidy 9-2 up isn’t ideal for his charge. 3 Katdogawn (GB) Bahhare Lloyd 10-1 “The distance [1 1/16 miles] is 4 Live Life (Fr) Linamix (Fr) Drysdale 7-2 okay, but the pace is the main 5 Island Fashion Petionville J Canani 4-1 thing,” he told Daily Racing 6 Amorama (Fr) Sri Pekan Frankel 3-1 Form. “We need a good finish.” 7 Memorette Memo (Chi) Currin 9-2 Spellbinder, the winner of the Defending titleist Amorama returns to her beloved Del GII San Antonio H. Feb. 5 who Mar, where she has won two of three previous starts. also carries the same green and While under the tutelage of Julio Canani, the dark bay Giacomo Four Footed Fotos pink silks as Giacomo, is the captured the GI Del Mar Oaks at three and this contest only confirmed front-runner in last year; her only loss over this surface was a second this field. The five-year-old ran second in the GII to champion Intercontinental (GB) in the controversial Mervyn LeRoy H. May 13 before weakening to be sixth GII Palomar H. Sept. 3. She was acquired for $1.05 in the GII Californian S. June 17 at Hollywood. While million at FTKNOV and, while she has yet to get her most of his contemporaries are now represented by picture taken for new owner Stronach Stables and runners, Publication has embarked on yet another phase trainer Bobby Frankel, comes into this one off a fourth-- of his racing career. Fourth in Johannesburg’s GI Breed- beaten a head--in Belmont’s Cozy Blues S. June 17. It ers’ Cup Juvenile, the GIII Arlington-Washington Futu- certainly won’t be easy for the five-year-old. Opposing rity hero had a forgettable sophomore season in 2002, her are graded stakes winners Memorette, Moscow but hit the board in each of his six starts at four and Burning, Island Fashion and Katdogawn as well as Live five, including a head loss in the GI Triple Bend H in Life, a valiant runner-up in the GII Beverly Hills H. after 2003. The gelding was sidelined following a third to dueling through hot fractions June 24 at Hollywood. subsequent champion Speightstown in the 2004 GII That contest marked the U.S. stakes bow for the grey, Churchill Downs H. and returned just over two years later to land a seven-furlong optional claimer at Holly- who had been Group 3-placed in France last summer. wood May 20. “He was a little worn out and had a little bit of wear and tear in his ankles,” trainer Vladimir Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 5:30 p.m. PDT Cerin told DRF about the layoff. The fragile seven-year- SAN DIEGO H.-GII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m old rallied from way back to finish fourth in the July 2 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS renewal of the Triple Bend in his last out. 1 Preachinatthebar Silver Charm Baffert 7-2 2 Rathor (Ire) Machiavellian Frankel 4-1 3 Texcess In Excess (Ire) Mitchell 3-1 4 Papi Chullo Comeonmom Vargas 8-1 MOVING ??? 5 Southern Africa Cape Town Puhich 15-1 For just a day or forever... 6 Giacomo Holy Bull Shirreffs 5-1 Call us with your new fax number. 7 Publication Petionville Cerin 10-1 (732) 747-8060 8 Spellbinder Tale of the Cat R Mandella 9-2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/22/06 • PAGE 3 of 5 Stakes Previews cont. Saturday, Arlington Park, post time: 3:25 p.m. CDT Saturday, Arlington Park, post time: 4:25 p.m. CDT MODESTY H.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT AMERICAN DERBY-GII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 3/16mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Chic Dancer Joyeux Danseur Janks 112 1 Golden Arrow (Ire) Danehill Weld 8-1 2 Minge Cove Sandpit (Brz) Blasi 112 2 Murch Mr. Greeley Pitts 30-1 3 Pleasant Quality Elusive Quality Quinn 109 3 Can't Beat It Atticus Ma Wolfson 20-1 4 Atlantic Frost Stormy Atlantic Goldfine 114 4 Niagara Causeway Giant’s Causeway Sticka 12-1 5a Royal Copenhagen (Fr) Inchinor (GB) De Seroux 114 5 Tahoe Warrior Carson City Weaver 8-1 6 Modjadji Pioneering Janks 110 6 Storm Treasure Storm Boot Blasi 8-1 7 Louve Royale (Ire) Peintre Celebre Biancone 117 7 Icy Ridge (Ire) Orpen Puhich 20-1 8 Potra Clasica (Arg) Potrillon (Arg) Ma Wolfson 114 8 Stream Cat Black Minnaloushe Biancone 9-2 9a Round Heels (Ire) Daggers Drawn De Seroux 113 9 Union Avenue Gone West Mott 12-1 10 Cursora (Arg) Candy Stripes McPeek 115 10 Amigoni (Ire) Danehill Motion 15-1 11 Kingship King Cugat Werner 8-1 Saturday, Newbury, Britain, post time: 2:25 p.m. 12 Desert Wheat Wheaton Mott 15-1 STAN JAMES HACKWOOD S.-G3, £50,000, 3yo/up, 6f 13 Charley Tango Maria’s Mon Stidham 20-1 8ydsT 14 Outperformance Aptitude Violette Jr 5-1 SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT Trainer Dermot Weld certainly knows his way to the 1 8 Fayr Jag (Ire) Fayruz (GB) Easterby 133 Arlington winner’s circle, having saddled Pine Dance 2 10 Ashdown Express (Ire) Ashkalani (Ire) Wall 129 (2000), Evolving Tactics (Ire) (2003) and Simple 3 3 Baltic King (GB) Danetime (Ire) Morrison 129 Exhange (Ire) (2004) to victory in this prep for the GI 4 6 Eisteddfod (GB) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Cole 129 Secretariat S.