HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, TWO G1 Wins in One Day for call 732-747-8060. DYNAFORMER (See p. 8 & 10) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 TDN Feature Presentation A PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME If yesterday=s racing was anything to go by, you GRADE 1 JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP won=t want to miss a single Breeders= Cup event this year. Belmont Park, Oak Tree and Turfway Park showcased the lo- cal Breeders= Cup hopefuls in no less than 14 graded stakes, and AMERICA’S RICHEST RACEHORSE potential stars from every division emerged from all three tracks. Congratulations to CURLIN The runaway winners yesterday Sired by SMART STRIKE were Fatal Bullet (Red Bullet) (BC Red Giant Sets World Sprint) and Grand Couturier (GB) Record Horsephotos ALL THAT GLITTERS (Grand Lodge) (BC Turf). Bear Cigar has been dethroned as North America=s richest Now (Tiznow) (BC Ladies= Classic), Dynaforce racehorse. Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart (Dynaformer) (BC F/M Turf), Stardom Bound (Tapit) (BC Strike) wrested that title with his Juvenile Fillies), West Side Bernie (Bernstein) (BC Juve- determined win in yesterday=s nile) and Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) (BC Ladies= Classic) GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at were all handy in victory. It was a little tighter for Curlin Belmont Park, bringing his career (Smart Strike) (BC Classic) and Wait A While (Maria=s bankroll to a cool $10,246,800. He Mon) (BC F/M Turf), but both were comfortably on top is the first North American-based at the finish. Then you had the dogfights: Black Seven- horse to break the eight-figure mark teen (Is It True) and Fabulous Strike (Smart Strike) in in earnings. AIt=s amazing,@ jockey the GI Vosburgh; Cocoa Beach (Chi) (Doneraile Court) Robby Albarado said. AI=m sure this and Ginger Punch (Awesome Again) in the GI Beldane Adam Coglianese record will be broken one day, but it S.; and Red Giant (Giant=s Causeway) and Out of Con- will take a helluva horse.@ According trol (Brz) (Vettori {Ire}) in the world-record-setting to Barbara Banke, the wife of owner Jess Jackson, GI Clement L. Hirsch S. Fingers crossed, they will all be Curlin will ship to Santa Anita today to Atest out the back in four weeks for the main event. track@ ahead of a possible tilt at the Oct. 25 GI Breed- ers= Cup Classic. Cont. p2 Saturday’s Grade I/Group 1 Winners Winner Race Rainbow View (Dynaformer) Fillies Mile - ASC Raven=s Pass (Elusive Quality) QE II S. - ASC Black Seventeen (Is It True) Vosburgh S. - BEL Cocoa Beach (Chi) (Doneraile Court) Beldame S. - BEL Curlin (Smart Strike) Jockey Club Gold Cup - BEL Dynaforce (Dynaformer) Flower Bowl Inv. - BEL Grand Couturier (GB) (Grand Lodge) J Hirsch Turf Classic - BEL Cost of Freedom (Cee=s Tizzy) Ancient Title S. - OSA Red Giant (Giant=s Causeway) C L Hirsch Mem. - OSA Stardom Bound (Tapit) Oak Leaf S. - OSA Wait A While (Maria=s Mon) Yellow Ribbon S. - OSA Well Armed (Tiznow) Goodwood S. - OSA Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) Lady=s Secret S. - OSA P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/28/08 • PAGE 2 of 20 Saturday, Belmont Park JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP S.-GI, $750,000, BEL, 9-27, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m, 2:01 4/5, sy. 1--CURLIN, 126, c, 4, by Smart Strike 1st Dam: Sherriff's Deputy, by Deputy Minister 2nd Dam: Barbarika, by Bates Motel 3rd Dam: War Exchange, by Wise Exchange ($57,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Fares Farm Inc (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; J-Robby Albarado; $450,000. Lifetime Record: Horse of the Year, Ch. 3yo Colt, G1SW-UAE, 15-11-2-2, $10,246,800. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Wanderin Boy, 126, h, 7, Seeking the Gold--Vid Kid, by Pleasant Colony. O-Stone Farm; B-Arthur B Hancock III (KY); T-Nicholas P Zito; $150,000. 3--Merchant Marine, 126, g, 4, Tiznow--Head East, by Gone West. ($70,000 wlng '04 KEENOV; $325,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Peachtree Stable; B-Pollock Farms (KY); T-H Allen Jerkens; $75,000. Margins: 3/4, 3 3/4, 7 1/4. Odds: 0.40, 7.40, 16.80. Also Ran: Mambo in Seattle, Ravel, Stones River, A. P. Arrow, Angliana. Scratched: Timber Reserve. You start to run out of superlatives. Except for a slight hiccup when trying the turf, Curlin has been unbeatable since taking the 2007 edition of the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. That was his closest call--a neck tally over Lawyer Ron--and he has done whatever he needs to do to get the job done in six of his seven Adam Coglianese starts since. The superstar took a short break after his tour de force in the Mar 29 G1 Dubai World Cup, then made light work of the competition in the June 14 GI Stephen Foster H. Looking for new worlds to conquer, his con- nections decided it was time to try the grass, and Curlin New Stakes Winners #20 & #21, both at Delaware Park! was the 2-5 favorite in the GI Man o=War S. at Belmont Le Danseur July 12. He lacked his usual strong late kick, running winner of the Small Wonder S. second, and has been far from overpowering in his two Afleet Aussie starts since, but the four-year-old has been the consum- winner of the First State Dash S. mate professional every time. He caught loose-on-the- lead Past the Point (Indian Charlie) in the Sept. 1 A TAYLOR MADE / WINSTAR VENTURE • Standing at Taylor Made GI Woodward S. and edged away to a 1 1/4 length GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Curlin (Smart Strike) score, and it was the same story yesterday. Wanderin Boy went to the front on the sloppy track and took becomes the richest horse in NA History. them as far as he could, but Curlin came after him in GI Beldame S. Cocoa Beach (Doneraile Court) upsets the stretch, seized control and never felt the whip as he Ginger Punch (Awesome Again). powered to the wire. As to whether he will ultimately GI Vosburgh S. Black Seventeen (Is It True) duels and defend his title in the Breeders= Cup Classic, owner Jess digs in. Jackson said by phone, AIt=s up to Curlin whether or not he likes the track and the surface. But we=ll consider it. GI Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship. We=ll consider it now that we=re past this hurdle. It=s the Red Giant (Giant=s Causeway) sets a world record next prospect for us and we=ll give every bit of atten- for 1 1/4 miles on turf. tion that we can. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the @ GI Lady=s Secret S. Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) is just brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. too good P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/28/08 • PAGE 3 of 20 Saturday, Ascot, Britain O'Brien and Freddy Head rabbits, Raven=s Pass pounced QUEEN ELIZABETH II S.-G1, ,250,000, Ascot, 9-27, on Tamayuz approaching the furlong marker. He battled 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:38.94, gd. gamely for Jimmy Fortune to withstand the advances 1--sRAVEN'S PASS, 125, c, 3, by Elusive Quality of Henrythenavigator and Johnny Murtagh in the drive 1st Dam: Ascutney (GSW-$188,129), by Lord At War (Arg) to the line. "He's been at the top of the tree and was a 2nd Dam: Right Word, by Verbatim bit hot earlier in the year, so we had to relax him,@ 3rd Dam: Oratorio, by Fleet Nasrullah Fortune commented. AI probably got it wrong in the O-H R H Princess Haya of Jordan; B-Stonerside Stable; Sussex, which was a messy race, and I should have T-John Gosden; J-Jimmy Fortune; ,151,860. Lifetime kicked earlier, so I knew it was time to go when Johnny Record: G1SP-Fr, 11-5-4-1, ,490,877. *1/2 to [Murtagh] came to my quarters. He's an out-and-out Gigawatt (Wild Again), GSW, $512,641. Werk Nick miler and he'll probably get farther, so I knew the pace Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. would suit us.@ Trainer John Gosden added, "Horse, 2--Henrythenavigator, 125, c, 3, Kingmambo- - trainer and jockey finally got it right. Last year, he was Sequoyah (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. O-Susan Magnier; pretty outstanding, but it all went wrong in the Guineas B-Western Bloodstock; T-Aidan O'Brien; ,57,566. from the draw. He ran a blinder in the St James's Pal- 3--Sabana Perdida (Ire), 126, m, 5, Cape Cross (Ire)- - ace, and then we let Tamayuz have 12 lengths in the Capriola, by Mr. Prospector. (i38,000 yrl >04 Jean Prat and Henry first run in a slowly run Sussex, so GOFORB). O-Scuderia Zaro; B-Musaed Abo Salim; the only plan was to be handier. He sees his races out well now and, physically, he's done very well and looks T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; ,28,810. great. The plan is now to go to the Breeders Cup; Margins: 1, 4HF, 3. Odds: 3-1, 11-8, 14-1. = whether that is for the Mile or the Classic, we will have Also Ran: Tamayuz (GB), Winker Watson (GB), Hon- to see.@ Aidan O'Brien said of the runner-up, "He ran a oured Guest (Ire), Racinger (Fr).