WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here JAPANESE DUO ON TOP OF THE WORLD SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED by Emma Berry The finalists for Canada=s Sovereign Awards, which In 2006, Japan caught the attention of the wider include 11 horse and five human categories, were racing world when Delta Blues (Jpn) (Dance In The Dark announced yesterday by The Jockey Club of Canada. {Jpn}) and Pop Rock (Jpn) (Helissio {Fr}) finished first The Horse of the Year finalists and the winners in all and second in the Melbourne Cup. There have been categories will be announced at the 40th annual plenty more high-profile international raids in Sovereign Awards Party Apr. 10 at Woodbine subsequent years, most notably the 6 1/4-length romp Racetrack. of Just A Way (Jpn) (Heart=s Cry {Jpn}) in the It came as no surprise that G1 Dubai Duty Free on Meydan=s World Cup night--a the winners of each of the performance which has earned the 6-year-old the title three legs of the Canadian of Longines World=s Best Racehorse at a prestigious Triple Crown earned a chance London ceremony Tuesday. at a Sovereign Award. Once again, however, the Japanese star was backed Queen=s Plate heroine Lexie up by a compatriot. His rating of 130 puts him just a Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}), who pound clear of the Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia (Jpn) finished second to dual (Symboli Kris S), who beat Just A Way by four lengths Classic winner California in that Group 1 contest in November, for which he was Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in Del rated 129. Mar=s GI Hollywood Derby, Gallopers from Hong Kong, South Africa, Britain and made the top four in both the Ireland tied for third place with Able Friend (Aus) 3-year-old filly and female turf (Shamardal)=s G1 Longines Hong King Mile victory, for horse categories. which he was given a mark of 127, judged to be the Coltimus Prime (Milwaukee Lexie Lou equal of Variety Club (SAf) (Var)=s G1 Champions Mile Brew), winner of the Prince of Michael Burns success and the performances of Kingman (GB) Wales S., and Ami=s Holiday (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the G1 St James=s Place S. at (Harlan=s Holiday), victor of the Breeders= S., earned top Royal Ascot and The Grey Gatsby (Ire) spots in the sophomore male division. Those two face (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in the G1 QIPCO Irish stiff competition in that category, however, from Heart Champion S., for which runner-up Australia (GB) to Heart (English Channel), winner of the GIII Jefferson (Galileo {Ire}) was given the same rating. Coolmore=s Cup S. and GIII Commonwealth Turf S. at Churchill dual Derby winner also ran to 127 when winning the Downs, who is also a finalist in the turf male division. G2 Juddmonte International S. at York. Cont. p5 Full list of finalists p3. Editorial cont. p4 JUST A WAY (JPN) -- Rating 130 O-Akatsuki Yamatoya; B-Shadai Corporation Inc; T-Naosuke Sugai (h, 2009, Heart’s Cry {Jpn}--Sibyl {Jpn}, by Wild Again) Photo credit: DRC/Randi Sokoloff Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree Major Victories G1 Dubai Duty Free S. ! G1 Yasuda Kinen First-crop colts ON THE DERBY TRAIL CROSS THE LINE Firing Line Winner of Saturday’s Runner-up by a head to Dortmund California Derby to stay in Los Alamitos Futurity (G1). perfect around two turns. Next: Feb. 7 Robert B. Lewis S. 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Mubtaahij INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Emirates Racing Authority Director of IT: Robert Williams [email protected] Page 10 WORLDWIDE INFORMATION ‘Charline’ Targets International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Dubai Turf Assistant Editor: Alix Choppin Team Valor’s Euro Charline (GB) Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: (Myboycharlie {Ire}) is set to make her Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] comeback in the G1 Dubai Turf Mar. 28. The Euro Charline 4-year-old filly has been sidelined since winning 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Racing Post Arlington Park’s GI Beverly D. S. last August. Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) Page 11 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/21/15 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 2014 SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Champion Older Male Outstanding Broodmare Brooklynsway (Giant Gizmo) Calgary Cat (Cowtown Cat) Cruising Kris (Kris S.) Conquest Harlanate (Harlan’s Holiday) Lukes Alley (Flower Alley) Eye of the Sphynx (Smart Strike) London Tower (Head Chopper) Sharp Sensation (Sharp Humor) Star Guest (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}) Mississippi Delta (Giant’s Causeway) Sky Captain (Sky Mesa) Uproar (Hail the Ruckus) Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Champion Female Turf Horse Outstanding Breeder Conquest Tsunami (Stormy Atlantic) Deceptive Vision (A. P. Indy) Adena Springs, Sam-Son Farm, Conquest Typhoon (Stormy Atlantic) Executive Allure (Bold Executive) Paradox Farm, William Sorokolit Decision Day (Macho Uno) Lexie Lou Phil’s Cocktail (Philanthropist) Royal Fury (Langfuhr) Outstanding Owner Champion 3-Year-Old Female Champion Male Turf Horse Gary Barber, Conquest Stable, Executive Allure (Bold Executive) Dynamic Sky (Sky Mesa) John Oxley, Sam-Son Farm Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) Excaper (Exchange Rate) Paladin Bay (Sligo Bay {Ire}) Heart to Heart Sweater Weather (Milwaukee Brew) Sharp Sensation (Sharp Humor) Outstanding Trainer Mark Casse, Josie Carroll, Champion 3-Year-Old Male Champion Female Sprinter Brian Lynch, Greg Tracy Ami’s Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday) Cactus Kris (Cactus Ridge) Coltimus Prime (Milwaukee Brew) Executive Allure (Bold Executive) Florida Won (Birdstone) Hillaby Outstanding Apprentice Jockey Heart to Heart (English Channel) Spring in the Air Damario Bynoe, Sheena Ryan, Ericka Smilovsky, Nick Webb Champion Older Female Champion Male Sprinter Hillaby (Distorted Humor) Calgary Cat Silent Star (Silent Name {Jpn}) Excaper Outstanding Jockey Spring in the Air (Spring At Last) Phil’s Dream (Philanthropist) Luis Contreras, Eurico Da Silva, Strut the Course (Strut the Stage) Sharp Sensation Patrick Husbands, Rico Walcott TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/21/15 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII HOLY BULL S. Sovereign Award Finalists Announced cont. from p1 In addition to securing a top spot in the outstanding owner category, Conquest Stables is represented by MSW Conquest Tsunami (Stormy Atlantic) and GII Summer S. hero Conquest Typhoon (Stormy ALBERTRANI LOOKING FOR TOUCHDOWN IN Atlantic) in the 2-year-old male category, as well as HOLY BULL MGSW Conquest Harlanate (Harlan=s Holiday) in the Godolphin will send out two juvenile fillies category. homebreds for Saturday=s Spring in the Air (Spring At Last), who earned the GII Holy Bull S. in the highly Sovereign Award for champion juvenile filly in 2012, touted GII Remsen S. runner- has a chance to bring home two more this year for up Frosted (Tapit) and First outstanding owner finalist John Oxley and outstanding Down (Street Sense). The trainer finalist Mark Casse. The bay made the final cut latter, the most lightly raced in both the older female and female sprinter categories horse in the field with just thanks to a win in the GIII Hendrie S. and placings in two starts under his girth, has the GIII Whimsical S. and GIII Seway S. much to prove, but his trainer Gary Barber and Sam-Son Farm round out the owner category, while Josie Carroll, Brian Lynch and Greg Tom Albertrani is Tracy oppose Casse in the outstanding trainer division. optimistically confident in the Adena Springs looks to add to their long list of wins in colt=s ability. AHe=s been the outstanding breeder category, and will be challenged training very well since we came down to Palm Meadows Tom Albertrani by Sam-Son Farm, who also boasts multiple wins in this Horsephotos category, William Sorokolit and Paradox Farm. this winter,@ the conditioner said. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/21/15 • PAGE 5 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Albertrani Looking for Touchdown in Holy Bull cont. First Down graduated 3/4 of a length ahead of Frosted on debut going 6 1/ 2 panels Sept. 20 and finished fourth in the muddy GII Nashua S. at Aqueduct Nov. 2. AI was expecting even a better performance after his first race, but I think the muddy track had some effect on him that day,@ Albertrani explained.