HEADLINE NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, Point Given’s GO BETWEEN Runs call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2008 Today in Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) TDN Feature Presentation NEW APPROACH’S IRISH DERBY BID IN DOUBT G1 Epsom Derby hero New Approach (Ire) (Galileo GRADE 1 MOTHER GOOSE STAKES {Ire}), ante-post favorite for tomorrow=s G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, may not get the chance to complete the Derby double. Trainer Jim Bolger yesterday revealed the colt may be suffering from a foot ailment. ANew Approach is not 100 percent comfortable in his box,@ Bolger told PA Sport. AWe do not as yet know the ex- “With a 2007 yearling average and median of $825,000 and tent of the problem. It appears it may be a foot bruise $675,000 (25 sold), respectively, A.P. INDY surpasses Storm and we will know more [Saturday] evening.@ Cont. p2 Cat as the most successful commercial stallion on the NA continent.”- TBH MarketWatch, 2008 HEATSEEKER OUT OF GOLD CUP Heatseeker (Ire) (Giant=s Causeway), who was the THE FEW, THE PROUD...THE MOTHER GOOSE 7-5 favorite for today=s GI Hollywood Gold Cup, has Only three fillies are willing to challenge Proud Spell been scratched due to a problem (Proud Citizen) in today=s GI Mother Goose S. at with his left front ankle. The win- Belmont Park, but you can=t ner of the GI Santa Anita H. and blame horsemen for looking GII Californian S. this year, the for alternate routes. The only five-year-old was the 123-pound time the Brereton Jones highweight for the 1 1/4-mile homebred has finished race. AI am sorry about it, espe- worse than second was a cially with all the exposure we=ve third-place finish in the gotten, but unfortunately we Benoit Photo GI Ashland S., her only syn- can=t run a horse with a filled ankle and some heat in thetic track try, and she co- it,@ trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said. AI don=t believe it=s mes into the race off a domi- serious, but we=re not going to take a chance with so nating five-length victory in many more big races this year.@ Hollendorfer reported the May 2 GI Kentucky that X-rays were negative, and Heatseeker is expected Proud Spell trackphotographer.com Oaks. AShe=s just been ultra- to be back in action later this season. consistent ever since we got her,@ trainer Larry Jones said. AIn her training, she al- ways found a way to keep up, and she=d win every work by a head or a neck. In her races, whenever [jockey Gabriel Saez] sets her down, she gets to work.@ Will she have her work cut out for her? The toughest competition is likely to be J “TDN Rising Star” J Music Note (A.P. Indy). The Godolphin colorbearer broke her maiden by 7 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct in No- vember, then came back after more than six months on the sidelines to take a Belmont allowance by seven under a hand ride. She stretches out off that one-mile test for her stakes debut. Bred by Gainsborough Farm, she is a half to French Classic winner Musical Chimes; her second dam is champion It=s In the Air. Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 4:43 p.m. EDT MOTHER GOOSE S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS 1 Hamsa Fusaichi Pegasus Tagg 10-1 2 Proud Spell Proud Citizen Jones 4-5 3 Never Retreat Smart Strike McLaughlin 8-1 4 Music Note A.P. Indy bin Suroor 7-5 www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/28/08 • PAGE 2 of 12 Dubai Duty Free FRIENDS LAKE AP INDY - ANTESPEND Irish Derby TARTAN ARMY A PINHOOKER’S BEST FRIEND While the last Scottish invasion of Ireland happened in 1315, County Kildare will witness a raid of a differ- ent kind as Tartan Bearer (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}) does battle in tomorrow=s G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. Despite having raced only four times, the chestnut has already established a reputation for toughness and resilience and, after losing out by a half-length to New Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the June 7 G1 Epsom Derby, Ballymacoll=s homebred is smarting for revenge. Like recent winners Ribocco, El Gran Senor, Law Soci- ety and St Jovite, he will bid to go one better over the Curragh=s hallowed soil and provide Sir Michael Stoute with a fourth renewal, which would also be his first Twelve 2008 2yo’s average more than $162,000, since Shahrastani in 1986. Peter Reynolds, manager of including pinhooking homeruns of $450,000; Ballymacoll Stud, believes the colt can find the neces- $300,000; $275,000; $270,000; $205,000; etc... sary improvement to turn the tables on his Epsom con- Not to mention a $600,000 yearling pinhook. queror. AWe were absolutely delighted with Tartan Bearer at Epsom--he ran a wonderful race,@ Reynolds Don’t miss FRIENDS LAKE’s next money maker commented. AHe didn=t have that much experience and from his standout Fasig-Tipton July Yearlings! is learning all the time, so hopefully he will improve on that on Sunday. I can=t see any reason why we would- n=t have a wonderful opportunity of winning, as The Curragh is a level, galloping track which should suit our (859) 873-7270 www.airdriestud.com horse very well, and the ground should be perfect. It=s a long time since we won the Irish Derby with Troy (GB) 5 4 Curtain Call (Fr) Sadler=s Wells in 1979 and we deserve another chance.@ Cont. pxx (60,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT) O-Mrs P K Cooper & Partners; B-Niarchos Family; Sunday, Curragh, Ireland T-Luca Cumani; J-Fran Berry; Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-0, DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH DERBY-G1, i1,500,000, i133,805. 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT Last Start--10th June 7 G1 Epsom Derby SC PP HORSE SIRE 6 1 Frozen Fire (Ger) Montjeu (Ire) 1 8 Alessandro Volta (GB) Montjeu (Ire) (i250,000 yrl >06 GOFFEB) (300,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT) O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Jurgen & Wolfgang Hoyer; T-Aidan O=Brien; B-Meon Valley Stud; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Johnny J-Seamus Heffernan; Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, Murtagh; Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-1, i109,034. i55,837. Last Start--6th June 7 G1 Epsom Derby Last Start--11th June 7 G1 Epsom Derby 2 10 Bashkirov (GB) Galileo (Ire) 7 11 Hindu Kush (Ire) Sadler=s Wells (300,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT) O-Susan Magnier; B-Anne Marie O=Brien, Joseph O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; Crowley & Peter Magnier; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-David B-Chippenham Lodge Stud; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Sean McCabe; Lifetime Record: 5-1-0-0, i47,405. Levey; Lifetime Record: 6-1-0-2, i11,542. Last Start--1st June 7 Listed Silver S. Last Start--1st June 21 Down Royal maiden 8 3 New Approach (Ire) Galileo (Ire) 3 6 Casual Conquest (Ire) Hernando (Fr) (i430,000 yrl >06 GOFORB) O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm; T-Dermot Weld; J-Pat O-H R H Princess Haya of Jordan; B-Lodge Park Stud; Smullen; Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, i301,856. T-Jim Bolger; J-Kevin Manning; Lifetime Record: Last Start--3rd June 7 G1 Epsom Derby 8-6-2-0, i1,814,831. 4 9 Centennial (Ire) Dalakhani (Ire) Last Start--1st June 7 G1 Epsom Derby (360,000gns yrl >06 TATDEC) 9 5 Tartan Bearer (Ire) Spectrum (Ire) O-Michael O=Flynn; B-W Lazy T Ltd; T-John Gosden; O/B-Ballymacoll Stud Farm; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Seb Sanders; Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, i87,687. J-Ryan Moore; Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, i536,591. Last Start--4th May 15 G2 Dante S. Last Start--2nd June 7 G1 Epsom Derby TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/28/08 • PAGE 3 of 12 Irish Derby cont. 10 12 Upton Grey (Ire) Dalakhani (Ire) (66,000gns yrl >06 TATDEC) O-H R H Princess Haya of Jordan; B-Hascombe & Val- iant Studs; T-John Gosden; J-Ted Durcan; Lifetime Winners’ Circle Report Record: 8-1-0-2, i13,023. Last Start--4th June 11 Nottingham handicap For the week ending June 27, 2008 11 7 Washington Irving (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Quay Bloodstock; T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Colm O=Donoghue; Lifetime Record: 4-0-2-0, i81,489. Last Start--5th June 7 G1 Epsom Derby 12 2 Winchester Theatrical (Ire) O-Bertram Firestone; B-Mr & Mrs Bertram Firestone; Dynaformer T-Dermot Weld; J-Pat Shanahan; Lifetime Record: 80% of Dynaformer’s Stakes Horses are GSW or GSP 4-1-1-0, i24,020. DYNAFORCE (03 m. o/o Aletta Maria, by Diesis (GB)), a stakes Last Start--8th June 20 G2 King Edward VII S. winner in France, finished second in her first U. S. start, the All carry 126 pounds. $250,000 New York S. [G2]. She traveled toward the back of the Aidan O=Brien has sent out five winners since 1997 pack under a tight hold early and then responded when asked in and supplies a quintet this time. Like his previous the stretch, running down all but one of her rivals.