BAILEY TO RIDE WIMBLEDON HEADLINE ...p. 2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2004 THE CLIFF’S EDGE IMPRESSIVE IN WORK DAIWA MAJOR SILENCES THE SKEPTICS Robert La Penta’s GI Kentucky Derby hopeful The Daiwa Major (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), who ran third Cliff’s Edge (Gulch) hunkered down yesterday morning last time out in the Spring S. Mar. 21, was given little at Churchill Downs, zipping five furlongs in :59 3/5 to notice at 32-1 odds to record his first graded stakes register the second best of score, but rocketed from just off the pacesetter to take 33 moves at the distance. Sunday’s Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) at Trainer Nick Zito, watch- Nakayama Race Course in Japan. The victory marked ing intently as the three- the first Group 1 win for trainer Hiroyuki Uehara. Break- year-old glided over a ing from post seven in the field of 18, Daiwa Major track rated fast, was tracked the early pace in second, gained command in standing next to the colt’s the stretch and cruised home an easy winner over namesake, Equibase chart favored Cosmo Bulk (Jpn) (Zagreb). “The Satsuki Sho is caller and racing writer my best race,” exclaimed rider Mirco Demuro, who was Cliff Guilliams. “He winning the Japanese 2000 Guineas for the second The Cliff’s Edge worked very, very well,” Four-Footed Fotos year in a row. “I’m just very happy for the victory.” said Zito. “I thought it was Daiwa Major is slated to make his next start in the G1 a little too quick, but I got Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) May 30. assurances from [regular exercise rider] Maxine [Correa] that it wasn’t. And, more importantly, I got assurances Sunday, Nakayama, Japan from Cliff--the equine Cliff. He just loves Churchill SATSUKI SHO (JAPANESE 2000 GUINEAS)-G1, Downs. He’s two-for-two here and he just likes it. He ¥235,830,000, 4-18, Nakayama, 3yo, 2000mT, was doing it on his own.” The Cliff’s Edge, who won 1:58.60, fm. the Apr. 10 GI Toyota Blue Grass S. at Keeneland in his 1--@sDAIWA MAJOR (JPN), 125, c, 3, by Sunday Silence latest, captured in successive starts the GIII Iroquois S. 1st Dam: Scarlet Bouquet (Jpn) (MGSW-Jpn, and the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill last $2,010,675), by Northern Taste fall. 2nd Dam: Scarlet Ink, by Crimson Satan 3rd Dam: Consentida, by Beau Max ...Borrego in a Three-Furlong Tune-Up O-Daiwa Shoji K; B-Shadai Farm; T-Hiroyuki Uehara; Working for the first time since finishing second to J-Mirco Demuro; ¥132,791,000. Lifetime Record: Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality) in the Apr. 10 GII Arkan- 5-2-1-1. *Full to Daiwa Rouge (Jpn), GSW-Jpn, sas Derby, Borrego (El Prado {Ire}) worked three-eighths $1,097,647. in :37 2/5 after the renovation break at Churchill. “I got 2--Cosmo Bulk (Jpn), 125, c, 3, Zagreb--Iseno Tosho him in :37 4/5, and he did it nice and easy,” said trainer (Jpn), by Tosho Boy (Jpn). O-Misako Okada; B-Kano Beau Greely, who traveled Sunday to Louisville to Bokujo. ¥49,226,000. watch Borrego’s tune-up for the May 1 Kentucky Derby. Greely will remain in Louisville through the 3--Meisho Bowler (Jpn), 125, c, 3, Taiki Shuttle--Nice Derby and plans to give Borrego his final breeze, likely Raise, by Storm Cat. O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Hinode at five panels, next Sunday. “I generally breeze 10 days Bokujo. ¥29,113,000. after a race,” explained Greely. “Today was nine. The Margins: 1 1/4, 2, 1 1/4. Odds: 32.20, 2.40, 16.80. reason I did is I want to breeze him back six days out. You never know if they did a little bit too much and You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at you’d rather have six days than five.” Greely said the the OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in chestnut has settled in just fine at Churchill, adding, Training. “He never missed a bit of feed since he’s been here.” Multiple Keeneland Winner for Sale! Click here for this week’s complete listings NATIONAL PRIDE The 4yo colt has finished first or second in six of his seven starts, including a victory in a 1 1/8-mile Keeneland turf allowance in his last outing April 3. The British-bred, by Vettori (Ire), will run next at Keeneland (859) 422-4222 April 23 in either the G3 Elkhorn S. or a $62,000 turf allowance. www.equinecommerce.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/04 • PAGE 2 of 5 P T R I P L E T H R E A T S P P C L A S S I C C O R N E R P Bailey to Ride Wimbledon; Albarado on Footnotes Channon Ponders Gift Options It was announced yesterday that jockey Jerry Bailey Conditioner Mick Channon is considering supplement- will ride GII Louisiana Derby winner Wimbledon (Wild ing Wednesday’s G3 Nell Gwyn S. winner Silca’s Gift Rush) in the Kentucky Derby for trainer Bob Baffert. “I (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) to the G1 1000 Guineas had some choices,” said Baffert. “But I at Newmarket May 2. With the possibility of soft sort of held out for Bailey. I leave it up ground for the mile Classic, for which he already has to them. If they want to ride, fine.” Saturday’s G3 Fred Darling S. scorer Majestic Desert With Bailey on Wimbledon, Klaravich (GB) (Fraam {GB}), the Lambourn trainer is not ruling Stable’s Read the Footnotes (Smoke Glacken), whom Bailey guided to vic- out a two-pronged raid. “Silca’s Gift loves a dig in the tory in the GII Fountain of Youth, will ground and, if it looked like being soft come the supple- now be partnered by Robby Albarado. mentary stages next Monday, we would have to think “Obviously, we’re disappointed that long and hard whether to stump up the cash to have a Jerry isn’t going to ride him, but we shot,” he told the Racing Post. The wet weather has were fortunate to get Robby,” trainer compromised the preparation of fellow 1000 Guineas Wimbledon Rick Violette, Jr. said. “He was good hopeful Secret Charm (Ire) (Green Desert), who encoun- Horsephotos enough to ride Mineshaft for Will tered heavy ground in a racecourse gallop at Newbury Farish and he’s good enough to ride on Sunday. Last year’s Listed Radley S. winner “got a Read the Footnotes for Seth Klarman.” He added, “I do bit tired” according to conditioner Barry Hills, who told believe [Bailey] is riding the wrong horse. Read the the Post, “Secret Charm is still backward in her coat, Footnotes is doing freaky, he really is. I feel like he is but then so was Russian Rhythm two weeks before last back to his Fountain of Youth level and, if he is, we will year’s race, and when fillies start to come they can have a lot to scream about from the eighth pole home come quickly.” on Derby day.” Read the Footnotes will breeze at Palm Meadows tomorrow and fly to Louisville Friday. Mick it Mick to Be Tried in Net Class Above All Class in Churchill Work Milk it Mick (GB) (Millkom {GB}) looks likely to be Padua Stable’s Class Above (Quiet American) readied tried in a net as he bids to redeem his reputation in the for an expected tilt in the Apr. 30 GI Kentucky Oaks G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket May 1. Conditioner with a sharp five-furlong move in :59 flat yesterday at Jamie Osborne revealed the plan for last year’s shock Churchill Downs. The work was the best of 33 at the G1 Dewhurst S. scorer after he disappointed when fifth distance and three ticks faster than Derby hopeful The in Saturday’s G3 Greenham S. at Newbury. “We are Cliff’s Edge. “The track was very demanding today,” virtually guaranteed a fast-run race in the Guineas and, said trainer Bob Baffert. “It was dry and deep, and then while some professionals will claim that I have lost my she ran into a headwind. She got a good work out of it. marbles, knowing the horse as I do, I still feel that if the That’s a hell of a work on this track today.” A disap- pointing seventh in her seasonal bow, the Feb. 15 GI cards fall our way we are in with a chance,” he told the Las Virgenes at Santa Anita, Class Above rebounded to Racing Post. “I accept that he needs to settle ultra-well win the Bourbonette Breeders' Cup S. by 3 1/2 lengths at Newmarket, and that is why I’m considering the net, at Turfway Mar. 20. which may help him drop his bridle.” TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/20/04 • PAGE 3 of 5 Yomiuri Milers Cup cont. P R E S U L T S P My Sole Sound, winner of the G2 Kyoto Kinen and Sunday, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil the G3 Chunichi Shimbun Hai, debuted in 2004 with a GRAN PREMIO CRUZEIRO DO SUL-G1, R$51,000,00 fourth-place finish in the G2 Nakayama Kinen in Febru- Gavea, 4-18, 3yo, 1 1/2mT, 2:24.70, fm.