HEADLINE Belle Allure NEWS Up in Athenia For information about TDN, See page 3 call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 BREEDERS’ CUP BULLETIN BAFFERT BRIGADE OUT IN FORCE The Santa Anita Pro-Ride was the scene of four sen- RAIL DRAW FOR VINEYARD HAVEN sational workouts from Breeders= Cup-bound horses While a gaggle of his barnmates are soaking up the from the Bob Baffert barn. Zayat Stables= Zensational California sunshine in advance of the Breeders= Cup in a (Unbridled=s Song), the likely favorite for the GI Sentient little more than two weeks, Godolphin=s Vineyard Jet Breeders= Cup Sprint, went five- Haven (Lido Palace {Chi}) is the headliner in a field of eighths of a mile in a blistering nine for Saturday=s :57.80, the fastest of 18 works at GI DeFrancis Memorial Dash the distance. The second-best work at Laurel Park. A dual Group of the day was nearly three sec- 1 winner at two, the grey onds slower. AZensational worked did not train well in the nice,@ said Baffert, who sent out desert over the winter and Midnight Lute (Real Quiet) to wins was fourth in the G3 UAE in the last two runnings of the 2000 Guineas in his lone Sprint and also took the 1992 re- Nad al Sheba appearance in newal with Thirty Slews. AThat February. Returned to work the other day [six furlongs in 1:10.60 last Thursday] really Vineyard Haven A Coglianese Saratoga, site of his success Benoit caught him back up to speed. He Zensational in the GI Hopeful S. in 2008, photo for his comeback test, he crossed the line first in the hasn=t lost his form.@ Unbeaten in GI NetJets King=s Bishop S., but was demoted to sec- five starts around one turn this season, Zensational ond for causing interference in the stretch. He must took the GI Pat O=Brien S. at Del Mar in his most recent overcome the inside post as he tries older rivals for the appearance Sept. 6. first time in his career. AIt is not going to be easy from Baffert=s juvenile hopes worked in company yesterday the rail, but we are 8-5 in a Grade 1, so we=ll take our morning. Lookin at Lucky (Smart Strike), who should go chances,@ commented assistant trainer Rick Mettee. favored in the GI Grey Goose Juvenile off wins in the GI Del Mar Futurity and the GI Norfolk S., earned the Saturday, Laurel Park bullet for six panels, covering the distance in a sparkling FRANK J. DEFRANCIS MEMORIAL DASH-GI, 1:11.80. Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}), $300,000, 3yo/up, 6f runner-up to Blind Luck (Pollard=s Vision) in the GI Oak PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Leaf S., was given a clocking of 1:12.60 for the GI 1 Vineyard Haven Lido Palace (Chi) Garcia bin Suroor 8-5 Juvenile Fillies. AThey=re good workmates,@ the silver- 2 Roaring Lion Lion Hearted Trujillo Levine 6-1 haired conditioner commented. AThey=re both the same 3 Ravalo Mutakddim Rose Barr 8-1 quality, so they stay together.@ 4 Fleet Valid Montbrook Morales Volk 9-2 Richard=s Kid (Lemon Drop Kid), who rates a longshot 5 True Quality Elusive Quality Lopez R Sedlacek 5-1 look in the GI Classic, worked a half-mile in :46, the 6 Peace Chant War Chant Chavez Phipps 12-1 best of 35 works at the trip. 7 Sacred Journey Unbridled’s Song Cohen A Dutrow 15-1 8 Saratoga Russell Trippi Hill Hushion 20-1 TDN TODAY 9 Ah Day Malibu Moon Russell Leatherbury 12-1 All carry 118 pounds, except Vineyard Haven, 116. brisnet.com pps Headline News..................... 8 pages www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/22/09 • PAGE 2 of 8 Breeders= Cup Bulletin cont. SHE BE WILD WORKS FOR JUVENILE FILLIES Nancy Mazzoni=s She Be Wild (Offlee Wild) has re- mained at Keeneland since her game runner-up effort behind Negligee (Northern Afleet) in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. Oct. 9, and turned in her first work since, drilling five furlongs in 1:02.80. Jockey Garrett Gomez was aboard for the Alcibiades, but Julien Leparoux has the call Nov. 6 and put the filly through her paces yester- day morning. AShe worked good,@ said trainer She Be Wild FourFootedFotos Wayne Catalano, who took the 2006 Juvenile Fillies with Dreaming of Anna (Rahy). AWe were happy with her. Julien had her nice and relaxed. She finished up good and galloped out strong.@ She Be Wild, who RNAd for $19,000 out of this year=s OBS April sale, is scheduled to work at Keeneland Oct. 29 and leaves for California Nov. 2. SEPTIMUS OUT OF MARATHON Derrick Smith=s Septimus (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) has been ruled out of next month=s Breeders= Cup Marathon at Santa Anita, according to Racing Post. Last term=s G1 Irish St Leger winner has been on the shelf since finishing sore when off the radar in November=s G1 ROYER-DUPRE LOOKING FOR FIRE IN HEARTH Melbourne Cup at Flemington. AIt has been decided not Having saddled Lashkari (GB) (Mill Reef) to a 53-1 to send Septimus to California for the Breeders= Cup upset in the inaugural GI Breeders= Cup Turf at Holly- Marathon, and he=s not going to run this year,@ trainer wood Park 25 years ago, French champion trainer Alain Aidan O=Brien told the trade daily. de Royer-Dupre is hopeful that Sweet Hearth (Touch Gold) can give him a second Breeders= Cup victory at MACHO AGAIN THE LATEST CLASSIC CASUALTY Santa Anita next month. The three-year-old distaffer is West Point Thoroughbreds=s Macho Again (Macho slated to make her first appearance on an artificial Uno) will be forced to miss the GI Breeders= Cup Classic surface in the Nov. 6 GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Filly due to a cough he developed following an Oct. 17 & Mare Sprint. After recording a short-neck verdict in workout. ATalk about bad timing,@ Terry Finley, presi- the Sept. 4 Listed Prix de la Cochere at Chantilly, dent and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, said in a Sweet Hearth went down by a short head to stable- release. AWe=re going to have to skip a breeze. This mate Varenar (Fr) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) in the Oct. 3 disrupts his training schedule enough that we aren=t G1 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp, with last season=s going to send him to the Super Bowl of Thoroughbred GI Breeders= Cup Mile heroine Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) racing a work or two short. Of course the partners are back in third. ASweet Hearth is on course for the Filly & disappointed. They had voted to go to Santa Anita, but Mare Sprint,@ de Royer-Dupre said. AShe has never worked on an artificial surface, but seven furlongs looks we all knew that this was the right thing to do.@ Ac- to be her best trip--a mile is just a little too long. I don t cording to the release, the four-year-old could be = think that she will have a problem with Pro-Ride, it pointed for a start in the GII Clark H. at Churchill looks a very fair surface, and she will work on it when Downs Nov. 27. Macho Again took the GI Stephen she gets out there. She is getting better and better with Foster H. at the Louisville oval this past June and was a every race, and I think that she can be a great filly. She valiant runner-up to Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d=Oro) goes there with a great chance--if she can beat in the GI Woodward S. Goldikova in the Foret, then I am sure that she can run well at the Breeders= Cup. It=s a long trip out there, but All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, as long as she copes well with the journey, then she unless otherwise indicated can be a factor at Santa Anita.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/22/09 • PAGE 3 of 8 RESULTS Wednesday, Belmont Park ATHENIA S.-GIII, $106,500, BEL, 10-21, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:43 1/5, gd. 1--BELLE ALLURE (IRE), 120, f, 4, by Numerous 1st Dam: Mare Aux Fees (GB), by Kenmare (Fr) 2nd Dam: Feerie Boreale, by Irish River (Fr) 3rd Dam: Skelda (Fr), by La Varende (Fr) O-Ronchalon Stable; B-Paul Nataf (IRE); T-Christophe Clement; J-Ramon A Dominguez; $63,900. Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr, 13-4-1-1, $216,591. *1/2 to Jukebox Jury (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), G1SW-Ger, MGSW & G1SP-GB, GSW-Fr & GISP-NA, $1,045,469; Pierrot Solaire (Fr) (Dancing Spree), SW-Ity, $258,320; and The Mask (Fr) (Saint Estephe {Fr}), SW & MGSP-Fr, GSP-GB, $153,763. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Kristi With a K, 116, f, 4, Petionville--Kristi B, by El Prado (Ire). O-Joyce B Young & Gerald McManis; B-Bonner Young & Joyce B Rowand (KY); T-Barclay Tagg; $21,300. 3--Cable, 116, f, 4, Dynaformer--Sterling Pound, by Seeking the Gold. O-Philip W Freedman; B-Cliveden Stud Ltd (KY); T-Christophe Clement; $10,650. Margins: HD, 3/4, 1 3/4. Odds: 0.45, 5.50, 7.10. Also Ran: Sunshine for Life, Namaste's Wish, Miss Lombardi. Scratched: Tidal Dance, Rollicking Affair, Don't Forget Gil.