THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. GI DUBAI WORLD CUP DETTORI PICKS CAVALRYMAN IN SHEEMA FEATURE PRESENTATION • It=s good to be the king. Frankie Dettori, first-call rider for Godolphin, had the pick of four top-class runners for the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic over the metric mile and a half, and landed on 2009 G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe third-place get- ter Cavalryman (GB) (Halling). In the end, he selected the four- year-old over a group including defending race champion Eastern FULL FIELD FOR THE BIG ONE Anthem (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}), The post-position draw for Saturday=s $10-million Campanologist (Kingmambo) and G1 Dubai World Cup was held last evening at The Anmar (Rahy). ACampanologist is Meydan Hotel, and as ex- one of my favoritesB-he is a great pected, a crowded 14-horse character and always a challenge field will vie for the richest race to ride, but I love him,@ Dettori Dettori & Friend myspace explained. However, he is a in Thoroughbred history. In- A Group 2 horse, so I had to go with Cavalryman, who cluded is a quartet of North did not take to the all-weather surface last time. He American Grade I winners, led would have needed that race, and he has improved a by champion Gio Ponti (Tale of lot judged on his homework, and, like Campanologist, the Cat), who leaves from the he is very tough, and on his third to Sea the Stars in four hole. That s great, we A = the Arc he must have a chance in what is another open wanted to be in the first half, @ race.@ Cavalryman was a top sophomore in France last said Christophe Lorieul, assis- summer, with wins in the G1 Grand Prix de Paris and tant to trainer Christophe G2 Prix Niel prior to his Arc effort. In his lone appear- Clement. AThere doesn=t seem ance this season, he was no better than seventh in to be much kick back, and the Round 3 of the G2 Maktoum Challenge in what was to rail is the closest way around.@ be a prep for the World Cup. Sheema Field, p3 Fellow American invader Rich- Gio Ponti Sarah K Andrew ard=s Kid (Lemon Drop Kid) also rates a big chance and has drawn post 10. AI spoke to Bob [Baffert] on the phone, and he was just glad I didn=t choose number 14--the titanic,@ quipped assistant trainer Jim Barnes. Cont. p2 Saturday, Meydan Racecourse, Dubai DUBAI WORLD CUP-G1, $10,000,000, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 2000m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Allybar (Ire) King’s Best Ajtebi bin Suroor 2 Gitano Hernando (GB) Hernando (Fr) Fallon Botti 3 Red Desire (Jpn) Manhattan Cafe (Jpn) Soumillon Matsunaga 4 Gio Ponti K Tale of the Cat Dominguez Clement 5 Gloria de Campeao (Brz) Impression (Arg) Pereira Bary 6 Vision d’Etat (Fr) Chichicastenango (Fr) Peslier Libaud 7 Lizard’s Desire (SAf) Lizard Island (Aus) Shea de Kock 8 Furthest Land Smart Strike Leparoux Maker 9 Crowded House (GB) Rainbow Quest Velazquez Meehan 10 Richard’s Kid Lemon Drop Kid Gomez Baffert www.hillndalefarms.com 11 Twice Over (GB) Observatory Queally Cecil 12 Mastery (GB) Sulamani (Ire) Dettori bin Suroor 13 Mr Brock (SAf) Fort Wood Moore de Kock 14 Amor de Pobre (Chi) Stuka Gryder Barton All carry 126 pounds, bar Red Desire, 121. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/25/10 • PAGE 2 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Feature Presentation cont. from p1 GI Breeders= Cup Mile upsetter Furthest Land (Smart Strike) drew two inside of Richard=s Kid, in post eight. Jim Cornes, representing owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, said, AThe horse has settled down well since he arrived from America, and it will be great to think that it could give Ken and Sarah a second World Cup after Roses in May in 2005.@ Team Valor International=s Gitano Hernando (GB) (Hernando) himself sprang a big upset when taking down last fall=s GI Goodwood Breeders' Cup S. at Santa Anita at 18-1 odds. Connections opted to skip the Breeders= Cup, and he returned with a facile win in the Winter Derby Trial S. at Lingfield in February. Team Valor=s Barry Irwin said of the four-year-old=s post posi- tion two, A[Jockey] Keiren Fallon will be relieved that we have stall two, and this horse is getting better as he gets older.@ Trainer Marco Botti was also happy with the assignment, adding, AFrom there Keiren should be able to have him mid-field or slightly better, and there is pace in the race which will suit him.@ European hopeful Crowded House (GB) (Rainbow Quest), runner-up in his two local preps in the G3 Al Rashidiya Feb. 4 and G3 Maktoum Challenge Round 2 Feb. 18, goes from post nine. AIt is an ok draw, be- cause they will go a fast pace and I=m happy with that,@ said trainer Brian Meehan. AHe needed his two prep races, which have blown the cobwebs away.@ To the chagrin of racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe, Juddmonte didn=t get the luck of the draw with any of its starters. Spanish Moon (El Prado (Ire) has post 13 in the G1 Sheema Classic, Confront (GB) (Nayef) post 12 in the G1 Duty Free, and in the World Cup, GI Breeders= Cup third Twice Over (GB) (Observatory) drew 11. AIt=s disappointing, as they all need to be handy,@ said Grimthorpe, who added of Twice Over, AHe ran a blinder at the Breeders= Cup. The idea of taking him to California was to find out if he acted on a synthetic surface, as this race has always been in the back of our minds.@ Crowded House stretches his legs at Meydan Horsephotos P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 3/25/10 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Presvis Has Some Hurdles to Overcome in Duty Free... DWC MEETING He=ll have a high draw (15 of 16) and a new rider in Meydan Racecourse Saturday=s G1 Dubai Duty Free S., but it is still reason- able to expect Presvis (GB) (Sakhee) to take all the Mar. 27, 2010 beating in the nine-furlong event. Unheralded when runner-up to Gladiatorus (Silic {Fr}) in last year=s event Saturday, Meydan Racecourse, Dubai at Nad al Sheba, the bay gelding took the G1 Queen DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC-G1, $5,000,000, NH4yo/up, Elizabeth II Cup SH3yo/up, 2410mT and was desper- PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT ately unlucky in 1 Jukebox Jury (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) Ffrench Johnston 125 2 Eastern Anthem (Ire) Singspiel (Ire) Ajtebi al Zarooni 126 just missing to 3 Anmar Rahy R Hills al Zarooni 125 World Cup hope- 4 Pan River (Tur) Red Bishop Kaya Kasar 126 ful Gloria de 5 Quijano (Ger) Acatenango (Ger) Starke Schiergen 126 Campeao (Brz) 6 Pompeyano (Ire) Rainbow Quest Mullen Seemar 126 7 Youmzain (Ire) Sinndar (Ire) Fallon Channon 126 (Impression {Arg}) 8 Golden Sword (Ire) K High Chaparral (Ire) Soumillon de Kock 125 in the G1 Singa- 9 Presious Passion Royal Anthem Trujillo Hartmann 126 pore Airlines Inter- 10 Buena Vista (Jpn) Special Week (Jpn) Peslier Matsuda 120 national Cup in 11 Deem (Ire) Dalakhani (Ire) Leparoux Barton 121 May. He too ar- 12 Mourilyan (Ire) Desert Prince (Ire) Shea Moore 126 13 Spanish Moon El Prado (Ire) Moore Stoute 126 rived in Dubai this 14 Dar Re Mi (Ire) Singspiel (Ire) Buick Gosden 121 Presvis Horsephotos winter with an 15 Campanologist Kingmambo Durcan bin Suroor 126 eye on the big 16 Cavalryman (GB) Halling Dettori bin Suroor 125 prize, but a distant runnerBup effort behind Allybar (Ire) Saturday, Meydan Racecourse, Dubai (King=s Best) in a handicap Feb. 5 dashed those ideas. DUBAI DUTY FREE S.-G1, $5,000,000, NH4yo/up, He proved the turf is where he belongs when swamping SH3yo/up, 1800mT Alexandros (GB) (Kingmambo) in the G2 Jebel Hatta on PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER Super Thursday. With Ryan Moore committed to 1 Imbongi (SAf) Russian Revival Soumillon de Kock Juddmonte Farms= Confront (GB) (Nayef) Saturday 2 Good Ba Ba K Lear Fan Marwing D Cruz night, trainer Luca Cumani reaches out for Christophe- 3 Justenuffhumor K Distorted Humor Durcan bin Suroor Patrice Lemaire, and the conditioner, and horse, are 4 Ibn Batutta Seeking the Gold Smith al Muhairi ready for action. The horse is relaxed and happy, 5 Courageous Cat Storm Cat Gomez Mott A @ 6 Tam Lin (GB) Selkirk Supple bin Shafya Cumani stated. APeople seem to have got into their 7 Al Shemali (GB) Medicean (GB) Ffrench al Raihe heads that he is a frustrating horse and they keep re- 8 Bankable (Ire) Medicean (GB) Shea Brown peating it, but it could not be further from the truth. He 9 The Usual Q.T. Unusual Heat Espinoza Cassidy cost peanuts and has won over two million pounds. 10 Take the Points Even the Score Prado Pletcher 11 Alexandros (GB) Kingmambo Dettori bin Suroor Regarding the jockey we are very pleased to have got 12 Confront (GB) Nayef Moore Stoute Christophe Lemaire who is a world-class rider. Obvi- 13 Lahaleeb (Ire) Redback (GB) Egan Nass ously it would have been preferable if Ryan [Moore] 14 Snaafy Kingmambo R Hills al Muhairi was still riding him as he gets on so well with the 15 Presvis (GB) Sakhee Lemaire Cumani 16 Calvados Blues (Fr) Lando (Ger) Ajtebi al Zarooni horse, but he=s committed to Confront for Sir Michael All carry 126 pounds, bar Lahaleeb, 121.