GUINEAS BREEZE-UP SALE HEADLINE p15 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007 20 QUESTIONS.....ONE SENSIBLE ANSWER CALL THE RANGER James Tafel=s Street Sense (Street Cry {Ire}), no While the G1 2000 Guineas is a leap into the un- worse than second favorite for this afternoon=s 133rd known for most sophomores, this afternoon=s renewal running of the GI Kentucky Derby, had his game face of the Newmarket Classic will be a baptism of fire for on during his Friday morning visit to a muddy Churchill US Ranger (Danzig). Jean-Claude Rouget's provincial Downs main track. Along- prodigy had not even set side his stable pony and foot in Paris until his latest with exercise rider Mark outing in the Listed Prix Cutler in the irons, the Djebel, but that Apr. 11 Eclipse Award winner en- prep proved easy pickings countered race rival Nobiz for the regally bred colt, Like Shobiz (Albert the and it was impossible not Great) as the Elizabeth to be impressed with the Valando homebred was on way he consumed Street Sense Horsephotos his way back to Barn 48. Maisons-Laffitte's straight Rowley Mile You see that? trainer Carl A @ course. Although the un- Newmarket photo Nafzger said. AAs soon as [Street Sense] saw that other beaten raider looks up to horse, he pinned his ears back. He knew that other Newmarket's test on paper, his trainer is in the dark as horse was out there.@ Twenty colts and geldings will to how he will adapt. "He won as we expected him to take their shot at Derby glory, including GII Arkansas in the Djebel, but he has never run against so many Derby hero Curlin (Smart Strike), who is expected to vie horses and it's a very difficult race to win," Rouget for favoritism in the first leg of the Triple Crown. Derby cont. p2-3 said. AWe didn't know how good he was last spring and summer, but he has improved with each month and THE RICH GET EVEN RICHER season and is a very strong horse physically. Of the Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy) had a much better go of it milers I've trained, he's the best I've had.@ Bred in Ken- in her second start beneath the Twin Spires, turning in tucky by Joseph Allen, the bay is out of a 3/4-sister to a championship-caliber perfor- leading sire Dynaformer. Allen recently sold an interest mance to win yesterday=s GI in the colt to Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan Kentucky Oaks. The chestnut Magnier. 2000 Guineas cont. p5-6 debuted in a 5 1/2-furlong event in Louisville last June 10 and was off slowly before staying on late to be fourth. The results were markedly different yester- day. Kentucky Oaks cont. p3 Rags to Riches Horsephotos ‘BEO’ READY FOR 1000 TEST Following the 11th-hour defection of G1 2000 Guin- eas favorite Teofilo (Ire), dreams of a Classic double died for trainer Jim Bolger, but Michael Ryan's Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley) can pro- vide some compensation for the yard in tomorrow's G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Last year's G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and G2 Rockfel S. heroine failed to scare off much of the opposi- tion, however, and will face the Finsceal Beo France-Galop largest field--23 total--assembled since 1980. AShe is very well,@ Bolger told PA Sport. AThere have been no problems with her and it has all been plain sailing.@ 1000 Guineas cont. p9-11 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/5/07 • PAGE 2 of 16 Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 6:04 p.m. EDT KENTUCKY DERBY-GI, $2,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ODDS 1 Sedgefield Silverton Hill LLC Keene Ridge Farm (Ky) Miller/ 50-1 (c, Smart Strike--Belva, by Theatrical {Ire}) Leparoux 2 Curlin J Jackson, Padua, G Bolton & Midnight Cry Stbl Fares Farm (Ky) Asmussen/ 7-2 (c, Smart Strike--Sherriff=s Deputy, by Deputy Minister) Albarado 3 Zanjero Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC T Holmes & W Zent (Ky) Asmussen/ 30-1 (c, Cherokee Run--Checkered Flag, by Runaway Groom) Bridgmohan 4 Storm in May Teresa & David Palmer Flying H Enterprises (Fl) Kaplan/ 30-1 (c, Tiger Ridge--Laun Shaw, by Relaunch) Leyva 5 Imawildandcrazyguy Lewis Pell & Michael Eigner Ward & Geraldine Theisen (Fl) Kaplan/ 50-1 (g, Wild Event--Frosty Cupcake, by Top Account) Guidry 6 Cowtown Cat WinStar Farm & Gulf Coast Farms Gulf Coast Farms Bloodstock (Ky) Pletcher/ 20-1 (c, Distorted Humor--Tom=s Cat, by Storm Cat) Jara 7 Street Sense James B Tafel LLC James B Tafel (Ky) Nafzger/ 4-1 (c, Street Cry {Ire}--Bedazzle, by Dixieland Band) Borel 8 Hard Spun Fox Hill Farms M Moran & Brushwood (Pa) Jones/ 15-1 (c, Danzig--Turkish Tryst, by Turkoman) Pino 9 Liquidity J Paul Reddam LeRetro B’stock/12 Gates Rcg Stbl (Ky) O=Neill/ 30-1 (c, Tiznow--Boa, by Rahy) Flores 10 Teuflesberg Logsdon, Kelly, Sanders & Singer Richard Giacopelli (Ky) Sanders/ 30-1 (c, Johannesburg--St. Michele, by Devil=s Bag) Elliott 11 Bwana Bull M DeDomenico, M Jelladian, D & J Todaro John Penn (Ky) Hollendorfer/ 50-1 (c, Holy Bull--Shahalo, by Halo) Castellano 12 Nobiz Like Shobiz Elizabeth Valando Elizabeth Valando (Ky) Tagg/ 8-1 (c, Albert the Great--Nightstorm, by Storm Cat) Velasquez 13 Sam P. Starlight Stable & D Lucarelli Whisper Hill Farm (Ky) Pletcher/ 20-1 (c, Cat Thief--Affirmed Legacy, by Affirmed) Dominguez 14 Scat Daddy J Scatuorchio & M Tabor Axel Wend (Ky) Pletcher/ 10-1 (c, Johannesburg--Love Style, by Mr. Prospector) Prado 15 Tiago Mr & Mrs Jerome Moss Mr & Mrs J Moss (Ky) Shirreffs/ 15-1 (c, PleasantTap--Set Them Free, by Stop the Music) Smith 16 Circular Quay Michael & Doreen Tabor Doreen Tabor (Ky) Pletcher/ 8-1 (c, Thunder Gulch--Circle of Life, by Belong to Me) Velazquez 17 Stormello Al Eisman & William Currin A Eisman & W Currin (Ky) Currin/ 30-1 (c, Stormy Atlantic--Wilshewed, by Carson City) Desormeaux 18 Any Given Saturday WinStar Farm & Padua Stables Racehorse Management (Ky) Pletcher/ 12-1 (c, Distorted Humor--Weekend in Indy, by A.P. Indy) Gomez 19 Dominican Silverton Hill LLC Barak Farm (Ky) Miller/ 20-1 (g, El Corredor--First Violin, by Dixieland Band) Bejarano 20 Great Hunter J Paul Reddam Ivy Dell Stud (Pa) Miller/ 15-1 (c, Aptitude--Zenith, by Roy) Nakatani All carry 126 pounds. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/5/07 • PAGE 3 of 16 Curl the Pearl... Curlin (Smart Strike), a $57,000 KEESEP yearling, Triple exploded to win his Feb. 3 debut and was sold for $3.5 million to a group including Jess Jackson. He=s rolled to a pair of easy subsequent scores, but the waters get Threats noticeably deeper this afternoon. Jockey Robby Albarado, who has the call for Steve Asmussen aboard The Live Longshots... the possible post-time favorite, consulted with fellow He wouldn=t trigger a near $100 upset as did his half- athlete Jake Delhomme this week. AI asked Jake if it=s brother Giacomo two years ago, but Tiago (Pleasant possible to be too confident,@ the Louisiana native com- Tap) is on the rise and could be the exotics kicker. He mented. AHe said, >Absolutely not. If you=re not confi- shed blinkers in the GI Santa Anita Derby and rallied dent, you=re not successful.= He should know.@ from second-last to carry Mike Smith to a half-length Pletcher’s Formidable Five Pack... victory. Those willing to forgive Great Hunter (Aptitude) Trainer Todd Pletcher will be zig-zagging across the his subpar run when fifth in the GI Toyota Blue Grass Churchill saddling enclosure as he sends out five well- are in for enticing and generous odds today. A return to credentialed runners. Zero-for-14 in the Run for the the form which saw him take the GII Robert B. Lewis S. Roses with runner-up efforts from Invisible Ink in 2001 in March could land him right on the wire. Zanjero and Bluegrass Cat last year, the conditioner is repre- (Cherokee Run) has been a model of consistency and sented, from the rail out, by GII Illinois Derby hero enters off a third in the GI Blue Grass S. Handicappers Cowtown Cat (Distorted Humor); Sam P. (Cat Thief), are liable to upgrade that effort based on the fact that third to Tiago in the GI Santa Anita Derby; Scat Daddy he raced on what appeared to be a dead Keeneland rail (Johannesburg), victorious in the GI Florida Derby; Apr. 14. Hard Spun (Danzig) was impressive in taking Circular Quay (Thunder Gulch), who showed a swift turn of foot to take the GII Louisiana Derby eight weeks the GII Lane=s End S. Mar. 24 and turned in one of the back; and Any Given Saturday (Distorted Humor), fastest pre-Derby works in recent memory, going five- runner-up by a nose to Street Sense in the GIII Tampa eighths in :57 3/5 Apr. 30. Bay Derby and never off the board in six career tries. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/5/07 • PAGE 4 of 16 Kentucky Oaks cont. Wide Draw No Hindrance... Friday, Churchill Downs Drawn eleven in a full Oaks field, Rags to Riches KENTUCKY OAKS-GI, $589,200, CDX, 5-4, 3yo, f, broke on the bridle and, in a maneuver which effec- 1 1/8m, 1:49 4/5, my.