THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. ZENYATTA HONORED WITH FIRST-EVER SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED SECRETARIAT VOX POPULI AWARD The Jockey Club of Canada revealed the finalists for Penny Chenery, owner of superhorse Secretariat, the 36th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony, which yesterday announced that 2010 Horse of the Year will take place Apr. 1 at Woodbine. Live Thoroughbred Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) has been named the first- racing begins in Canada Apr. 2 Vot- ever recipient of the Secretariat Vox Populi Award. ing for the finalists began Jan. 1 in According to a press re- an effort to allow for statistics for lease, the annual award the entire year to be considered. will Arecognize a horse Biofuel (Stormin Fever), a co-cham- whose popularity and pion in Canada during her juvenile racing excellence best campaign in 2009, is back among resounded with the the finalists for sophomore fillies, American public and and is considered a leading candi- gained recognition for the date for Horse of the Year. The final- ists for three-year-old male are Big sport during the past Biofuel year.@ Chenery will pres- Red Mike (Tenpins) and Hotep (A.P. Michael Burns photo Sarah K Andrew photo ent owners Jerry and Ann Indy), the one-two finishers in the Moss with a custom- Queen=s Plate; and GIII Canadian Derby winner No made trophy during a ceremony at Santa Anita Feb. 5. Hesitation (Siberian Summer). Tickets for the event are AHorse racing already has established avenues to award C$175 and must be reserved in advance by contacting outstanding accomplishments, and we certainly should the Jockey Club of Canada at 416.675.7756 or via e- honor superior performance,@ Chenery said in a state- mail on [email protected]. Finalists, p2-3 ment. ABut achievement can be measured in many ways, and fans occasionally feel a disconnect when the IT’S A BOY! OR A GIRL! horses who most impacted the public are not recog- Click here to submit your Foaling News nized through the traditional equine awards. The indus- for Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing try is long overdue in annually acknowledging the star Mares for publication in the TDN. horse who brings the most excitement and attention to Sarah K. Andrew photo the sport. It is my hope that the Secretariat Vox Populi Award will achieve that purpose.@ Chenery herself selected Zenyatta as the inaugural Secretariat Vox Populi Award win- ner, but will put together a com- mittee of racing personalities and industry represen- tatives, as well as utilizing a national on-line vote, to choose future winners. AI think racing fans will be Penny Chenery with Zenyatta’s connections at just as excited Hollywood Park about this award Benoit photo as I am, and we welcome everyone to come and share in the presentation festivities on Feb. 5,@ Chenery added. AThe award is sure to be an honor that reflects the heart and soul of this sport and will help build upon the devotion the public has for a horse they love.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/20/11 • PAGE 2 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 2010 SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS Category Finalists 2-Year-Old Filly Delightful Mary (Limehouse) Roxy Gap (Indian Charlie) Wyomia (Vindication) 2-Year-Old Male Blue Laser (Bluegrass Cat) Madman Diaries (Bring the Heat) Rockin Heat (Rock Hard Ten) 3-Year-Old Filly Biofuel (Stormin Fever) Free Fee Lady (Victory Gallop) Roan Inish (Elusive Quality) 3-Year-Old Male Big Red Mike (Tenpins) Hotep (A.P. Indy) No Hesitation (Siberian Summer) Older Female Hooh Why (Cloud Hopping) Impossible Time (Not Impossible {Ire}) Simply Splendid (Maria’s Mon) Older Male Sand Cove (Bold Executive Southdale (Street Cry {Ire}) Stunning Stag (Running Stag) Turf Female Mekong Melody (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) Miss Keller (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) Perfect Shirl (Perfect Soul {Ire}) Turf Male Grand Adventure (Grand Slam) Rahy's Attorney (Crown Attorney) Windward Islands (Cozzen) Female Sprinter Hooh Why (Cloud Hopping) Indian Apple Is (Indian Charlie) Sugar Again (Syncline) Male Sprinter Essence Hit Man (Speightstown) Hollywood Hit (Cactus Ridge) Smokey Fire (Smoke Glacken) Broodmare Destroy (Housebuster) Enchanted Spell (Devil’s Bag) Eye of the Sphynx (Smart Strike) 2010 SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS Breeder Adena Springs Eugene Melnyk Sam-Son Farm Owner Bear Stables Ltd Melnyk Racing Stables Inc Sam-Son Farms Trainer Roger Attfield Reade Baker Mark Casse Apprentice Jockey Brian Cheyne Omar Moreno Ryan Pacheco Jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva Patrick Husbands Chantal Sutherland P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/20/11 • PAGE 3 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 2010 SOVEREIGN MEDIA AWARD FINALISTS Newspaper Story Perry Lefko: Memories of the King of Claiming, Down The Stretch Newspaper, Dec. 17, 2010 Jennifer Morrison: Da Silva will have crowd on his side at Prince of Wales, Toronto Star, July 23, 2010 Beverley Smith: Silky Smooth, Not Without the Colour Man, The Globe and Mail, Aug. 17, 2010 Feature Story Perry Lefko: Horse Hugs Down The Stretch Newspaper, Dec. 17, 2010 Keith McCalmont, Julia Brino: I'm coming back to ride Down The Stretch Newspaper, Jan. 2010 Jennifer Morrison: Mission Accomplished The Blood Horse, Jan. 6, 2010 Photograph Terence Dulay, Hang on Big Red Mike Canadian Thoroughbred, August/September 2010 Tod Marks, Miss Keller and her Bunny Canadian Thoroughbred, December 2010 Cindy Pierson Dulay, Catching Seeking the Title Canadian Thoroughbred, August/September 2010 Film/Video/Broadcast CBC Television Network Sports, 2010 Queen's Plate CBC Sports, July 4, 2010 ESPN Inc., 2010 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series ESPN2, October 16, 2010 Horse Racing Alberta and Whiteiron Productions, 81st Anniversary of the Canadian Derby Brethren Bound for Tampa... TSN, Aug. 21, 2010 WinStar=s unbeaten Brethren (Distorted Humor), the half-brother to GI Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver (Maria=s Mon), could make his stakes bow in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Bay Feb. 12, according to Racetrack Daily Racing Form. AHis first start will most likely come in the Sam Davis at Tampa,@ trainer Todd Pletcher told DRF. AWe=re looking for some graded earnings, have Round-Up had luck there in the past, and I like the one-mile and sixteenth distance--it=s just more attractive than bring- SIDNEY’S CANDY BACK IN TRAINING ing him back at a mile and an eighth.@ Brethren closed out 2010 with an allowance score under the Twin Grade I winner Sidney=s Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}), Spires Nov. 27, and Pletcher did compare the sopho- scratched on the eve of the GII San Fernando S. last more to his elder brother. AObviously the pedigree is weekend, is back on track after undergoing a nuclear there and he has the affinity for Churchill Downs--we scan Monday, according to Daily Racing Form. The saw that in his allowance win there,@ Pletcher added. examination showed no injury to his right hind foot. AWe=re very high on him.@ AThe good news is that he=s okay,@ trainer John Sadler told DRF. AHe went back to the track [Wednesday].@ OBS - UPCOMING SALES DATES Winner of the GI Santa Anita Derby last April, the ADENA SPRINGS SALE OF 2-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING chestnut captured Del Mar=s GII La Jolla H. in his turf Mar. 14, 2011 debut this summer, when he established a new course Under Tack: Mar. 13 record of 1:39.52 for 8 1/2 furlongs. The Craig SELECTED SALE OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING homebred most recently captured the off-the-turf Mar. 15-16, 2011 GIII Sir Beaufort S. by 7 1/4 lengths on Santa Anita=s Under Tack: Mar. 10-11 opening day, and will now point for the GI Frank E. SPRING SALE OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING Kilroe Mile on the Arcadia sod Mar. 5. AI like the tim- Apr. 18-21, 2011 ing,@ Sadler added. AI want to save him for the big races Under Tack: Apr. 12-15 later this year.@ www.obssales.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/20/11 • PAGE 4 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:36 p.m. EDT Today’s Graded Stakes PALOS VERDES S.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 6f brought to you by PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Smiling Tiger K Hold That Tiger R Baze Bonde 123 2 Euroears Langfuhr Smith Baffert 118 3 Ventana Toccet Bejarano Baffert 120 4 Captain CherokeeK Sir Cherokee Talamo Asmussen 118 5 Gato Go Win City Place Valenzuela Troeger 118 6 Hunch K Lion Heart Rosario Sadler 118 7 Don Tito Trippi Nakatani Sadler 118 EDT Race Click for TV 12:45p Cape Verdi S.-G2, MEY (AmWest PPs) T V G FIFTH THIRD BANK FILES SUIT AGAINST POSITIVE RESPONSE, the son of POMEROY, GULF COAST FARMS According to published re- Wins the $100,000 California Derby! ports, Fifth Third Bank has filed suit against Gulf Coast Click here for more... 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