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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009

THREE CHIMNEYS

The Idea is Excellence.

Three Chimneys Grad SECRET GYPSY Gets 3rd SW in a Row in Distaff H. (G2)

TDN Feature Presentation

GROUP 1 DUBAI DUTY FREE

TWO-TIME HORSE OF THE YEAR

CURLIN

MORE THAN 30 MARES IN FOAL TO DATE!

A Repeat for Jay Peg?

Looking for a repeat in the Mar. 28 G1 Dubai Duty

Free S. at Nad Al Sheba, Jay Peg (SAf) (Camden Park)

had an easy canter on

the Tapeta surface at

the Meydan training cen-

ter Monday morning.

AHe=s ready to peak for

Saturday now,@ said

trainer Herman Brown.

AHe=s had two runs this

year, and his last

run...showed us he was

right where we wanted

him to be.@ Jay Peg dis-

appeared after his 2008

Dubai Duty Free victory,

returning to be fourth in

a Nad Al Sheba handicap

Jan. 22. The bay most

recently dead-heated for

second with Russian Sage (SAf) (Jallad) in the

Jay Peg DRC Photo

Mar. 5 G2 Jebel Hatta.

Balius (Ire) (Mujahid) captured that test by 1 1/4

lengths.

Caulfield on best mates for Sadler's Wells mares....................p6 TDN Q&A with Betfair's Greg Nichols........................................p9 Derby hero Lil E. Tee Dies at 20.........................................p1-ATW

Creachadoir Ready for Return...

Sidelined since taking the G1 Juddmonte Lockinge S. at Newbury last May, Creachadoir (Ire) (King=s Best) will return to action in the Dubai Duty Free S. The five-yearold suffered a fracture to his right front leg while preparing for the G1 Queen Anne S. last June and had to undergo surgery, but has recovered well from the injury. AHe was injured before Royal Ascot and missed the rest of the year, but has come back well and has been in good form at home,@ said trainer Saeed Bin Suroor. Bin Suroor added, AThe Duty Free is always a tough race--we have Alexandros in there as well, and he has improved throughout the year and remains in great shape.@ A Group 3 winner in France at two, Alexandros (GB) (Kingmambo) is perfect in his fouryear-old season, with a pair of Nad Al Sheba handicap victories to his credit. At least two Duty Free hopefuls-Japan=s Vodka (Jpn) (Tanino Gimlet {Jpn}) and America=s Kip Deville (Kipling)--are scheduled to breeze this morning. AShe is in very good form,@ Keita Tanaka, racing manger for Team Vodka, said of the five-year-old mare. AHer trainer has just arrived this morning, and we are all set for her breeze [Tuesday].@ Michelle Nevin, assistant trainer and main exercise rider to Rick Dutrow, Jr., said Kip Deville would just blowout today.

Saturday, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai

DUBAI DUTY FREE-G1, $5,000,000, 4yo/up, 1777mT

HORSE

SIRE

JOCKEY

Alexandros (GB)

Kingmambo

Kinane

Archipenko

Kingmambo

Shea

Balius (Ire)

Mujahid

Supple

Bankable (Ire)

Medicean (GB)

Murtagh

Charlie Farnsbarns (Ire) Cape Cross (Ire) Spencer

Creachadoir (Ire)

King=s Best

Durcan

Gladiatorus

Silic (Fr)

Ajtebi

Hyperbaric

Sky Classic

T Baze

Jay Peg (SAf)

Camden Park

Marwings

Kip Deville

Kipling

Velasquez

Lady Marian (Ger)

Nayef

Dettori

Niconero (Aus)

Danzero (Aus)

Williams

Paco Boy (Ire)

Desert Style (Ire) Hughes

Presvis (GB)

Sakhee

Moore

Tuesday Joy (Aus)

Carnegie (Ire)

Beadman

Vodka (Jpn)

Tanino Gimlet (Jpn) Take



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DWC MEETING

Nad Al Sheba Mar. 28, 2009

Saturday, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai

DUBAI WORLD CUP-G1, $6,000,000, 4yo/up, 2000m

HORSE

SIRE

JOCKEY

Albertus Maximus Albert the Great Garcia

Anak Nakal

Victory Gallop

Bravo

Arson Squad

Brahms

Prado

Asiatic Boy (Arg) Not for Sale (Arg) Murtagh

Casino Drive

Mineshaft

Ando

Gloria de Campaeo (Brz) Impression (Arg) Leme

Happy Boy (Brz)

Ski Champ

Ajtebi

Joe Louis (Arg)

Lode

Ramos

Muhannak (Ire)

Chester House

Moore

Muller (Arg)

El Compinche (Arg) Marwing

My Indy (Arg)

Indygo Shiner

Dettori

Paris Perfect (SAf) Muhtafal

Faydherbe

Snaafy

Kingmambo

Hills

Well Armed

Tiznow

Gryder

WinStar homebred Well Armed had his final World

Cup breeze yesterday, going a half in :49 under jockey

Aaron Gryder. AI got what I expected,@ trainer Eoin

Harty said. AThere was a pretty

strong headwind.@ Harty added, AHe

enjoys this environment--he thrives

over here.@ Arson Squad also tuned

up with an easy half in :54.10. The

six-year-old gelding went the final

quarter in :26.21 under assistant

trainer Michelle Nevin. AHe went

very easily and was very happy with

himself,@ Nevin said. Shadwell Sta-

ble=s Albertus Maximus enjoyed the

sights during a strong gallop at Nad

Al Sheba yesterday morning. AHe

was watching himself on the big screen as he went past it,@ trainer

Well Armed DRC Photo

Kiaran McLaughlin said. AHe was just taking everything

in. He=s been great since he=s been here--he hasn=t

missed a beat.@ The five-year-old will be going for his

third in a row after taking the Oct. 25 Breeders= Cup

Dirt Mile and the Jan. 31 GI Donn H.

U.S.-based challengers Arson Squad and... ...Albertus Maximus hit the track Monday

Dubai Racing Club

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Saturday, Nad al Sheba, Dubai

DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC-G1, $5,000,000, 4yo/up,

2400mT

HORSE

SIRE

JOCKEY

Deem (Ire)

Dalakhani (Ire) Kinane

Doctor Dino (Fr)

Muhtathir (GB) Peslier

Eastern Anthem (Ire) Singspiel (Ire)

Ajtebi

Front House (Ire)

Sadler=s Wells Shea

King of Rome (Ire)

Montjeu (Ire)

Murtagh

King's Gambit (SAf) Silvano (Ger)

Egan

Kirklees (Ire)

Jade Robbery

Dettori

Macarthur (GB)

Montjeu (Ire)

Beadman

Marsh Side

Gone West

Prado

Purple Moon (Ire)

Galileo (Ire)

Spencer

Quijano (Ger)

Acatenango (Ger) Starke

Red Rocks (Ire)

Galileo (Ire)

Castellano

Russian Sage (SAf) Jallad

Faydherbe

Spanish Moon

El Prado (Ire)

Moore

Youmzain (Ire)

Sinndar (Ire)

Hills

Marsh Side, a big 29-1 upset winner of the GI Cana-

dian International last October, was shipped halfway

>round the world to contest the G1 Japan Cup in De-

cember, only to be derailed and scratched from the race

by a fever. AIt was

tremendously disap-

pointing because

we thought, de-

pending upon how

the race unfolded,

he would run well,@

said Patrick Lawley-

Wakelin, racing

manager for owner

Robert S. Evans.

Marsh Side Monday

Dubai Race Club After coming back

to the States and

running seventh, beaten four lengths, in the GII San

Marcos H. at Santa Anita Jan. 19, Marsh Side again

takes the show on the road in the Sheema Classic.

With Lawley-Wakelin looking on, the six-year-old horse,

who gets the services of

Edgar Prado Saturday,

appeared keen yesterday

as he galloped down the

middle of Nad Al Sheba=s

turf course. Another six-

year-old, the 2006

GI Breeders= Cup Turf

hero Red Rocks (Ire) also

galloped at Nad Al Sheba

Monday. Trish

McLaughlin, assistant to Red Rocks

trainer Mark Hennig, as-

Dubai Racing Club

sessed the exercise succinctly. AGreat,@ she said. AHe=s

training really great.@ Red Rocks beat Curlin in last

July=s GI Man o=War S. at Belmont, but disappointed in

both the GI Breeder=s Cup Turf (10th) and

GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. (8th) Feb. 1.

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Saturday, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai

DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN-G1, $2,000,000, 4yo/up,

1200m

HORSE

SIRE

JOCKEY

Balthazaar's Gift (Ire) Xaar (GB)

O'Donohoe

Bamboo Ere (Jpn) Afleet

Take

Big City Man

Northern Afleet

Verenzuela

Black Seventeen

Is It True

Potts

Change Alley

Elusive Quality

Ffrench

Diabolical

Artax

Dettori

Force Freeze

Forest Camp

Jara

Hammadi (Ire)

Red Ransom

Murtagh

Indian Blessing

Indian Charlie

Prado

Lucky Quality (Aus) Elusive Quality

Doleuze

Machismo

Trippi

Baze

Marchand d'Or (Fr) Marchand de Sable

Bonilla

By all accounts, dual champion Indian Blessing is

flourishing in the deserts of Dubai, and yesterday she

put the finishing touches on her preparations for Satur-

day=s Shaheen with a sharp 800-meter drill in :47 4/5 at

Nad Al Sheba. AI couldn=t ask for anything else,@ said

Janell Gruss, exercise rider for trainer Bob Baffert. AShe

just scoots over this surface. She did that super easy

and she galloped out strong.@ The Dubai Racing Club

reported that Indian Blessing traveled through 600

meters in :33.94, with her final 400 meters in a brisk

:22.67.

Jimmy Barnes, assistant trainer to Baffert, watched the move from Nad Al Sheba=s grandstand and delivered, via cell phone, the live play-by-play to his boss back in Southern California. AHe was very pleased,@ Barnes said. AShe goes over this surface really well; she just loves the dirt, so that=s a plus for her. Although she=s raced well over the synthetic tracks, the dirt is a better surface for her. She just looks more comfortable.@

Indian Blessing on Monday morning

Dubai Racing Club



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Saturday, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai

UAE DERBY-G2, $2,000,000, NH/SH3yo, 1800m

HORSE

SIRE

JOCKEY

Balcarce Nov (Arg) Romanov (Ire)

Marwing

Desert Party

Street Cry (Ire)

Dettori

I Am the Best (GB) King=s Best

French

Jose Adan

Crypto Star

Durcan

Lelah Dorak (KSA) Freequent (GB)

Murtagh

Muy Ponderado (Arg) Mutakkdim

Smith

Naval Officer

Tale of the Cat

Kinane

Paso De Gloria (Arg) Honour and Glory Supple

R A Junior

Rahy

Spencer

Redding Collery

Mineshaft

Egan

Regal Ransom

Distorted Humor Garcia

So Shiny (Arg)

Indygo Shiner

Jara

Soy Libriano (Arg) Ride the Rails

Ajtebi

Trainer Herman Brown goes doubled-barreled in the

UAE Derby with Balcarce Nov and Redding Colliery,

with the latter trying to improve on his third to Desert

Party in the Feb. 12 G3 UAE 2000 Guineas. Balcarce

Nov, meanwhile, was fourth in the Meydan Classic on

turf on Super Thursday. Both were out over Nad Al

Sheba=s main track yesterday. AThey did a full circuit,

but nothing serious,@ said Brown. AThey=ll have one

serious piece of work this week, but they=re in great

form; I think they have each-way chances Saturday.@

Redding Colliery at Nad Al Sheba Monday

Dubai Racing Club

Saturday, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai

GODOLPHIN MILE-G2, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 1600m

HORSE

SIRE

JOCKEY

Al Morhij (KSA)

Race Leader

Velazquez

Art of War (SAf)

Kahal (GB)

Murtagh

Brave Tin Soldier

Storm Cat

Lemaire

Cat Junior

Storm Cat

Spencer

Dijeerr

Danzig

Ajtebi

Don Renato (Chi)

Edgy Diplomat

Ramos

Gayego

Gilded Time

Durcan

Golden Arrow (Ire) Danehill

O=Shea

Green Coast (Ire)

Green Desert

Jara

Informed

Tiznow

Gryder

Kalahari Gold (Ire) Trans Island (GB) Hills

Lucky Find (SAf)

Rich Man=s Gold

Shea

Summer Doldrums Street Cry (Ire)

Garcia

Tiz Now Tiz Then

Tiznow

Prado

Two Step Salsa

Petionville

Dettori

California invader Informed, a $25,000 claim by

trainer Doug O=Neill and partners last June, was better

behaved yesterday after acting up Saturday. The five-

year-old horse, who broke free from assistant trainer

Leandro Mora and tried to run off with rider Tony

Romero, galloped 2000 meters under Romero yesterday

morning. AHe was much better today,@ said Romero.

AHe=s always been [hard to handle], but he=s been doing

pretty good since he=s been here. Today, he was the

best so far.@ Informed, an allowance winner at Holly-

wood Park in December, nearly sprang the 28-1 upset

over Cowboy Cal (Giant=s Causeway) in the GII San

Pasqual H. at Santa Anita Jan. 10. He was a dead-heat

fourth behind Magnum (Arg) (El Compinche {Arg}) in

the GII San Antonio H. at Santa Anita Feb. 8 in his final

prep for this. AI=m very, very optimistic that we have a

good chance in the race,@ Mora said, comparing In-

formed=s adaptation to his environs at Nad Al Sheba

with the way Spring At Last (Silver Deputy) handled the

transition. Spring At Last won the 2007 Godolphin

Mile. O=Neill is expected to arrive in Dubai Tuesday.

All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated

Cliffy's Future wins the $100,000 Rushaway Stakes

at Turfway Park on March 21!

Congratulations to owner Silverton Hill LLC, trainer Darrin Miller, and breeder Bruce T. Hundley.

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