4/10/2010 Arkansas Derby(G1) Line of David, Super Saver, Dublin

 

9th race - Oaklawn Park - April 10, 2010
Race Name: Arkansas Derby -Grade: 1
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Value of Race: $1,000,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles On The Dirt
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:49.37

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
8	Line of David	Jon Kenton Court	36.60	14.80	6.80
1	Super Saver	Calvin H. Borel		6.20	4.00
2	Dublin	Terry J. Thompson			3.60
Also ran: 5 - Uh Oh Bango , 3 - Noble's Promise , 6 - New Madrid , 7 - Berberis , 9 - Pulsion , 4 - Northern Giant
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$1 Pick 3		3-6-8 (3 correct)		2,032.30
$2 Exacta		8-1		252.40
$1 Superfecta		8-1-2-5		3,433.90
$1 Trifecta		8-1-2		452.70
Winning Breeder: Sabine Stable
Winning Owner: Thrash, Ike and Dawn
Winning Trainer: John W. Sadler

2010 Arkansas Derby(G1) Line of David.pdf

LINE OF DAVID 수 2007 USA 밤색 전적:6(3/0/1)  G1	Lion Heart 라이언하트 밤 2001 USA  G1 10전(5,3,0) 14 f, 4sw	Tale Of The Cat 테일어브더캣 흑 1994 USA {1606} G2 868 f, 41sw 1.99	Storm Cat 흑 1983 USA *[I] LS
			Yarn 갈 1987 USA  w
		Satin Sunrise 갈 1990 USA  SW 4 f, 2 w, 2 sw	Mr. Leader 갈 1966 USA *[S] LS
			Logic 밤 1979 USA  SW
	Emma's Dilemma 갈 2000 USA  w 8전(1,0,0) 2 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Capote 커포트 흑 1984 USA [B] G1 824 f, 62sw 1.84	Seattle Slew 흑 1974 USA *+{BC} LSB
			Too Bald 흑 1964 USA {*} G2
		Kentucky Lill 밤 1986 USA {2188} w 6 f, 5 w, 1 sw	Raise A Native 밤 1961 USA {B} SW
			Lillian Russell 1977 USA {1500} SW

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Line of David and jockey Jon Court (8), Super Saver and jockey Calvin Borel (1) and Dublin and jockey Terry Thompson (2) race down the stretch during the $1 million Arkansas Derby horse race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., Saturday, April 10, 2010. Line of David was the eventual winner followed by Super Saver and Dublin. (AP Photo/David Quinn)

Jockey Jon Court aboard Line of David salutes the crowd after winning the $1 million Arkansas Derby horse race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Sadler, Line of David Upset Arkansas Derby
By Jack Shinar
Updated: Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:53 AM
Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010 6:14 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/56372/sadler-line-of-david-upset-arkansas-derby

Red-hot trainer John Sadler captured the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. I) (VIDEO) with front-running upsetter Line of David at Oaklawn Park April 10, just a week after Sadler took the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) with Sidney's Candy.
 
Line of David was making his stakes and natural dirt debut in the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas Derby and bursts into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) picture with the winner's share of $600,000 for the richest of the Derby preps. Line of David had won two races in a row prior to the Arkansas Derby, both on the turf at Santa Anita.

Ridden for the first time by Jon Court, 17-1 shot Line of David set a fast pace and looked like he would be inhaled by Super Saver and Dublin to his outside in upper stretch. But the well-built son of Lion Heart  --Emma's Dilemma, by Capote, refused to give way, holding on to win by a neck over Super Saver. Dublin, who had every opportunity on the outside of his rivals, settled for third, a neck behind the runner-up.

The final time was 1:49.37 over a fast track.

Uh Oh Bango finished fourth and 8-5 favorite Noble's Promise was fifth.

"We're setting up camp Monday or Tuesday (April 12 or 13) at Churchill Downs," a beaming Sadler told HRTV immediately afterward. "We'll just add one more to the mix."

"This horse had been training really, really, really well at home," said Sadler, the leading trainer this season at Santa Anita. "We wanted to give him a chance on natural dirt. We're thrilled."

Line of David, now three-for-three since Sadler added blinkers to his equipment, is owned by Ike and Dawn Thrash.

Court sent Line of David, breaking from post 8 in the field of nine, directly to the lead and he clipped off fast splits of :22.65, :46.26, and 1:10.75 while building a comfortable three-length advantage over Super Saver and Dublin, who were well spotted throughout. Swinging out of the final turn, both Super Saver, ridden by Calvin Borel, and Dublin, with Terry Thompson aboard, were on the move with Uh Oh Bango and Noble's Promise advancing into contention from mid-pack.

They battled like that through the lane, with Line of David inching away and digging deep to hold off Super Saver, who was edging closer as they approached the wire. Dublin hung a bit in deep stretch while holding onto third.

"I tell you what, we put him on the front end and rolled into that first turn and he was rolling along pretty good but he came back to me," said Court, who rode for Sadler on occasion when he was based in Southern California for a few years. "I was a little concerned because we were clipping along pretty good but we weren't losing any ground either.

"When I called on him he was full of run through the bridle and he fought very valiantly for the photo."

It was 1 3/4 lengths to Uh Oh Bango in fourth, two lengths in front of Noble's Promise, who had an adventurous trip with Robby Albarado before coming up empty in the drive. New Madrid, Berberis, Pulsion and Northern Giant completed the order.

Line of David's career resume had been modest prior to the Arkansas Derby.  He raced three times on synthetic tracks at Hollywood Park and Santa Anita before switching to the turf and breaking his maiden in front-running style at odds of 11-1 in a one-mile race Feb. 13. Brought back at the same distance on March 11, the chestnut colt again led from gate to wire while scoring by 4 1/2 lengths. His lifetime mark now stands at 3-0-1 in six starts with earnings of $662,000.

"We wanted to be in front because at Santa Anita he was going in front and it just seemed to build confidence," Sadler said.

Sadler said Line of David would join Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) winner Crisp, Sidney's Candy and a couple of others at Churchill Downs next week.

Sadler said he was not going to worry about having both Sidney's Candy and Line of David, who both like to be on the lead, in the Kentucky Derby.

"I'm not going to think about (the pace) until tomorrow," he said. "We will sleep on this, and of course see how he comes out, and take things one step at a time."

Sabine Stable bred the winner in Florida.

Carrying 118 pounds Line of David went off as the seventh choice in the field and paid a whopping $36.60, $14.80 and $6.80. He keyed a $252.40 exacta.

WinStar Farm's homebred Super Saver gave a game account of himself for trainer Todd Pletcher in his second start of the year, returning $6.20 and $4. Winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) last November, the Maria's Mon colt was coming off a third-place finish -- beaten a half-length by Odysseus -- in the Tampa Bay Derby (gr. III) March 13.

"I thought he ran great," said Elliot Walden, racing manager for WinStar. "He's only had one race this year and the thing you hope for is to move forward in a race like this. He did that and we just hope he puts it all together in the Kentucky Derby."

Grade I winner Dubin turned in his third successive strong effort at Oaklawn this season and paid $3.60 to show. The Wayne Lukas trainee was coming off a third-place effort in the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) March 13 and a runner-up finish in the Southwest Stakes (gr. III) prior to that.

"(Dublin) had dead aim and he might have gotten a nose in front at some point, but you've got to be impressed with how the speed held pretty good," Lukas said. "I've got no complaints. We will look at this as a prep and see where we are. We're disappointed not to win, but I was pleased with the effort."

Noble's Promise, who missed by a head in the Rebel, broke out at the start and bumped. He remained in tight quarters before steadying on the first turn. After getting into striking distance in the stretch, he lugged in and weakened to lose by 4 1/4 lengths.

"We got stopped at the start," said Ken McPeek, trainer of the beaten favorite. "We lost all chance. He put himself in a bad position when he hopped at the start. We will look at him and see how he's doing. We didn't get beat by much, but we never really had a chance because of the start."

Dublin and Noble's Promise were already guaranteed spots in the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field based on their graded stakes earnings. Super Saver boosted his Derby case by earning $200,000, giving him $363,832. Meanwhile, in one big swoop, Line of David moved into a tie for fifth with early Derby favorite Eskendereya.

Line of David determined winner of Arkansas Derby
Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010 7:21 PM
by Mike Curry
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2010/April/10/Line-of-David-determined-in-Arkansas-Derby.aspx

Line of David set a testing pace in the $1-million Arkansas Derby (G1) and gamely battled back after he was headed in the stretch to win by a neck at 17.30-to-1 odds on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.

The California-based Lion Heart colt entered off a pair of turf victories for trainer John Sadler and made his first start on a dirt track in Oaklawn’s signature Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) prep race.

Ridden by Jon Court, Line of David quickly surged to a clear lead and drilled an opening half-mile in :46.26 and six furlongs in 1:10.75 in the 1 1/8-mile race. Grade 2 winner Super Saver and Grade 1 winner Dublin challenged for the lead in early stretch and Super Saver briefly pushed a head in front, but Line of David fought back from the inside and would not be denied.

“We thought he was a nice horse on turf and we wanted to try him on a natural [dirt] surface,” Sadler said. “He's been doing beautiful all this week. He settled in great and ate up every night. The guy I had [exercising] him this week said he was perfect on the dirt. You never know until they do it, and we as trainers tend to be so conservative we always get surprised when they do succeed.
 
“This is a nice horse, and we’re thrilled.”

Ike and Dawn Thrash’s Line of David covered the distance in 1:49.37 on a track rated as fast and earned $600,000 in his stakes debut to secure his spot in the Kentucky Derby field, which is limited to 20 starters with preference given to horses with the highest career earnings in graded stakes. Line of David and stablemate Sidney’s Candy, third on the THOROUGHBRED TIMES Road to the Triple Crown poll sponsored by Adequan, both have enjoyed success when setting the pace and both could be prominent early in the 1 1/4-mile Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs.

“We’ll enjoy this one first and worry about that one later,” Sadler said of having two speed horses lined up for the Kentucky Derby. “We're setting up camp on Monday and Tuesday at Churchill. We have Sidney's Candy and Crisp and a few others, so we'll add this one to the list.”

Out of the winning Capote mare Emma’s Dilemma, Line of David won a one-mile maiden special weight race on turf on February 13 at Santa Anita Park and entered off an allowance win at the same course and distance on March 11. Bred in Florida by Sabine Stable, he is winless in three starts on synthetic surfaces.

WinStar Farm’s Super Saver ran a big race to finish second in his second start of the year, holding off Dublin by a neck. With $363,832 in graded earnings, Super Saver has secured his place in the Derby and could be one of as many as seven starters in the classic for trainer Todd Pletcher.

“I thought he ran great,” said Elliott Walden, vice president and racing manager for WinStar. “He's only had one race this year and the thing you hope for is to move forward in a race like this. He did that, and we just hope he puts it all together in the Kentucky Derby.”
 
Dublin also has sufficient graded stakes earnings with $373,208 as does Noble’s Promise ($738,000), who finished fifth as the 1.70-to-1 Arkansas Derby favorite.

Fourth-place finisher Uh Oh Bango earned $50,000 to improve his position on the graded stakes earnings list. He has earned $237,952 and will need at least one defection to make the Derby field.

Line of David(leader), Super Saver(center) and Dublin(left) are expected to renew rivalry (Photo Coady: Photography)