You would think, after more than four years of their man-horse relationship, that Richard Mandella would be able to just sit back, relax, and enjoy the Beholder ride. I mean, shes 6, right? How tough can it be? Throw her a little hay. Give her some exercise. Keep her stall clean. Lead her over, get the money, cool her out. Repeat.I know, Mandella confessed. I cant help it. Maybe if I ran her more often it would help.Maybe, but its too late now to change things, and her appearance at Del Mar on Saturday in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch should be enough to satisfy any immediate cravings. The stop-and-start profile of Beholders remarkable career has included 17 wins in 22 starts spread over parts of five seasons. It has been interrupted on significant occasions by injury or illness, but at no point has she cheated her people or her public when asked to perform.Beholders Del Mar summers have for the past few years included afternoons spent in a sun pen at the far end of the fair grounds multipurpose building that houses Mandellas shed row. Beholder loves her pen, and she knows that when its time to come in, it is also time to eat.Once her meal is devoured, and her groom, Ruben Mercado, has tidied up her stall, Mandella will allow the odd visitor to approach the mesh screen keeping Beholder safe from the world. Only those bearing peppermints are welcome.Thats enough now, Mandella will say, polite yet firm, when visitors linger. We dont want to go spoiling her.Thats a hoot. Princess Kate has it rougher than Beholder. When she goes into her stall after a typically robust gallop, Janeen Painter will be on board while three handlers are on the ground, including foreman Jose Vera, to unwrap her legs and peel off her tack.I dont think shed know what to do if there was only one person in there with her, Mandella said. Resent it, probably.Spoil her indeed. Beholder does not need to work for food -- she has earned a cool $4.5 million -- but withhold her peppermints, and her behavior suddenly becomes negotiable.We forgot them the other day schooling her, Mandella said. It was a mistake. So, she comes up to me with her nose close, all sweet, and Im thinking, Aw, shes forgiven me. Next thing I know, shes flipped my hat off and sent it flying.Mandella would like to relax around Beholder, but he cant. One of them needs a Xanax drip, but that would be wrong, so she gets earmuffs to school and saddle, bell boots and thick polos walking anywhere, and the stall closest to the office, just because. She was a handful from Day 1 four years ago at Del Mar, and she can still light the fuse if things arent just right. Thanks to Mandella and his crew, things are right way more often than not.Like Thursday morning, when Painter had to wait and wait for a turn to stand in the starting gate before she could let Beholder loose on a stout gallop.There seemed like a hundred horses back there, she said, explaining the delay. But she was great, just looking around. The train went by, and she hardly noticed. Then, when we finally galloped, there was hardly anyone left on the track, which was great, not having to worry about everybody else.Painter, a former jockey, had a few brief encounters with Beholder as a 2-year-old when the filly just missed winning the Del Mar Debutante before capping her season with a victory in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies.She was a little bit crazy, tough to be around as a baby and even into her 3-year-old year, Painter said. At 4, she started getting it, so maybe by the time shes 8 shell be perfect, right?Shes pretty close now, at least in terms of her record. Beholder has won 12 of her last 13 starts in a stretch dating back to her raucous 2013 Kentucky Oaks, when she dumped Garrett Gomez on the way to the post and nearly won anyway. Her only loss since then was her fourth in the 2014 Ogden Phipps, where she lost by a length on a gashed and bloodied hoof.All that was then. Now Beholder is perched on the brink of heights to which few Thoroughbred mares have soared. Once the Clement Hirsch is in the books -- and champion Stellar Wind will have something to say about the outcome -- Beholder will be defending her title against California Chrome and Dortmund in the Pacific Classic on Aug. 20. The three of them -- physical specimens at ages 4, 5, and 6 -- will present a rare tableau. Hope someone brings a camera.I know its hard to believe looking at her now, but she was kind of pudgy when she was 2, Mandella said.Which makes sense since her name derives from the telling phrase, Beauty is in the eye of the ?She was about this wide behind, Mandella said, spreading his arms, and was practically flat across the top.Well take his word for it, but now the duckling is an amazing swan, and there is little mystery left to the story of Beholder, save for how the story will end.Lets not get ahead of ourselves, Mandella warned.No, hes right. Thats Beholders job. Adidas Tennis Hu Homme . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. Adidas GSG Pas Cher . 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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The good news for Purdue is that the Boilermakers are just three wins from becoming eligible for a bowl game.The bad news is how beat up Purdue is following its 34-31 overtime victory at Illinois over the weekend.Purdue likely lost leading receiver Dominique Young (29 receptions for 338 yards and a touchdown) for the season with a right knee injury suffered during the second half at Illinois. Coach Darrell Hazell said Monday he was waiting for an MRI result before confirming Youngs status.Purdue hopes to have leading rusher Markell Jones (shoulder) and standout middle linebacker JaWhaun Bentley (ankle) back in action this weekend against Iowa (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) after each missed the Illinois game. Jones has rushed for 339 yards in four games and Bentley has 27 tackles.Running back Brian Lankford-Johnson started in Jones place and carried 18 times for 127 yards and a touchdown but left the game in the second half with a sprained shoulder and was replaced by Richie Worship. Hazell said he was confident Lankford-Johnson will be ready to play against Iowa.Defensive backs Myles Norwood and Tim Cason also missed some playing time at Illinois because of an assortment of bumps and bruises, but Hazell also hopes to have one or both back against the Hawkeyess.ddddddddddddIts still early in the week, he said. Its a day by day thing, but they were in good spirits (Sunday).If either Norwood or Cason is unable to play, freshman cornerback Josh Hayes will get more action.For now, the Boilermakers (3-2, 1-1) are trying to enjoy the win. Quarterback David Blough said after suffering a 50-7 loss on Oct. 1 at Maryland, the comeback victory at Illinois is tremendously significant.There was nothing like getting a shot at redemption after (the loss at Maryland), said Blough, who ran for a touchdown and passed for another. Illinois was probably the most fun game Ive played at Purdue.The Boilermakers are now 3-23 in Big Ten games during Hazells four seasons at Purdue.Game notes Freshman kicker J.D. Dellinger has been selected Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week after his field goal in overtime won the game at Illinois ... In keeping with the Boilermaker train theme at Purdue, Hazell said Monday that Purdues version of the Wildcat formation is known as Amtrak, and another gimmick formation with offensive linemen aligned outside the norm is called The Polar Express. Purdue used both formations at Illinois. 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