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WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES INDIAN CHARLIE RETIRED Trainer Bob Baffert By Alan Porter announced yesterday that GI Santa Anita Derby win ALDIZA (f, 4, Storm Cat--Aishah, by Alydar) ner Indian Charlie (In Excess {Ire}) has been retired Aldiza, who earned her first Grade I victory in from racing after pulling a suspensory during a recent Sunday's GI Go For Wand H., is one of nine stakes work at Del Mar. The three-year-old, owned by Hal J. winners by Storm Bird-line stallions out of Alydar-line Earnhardt Ill, John R. Gaines and Thomas Van Meter, mares. The combination of Storm Cat and Alydar, which produced Aldiza, has been a particularly fruitful one, as will be sent to Van Meter's Stockplace Farm in it has r~·ulted in five stakes winners, the others being Lexington, Kentucky while stud plans are being final Grade I inner November Snow and her 1 998 graded ized. Indian Charlie was made the favorite in this stakes- inning brother Scatmandu, Grade II winner Just year's Kentucky Derby off his 2 1 /4-length Santa a Cat an~ stakes winner Alyssum (a genetic own-sister Anita Derby win, but suffered the first defeat of his to Aldiz1, their dams being sisters). In addition, Storm career when third behind stablemate Real Quiet. Cat's sor, Mountain Cat, has already sired the stakes Unraced since the Derby, he retires with four wins in winning rpartan Cat out of a mare by Alydar's son, five starts and earnings of $616, 120. Saratog<1 Six. In tad, the combination of sires from the male line of GRAND SLAM TO HASKELL? Grand Slam (Gone Northern Dancer--the sire of Storm Bird--over Alydar-line West), winner of last year's GI Champagne S. and GI mares has been a very successful one, resulting in at Futurity, may be a late addition to Sunday's GI Buick least 43 'unrestricted stakes winners--almost 60 percent Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. "I think we of all stakes winners produced by Alydar-line mares. By might run in the Haskell," trainer D. Wayne Lukas said way of omparison, Northern Dancer-line stallions are yesterday. "We're leaning in that direction. It's $1 responsi le for just over a third of stakes winners out of all mare descending from Alydar's sire Raise a Native million versus $250,000, and I like the small field, so and Rais a Native's other outstanding stallion son, Mr. that would have some bearing. Our horse's style fits Prospec or. the Haskell very well, so there are some pluses. He It is a so interesting to note that there are four sons would van down Saturday night from Saratoga and I'll of North rn Dancer which seem to have combined par come in Sunday." In 1998, the dark bay three-year ticularly uccessfully with Alydar--Storm Bird, Danzig, old won the Gil Peter Pan and most recently finished Nijinsky I and Nureyev--this quartet accounting for over second behind fellow Haskell possible Old Trieste 30 of th stakes winners bred on the Northern Dancer/ (A.P. Indy) in the July 19 Gil Swaps S. In other Alydar c ass. Haskell news, Arctic Sweep (Eskimo) drilled three Of co rse, any Northern Dancer/Alydar cross will furlongs yesterday at Monmouth Park in :36 1 /5 and give a d uble of Native Dancer, once through Natalma, galloped out in 1 :02. the dam of Northern Dancer, and once through Raise a Native, ire of Alydar. It is Raise a Native who might SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE MARES TO SELL AT give a cl e as to why these four sons of Northern Dancer ave worked particularly well. Raise a Native's KEENELAND Keeneland will provide horsemen with maternal grandsire, Case Ace, was bred on the very an opportunity in January to sell broodmares who powerfu cross of Teddy and Commando. This cross is have been bred on a Southern Hemisphere schedule. repeate in the pedigree of Alydar's third dam, Real The mares will be sold successively during Delight, ho is by Bull Lea out of a Blue Larkspur mare. Keeneland's January Horses of All Ages Sale. Entries Pedigree Perspectives cont. p. 4 for the sale close November 2. "Now buyers from Australasia and countries in South America can buy a STAKES PREVIEW ...................... 2 broodmare who has been bred to a Kentucky stallion RACING REPORTS . 2,3 on the Southern Hemisphere schedule for foaling in their respective countries," explained Director of - PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES cont. 4 Sales Rogers Beasley. Keeneland's Horses of All Ages I TOTAL PAGES ......................... 4 Sale is scheduled for January 11-14, 1999. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-5-98 L-__+__ P_R_E_V_I_E_W __ +___.I L_I _+__ M_I _D_W_E_s_T __ +____. Local News, Hawthorne Race Course: Today, Saratoga: Hawthorne Race Course announced yesterday that, HONORABLE MISS H.-Glll, $75,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, effective with the start of the third condition book (Au post time: 5: 15 p.m. EDT. gust 1 6), racing will be conducted on a five-day per The field, in post position order, is as follows: Angel's week schedule. Tuesday and Thursday will be desig Tearlet (Silver Deputy), Santos, 113; Dixie Flag (Dixie nated dark days. "The Illinois Thoroughbred tracks and land Band), Bailey, 119; Sky Blue Pink (Strawberry Road horsemen have agreed to pursue a five-day racing {Aus}), Albarado, 117; Tate (Afleet), Samyn, 113; schedule for 1 999 and the same reasons that make it Furlough (Easy Goer), Smith, 113; Hurricane Bertie attractive for next year make it attractive for the rest of (Storm Boot), Chavez, 114; Stop Traffic (Cure the 1 998," said Hawthorne President and General Manager Blues), Day, 119. Thomas F. Carey. "A five-day race week, which has become the industry norm, allows us to consistently offer full fields of high-quality racing." Hawthorne cur • EAST • rently runs six days per week. Monday's Results: Yesterday's Results: ROYAL NORTHS. (GllC), $84, 150, WOX, 8-3, 3yo/up, 3rd-HAW, $28,000, Alw, 3/up, f/m, 6 1 /2f, 1: 17 3/5, sy. f/m, 6fT, 1 :09, fm. GO AG l1N VALID (f, 3, Valid Appeal--Go Again Girl, by 1--#GOING TO EXTREMES, 116, f, 4, Nasty and Bold- Broad Br sh), second in the Florida Stallion S. last Au Ole Bow Wower (MSP, $168,710), by Ole Bob Bow gust, w s third behind Jersey Girl in a February ers. ($13,500 yrlg '95 FTKOCT). 0-D Beer, L Frejlich Gulfstre m allowance before suffering the only off-the & A & C Patton; B-Lochness (KY); T-Thomas Patton; board fi ish of her career when fourth in the March 23 J-P Husbands; $49, 140. Lifetime Record: 25-8-3-3, OBS Spr nt S. in her last start. The even-money choice $192, 154. stalked t e early leader, took charge entering the stretch 2--Start At Once, 118, m, 5, Gone West--Ready Jet and drew off to win by 5 1 /4 lengths. Lifetime Record: Go, by Northjet (Ire). $16,380. SP, 6-3-1-1, $71,260. 3--Song of Africa, 117, m, 5, Alzao--lntensive, by Sir 0-F Mancari. B-H Mangurian, Jr. (FL). T-M L Reavis. Wiggle. $9,009. Margins: HD, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 4.45, 1.25, 3.25. Going to Extremes came into this event on a two-race I FOREIGN I winning streak, with a pair of turf allowance tallies at Europea1 Stakes Result: • Woodbine July 11 and 1 9 in her last two trips to the PRIX DE LA CALONNE, $43,507, Deauville, France, post. Going for her third straight here, the bay filly 8-4, 3yo f, 1 mT, 1 :44.40, gd/sf. pressed the pace early, took a short lead into the stretch 1--ASTORG, 123, f, 3, Lear Fan--Action Francaise, by and just held Start At Once safe at the wire for her first Nurey1 v. 0-Daniel Wildenstein; B-Allez France Stables stakes victory. Ltd; T Andre Fabre; J-0 Peslier; $23,427. * 1 /2 to Androi(l (Riverman), GSW-Fr, $152,459. 5th-WOX, $25,300, Msw, 8-3, 2yo, 7fT, 1 :24 3/5, fm. 2--Pan Galactic, 123, f, 3, Lear Fan--Scierpan, by COX'S SWEEP (g, 2, End Sweep--Miss Cox's Hat Sharpen Up (GB). $8,032. {GISP}, by Cox's Ridge), second over Woodbine's main 3--Paldouna (Ire), 123, f, 3, Kaldoun (Fr)--Palavera (Fr), track in his last outing July 18, tried turf for the first by Bik ~la (Ire). $6,024. time here and responded by dueling for the lead early, Margins: 3/4, 1 1 /2, 1 /2. taking command in the stretch and drawing clear for a 2 1 /4-length triumph. Sent off at 4-1 odds, Cox's AMERIC ~N-BRED WINNER IN FRANCE: Sweep, a full-brother to Valid Bonnet (MGSW, Sopraffir o, c, 3, Nureyev--Sierra Roberta (Fr) (GISP-U.S. $372,624), is the 10th winner for his freshman sire (by & Fr, ! 560,338), by Don Roberto. Deauville, 8-4, Prix Forty Niner). Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $20,240. de Ma tinvast, 3yo, 1 1 /2mT, $15,060 to winner. 0-Mockingbird Farm Inc. B-Harry T Mangurian Jr (FL). 0-H Y1t>koyama; B-Maylands Stud Ltd & Flaxman T-Mark Casse. Hold in J Ltd; T-Elie Lellouche. A BREED SHAPER Australia's At the inaugural JHRA Sale, progeny sired by SUNDAY SILENCE sold at ARROWFIELD STUD an average ofUS$670,000 ..