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On the ‘Attack’ in Lake Placid ...p. 4 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007 ‘KODIAK’ A BEAR IN SARATOGA SPECIAL DEAUVILLE AUGUST GETS UNDERWAY Looking to capture his third straight stakes victory Arqana’s inception last year coincided with a reversal and his second in graded company, Vinery Stables and of the fortunes of France’s flagship Deauville August Fox Hill Farm’s Kodiak Kowboy (Posse) muscled his Yearling Sale, and the latest edition will bid to build on way through a seam of the increases of 12 months daylight in upper stretch ago as the first of four ses- and rallied to a convinc- sions begin today. While the ing win in yesterday’s GII management of the new con- Saratoga Special S. “I glomerate are keen to praise saw the hole turning for the work Agence Francaise home, and he was will- had already done to arrest this ing,” winning jockey auction’s period of relative Shaun Bridgmohan said. decline, the coming together “He did everything I of that organisation and Goffs wanted and was very France under the new banner has seen a string of suc- cesses to advertise the initiative, wrought by the con- Adam Coglianese gutsy today. He got a lot out of this race.” Trainer sortium of investors including His Highness the Aga Todd Pletcher’s favored The Roundhouse (Fusaichi Khan and Paris-based Art auctioneers Artcurial. Cont. p6 Pegasus) came on to be second, with Riley Tucker (Harlan’s Holiday) in third. The race lost a bit of its bite when morning-line favorite Sargent Seattle (Vindication) scratched. Cont. p2 Thursday, Saratoga SARATOGA SPECIAL S.-GII, $150,000, SAR, 8-16, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:15 4/5, ft. 1--KODIAK KOWBOY, 122, c, 2, by Posse RAIL FOR LAVA MAN IN PACIFIC CLASSIC 1st Dam: Kokadrie, by Coronado's Quest Defending champion Lava Man (Slew City Slew) has 2nd Dam: West Turn, by Cox's Ridge drawn the rail post for Sunday’s GI Pacific Classic S. at 3rd Dam: Win Nona, by Jacinto Del Mar. The gritty six-year-old was installed as the ($40,000 wlng '05 KEENOV; $70,000 yrl '06 5-2 morning-line favorite. De- OBSAUG). O-Vinery Stables & Fox Hill Farm; spite the presence of the champ, B-Hartwell Farm (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; a full 13-horse field will line up J-Shaun Bridgmohan; $90,000. Lifetime Record: for the 1 1/4-mile event, which 5-4-0-0, $294,825. will be contested for the first 2--The Roundhouse, 118, c, 2, Fusaichi Pegasus--Circle time on the Polytrack. While he of Life, by Belong to Me. O-Michael B Tabor; captured the GI Hollywood Gold B-Chelston (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $30,000. Cup by a nose on Hollywood’s 3--Riley Tucker, 118, c, 2, Harlan's Holiday--My Sweet Lava Man on the Poly Cushion Track, Lava Man is un- Country, by Bold Ruckus. ($375,000 yrl '06 Benoit photos tested on Del Mar’s new sur- FTKJUL). O-Zayat Stables, LLC; B-Formal Gold, LLC face, which Dennis O’Neill, as- (KY); T-William I Mott; $15,000. sistant and brother to Lava Man’s trainer Doug O’Neill, Margins: 3, 5 1/4, HF. Odds: 2.40, 1.30, 2.85. calls ‘a different animal.’ Still, O’Neill is confident in Also Ran: Little Nick, *Betatron (DQ’d fourth to fifth), Lava Man’s chances. “The horse is doing super,” he Make the Point. Scratched: Sargent Seattle. said. “He just skips across [the Polytrack].” Cont. p3 (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/17/07 • PAGE 2 of 10 Isn’t That Special?... Thursday, Salisbury, Britain After a close-up fourth sprinting two furlongs over SOVEREIGN S.-G3, £65,000, Salisbury, 8-16, 3yo/up, Woodbine’s Polytrack in April, Kodiak Kowboy shipped 1mT, 1:43.90, gd/sf. to Churchill to break his maiden on conventional dirt 1--#@PRIDE OF NATION (IRE), 126, h, 5, by Danehill Dancer (Ire) May 26. He was back at Woodbine when he captured 1st Dam: Anita Via (Ire), by Anita's Prince (Ire) the June 17 Victoria S. by 2nd Dam: Seldovia (GB), by Charlottown (GB) daylight, but hit the road 3rd Dam: Sunol (GB), by My Babu (Fr) again in an easy victory in (i65,000 yrl ‘03 ITYSEP). O-Equibreed SRL; B-Deni the GIII Bashford Manor S. SRL; T-Luca Cumani; J-Jamie Spencer; £36,907. under the Twin Spires Lifetime Record: 12-5-2-2, £84,137. July 7. Looking to pull off 2--Ordnance Row (GB), 126, g, 4, Mark of Esteem (Ire) the Victoria/Saratoga Special --Language of Love (GB), by Rock City (Ire). O/B-Mrs double just like the P Good; T-Richard Hannon; £13,988. Asmussen-trainned Chace Adam Coglianese 3--Olympian Odyssey (GB), 126, c, 4, Sadler's Wells-- City did last year, Kodiak Field of Hope (Ire), by Selkirk. (75,000gns yrl ‘04 Kowboy broke from the rail and was content to allow TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Grundy Bloodstock SRL Little Nick (Tiger Ridge) to show the way through quick & George Strawbridge; T-Saeed bin Suroor; £7,000. :22.07 and :44.97 splits. In tight on the turn, Kodiak Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 5-2, 11-4, 10-3. Cowboy responded with a strong move when the op- Also Ran: Caldra (Ire), Thousand Words (GB), Final portunity presented itself and left the others fighting for Verse (GB), Secret World (Ire). Scratched: Humungous the minor spots. “He was professional in doing it,” (Ire), Dunelight (Ire), Dubai's Touch (GB), Dark Islander added Bridgmohan. “He broke smartly, and he rated (Ire), Royal Oath. himself a little bit. When I pointed him, he was just This race was marred by a clutch of withdrawals due willing and just shot right through there. Then, he went to the rain, but it produced a progressive winner in the about his business.” Asmussen was also pleased with shape of Pride of Nation. Long held in high esteem the effort. “Today, he overcame a little bit,” said the within the Cumani camp, the bay began his season in trainer. “What I love was that, down in between York's Listed Hambleton S. May 17, where he finished horses, he was looking for somewhere to go, and when it opened up, he punched through nicely. I think the third behind the subsequent G3 Diomed S. winner final time [1:15.95] was excellent for a two-year-old.” Blythe Knight (Ire). Dropped to seven furlongs for Royal Asmussen added that the seven-furlong GII Futurity S. Ascot's Buckingham Palace S. June 22, he could do no at Belmont Sept. 15 was likely to be the next target. better than sixth before finishing fourth behind Ord- Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com nance Row in a heritage handicap at Sandown July 7. catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. The five-year-old got his confidence back with a condi- tions success at York three weeks ago and he reversed placings with Ordnance Row after surviving a stewards inquiry here. Restrained early racing close to the pace, he drew even with that rival passing the furlong marker before hanging down under pressure and bumping that Sire of Grade One Winner foe en route to a clear-cut success, which was judged POLITICAL FORCE not to have been effected by the interference. “He's a winner of the Suburban H.(G1) at smart horse and if the ground was unraceable he'd be Belmont going a mile and a quarter. at his best,” jockey Jamie Spencer commented. “He pounds the ground and would be better in a really fast- Look for Unbridled’s Song’s yearlings at the run race. He takes a furlong to get going, but then upcoming Keeneland September Yearling Sales. really stretches and Mr. Cumani's horses do improve, TAYLOR MADE • (859) 885-3345 • Fax (859) 885-1533 so you never know where he could end up.” Click for the Racing Post chart. GII Saratoga Special S. Kodiak Kowboy (Posse) gets graded win number two in impressive effort. Results cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/17/07 • PAGE 3 of 10 Thursday, Deauville, France PRIX MINERVE SHADWELL-G3, i80,000, Deauville, 8-16, 3yo, f, 1 9/16mT, 2:41.40, gd. 1--#@SYNOPSIS (IRE), 121, f, 3, by In the Wings (GB) 1st Dam: Epitome (Ire), by Nashwan 2nd Dam: Proskona, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Konafa, by Damascus O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Sunday, Del Mar B-Darley; T-Andre Fabre; J-Stephane Pasquier; PACIFIC CLASSIC S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m i40,000. Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 2 wins, 1 place, (AWT) i57,100. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 2--Darsha (Fr), 121, f, 3, Sakhee--Darashandeh (Ire), by 1 Lava Man Slew City Slew Nakatani 124 Darshaan (GB). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga 2 Albertus Maximus Albert the Great Talamo 117 Khan's Studs SC; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; i16,000. 3 Sun Boat (GB) Machiavellian M Baze 124 3--Dancing Lady (Fr), 121, f, 3, Dansili (GB)--Aka Lady 4 Awesome Gem Awesome Again Flores 124 (Fr), by Sanglamore. O-Comte Herve & Marquise de 5 Student Council Kingmambo Migliore 124 Talhouet-Roy; B-Comte Herve de Talhouet-Roy; 6 Porfido (Chi) Mash One (Chi) Rosario 124 T-Jean-Marie Beguigne; i12,000.