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BULLISH LUCK wins in Hong Kong HEADLINE p. 2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, FEB. 23, 2004 EARNING IT THE HARD WAY EMA BOVARY BLOOMS IN LAS FLORES Hard Buck (Brz) (Spend a Buck), a Group 1 winner in Ema Bovary (Chi) (Edgy Diplomat) made it a clean his native Brazil, kicked off his North American cam- sweep for Southern Hemisphere-breds in U.S. stakes paign with three straight wins last fall and got back on action yesterday with an impressive 3 1/4-length vic- the winning track with a late-charging victory in yester- tory in Santa Anita’s GIII Las Flores H. Since losing her day’s GI Gulfstream Park U.S. debut at Golden Gate last February, the five-year- Breeders’ Cup H. The old Chilean-bred had reeled off seven straight victories, five-year-old came to the most recently taking the Jan. 24 Orinda H. at Golden U.S. last year after a Gate. Making the jump to graded stakes company, Ema ninth-place showing in Bovary was sent off the 7-5 second choice behind 6-5 the G2 UAE Derby at Nad Buffythecenterfold (Capote). She stalked a swift early al Sheba in March and pace, angled out for running room on the turn and culminated his three-race inhaled Buffythecenterfold in upper stretch to win going win streak with a half- away in stakes record time of 1:08 for the six furlongs. length tally in the Nov. “Buffy’s a pretty nice horse, but Ema loves the mud, 16 GIII River City H. The Hard Buck (outside) overtakes Balto too,” said winning trainer Larry Ross. “I was surprised bay suffered his first Star Equi-Photo that she won as easy as she did, carrying that much North American loss weight [121].” Winning rider Roberto Gonzalez added, when fourth in the off- “I just sat behind the speed, I found the spot and from the-turf GIII Canadian Turf H. and he was dismissed at then on I said, ‘I’ll see how much horse I got.’” Click 11-1 in yesterday’s 1 3/8-mile event. As favored Balto for the brisnet.com chart. For the RaceReplays.com Star (Glitterman) led the field through a mile in 1:36.23, replay, click here Hard Buck tracked the pacesetter in fourth. He loomed three wide on the final turn and finished determinedly Sunday, Santa Anita to just nail Balto Star on the wire. Cont. p. 2 LAS FLORES H.-GIII, $107,300, SAX, 2-22, 4yo/up, Sunday, Gulfstream Park f/m, 6f, 1:08 (NSR), wf. GULFSTREAM PARK BREEDERS' CUP H.-GI, $190,000, 1--@EMA BOVARY (CHI), 121, m, 5, by Edgy Diplomat GPX, 2-22, 3yo/up, 1 3/8mT, 2:11 2/5, fm. 1st Dam: Coqueta, by Toy 1--HARD BUCK (BRZ), 117, h, 5, by Spend a Buck 2nd Dam: Sherry M., by Rigorous 1st Dam: Social Secret, by Secreto 3rd Dam: Darlin Butchie, by Mohammedan 2nd Dam: Expediency, by *Vaguely Noble O-Richard Beal & Lana Ramsey; B-Haras San Patricio 3rd Dam: *Gazala II, by Dark Star (CHI); T-Larry D Ross; J-R Gonzalez; $64,380. O-Team Victory I; B-Haras Old Friends (BRZ); Lifetime Record: 16-11-2-0, $297,942. T-Kenneth G McPeek; J-E S Prado; $90,000. Lifetime 2--Buffythecenterfold, 117, f, 4, Capote--Augusta Record: 15-9-2-0, $329,148. *1/2 to Secret Miss Springs, by Nijinsky II. ($40,000 yrl '01 KEESEP). (Brz) (Roi Normand), GSP-Brz. O-Brian Allen A & Stronach Stables; B-Overbrook 2--Balto Star, 122, g, 6, Glitterman--Miss Livi, by Farm (KY); $21,460. Devil's Bag. O/B-Anstu Stables Inc (KY); $50,000. 3--Coconut Girl, 113, m, 5, Cryptoclearance--Sarabi, by 3--Kicken Kris, 118, c, 4, Kris S.--Kicken Grass, by Jade Lost Code. ($50,000 yrl '00 KEESEP; $125,000 2yo Hunter. ($400,000 yrl '01 KEESEP). O-Brushwood 2001 BESMAR). O-JPF Investments I LLC; B-Leslie R Stable; B-Valerie Naify (KY); $27,500. Grimm & Flint S Schulhofer (KY); $12,876. Margins: HD, HF, 1. Odds: 11.50, 2.30, 4.70. Margins: 3 1/4, 1, 5. Odds: 1.40, 1.20, 10.70. Also Ran: Request for Parole, Quest Star, Slew Valley, Also Ran: Icantgoforthat, Sarasota (Arg), Channing Man From Wicklow, Magic Mecke. Way. Scratched: Annabelly 19 Stakes Horses, $5.1 Million in Progeny Earnings PIONEERING (859) 273-1514 P Fax (859) 273-0034 Mr. Prospector S Terlingua, by Secretariat www.overbrookfarm.com Magnificent Val wins $50,000 2004 Fee: $5,000 live foal Glendale H. 2-14 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/23/04 • PAGE 2 of 2 (cont.) R E S U L T S Hard Buck Wins Gulfstream Park BC H. P P “He’s a fighter,” trainer Ken McPeek confirmed Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong after Hard Buck’s gutsy win in yesterday’s GI CSL HONG KONG GOLD CUP-G1-HK, HK$8,000,000, Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup H. “He’s really fo- 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:02.3, gd/fm. cused in on winning and learning where the wire is 1--BULLISH LUCK, 126, g, 5, by Royal Academy at. We knew he could show the talent for this level. 1st Dam: Wild Vintage, by Alysheba He’s a fantastic horse to be around.” Winning jockey 2nd Dam: Vintage, by Foolish Pleasure Edgar Prado added, “I had a beautiful trip. He broke 3rd Dam: Prix, by *Vaguely Noble good and gave me a chance to sit behind the speed (50,000gns yrl ‘00 TATOCT). O-Wong Wing Keung; the way I wanted to do. When I set him down for the B-Max & Isabel Morris; T-A S Cruz; J-F Coetzee; drive, he responded the way I thought he would. The HK$4,560,000. Lifetime Record: 22-6-4-2, way he was running I had a good feeling all the way HK$8,647,700. *Formerly Al Moughazel. around.” McPeek said Hard Buck may be making a 2--Elegant Fashion (Aus), 122, m, 5, Danewin (Aus)-- return trip to Dubai. “The people from Dubai are Wily Trick, by Clever Trick. O-Dr & Mrs Gene Tsoi Wai Wang; B-Emirates Park Pty Ltd; HK$1,760,000. talking with my owners right now,” the trainer said. 3--Bowman’s Crossing (Ire), 126, g, 5, Dolphin Street “I’m not sure which distance I would want to go in, (Fr)--Biraya (GB), by Valiyar (Ire). O-Dr Chang Fuk To but I’m leaning toward going the mile and a half [G1 & Maria C L M Shum; B-Eclipse Bloodstock; Dubai Sheema Classic on Mar. 27].” Click for the free HK$920,000. brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for the Margins: HF, 1, HF. Odds: 19.70, 0.50, 15.00. brisnet.com chart. For the RaceReplays.com replay click Bullish Luck continued a tremendous year for trainer here. Tony Cruz and jockey Felix Coetzee, storming from last to catch odds-on favorite Elegant Fashion for his first You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at the pattern victory. A two-time winner in Europe for trainer Fasig-Tipton Florida Selected 2YOs in Training Sale. Pip Payne while racing as Al Moughazel, the bay has been a progressive sort since his arrival in Hong Kong TODAY’S and was coming into this with wins in two of his last three starts, including a 1 3/4-length success over 1600 meters Feb. 1. Trying this distance for just the second time in his career, Bullish Luck was content to replays brought to you by Vinery trail early as they went only a moderate tempo on the 3rd, GPX, Msw PURGE (Pulpit) click here front end. Still trailing as the field turned into the 11th, GPX, GI Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup H. click here stretch, he was switched out to the grandstand side HARD BUCK (BRZ) (Spend a Buck) and kicked hard to catch Elegant Fashion in the shadow 8th, SAX, GIII Las Flores H. click here of the post. The latter had a very nice trip saving EMA BOVARY (CHI) (Edgy Diplomat) ground from fourth, took command with 300 meters to run, but could not hold the late charge of the winner. To watch any race of your choice or to sign up for a racereplays.com account, click here. “He kicked very hard for me,” the winning rider com- mented. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to catch Elegant Fashion, because she is so tough, but he got there in the end. Great performance.” For the victorious trainer and jockey combination, it was their fourth Group 1 win of the season. Bullish Luck and Elegant Fashion are likely to rematch in the G1 Audemars Piguet QE II Cup. David Hayes, trainer of the Australian mare, indicated that he would sidestep the Dubai World Cup program in favor of the QE II Cup, where Elegant Fashion was second a year ago. OUR EMBLEM BY MR. PROSPECTOR ... OUT OF PERSONAL ENSIGN ... SIRE OF A DERBY WINNER PRIVATE EMBLEM, by Mr. Prospector’s son OUR EMBLEM wins the GRADE III ESSEX H. at Oaklawn Park, advancing his earnings to $769,103. Standing as a Taylor Made/winstar venture at taylor made phone (859) 885-3345 fax (859) 887-1754 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2004 7 Pages 5th-GPX, $36,000, Alw, NW2X, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:27 1/5, fm.