BILL OPPENHEIM HEADLINE p. 2-3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29, 2003 VOLPONI RETIRED NEW TRAINER FOR PAULSON HORSES Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Volponi Michael Paulson has transferred eight horses from (Cryptoclearance--Prom Knight, by Sir Harry Lewis) has trainer Laura DeSeroux to the barns of East Coast con- been retired from racing after a last-place finish in Satur- ditioners Bill Mott and Michael Matz, according to Daily day’s Classic, according to Daily Racing Form. The five- Racing Form. “Mike has decided his horses would do year-old has been sold to an better on the East Coast, so they are leaving on Fri- undisclosed Kentucky farm day,” De Seroux said. Paulson, who manages the living and will begin stud duties trust of his late father Allen, added, “I think most of next season. A 10-percent dad’s pedigrees are better suited to the East Coast. I interest in the stallion has think the tracks are a little softer and the worker’s been retained by owners comp situation in California is a factor.” DeSeroux Amherst Stable and Spruce trained Azeri (Jade Hunter) to 11 straight victories and Pond. “It was really great, a a Horse of the Year title in 2002 for the trust, but lot of fun,” trainer and part Paulson criticized the trainer’s choice of races for the owner P.G. Johnson said of mare this season after a loss in the GII Lady’s Secret Volponi’s racing career. “It Breeders’ Cup H. “If [Azeri] had run in one of those lifted everbody up. The finan- New York races and, by the grace of God, beaten cial part was great, sure, but Medaglia d’Oro or Mineshaft, she might be Horse of the having him in the family, that Year,” Paulson told the Form Monday. Azeri has been was the really great part at Ashford Stud in Kentucky since a tendon injury was about it.” In addition to his discovered last week. The eight horses include four currently in training and four recuperating from injury. Volponi Horsephotos 43-1 upset of last year’s Clas- sic, Volponi won the 2000
GIII Pilgrim S., the 2001 GII Pegasus H. and the 2002 TILLERMAN FAILS DRUG TEST Tillerman (GB) (In the Wings {GB}) will lose his GIII Poker H. He was second in this year’s GI Whitney second-place finish in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal H. and GI Suburban H. On the board in 24 of 31 races, Ascot June 17 after testing positive for the banned Volponi won seven times and earned $3,187,232. substance clenbuterol. Juddmonte Farms’ seven-year- old finished four lengths adrift of Dubai Destination in P P R E V I E W P the one-mile contest, but will be disqualified and Teddy Grimthorpe, Khalid Abdullah’s racing manager, revealed Wednesday, Aqueduct, post time 3:44 p.m. to the Racing Post that there are no plans to dispute DISCOVERY H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m the decision. “We won’t be contesting it, but we are PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT extremely disappointed,” he told the Post. “Everything 1 Congrats A.P. Indy McGaughey 116 was followed within the guidelines, and it just doesn’t 2 During Cherokee Run Baffert 120 seem to have worked out.” A statement from condi- 3a Private City Carson City H A Jerkens 115 tioner Amanda Perrett read that Tillerman’s post-race 4 Chilly Rooster Arch H A Jerkens 112 sample “tested positive to Ventipulmin, which had been 5a Conservation Tamayaz Tagg 114 administered to Tillerman under veterinary advice up to 6 Newfoundland Storm Cat Pletcher 117 eight days before the race, which is the recommended 7 Colita Grindstone Pletcher 116 withdrawal period for Ventipulmin.” With his disqualifi- 8 New York Hero Partner’s Hero Pedersen 115 cation, Tillerman’s connections forfeit the £55,000 9 Unforgettable Max Northern Afleet Perkins 114 prizemoney. Right Approach (GB) (Machiavellian) will 10 Inamorato Tale of the Cat Albertrani 114 move up to second and Where or When (Ire) (Danehill 11 Sharp Impact Siphon (Brz) McLaughlin 114 Dancer {Ire}) will get third.
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Though he trails European freshman sires Fasliyev FROM THE DESK OF... (also by Nureyev) and Cape Cross, Stravinsky is still North America’s leading freshman sire after Breeders’ Bill Oppenheim Cup weekend. Victory U.S.A.’s game third behind Halfbridled moved her sire Victory Gallop into second, GRAND SLAM HOME RUN ahead of Doneraile Court, whose Ruler’s Court won the Once again the Breeders’ Cup proved a great show- GII Norfolk so impressively, but was among the missing case for the sport, with plenty of drama, excitement, for the Juvenile. Minister Eric’s second behind Action interesting stories, and excellent racing. There is an This Day propelled Old Trieste into fourth, with two undoubted California bias when the races are held there sons of Storm Cat, Stormin' Fever and Forestry, in fifth (so what’s going to happen in Texas?). The score was: and sixth, respectively. California 5, Europe 3, Rest of America 1, counting the dead-heat as two wins. Even so, Dick Mandella’s re- One of the most interesting developments to follow- cord-breaking four wins was the story of the day, and a ers of the stallion market, though, had to be Cajun great result for a team that’s always been well re- Beat’s impressive (Beyer 120) win in the Sprint, send- spected, if not so frequently in the limelight. Even ing his sire Grand Slam past Distorted Humor as the though by the end of the day he was in the same zone leading North American second-crop sire of 2003. On Frankie Dettori was in the day he rode the card at form before the race, four horses stood out: Aldebaran Ascot--come on, one-two in the Juvenile, dead-heat in and three horses who all ran at Calder on July 12, the the Turf, and win the Classic--Mandella's most impres- day I think they call the Summit of Speed--they have six sive winner was Halfbridled. She was wide every step sprint stakes races on the card. Anyway, Valid Video of the way and still won in a canter, earning a Beyer (who went on to win the GI King’s Bishop) beat Cajun figure of 99. Mandella’s Juvenile winner--what was his Beat (who went on to win the GIII Kentucky Cup name?--won a decidedly substandard colts’ race in a Sprint) in one of the races, and Shake You Down ran a 92. The European contingent had a big day, too, with 121 winning another. So when they run those races at Six Perfections, Islington, and dead-heater and now Calder next year, I think I’ll be paying attention. I think I dual Turf winner High Chapparal reproducing their best did happen to see those races this year, but I had no form in spite of shipping to California. Tellingly, Sir idea at the time what I was watching. Michael Stoute, Islington’s trainer, was quoted as say- It is both an advantage and a disadvantage to have ing Europeans were now really pointing their horses for the numbers ‘going for’ him that Grand Slam has. The these races. It also helps that the development of the huge foal crops, at least theoretically, give him more Asian circuit means many of the better European horses chance of siring champions, but they also mean a sig- have the option of finishing the season in December in nificant percentage of breeders and other observers Hong Kong instead of in October. criticize him for not tallying higher success percentages. There were, as always, mass implications for divi- In my opinion, the jury is very much out on the whole sional championships and, more importantly, sire lists. Kris S. now has the winner of the Juvenile--Action This question. They may be working with a population of Day, of course I remember--and Epsom Derby winner mares that isn’t capable of producing 10-percent stakes Kris Kin this year, so his stature, even if posthumously, winners, but that’s a series of research questions, and has really been boosted. He has now vaulted to the top we just don’t know the answers. Here’s what we do of the Juvenile Sire List, dethroning Storm Cat. Tale of know. From two huge crops, this year Grand Slam has the Cat is now third, Halfbridled's sire Unbridled moves sired 66 winners. He ranks fifth on the Juvenile Sire into fourth (with Unbridled’s Song--boy, is he knocking List, first on the Second-Crop Sire List for 2003, and he on the door--seventh), and Grand Slam--yep, there’s his has sired three seriously good three-year-olds in Grand name, the first time--fifth. Hombre, Strong Hope, and now Cajun Beat. Cont. p. 3 BEHRENS Pleasant Colony S Hot Novel, by Mari’s Book 2004 Fee: $10,000 LF 9/1 ! $4,563,500 Multiple Grade I winner ! STILL...the all-time leading earner by a leading Breeders’ Cup Sire S DARBY DAN (859) 254-0424 PLEASANT COLONY. www.darbydan.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/29/03 • PAGE 3 of 6
(Bill Oppenheim cont. from p. 2) regained the lead when Funny Cide won the Kentucky Grand Slam, remember, was a seriously good horse Derby and Preakness, and has held it until now. Tale of himself, and, like his sire Gone West, he’s a very the Cat, fourth on the freshman sire list last year, is good-looking horse. He made his debut one July day at third on the second-crop list this year, and also third on Belmont Park over 5 1/2 furlongs. I can’t remember the Juvenile Sire List, with three two-year-old graded what we had gone there to watch, but I remember stakes winning fillies. Deputy Commander, sire of Ten watching the race with my friend Steve Dillman at the Most Wanted, is fourth, followed by Elusive Quality, Sarasota Dog Track and Grand Slam only won by 11 Awesome Again, Indian Charlie, Touch Gold, and the lengths, equaling the track record of 1:03 in the pro- surprising Cape Town. Swain, by the way, has made a cess. Yikes! says I to Steve (or words to that effect). big move forward, mostly due to Dimitrova, and is 13th Make a note of that one. Sure enough, after being this year after finishing 54th on the freshman sire list. dusted off by perennial front-runner Coronado’s Quest This still looks a powerful bunch, so to make the lead in at Saratoga, Grand Slam came back to win the GI Futu- this crowd (the same weekend, five years later, that he rity (at one mile) and the GI Champagne (1 1/16 miles) ran maybe his best race) suggests Grand Slam is prov- at Belmont, and went off second favorite to Favorite ing he can sire real class. Trick for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Hollywood Park. Though I’m a big believer in speed figures as a mea- But he was sliced into from behind and quite severely sure of ability, there has always been a question to injured, to the point where there was a question if he what extent racing class translates to sire success. would ever race again. There were four ‘numbers’ horses among this sec- But not only did Grand Slam recover, trainer D. ond-crop sire group, and the news has not been so Wayne Lukas had him back in action by the end of good for them. In 2003 earnings among second-crop March at Santa Anita, and he ran 10 times at three. His sires, Formal Gold ranks 16th, Skip Away 20th, Will’s only win came in the nine-furlong GII Peter Pan, but he Way 23rd, and Gentlemen 38th. So racing class is not placed in the GII Jerome, GII Lexington, GII Swaps, and enough. Also among the also-rans: 1997 default Horse GI Haskell before Lukas dropped him back to six fur- of the Year Favorite Trick (22nd); Coronado's Quest, longs, and he closed out his career with a second to who regularly beat Grand Slam (well, more than once) Reraise (with the next year’s winner Kona Gold third) in (24th, off to Japan); and Arch, who will evidently not the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs. He must be taking on his sire Kris S.'s mantle (30th). have been pretty tough. In an interesting testimony to the limitations of numbers in predicting sire success, Today’s Graded Stakes Grand Slam’s best Beyer number was 107, which I translate to Timeform 119, but others might make as brought to you by high as Timeform 123. In any case, Grand Slam is streets ahead, as a sire, of several horses who ran Beyers in the high ‘teens, and therefore Timeforms in the 130s. Numbers in his favor or not, topping this particular group of second-crop sires in 2003 looks like big news, because this group of second-crop sires looks like big 3:44p Discovery H.-G3, Aqueduct news. Distorted Humor was the leading freshman sire Eastern Standard Time. last year, beating out Awesome Again and Elusive Quality, who lost the title when Elusive City was dis- RUNAWAY GROOM sires 60th Stakes Winner qualified from two wins in Britain. Distorted Humor Click here for more...
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WEEKEND PEDIGREE have much in common close up their pedigrees, but they do have a lot of Rock Sand and Sundridge further PERSPECTIVES back, and this pair is linked by the fact that Rock by Alan Porter Sand's sire Sanfoin is a brother to Sierra, dam of Sundridge. Three years ago, Breeders' Cup was notable for victo- The other 2003 Breeders' Cup winner to stem from a ries of the offspring of young stallions and representa- male line other than that of Mr. Prospector is the tives of a wide variety of sire lines. In fact, the eight late-running Action This Day, who took the GI Breeders' winners came from no less than seven different sire Cup Juvenile on only his third lifetime start. Whether lines, and included winners from the first crop of Hon- Action This Day can become the first horse to capture our and Glory, Thunder Gulch’s second crop, and the both the Juvenile and GI Kentucky Derby will not be third crop of Holy Bull. known to us for several months, but at least he has a This year we have a picture which is a complete pedigree which should not see him fail for lack of stam- contrast. On Saturday, four of the races went to the ina. Action This Day is a member of the final crop of offspring of stallions who are no longer with us, while Kris S., a lightly raced Roberto horse who began his other winners were by 22-year-old Sadler's Wells (two) career in Florida before moving to Kentucky, and ulti- and 19-year-old Gone West. There was also signifi- mately compiled an outstanding stud record. With 72 cantly less diversitity as four of the winners were by stakes winners to his credit, Kris S. has been repre- Mr. Prospector-line horses, three from the Northern sented by four previous Breeders' Cup winners--Holly- Dancer male line, and one each for Roberto and Ribot wood Wildcat (Distaff), Soaring Softly (F/M Turf), (both through stallions who are now deceased). Prized (Turf) and Brocco (Juvenile)--and he's also re- The Ribot line's triumph came in the day's crowning sponsible for this year's G1 English Derby winner, Kris event--the GI Breeders' Cup Classic--and went to Pleas- Kin. antly Perfect, who is by Pleasant Colony, a son of His Action this Day gets more stamina from the distaff Majesty and a grandson of Ribot. Winner the 1981 GI side of his pedigree as he is out of Najecam, a graded- Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S., Pleasant Colony stakes placed daughter of the G1 French Derby winner has sired 73 stakes winners, including champions St. Trempolino. Najecam's dam Sue Warner is a daughter Jovite, Pleasant Tap, Pleasant Stage and State Shinto. of the Argentine star Forli, a South American classic Classicism is also apparent in the distaff side of Pleas- winner at nearly two miles, out of the champion English antly Perfect's pedigree as his dam Regal State is by two-year-old filly Bitty Girl. This is a pedigree which Triple Crown hero Affirmed. Campaigned in France, not only promises distance, but also suggests a profi- Regal State was a precocious performer who captured ciency on turf, should Action This Day ever be given the G1 Prix Morny at two and finished second against the chance to tackle this medium. older males in the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois at three. Action This Day's pedigree represents the successful Regal State is half-sister to another French juvenile cross of Roberto-line stallions over Sharpen Up-line Group 1 winner in Seven Springs, also the dam of mares, a pattern which has also produced European champion English miler and successful sire Distant classic winners Mister Baileys and Classic Park and View. Pleasantly Perfect's third dam Promessa is a Canadian champion Windsharp. We can also note that sister to English Oaks winner Pia, and goes back to a Action This Day's third dam is by Habitat, who is by Sir sister to Bull Dog and Sir Gallahad III. Gaylord, a horse bred on the same Turn-to/Princequillo Pleasantly Perfect's pedigree is a complete outcross cross as Kris S. Habitat's broodmare sire Occupy is also at five generations, but the His Majesty/Affirmed cross the sire of the second dam of Kris S., so it can be seen has produced a previous Grade I winner in the shape of that Kris S. and Habitat are bred on very similar lines. the filly Chelsey Flower. His Majesty and Affirmed don't Cont. p. 5
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(Pedigree Perspectives cont. from p. 4) Oddly enough, having appeared as the sire of a win- We have just mentioned Windsharp as a product of ner of the longest race on the card, Gone West also the Roberto/Sharpen Up cross, and Windsharp put in an turns up as the grandsire of winner of the shortest of appearance on Breeders' Cup day as the dam of Johar, the Breeders' Cup events, the GI Sprint. This went to who deadheated with High Chaparral for the GI Breed- Cajun Beat, who is a member of the first crop of Grand ers' Cup Turf. Johar's pedigree represents a stellar Slam. The Breeders' Cup rather owed Grand Slam one, piece of pedigree planning as no less than four of the as he suffered a near-career ending injury when one of eight horses in the third generation of the pedigree of the favorites for the Juvenile before finishing second in his sire Gone West are repeated in the pedigree of the Sprint the following year. Grand Slam's progress Windsharp, all through genetic relatives. To start with, has been one of the revelations of the year. With his Johar is a product of the very successful Mr. Prospec- first crop of three-year-olds, he now has six stakes tor/Roberto cross, a pattern which brings together the winners, Cajun Beat being joined as a graded stakes similarly bred Nashua daughters Gold Digger (dam of winner by the promising pair of Grand Hombre and Mr. Prospector) and Bramalea (dam of Roberto). Gone Strong Hope. In his second crop Grand Slam is repre- West's broodmare sire Secretariat is half-brother to Sir sented by a trio of stakes winners, including the graded Gaylord, who appears as the sire of Johar's third dam. stakes winning Limehouse, and if his first crop is any- thing to go by, there are almost certainly some more This pattern appears in six other Gone West stakes stars waiting in the wings. winners, and another eight by his sons. Finally, at the Cajun Beat's dam, Beckys Shirt, is a multiple graded top and the bottom of Gone West's pedigree, we find stakes placed daughter of Cure the Blues, a horse who Native Dancer and Mixed Marriage. This pair is reunited is turning out to be a very good broodmare sire. Her as the sire and dam of Atan, who is here as the father granddam Thundertee was a fast multiple stakes win- of Sharpen Up. Gone West and Sharpen Up combine in ner, who was also graded stakes placed, but within three Gone West stakes winners and another six by living memory the family has producing nothing ap- Gone West sons. proaching the class of Cajun Beat. Happily, the six- Before leaving Windsharp, we must mention that she cross pedigree does offer plenty of reasons to explain is off to a flying start to her stud career, as Johar is her this upgrading of talent. Firstly, Cure the Blues has as first foal, and her second is the recent GI Del Mar Oaks his granddam the mare Speedwell, a 3/4-sister to Sec- heroine Dessert (by Storm Cat, who like Gone West is retariat. That great performer appears here as out of a Secretariat mare). broodmare sire of Grand Slam's own sire Gone West, The other Turf deadheater, High Chaparral, was de- giving Secretariat/Speedwell 4x4. There are at least fending the title which gained last year and was one of four other stakes winners by stallions carrying Secretar- two Sadler’s Wells winners on the day, having been iat out of mares by Cure the Blues, including A.P. preceded by the filly Islington, who captured the GI F/M Indy's Grade I-winning son, Golden Missile. There is Turf event. My colleague Andrew Caulfield paid suffi- also a lot of La Troienne in the background and multiple cient homage to the magnificent Sadler's Wells in his strains of two horses who presence seems to compli- column yesterday, so we won't dwell on this pair other ment each other, Bold Ruler and Tom Fool. than to note that both are out of mares by Darshaan, Pedigree Perspectives cont. p. 6 so continue the tremendous record that Sadler's Wells The brisnet.com ‘Race of the Day’ is the has built up with mares descending from Never Bend (a GIII Discovery H. at Aqueduct. half brother to Sadler's Wells' maternal grandsire, Bold For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. Reason).
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(Pedigree Perspectives cont. from p. 5) Ironically, the widest margin victory in the Breeders' The victories of Islington and High Chaparral contin- Cup went to the longest-priced winner. Adoration, the ued a great day for the European contingent, who had outsider of the field for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, earlier captured the Mile courtesy of the French-trained parlayed an easy lead into a 4 1/4-length win. Adora- three-year-old filly Six Perfections. Perhaps we should- tion is by the deceased Danzig horse, Honor Grades. A n't have been surprised that Six Perfections knew her half brother to Summer Squall and A.P. Indy, Honor way home in the Mile, as she is out of the Riverman Grades was another to earn his stripes in Florida before mare Yogya, a half-sister to Miesque, heroine of the making the move to Kentucky. He's so far sired 25 Mile in 1987 and 1988. stakes winners, the others including millionaire Honor Six Perfections is a Mr. Prospector-line horse, but Glide and graded stakes winners Whata Brainstorm, descends through one of the less celebrated branches Gone Fishin, Epic Honor, Kalu and Dr. Park, as well as of his sire line. Her grandsire Damister was one of the New Zealand Group 1 winners Honor Lap and Honor first good Mr. Prospector sons to race in Europe. Win- Bound. Adoration's pedigree is quite an outcross, but ner of three group races at distances of around 10 to since she is out of a mare by Key to the Mint, she's 12 furlongs, Damister also took third in the G1 English bred on a proven cross. Danzig and his sons have at and G1 Irish Derbys. Overall, he was a disappointment least eight stakes winners out of mares by Key to Mint at stud, but did get a really good horse in Six and his sons, and at least 13 stakes winners on a cross Perfections' sire Celtic Swing, a spectacular winner of of Danzig-line stallions with mares from the male line of the G1 Racing Post Trophy at two and successful in the Key to the Mint's sire Graustark, the most notable G1 French Derby at three. Six Perfections is from Celtic being the GI Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero. Swing's second crop, and is one of only three Northern While Adoration's victory ended the championship Hemisphere-sired stakes winners by her sire, so we'd aspirations of some of her rivals, the GI Breeders' Cup be inclined to give considerable credit to Six Perfec- Juvenile Fillies, saw a championship secured. Tomor- tion's extremely strong female line. row, Alan Porter examines the pedigree of Halfbridled.
© Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. P LETTERS TO THE EDITOR P This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Although I may sound like a typical owner pumping written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. his horse, you should give credit to what Ashado ac- Information as to the American races, race results and complished in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies race. earnings was obtained from results charts published in Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the She was shipped across the country to temperatures permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. 50 degrees higher than those in New York, contended with the hype and commotion at a track that was not her home and ran two turns for the first time on a TELL IT TO THE TDN... surface with which she was not familiar. Halfbridled is a great horse, but is it possible what Ashado had to Want to send a “Letter to the Editor” of the overcome was more than two lengths? Thoroughbred Daily News? Our address is 27 By the way, assuming the same trip, Ashado would Monmouth St., Red Bank, NJ, 07701; or send a have won the Juvenile colts race by about three- fax to: (732) 747-8955; or an e-mail to: lengths. [email protected]. Paul H. Saylor Two Young Mares in foal to www.millridge.com Breeders’ Cup Sire GONE WEST Tuesday, Nov. 4, Barn 11 HIP 440 S SEATTLE SUNSET Out of Grade I sister to Leading Sire of 2003 A.P. INDY HIP 606 S FINAL DESTINATION MG1SW Hwt. at 3 in NZ and 2003 G2 winner in U.S. carrying her first foal. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2003 6 Pages
Money in the bag... After it was confirmed that Stone had purchased the only winning ticket on the wager, racing officials, deter- SOUTH DAKOTA MAN HITS PICK SIX JACKPOT mined to avoid any further Pick Six scandals like the Graham Stone, one of two partners in the winning one that rocked the sport a year earlier, went over wager in the Breeders' Cup Ultra Pick Six stepped for- every aspect of the bet and concluded it was legiti- ward yesterday, detailing his strategy and how a couple mate. Stone said he will mainly put the money aside, of small-time horseplayers with $8 walked away with but plans on one treat for himself. He has never seen a $2,687,611.60. Stone confirmed that he and Will live horse race, something that will change next sum- Dixon, partners in a wholesale jewelry business in Rapid mer. “My dream has always been to go to Saratoga,” City, South Dakota, held the lone ticket in the Breeders' he said. “That I’m going to do.” Cup Pick Six and were 50-50 partners in the wager. Stone, who made the selections, singled four of the FIGURES DOWN AT BARRETTS OPENER Day races, using Six Perfections (Mile), Islington (Filly & one of the Barretts October Mixed Sale saw substantial Mare Turf), High Chaparral (Turf) and Pleasantly Perfect declines from last year’s results, with the average and (Classic). He preferred Aldebaran in the Sprint, but the median down 23 percent and 23.8 percent, respec- worried that the six-furlong race was too short for him. tively. Hip 174, the multiple graded stakes placed He added eventual winner Cajun Beat to his ticket after Nanogram (Quiet American--Nannetta, by Falstaff), reading a column by Daily Racing Form and Washington attracted the highest bid on the afternoon when Sheila Post columnist Andrew Beyer touting his chances. In O’Callaghan went to $72,000 for the six-year-old. Mary the Juvenile, his top selection was Tiger Hunt. He Knight, agent, consigned Nanogram to the sale. Results added eventual winner Action This Day to the bet be- from the second and final session will be available in cause he said he reminded him of 1999 Juvenile winner tomorrow’s TDN. Anees, a horse he had made a winning bet on four years earlier. His most harrowing moment came in the (Barretts stats for day one p3) Turf, when High Chaparral finished in a dead heat for the win with Johar. The placing judges took nearly 10 STAKES CLOSINGS minutes to post the order of finish. “I just about had a TODAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29: stroke waiting for that photo,” Stone said. After Pleas- 11-16 $150,000a Bessarabian-II, Wo, 3yo/up, antly Perfect gave him his sixth winner, he checked the f/m, 7f (150) Santa Anita website to see what the payoff was. He misread the result chart, believing, at first, the $18,663 TOMORROW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30: paid to anyone selecting all six winners. “I saw the 11-08 $250,000 California Cup Classic, SA, 3yo/up, S, $18,000 and I was a little disappointed,” said Stone. “I 9f (1000) figured some people had all six, but not that many. 11-09 $200,000 Las Palmas H.-II, SA, 3yo/up, 9fT (200) Then I saw what it really paid and I called my wife over www.stakesdigestweekly.com to look at it. I was shocked.” Hips 635/636 GRACIE LADY (IRE) 2003 FUSAICHI PEGASUS colt Half-sister to French Two Thousand Guineas-G1 winner, plus two other Group runners. The only Generous mare in sale. www.millridge.com Back in foal to FUSAICHI PEGASUS. Tuesday, November 4, Barn 11 TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 10/29/03 • PAGE 2 of 6
HARD DANCE TOPS NEW YORK SALE Three- year-old Hard Dance (Unbridled) attracted a final bid of H E A S T H $40,000 from Pete Kazamias to top yesterday’s Fasig- Tipton Horses of Racing Age Sale at Belmont Park. The Yesterday’s Results: gray colt, sold by Spring Hill Farm as hip 41, is a half 5th-MED, $22,000, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03 4/5, gd. brother to graded stakes placed Quiet Dance (Quiet +FRISKY SPIDER (c, 2, Frisk Me Now--Deraign, by American). For the sale, 55 horses sold for a total of Silver Deputy) entered his bow off a series of solid $449,400. The average sale price of $8,171 was down works and took plenty of play at the windows as the 19.1 percent from last year’s figure of $10,101. The 3-2 chalk. Intent on making the front, the dark bay median fell 29.9 percent from $6,700 in 2002 to raced out to join a rail-hugging rival through an honest $4,700 this year. With 15 horses reported not sold, the pace and emerged from the duel unscathed when his buy-back rate was 21.4 percent. foe packed it in on the turn. Kept to task through the lane, the $10,000 FTMSEP yearling came home 4 1/2 lengths to the good of Torun (Polish Pro). Frisky Spider I N D U S T R Y I N F O represents the third winner for his freshman sire (by H H Mister Frisky). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $13,200. O-Carol R Dender & Martin Friedman. B-Diane Gray Receives White Horse Award: Mukherjee & Kendua Farm (MD). T-Robert J Durso. Leigh Gray, a Southern California veterinary techni- cian, was honored with the Race Track Chaplaincy’s first White Horse Award presented during the White A M E R I C A N - B R E D W I N N E R S Horse Luncheon held at Santa Anita Park Oct. 23. H H Along with a bronze White Horse Statue, Gray also won IN BRITAIN: a free trip to the Breeders’ Cup in 2004 and a check for Janayen, f, 3, Zafonic--Saafeya (Ire) (MSW & GSP-GB, $5,000. “Every one of the [five] nominees is deserving SW & GSP-Fr, $176,371), by Sadler’s Wells. of this award, because they are all heros,” said Gray. Nottingham, 10-28, Hcp, 3yo/up, 1m 54ydsT. “It was an honor to be nominated to something I love B-Darley Stud Management LLC. to do, let alone win it. I’m touched to have been se- Opening Ceremony, f, 4, Quest for Fame (GB)--Gleam lected.” Gray won the award for safely stopping a four- of Light (Ire), by Danehill. Redcar, 10-28, Hcp, horse drawn carriage from plowing into a starting gate 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT. B-Juddmonte Farms Inc. filled with horses at Santa Anita. *11,000gns HRA ‘02 TATAUT.
HOPEWELL 2004 FEES LANWADES STUD - 2004 STUD FEES Skip Away (Skip Trial) $15,000 Souvenir Copy (Mr. Prospector) $12,500 Selkirk (Sharpen Up {GB}) ^30,000 Royal Anthem (Theatrical {Ire}) $10,000 Hernando (Fr) (Niniski) ^14,000 Crafty Friend (Crafty Prospector) $7,500 David Copperfield (Halo) $5,000 Domedriver (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire) ^12,000 K.O. Punch (Two Punch) $5,000 Zilzal (Nureyev) ^5,000 Oct. 1 terms; books strictly limited www.hopewellfarm.com www.lanwades.com “SANTA CATARINA is an exceptional talent and I expect her to have a big year.” – Bob Baffert Her dam PURRFECTLY HIP 424 sells as on DENALI STUD (859) 987-6212 Tuesday, November 4, Barn 9. click here to visit www.denalistud.com TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 10/29/03 • PAGE 3 of 6
SOPHOMORE SPOTLIGHT FRESHMAN FOCUS
First-time starters/stakes runners: Wednesday, Oct. 29 First-crop progeny to watch: Wednesday, October 29 Sire (Sire’s Sire), Farm, 1999 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/SW Sire (Sire’s Sire), Farm, 2000 Fee, #2yos/Winners/SW Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) ARCH (Kris S.), Claiborne, 102/26/0 ACCELERATOR (A.P. Indy), Dead, 77/8/0 8-AQU, Stk, 1 1/8m, Chilly Rooster 4-MED, Msw, 1 1/16m, Chiacchierone, $55K OBS MAR 2yo CORONADO'S QUEST (Forty Niner), Claiborne, $60K, 127/30/4 ARTAX (Marquetry), Taylor Made, $15K, 67/2/0 5-CD, Msw, 5f, +Tricky Devil, $250K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 4-AQU, Msw, 6f, +Artax Dancer, $90K KEE SEP yrl 4-AQU, Msw, 6f, +Ten Treasures BIANCONI (Danzig), Ashford, $5K, 72/9/0 DISTORTED HUMOR (Forty Niner), Winstar, $13K, 128/53/8 8-CT, Alw, 4 1/2f, Rapid Revalation, $25K EAS MAY 2yo, 10-1 7-CD, Msw, 5f, +Thisgirldontlaugh, $49K KEE SEP yrl, 20-1 5-WO, Msw, 6f, +Italian Accent, $45K ONT SEP yrl, 15-1 DOUBLE HONOR (Gone West), Farnsworth, $5K, 138/56/1 8-CT, Alw, 4 1/2f, Mariah's Bullet, $75K FTF FEB 2yo, 10-1 4-AQU, Msw, 6f, +Double Lock, $380K OBS APR 2yo CHARISMATIC (Summer Squall), Japan, $, 79/7/0 ELAJJUD (Dayjur), Spring, $2K (Cdn), 28/5/0 6-CD, Alw, 1mT, Commandment, $17K KEE APR 2yo, 6-1 4-WO, Stk, 1 1/16m, Proper Manners, $7K ONT SEP yrl, 10-1 7-CD, Msw, 5f, Devine Dining, $47K KEE SEP yrl, 6-1 NORTHERN AFLEET (Afleet), DBL Diamond, $5K, 81/30/2 EXPELLED (Explodent), Albemarle, $5K, 47/7/1 8-AQU, Stk, 1 1/8m, Unforgettable Max, $210K OBS FEB 2yo 6-CD, Alw, 1mT, Avid Spell, 12-1 PARTNER'S HERO (Danzig), Northview, $8K, 112/35/3 EXPLOIT (Storm Cat), Taylor Made, $25K, 84/9/1 8-AQU, Stk, 1 1/8m, New York Hero, $135K EAS MAY 2yo 4-AQU, Msw, 6f, +Moon Feather, $60K KEE SEP yrl 5-DEL, Msw, 6f, Merchandise, $57K EAS JUL 2yo, 9-2 PYRAMID PEAK (Mt. Livermore), Darby Dan, $8K, 48/6/0 FAMILY CALLING (Mr. Prospector), Hidden Point, $5K, 76/14/0 7-CD, Msw, 5f, +Pyramid Girl, 12-1 8-CT, Alw, 4 1/2f, Cashel Calling, $4K OBS APR 2yo, 4-1 SKIP AWAY (Skip Trial), Hopewell, $50K, 180/42/5 7-DEL, Alw, 6f, Mindsweeper, 5-1 5-DEL, Msw, 6f, +Skip n' Jump, $30K OBS APR 2yo, 12-1 GOOD AND TOUGH (Carson City), Lakland, $6K, 44/8/0 TALE OF THE CAT (Storm Cat), Ashford, $25K, 235/74/9 4-AQU, Msw, 6f, +Good and Hot, $30K OBS MAR 2yo 8-AQU, Stk, 1 1/8m, Inamorato, $190K KEE SEP yrl MAZEL TRICK (Phone Trick), Airdrie, $13K, 87/3/1 7-CD, Msw, 5f, +Arwa, $170K KEE SEP yrl, 5-1 7-CD, Msw, 5f, +Psych, $100K FTK JUL yrl, 7-2 TOUCH GOLD (Deputy Minister), Adena, $30K, 169/35/4 5-CD, Msw, 5f, Foot Trick, 10-1 5-WO, Msw, 6f, +Cherry Gold, $215K KEE NOV wnl, 2-1 SCATMANDU (Storm Cat), Walmac Int'l, $8K, 64/3/0 5-CD, Msw, 5f, +Stay Forever Young, 20-1 PIN OAK 2004 STUD FEES STRAVINSKY (Nureyev), Ashford, $18K, 115/22/2 Broken Vow (Unbridled) $10,000 7-CD, Msw, 5f, Close to Perfect, $100K OBS FEB 2yo, 8-1 Changeintheweather (Gone West) $7,500 VICTORY GALLOP (Cryptoclearance), WinStar, $15K, 87/9/1 Maria’s Mon (Wavering Monarch) $35,000 5-CD, Msw, 5f, +Roger Wilco, 10-1 Peaks and Valleys (Mt. Livermore) $10,000 Sky Classic (Nijinsky II) $12,500 All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, www.pinoakstud.com unless otherwise indicated
q TRACK OPENING q AQUEDUCT - Jamaica, NY OCTOBER MIXED SALE Opens: Wednesday, Oct. 29 Closes: Wednesday, Dec. 31 MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2003 Racing Days: Wednesday through Sunday Post Time: 12:30 p.m. SESSION TOTALS 2003 2002 Stakes Schedule: 30 stakes worth $3,425,000 No. Offered 342 268 Highlights: $150,000 GII Knickerbocker-Nov. No. Sold 264 213 1; $150,000 GII Long Island-Nov. 15; $150,000 RNAs 78 55 GII Red Smith-Nov. 22; $150,000 GII Top % RNA (% change) 22.8% (+11.2%) 20.5% Flight-Nov. 28; $350,000 GI Cigar Mile-Nov. 29; Gross $1,531,000 $1,604,800 Average (% change) $5,799(-23%) $7,534 $200,000 GII Demoiselle-Nov. 29; $200,000 GII Median (% change) $3,050(-23.8%) $4,000 Remsen-Nov. 29. www.barretts.com Website: www.nyra.com TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 10/29/03 • PAGE 4 of 6
TATTERSALLS AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING TUESDAY - TOP FIVE LOTS Lot Name Price (gns) 470 Akshar (Ire) 170,000 FIGURES UP AT TATTERSALLS A total of 14 (c, 4, Danehill--Akilara {Ire}, by Kahyasi {Ire}) six-figure lots helped push the 5,753,100gns turnover Consigned by Freemason Lodge up 23 percent at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Purchased by Bobby O’Ryan Training Sale in Newmarket yesterday. The 16,000gns 534 Chivalry (GB) 170,000 median was up an even more impressive 45 percent (g, 4, Mark of Esteem {Ire}--Gai Bulga {GB}, by Kris {GB}) and the 26,883gns average was up 39 percent from Consigned by Heath House Stables 2002. Chivalry (GB) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}), winner of Purchased by J H Johnson Newmarket's famous Tote Cambridgeshire Handicap, 293 Vikings Bay (GB) 160,000 and Akshar (Ire) (Danehill), who disappointed when (c, 2, Intikhab--Night at Sea {GB}, by Night Shift) favourite for the same race, jointly topped the day on Consigned by Manton House Stables 170,000gns. Chivalry was bought by Co. Durham Purchased by Atlantic Partnership jumping trainer Howard Johnson and his big-spending 437 Zabaglione (GB) 160,000 new owner Graham Wylie, the Sage software business (g, 3, Zilzal--Satin Bell {GB}, by Midyan) founder who spent more than i2 million on Flat year- Consigned by Beckhampton House Stables lings at the Goffs Orby Sale. “I’d almost be inclined to Purchased by McKeever St. Lawrence Ltd send him over a fence straightaway as there’s a short- 284 Hurricane Alan (Ire) 155,000 age of good two-mile novice chasers around,” said (c, 3, Mukaddamah--Bint al Balad {Ire}, by Ahonoora {GB}) Johnson. Akshar is also likely to be going jumping after Consigned by East Everleigh Stables Purchased by Peter Doyle Bloodstock being bought by Irish agent Bobby O’Ryan to join Dermot Weld. Heading the US-bound purchases was the two-year-old Vikings Bay (GB) (Intikhab), who won O’BRIEN LOADS CRITERIUM BARRELS Aidan an Ayr nursery for trainer John Gosden and was bought O’Brien has left in a team of five to take on the Niarchos Family’s Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) in Saturday’s G1 by Chris Nimmo’s Atlantic Partnership for 160,000gns Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. The Ballydoyle to join the Californian stable of Mike Puhich. “Hopefully contingent is headed by G2 Royal Lodge S. runner-up there should be some nice juvenile races for him out Moscow Ballet (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Monday’s there,” said Nimmo. “He’s a real good mover who impressive Leopardstown maiden scorer Cobra (Ire) should go on any ground and the sire [Intikhab] could (Sadler’s Wells). The Pascal Bary-trained Bago, who do well out there as he’s by Red Ransom.” The sale took his record to a perfect three for three in the G3 continues today at 10 a.m. Prix des Chenes at Longchamp last time Sept. 20, has scared off domestic opposition, with only the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Joursanvault (Fr) (Verglas {Ire}) TATTERSALLS AUTUMN HIT featuring at yesterday’s stage. TUESDAY, OCT. 28, 2002
IRISH NATIONAL STUD 2004 STUD FEES SESSION TOTALS 2003 2002 Celtic Swing (GB) (Damister) i12,000 No. Offered 229 261 Desert Prince (Ire) (Green Desert) i35,000 No. Sold 214 241 Indian Danehill (Ire) (Danehill) i8,000 Indian Ridge (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}) i85,000 RNAs 15 20 Invincible Spirit (Ire) (Green Desert) i10,000 % RNA 6.5% 7.6% Medecis (GB) (Machiavellian) i5,250 Gross 5,753,100gns 4,667,600gns Also Standing at Anngrove Stud Average (% change) 26,883,gns 19,367gns Pilsudski (Ire) (Polish Precedent) i4,000 Median (% change) 16,000gns 11,000gns Oct. 1 terms www.tattersalls.com www.irish-national-stud.ie INDIAN DANEHILL
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PROGRAM CHANGES WELCOMED Conditioner Yesterday’s Results: Pascal Bary was the first to welcome the major changes 1.20 Nottingham, Mdn, £8,840, 2yo, 5f 13ydsT, to provide older fillies and mares with greater opportuni- 1:01.80, gd/fm. ties in Europe. Bary is delighted that Saturday’s GI CORPS DE BALLET (IRE) (f, 2, Fasliyev--Dwell {SP-GB}, Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic by Habitat), third in a Goodwood maiden last time Sept. Swing {GB}) will be kept in training next season, when 25, went off the 10-11 choice. Breaking well, she soon France Galop’s new initiatives of making Deauville’s had command and galloped clear inside the final eighth to beat Buy on the Red (GB) (Komaite) by five lengths. Prix d’Astarte a Group 1 contest and opening up the G1 The 32nd winner for her freshman sire (by Nureyev), Prix Vermeille at Longchamp to older fillies and mares she is a half to Quick Action (Ire) (Alzao), Ch. Sprinter- take effect. “It is not only wonderful news for me, but HK, MSW-HK; King Leon (Ire) (Caerleon), Hwt. 3yo-Ata also for my team and for the racing public,” Bary said at 7-9.5f, MSW-Ata; Doowaley (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), of the Niarchos Family’s decision to leave Six SW-Ity & GSP-US, $136,782; and Misraah (Ire) (Lure), Perfections in France. “No doubt changes to the pro- SW & G1SP-GB, $120,207. Lifetime Record: gram next year have been taken into consideration.” 4-1-0-1, £3,812. France Galop also revealed that a new 10-furlong con- O-Mrs P G M Jamison; B-D Jamison Bldstk; T-J Dunlop. test for fillies and mares will be created at the end of May. 12.20 Nottingham, Mdn, £6,660, 2yo, c/g, 1m 54ydsT, 1:45.96, gd/fm. H B R I T A I N H BORDER CASTLE (GB) (c, 2, Grand Lodge--Tempting Prospect {GB} {MSP-GB & SP-Ity}, by Shirley Heights COME ON ROSI DEAD {GB}), fourth behind Snow Ridge (Ire) in a Kempton One of Wafic Said’s foundation broodmares, Come conditions event on his debut Sept. 6, filled the same On Rosi (GB) (Valiyar {Ire}) was euthanized after frac- spot in a Windsor maiden Sept. 29. Sent off the 4-7 turing a leg in a paddock accident last week, according favorite to get off the mark, he stalked the early pace- to Racing Post. The 16-year-old mare, in foal to setter Show No Fear (GB) (Groom Dancer) and had to be driven to close on that tearaway leader in the Hernando (Fr) at the time of her death, had been resid- straight. Responding to his rider’s urgings, he got on ing at Ireland’s Kiltinan Stud ahead of her appearance at top 400 yards out before recording a comfortable four- Tattersalls December Sales as part of a dispersal of length score. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, £5,117. Said’s stock. The bay mare produced group/graded O/B-The Queen; T-Sir Michael Stoute. winners Bin Rosie (GB) (Distant Relative {Ire}) and Gen- erous Rosi (GB) (Generous {Ire}), Listed winners Gener- 1.55 Nottingham, Mdn, £6,660, 2yo, c/g, 1m 54ydsT, ous Libra (GB) (Generous {Ire}) and Rosi’s Boy (GB) 1:47.71, gd/fm. (Caerleon), as well as the multiple group-placed Aunty ASIATIC (GB) (c, 2, Lomitas {GB}--Potri Pe {Arg} {Ch. Rose (Ire) (Caerleon) from just six foals to race. Aunty 3yo Filly-Arg, Mare of the Year-Arg, G1SW-Arg}, by Rose, in foal to Giant’s Causeway, and her unraced Potrillazo {Arg}), fourth in an above-average Ayr four-year-old Wardeh (GB) (Zafonic), in foal to Inchinor maiden Oct. 13, was sent off the 15-8 favorite. Break- (GB), are both part of the Said dispersal. Her two-year- ing well, he soon led and had his rivals on the stretch old, Roehampton (GB) (Machiavellian), was a early in the straight. Galloping all the way to the line, 420,000gns Tattersalls Houghton yearling. She has a he had a comfortable three-length margin over Ma yearling filly by Hernando (Fr) and a weanling filly by Yahab (GB) (Dr Fong) there. The youngster is a half to Generous (Ire). Mukhalif (Ire) (Caerleon), G1SW-Ire & MSP-GB, $252,077. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, £6,034. EDDERY TRIBUTE AT HQ O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum; B-Darley; Newmarket will mark Pat Eddery’s imminent retire- T-Mark Johnston. ment with a special presentation on Saturday. The 11- 2.55 Redcar, Cond, £5,475, 2yo, 7fT, 1:25.24, gd. time champion jockey will receive a montage of photo- LA CORUNA (GB) (f, 2, Deploy {GB}--Valencia {GB}, by graphs showing 10 of his finest moments at the track, Kenmare {Fr}), successful on her debut in a Lingfield including this year’s first Cesarewitch H. victory on maiden Aug. 20, went off the 11-8 favorite to maintain Landing Light (Ire). “Pat’s retirement will be a great loss her perfect record. Showing early dash to lead under to the weighing room and he’s riding as well now as he Richard Hughes, she quickened to settle the result in a ever has done,” commented Newmarket’s Managing matter of strides inside the final quarter and beat West Director Lisa Hancock yesterday. Highland Way (Ire) (Foxhound) by six lengths. She is a half sister to Irish Vale (GB) (Wolfhound), SW-GB; and TDN TODAY Deportivo (GB) (Night Shift), GSW-Ire & SW-GB, Around the World ...... 6 pages $249,449 Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, £6,772. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-R Charlton. TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 10/29/03 • PAGE 6 of 6
(British report cont.) 5th-DEL, $32,980, NW1X, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m (off turf), 1:55 1/5, gd. 12.40 Redcar, Mdn, £3,830, 2yo, 5fT, 59.46, gd. SOAKED (g, 3, Torrential--Hooked, by Known Fact) GREAT FOX (IRE) (c, 2, Foxhound--Good Enough {Ire} Lifetime Record: 14-2-2-2, $53,520. O-Ronald F Rich- {SW-Nor}, by Simply Great {Fr}), runner-up to the ter. B-Michael P Cataneo & Robert T Manfuso (KY). promising Phantom Wind in a Newmarket maiden Oct. T-Jeffrey Carle. *$35,000 2yo ‘02 FTMMAY. 16, was sent off the 11-8 favorite. Racing prominently early, he took command passing halfway and re- 8th-MED, $32,500, Opt. Clm. ($100,000), NW2X, (S), sponded to driving to beat Bond Romeo (Ire) (Titus 3yo/up, f/m, a1m70yd, 1:41 3/5, gd. Livius {Fr}) by 1 3/4 lengths. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, UNBRIDLED'S LADY (f, 3, Unbridled's Song--Sumija £4,674. {SW}, by Rahy) Lifetime Record: 9-4-0-0, $87,000. O-John Peters; B-Bo Helander; T-Pat Gilligan. O-Tracy Farmer. B-C J Hesse Inc (NJ). T-John C Kimmel. *$270,000 yrl '01 FTKJUL.
B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N 9th-PHA, $28,644, NW2X, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10 3/5, ft. AMERICA A VISION IN GRAY (f, 3, Two Punch--Red Border, by Red Ransom) Lifetime Record: SW, 13-3-2-4, STAKES RESULTS: $110,760. O-Lorraine Barberino & Tim Ritchey. B-Derry MICHIGAN JUVENILE FILLIES S., $40,425, (S), GLD, Meeting Farm (PA). T-Tim F Ritchey. *$27,000 yrl '01 10-27, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:27 4/5, ft. FTMOCT. 1--CAT’S COPY, 122, f, 2, Cat’s Career--In Ebony, by Clear Course. O-David Marcus Mitchell; B-Redbob ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Just Me, c, 2, Benchmark--Just Dare Me, by Fifth Ma- Farms Inc & Dacmit Inc.; T-Pedro Martinez; J-Felipe rine. MNR, 10-27, 5 1/2f, 1:08 3/5. B-John Spohler Santos; $24,255. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $37,655. (Ca). 2--Stellar One, 122, f, 2, Pleasant Tap--Tiara, by Fall Fashion, f, 2, Forestry--Digit, by Forty Niner. DEL, Monentary Gift. $8,085. 10-28, (C), 5 1/2f, 1:05 2/5. B-Tac Holdings, Inc 3--Tiny Facts, 122, f, 2, Native Factor--Kaz, by (Ky). *Eighth winner for freshman sire (by Storm Jacorda. $4,447. Cat). Margins: 1 1/2, 3 3/4, 1 1/2. Odds: 15.60, 0.90*, 16.50. Patriot One, f, 3, Mr. Greeley--What It Is (SW, $137,040), by Parfaitement. MED, 10-28, 5fT, :58 MICHIGAN JUVENILE FILLIES S., $39,675, (S), GLD, 4/5. B-Legacy Farm (Md). *$40,000 yrl '01 FTMOCT. 10-27, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:27 4/5, ft. Lucky Lily, f, 3, Service Stripe--Trulinka, by It's True. 1--GOLD GINNY, 122, f, 2, Gold Legend--Waltzing MNR, 10-27, 5 1/2f, 1:09 3/5. B-Jack W Jones (Ky). Beauty, by Deputy Minister. O/B-Elizabeth Weber *1/2 Double Blue (Little Missouri), GSP, $293,668. (MI); T-Gerald Bennett; J-J Judice; $23,805. Lifetime I'm Sailing Bye, f, 3, Will's Way--Miss Keyonna, by Record: 3-2-1-0, $36,000. Septieme Ciel. DEL, 10-28, 6f, 1:13 2/5. B-Robert L 2--Goldasice, 122, f, 2, Sefapiano--Laras Say, by Oh Quinichett (Ky). *$19,000 yrl '01 FTMOCT. Say. $7,935. Hannah the Wrecker, f, 4, Fit to Fight--Double 3--Smart Link, 122, f, 2, Numerous--Double Link, by Bunctious (MSW & MGSP, $502,243), by Spring Private Thoughts. $4,365. Double. PHA, 10-28, a1m70yd, 1:46 4/5. B-Dan D Margins: 7, 3 1/4, 1/2. Odds: 0.90*, 9.20, 14.80. Westland (Md).
ALLOWANCE RESULTS: AGA KHAN STUDS - 2004 STUD FEES 8th-FEX, $34,900, NW3L, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:46 3/5, my. Gilltown Stud - Ireland DANCEN IN THE SUN (m, 5, Regal Classic-- Dalakhani (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) 45,000 Classifieddocument, by Skip Trial) Lifetime Record: SP, Daylami (Ire) (Doyoun {GB}) 20,000 15-3-4-0, $249,484. O-S & G Gibbs. B-Tullira Stables Kalanisi (Ire) (Doyoun {GB}) 12,000 Inc (ON). T-Jerome C Meyer. Sinndar (Ire) (Grand Lodge) 20,000
7th-DEL, $34,000, NW1X, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m (off turf), Haras de Bonneval - France 1:39 4/5, gd. Kahyasi (Ire) (Ile de Bourbon) 10,000 CATS TOWER (f, 3, Storm Broker--Scatower, by Irish Sendawar (Ire) (Priolo) 10,000 Oct. 1 terms. Tower) Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $44,880. O/B-Sam www.agakhanstuds.com Huff (KY). T-H Graham Motion.