Alfredo Remains Unbeaten in Asahi Hai Sahpresa Retired
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ALFREDO REMAINS UNBEATEN IN ASAHI HAI SAHPRESA RETIRED Carrot Farm=s Alfredo (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S) entered Trainer Rodolphe Collet has called time on the career Sunday=s 1600-meter G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S. of his star distaffer Sahpresa (Sahm--Sorpresa, by unbeaten but untested and, after a scintillating two- Pleasant Tap). Teruya Yoshida=s 6-year-old, who length victory over Nakayama=s turf, left as Japan=s pro- registered a unique treble in Newmarket=s G1 Sun tem juvenile champion male. Word was out on the Chariot S. with a paternal grandson of Kris S. when he made his belated third straight debut, and he justified his even-money odds with a score in the latest half-length tally over course and distance Sept. 25. renewal, will retire Sent off at similar odds in a metric-mile allowance at to her owner=s Niigata Oct. 29, he won by 1 1/2 lengths, and was bet Shadai Farm in down from his 5-1 morning-line odds to 2-1 favoritism Japan. Also on in the Asahi Hai Futurity. Breaking from post three, the board in six Alfredo secured a good tracking spot along the rail as other Group 1 longshot Hakusan Moon (Jpn) (Admire Moon {Jpn}) led. events, most Alfredo was just a length or two back as they turned recently when into the stretch, but was locked in under Australian jock third in the Sahpresa annexing her third Sun Chariot Craig Williams. The longtime pacesetter began to drift Nov. 20 G1 Mile Racing Post off the pine as he tired, though, and Alfredo and Championship at Williams took advantage of the dream run with a Kyoto, she ran eighth in her final out, the Dec. 11 G1 decisive move that quickly put the result to rest. Meiner Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin. Details of future coverings Robusto (Jpn) (Zenno El Cid {Ire}) ran second, two have yet to be announced. She goes to the paddocks lengths off the winner, with Leo Active (Jpn) (Admire with a career record of 22-8-4-5, i1,415,209. Moon {Jpn}) putting in a good late run to be another ASahpresa wasn=t quite herself for her last run, but over half-length back in third. Cont. p2 the years I couldn=t have asked for anything more from her, and she never disappointed me, Collet told Racing Sunday, Nakayama, Japan @ Post. AShe has taken us far and wide as well as bringing ASAHI HAI FUTURITY S.-G1, -135,680,000, me my first Group 1. She will leave a big void, but I Nakayama, 12-18, 2yo, c/f, 1600mT, 1:33.40, fm. hope to find another filly like her.@ 1Bs@#ALFREDO (JPN), 121, c, 2, by Symboli Kris S 1st Dam: Princess Camellia (Jpn), by Sunday Silence 2nd Dam: La Traviata (Jpn), by Sakura Yutaka-Oh 3rd Dam: Sakura Hagoromo (Jpn), by Northern Taste O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm; T-Takahisa Tezuka; J-Craig Williams; -71,176,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Meiner Robusto (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Zenno El Cid (Ire)-- Koei Bella Donna (Jpn), by Mejiro Ryan (Jpn). O-Thoroughbred Club Ruffian; B-Koizumi Farm; -28,336,000. 3--Leo Active (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Admire Moon (Jpn)--Leo Soleil (Jpn), by Opera House (GB). O-Hiroyuki Tanaka; B-Taniguchi Farm; -18,168,000. Margins: 2, HF, NK. Odds: 2.10, 8.70, 13.10. Also Ran: Tokei Halo (Jpn), Dahlonega (Jpn), Sudden Storm (Jpn), Clarente (Jpn), Jono Bacchus (Jpn), Laurel Bullet (Jpn), Neo Vainqueur (Jpn), Shonan Lambsey (Jpn), Snowdon (Jpn), Makoto Reversal (Jpn), Hishi Wild (Jpn), Ninja (Jpn), Hakusan Moon (Jpn). Click for the Japanracing.jp chart, the Japanracing.jp PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for Japanracing.jp video. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/19/11 • PAGE 2 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Asahi Hai cont. Clarente (Jpn) (Dance in the Dark {Jpn}), the second choice in the betting, was unable to muster a serious rally from the back of the pack and finished seventh. Third choice Dahlonega (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) ran a similiar race and finished fifth. The final time, a swift 1:33.40, equaled Meiner Recolte (Jpn) (Chief 3rd-GPX, $43,600, Alw, 12-16, Opt. Clm. ($75,000), Bearhart)=s stakes mark of 1:33.40. At least the last six NW1X, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:15 2/5, ft. winners of the Asahi Hai Futurity have gone on to ALGORITHMS (c, 2, Bernardini--Ava Knowsthecode divisional honors, including last year=s hero Grand Prix {GSP, $156,596}, by Cryptoclearance) Boss (Jpn) (Sakura Bakushin O {Jpn}), and preceded by Click for the brisnet.com chart or video replay. Rose Kingdom (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), Seiun O-Starlight Racing. B-Oakbrook Farm (KY). T-Todd A Wonder (Jpn) (Grass Wonder), Goshawk Ken Pletcher. (Bernstein), Dream Journey (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}), Fusaichi Richard (Jpn) (Kurofune). Starlight Knows the Code... In May of 2006, Starlight Racing and partners were Sunday, Kokura, Japan represented in the GI Kentucky Derby by the Todd AICHI HAI-G3, -72,850,000, Kokura, 12-18, 3yo/up, Pletcher-trained colt Keyed Entry (Honour and Glory). f/m, 2000mT, 1:59.40, fm. The colt was a son of the Cryptoclearance mare Ava 1--FUMINO IMAGINE (JPN), 123, m, 5, by Manhattan Café(Jpn) Knowsthecode, and 1st Dam: Shinko Imagine, by Dixieland Band had punched his ticket 2nd Dam: Vivid Imagination, by Raise a Man to the Derby with a 3rd Dam: Imagining, by Northfields win in the O-Tsuzuku Tani; B-Shinko Farm; T-Katsuichi Nishiura; GII Hutcheson S. and J-Keisuke Dazai; -38,595,000. Lifetime Record: placings in the 21-7-1-2. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the GIII Gotham S. and eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. GI Wood Memorial S. 2--Broad Street (Jpn), 122, m, 5, Agnes Tachyon At last year's (Jpn)--Phila Street, by Cozzene. O-Yukio Shimokobe; Keeneland September B-Shimokobe Farm; -15,170,000. Sale, Starlight went 3--Cosmo Nemo Shin (Jpn), 122, f, 4, Zenno Rob Roy back to the well for Algorithms Joe DiOrio/starlightracing.com (Jpn)--Du Pre (GB), by Singspiel (Ire). O-Big Red Farm; another son of Ava B-Yasushi Tomita; -9,585,000. Knowsthecode, and after Algorithms (Bernardini) Margins: HF, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 7.10, 30.50, 7.40. improved his record to two-for-two with an Click for Japanracing.jp video. eye-catching win in a Gulfstream allowance Friday, it wouldn't be a big surprise if Starlight ended up back at All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, Churchill with another member of the family. Cont. p3 unless otherwise indicated TDN TODAY Headline News..................... 4 pages www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/19/11 • PAGE 3 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com In Sharper Focus cont. Wolf is forthright about running Keyed Entry in the Algorithms, also trained by Pletcher, was sent off the Derby. "In hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do," he second choice in the 6 1/2-furlong dash as another son said. "After the Wood, it was fairly clear that he was of Bernardini, Darley's Consortium, went postward at better sprinting than going two turns. But we probably odds-on. The bay stalked three wide while shadowing got a little of the Derby fever, and we had the earnings Consortium, moved in tandem into the lane and to go. But we had two speed ingredients--we had P-Val asserted to beat his rival by a length under Javier and we had Keyed Entry--and that was a recipe for Castellano. The final time was a sharp 1:15 2/5, and disaster. In hindsight, we should have done what the Algorithms earned a 100 BRIS figure for the win Lost in the Fog guys did--they stuck to sprinting. Keyed (video). Algorithms was making his first start since Entry was a sprinter." airing by 5 1/4 lengths in his five-furlong debut at In fact, the majority of Ava Knowsthecode's offspring Belmont in early June. Pletcher said after the race that have been sprinters, or maybe milers at best. Her good the GIII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Jan. 29, contested son Justin Phillip (First Samurai) won the seven-furlong over a one-turn mile, was a possible next target. GII Woody Stephens S. at Belmont this year and was Starlight, owned by Jack and Laurie Wolf and Donald third in the seven-furlong GI King's Bishop, while and Barbara Lucarelli, is no stranger to success on the Successful Mission (Successful Appeal) notched his Derby trail, with horses like Harlan's Holiday (Harlan) lone graded win in the GIII Miami Mile H. and Monba (Maria's All that makes you wonder how far Algorithms will Mon) winning Grade I want to go. The colt, however, seems to sport a preps while wearing the different profile than his siblings. His outstanding young stable's blue and yellow sire is by A.P. Indy and excelled at 10 furlongs, winning silks. Keyed Entry was a the GI Travers S. and GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at bit different than that America=s Classic distance. Wolf thinks Algorithms has pair, however, in that he the look of a route horse, too. Cont. p4 probably wasn't a true route horse.