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MORLUC HEADED TO 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, NOV. 18, 2002 JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED PREMIO ROMA GOES TO SUNSTRACH Dr. Kashnikow (El Gran Senor) was at the back of the Sunstrach (Ire) (Polar Falcon) tore apart a seemingly pack early and floated nine wide into the stretch, but competitive field to record an emphatic six-length suc- finished with determination to take the GIII River City cess in yesterday’s G1 Premio Roma at the Capanelle, H. at Churchill Downs yes- the final Group 1 of Europe’s 2002 season. Racing terday afternoon by a nose prominently in third under jockey Frankie Dettori as over 53-1 Foster’s Landing Shibuni’s Falcon (GB) (Polar Falcon) led, he quickened (Numerous). It was just a to the front at the top of the straight before surging neck back to third-place clear of Blu For Life (Ire) (Rainbows For Life) for a life- finisher Roxinho (Brz) time best victory. Fourth behind Shibuni’s Falcon in this (Thignon Lafre {Brz}). “It’s race 12 months ago, the colt returned to finish second been a long time between in the G2 Prix d’Harcourt Mar. 31 before trailing G1 drinks,” trainer John Fisher Japan Cup hopeful Falbrav (Ire) in third in the G1 Dr. Kashnikow Takes River City said. The good Dr. had not Premio Presidente della Repubblica May 12. The four- Four Footed Fotos won a race since taking year-old filled that position again when finding this event last year, but he had been close on more Wellbeing (GB) (Sadler’s Wells) and Sakhee too strong than one occasion this season, running third behind Del in the G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron Aug. 10 and most recently Mar Show in the June 22 GIII New Hampshire Sweep- had finished fourth behind Tareno (Ger) (Saddlers’ Hall stakes H. at Rockingham Park and again behind Startac {Ire}) in the G3 Premio Federico Tesio in Milan Oct. 5. in the Sept. 14 GII Belmont Breeders’ Cup H., and He readily reversed that form here with a convincing second by a nose in the Aug. 3 Sussex H. at Delaware performance, giving Dettori his third stakes win of the afternoon. Connections are planning a five-year-old Park. The gray dropped into the allowance ranks for his campaign for the winner. Click for the racingpost.co.uk latest appearance and finished as the runner-up again at chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Keeneland Oct. 19. Returning to the scene of his last victory, the five-year-old took up his customary position Sunday, Rome, Italy with the late runners as they raced down the back- PREMIO ROMA SIS-G1, i252,961, Rome, 11-17, stretch. He started moving as they headed around the 3yo/up, c/f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:02.70, gd/sf. far turn and was forced widest of all as they hit the 1--@sSUNSTRACH (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Polar Falcon stretch, but he kept on coming to catch the longshot 1st Dam: Lorne Lady (GB), by Local Suitor on the wire. “It wasn’t as easy as last year, but he 2nd Dam: Royal Lorna, by Val de L’Orne (Fr) showed some determination today and just got up for 3rd Dam: Royal Statute, by Northern Dancer it,” winning jockey Robby Albarado said. “I think today O-Scuderia Rencati; B-Azienda Agricola Francesca; he really didn’t like the soft going. In the first turn and T-Emilio Borromeo; J-F Dettori; i125,758. Lifetime up the backside he stumbled a whole bunch. But I Record: 14 starts, 3 wins, 10 places, i298,116. know his patented run comes up on that crown at the 2--Blu For Life (Ire), 128, h, 5, Rainbows For Life-- top [of the track] , so I knew if I could get him outside Tinte Blu (Ire), by The Noble Player. O-Scuderia Delta; turning for home, he could get there. He’s a good horse B-F Mimmocchi; i67,112. 3--Wellbeing (GB), 128, h, 5, Sadler’s Wells--Charming and I ride with the utmost confidence.” Added Fisher, Life (NZ), by Sir Tristram (Ire). O-Plantation Stud Ltd; “He’s not a lot to look at, maybe, but he’s a tough B-Lord Howard de Walden; i40,061. racehorse.” As for the future, he said, “We’ll give him a Margins: 6, 2, NK. Odds: 11.58. rest. He gets the winter off. He’s already got a woolly Also ran: Imperial Dancer (GB), Tareno (Ger), Rainer coat--he’s three times woollier than when I saddled him (Fr), Tornado Mitch, Shibuni’s Falcon (GB), Island [for this race] last year.” (Chart, p2) House (Ire), Rakti (GB), Serenus (Ger), Long Goodbye Click here for the brisnet.com chart. (Ire), Carnival Dancer (GB), Chancellor (Ire). JUMP START Graded stakes winner (859) 273-1514 P Fax (859) 273-0034 at Saratoga at 2 www.overbrookfarm.com A.P. Indy S Steady Cat, by Storm Cat TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/18/02 • PAGE 2 of 3 News cont. R E S U L T S THIRD TIMES THE CHARM FOR MORLUC? Six- P P year-old Morluc (Housebuster), who has missed out on winning the G1 Hong Kong Sprint by the bob of a Sunday, Kyoto, Japan head the last two years, will ship to Sha Tin for an- MILE CHAMPIONSHIP-G1-JRA, ¥179,400,000, Kyoto, other crack at the race this year. The millionaire 11-17, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:32.8, fm. sprinter has not been out since running second in the 1--sTOKAI POINT (JPN), 125, g, 6, by Tokai Teio (Jpn) GII Firecracker Breeders’ Cup H. at Churchill Downs 1st Dam: Match Point (Jpn), by Real Shadai (Jpn) July 4. “I wish I had a little more time,” trainer Randy 2nd Dam: Mac Hope (Jpn), by Northern Taste Morse said. “We can’t miss a beat from here on out. 3rd Dam: Yodo Serona (Jpn), by *El Centauro II He’s going to have to breeze two more times and O-M Uchimura; B-Yoshikazu Takeuchi; T-Yoshiyuki everything has to go perfect.” Morluc heads to Hong Goto; J-M Ebina; Lifetime Record: 30 starts (JRA), Kong Nov. 26; the five-furlong Sprint, run on a 6 wins, ¥313,698,000. *1/2 to Purple Ebisu (Jpn), straight turf course, is set for Dec. 15. Morse would (Jade Robbery), MGSP-Jpn, $1,126,045. rather the race was run around a turn. “He just does- 2--Eishin Preston, 125, h, 5, Green Dancer--Warranty n’t seem like he levels off and runs over there like he Applied, by Monteverdi. O-Toyomitsu Hirai; B-Joseph does here,” he said. “He’s a real good turn horse... E. Gehl. 3--Rikiai Taikan (Jpn), 125, c, 4, Afleet--No No Fever, [but] Morluc will hang with a horse and I think that’s by Nijinsky II. O-Y. Takayama; B-Okada Bokujo. what he does down the straightaway. I wish it were Margins: NK, NO, NK. Odds: 22.8, 8.6, 75.8. around a turn, I know that.” Tokai Point, fifth in his most recent start in the G3 Fuji S. at Nakayama Oct. 19, settled in midpack early GOVERNOR BROWN TO U.S. Two-year-old Gover- as Mideon Bit (Jpn) (Adjudicating) (ninth) and defending nor Brown (Kingmambo), winner of the G3 Somerville champion Zenno El Cid (Ire) (Caerleon) (14th) carved Tattersalls S. at Newmarket Oct. 2, has been sold for out solid early fractions. As the front tier began to an undisclosed price to owner William Schettine and crumble, the six-year-old gelding found room between will head to the U.S. for his sophomore campaign. The horses in the stretch, took over 300 meters from home chestnut, who was trained in Britain by Paul Cole, will and held on to score narrowly over the fast-closing duo join Niall O’Callaghan’s stable. He sold three times in Eishin Preston and Rikai Taikan. the America before heading overseas, bringing $485,000 as a Keeneland November weanling, Sunday, Churchill Downs $310,000 as a Keeneland September yearling and RIVER CITY H.-GIII, $175,650, CDX, 11-17, 3yo/up, $230,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Florida February juvenile. 1 1/8mT, 1:51 2/5, . The Kentucky-bred has won two of his five starts for 1--DR. KASHNIKOW, 116, h, 5, by El Gran Senor earnings of $96,682. Last time out, he finished third 1st Dam: One More Breeze (MSW, $351,180), by Mythical Ruler in the Nov. 2 G1 Criterium International at Saint- 2nd Dam: Rob Roy's Breeze, by *Carteret Cloud. 3rd Dam: Round Blast, by Round Tower ($220,000 yrl '98 FTSAUG). O-Erdenheim Farm; SNOW KOS WOODBINE CARD Sunday’s program B-Stan Dodson (ON); T-J R S Fisher; J-R J Albarado; at Woodbine Racetrack in Ontario, Canada, was called $108,903. Lifetime Record: 18-7-3-3, $571,211. off due to a winter storm that brought heavy snowfall 2--Foster's Landing, 109, c, 4, Numerous--Pure to the area. It was the track’s second consecutive Radiance, by Irish River (Fr). O-Mckee Stables Inc; cancellation--Saturday’s card was also lost due to the B-Ronald E McKee (KY); $35,130. severe winter weather. Sunday’s featured races, the 3--Roxinho (Brz), 115, c, 4, Thignon Lafre (Brz)--Miss GIII Bessarabian S.