Serving Notice Redemption for Fink, Lopresti in Clark
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SERVING NOTICE ‘STARS’ HELPS POWER TATTS FRIDAY There was no horse of his generation that was more A 450,000gns filly from the first crop of champion impressive over the Aqueduct main track in 2010 than Sea the Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) starred at Live Oak Plantation=s To Honor and Serve (Bernardini), Tattersalls last night when topping the penultimate who posted front-running session of the December Foal Sale in Newmarket. victories in the GIII Offered from Harry McCalmont=s Norelands Stud for a Nashua S. and in the GII partnership, the filly is a Remsen S. The waters half-sister to the Group are decidedly deeper this 1-placed Surfrider (Ire) afternoon when the (Dansili {GB}) and was sophomore takes on a bought by Angus Gold seasoned field of as a long-term racing veterans in the GI Cigar prospect for Sheikh Mile H. at the Big A. Hamdan Al Maktoum=s Trainer Bill Mott isn=t one Shadwell Estate to force the issue, so the Company. The Feb. 5- fact that To Honor and 450,000gns Sea The Stars Tatts photo foaled bay, catalogued Serve is back just three as hip 1012, is a To Honor and Serve Horsephotos weeks after his decent daughter of the Rahy mare Ecoutila. Few of yesterday=s seventh-place effort in dearer lots are scheduled to see a sale ring again before the GI Breeders= Cup Classic should be taken as a net they run, and several foresighted breeders were chasing positive. Mott conditioned the legendary horse for fillies with eventual paddock potential. Though all whom this race is named and who won the event when manner of would-be buyers tried to get a bid in for the it was contested as the NYRA Mile back in 1994. session topper, including John Clarke, racing manager Cigar Mile cont. p6 to Sea the Stars= owner Christopher Tsui and his mother, Ling. Cathy Grassick, standing with Yvonne REDEMPTION FOR FINK, LOPRESTI IN CLARK Jacques, Turkish-based owner Ibrahim Araci and Owner/breeder Morton Fink and trainer Charlie underbidder Hugo Lascelles were others to make a play Lopresti experienced the thrill of victory and the agony for the filly. Tatts cont. p11 of defeat all within a few minutes' time in last year's GI Clark H., watching as Successful Dan (Successful Appeal) crossed the line first, only to be demoted to third for causing interference. There was no such misfortune Friday afternoon, as Wise Dan (Wiseman's Ferry), the half-brother to Successful Dan, came calling for the Wise Dan Reed Palmer photo lead in the final furlong and raced away for a four-length victory over Mission Impazible (Unbridled's Song). Favored Flat Out (Flatter) could do no better than third. Wise Dan was entering the Clark off a win in the GII Fayette S. at Keeneland, a race also won by Successful Dan. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue- style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Clark H. cont. p2 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/26/11 • PAGE 2 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Clark H. cont. Friday, Churchill Downs CLARK H.-GI, $572,500, CDX, 11-25, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:48 4/5, ft. 1--sWISE DAN, 120, g, 4, by Wiseman's Ferry 1st Dam: Lisa Danielle, by Wolf Power (SAf) 2nd Dam: Askmysecretary, by Secretariat 3rd Dam: Laquiola (Fr), by Lyphard O/B-Mort Fink (KY); T-Charles Lopresti; J-John R Velazquez; $326,554. Lifetime Record: 14-8-0-0, $919,601. *1/2 to Our Royal Dancer (Roy), SW, $195,070; Successful Dan (Successful Appeal), MGSW & GISP, $354,455. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 100th Grade I winner for CECIL SEAMAN & CO. 2--Mission Impazible, 116, c, 4, Unbridled's Song--La Paz, by Hold Your Peace. ($200,000 yrl '08 KEESEP). O-Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC; B-Summer Wind Farm (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $105,340. 3--Flat Out, 123, h, 5, Flatter--Cresta Lil, by Cresta Rider. ($11,000 wlng '06 OBSOCT; $85,000 yrl '07 FTKJUL). O-Preston Stables LLC; B-Nikolaus Bock (FL); T-Charles L Dickey; $52,670. Consigned by BLUEWATER SALES at FTKJUL ‘07 PINHOOKED BY AND RAISED AT MACHMER HALL Margins: 3 3/4, 2 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.50, 7.10, 2.40. 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com Also Ran: Mister Marti Gras, Ruler On Ice, Headache, Alma d'Oro, Will's Wildcat, Prayer for Relief, Stately Victor, Demarcation, Pleasant Prince, General Quarters. Dan’s the Man... Drawn 11 here, but with a long run to the first turn, Wise Dan won four of his six starts last term, Wise Dan was three wide and third under the wire for including the GIII Phoenix S. on Keeneland=s Polytrack, the first time and raced freely, as the stretch-out then was a close sixth in the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint sprinter Will s Wildcat (Eurosilver) showed the way from before concluding the season with an allowance win = Mission Impazible. Flat Out going this track=s one-turn mile secured an excellent spot in exactly a year ago. It took him a midfield and within shouting few runs this season before he distance. Wise Dan was still was ready to fire his best, but that pulling pretty hard against John he did when making his turf debut Velazquez down the backside, in the GII Firecracker H. on but he was always traveling Independence Day. Close up, but nicely and ranged up three four deep for the opening half- deep to throw his name into mile, he drew clear to score by the hat at the quarter pole. 2 3/4 impressive lengths. Further Mission Impazible had the first amplifying his versatility, he took crack at the weakening Will s nicely to the Tapeta track at = Wildcat in upper stretch, but Presque Isle for a half-length Wise Dan switched his leads success in the Presque Isle Mile Trainer Charles Lopresti on cue, quickened up well and Sept. 9, then found Grade I Reed Palmer photo Reed Palmer lengthened clear. Mission company just a bit too deep when Impazible repeated his runner-up effort from this track s fourth, beaten under two lengths, by Gio Ponti (Tale of = GI Stephen Foster H. in the spring, while Flat Out the Cat) in the Shadwell Turf Mile Oct. 8. He was on plugged home third. trial--in a certain sense--in the Oct. 29 GII Fayette S. at Keeneland, but strode clear to take it by four lengths. Lopresti wondered how he=d stay the nine panels; the TDN TODAY gelding answered emphatically and earned a crack at a Headline News.................... 14 pages Grade I on dirt in the process. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/26/11 • PAGE 3 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Black-Type Results cont. She rallied from next to last to miss by a head when third in the GI American Oaks July 16 and nearly Friday, Hollywood Park bridged a 5 1/2-length gap in the Del Mar Oaks, MATRIARCH S.-GI, $250,000, HOL, 11-25, 3yo/up, flashing home to be second by a half-length. The f/m, 1mT, 1:35 2/5, fm. homebred, a 3/4-sister in blood to one of her owner=s 1BsSTAR BILLING, 120, f, 3, by Dynaformer best previous runners in Starrer (Dynaformer), threw in 1st Dam: Topliner, by Thunder Gulch a clunker in her latest, checking in a well-beaten sixth in 2nd Dam: To the Hunt, by Relaunch Keeneland=s GI QE II Challenge Cup Oct. 15, where 3rd Dam: Royal Advocator, by Majestic Prince Summer Soiree was fifth. O/B-George Krikorian (KY); T-John A Shirreffs; Settled off the pace of Summer Soiree while glued to J-Victor Espinoza; $150,000. Lifetime Record: the fence into the backstretch, Star Billing gained 7-3-2-1, $355,067. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click ground into midpack and inside of a three-wide Never for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Retreat passing the half-mile pole. While the favorite 2--Summer Soiree, 120, f, 3, War Front--Mazel Tov, by had some trouble negotiating the final turn, Star Billing Mazel Trick. ($70,000 RNA wlng '08 KEENOV; was allowed an unimpeded run up the inside. Summer $72,000 RNA yrl '09 FTKJUL). O-Team Valor Soiree reached for the wire, but could not withstand International; B-Brereton C & Bret Jones (KY); T-H the late kick of Star Billing, who was along in the final Graham Motion; $50,000. 20 yards. Team Block=s Never Retreat was late in 3--Never Retreat, 123, m, 6, Smart Strike--Lisieux, by switching leads and worked home to snatch third on Steady Growth. ($410,000 yrl '06 FTKJUL). O-Team the wire. She is to be retired from the races and has a Block; B-Gerry O'Meara & Stanley Inman (KY); date in early 2012 with War Front. T-Chris M Block; $30,000. Raised & Sold by Mulholland Springs Yearling Purchase by Joseph Brocklebank Margins: HF, 2 1/4, HD. Odds: 10.70, 7.30, 0.80. Also Ran: Unbridled Humor, Gypsy's Warning (SAf), Sires his 20th Graded Stakes Winner Quiet Oasis (Ire), Madera Castana (Chi), Up In Time LOVELY LIL (GB). Scratched: All Star Heart. Wins the Go For Wand H. (G2) Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree.