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RTIP SYMPOSIUM COVERAGE HEADLINE p4-5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2004 INTERNATIONAL MEET LIVES UP TO NAME HONG KONG INT’L A total of 55 horses from nine different racing juris- P P dictions were assigned post positions yesterday for Sunday’s Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong at Sha Tin Racecourse. Rakti (GB) (Polish Precedent) CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG CUP-G1, returns to Hong Kong for a sec- HK$18,000,000, 3yo/up, 2000mT ond crack at the G1 Hong Kong SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT Cup, having finished an excel- 1 7 Rakti (GB) Polish Precedent Robinson 126 lent runner-up to Falbrav (Ire) in 2 1 Powerscourt (GB) Sadler’s Wells Spencer 126 last year’s event. The five-year- 3 13 Ancient World Spinning World Dettori 126 old, trained by Michael Jarvis, 4 4 Touch of Land (Fr) Lando (Ger) Lemaire 126 was compromised by a poor 5 3 Fields of Omagh (Aus) Rubiton (Aus) Nikolic 126 start when 14th in the G1 Mile 6 5 Soldier Hollow (GB) In the Wings (GB) Mongil 126 Rakti hkjc.com Championship in Kyoto Nov. 7 2 Bowman’s Crossing (Ire) Dolphin Street (Fr) Kinane 126 21, but drew nicely in box seven for Sunday’s race. 8 10 Bullish Luck Royal Academy Coetzee 126 “That’s a positive outcome,” Jarvis 9 9 Ain’t Here (Aus) Dehere Prebble 126 commented. “It’s good that he is 10 11 Elegant Fashion (Aus) Danewin (Aus) Mosse 122 there. It means a few more will go 11 14 Walkamia (Fr) Linamix (Fr) Legrix 122 in after him.” A pair of horses are 12 6 Latice (Ire) Inchinor (GB) Soumillon 119 back to defend their champion- 13 12 Alexander Goldrun (Ire) Gold Away (Ire) Manning 119 ships. Silent Witness (Aus) (El 14 8 Dance in the Mood (Jpn) Sunday Silence Peslier 119 Moxie), winner of last year’s G1 Hong Kong Sprint, looks for his Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong 13th victory from as many starts CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG VASE-G1, and will leave from the six-hole Silent Witness hkjc.com HK$14,000,000, 3yo/up, 2400mT with jockey Felix Coetzee. “I’m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY very happy with that. It’s the perfect position,” said 1 3 Warrsan (Ire) Caerleon Sanders trainer Tony Cruz, who saddles four horses on the 2 12 Simonas (Ire) Sternkoenig (Ire) Fallon program. “I wanted the middle.” Ecurie Wildenstein’s 3 13 Polish Summer (GB) Polish Precedent Soumillon Vallee Enchantee (Ire) (Peintre Celebre) seeks a repeat 4 8 Senex (Ger) Pelder (Ire) Scr in the 2400-meter G1 Hong Kong Vase. The four-year- 5 4 Brian Boru (GB) Sadler’s Wells Spencer old filly, most recently sixth in the G1 Arc de Triomphe, 6 7 Sights on Gold (Ire) Indian Ridge (GB) Dettori will break from post 11 and is joined in the field by 7 9 Super Kid (NZ) Gaius (Ire) Whyte Polish Summer (GB) (Polish Pre- 8 5 Phoenix Reach (Ire) Alhaarth (Ire) Dwyer cedent) and Warrsan (Ire) 9 2 Imperial Dancer (GB) Primo Dominie (GB) Durcan (Caerleon), second and third, re- 10 10 Roosevelt (Ire) Danehill Kinane spectively, in last year’s Vase. 11 1 Beethoven (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Mosse Japanese horses won three of 12 11 Vallee Enchantee (Ire) Peintre Celebre Peslier the four races in 2001 and have 13 6 Sweet Stream (Ity) Shantou (Ire) Gillet a strong team this year, led by All carry 126 pounds, except Vallee Enchantee and G1 Hong Kong Mile favorite Sweet Stream, 122. Durandal hkjc.com Durandal (Jpn) (Sunday Silence). Suffering from a case of travel sickness, Senex was The five-year-old drew the 10- declared prior to yesterday’s barrier draw. hole and enters off a career-best performance in win- ning the Mile Championship in his latest effort. Cathay Pacific HKIR Fields cont. p2 (859) 233-4252 FAX (859) 987-0008 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/10/04 • PAGE 2 of 5 Hong Kong International Races cont. Two Inside, One Way Outside for Team Ballydoyle... Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong It was a morning of mixed results at the post position CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG MILE-G1, draw for the three horses representing the stable of HK$14,000,000, 3yo/up, 1600mT Aidan O’Brien in this weekend’s races. Powerscourt SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY (GB) (Sadler’s Wells) drew the inside post for the G1 1 10 Durandal (Jpn) Sunday Silence Ikezoe Hong Kong Cup as he returns 2 4 Oriental Magic (Ire) Desert Prince (Ire) Mosse to his preferred 10-furlong dis- 3 1 Telegnosis (Jpn) Tony Bin (Ire) Yokoyama tance for the first time since 4 3 Firebreak (GB) Charnwood Forest (GB) Dettori running a close third in the G1 5 9 Grand Zulu (Aus) Grand Lodge Whyte Irish Champion S. Sept. 11. 6 11 Eagle Rise (Ire) Danehill Suborics Prior to that, the four-year-old 7 7 Martillo (Ger) Anabaa Mongil crossed the line first in the GI 8 2 Valentino (Fr) Valanour (Ire) Mendizabal Arlington Million over 1 1/4 9 13 Figures (NZ) Maroof Kinane miles before being disqualified 10 12 The Duke (Aus) Danehill Fradd 11 8 Meridian Star (Aus) Dolphin Street (Fr) Oliver Powerscourt hkjc.com to fourth. “Hopefully he will 12 5 Perfect Partner (Aus) Quest for Fame (GB) Coetzee jump smartly,” said jockey 13 6 Scintillation (Aus) Danehill Peslier Jamie Spencer. “It’s a great draw if you jump, but 14 14 Antonius Pius Danzig Spencer obviously bad if you are slowly away.” The bay colt All carry 126 pounds, except Antonius Pius, 125. was out for some light work yesterday, clocking 1:18.1 for 1200 meters on the grass, with a final quarter mile Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong in :21.9. Brian Boru (GB) (Sadler’s Wells), a candidate CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG SPRINT-G1, for the G1 Hong Kong Vase, also drew well in four, but HK$10,000,000, 3yo/up, 1000mT G1 Hong Kong Mile contes- SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY tant Antonius Pius (Danzig), 1 6 Silent Witness (Aus) El Moxie Coetzee who represents the team’s 2 13 Var Forest Wildcat Dettori best chance for victory at 3 2 Calstone Light O (Jpn) Warning (GB) Onishi the meeting, will begin from 4 11 Osterhase (Ire) Flying Spur (Aus) Berry the far outside. “Clearly the 5 1 Pivotal Point (GB) Pivotal (GB) Sanders widest draw is not ideal, but 6 4 Sunningdale (Jpn) Warning (GB) Fukunaga you have to say he has ev- 7 9 The Tatling (Ire) Perugino Moore Antonius Pius hkjc.com ery chance on the best of his 8 7 Cape of Good Hope (GB) Inchinor (GB) Kinane form,” Spencer said. As for 9 8 Royal Millennium (GB) Royal Academy Durcan the competition, the rider added, “Durandal would be 10 3 Yell (Aus) Anabaa Whyte my main worry as he looked very good [winning the G1 11 12 Able Prince (Aus) Hurricane Sky (Aus) Soumillon Mile Championship].” Antonius Pius, third to Rakti (GB) 12 5 Battle Won Honour and Glory Fallon in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot Sept. 25, will 13 14 Multidandy (Aus) Danehill Lai be having his first start since finishing second in the GI 14 10 Natural Blitz (Aus) Maroof Didham Breeders’ Cup Mile Oct. 30. All carry 126 pounds. TDN TODAY All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated Headline News .................... 5 pages UNDBRIDLED’S SONG www.taylormadefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/10/04 • PAGE 3 of 5 Hong Kong Mile cont. Sprint G1 Mile Championship hero Durandal (Jpn) (Sunday The Japanese have yet to win the Sprint, but have Silence) worked six furlongs in a shade under 1:17, their best chance this year. Sunningdale (Jpn) (Warning covering his final quarter mile in :22.6 over the all- {GB}) defeated Mile favorite Durandal (Jpn) in the six- weather surface. “I am happy with him,” said trainer furlong G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen in March, but could Masahiro Sakaguchi. “The interval between the Mile do no better than ninth behind Championship and this race is less than a month so I Calstone Light O (Jpn) (Warn- told his rider not to work him too hard in [today’s] ing {GB}) over a yielding turf in the G1 Sprinters’ S. at workout.” Nakayama Oct. 3. His trainer is supremely confident not Vase only that he will leave that Phoenix Reach (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}) was talented rival behind, but also the pro- enough to win the GI Canadian International last year hibitive race favorite, Silent Sunningdale hkjc.com as a three-year-old, but has not finished better than Witness (Aus) (El Moxie). “He sixth in his four trips to the is in very good shape,” commented Tsutomu post this season. The four- Setoguchi. “His weight is now the same as when he year-old filled that position in won the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.” Referring to the the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. undefeated reigning champ, Setoguchi said, “If there is June 16 and in the G1 Grand a horse that can finally beat him, it will be our sprinter.” Prix de Saint-Cloud July 4, but was sidelined off a 10th in the Mile G1 King George VI and Queen Valentino (Fr) (Valanour {Ire}), winner of consecutive Elizabeth Diamond S.