TRIPLE CROWN NOMS OPEN HEADLINE ...p2 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 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2006 DANZIG EUTHANIZED CALDER’S BOB UMPRHEY DIES Leading sire Danzig (Northern Dancer--Pas de Nom, Bob Umphrey, Calder Race Course’s racing secretary by Admiral’s Voyage) was euthanized yesterday morn- since 1993, died Monday evening at Memorial Regional ing at Claiborne Farm due to the infirmities of old age, Hospital in Hollywood, Florida after suffering a massive according to a press release. The 29-year-old stallion heart attack and stroke a day earlier. He was 53. Born had been pensioned from stud Oct. 9, 1952 in Portland, Maine, duties in July of 2004. He had Umphrey moved to Florida as a stood at Claiborne since retiring youngster and was raised in from a brief but brilliant racetrack Hallandale near Gulfstream Park. career in 1980, and will be bur- Umphrey’s father Gene Umphrey ied at the Paris, Kentucky farm. trained horses and, following his Bred in Pennsylvania by the part- graduation from Chaminade High nership of Derry Meeting Farm School in 1970 and from the Uni- and William S. Farish III, the bay versity of Florida in 1975, Bob was acquired as a yearling for Umphrey sought a career in rac- Dell Hancock Photo $310,000 by Henryk de ing, as well. After working as the Kwiatkowski at the Fasig-Tipton stable foreman for conditioner Saratoga Sale. Under the tutelage of Hall of Fame Budd Lepman, Umphrey was hired trainer Woody Stephens, the compact bay aired in his Bob Umphrey as the claims clerk at Gulfstream lone start at two before being sidelined by a chipped 1952 - 2006 in 1975, beginning a tenure in knee. He returned with two impressive victories during Benoit photos racing administration that would his three-year-old season before trouble with his knee span over three decades. Umphrey flared up once more. was named racing secretary at Laurel Park in 1981 and, through the 1980s and ‘90s, served in that capacity at A Stallion for the Ages... Timonium, Arlington Park, Hollywood Park (where he Retired to Claiborne Farm for the 1981 breeding worked during the inaugural Breeders’ Cup in 1984), season, Danzig made an immediate impact at stud. He and Golden Gate Fields. In 1993, Umphrey began his sired three Grade I winners long stint at Calder, where his friendly personality made from his first crop, including him popular among horsemen. At Calder, Umphrey champion two-year-old colt helped to create such innovative events as the Summit Chief’s Crown, who took the of Speed, the Juvenile Showcase and the Grand Slam inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juve- series. Commenting on Umphrey’s passing, Calder nile, and the Classic-placed President Ken Dunn said, “I have lost a longtime friend, Stephan’s Odyssey, and led as did the entire racing community. He had a brilliant both the freshman and juve- mind and was the architect of one of the most unique nile sire lists of 1984. A Lure Breeders’ Cup photo racing programs in the country.” Umphrey is survived steady stream of top-class by his wife Janet, sister Casey Kelly of New Jersey, performers on the international stage followed, includ- nephew Kevin Kelly, and his beloved Yorkshire Terrier, ing the likes of Dance Smartly, Horse of the Year in Mel. Umphrey’s family will hold a private funeral. How- Canada and U.S. champion three-year-old filly of 1991; ever, further memorial services are pending. Umphrey Dayjur, European champion sprinter in 1990; Lure, two- was a major proponent of Thoroughbred retirement and time winner of the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile in 1992-93; adoption, and, in lieu of flowers, his family asks that and U.S. Classic winners Danzig Connection and Pine donations be made to the Thoroughbred Retirement Bluff. Danzig cont. p2 Foundation (www.trfinc.org). www.taylormadefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/4/06 • PAGE 2 of 11 Danzig cont. GRADE/GROUP 1 WINNERS BY DANZIG Carrying on the Family Tradition... G1 Winner Broodmare Sire A number of Danzig’s sons have made their own Adjudicating Reviewer mark at stud, but none more so than Danehill, the Ad Valorem Relaunch Group 1-winning sprinter who became one of the most Agnes World Seattle Slew prolific sires in both hemispheres before his untimely *Anabaa Gay Mecene death in 2003. Danzig himself has sired 188 stakes *Blue Duster Habitat winners to date, with no less than 18.3 percent of his Brahms Mr. Prospector foals capturing black-type races, and his average-earn- *Chief’s Crown Secretariat ings index is 4.29. His 42 Grade I winners include 14 Contredance Cyane *Dance Smartly Smarten that were named champion. Commenting on the pass- *Danehill His Majesty ing of the great stallion, Claiborne President Seth Han- Danzig Connection Sir Ivor cock said, “There’s really not much I can say--the sta- *Dayjur Mr. Prospector tistics speak for themselves. I’d have to be awfully Dispute Reviewer lucky to find another one like him, but I guess that’s Easy Now Buckpasser what we stay in it for.” *Elnadim Exclusive Native Furiously Roberto Golden Snake High Line (GB) TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATIONS OPEN Nomina- Green Desert Sir Ivor tions to the 2006 Triple Crown are now being ac- Hamas Pretense cepted, according to a press release. Three-year-olds *Langfuhr Briartic may be nominated to the series for a $600 fee through Lotka *Gallant Man Jan. 21; there will be a late nomination period from Lure Alydar Jan. 22-Mar. 25 for a fee of $6,000. Nominations can Maroof Bustino (GB) be made via telephone at (800) 928-3372 or (502) Military Wavering Monarch 638-3810, online at www.thetriplecrownchallenge.com *Mujahid Storm Cat One of a Klein Creme de la Creme or with representatives of Triple Crown Productions, *Pas de Reponse Mr. Prospector who will be in Southern California and Florida beginning *Petit Loup Better Bee Friday, Jan. 13. Gathering nominations at Florida train- Pine Bluff Halo ing and racing venues will be Edward P. Seigenfeld, Polish Navy *Tatan executive vice president of Triple Crown Productions; *Polish Patriot Filiberto Don Richardson, senior vice president, racing, for Chur- *Polish Precedent Buckpasser chill Downs Inc.; Lou Raffetto, chief operating officer of *Polonia Round Table the Maryland Jockey Club; Wendy Pensivy, stakes Qualify Raise a Native Shaadi Hoist the Flag coordinator of the Maryland Jockey Club; and P.J. Stephan’s Odyssey *Gallant Man Campo, director of racing for New York Racing Associa- Strolling Along Alydar tion. Taking nominations in Southern California will be Tribulation His Majesty Gene Williams, media coordinator for Triple Crown Versailles Treaty Buckpasser Productions, and Doug Bredar, director of racing and War Chant Kris S. racing secretary at Churchill Downs. The Triple Crown Yashmak Roberto kicks off with the GI Kentucky Derby at Churchill Zieten Habitat Downs May 6, continues with Pimlico’s GI Preakness S. *denotes champion Courtesy Werk Thoroughbred Consultants May 20 and concludes with the GI Belmont S. June 10. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/4/06 • PAGE 3 of 11 WEEKEND PEDIGREE Real Quiet began his stud career at Vinery, Kentucky, for $25,000, but for 2006, he will stand at Regal Heir PERSPECTIVES Farm, in Grantville, Pennsylvania, for $6,500. As this by Alan Porter career arc suggests, Real Quiet’s start at stud has come someway from living up to his racetrack performances. LA BREA S.-GI, $250,000, SAX, 12-31, 3yo, f, 7f, His first crop, numbering 71 foals, came up with the 1:21.36, sy. black-type winning and graded- stakes-placed Quiet 1--@sPUSSYCAT DOLL, 119, f, 3, by Real Quiet Cash and the minor stakes winner No Place Like It. 1st Dam: Hookedonthefeelin (GISW, $488,554), Pussycat Doll and the stakes-winning and graded- by Citidancer stakes-placed Bull Ranch are the best of the 55 winners 2nd Dam: Prospective Joy, by Allen’s Prospect from Real Quiet’s second crop. His third crop were 3rd Dam: Jovial Joy, by Rollicking two-year-olds of 2005, and include a very promising O/B-Michael E Pegram (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-G filly in Wonder Lady Anne L, successful in the GII Dem- Gomez; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-1, oiselle S. on her most recent outing. $320,823. Having Pussycat Doll as the first foal of Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com Hookedonthefeelin, Pegram consigned the mare--in foal catalogue-style pedigree or the Video, sponsored by to Deputy Minister--to the 2002 Keeneland November Taylor Made. Sales, and there she was sold for $1,525,000 to There are few things which make you as keenly ClassicStar LLC. For them she has produced a filly by aware of the passage of time as following horse racing. Deputy Minister, which has not started; a yearling colt It seems to be a very short time since we were writing by Unbridled’s Song; a weanling filly by Vindication; in this column about the pedigree of Hookedonthefeelin, and is back in foal to Unbridled’s Song. Since Unbri- after her score in the GI La Brea S. In fact, that victory dled’s Song is a grandson of Fappiano, as is Real Quiet, came back in 1999, a fact which was brought into this mating gives something of a relative to Pussycat focus by the victory of Hookendonthefeelin’s daughter, Doll. Pussycat Doll, in last week’s GI La Brea S.