Drosselmeyer First in Classic No One Saw This Coming
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here OH MY! DROSSELMEYER FIRST IN CLASSIC STARS GATHER AT FASIG-TIPTON Twelve months ago, there were tears in Mike Smith=s With the racing world still fired up over a fantastic two eyes after his desperate charge days of the Breeders= Cup World Championships, Fasig- aboard Zenyatta (Ire) (Street Cry Tipton aims to continue the momentum with its {Ire}) fell short in the GI Breeders= November Sale beginning this afternoon at 4 p.m. As Cup Classic. The Hall of Fame usual, the event can claim perhaps the world=s highest reinsman was breathless last night concentration of top-quality horseflesh over the span of just three or four hours. No fewer than 23 individual lots after his relentless ride got at the sale either produced a 2011 Breeders= Cup starter, Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor) up were siblings of, or raced under the Twin Spires on Friday in time to deny the valiant Game On or Saturday themselves. "I'm fired up--I'm very excited,@ Dude (Awesome Again) in the Horsephotos Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning Jr. said when $5-million finale. AThe key to this asked about the 2011 book. AA consignor and I were horse is to keep him moving,@ said talking the other day, and they talked about how busy it Smith, who hadn=t been in Drosselmeyer=s irons since [has] been over the last 10 days. And I said, 'Hey, if you the pair won the 2010 GI Belmont S. AIf you put on the and are aren't fired up over [that], we need to go find brakes, it messes him up. I knew I was going to wheel something different to do.=@ Cont. p26 out, so I just kept him going. And I was able to save ground on both turns.@ Cont. p2-4 NO ONE SAW THIS COMING All eyes were on Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) in her bid GI BC Classic Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor) for an unprecedented fourth victory in the GI TVG GI BC Mile Court Vision (Gulch) Breeders= Cup Mile, but Court GI BC Juvenile Hansen (Tapit) Vision (Gulch) had other ideas. GI BC Turf St Nicholas Abbey (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) Dismissed at 64-1, the 2010 GI BC Sprint Amazombie (Northern Afleet) GI Woodbine Mile hero dashed GI BC Dirt Mile Caleb’s Posse (Posse) past the popular bay mare, GI BC Juvenile Turf Wrote (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) then held off a strong surge GII BC Turf Sprint Regally Ready (More Than Ready) from Turallure (Wando) to win GII BC Marathon Afleet Again (Afleet Alex) Reed Palmer photo by a whisker. "I was far back early, but I knew they were going quick, and I figured that gave me a chance,@ said winning rider Robby Albarado. A[Trainer] Dale [Romans] told me to be sure to keep him running at the end.@ Cont. p7-8 HANSEN HOLDS OFF UNION RAGS When they turned for home in the GI Grey Goose Breeders= Cup Juvenile, even-money Union Rags (Dixie Union) ranged up on the outside and looked to have pacesetter Hansen (Tapit) at his mercy. But the free-running grey had other ideas. He dug in gamely down the stretch and defied announcer Trevor Denman=s conviction in Union Horsephotos Rags, flashing home a determined head in front. AWe pointed to the Breeders' Cup before he ever ran,@ said winning trainer Mike Maker. AI only told that to the owners, and they're as crazy as I am.@ Cont. p5-6 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/6/11 • PAGE 2 of 30 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Lisa Troutt, wife of WinStar owner Kenny Troutt, FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC was on hand to accept the Classic trophy. AKenny has so believed in this horse the whole way through,@ she said. AWhen we went to the Belmont, and he couldn't make it there either. He was with our boys at a basketball tournament. He knew that morning. He said, >This horse has a great chance,= and he pulled it off... But he has so believed in this horse, and he just has a way of pulling it out. So we are very thankful, but very sad that Kenny is not here for this one.@ Keep ‘Em Coming... When the gates opened, leading Californian Game On Dude (Awesome Again) assumed his usual spot on the front end, with Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) shadowing him through splits of :47.84 and 1:12.82. Overseas raider So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) was surprisingly close in the early stages, while Drosselmeyer was well behind. Uncle Mo never seemed to be traveling all that well, and Game on Dude was swamped with challengers as they entered the stretch. To Honor and Serve (Bernardini) loomed boldly for a few strides, but packed it in, and it was left to his less- fancied stablemate to deliver the best and final salvo. Drosselmeyer, who had been the subject of rave morning reviews, kept on coming and would not be denied by the ultra-game ADude.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/6/11 • PAGE 3 of 30 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Churchill Downs BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $4,545,000, CDX, 11-5, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m, 2:04 1/5, ft. 1--DROSSELMEYER, 126, c, 4, by Distorted Humor 1st Dam: Golden Ballet (MGISW, $732,145), by Moscow Ballet 2nd Dam: Golden Jewel Box, by Slew o' Gold 3rd Dam: Miss Storm Bird, by Storm Bird ($600,000 yrl '08 KEESEP). O-WinStar Farm LLC; B-Aaron U & Marie D Jones (KY); T-William I Mott; J-Mike E Smith; $2,700,000. Lifetime Record: 16-5-5-2, $3,728,170. *1/2 to Stage Luck (Unbridled=s b Song), SW & GISP, $154,812; Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Select Sales sells ½ and ¾ sis at KeeNov - HIP #187 & HIP #186 2--Game On Dude, 126, g, 4, Awesome Again--Worldly Pleasure, by Devil His Due. ($210,000 RNA yrl '08 KEESEP). O-Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable LLC & B Schiappa; B-Adena Springs (KY); T-Bob Baffert; $900,000. Hidden Brook consigned for Adena Springs 3--Ruler On Ice, 122, g, 3, Roman Ruler--Champagne Glow, by Saratoga Six. ($100,000 yrl '09 KEESEP). O-George & Lori Hall; B-Liberation Farm & Brandywine Farm (KY); T-Kelly J Breen; $495,000. Co-bred, raised, and sold by Brandywine Farm Margins: 1HF, 1, HF. Odds: 14.80, 14.20, 17.20. Golden Child... Also Ran: Havre de Grace, Flat Out, So You Think (NZ), Six months after Drosselmeyer s Belmont victory, his To Honor and Serve, Ice Box, Rattlesnake Bridge, Uncle = multiple Grade I-winning dam was secured by Coolmore Mo, Stay Thirsty, Headache. Scratched: Prayer for for $1.4 million at KEENOV (click here for TDN Relief. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com coverage). The mare produced a colt by Unbridled s PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. = Song in April. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. A He ran a super race,@ said trainer Bill Mott. AHe was mowing them down the last eighth of a mile. I guess That’s Class... his biggest attribute is his stamina, and he showed it Mike Smith tied Jerry Bailey today. When they were wearing down, he was coming. for jockeys with the most It=s great. Maybe they=ll want to run him another year.@ Breeders= Cup wins Saturday WinStar previously announced that the chestnut would afternoon by virtue of his retire for 2012 to New York=s Keane Stud as part of a Sprint victory on Amazombie venture between the two operations. and the Classic. AI'd like to Drosselmeyer, who completed a memorable Classic really thank Jeff Ruby,@ said bookend for WinStar Farm in the 2010 GI Belmont S., Smith. AI wore his logo today. traded decisions with stablemate Birdrun (Birdstone) in For every time I wore it today, the One Count S. and GII Brooklyn H. at Belmont this he donated $30,000 to spring. A turf experiment went awry in the GI Sword Disabled Riders, and just for Dancer at Saratoga, and the 4-year-old rebounded with someone to do something like a rallying second to Classic favorite Flat Out (Flatter) in that is pretty amazing. Thank the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Oct. 1. AAfter you, Jeff.@ It was Mike Smith=s we ran him in the Sword Dancer, it was kind of like third win in the Classic itself, somebody had flipped a switch, and he just turned having piloted Zenyatta in Reed Palmer photo around,@ Mott added. AHe was moving great--he was 2009 and Skip Away in 1997. into his training.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/6/11 • PAGE 4 of 30 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Trainer Scooter Dickey, Flat Out, 5th: ANo excuse, he just got outrun. That=s it.@ SAY WHAT? Jockey Ryan Moore, So You Think, 6th: AI was closer than what I had planned to be, but he Trainer Bob Baffert, Game On Dude, 2nd: jumped well, and there's no point taking him back on AHe ran a great race. Chantal came back clean; that's this dirt. The pace was strong, but he stayed in sweetly a great race. She should be proud of herself. That horse behind them. He just ran out of petrol toward the end. (Drosselmeyer) came down the middle. What a shame It was his first run on the dirt, in the toughest race in that we missed, but what a horse (Game On Dude is).