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PULPIT'S TEAM SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT Weekend Stakes Results: Explaining it was important to clear the air, Claiborne NAKAYAMA KINEN-G2-Jpn, $1,067,777, Nakayama Farm confirmed yesterday that their undefeated three­ Racecourse, Japan, 3-9, 4yo/up, 9fT, 1:48.7, fm. year-old sensation Pulpit (A.P. Indy) had suffered a 1--@KING OF DAIYA (JPN), h, 5, --Will stress fracture of his left front leg as a two-year-old in (Jpn), by Mill George. 0-T lshige; B-Satake Farm; training in South Carolina last March which delayed his T-Toshiaki Shimizu; J-Yoshitomi Shibata. $561, 728. racing debut. While Claiborne spokesperson Dell Han­ 2--0ffside Trap (Jpn), h, 6, Tony Bin (lre)--Toko Carol cock downplayed the significance of the injury, she said (Jpn), by Hospitality (Jpn). 0-Takashi Watanabe; the farm did feel it necessary to set the record straight. $227,441. Claiborne had earlier attributed his absence at two to 3--Rosen Kavalier (Jpn), c, 4, Sunday Silence--Dyna "growing pains," but speculation in the press that he Fairy (Jpn), by Northern Taste. 0-Shadai Race Horse; had suffered a more serious injury led Claiborne to $139,755. schedule a press conference yesterday. Veterinarian Margins: 1 Y:z, NS, 1 Y:z. Odds: 2.50, 7.70, 3.20. Larry Bramlage, who treated the colt at two, said stress King of Daiya, who settled in mid-field until the final fractures in young horses were not uncommon as their turn, showed the most impressive finishing speed on heart and lungs become highly developed early, but their bones develop more slowly. 11 He was making progress the stretch to score his first graded stakes win by 1 Y:z faster than his bones were keeping up," said Bram Iage, lengths. The five-year-old became the fifth graded who explained the injury could have become more seri­ stakes for his sire, Sunday Silence this year and the ous had it not been detected early on. 11 Had he gone on 37th graded stakes winner in the total produce record and trained, he would have gotten what is commonly of Sunday Silence in Japan. King of Daiya was un­ called a condylar fracture in the cannon bone. We sim­ beaten in three starts last year, including the Decem­ ply had to reduce his training schedule to let his skeletal ber S. He was third as the favorite in his graded structure catch up with his heart and lungs." Trainer stakes debut last out in the January G2 Jockey Club Frank Brothers said the injury caused Pulpit to miss Cup. Winning jockey Yoshitomi Shibata said, "I have three months of training. He returned to the track in always thought this horse would be a graded stakes August, and could have been ready to run as early as winner. It just came true today." November, said Brothers, but his connections elected to wait until the opening of the Gulfstream meet in Janu­ Additional Japanese stakes results p.2 ary. Said Hancock, "We felt like it was just a growing pain and it was not a big issue. It kind of got out of hand in the press, and that's why we're meeting every­ STAKES CLOSINGS body head on now." Pulpit makes his next start in this TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12: Saturday's GI at Gulfstream. 3-15 $500,000 Florida Derby-GI, GP, 3yo, 9f ($20,000s) KEENELAND CATALOGUES 246 FOR APRIL 3-22 $150,000 Santa Ana H.-Gll, SA, 2YO SALE Keeneiand has catalogued a total of 246 4yo/up, f/m, 9fT ($50) juveniles for its two-year-olds-in-training sale to be held 3-23 $250,000 San Luis Rey-GI/, SA, 4yo/up, •12fT April 1 5 and 16 in Lexington, Ky. Sessions will begin at ($100) 6:30 p.m. each day. The April 16 session will also in­ 3-23 $75175,000 Oak/awn Breeders' Cup H., OP, clude 13 horses of racing age from Jack Kent Cooke's 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f ($0) complete dispersal. Among the horses in the dispersal is TOMORROW, THURSDAY, MARCH 13: multiple Grade I-winning four-year-old filly Antespend 3-16 $400,000 Louisiana Derby-GI//, FG, 3yo, 81hf (Spend a Buck). Cooke is also selling 1 8 juveniles in the ($7500s) two-year-old sale. Preview shows for the sale will be 3-23 $150,000 Pelleteri Breeders' Cup H., FG, 4yo/up, 6f held April 7 and April 14, starting each morning at ($25) 10:30 a.m. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-12-97

Stakes results cont. HOCHI HAI YONSAI HIMBA TOKUBETSU-G2-Jpn, FLORIDA $874,251, Hanshin Racecourse, Japan, 3-9, 3yo, f, • • 7fT, 1:21.4 (NSR), fm. local News, Gulfstream Park: 1--@KYOEI MARCH (JPN), f, 3, Dancing Brave--lnter Allen E. Paulson's Escena (Strawberry Road {Aus}), Charmant, by Bravest Roman. 0-Masao Matsuoka; seven-length winner of the GI Fantasy S. at Oaklawn in B-lnternational Stud Co. Ltd; T-Akihiko Nomura; 1996, returns to the races for the first time since last J-Mikio Matsunaga; $461,842. September when she goes postward in today's 10th 2--She's Princess (Jpn), f, 3, Cacoethes--Yuwa Candy race at Gulfstream, a 1 1 /16-mile turf allowance. It will {Jpn), by Longleat. 0-Mikio Matsunaga. $461,842. be the four-year-old filly's career debut on grass. To 3--Yamanin Xanadu (Jpn), f, 3, Tony Bin (lre)--One of a date, Escena has a lifetime record of 11-4-5-1 and earn­ Klein, by Danzig. 0-H. Doi. $114,328. ings of $501, 700. Margins: 7, HD, NS. Odds: 2.90, 4.60, 105.30. Dancing Brave produced his first graded stakes winner local News, Florida: in Japan when Kyoei March, a daughter from his second The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' crop in this country, won this event, one of the most Association announced the 1 996 Florida-bred champi­ important prep races for the Japanese 1000 Guineas, by ons yesterday. The winners were: Blazing Sword a devastating seven lengths. Mikio Matsunaga, settled (Sword Dance {Ire}), champion two-year-old colt; How the filly, whose race record was four starts and three About Now (Pentelicus), two-year-old filly; Skip Away wins including the Elfin S. before this race, just behind (Skip Trial), three-year-old colt; J J'sdream (Glitterman), the early pacesetter. When the field came into the three-year-old filly; Wekiva Springs (Runaway Groom), stretch, Kyoei March took the lead without any action handicap male; Jewel Princess (Key to the Mint), handi­ by the jockey and at the wire the horse stopped the cap female; and lite the Fuse (Buckaroo), sprinter. clock in stakes record time. Mikio Matsunaga, the win­ Diplomatic Jet {Roman Diplomat) and Mecke (Maudlin) ning rider, said, "The race was just what you witnessed­ shared the award as champion turf horse. The Florida -very easy effort for the horse. She has already proved horse, breeder, broodmare and stallion of the year will that she stays one mile in the previous start and I be­ be announced at the FTBOA Awards Dinner Monday, lieve she should be very close to the title of 1 000 Guin­ March 24. The awards are chosen by a panel of five eas now." racing secretaries.

MARCH S.-G3-Jpn, $705,285, Nakayama Racecourse, Japan, 3-8, 4yo/up, 9f (dirt), 1 :51.5, ft. NEW YORK 1--@WILD BLUSTER (JPN), h, 5, Wild Again--Darling • • local News: Aqueduct Miss Q. (SW), by Alydar. 0-Yoshinobu Hayashi; Racing shifts from the inner track to the main track at B-Hayata Farms; T-Hitoshi Arai!; J-Hiroki Hashimoto; Aqueduct today, with post time returning to 1 p.m. $369, 166. * Yz to Woody Boy Would (Highland Blade), SW, $178, 134; Miss Highland Blade (Highland Blade), GSW, $508,241. EAST 2--Great Charmer (Jpn), h, 6, Mogambo--Black Speck, • • by . 0-Clover Club; $148,867. local News: Monmouth 3--San M King (Jpn), h, 5, Nagurski--San M. Speed Stall applications for Monmouth Park's 1997 Summer (Jpn), by Steel Heart (Ire). 0-Eiji Nakadate; $96, 129. meet are now available. The meet, which begins Satur­ Margins: 2 % , 1 1 /4, 3/4. Odds: 19.60, 13.00, 14.30. day, May 24 and runs through Monday, September 1, Wild Buster had competed in graded stakes company will offer 16 stakes totaling $2.8 million, highlighted by several times in the past, but had never hit the board the $1 million Buick Haskell Invitational for three-year­ before. Winning rider Hiraki Hashimoto said, "He was olds Sunday, August 3. Stall applications are due March always very relaxed today. I had settled him the mid­ 24 and may be obtained by calling racing secretary Mike field and as I started to drive the horse at the three­ Dempsey at (908) 222-5100. furlongs pole, we were able to draw clear." ADMIRE A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will CALL (Tai Tehm), winner of the Nigawa S., was sent off indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will denote the 2. 70-1 favorite in the field, but finished fourth. winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be used for Jockey Hiraki Hashimoto said his colt didn't handle the state-bred races and an (R) will be used for other restricted small Nakayama track. races. Australia's In 1997 ... ARROWFIELD STUD ASHKALANI (Ire)* BARYSHNIKOV* BROCCO (USA)* CATRAIL (USA)* CHIEF'S CROWN (USA)* DANZERO * John Messara FLYING SPUR* HECTOR PROTECTOR (USA)* SNIPPETS Phone: (61-2) 9223 8277 Fax: (61-2) 9223 5795 ... will stand at Arrowfield. E-MAIL: agstaff@arrowfield. com.au PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-12-97

Star Programmer, c, 3, Storm Cat--Bank Key, by Key to MIDWEST the Mint. Nakayama, 3-9, plate race, 3yo, 6f. Lifetime • • Record: 2-2-0-0, $105, 785. 0-Hiroyuki Sonobe; Local News, Keeneland: B-T F Van Meter; T-Yoshitada Munakata. * $250,000 Keeneland President Bill Greely presented a $50,000 yrl '95 KEESEP; $525,000 2yo '96 FEFFEB. **Won check to the American Red Cross yesterday to assist by six lengths as the 4-5 favorite. Owner Hiroyuki the organization's flood-relief effort. Record flooding last Sonobe is keen to race him against Speed World week devastated a four-state area in the Midwest, in­ (Woodman) in the G1 NHK Mile Cup May 11. "This cluding many towns in northern and central Kentucky. horse comes from the same sale as Speed World," "We wanted to do something to help the many people said Sonobe. "I would be more than delighted if my who are suffering as a result of this disaster," said horse could beat him in the major race." Greely. "We'd like to encourage other more fortunate Eishin Berry, f, 3, Winrightt--Rajab's Treasure, by Rajab. individuals and businesses to do what they can to assist Hanshin, 3-8, maiden race, 3yo, 6f. Lifetime Record: with this effort." 2-1-1-0, $68,555. 0-Toyomitsu Hirai; B-Maycroft Farm; T-Saburo Yuasa. *Full to Big Jewel, GSW, Local News, Illinois: $517,995; Miss Gibson County, MSW, $545,872; The Illinois Racing Board, by a seven-to-zero vote Charlie's Paradise, MSW, $260,803; 1 /2 to Treasure Tuesday, restored the one-year suspension it imposed Man (Court Trial), GSP, $125,316. * * $130,000 yrl ,,, on owner/trainer Noel Hickey Oct. 18, 1994 for six '95 KEESEP; $210,000 2yo '96 FTFFEB. violations involving the prohibited medication albuterol +Pure Lady, f, 3, Woodman--Maison Close (SW, at that summer's Arlington meeting. The original sus­ $163,297), by . Hanshin, 3-9, maiden pension by a four-to-two vote was voided last week by race, 3yo, 6fT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $48, 760. the First District Appellate Court of Illinois because the 0-Jiro Koyano; B-Hill 'N Dale Farm; T-Hajime nine-member board didn't have the minimum five-mem­ Fukunaga. * $175,000 wnlg '94 KEENOV; $425,000 ber majority vote the law stipulates in cases involving yrl '95 KEEJUL. suspensions and revocations. "It looks like we're in for Noisy American, c, 4, Quiet American--Danzig Danzag, another two or three years of litigation," said Hickey's by Danzig. Nakayama, 3-8, plate race, 6f. Lifetime attorney, Art Engelland. "This presents many new is­ Record: 23-2-0-3, $179,338. 0-Y Kakiyama; sues, plus we have all of the old ones. We may proceed B-Muirfield Ventures; T-Yuji Nohira. * $23,000 yrl '94 administratively or we may proceed with a lawsuit FTKJUL. against certain members of the commission. We have a Eishin Olympus, c, 4, Time for a Change--Tin Pan Aly, lot of options." by Alydar. Hanshin, 3-9, plate race, 9f. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-1, $135,537. 0-T Hirai; B-Eric Del Valle; T-Y Dazai. *$37,000 yrl '94 KEESEP; $400,000 FOREIGN 2yo '95 FTFFEB; $210,000 2yo '95 FTMDEC. • • Biko Magic, h, 5, Northern Flagship--Can Buoy, by Run Local News: Japan the Gantlet. Chukyo, 3-8, plate race, 5f. Lifetime American-bred Speed World (Woodman), who topped Record: 27-3-6-3, $402,975. 0-Legend Inc; B-Bruce the 1 996 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select two-year-olds-in­ Hundley; T-Hiroshi Shimazaki. * $45,000 yrl '93 training sale at $875,000, won his fourth race in five KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '94 BESMAR. starts in Saturday's Crocus S. at Nakayama Racecourse Taiki Python, g, 6, Saratoga Six--Certain Secret (SW­ and will make his next start in the G1 NHK Mile Cup for Ire), by Known Fact. Nakayama, 3-9, 13.5f, novice three-year-old foreign breds May 11 at Tokyo Race­ steeplechase. Lifetime Record: 23-7-2-3, $995,206. course. Speed World won the G3 Heisei Hai in his 0-Taiki Farm; B-H & Y Bloodstock; T-Kazuo Fujisawa. previous start.

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PUTRA(USA) "3 ch c Dixie Brass... Scopey individual unbeaten in two starts... progressed to win Group 3 Champagne S. at Goodwood (won by subsequent Group 1 winners Mister V7,..~"~ Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Walden. Jr. Boileys, Dr Devious ond Milroof}; likely 2000 Guineils contender (held prominent Weisenberger Mill Pike position in betting over winter}." - Racing Post's Horses to Follow 1997 Midway, Kentucky 40347 (606) 846-5214 •Fax 846-4671 DIXIE BRASS $7,500LF Vinery stallions are Breeders' Cup nominaled PAGE 4 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-12-97

three crosses of War Relic and one of his full-sister. WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES Sword Dancer, the sire of Damascus, has another of the by Alan Porter War Relic sisters, Speed Boat, as his third dam, as well as an extra Fairy Gold/ combination--Mad GLITTER WOMAN (f, 3, Clitterman--Carols Folly, by Hatter--also in the third generation. In Reality and Sword Taylor's Falls) & VALID BONNET (f, 3, Dancer appear together close up in the pedigree of Valid Appeal--Miss Cox's Hat, by Cox's Ridge) millionaire Cutlass Reality, Grade I winner Pretty Dis­ creet and the very smart sprinter Robyn Dancer. Close inbreeding to In Reality seems to be gaining in In the light of these successes, it is interesting to fashion. Over the weekend we saw victories for two speculate that inbreeding to ancestors who are them­ fillies who own prominent double doses of In Reality. At selves closely inbred may be more effective than in­ Gulfstream, Glitter Woman destroyed what seemed on breeding to horses with outcrossed backgrounds. We paper a strong field to take the Gii Bonnie Miss by 7 1 /4 should include a word of caution here too. Close in­ lengths. Meanwhile at Oaklawn, Valid Bonnet captured breeding increases the chance of inheriting traits pos­ the Giii Honeybee S. sessed by selected ancestors--whether these traits are Glitter Woman has In Reality 3x3 through a daughter desirable or undesirable. In the case of In Reality, it is (the dam of Glitterman) and a son (Taylor's Falls), and well-known that undesirable can mean some less than Valid Bonnet owns In Reality 2x3 via her sire and her perfect forelegs, so care should be taken over the indi­ granddam. Opportunities to inbreed to In Reality are viduals selected for such experiments. relatively new, but we have also noted a 3x3 cross of In Reality in Crafty Prospector's daughter Inferno's Reality, a stakes-winner of over $400,000, and the Pentelicus filly Cottage Flower, a three-time stakes-winner at two. B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S What is unusual about this In Reality duplication is that it marks a continuing chain of inbreeding to inbred an­ EDITION cestors which takes us right back to Rock Sand and ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Fairy Gold, two of the grandparents of Man o' War. 7th-SPT, $22,000, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1: 11 4/5, ft. A look at In Reality's pedigree shows he was inbred FALCON'S PREY {f, 4, Imperial Falcon--lvoler, by Sir 3x3 to War Relic, who appeared in the male line as his Ivor) lifetime Record: 18-2-3-4, $46,583. 0-J Criste!. great-grandsire and in the female line as sire of his B-J J Karakourtis & Ted Patras (IL). T-Mark J Cristal. granddam. The degrees of inbreeding mentioned so far are put in the shade when we take another step back 6th-SPT, $22,000, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1: 13, ft. and review War Relic's pedigree. War Relic was by Man LEONARD'S ZEN (f, 3, Zen--That's An a One, by That's o' War out of a mare by Friar Rock. The significance of a Nice) lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $17,400. 0-Asiel that pedigree line becomes apparent when one realizes Stable. B-Leonard Pike Sr. (IL). T-Richard P Hazelton. that Man o' War was by Fair Play {dam, Fairy Gold) out of Mahubah (by Rock Sand), while Friar Rock was by 10th-PHA, $19,500, 4yo/up, 6f, 1 :11 3/5, my. COLIN ALSO (h, 6, Carnivalay--Lubayya (fr), by Rock Sand out of Fairy Gold. So War Relic was inbred 3x3 to both Rock Sand and Fairy Gold, two of the four Riverman) Lifetime Record: 14-4-1-1, $45,599. 0/B-Joy McCarty (PA). T-Guadalupe Preciado. grandparents of his sire Man o' War! War Relic was no one-hit wonder as the pattern also 9th-PHA, $18,000, 4yo/up, a1 m70yd, 1 :42 3/5, my. produced his sisters Speed Boat (Test Stakes; dam of the CCA Oaks winner Level Best), War Kilt (Demoiselle FARAWAY HALO (c, 4, Halo--Faraway Princess, by Faraway Son) Lifetime Record: 11-4-2-1, $49,360. 0-W S.) and Anchors Ahead {dam of Spinaway S. winner Price level). A similar inbreeding pattern is found in the Copley. B-Paxson Henry D. Mrs. (KY). T-D Denenno. good horse and influential sire Eight Thirty {by a son of 8th-PHA, $16,000, 4yo/up, 7f, 1 :23 2/5, my. Friar Rock with a second dam by Man o' War). Cham­ HE'S EXCITING (c, 4, Cahill Road--Exciting Devorcee, by pion Two-Year-Old Roving Boy had War Relic and one of Candy Spots) Lifetime Record: 20-3-1-4, $49, 116. the aforementioned sisters, War Kilt, 3x3 in his pedi­ O/B-Arthur I. Appleton (FL). T-Robert W Camac. * % to gree. The three-year-old filly lavender (Smile--More Rocky Marriage (Riva Ridge), GSW, $447,045; Lemhi Than Willing {Seattle Dancer}), winner last weekend of love {Royal and Regal), MSW, $265, 723; The Red Rolls the La Habra S. at Santa Anita, is by a son of In Reality, (Riva Ridge), MSW, $373, 766. and her granddam, a three-parts sister to Roving Boy, Maiden winners p. 5 has War Relic and War Kilt 3x2. Thus, lavender has Champion Miler by Riverman BAHRI Won or placed in 11of12 starts at 2 & 3 RNERMAN-WASNAH, BY NIJINSKY II SHADWELL FARM, Lexington, Ky. (606) 224-4585 $20,000 Live Foal PAGE 5 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 3-12-97

PEDIGREE SHORTS ... MAIDEN WINNERS: The victory of Flag Down (h, 7, Deputy Minister-­ Sharp Call, by Sharpen Up {GB}) in Saturday's Gii Pan Sombrilla, f, 3, Geiger Counter--Umbrella Rig {MSW, American H. was a reminder that Sharpen Up seems to $144,510), by Jig Time. SPT, 3-11, 1 m, 1 :41 1 /5. have something of an affinity for Deputy Minister's sire B-W H P Partners (Ky). * $24,000 yrl '95 FTKJUL; Vice Regent and Vice Regent's brother Viceregal. Dep­ $35,000 2yo 1996 OBSMAR. uty Minister has sired both Flag Down and the Grade !­ Merts Jungle, g, 4, Mertzon--Miss Junglize, by Jungle winning Clear Mandate as his first two foals out of Savage. FGX, 3-10, 6f, 1: 11 2/5. B-John Franks (La). mares by Sharpen Up, and the reverse cross, Sharpen *Full to My Man Tarzan (MSW, $175,254). Up on a Viceregal mare, produced the Prix de I' Arc de Leah's Way, m, 7, Jazzy Jim--Reason to Cash, by Triomphe victor Trempolino. There must be considerable Leematt. PHA, 3-11, 5 1 /2f, 1 :06 1 /5. B-Denenno scope for exploring this cross through Deputy Minister's Donald E {Pa). numerous stallion sons, as well as through Sharpen Up's son Diesis. FOALING NEWS: We have always had a soft spot for Silver Ghost, who sired such as Silver Goblin, Silver Music and Lunar LET'S S'GOR (NZ), 10, Creag-An-Sgor {lre)--Alycide Spook from very limited initial opportunities. He might (NZ) (Oncidium {GB}) have another good one in Northern Silver {f, 3, Silver Foal born 2-23-97, a filly by Robin des Pins. Ghost--Northern Wife, by Northern Baby), who broke Will be bred back to Septieme Ciel. her maiden by 11 lengths in mid-February and then Owned by Crystal Springs Farm and Dr. E.C. Allred. came back to score an Oaklawn allowance win by six Boarded at Crystal Springs Farm in Paris, Ky. lengths Saturday. Silver Ghost is out of a mare by Halo, Accomplishments: Ch. 3yo filly-NZ; MG1 SW-NZ, SP­ and Northern Baby is by , giving North­ U.S. ern Silver a double of Almahmoud. More unusual though is the fact that Silver Ghost's fourth dam is the wonder­ ful mare Gallorette, while Northern Baby's fourth dam is MOONLIGHT DANCE, 6, --Madelia (Fr) (Caro Gallorette's sister, Gallita. In fact, Silver Ghost's dam, {Ire}) the good stakes-winner Misty Gallore, and Northern Foal born 2-23-97, a colt by Lure. Baby have a rather similar genetic background with Will be bred back to Sadler's Wells. Almahmoud, , Princequillo and Owned by Allez France Stables. Gallorette/Gallita all close up. Boarded at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. Defensive Play scored a major success with his first Accomplishments: GISW-Fr, $101,416. Southern Hemisphere crop when his two-year-old son Millward (g, 2, Defensive Play--Exploit {NZ}, by HOIST THE BANNER, 19, Hoist The Flag--Coraggioso Danzatore) captured the $350,000 on offer for the (Gallant Man) winner of the G 1 VRC Sires Produce S. in Australia Foal born 2-24-97, a filly by Mountain Cat. Monday. Millward's broodmare sire Danzatore was a Will be bred back to Gilded Time. Champion Two-Year-Old in Ireland, and after a sojourn Owned by Jerry Pinkley. at stud in the Southern Hemisphere, he returned to the Boarded at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky. U.S., standing first in Kentucky and now Texas. Accomplishments: Dam of Stormy Deep (Diamond Shoal Danzatore is by Northern Dancer out of a {GB}), MSW & GSP, $565,672. mare, giving Millward a 4x4 cross of Raise a Native (through a son and a daughter) and a 5x5x5 cross of ADORABLE MICOL, 14, Riverman--Turn To Me Raise a Native' s sire Native Dancer. As well as emulat­ {Cyane) ing this pattern, it is also worth noting that Danzatore's Foal born 2-25-97, a filly by Rahy. second dam is by Fleet (by Nasrullah out of a Will be bred back to Storm Cat. mare). Defensive Play is by Fappiano, a son Owned by Gallagher's Stud. of Mr. Prospector, and Mr. Prospector's dam Gold Dig­ Boarded at Gallagher's Stud in Ghent, NY. ger (by a son of Nasrullah out of a Count Fleet mare) is Accomplishments: GSW-US, SW-Fr, $249,388; dam bred on very similar lines to Fleet Nasrullah. In fact, Mr. of Adorydar {Alydar), SW & GISP, $231 ,425; Prospector and Danzatore's dam, Shake a Leg, have extremely similar genetic backgrounds. Millward's cross Adoryphar (Lyphard), GSP-US, SP-Fr, $141,909. of a Mr. Prospector-line sire on a Danzatore mare looks well worth copying in either Hemisphere. Three Fasig Fillies . .. March 9 .. . SHARP CAT~ GI March 9 ... GLITTER WOMAN - GII March 9... FULLANDFANCY- GIII • ~~!9.~l~?s9~ Three Graded Stakes Wins! Phone (606) 255-1555 •Fax (606) 254-0794