MAGIC MILLIONS PREVIEW HEADLINE ...p. 7-8 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 5, 2005 KY DERBY PURSE DOUBLED TO $2 MILLION ESPN, NBC WIN ECLIPSE AWARDS Churchill Downs officials have announced that the The National Racing Association an- purse for the GI will be doubled to a nounced yesterday that NBC Sports has won the record $2 million. “The Kentucky Eclipse Award for “National Television--Live Racing,” Derby is one of the world's for its telecast of Smarty Jones’ Triple great sports events and our ef- Crown bid in the GI Belmont S., while fort to raise its purse to $2 mil- ESPN earned an Eclipse in the category lion guaranteed is both a reflec- “National Television--Features” for its tion of that status and an effort documentary “Smarty Jones: Amer- to solidify the foundation of this ica’s Horse.” It was the seventh great race for many years to Eclipse Award for NBC, whose show come,” said Steve Sexton, presi- this year was produced by David Mi- dent of Churchill Downs. “The chaels. “To have won the Eclipse incredible tradition of the Derby Award after this amazing year in racing is a great honor has already made our race a for our team at NBC Sports,” Michaels said. “As the prime objective for horsemen television market becomes more competitive, our throughout North America and internationally and this ‘dream team’ of announcers and production people purse increase should further enhance the attractive- continues to push the envelope to put on the best ness of this great race to owners and trainers around possible telecast.” Honorable mention in the category the world.” The 131st running of the Classic will take went to HD-Net for its coverage of the Santa Anita place Saturday, May 7, 2005, at Churchill Downs. In Derby on Apr. 3. ESPN’s “Smarty Jones: America’s addition to the overall purse increase, there will also be Horse,” a half-hour program a change in the distribution. The race will now offer that chronicled the quest of purse money to the race's top five finishers, with 62 the GI Kentucky Derby and GI percent of the purse going to the winner. Purse money Preakness S. hero, aired Oct. had previously been paid only to the top four finishers. 31 on ESPN and ESPN HD. The program, produced by The distribution of a $2-million Kentucky Derby purse Fredrick Mitchell and photo- would be as follows: graphed by Peter Franchella, included interviews with • First (62%) -- $1.24 million trainer , Stewart Elliot and owner • Second (20%) -- $400,000 Roy Chapman before and after their Triple Crown run. • Third (10%) -- $200,000 The 2004 Eclipse Awards will be held Jan. 24 at the • Fourth (5%) -- $100,000 Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California. • Fifth (3%) -- $60,000

Churchill Downs will provide a minimum of $1.1 The bidding update for the million of the $2-million purse, made possible in part by redistributing money from some of the track’s other TSUNAMI DISASTER stakes races (See story, p2). Fees to enter and start in STALLION DONATION the Kentucky Derby will also be raised from $15,000 to $25,000, respectively, for a total of $50,000 that must RELIEF FUND be paid before each horse can enter the starting gate in is at the end of the Headline News. the race. Those fees will become part of the Kentucky Derby purse. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/5/05 • PAGE 2 of 8

Kentucky Derby Story cont. Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa CAPE OF GOOD HOPE PADDOCK S.-G1, R300,000, Redistributing Funds... Kenilworth, South Africa, 1-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, To provide for the purse boost for the Kentucky 1:53.09, gd. Derby, Churchill Downs has reallocated $375,000 from 1--sJAMAICA (SAF), 128, m, 5, by Sportsworld other stakes races on its schedule. The track will not 1st Dam: Bridge of Stars (SAf) (MGSP-SAf), by Averof (GB) contest the $125,000 GIII Kentucky Breeders’ Cup S. 2nd Dam: Jamaican Bride (SAf), by Jamaico (Fr) this season, which will allow $75,000 (including a 3rd Dam: French Bride (SAf), by Alyscamps (Fr) $50,000 supplement from the Breeders’ Cup) to be O-D R & Mrs K M L Makins; B-Breedon Stud CC; included in the Derby purse. Other stakes races have T-Diane Stenger; J-Jason Jago; R187,500. Lifetime had their purses reduced, including the GII Fleur de Lis Record: 18 starts, 7 wins, 7 places, R528,380. H., down by $100,000 to $300,000-added; the GIII Early Times Mint Julep S., down $50,000 to to 2--Sailing To Rio (Aus), 127, f, 4, Woodman--Money $100,000-added; the GIII Ack Ack H., down $50,000 Thinks (SAf), by Sound Reason. O-Mrs S Plattner; to to $100,000-added; and the GII Chilukki H. (formerly B-Yarraman Park; R60,000. the Churchill Downs Distaff), down $50,000 to 3--Icy Air (SAf), 128, m, 5, Jallad--Nordic Air (SAf), by $150,000-added. The entire 2005 stakes schedule for Northern Guest. O-Lammerskraal Stud (M L P Churchill Downs will be released later this week. Rattray); B-Summerhill Stud; R30,000. Margins: SHD, SHD, NK. Odds: 14-1, 14-1, 7-2. R E S U L T S Jamaica, an easy 4 3/4-length winner of a conditions P P event over seven furlongs in her latest start at Turffontein Nov. 27, proved best in a thrilling climax Monday, Ellerslie, New Zealand here to secure a deserved first Group 1 victory. Indeed, ZABEEL CLASSIC-G1, NZ$150,000, Ellerslie the finish was so tight that the entire 16-runner field (Auckland), 1-3, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:03.33, fm. was covered by less than 4 1/2 lengths at the wire. 1--ST REIMS (NZ), 129, h, 5, by Zabeel (NZ) Leading from flagfall, the daughter of recently deceased 1st Dam: L’Quiz, by L’Enjoleur sire Sportsworld was headed in the stretch, but rallied 2nd Dam: Basin, by gamely in the drive to the line to deny the game Austra- 3rd Dam: Delta, by (Ire) lian import Sailing To Rio. The winner will now point to O-February Syndicate; B-P & Mrs J A Hogan; T-Chris McNab; J-Leith Innes; NZ$93,750. *Full to the R1.5-million G1 J&B Met, over an extra furlong, Champagne (NZ), Hwt. Older Mare-NZ at 7-10 1/4f, back at this track Jan. 29. MG1SW-Aus & MGSW-NZ; Sursum Corda (NZ), G1SP-NZ. 2--Distinctly Secret (NZ), 129, g, 6, Distinctly North--Te $$$ All About the Benjamins $$$ Akau Secret (NZ), by Lord Ballina (Aus). O-D C Ellis, K W Fenton-Ellis, M A Shorter, K T O’Donnell & W R The Kentucky Derby will now be the co-second richest race Schwamm; B-D C Ellis; NZ$30,000. in the U.S., joining the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff and GI 3--Lashed (Aus), 126, m, 5, Encosta De Lago (Aus)-- Breeders' Cup Turf as events with $2-million purses. The GI Traffic Watch (Aus), by Salieri. O-Lady & Sir Patrick Breeders' Cup Classic remains at the top with a purse of $4 Hogan; B-Mrs C Upjohn; NZ$15,000. million. Margins: HF, SHD. Winner’s Odds: 13.10.

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Elusive Quality won the title fair and square, though FROM THE DESK OF... the fact that Smarty Jones accounted for 75 percent of his 2004 earnings illustrates why calculations like APEX Bill Oppenheim ratings (which measure the frequency of sires getting high earners) have merit as measurements of sire suc- MILESTONES cess, too. Oppenheim cont. p4 For years, Dixieland Band has been held in some esteem by breeders, for two reasons: many reckoned FROM THE 2004 GENERAL SIRE LIST that, of all the sons of who stood in (bloodhorse.com) Kentucky, Dixieland Band actually looked most like his great sire; and, second, being only a Grade II winner 12 TOP 25 SIRES WITH 3-4-5 CROPS RACING himself, he was one of the stallion's sons who was Rank Sire 1st Foals in Group St 2005 Fee clearly a better sire than he was a racehorse. Like 1 2000 1st Ky $100,000 Unfuwain in Britain--an inferior racehorse but a superior 8 Awesome Again 2000 2nd Ky $125,000 sire to his half brother Nashwan (Bago notwithstand- 10 Tale of the Cat 2000 3rd Ky $ 65,000 ing)--Dixieland Band's success at stud helped build the 12 Grand Slam 2000 4th Ky $ 85,000 case that Northern Dancer was the greatest sire of sires 19 Wild Rush 2000 5th JP ---- of (at least) the last 50 years. Now, as he turns 25, 20 Distorted Humor 2000 6th Ky $ 60,000 Dixieland Band has achieved two more important mile- 9 Alphabet Soup 1999 1st Ky $ 20,000 stones: he has become one of just a handful of stallions 15 Langfuhr 1999 2nd Ky $ 30,000 to have sired 100 stakes winners; and, really without a 21 Smoke Glacken 1999 3rd Ky $ 30,000 6 Smart Strike 1998 1st Ky $ 35,000 tremendous amount of fanfare, he was by some margin 11 's Song 1998 2nd Ky $125,000 (around $1-million) the Leading Broodmare Sire of 24 Roar 1998 3rd Ca $ 15,000 2004. He may never have achieved star status (he ranked among the top 10 sires four times between 11 TOP 25 SIRES WITH 90+ WINNERS IN 2004 1992-99), but, in “The Little Engine That Could” tradi- Rank Sire Winners in Table St 2005 Fee tion, he sure has. Well done, and give that guy an extra 9 Alphabet Soup 104 1st Ky $ 20,000 carrot in his feed tonight from all of us. Dixie Union, 17 Devil His Due 103 2nd Ky $ 10,000 maybe his best son, has made a pretty promising start 10 Tale of the Cat 102 3rd = Ky $ 65,000 at Lane's End himself, and it would be a fitting tribute 16 Not For Love 102 3rd = Md $ 25,000 to D. Band if his son carries on. 2 El Prado 100 5th = Ky $100,000 The fact that we know the identity of the Leading 14 Carson City 100 5th = Dead ---- Broodmare Sire of 2004 means that the leaders' lists 15 Langfuhr 99 7th Ky $ 30,000 have now been compiled and, as always, they make for 21 Smoke Glacken 98 8th Ky $ 30,000 fascinating reading. El Prado really burst upon the scene 3 A.P. Indy 94 9th = Ky $300,000 when he led the General Sire List in 2002, and he was 24 Roar 94 9th = Ca $ 15,000 runner-up to A.P. Indy last year, and to Smarty Jones's 12 Grand Slam 90 11th Ky $ 85,000 sire, Elusive Quality, this year, with A.P. Indy (leading Other Top 100 sires with 90+ winners: (60) Cryptoclearance-111; North American sire of individual stakes winners, with (50) Allen's Prospect-103; (42) Runaway Groom-101; (33) 22) third. Smarty Jones's $5-million bonus made the Cherokee Run- 100; (41) Storm Boot-96; (71) Peaks and Valleys-96; difference between Elusive Quality coming in 14th and (34) Forest Wildcat-94; (65) Honour and Glory-92 coming in first, but, hey, that really is show biz.

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So Elusive Quality is the Leading Sire of 2004 on the The auguries are not that great for the group of sires North American General Sire List (courtesy of whose first foals arrived in 2001, and were bloodhorse.com), ahead of last year's second and first, three-year-olds last year: only Victory Gallop (92) fig- El Prado and A.P. Indy. Fourth was Storm Cat, who ured among the top 100 sires, and four of the top also racked up his seventh Juvenile title, and led all eleven (in 2004 progeny earnings) have already 'left the North American sires with 12 graded/group stakes building': (6) followed early shipper Char- winners last year. He's been the Leading Sire on the ismatic (11) to Japan, from Kentucky; Exploit (8) was North American General Sire list twice (1999-2000), originally going to Florida, but is now bound for South and this was his sixth top-five finish. And you know Korea; and Mazel Trick (7) departed Airdrie for Reigle how I'm always raving about 'sire crops'? How about Heir in . Those remaining do have pros- the Class of 1994 (meaning they had their first foals pects: remember their first foals are just four-year-olds that year), with three of the top five sires of 2004: in 2005, and Our Emblem and Wild Rush are just two number 2 (El Prado), number 3 (A.P. Indy), and number examples of horses who were chucked out before their 5, (Saint Ballado). first four-year-olds (and second crop of three-year-olds) No fewer than 12 of the top 25 on the General Sire ran, and confounded the experts by coming good. List--that's just about half--are young sires, who have Going into 2005, the leading lights from this group three, four, or five crops racing, in other words had include: Victory Gallop (1), who had eight SW last year; oldest four-, five-, and six-year-olds of 2004. That Forestry (2), who had 11; Stravinsky (3), who is still seems a pretty heartening development, considering the racking up big quantities of runners and decent win- attrition rate among top-class U.S. sires the last few ners; and Malibu Moon (5), who will have the champion years. The youngest of the three groups, the Class of two-year-old colt in Declan's Moon. By comparison, in 2000, led the way, as you might expect (from as often 2003, five second-crop sires made the top 100, includ- as I've raved on about them), with six representatives ing Grand Slam (8th), Distorted Humor (14), and Tale of in the top 25: (1) Elusive Quality; (8) Awesome Again; the Cat (22) among the top 25, along with Deputy (10) Tale Of The Cat; (12) Grand Slam; (19) Wild Rush; Commander (50) and Elusive Quality (71). Cont. p5 and (20) Distorted Humor. Sires with first foals 1999 (four crops of racing age, oldest five-year-olds of 2004) included three in the top 25: (9) Alphabet Soup, also © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. the leading sire of winners (104) among the top 25 This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior sires; (15) Langfuhr; and (21) Smoke Glacken. Three written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. sires with first six-year-olds last year also placed in the Information as to the American races, race results and top 25: (6) Smart Strike; (11) Unbridled's Song; and earnings was obtained from results charts published in (24) Roar, who made a big noise in Argentina about the Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the time he was sent to California (where he now stands permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. for $15,000) from Kentucky.

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Bill Oppenheim cont.

The Tsunami Disaster... Coolmore's generosity--donating a season to all 49 of their stallions--to create a vehicle by which breeders can make a real contribution to the Tsunami disaster relief is commendable. In yesterday's paper, there were 20 published ‘current high bids,’ totalling around $870,000. That is tremendous. There are many horren- dous things that happen to humans on this planet, some self-inflicted and some not. But for possibly as many as 200,000 people to be wiped out--well, calling it a disaster of 'biblical' proportions is understandable. Definitely more people will have died than the entire population of Topeka, Kansas, and the total will not be that far short of the entire population of, say, Lexington, Kentucky. Here's another statistic; you know how people often say 'oh, the chances of win- ning the lottery--or being hit by a bus--are one in a million...' Well, the chances of dying in those tsunamis were only about 30,000 to 1--meaning one of every 30,000 people on the planet died last week. There are a lot of demands on stallion owners--you're asked to fund the game a lot: a season for the Breed- ers' Cup, a season for this, a season for that, all good causes. So no one expects anyone to do anything, especially as so many individuals are making contribu- tions to the relief effort, in significant, private ways. But this is a way for the horse business to look not-so-mercenary--that's an image problem we have, you know--so I would urge other stallion owners to consider contributing a season for this extraordinary emergency, and, on behalf of everybody on our side of the business who would like to do something, to thank Coolmore and the breeders who have bid on seasons for their generosity in addressing this terrible disaster, probably the worst natural disaster of our lifetimes.

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WEEKEND PEDIGREE Special Gift herself ran 13 times at two and three, winning twice for earnings of $42,520. She didn’t live PERSPECTIVES up to her pedigree as a producer either, as of her 10 by Alan Porter foals of racing age, only three have won. Special Gift’s daughters, however, have begun to redeem the EL CONEJO H.-GIII, $110,500, SAX, 1-2, 4yo/up, pedigree somewhat. Her third foal, Racing Queen, a 5 1/2f, 1:02 2/5, wf. daughter of , was unplaced racing in England 1--@AREYOUTALKINTOME, 114, g, 4, by Smokester and France, but with her first foal, she produced the 1st Dam: Andrea Gail, by Storm Bird Colonial Affair colt Ubiquity, winner of the GII Clark H. 2nd Dam: Jeanie's Gift, by Gulch Two years before that, Special Gift had kicked off her 3rd Dam: Special Gift, by stud career by foaling Jeanie’s Gift, a daughter of Gulch ($10,000 yrl '02 BESOCT). O-Ron Manzani & Russell who fetched just $17,000 at the Keeneland September Sarno; B-John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery (CA); Sale, and who never ran. Whatever her shortcomings at T-Doug O'Neill; J-T Baze; $66,300. Lifetime Record: that stage of her career, Jeanie’s Gift has actually out- 15-6-5-3, $349,292. done her dam as a producer. Her second foal is the Writing about Thoroughbred racing and breeding excellent West Coast sprinter Elaborate (by Gilded makes one keenly aware of the passing of time and Time), a winner of $565,852, including the GII Triple season. Still, it comes as something of a shock to find a Bend Breeders’ Cup H. horse on whose career one remembers reporting, start- The year after Elaborate, Jeanie’s Gift foaled the ing to appear in the fourth generation of pedigrees of a stakes placed Bien Bien daughter No Malo. Her third major stakes winner. foal, the Storm Bird filly Andrea Gail, didn’t run, but has We were reminded of that by this weekend’s GIII El produced Areyoutalkintome in her first season at stud. Conejo H. winner While Areyoutalkintome’s first three dams are all by Areyoutalkintome, whose champions, his male line has been virtually entirely of third dam, Special Gift, is a only regional interest for the past 25 years or so. His daughter of Seattle Slew. grandsire Never Tabled, a son of , didn’t run The 1977 Triple Crown until he was five, but the won three of five starts, winner is actually appearing including the Triple Bend H. Standing in California, this far back in pedigrees Never Tabled did get 25 stakes winners from 379 foals quite frequently now, and in 11 crops. Most of these, however, were in California was that far back in one restricted stakes, and Never Tabled never did get a graded stakes winner. The task of continuing the male Areyoutalkintome Benoit foaled as early as 1997-- Langston (by )-- line was taken up not by one of Never Tabled’s stakes and a Grade I winner as early as 1998--Beckett (by winners, but by Smokester. He was even more lightly Fairy King). The Seattle Slew strain in Areyoutalkintome raced than his sire, making just four starts for victories comes in via his third dam Special Gift, a member of in a maiden special weight and an allowance event, Slew’s fifth crop. The fourth foal of champion both at Santa Anita. two-year-old filly Smart Angle, Special Gift owned as Not surprisingly, it was difficult for Smokester to fashionable a pedigree as one could want to find at the attract patronage in his early years at stud, and his first time, a point underlined when her year-older brother four crops produced only 24 name foals. realized $2.9 million at the 1987 Keeneland July Sale-- Ten of those foals were in Smokester’s first crop. the highest price of the 15 Seattle Slew yearlings sold Eight of them reached the races, and all eight were that year. Racing as Houston, that yearling would be- winners. What’s more, that octet included , come Smart Angle’s only stakes winner, capturing the who won the GI , GI Pacific Classic GIII King’s Bishop S., GIII Derby Trial S. and GIII Bay and GI Santa Anita H., and five other graded races, as Shore S. well as finishing second in the GI Preakness S. and third in the GI Kentucky Derby, and Bagshot, a Grade I TDN TODAY placed stakes winner of nearly $730,000. Headline News ...... 8 pages Porter cont. p7 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/5/05 • PAGE 7 of 8

Alan Porter cont. WHAT’S DOING DOWN UNDER Subsequent to the appearance of Free House and By Bronwyn Farr Bagshot, Smokester attracted much bigger books of mares, and in the four years from 1998 to 2001 had crops of 61, 60, 71 and 73 foals. Those bigger crops The strongest-ever international bench has assembled haven’t come up with another Free House, but for Magic Millions 2005 Gold Coast Sale, with 16 year- Smokester has sired another seven stakes winners, lings by eight-time Australian champion sire Danehill including the multiple graded winning Ninebanks, and amid a catalogue bulging with the progeny of 31-odd freshmen and 1151 yearlings over six sessions. The Areyoutalkintome. sale begins at 11 a.m. Thursday. Sure to get plenty of Smokester has sired three stakes winners, including attention because of his flashy pedigree is a colt from Bagshot and Areyoutalkintome, out of Northern Dancer- Danehill’s final crop, out of the Diesis (GB) mare Silken line mares. Close up, his pedigree is an outcross to Whisper. Consigned by John Singleton's Strawberry Northern Dancer, but there are some ties between Hills Stud, lot 565 has the sort of pedigree of many of Northern Dancer and the distaff side of the pedigree of the best of his sire’s progeny, but the colt has also Smokester's broodmare sire, . Hornpipe II, attracted his share of admirers purely on his good the dam of Transworld, is by Hornbeam looks. Despite the presence of offerings of that stature, (/Nearco cross) out of a mare by . Magic Millions managing director David Chester has Northern Dancer is by Nearctic (Nearco/Hyperion cross) taken aim at Australasia's leading vendors for not back- with a second dam by Mahmoud. ing the fast-growing Gold Coast sale with many of their We can also note that Smokester’s sire, Never Ta- blue-ribboned yearlings. "From Magic Millions' point of bled, is a Nasrullah/ cross, with a dam by view, we've got all the buyers here, a bench from Hong . Seattle Slew, who we mentioned here as Kong and Japan that has never been better, but we are the sire of the third dam of Areyoutalkintome, is a a little bit disappointed we're lacking the top horses," said Chester. "We have been let down by some of the Nasrullah/Princequillo cross, out of a mare by a son of bigger studs who didn't support us like we had hoped. Round Table, and his broodmare sire, Poker, is a Round We've done a lot of work. We've attracted the buyers Table/Nasrullah cross. and the guys that have supported us with their top horses will have a field day because there is a shortage For Your Information... of those top horses," he said. "I don't know what more The most recent Kentucky Derby winner we can do. We have proven we can get big money and to head the U.S. General Sire List was we have success with our graduates; the horses are performing. But we are lacking yearlings by top sires in 2001. like and Giant's Causeway." Cont. p8

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Magic Millions preview cont. Big Shoes to Fill... With numerous interests looking to fill the void left by Chester was quick to add that, although officials are international sire Danehill, Kieran Moore said buyers will expecting a strong sale, Magic Millions was disadvan- be looking to boom third-crop sire Redoute's Choice taged by being the first of Australasia's annual major (Aus) (Danehill) to pick up the slack, while Encosta de sales. "At the end of our sale, everyone says how ex- Lago (Aus) (Fairy King), the sire of 17 stakes winners it was, but by Easter, our horses look like very from four crops of racing age, should also prove enor- good value, because we set the trend for the year," he mously popular. "A couple of the really nice Danehill's said. Last year, Magic Millions enjoyed a 20-percent will sell well," said Moore," but Redoute's Choice is the increase in average, to A$110,063, with a median of boom horse of the moment. His yearlings are similar to A$80,000 and turnover of A$62,075,500 for 564 sold Danehill's. They have a natural strength, they're good- at an 85.5 percent clearance rate. Magic Millions and moving horses, they are appealing animals and there is Inglis are battling ferociously for market share with the a perception about Redoute's Choice that he is the growing Pacific Rim countries in mind, closing the last replacement for Danehill, so there is an aura about him," he commented. Arrowfield chief John Messara couple of years almost 50-50 on gross. But while Magic said Redoute's Choice had a record five representatives Millions continues to grow in size, the Inglis Easter sale in Saturday's Magic Millions race, including short-priced has perhaps been repositioned as a slim, elite catalogue favorite Snitzel (Aus), the winner of his only three ap- replete with the progeny of Australasia's most prized pearances. Group 1 winning mares. "Being the first sale of the year "Redoute's Choice will do as well as he did last year," people know there are plenty more to be sold over the predicted Messara, "We thought he might have over- next few months," said Chester. stepped the mark with the prices his yearlings brought at Easter, but he's lived up to it and there's been enor- Forecast for Magic Millions... mous demand for him." Redoute's Choice, who has The push for aid to victims of the Tsunami by the seven individual stakes winners, was leading second- Australasian bloodstock industry continues to gain crop sire across all sales with an average of A$205,216 momentum as vendors and buyers gather to inspect and top price of A$1.3 million in 2003; he has 27 cata- more than 1,000 yearlings at the glitzy playground of logued at Magic Millions, while Encosta de Lago has the Gold Coast ahead of Magic Millions. "There's an 29. Giant's Causeway's debut offering of 16 yearlings atmosphere of expectation and quiet confidence, but are also expected to prove popular, along with 14 by possibly people are thinking of the insignificance of notable stallion Fantastic Light. Other notable freshmen buying a Thoroughbred in light of the Tsunami," said include an eye-catching draft by top juvenile Viscount prominent bloodstock agent Kieran Moore, who re- (Aus) (Quest For Fame {GB}), an appealing first draft cently purchased 16 fillies and mares at Tattersalls and from Danehill's imported freshman Honours List (Ire), Goffs. Aushorse chairman John Messara said the Tsu- and 13 by Kingmambo's immaculately bred son King Cugat. nami tragedy was unlikely to impact directly on the sale, with international purchasers visiting the Gold Coast largely unaffected. "It was a terrible thing, and Wanna See the Chart for Smarty’s Derby Win? we must never forget how lucky we are to have been Check out TDN’s Progeny PPs under Elusive Quality. spared from it," he said. "But looking at where buyers He’s just one of hundreds of sires represented! are coming from, I don't believe it will affect the sale." Introducing TDN Fax-On-Demand THIS COMPLIMENTARY Traveling and forgot to have your TDN forwarded? SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER Fax machine jammed overnight? (FAX AND EMAIL) Now you don’t have to wait one more minute to get a resend 24 HOURS A DAY, of your Thoroughbred Daily News–even if our office is closed. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. Simply call our Fax-On-Demand line, (732) 559-9595 and enter your six-digit user id from either your fax machine or any phone line. (Don’t know your user id? Give us a call at 732-747-8060 and we’ll tell you what it is.) Enter the fax number where you’d like the paper to be delivered, and it will be sent immediately–it’s that simple! TSUNAMI DISASTER STALLION DONATION RELIEF FUND

ASHFORD STUD - AMERICA Sire (Sire--Dam) 2005 Live Foal Fee Current High Bidder Bid BLACK MINNALOUSHE (Storm Cat - Coral Dance) $ 7,500 -- -- CHAPEL ROYAL (Montbrook - Cut Class Leanne) $10,000 Pat Costello, Ky $11,000 FUSAICHI PEGASUS (Mr. Prospector - Angel Fever) $150,000 Paul & Linda Shanahan, Ire $150,000 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (Storm Cat - Mariah's Storm) $150,000 Stan Cosgrove, Ire $150,000 GRAND SLAM ( - Bright Candles) $85,000 -- -- HENNESSY (Storm Cat - Island Kitty) $35,000 Foxtale Farm & David Garvin, Ky $30,000 HIGH YIELD (Storm Cat - Scoop The Gold) $15,000 Fernando Diaz, Ca $11,000 HOLD THAT TIGER (Storm Cat - Beware Of The Cat) $15,000 -- -- HONOUR AND GLORY (Relaunch - Fair To All) $15,000 -- -- JOHANNESBURG (Hennessy - Myth) $30,000 Dr M V & Mrs O’Brien, Aus $40,000 LION HEART (Tale Of The Cat - Satin Sunrise) $30,000 Ken Donworth & Des Ryan, Ky $25,000 MONASHEE MOUNTAIN (Danzig - Prospector's Delite) $10,000 Dr Chesen, Ky $10,000 ROYAL ACADEMY (Nijinsky - Crimson Saint) $17,500 -- -- STRAVINSKY (Nureyev - Fire The Groom) $25,000 Richard Giacopelli, NJ $25,000 TALE OF THE CAT (Storm Cat - Yarn) $65,000 -- -- THUNDER GULCH (Gulch - Line Of Thunder) $40,000 -- -- VAN NISTELROOY (Storm Cat - Halory) $ 7,500 Rosliyn Polan, Ky $5,000 WOODMAN (Mr. Prospector - Playmate) $20,000 -- -- COOLMORE STUD - IRELAND Sire (Sire--Dam) 2005 Live Foal Fee Current High Bidder Bid DANEHILL DANCER (Danehill - Mira Adonde) i40,000 Sangster Family/Swettenham Stud i50,000 FASLIYEV (Nureyev - Mr. P's Princess) i25,000 Fiona Craig & Dermot Cantillon i25,000 GALILEO (Sadler's Wells - Urban Sea) i37,500 Michael O’Leary, Ire i40,000 GOLAN (Spectrum - Highland Gift) i10,000 Peter Reynolds, Ire i25,000 HAWK WING (Woodman - La Lorgnette) i25,000 David & Diane Nagle, Ire i30,000 HIGH CHAPARRAL (Sadler's Wells - Kasora) i30,000 -- -- MONTJEU (Sadler's Wells - Floripedes) i45,000 John Deer, UK i45,000 ONE COOL CAT (Storm Cat - Tacha) i17,500 Eddie O’Leary, Ire i20,000 PEINTRE CELEBRE (Nureyev - Peinture Bleue) i30,000 Marc de Chambure, Fr i30,000 ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Danehill - Offshore Boom) i55,000 Lord & Lady Lloyd-Webber, UK i55,000 SADLER'S WELLS (Northern Dancer - Fairy Bridge) Private -- -- SPINNING WORLD (Nureyev - Imperfect Circle) i12,500 -- -- STATUE OF LIBERTY (Storm Cat - Charming Lassie) i10,000 Japan Bloodstock, Jpn i10,000 CASTLEHYDE STUD - IRELAND Sire (Sire--Dam) 2005 Live Foal Fee Current High Bidder Bid ALZAO (Lyphard - Lady Rebecca) i7,500 -- -- CATCHER IN THE RYE (Danehill -Truly A Dream) i4,000 -- -- CHOISIR (Danehill Dancer - Great Selection) i12,500 Joseph Joyce, Ire i12,500 KING CHARLEMAGNE (Nureyev - Race The Wild Wind) i 7,000 Denis McDonnell, Ire i7,000 MULL OF KINTYRE (Danzig - Retrospective) i5,000 Jimmy Murphy, Ire i5,000 NIGHT SHIFT (Northern Dancer - Ciboulette) i17,500 -- -- ORPEN (Lure - Bonita Francita) i8,000 BBA Ireland, Ire i10,000 SPARTACUS (Danehill -Teslemi) i5,000 -- -- COOLMORE AUSTRALIA SIRE (Sire – Dam) 2005 Live Foal Fee Current High Bidder Bid ENCOSTA DE LAGO (Fairy King – Shoal Creek) A$132,000 Stuart Ramsey, Aus A$132,000 NATIONAL HUNT - IRELAND SIRE (Sire – Dam) 2005 Live Foal Fee Current High Bidder Bid BACH (Caerleon - Producer) i2,500 Mags Mullins, Ire i2,500 BRIAN BORU (Sadler's Wells - Eva Luna) New For 2005 Walter Connors, Ire i4,000 DR. MASSINI (Sadler's Wells - Argon Laser) i2,000 Dan O’Regan, Ire i2,000 FLEMENSFIRTH ( - Etheldreda) i4,000 Tony Mullins, Ire i6,000 IMPERIAL BALLET (Sadler's Wells - Amaranda) New for 2005 David Wachman, Ire i5,000 MILAN (Sadler's Wells - Kithanga) i3,500 Eddie Hales, Ire i6,000 OSCAR (Sadler's Wells - Snow Day) i5,000 Frank O’Malley, Ire i6,000 SADDLERS' HALL (Sadler's Wells - Sunny Valley) i4,500 Charlie Swan, Ire i5,000 SNURGE (Ela-Mana-Mou - Finlandia) i2,500 -- -- TURTLE ISLAND (Fairy King - Sisania) i3,000 -- -- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2005

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Magna Tracks added to Philadelphia Park Phonebet: PASTORAL PURSUITS TO JOIN NATIONAL STUD It was announced yesterday that all of Magna Enter- The National Stud has announced the addition of tainment’s tracks, including Santa Anita Park and Group winner Pastoral Pursuits (GB) (Bahamian Gulfstream Park, will be available to Philadelphia Park Bounty {GB}--Star {GB}, by Most Welcome {GB}) to Phonebet customers for 2005. “We are delighted that their stallion roster for the 2006 breeding season. our Phonebet customers will have the MEC racetracks The National Stud will assume 40 percent of the available for wagering in 2005,” said Hal Handel, CEO stallion prospect now and the remaining 60-percent of Philadelphia Park. interest at the conclusion of the 2005 season. The Stud plans to syndicate 40 percent of the horse. I N D U S T R Y I N F O Breaking the juvenile track record at Kempton en H H route to an impressive score in the G3 Serenia S., the bay was shelved for the rest of the season with a Yoshida’s Purchase Eaton Farms Broodmare Division: knee chip, but came back the following year to take Dr. and Mrs. Naoya Yoshida, DVM, owners of two out of four starts, including the G2 GNER Park Winchester Farm, have purchased Indian Hill Farm, the broodmare division of Eaton Farms in Lexington, Ken- S. at Doncaster. The four-year-old, who will compete tucky. Located near Castleton Lyons, Cobra Farm and in 2005 for owner The Pursuits Partnership and Spendthrift Farm, the 268-acre farm has produced trainer Hughie Morrisson, currently has five wins champions Woodman, Green Desert, Market Booster from eight starts and $209,178 in earnings to his and Russian Rhythm. “We are thrilled for Dr. Yoshida to credit. have this historically successful Thoroughbred farm,” said Eaton Farms Management President Reiley McDon- Yesterday’s Result: ald, a partner with Tom VanMeter of Eaton Sales. “My Lingfield, 12.20, Mdn, £6,480, 3yo, 1m (AWT), partner, Tom, and I own three additional broodmare 1:39.10, stn. farms between us to focus our attention on and, of +BIG BAND MUSIC (c, 3, Dixieland Band-- course, we will continue to operate our yearling prepa- Bashfulcharmer {SW}, by Capote) broke smartly from ration division located on Newton Pike.” his outside draw and settled in a stalking fourth until joining issue with the front rank soon after halfway. A M E R I C A N - B R E D W I N N E R S Accelerating into a decisive lead at the quarter-mile H H marker, the even-money favorite ran on strongly for one IN BRITAIN: application of the persuader inside the final furlong to +Big Band Music, c, 3, Dixieland Band. See “Britain” safely account for Avanti Avanti (Royal Academy) by three lengths. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £4,212. O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Lazy Lane Stables Inc; T-David Loder. STAKES CLOSINGS TOMORROW, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6: 01-15 $200,000a San Fernando Breeders’ TDN TODAY Cup-II, SA, 4yo, 8.5f (200) www.stakesdigestweekly.com Around the World ...... 2 pages

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS: CONDITIONS RESULTS: 9th-PHA, $23,000, NW2X, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, FRANCE, Pau, 3.05, 1-4, i20,000, 4yo/up, 1 3/16m 1:46 3/5, ft. (AWT), 2:00.00, stn. COMPLETION (f, 4, Honor Grades--Complete the SIGN OF THE WOLF (GB) (h, 5, Loup Solitaire--Sign Of Dream, by Graustark) Lifetime Record: 22-6-1-6, The Vine {Fr}, by Kendor {Fr}) Lifetime Record: GSW- $82,220. O-Victory LLC. B-Phillips Fr, 16 starts, 6 wins, 3 places, i107,550. O-B van Racing Partnership (KY). T-Alan Bedard. *$60,000 2yo Dalfsen; B-A Crichton; T-Francois Rohaut. 2003 OBSMAR. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 10th-PHA, $22,000, NW1X, 4yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:16 2/5, Oh Oui (Fr), f, 4, Dolpour (Ire)--If Only (Fr), by Highest ft. Honor (Fr). Pau, France, 1-4, Cond, 4yo, 1 3/16m SEE YOU AT SIRO'S (g, 7, Coastal Voyage--Trinity (AWT). B-Jean-Paul Delaporte. Peace, by Lordedaw {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 18-4-4-1, Atlantic City (GB), g, 4, First Trump (GB)--Pleasuring $116,960. O-Roddy J Valente. B-Mayfair Farm (FL). (GB), by Good Times (Ity). Lingfield, Britain, 1-4, Mdn, 4-6yo, 1 1/2m (AWT). B-Keith Freeman. *1/2 T-Ronald J Dandy. to Suggestive (GB) (Reprimand {GB}), MSW & MGSP- Eng, GSP-Fr, $260,689. **20,000gns yrl ‘02 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: TATOCT. Chaya, m, 5, --Tenacious Tiffany (GSW, $190,672), by Star de Naskra. PHA, 1-4, a1m70yd, A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will 1:44 1/5. B-Twin Hopes Farm, Inc (Ky). indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will first- time starters, an (S) will be used for state-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races and an (R) SOPHOMORE SPOTLIGHT will be used for other restricted races. Purses for Cana- Second-crop progeny to watch: Wednesday, Jan. 5 dian races are in Canadian dollars. Sire (Sire’s Sire), Farm, 2000 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/SW Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) i i BERNSTEIN (Storm Cat), Buck Pond, $8K, 63/11/2 ON THE WORKTAB 6-GG, Msw, 6f, Bernstein's Babe, $125K BAR MAR 2yo RUNNING STAG (Cozzene), Adena, $8K, 154/11/1 BELMONT 6-GG, Msw, 6f, Running Jin, $55K OBS MAR 2yo Snake Mountain (A.P. Indy), 3f, :36.65, 2/5 FAIR GROUNDS Post times are given in local time. Lady Tak (Mutakddim), 4f, :49.40, 12/37 GULFSTREAM q THAT’S A WRAP q Defer (Danzig), 4f, :49.00, 12/21 HAWTHORNE - Stickney, IL PALM MEADOWS Closed: Sunday, Jan. 2 Feline Story (Tale of the Cat), 4f, :51.40, 47/49 No. of Days: 67 Freefourinternet (), 4f, :49.00, 27/49 Daily Avg. On-Track Handle: $199,432 (-2.5%) Millennium Dragon (GB) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}), 4f, :48.00, 11/49 Leading Trainer: Frank Kirby (26 wins) Mustanfar (Unbridled), 4f, :49.00, 27/49 Leading Jockey: Chris Emigh (69 wins) Offlee Wild (Wild Again), 4f, :48.40, 14/49 Website: www.hawthorneracecourse.com Roses in May (Devil His Due), 6f, 1:12.40, 1/1 Stakes closings at your fingertips! Now on the web at stakesdigestweekly.com