CAULFIELD ON Lion Heart HEADLINE p. 3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 2003 CASUAL LOOK RETIRED INTO THE GROOVE William S. Farish’s homebred Casual Look (Red The success of Riichi Kondo’s Admire Groove (Jpn) Ransom--Style Setter, by Manila), heroine of the GI (Sunday Silence) in Sunday’s G1 Queen Elizabeth II Vodafone Epsom Oaks earlier this year, has been retired Commemorative Cup in Kyoto, Japan--her first Group 1 and will be bred to another Farish colorbearer, the re- win--marked the third top-level victory for her family, cently retired Horse of the Year candidate Mineshaft following in the hoofprints of her dam and granddam, (A.P. Indy). The bay is slated to join the broodmare and giving the JRA its first three-generation Group 1 band at Lane’s End Farm winners. Smile Tomorrow (Jpn) (White Muzzle) set a in Versailles, Kentucky, fast early pace while Admire Groove settled well off the sometime next week. lead in 10th. When Yutaka Take asked the well-bred Casual Look began her filly for run with a furlong to go, Admire Groove cata- career in Britain under the pulted to the lead and just held off the late-closing Filly tutelage of trainer Ian Triple Crown winner Still in Love (Jpn) (Sunday Si- Balding, where, following lence). “She has always been a filly with Group 1 po- an eight-length maiden tential, but she just hadn’t gotten there before now,” victory in mid-September, said Take. “She was very relaxed today, so all I was she completed the exacta concerned with was timing her run.” Admire Groove Casual Look Getty Images in the G1 Fillies’ Mile S. was third behind Still in Love in the G1 Oka Sho and and the G2 Rockfel S. seventh in the Oaks. After a summer freshening, she Her 2003 campaign got off to an inauspicious start returned to the winner’s circle in the G2 Rose S. and with a sixth in the G1 English 1000 Guineas in early was coming off a runner-up finish in the Oct. 19 G1 May, but she made amends when capturing the Epsom Shuka Sho last time out. Oaks a month later and ran a good third in the G1Darley Irish Oaks in July. Shipped stateside following Sunday, Kyoto, Japan two off-the-board efforts in Group 1 events in late QUEEN ELIZABETH II COMMEMORATIVE CUP-G1, summer, she finished third once again in the GI QEII ¥194,740,000, Kyoto, 11-16, 3yo/up, 2200mT, Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland, her final start for An- 2:11.8, fm. drew Balding, who had taken the reins this term upon his father’s retirement. In her first effort for trainer Neil 1--sADMIRE GROOVE (JPN), 119, f, 3, by Sunday Silence Howard--her final career start--she ran fifth in Satur- 1st Dam: Air Groove (Jpn) (Horse of the Year & Ch. Older day’s GII Mrs. Revere S. at Churchill Downs. “She may Mare-Jpn, MSW-Jpn, $6,832,242), by Tony Bin (Ire) not have cared for the soft ground in the Mrs. Revere, 2nd Dam: Dyna Carle (Jpn), by Northern Taste but Casual Look still closed well and put in a very good 3rd Dam: Shadai Feather (Jpn), by Guersant (Fr) effort at a distance that may not have been her best,” (¥230,000,000 foal ‘00 JRHA Select Sale). O-Riichi said Howard. “She came out of the race perfectly and Kondo; B-Northern Farm; T-Mitsuru Hashida; now Mr. Farish has decided that her future is in the J-Yutaka Take; ¥103,318,000. Lifetime Record: breeding shed.” Mr. Farish said the decision to send 8-5-1-1. Casual Look to Mineshaft--a horse he also bred--was an 2--Still in Love (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Sunday Silence-- easy one. “Pedigree wise, they’re a perfect fit,” he said. Bradamante, by Roberto. O-North Hills Management “Both have had fantastic seasons, and it’s great to be Co Ltd; B-Shimokobe Farm; ¥40,948,000. able to mate two homebreds. Casual Look’s a lovely 3--Tigertail (Fr), 123, f, 4, Priolo--Tiger Stripes (GB), by mare with good size and a lot of length to her. She’s Prince Rupert (Fr). (FF180,000 yrl ‘00 DEAAUG). very correct and is really an ideal broodmare prospect.” O-Georges Arsene Denis Jean Coude; B-Skymarc Casual Look concludes her career with a record of Farm; ¥25,474,000. 12-2-2-3, with earnings of $604,422. Margins: NO, 1 1/2, 1/2. Odds: 3.60, 3.00, 44.60. To all the buyers and consignors who participated in the November Breeding Stock Sale, Keeneland (800) 456-3412 www.keeneland.com offers its sincerest thanks. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/18/03 • PAGE 2 of 4 Saturday, Tokyo, Japan P R E S U L T S P KEIO HAI NISAI S.-G2-JRA, ¥72,550,000, Tokyo, 11-15, 2yo, 1400mT, 1:21.8 (NTR), fm. Saturday, Palermo, Argentina 1--#COSMO SUNBEAM (JPN), 121, c, 2, by Zagreb GRAN PREMIO NACIONAL-G1, $225,000, 11-15, 1st Dam: Robbies Rainbow (GB), by Rainbow Quest Palermo, 3yo, 2500m, 2:36.48, ft. 2nd Dam: Mary Martin (Ire), by Be My Guest 1--sMR. ALLEVA (ARG), 125, c, 3, by Numerous 3rd Dam: Centre Piece (GB), by Tompion 1st Dam: Allie (G1SP-Arg), by Major Gundry (GB) O-Misako Okada; B-Yamaoka Bokujo; T-Shozo Sasaki; 2nd Dam: Alette (Arg), by In the Gloaming (GB) J-Yutaka Take; ¥38,385,000. Lifetime Record: 3rd Dam: Alegrona, by Idle Hour (GB) 6-3-2-0. O/B-Bingo Horse S.A; T-R Pellegata; J-Juan Noriega; 2--Appointed Day, 122, c, 2, Red Ransom--Appointed $150,000. *1/2 to Rudy’s Alley (Arg) (Rudy’s Fan- One, by Danzig. ($6,000 wnlg ‘01 KEENOV; tasy), G1SP-Arg. Lifetime Record: 7-4-3-0. $120,000 yrl ‘02 FTKJUL). O-Yoshio Fujita; 2--El Container (Arg), 125, c, 3, Condor Cal (Arg)-- B-Cheveley Park Stud; ¥15,110,000. La Cabra (Arg), by Cautin (Arg). O/B-Cumeneyen. 3--Fusaichi Hokutosei (Ire), 122, c, 2, Machiavellian-- 3--El Hurano (Arg), 125, c, 3, Octante (Arg)--Lazy Moon Brocatelle (GB), by Green Desert. O-Fusaro Sekiguchi; (Arg), by Ahmad (Arg). O-St. La Matilde; B-Stella, B-Kilboy Estate; ¥9,555,000. Anibal Jesus. Margins: 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 1 3/4. Odds: 2.60, 10.90, 2.70. Margins: 10, 1/2, 3. Odds: 2.10, 100.40, 18.10. Cosmo Sunbeam stamped himself as the favorite for Sent off the favorite following the defection of Group the Dec. 14 G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S. and gave his sire 1 winner Fogoso Nov (Arg) (Romanov {Ire}), Mr. Alleva Zagreb his first group victory. Settled in fourth early, gave his backers no anxious moments this time. In the black colt delivered an impressive stretch perfor- front early, the winner of the Oct. 25 G2 Eduardo mance to win going away in track record time. Runner- Casey allowed Teleferico (Arg) (Il Corsaro {Arg}) to gain up in the G3 Kokura Nisai S. in September, Cosmo the early advantage and set soft fractions in the middle Sunbeam was coming off a win in the Oct. 4 listed stages of the race, but regained the lead on the final Race Kikyo S. turn and galloped home an easy 10-length winner. N E W S T O D A Y Sunday, Fukushima, Japan P P FUKUSHIMA KINEN-G3-JRA, ¥82,710,000, Fukushima, 11-16, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 1:58.6, fm. MEGAHERTZ TO FACE MALES IN TURF CUP 1--#MEISHO DOMENICA (JPN), 123, g, 6, by Sunday Silence Michael Bell’s Megahertz (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) will be 1st Dam: Meisho Marronnier (Jpn), by Dr. Carter supplemented to Saturday’s GI Hollywood Turf Cup and 2nd Dam: Desert, by Cox’s Ridge will aim to become just the second female to win the 3rd Dam: Mojave, by Northern Dancer 1 1/2-mile test in the race’s 23rd running. “I would O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Tomita Bokujo; T-Shigetada have run her in the [Nov. 30, GI] Matriarch S., but they Takahashi; J-Naohiro Onishi; ¥43,637,000. Lifetime changed the distance on me [shortening it to a mile],” Record: 33-8-2-3. explained trainer Bobby Frankel. “I was going to run her 2--Win Blaze (Jpn), 126, h, 6, Mejiro Ryan (Jpn)--Super in the Las Palmas H. [closing day of the Oak Tree Seven (Jpn), by Blabby O (Jpn). O-Win Co Ltd; meet], but they cancelled that. I was going to ship her B-Hakutsu Bokujo; ¥17,182,000. to Kentucky for the [Nov. 22, GIII] Cardinal H. [at Chur- 3--Asaka Defeat (Jpn), 121, g, 5, Paradise Creek-- chill Downs], but they’re having bad weather there.” Supreme Queen, by Alydar. O-Y Asakawa; B-Kyowa While Megahertz, supplemented for $12,500, has never Farm Co Ltd; ¥11,091,000. attempted 12 furlongs, she “gets 1 1/4 miles very Margins: NK, 1, NK. Odds: 4.90, 9.30, 9.90. easily,” said Frankel. Megahertz won the GI John C. Meisho Domenica, coming off a win in the Oct. 25 Mabee H. at Del Mar in late July before finishing fifth in Opal S., raced near the back of the pack and gradually the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf Oct.