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Jack Wolf, Starlight Stable: “The best one I ever bought was Harlan’s “Editorial excellence is not a goal to be Holiday. I loved Menifee so I went there wanting something by Harlan. He Weather sought and one day acquired and then was the best one. Stupid luck.” Today: Scattered thunderstorms. High of 82. retired to the trophy case. It is instead Tonight: Isolated thunderstorms. Low of 62. an ambition which must be pursued Olly Tait, Darley: “I plead the fifth.” Sunday: Isolated thunderstorms. High of 81. each day, never ending, never totally Monday: Partly cloudy. High of 83. achieved. That striving, that ambition is Eddie Woods, Eddie Woods Training Center: “Fu Peg. Out on his own. He an essential part of our newspapers, a was something else from the moment he walked out. End of story.” cornerstone of what we have been, Name of the Day what we are, and what we will be.” Joe Seitz, Brookdale: “Songandaprayer. Right here in this barn. He stood out, Preachintothedevil, Hip 64: This Pulpit colt out of Acey Deucey sold Mon- – Lee Hills, Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a sculpture.” day night – and came with a great name. Knight Ridder chief executive, in 1974
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Worth Repeating “Oh God, now we’re looking at people looking at horses.” A tired buyer, trying to get her husband to leave the salesgrounds Monday afternoon
“The first time I rode him, at Churchill Downs in 2007, he gave me goosebumps. Literally.” Jockey Ramon Dominguez, about Fabulous Strike
“Sophie and I are going to walk tomorrow morning either way.” Bob Manfuso, referring to his dog Sophie and to an impending sale Monday night
“The good news is it’s only flat on one side.” Rusty Myers while pointing to a flat tire on the Special’s golf cart
“Who made that decision, Ray Charles?” Assistant Robert Cutler about replacing Jan Rushton with Andy Serling
“Jack is a celebrity. If he takes a morning off, everybody notices it.” Doc Danner, about paperboy Jack Clancy
“I thought about that later. You know, you’re right, that guy didn’t want to be out there.” Exercise rider Walter Blum, who had been given grief for yelling at another rider who was get- ting run off on the outside fence a day earlier
“I can’t tell you that or I’ll have to kill you.” Groom when asked if his horse was going to win later in the day
Quote of the Day “He’s very fast, he’s an intelligent horse, he focuses on the race, he’s figured out the game, I believe, he knows what he has to do, when Benny The Bull lunged at him at Belmont, he sensed it. When a horse passes him after the finish line, he’ll go out and try to bite them, he doesn’t want to be passed.” Owner Walter Downey, about Vanderbilt winner Fabulous Strike
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 5 Grand Slam Four yearlings hit $1 million mark on first night of 2009 Select Sale
by MICHELE MACDONALD FASIG-TIPTON SALES Long before Monday’s opening ses- sale to $25,470,000 for 76 horses sold, sion of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select while average climbed 11 percent from yearling sale was gaveled into action, a $302,667 to $335,132. crowd gathered around the back walk- The number of horses drawing fi- ing ring, shifting restlessly and rippling nal bids of at least $1 million doubled, with excited chatter. from two to four, compared to last year, Men garbed in sports jackets and with Sheikh Mohammed buying three women in sleek sleeveless dresses of those, including the session-topping seemed to be looking not so much for Medaglia d’Oro filly out of the Storm horses but for a glimpse of a hot celeb- Cat mare Cat Dancer for $1.5 million. rity at a cocktail party. Overall, with his bloodstock agent And then, about 10 minutes after John Ferguson signing the tickets for bidding first punctured the humid air, six yearlings, Sheikh Mohammed spent Tod Marks Hip 79, a Bernardini colt out of champion filly Bird Town, sold for $1.3 million. he strolled across the scene. $5.5-million, or 22 percent of the ses- Wearing light blue jeans, a long- sion total. the end of the day, that’s what counts, to have quality horses to draw qual- sleeved white T-shirt and athletic shoes. His associates and trainers who have and we had some superstars.” ity buyers. It doesn’t matter how nice Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Mak- worked for him and members of his While Fasig-Tipton was purchased the facilities are, how nice a show we toum, the ruler of Dubai who was de- family, as well as his brother Sheikh by Dubai-based Synergy Investments put on, how good the racing is – we’ve scribed by Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum, add- Ltd. last year, company President Boyd got to have quality horses. And we’ve Sales Agency as the rock star of Thor- ed much more to those totals. Browning Jr. repeated that Sheikh Mo- been very, very richly supported by our oughbred auctions, had arrived. Fasig-Tipton Chairman Walt Robert- hammed is not personally involved with consignors. People put some faith in us As it turned out over the next few son summed up Sheikh Mohammed’s the operation. Monday’s session marked this year. It starts with the horses; that’s hours, Sheikh Mohammed and his as- impact with one simple and understated Sheikh Mohammed’s first appearance at why the sale is up because the quality of sociates changed the general course word: “Significant.” a Saratoga sale in at least two decades. horses, both the physicals and the pedi- of trends at major international sales. “We’re happy to have him and happy “We didn’t sell all the horses to one grees, were better than last year.” Gross for the session soared by 40 per- that he participated at the level he par- man, one family, or one entity. There Yet, at least for session one, this cent, from $18,160,000 for 60 horses ticipated,” Robertson added, emphasiz- was a broad cross-section of buyers sale was all about Sheikh Mohammed. sold on the first day of the 2008 select ing also that “we had good horses. At here,” Browning said. “You’ve got See sales page 8
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7 consignment after a bidding duel with Bird Town’s trainer, Nick Zito repre- Sales – senting Robert LaPenta; and a $1.2-mil- Continued from page 6 lion Bernardini colt out of stakes winner Storm Beauty, a half-sister to champion Whether bouncing on his toes with ob- Gold Beauty, who was consigned by vious enthusiasm while waiting to bid or Eaton Sales. Sheikh Mohammed bred warmly greeting two reporters or smil- and raced Bernardini, who stands at his ing and waving while deferring public Darley at Jonabell Farm in Lexington. comments to Ferguson, he was always Trainer Ken McPeek signed the ticket in the spotlight, always near the horses as agent for the other seven-figure year- he was determined to acquire. ling of the night, another son of Ber- Ferguson described the Medaglia nardini out of English Group 1 winner d’Oro filly, who was bred by Richard Crystal Music, by Nureyev. Lane’s End and Audrey Haisfield of Stonewall Stal- sold the horse as agent for Watership lions, as “beautiful . . . She absolutely Down Stud of England. floated along the ground.” He said he Most buyers and consignors seemed forgave her somewhat light female fam- upbeat during the session, with English- ily since her sire seems to regularly pro- based agent Anthony Stroud giving duce great race fillies, including classic Fasig-Tipton a “12 out of 10” rating for winner Rachel Alexandra. their efforts to renovate the sale grounds “I saw her this spring out at Stone- and generate excitement. wall and I thought she was one of the “I’ll know more tomorrow, but I best fillies I’d seen all spring,” said Tay- really think it passed (expectations),” lor, who consigned the filly. “Medaglia Taylor said. “I think there’s been a buzz, d’Oro was doing very well, but every there’s been a lot of action. The facilities time Rachel (Alexandra) would win, I have given it an adrenaline boost. From would look at her again and she kept on my perspective, it’s been a very good getting better, so it was great; I thought first night. she’d be a very nice, solid Saratoga “It’s great,” he concluded about horse but I didn’t realize she’d be a sev- Sheikh Mohammed’s influence. “It’s en-figure yearling. Once I got up here, the first time he’s been up here in a long that became readily apparent. She had time. Coming in here, he has kind of Tod Marks matured, but she literally just handled rock star status. I think so far he’s got- A daughter of Smart Strike, Hip 85 sold for $475,000. the pressure of the sales environment ten adrenaline pumping, too. Some of so well. She’d stand out there and just his competitors weren’t very excited to basically capture people’s imagination. see him here. I had some guys bemoan- They’d look at her and be like, ‘that ing his presence that were wanting to could be another Rachel Alexandra.’” buy some of the horses they thought he Sales Statistics Sheikh Mohammed’s other two sev- HEAD NOT might be on, so I’m sure they’ll be sing- DATE SOLD AMOUNT AVERAGE SOLD mEDIAN en-figure purchases were a $1.3-million ing the blues. But there are more horses, 8/10/09...... 76...... 25,470,000...... 335,132...... 30...... 250,000 Bernardini colt out of champion Bird so they can get another shot tomorrow 8/04/08...... 60...... 18,160,000...... 302,667...... 25...... 235,000 Town, acquired from the Gainesway night.”
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11 Results fromSales the first night of yearling sales at Fasig-TiptonResults 13 GHOSTZAPPER/SECRET OF MECCA...... 300,000 in Saratoga. Information includes hip number, breeding and F WARRENDALE SALES AGENT GRACE STABLES LLC purchase price on line 1, sex, consignor and buyer on line 2. FOR SPENDTHRIFT FARM Figure in parenthesis is the last bid amount. 14 BLUEGRASS CAT/SHADES OF GRACE...... 140,000 1 PULPIT/SABELLINA ...... NOT SOLD C MT. BRILLIANT FARM LLC DOGWOOD STABLE INC F WOODFORD THOROUGHBREDS (100,000) 15 HENNY HUGHES/SHAPPY...... NOT SOLD 2 MR. GREELEY/SAFE HAVEN...... - OUT - F FOUR STAR SALES AGENT (360,000) C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XLI FOR GLENCREST FARM LLC
3 SMART STRIKE/SAILS UNFURLED...... 300,000 16 STORM CAT/SHARP LISA...... 400,000 C SAM-SON FARM MAVERICK RACING F PARAMOUNT SALES AGENT VI D WAYNE LUKAS
4 MR. GREELEY/SANDRA’S ROSE...... NOT SOLD 17 GHOSTZAPPER/SHINE AGAIN...... NOT SOLD F STONESTREET Tbred HOLDINGS LLC (275,000) C WALNUT GREEN AGENT FOR BOHEMIA STABLE (70,000)
5 MORE THAN READY/SARATOGA HUMOR...... NOT SOLD 18 EDDINGTON/SIGH OF RELIEF...... 300,000 F TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XLII (260,000) C GAINESWAY AGENT ROBERT BAKER & WILLIAM MACK
6 TALE OF THE CAT/SASHAY AWAY...... NOT SOLD 19 SKY MESA/SILENCE PLEASE...... 140,000 C HIDDEN BROOK AGENT (70,000) C DENALI STUD, DOGWOOD STABLE INC AGENT FOR BERKSHIRE STUD 7 HENNY HUGHES/SASS ME...... 150,000 F GAINESWAY AGENT TWIN CREEKS RACING 20 BLUEGRASS CAT/SILVER LACE...... NOT SOLD C HIGHCLERE SALES AGENT (190,000) 8 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY/SAUDIA...... 425,000 C PAULS MILL M V MAGNIER 21 MR. GREELEY/SILVER TORNADO...... 250,000 C GAINESWAY AGENT NICK SALLUSTO AGT FOR I.E.A.H. 9 GRAND SLAM/SCARLET TANGO...... 170,000 C EATON SALES AGENT DOGWOOD STABLE INC 22 BERNARDINI/SILVERY SWAN...... 700,000 C HILL ‘N’ DALE SALES AGENCY, AGT ANTHONY STROUD 10 INDIAN CHARLIE/SCREENING...... 300,000 C DERRY MEETING FARM ARIANNA KWIATKOWSKI 23 ELUSIVE QUALITY/SIRU...... 65,000 C OCCIDENTAL TBREDS OCCIDENTAL THOROUGHBREDS 11 SEEKING THE GOLD/SEATTLE ENVOY...... 260,000 F SAM-SON FARM SHADWELL ESTATE CO LTD 24 AWESOME AGAIN/SKIPPING AROUND - OUT- F ADENA SPRINGS Tod Marks 12 AFLEET ALEX/SEATTLE SHIMMER...... - OUT - Hip 18, a son of Eddington, sold for $300,000. C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XLII See sales results page 13
12 Tuesday, August 11, 2009 25 SKY MESA/SKYSCAPE...... 250,000 C EATON SALES AGENT DAVID MCKATHAN
26 DISTORTED HUMOR/SOMETIME (IRE)...... NOT SOLD C PAULS MILL (190,000)
27 SMART STRIKE/SOUTHERN SWING...... NOT SOLD C GAINESWAY AGENT FOR (195,000) MR. & MRS. C. W. MCNEELY III
28 A.P. INDY/SPLENDID BLENDED...... 900,000 C EATON SALES AGENt SPENDTHRIFT FARM LLC
29 AWESOME AGAIN/SPLIT THE ARROW...... NOT SOLD C SAM-SON FARM (170,000)
30 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY/STARLIGHT NIGHT...... NOT SOLD C HILL ‘N’ DALE SALES AGENCY, AGENT (90,000)
31 PULPIT/STOLEN BEAUTY...... NOT SOLD C EATON SALES AGENT (130,000)
32 ROCK HARD TEN/STORM ALERT...... 150,000 C LANE’S END AGENT NICHOLAS P ZITO, AGENT
33 UNBRIDLED’S SONG/STORM AWAY...... 340,000 F TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY RONALD NICHOLSON AGENT XLI
34 BERNARDINI/STORM BEAUTY...... 1,200,000 C EATON SALES AGENT JOHN FERGUSON
35 MACHO UNO/SWEET BRANDY...... 55,000 F ADENA SPRINGS BRADLEY Tbred BROKERAGE
36 BLUEGRASS CAT/SWIFT GIRL...... 550,000 F BURLESON FARMS AGENT MIKE RYAN, AGENT Tod Marks 37 GHOSTZAPPER/TAMWEEL...... 400,000 Sheikh Mohammed inspects a yearling Monday morning. His bloodstock advisor John Ferguson signed for several Monday night. C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY TWIN crks RACING LLC AGENT LXVI 47 HENNY HUGHES/UNBRIDLED GLORY...... 200,000 56 HENNESSY/WINNER’S EDGE...... 175,000 F EATON SALES AGENT ANTHONY STROUD F LANTERN HILL FARM LLC AGENT BBA (IRELAND) LTD 38 HENNY HUGHES/TASH DASH...... 575,000 FOR HIGHFIELD FARM C GAINESWAY AGENT FOX HILL FARM,TOM MCGREEVY AGT 48 KINGMAMBO/VADAHILLA (FR)...... 750,000 C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY JOHN GOSDEN 57 BLUEGRASS CAT/WINTER GARDEN...... NOT SOLD 39 BERNARDINI/TEEMING...... NOT SOLD AGENT LXII C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XXXVII (70,000) F EATON SALES AGENT (1,600,000) 49 MEDAGLIA D’ORO/VALKYRIES’ RIDE...... 600,000 58 BORREGO/WISHFUL LEGACY...... 200,000 40 EMPIRE MAKER/TEMPUS FUGIT...... 375,000 F PARAMOUNT SALES AGENT I BOB BAFFERT, AGENT C GAINESWAY AGENT TODD QUAST C BLUEWATER SALES LLC AGENT II ROBERT BAKER & AGENT FOR GOLDMARK WILLIAM MACK 50 STORM CAT/VALLEE DES REVES...... NOT SOLD C EATON SALES AGENT (490,000) 59 MR. GREELEY/WON’T SHE TELL...... 510,000 41 CONSOLIDATOR/TRUE GRIT...... 85,000 F GAINESWAY AGENT SAGAMORE FARM, F EATON SALES AGT JIM DOYLE FOR KATIE RICH FARMS 51 HENNY HUGHES/VERBAL...... 125,000 BOB FELD AGENT C STONE FARM MICHAEL BELL 42 QUIET AMERICAN/TESTY TRESTLE...... 175,000 60 DISTORTED HUMOR/WORD OF MOUTH...... 325,000 F EATON SALES AGENT FOX HILL FARM, 52 TAPIT/VICTORY ROAD...... - OUT - C DENALI STUD, AGENT SHADWELL ESTATE CO LTD TOM MCGREEVY AGT C GAINESWAY AGENT FOR lewis trust
43 STREET CRY (IRE)/TIGI...... 225,000 53 EL PRADO (IRE)/WARSAW GIRL (IRE)...... 185,000 61 HENNESSY/YARD ART...... NOT SOLD C LANE’S END AGENT JOHN FERGUSON F BLUEWATER SALES LLC RABBAH BLOODSTOCK LTD C FOUR STAR SALES AGENT (175,000) AGENT III FOR GLENCREST FARM LLC 44 SMART STRIKE/TOUCH OF GREATNESS...... NOT SOLD C BURLESON FARMS AGENT (200,000) 54 FIRST SAMURAI/WILDWOOD FLOWER...... 350,000 62 DYNAFORMER/YEARLY REPORT...... NOT SOLD C GLENNWOOD FARM INC. AGENT BRUCE LUNSFORD, C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT (250,000) 45 TIZNOW/TREPIDATION...... 400,000 F BROTHERS AGT FOR SPENDTHRIFT FARM C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY agt LXXX EOIN HARTY 55 HENNESSY/WILZADA...... 125,000 63 TALE OF THE CAT/YO ALI...... 100,000 46 SPEIGHTSTOWN/TREYSTA...... 700,000 F WOODFORD THOROUGHBREDS BACCARI F EATON SALES AGENT ELISABETH H ALEXANDER C DROMOLAND FARM INC. AGENT I RICHARD O’GORMAN RACING STABLE Sallee Horse Vans: 1-800-967-VANS (772) 260-2586 See sales results page 14
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 13 Sales Results Continued from page 13 64 PULPIT/ACEY DEUCEY ...... 75,000 C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY JOHN P PUCEK AGENT LXV
65 STREET CRY (IRE)/ALWAYS AWESOME...... 100,000 F ADENA SPRINGS BLANDFORD BLOODSTOCK LTD
66 MR. GREELEY/ANGEL’S NEST...... 350,000 C LANE’S END AGENT CENTENNIAL FARMS
67 SEEKING THE GOLD/ANITA MADDEN...... NOT SOLD F PAULS MILL (145,000)
68 BERNARDINI/APPEALING STORM...... - OUT - F CHESAPEAKE FARM (DREW NARDIELLO), AGENT I
69 UNBRIDLED’S SONG/ARABIS...... 400,000 C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY WINSTAR FARM LLC agt FOR AARON & MARIE JONES
70 GHOSTZAPPER/ARIANNA’S PASSION...... - OUT - C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XLI
71 EMPIRE MAKER/ARRADOUL...... 260,000 F BLUEWATER SALES LLC AGENT MIKE G RUTHERFORD FOR GREENWOOD LODGE FARM Tod Marks 72 ROCKPORT HARBOR/ATLANTIC FROST...... 130,000 A son of Johannesburg, Hip 94 sold for $250,000. F DENALI STUD (CRAIG & HOLLY ANDREW BALDING BANDOROFF) AGENT III 77 ROCK HARD TEN/BETTY GARR...... 325,000 83 ELUSIVE QUALITY/BRANDY LAKE...... 160,000 C JAMES M. HERBENER JR. agt NICOMA BLOODSTOCK INC C ANDERSON FARMS agt BLANDFORD BLOODSTOCK LTD 73 DIXIE UNION/BEDSIDE MANNER...... NOT SOLD FOR KINGHAVEN FARMS ltd F PARAMOUNT SALES AGENT (190,000) 78 STREET CRY (IRE)/BINAVICAR...... 150,000 FOR SUGAR MAPLE FARM C NURSERY PLACE AGENT JOHN GOSDEN 84 STREET CRY (IRE)/BUBBLING HEIGHTS (FR)...... - OUT - F KAIZEN SALES AGENT 74 BERNARDINI/BELLE NUIT...... 230,000 79 BERNARDINI/BIRD TOWN...... 1,300,000 F PAULS MILL RABBAH BLOODSTOCK LTD C GAINESWAY AGENT JOHN P FERGUSON 85 SMART STRIKE/BURNISH...... 475,000 F STONE FARM RICHARD O’GORMAN 75 MORE THAN READY/BELLES LETTRES...... NOT SOLD 80 SMART STRIKE/BLOOMY...... - OUT - C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT LXV (55,000) C EATON SALES AGENT 86 BERNARDINI/CALL ME FLEET...... 320,000 F LANE’S END AGENT MIKE RYAN, AGENT 81 EL CORREDOR/BOUNDLESS BEAUTY...... NOT SOLD 76 BERNARDINI/BELTERRA...... - OUT - See sales results page 16 F NURSERY PLACE AGENT C GAINESWAY AGENT (240,000)
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 15 Sales Results Continued from page 14 87 A.P. INDY/CATCH THE RING...... NOT SOLD C SAM-SON FARM (325,000)
88 MEDAGLIA D’ORO/CAT DANCER...... 1,500,000 F TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY JOHN FERGUSON AGENT LXIV
89 MARIA’S MON/CELLARS SHIRAZ...... 210,000 F DENALI STUD, AGENT BRADLEY THOROUGHBRED FOR GALLAGHER’S STUD BROKERAGE
90 UNBRIDLED’S SONG/CELTIC MELODY...... 210,000 F WOODFORD THOROUGHBREDS KOJI MAEDA
91 FIRST SAMURAI/CERCATORE...... 95,000 C BLUEGRASS THBD. SERVICES INC., DAVID MCKATHAN (JOHN STUART) AGENT XIII Tod Marks Hip 34 checks out the inside of the sales ring during the first night of sales. He sold for $1.2 million. 92 BLUEGRASS CAT/CHAMROUSSE...... 100,000 F STONE FARM WINSTAR FARM LLC 99 SMART STRIKE/CODE BOOK...... 875,000 105 INDIAN CHARLIE/CRITICAL CAT...... 150,000 F LANE’S END AGENT JOHN FERGUSON C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY DAVID MCKATHAN 93 TAPIT/CHAPSKICK...... 75,000 AGENT L C GAINESWAY AGENT GORDIAN TROELLER 100 YES IT’S TRUE/CODE OF ETHICS...... NOT SOLD C FOUR STAR SALES AGENT (160,000) 106 NOT FOR LOVE/CRYING IN THE RAIN...... 120,000 94 JOHANNESBURG/CHARLOTTE CORDAY (GB)...... 250,000 FOR GLENCREST FARM LLC F MARSHALL W. SILVERMAN STARLIGHT, C EATON SALES AGENT BBA (IRELAND) LIMITED AGENT FOR THORNMAR FRANKIE BROTHERS AG 101 FIRST SAMURAI/COLONIAL GLITTER...... NOT SOLD 95 TALE OF THE CAT/CHARM A GENDARME...... 125,000 F LANE’S END AGENT (120,000) 107 BERNARDINI/CRYSTAL MUSIC...... 1,000,000 C WOODFORD THOROUGHBREDS HILLY FIELDS STABLE C LANE’S END AGENT KENNETH MCPEEK, AGENT 102 SKY MESA/CONVERSION...... 120,000 96 ELUSIVE QUALITY/CHARTREUSE...... NOT SOLD F TAYLOR MADE SALES LEPRECHAUN RACING, AGENT 108 BERNARDINI/CUANDO QUIERE...... 300,000 C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XLVI (70,000) AGENCY AGENT LXXXII F THREE CHIMNEYS SALES agt RABBAH BLOODSTOCK LTD
97 GHOSTZAPPER/CINDY’S HERO...... - OUT - 103 STREET CRY (IRE)/COUNTESS GODIVA...... - OUT - 109 STREET CRY (IRE)/DANCE FOR DIXIE...... 400,000 C EATON SALES AGENT F EATON SALES AGENT C PARAMOUNT SALES AGENT II JOHN FERGUSON
98 DISTORTED HUMOR/CLOUD BREAK...... 550,000 104 EMPIRE MAKER/CRAB GRASS...... NOT SOLD 110 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY/DANCETHRUTHESTORM..... 250,000 F TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY SETH W HANCOCK, AGENT F LANTERN HILL FARM LLC AGENT (235,000) F SAM-SON FARM G WATTS HUMPHREY JR AGENT LXXX FOR SMITTEN FARM 111 SILVER TRAIN/DANCING NATURALLY...... NOT SOLD C TAYLOR MADE SALES AGENCY AGENT XLII (195,000)
112 GHOSTZAPPER/DELTA MUSIC...... 150,000 F LANE’S END AGENT FLYING ZEE STABLE
113 TIZNOW/DIRTY RUSH...... NOT SOLD C DROMOLAND FARM INC. AGENT III (290,000)
114 TIZNOW/DIVA GIRL...... NOT SOLD F EATON SALES AGENT (195,000)
115 ARTIE SCHILLER/DIVI (GB)...... 170,000 F BLUEGRASS THBD. SERVICES INC., BLANDFORD AGT. FOR WHITEWOOD STABLE,INC. BLOODSTOCK LTD
116 ELUSIVE QUALITY/DOWN HERE...... 160,000 F BLUEWATER SALES LLC AGENT I DEBRA INSTONE
117 BERNARDINI/DRINA...... NOT SOLD C CROSSROADS SALES AGENCY, AGENT II (350,000)
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 17 2007 NY-Bred Saratoga Yearling Grad Mr. Fantasy 2009 G3 Withers Stakes Hips to Watch The Special’s Katie Bo Williams, who worked last year’s sales and joins the Darley Flying Start program in a few weeks, went through the catalogue – and the barns– to compile a Horses to Watch list for 2009. Here are her choices for the second night of the sale.
Hip 144 (Stonestreet Thoroughbred): Storm Cat filly out of Happy Tune by A.P. Indy. Inbred 3 x 4 to Secretariat, as is 2009 Kentucky Derby favorite Friesan Fire. Leggy filly and they don’t come prettier. Flashy.
Hip 197 (Lane’s End): Lemon Drop Kid out of Myth To Reality by Sadler’s Wells. Colt is a half- brother to Divine Proportions and Whipper.
Hip 222 (Gainesway): Empire Maker colt out of Lady’s Secret winner Queenie Belle by Bert- rando. Great shoulder. Good-looking colt all around.
Hip 200 (Darby Dan): Encosta de Lago out of Nicole And Krista by Machiavellian. Not just for international flavor. Encosta de Lago is a champion sire and this horse looks like him. This is a solid, masculine-looking colt with a great attitude.
Hip 130 (Pauls Mill): Storm Cat colt out of Get Lucky by Mr. Prospector is a full brother to last year’s as-yet unraced sale’s topper. Nice-looking horse. Half-brother Girolamo just had an impres- sive allowance win here at the Spa Sunday.
Hip 220 (Stonestreet Thoroughbred): Dynaformer out of Pure Charm by Storm Cat. Im- pressed with everything that came out of this corner of Barn 2 – tough to pick just one. Very pretty for a Dynaformer with a nice walk and a solid female family. F irst and Hip 146 (Bluegrass): Bernardini filly out of Heat Lightning by Summer Squall is inbred 3x3 to Weekend Surprise. Inbreeding to this family has produced runners for A.P. Indy male line: cham- pion 2-year-old and this filly’s three-quarter brother Stevie Wonderboy, by A.P. Indy son Stephen Got Even, is out of Heat Lightning as well.
Hip 159 (Warrendale): Medaglia d’Oro out of Kendall Hill by Theatrical. The Sadler’s Wells- foremosT Nureyev combination makes this colt a very attractive prospect. Looks good on paper and looks even better in person – he’s a big, attractive colt with a good hind leg and a great walk.
Buying and selling horses. Hip 167 (Hunter Valley): Monsun out of La Victoria by Anabaa. Sire is not only something dif- ferent around here but also leading sire in Germany. Monsun is sire of Breeder’s Cup Turf winner It begins and ends with F-T. Shirocco, undefeated filly Stacelita, and 2008 German Champion Sire Samum. Solid bottom half as well. La Victoria is by recently-deceased Anabaa, and timing is good following Goldikova’s Prix Rothschild win. Female family also produced Mr. Greeley, albeit a few steps back.
Hip 175 (Taylor Made): More Than Ready colt out of Madeline P by Theatrical. Female family NY Bred Preferred Yearlings produced Kitten’s Joy and Dreaming Of Anna. Hip 224 (Hill ‘n’ Dale): Distorted Humor colt out of Quendom by Interprete is a half-brother to August 15-16 7 pm horse of the year (here and in Uruguay) Invasor. Hip 166 (Woodford): Empire Maker out of La Gueriere by Lord At War. Big colt with a nice shoulder is a half brother to Icon Project and Lasting Approval. Also a half brother to the dam of Munnings.
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Fe s t i va l o f Ra c i n g For 111 years an all-time great place to buy all-time great racehorses. The inaugural Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing kicked off on Saturday with dramatic runnings of the Whitney Handicap and the Test Stakes and the inaugural running of the John Hettinger Stakes. Sunday, the Vanderbilt, the Honorable Miss and the Finney Stakes followed the theme – great racing in an unmatched setting. The first night of the Select Sales punched it up a notch. Like it’s meant to be, good horses produced a stellar catalogue and an even more impressive results page. And there’s more to come. What were the biggest surprises of the first night of the sales? D.G. Van Clief Jr., chairman emeritus Fasig-Tipton: “I don’t Walt Robertson, Fasig-Tipton: “The most surprising thing of the think there are any real surprises in the ring, the most surprising thing night? I hate to say it but there weren’t any huge surprises. Somebody this year has been the strength of the horse on offer. We’ve had tremen- might be surprised by the Medaglia d’Oro (Hip 88), but I wasn’t. She dous response. The most pleasant surprises are the quality of the num- was a beauty, a freaky beauty.” bers and the depth of the buyers. The biggest surprise is that the plan is actually working, rather than the application of Murphy’s Law.” Brian Graves, Gainesway: “Fasig’s average and gross were up, in a down market. That is the most surprising thing.” Robert Clay, Three Chimneys Farm: “The energy, electricity, Sheikh Mohammed being here and prices in this economic environ- John Gosden, classic-winning trainer: “I haven’t been here in 10 ment that are pretty substantial. I think it sets the bar going forward for years so the most surprising thing to me is how they have completely the rest of the year at a pretty solid level all things considered.” reshaped this (salesgrounds) but with total respect of the history and the whole fabric of Saratoga. To have the place absolutely humming in Tom Goff, Blandford Bloodstock: “Other than the extreme hu- this economic timing is a massive achievement. They’ve done it, they’ve midity? You’ve got to say despite the world recession, the sale has held kept the character and they’ve obviously worked very hard going up very well. Which is a great thing, it’s a great start to the yearling sales around the farms sorting nice horses and they’ve got them here. And season and hopefully it will roll over through the rest of the year.” people have gone in and bought them. It’s a great testament, it shows you that a lot of recession is reality, but also mindset. I haven’t been Duncan Taylor, Taylor Made: “I don’t know if there really was any- here in 10 years, it got to the point that there was no sense coming here. thing that surprised me. The ones we sold that sold good, I thought they I’ve come around and found horses for Europe. I was really impressed. would sell good. Overall, they did a good job, there was a good crowd, If you’re ever going to have a select, boutique sale, you can do it here, there was some electricity. I don’t know if the numbers were awesome, with the races, it’s August, it’s Saratoga, it’s the holidays, it’s the time but it’s a step in the right direction and I hope it worked out for the com- to do it, I didn’t think I would ever be coming back, I take my hat off to pany because they put a lot of effort into it.” them.” Festival Events Schedule Saturday, August 8 Sunday, August 9 Friday, August 14 The Test (G. I), The Whitney (G. I), The The Vanderbilt (G. II) Monday, August 10 Hall of Fame Induction, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, August 16 John Hettinger Stakes, The Honorable Miss (G. II) Fasig-Tipton Select Sales, 6 p.m. New York-bred Sales, 7 p.m. Seminar: From the Farm The Finney Stakes Saturday, August 15 to the Finish Line Bobby Flay book signing (12-2) Tuesday, August 11 5K & Fun Run, 7:30 a.m. www.fasigtipton.com Jockey/Trainer Challenge Jockey/Trainer Challenge Fasig-Tipton Select Sales, 6 p.m. (Registration, 7 a.m.) Celebrity Race Call by Bobby Flay New York-bred Sales, 7 p.m. 518-584-4700
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22 Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Life of a Battlefield History of the times of the 1952 Travers champion by Frances Karon to [Fair Play], with only two free gen- erations, went against all reason. So Racing luminary George D. Widen- Mr. Bell inbred to him anyway, and got Vineyard Haven (Gr. l) er Jr. achieved most of his success with the leading 2-year-old of his year. This homebreds, but a quirk of nature led is known as breeding science.” him to purchase his champion Battle- Battlefield made his debut in Feb- Zensational (Gr. l) field. Widener’s 1948 foal crop consist- ruary at Hialeah, with Clarence Picou ed mostly of fillies, so his trainer Bert aboard. Go Go Shoot Mulholland was dispatched to the 1949 They withstood a bumping match to Saratoga yearling sale to buy a handful win the 3-furlong event, shortly there- Bustin Stones (Gr. l) of colts. Mulholland found just one he after winning a division of the Hialeah wanted, a colt bred and sold by Jona- Juvenile Stakes. bell Stables. He traveled to New York for his Macho Again (Gr. l) A yearling from Jonabell was the next start, beginning an association prize of the evening when bidding with Eddie Arcaro (his regular rider Icabad Crane (Gr. l) closed on a Count Fleet – Dark Discov- throughout Battlefield’s 2- and 3-year- ery colt for $11,000, more than double old campaigns). They won an allow- Awesome Gem (Gr. l placed) the $5,000 second-highest figure of the ance in the mud at Jamaica and the session. But this grand-looking colt was Youthful Stakes, all before the horse’s not the one that attracted the attention actual second birthday of May 8. Buddy’s Humor (Gr. III) of Mulholland. Instead, he signed for He lost three of his next four starts, a $4,500 son of War Relic and Dark all stakes, with two seconds and a third Dashing Debby Display (a three-parts sister to Dark (promoted when the winner’s jockey Discovery). weighed in five pounds light), with a Little Nick His dam Dark Display was unplaced first in Aqueduct’s Tremont sandwiched in seven attempts, but owner John A. in between, but Battlefield would not Bell Jr. retained her for breeding be- lose again in five more starts at 2. Af- Forty Thieves cause Dark Discovery placed in the ter the Sapling at Monmouth, he won CCA Oaks and Saratoga’s Adirondack. two prestigious races at Saratoga, the Sky Mystic Nonetheless, Dark Display’s first two winner-take-all Saratoga Special and foals did nothing to promise potential the Hopeful. He prepped for a win in in her third, christened Battlefield by the Belmont Futurity with an allow- Ten Most Wanted (Gr. l) Widener. ance five days beforehand. An amusing entry in American Race Voted champion 2-year-old, Battle- Stately Character (Gr. I) Horses of 1950 suggests that Mulhol- field earned $198,677.50, $21,000 shy land was very brave to buy and commit of the juvenile earnings record (fourth Hopeful Image (Gr. II) to training Battlefield. “His pedigree,” behind three fillies), but Widener de- it says, “was, apparently, deliberately clared he had no interest in breaking calculated to frighten little children.” records. Toccet (Gr. l) War Relic was a son of Man o’ War, His horse had made 13 starts from whose sire Fair Play was once called “a February to September and earned Soto (Gr. ll) lambent fiend” based on his horrible some well-deserved R&R at Widener’s disposition. Erdenheim Farm near Philadelphia be- Coach Jimi Lee (Gr. II) Battlefield’s broodmare sire Display fore resuming training at Hialeah in was also by Fair Play, to whom this January. handsome chestnut colt was inbred His sophomore bow wasn’t until Bella Bellucci (Gr. l) 3x3. Display certainly was no peach. the second week of April, at Jamaica He “spent his productive years in a in New York, ending up a well-beaten Fagedaboudit Sal stall which was padded halfway up so second. Arcaro and Mulholland told that he would have less chance to in- Widener that his colt was “sour,” so Galloping Grocer jure himself when he kicked the walls, Battlefield returned to Erdenheim for a and often wore a muzzle to keep from few weeks, missing the Kentucky Der- biting himself.” Mazhilla (Gr. lll) See Battlefield page 24 The chapter continues: “to inbreed Acey Deucey (Gr. l)
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 23 W W Battlefield – Antiques Continued from page 23 3 Floors by and Preakness. When he reemerged 30 Dealers • 29th Year in the May 16 Swift Stakes at Belmont, OOD MANOR ANT Battlefield finished a lackluster second. NW IQU LE ES Things had begun to look dire. G Battlefield got his first win of the year, an allowance at Belmont, on May 22, and signaled that he was back to Voted the best antique center in the North Country! top form with a head victory in the Corner of Quaker Rd (RT 254) & Glenwood Ave. Withers, although he would be second 1 Mi. EAST OF EXIT 19 in the Peter Pan Handicap, conceding Open Daily Mon.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-6 nine pounds to Counterpoint. Battle- 518-798-4747 field was favored over Counterpoint in the Belmont, but had to settle for sec- glenwoodmanorantiques.com ond to that rival again. The handicapper’s high assessment Dark Tuesday Specials! of the Widener colorbearer led to some close shaves, but he won the Shevlin and Dwyer giving 10 and 11 pounds to the runner-up. (The third-placed horse in the Dwyer, Hull Down, was the $11,000 Count Fleet – Dark Discovery colt.) Battlefield faced the starter four more times in 1952, winning two, in- Now a Two Million cluding the Travers against only three takers. A morning mishap led to an in- jured ligament (and a broken foot for Dollar Night of Racing! his exercise rider), ending Battlefield’s sophomore campaign prematurely, while Counterpoint finished the sea- son strongly to be crowned champion. Battlefield made a comeback at 4 and 5, but managed to win just three more stakes. He had lost his spark, probably a combination of temperament – which made him difficult to train, the weight he had to carry, and his old injury, which he re-aggravated while plac- ing in the Gulfstream Park Handicap, prompting retirement. Battlefield won half of his 44 starts, with 14 seconds and three thirds for nearly $475,000. He stood at Wid- ener’s Old Kenney Farm in Kentucky from 1953 until moving to Ocala in 1962. He died from a heart attack in 1964, having sired four stakes winners from 132 foals. Battlefield’s time in the breeding shed was not a total washout: daughter All Beautiful was 1969 Broodmare of the Year thanks to her Horse of the Year (and Travers winner) Arts And Letters. She also became third dam of cham- pion/Alabama winner Silverbulletday. Battlefield’s Pontivy’s female-line de- scendants include A Phenomenon, bur- ied at Saratoga and who was for many years honored annually at the Spa by the A Phenomenon Handicap (now the Alfred G. Vanderbilt).
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 25 Monday’s Saratoga results Monday, August 10 6TH. 5 1/2 FURLONGS. TURF. 3&UP. F&M. MCL. PURSE $24,000. 11 Gentle Ride Velasquez C 6.20 3.70 3.30 1ST. 1-MILE. TURF. 3&UP. F&M NY BREDS. AOC. PURSE $51,000. 6 Cherry On the Top Lezcano J 18.00 10.60 6 Soave Desormeaux K J 8.60 3.70 3.50 3 Serela’s Song Espinoza J L 4.60 5 Exonerated Dominguez R A 3.70 2.90 Finish Time: 1:02.43 1A Paraiba Lezcano J 3.30 Trainer: Linda Rice. Owner: Manuel Tobio. Finish Time: 1:35.99 Dk. B. or Br. f. 3. Mutakddim-Rhythm Of Dance, Pleasant Colony. Trainer: Tom Bush. Owner: Empire Equines. Bred by Dr. David Richardson and Dr. Amy Searfoss (Ky). Dk. B. or Br. f. 3. Brahms-Cozzekiki, Cozzene. $2 Exacta (11-6) Paid $138.50; $2 Trifecta (11-6-3) Paid $965.00; $2 Bred by Empire Equines (NY). Pick 3 (2-3-11) 3 Correct Paid $1,328.00; $2 Daily Double (3-11) Paid $2 Exacta (6-5) Paid $36.60; $2 Trifecta (6-5-1) Paid $165.50 $108.00; $2 Consolation Pick 3 (2-4/8-11) Paid $53.50; $2 Superfecta (11-6-3-8) Paid $5,851.00 2ND. 6 FURLONGS. 2YO. FILLIES. MSW. PURSE $50,000 1 Proud Zoe Castellano J J 4.70 2.80 2.30 7TH. 6 FURLONGS. 3&UP. F&M. MCL. PURSE $26,400. 8 Quiet Temper Garcia Alan 8.00 4.80 10 Imandra Luzzi M J 7.50 4.60 3.10 4 Afleet Maggi Albarado R J 2.90 4 Cool Corredor Albarado R J 6.10 3.60 Finish Time: 1:11.23 8 Awe So Beautiful Dominguez R A 3.10 Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Owner: DPW Thoroughbreds. Finish Time: 1:12.01 B. f. 2. Proud Accolade-Sophia Sez So, Wild Event. Trainer: Billy Badgett. Owner: C. K. Woods Stable. Bred by Donald Marino (Fla). B. f. 3. Menifee-Lady Quatorze, Louis Quatorze. $2 Exacta (1-8) Paid $45.60; $2 Quinella (1-8) Paid $30.60; $2 Trifecta Bred by Carolyn Kapioltas and CK Woods Inc. (Ky). (1-8-4) Paid $169.50; $2 Daily Double (6-1) Paid $22.20 $2 Exacta (10-4) Paid $50.00; $2 Trifecta (10-4-8) Paid $163.00; $2 Daily Double (11-10) Paid $21.40; $2 Pick 3 (3-11-10) 3 Correct Paid $619.00 3RD. 1 1/8 MILES. THE ALBERT THE GREAT. 3&UP. PURSE $71,750. 1 Cool Coal Man Velazquez J R 3.80 2.50 2.10 8TH. 6 1/2 FURLONGS. 3&UP. NY BREDS. AOC. PURSE $50,000. 4 More Than a Reason Maragh R 14.00 4.70 9 Multidude Velazquez J R 8.40 4.70 2.80 5 Dr. D. F. C. Prado E S 3.90 7 Overextended Maragh R 10.80 4.70 Finish Time: 1:49.64 8 Rereadthefootnotes Garcia Alan 2.20 Trainer: Nick Zito. Owner: Bob LaPenta. Finish Time: 1:15.06 B. c. 4. Mineshaft-Coral Sea (Rubiano). Trainer: Carlos Martin. Owner: Flying Zee Stable. Bred by Will Farish and EJ Hudson Jr. Irrevocable Trust (Ky). Dk. B. or Br. g. 4. Fusaichi Pegasus-Thunder Achiever, Thunder Puddles. $2 Exacta (1-4) Paid $84.50; $2 Trifecta (1-4-5) Paid $376.50; $2 Pick 3 Bred by Flying Zee Stable (NY). (6-1-1) 3 Correct Paid $45.20; $2 Daily Double (1-1) Paid $9.30 $2 Exacta (9-7) Paid $116.00; $2 Trifecta (9-7-8) Paid $254.00; $2 Grand Slam (2/3/7-3/6/11/13-4/8/10-9) Paid $265.00; $2 Pick 3 (11- 4TH. 1 1/16 MILES. TURF. 3&UP. CLM. PURSE $32,000. 10-9) 3 Correct Paid $106.50; $2 Daily Double (10-9) Paid $36.00; $2 2 Riptide (ARG) Maragh R 15.60 7.90 4.60 Superfecta (9-7-8-11) Paid $2,794.00 1 William T Velasquez C 5.50 3.60 6 Victory Assured Desormeaux K J 4.70 9TH. 1 1/8 MILES. 3&UP. CLM. PURSE $27,500. Finish Time: 1:41.94 1 Lofty Banner Chavez J F 21.20 9.00 6.30 Trainer: Joe Imperio. Owner: Me You and Magoo Stable. 8 El Windo Velazquez J R 4.40 3.10 Ch. c. 4. Incurable Optimist-Petite West (Arg), Westbridge. 10 King Bo Bo Velasquez C 4.40 Bred by Triple Alliance SA (Arg). Finish Time: 1:50.82 $2 Exacta (2-1) Paid $56.00; $2 Quinella (1-2) Paid $27.80; $2 Trifecta Trainer: Gary Contessa. Owner: Engel Stable, Linda and Conrad Zurich. (2-1-6) Paid $272.50; $2 Pick 3 (1-1-2) 3 Correct Paid $53.50; $2 Daily B. g. 3. Quiet American-Flattered, Saint Ballado. Double (1-2) Paid $36.20; $2 Superfecta (2-1-6-11) Paid $908.00 Bred by 12 Gates Racing (KY). $2 Exacta (1-8) Paid $104.00; $2 Trifecta (1-8-10) Paid $497.00; $2 Su- 5TH. 1 1/2 MILES. TURF. THE SIGNATURE STALLION. 4&UP. F&M. perfecta (1-8-10-2) Paid $1,819.00; $2 Daily Double (9-1) Paid $112.50; PURSE $73,500. $2 Pick 3 (10-9-1) 3 Correct Paid $569.00; $2 Pick 4 (11/13-10-9-1) 4 3 Queen of Hearts Espinoza J L 17.60 6.60 4.70 Correct Paid $2,118.00; $2 Pick 6 (2-3-11/13-10-9-1) 5 Correct Paid 2 Zaskar (GB) Castellano J J 9.70 5.80 $1,353.00; $2 Pick 6 (2-3-11/13-10-9-1) 6 Correct Paid $196,575.00 7 Borrowing Base Coa E M 4.30 Finish Time: 2:27.85 Saratoga Attendance: 15,466. Mutuel Pool: $2,109,140. Trainer: Jimmy Jerkens. Owner: Susan Moore and M and M Thorough- bred Partners. Track: fast. Turf: firm. Ch. f. 4. Thunder Gulch-Betrayer (Arg), Fain (Arg). Bred by Bernardo Alvarez Calderon and Ashford Stud (Ky). Monday’s Claims: 6TH RACE: For Passion by Dve Duggan for Louis Zito; $2 Exacta (3-2) Paid $142.00; $2 Trifecta (3-2-7) Paid $684.00; $2 Pick 8TH RACE: Wolfson by Tim Ritvo; 9TH RACE: King Bo Bo 3 (1-2-3) 3 Correct Paid $426.50; $2 Pick 4 (1/7-1-2-3) 4 Correct Paid by David Jacobson for Western Resources Racing. $2,418.00; $2 Daily Double (2-3) Paid $285.50; $2 Consolation Pick 3 (1-2-4/8) Paid $25.00; $2 Superfecta (3-2-7-5) Paid $1,808.00; $2 Consolation Double (2-4/8) Paid $13.40 The Special on Facebook at facebook.com/saratogaspecial Sallee Horse Vans 1-800-967-VANS (772) 260-2586 Ryan Clancy, Administrator
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 27 Cool Coal Man boosts Back and Forth Zito with big run in stakes by brian nadeau The swinging pendulum of owning and training Thoroughbreds has a way of eventually balancing out. The good drags up the bad. The bad keeps the good in check. It just usually doesn’t take place in the same race. Nick Zito sent out Robert LaPenta’s heavily favored entry Albert of Cool Coal Man THE great and Da’Tara in Mon- day’s $71,750 Albert stakes The Great Stakes. recap Cool Coal Man (John Velazquez) romped by 12 3/4 lengths. Da’Tara was eased. So you want to train racehorses? “It’s tough. One runs so big and the other doesn’t break and then in the first turn he was taking him up,” Zito said. “Cool Coal Man ran a big race out there but I thought Da’Tara was the one that was going to run that kind of race. He’s obviously way better than Dave Harmon that.” Cool Coal Man (1) breaks on top of the Albert The Great field before going on to easily win the race. No one was better than Cool Coal longshot More Than A Reason. Last Garcia looked for an instant like he “On the backstretch I had to make Man in the 9-furlong Albert The Great, year’s Belmont Stakes winner Da’Tara was pulling up Da’Tara, veering to the up my mind and get a little bit closer to run in the honor of Zito’s Grade I win- came next, proving uncooperative for far outside and losing contact with the the horse on the lead,” Velazquez said. ner and $3 million earner. Alan Garcia while racing extremely field. Le Grand Cru continued to barrel “The track has been playing pretty fast Cool Coal Man broke alertly and wide along the clubhouse turn. Barrier along on the lead but Cool Coal Man and I didn’t want him to get too far quickly secured the rail while Le Grand Reef followed, ahead of stretch runners began to turn up the pressure through away from me before the turn.” Cru ranged up wide from his outside Ready Set and Dr. D. F. C. a half-mile in 47.37 seconds. Velazquez draw to make the early running over As the field left the clubhouse turn knew it was time. See Albert the great page 30
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when the books didn’t quite match up. f At the wire Cool Coal Man was almost as far in front as Da’Tara was behind. The trainer walked out of the enclo- sure and began to mesh with the crowd under the grandstand when he was pulled aside. “Nick, it must be pretty special to Lexington, KY 40508 win a race named after one of your 859.421.3436 | 518.583.2605 runners, right?” someone asked. e-mail: [email protected] “It sure is,” Zito said. “Thanks for asking that question. It feels great.” There goes the pendulum again.
30 Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Regal Nose Queen Of Hearts earns stakes win by Colin Beaury & Brian nadeau Monday’s Racing recap Jose Espinoza, wearing an enormous smile, looked down from his seat atop Of Hearts by a nose over Zaskar with Queen Of Hearts and raised his thumb Borrowing Base (Eibar Coa) third. to a cheering crowd gathered in the “I rode her the last two times, and I winner’s circle. Espinoza had just won know she likes the distance,” Espinoza the $73,500 Signature Stallions Waya said. “I’m very confident with her. I had Stakes at 12 furlongs for fillies and a little bit of speed in front of me, but I mares on the turf in dramatic fashion. caught them in the end because she can Queen Of Hearts, trained by Jimmy run all day.” Jerkens for Susan Moore and M and M Queen Of Hearts, a 4-year-old daugh- Thoroughbred Partners, broke second ter of Thunder Gulch, did not make the behind longshot Zaskar (Javier Cas- races until April 2008. She raced twice tellano) and then tracked that rival in as a sophomore, running a distant third second through a swift opening quarter- on the main track and then seventh on mile in 23.39 seconds. Espinoza, con- the turf in September. Jerkens backed tent to be off the pace, spotted Zaskar 8 off and gave Queen Of Hearts time to lengths after a mile, but brought Queen develop. She returned in June at Bel- Of Hearts into contention nearing the mont and ran a fine second on the main quarter pole. track and then built on that run when Zaskar still enjoyed a 3 1/2-length she went back to the turf and broke her cushion as she streaked by the eighth- maiden on July 22. Dave Harmon pole, but Espinoza begged his filly for John Moore, who campaigns horses Queen Of Hearts (left) battles with Zaskar just before the wire in Monday’s co-feature. more and she responded gamely, going with his wife Susan, knew it was just a day,” Moore said. “We were just hop- • Riptide (Rajiv Maragh) also cut it stride for stride with the stubborn lead- matter of time before Queen Of Hearts ing to hit the board and get her stakes- close in the fourth when he ran down er down the stretch. Borrowing Base began to follow in the footsteps of her placed but obviously this worked out a favorite Gravitational and held off Wil- and 3-5 favorite Communique drew in stakes-winning half-sister Babae. lot better than we had hoped. And we liam T (Cornelio Velasquez) and Vic- on the leading pair as the wire loomed. “We took a shot with an improving figured we had a shot to do it. Not all tory Assured (Kent Desormeaux) in the Queen Of Hearts and Zaskar were mir- filly that wanted to run longer than she of these horses were in form, not all latter stages of a 1 1/16-mile claimer on ror images of one another at the finish had been. The breeding was there, it’s of them wanted to run this far and we turf. and the replay could hardly confirm the in the family and we knew by watching knew we did. It made all the sense in the Riptide broke in seventh and settled winner. A photo finish showed Queen her last race that she wanted to run all world to give it a try." See monday page 32
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 31 Gentle Ride battled stubbornly late in Monday – the stretch to hold off Cherry On the Top (Jose Lezcano) and Serela’s Song Continued from page 31 (Espinoza). well off the pace set by Gravitational, “I had a feeling she was going to win and Maragh stayed near the rear of the today; it was a big drop,” Tobio said. field while hoping the leader would lose “Linda Rice is hot this year, and Corne- steam. He swung Riptide five-wide at lio is a good jockey. He won for me in the top of the stretch and beckoned for 1992 here. When Cornelio first came to more horse as Gravitational began to this country, he rode my horse.” fade. Joined by a cavalry of late movers, Riptide was the best of the bunch. • Carlos Martin was dressed like he Trainer Joe Imperio benefited from was going to get his picture taken. Mul- the late surge, tallying the win for Me tidude made sure he didn’t disappoint. You and Magoo Stable. Flying Zee Stable’s homebred took “That was some race, huh? We liked the eighth, a state-bred optional claim- this horse,” Imperio said. “He got in a er, in impressive fashion when he ran little bit of trouble back at Belmont. He away to a 7 3/4-length score that hinted got stuck behind a wall of horses and at bigger assignments down the road. didn’t want to come inside; he got a lit- Multidude (John Velazquez) broke tle timid. Maragh said I know him now, running and immediately set sail after I’m going to take him outside.” the favorite and pacesetter Rereadthe- footnotes. The pair scorched through • Gentle Ride (Velasquez) cruised a quarter-mile in 21.44 seconds and a home a winner in the sixth, a maiden half in a robust 43.80 and then every- Dave Harmon claimer for fillies/mares at 5 1/2 furlongs one found out why Martin was decked Riptide (2) charges to the win in Monday’s fourth race. on turf. The 3-year-old filly, trained by out in his best suit. Velazquez took a “He’s a great horse. Obviously we 9-furlong claimer, the streak finally end- Linda Rice, made three lifetime starts confident peek back at the rest of the have had some issues with him, he had ed when Lofty Banner (Jorge Chavez) prior to Monday but never finished in field turning for home, shook free from some issues behind, but he’s right now angled six-wide and drew away by 3 the money. Owner Manuel Tobio de- of an erratic Rereadthefootnotes and and he showed out there what he can lengths over El Windo (Velazquez) and cided to drop his filly into the claim- blew things open in the final furlong. do,” Martin said. “It’s a tribute to Don- King Bo Bo (Velasquez). Owned by En- ing ranks, a move that paid off when Overextended (Maragh) was up late for na Freyer in South Carolina, who works gel Stable and Conrad and Linda Zur- the place over Rereadthefootnotes. with our horses and Mr. Lizza (Flying ich, Lofty Banner covered the distance Multidude made one start as a juve- Zee’s owner) as well. A lot of people in 1:50.82. THIS nile in 2007 and then missed 13 months would not have let me give this horse Contessa had his winner but was no- TAYLOR, HARRIS INSURANCE SERVICES before returning in August 2008. The the time he needed. But he did and you where to be found. Anne Kontos Clancy son of Fusaichi Pegasus finally broke see where we’re at now.” “It was not really a good day. We 917-446-2848 his maiden in October but Martin was scratched one filly in the fifth, so he [email protected] again forced to stop on the gelding. He • Gary Contessa, leading trainer of went back to the barn to see the filly,” returned in July at Belmont and ran off P.O. Box 449, Middleburg, VA 20118 both the Aqueduct and Belmont meets, assistant trainer Marcelo Arenas said of s s &AX with an entry-level allowance prior to was winless in 2009 at the Spa coming Contessa’s absence. “Finally we won, Monday’s romp. into Monday. In the day’s final race, a and Jorge Chavez did a good job.”
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34 Tuesday, August 11, 2009 them from second careers. Brennan matches these horses with farms will- Retired – ing to take on a permanent retiree. Final Continued from page 34 Furlong absorbs the cost of their care wherever they are placed. Brennan Stables upon completion of “We had one horse we claimed their racing careers.” called Tom The River Rat. He was kind Final Furlong covers all expenses as- of a local horse up here and ended up sociated with reacquired horses, includ- in Suffolk Downs running for cheap ing transportation from the track, vet- and as he was dropping through I kept erinary and blacksmith care and board. Brennan then rehabilitates each horse warning my husband I was going to and attempts to find it a home – free. claim him and I did. There’s a group of Before the process begins, Brennan people who put in and helped me bring has each horse thoroughly vetted and him home and he lives out on the farm compares its condition with the horse now doing nothing.” they sold. She works with each horse Brennan stressed that Final Fur- for about 90 days until she is comfort- long’s success is due in large part to the able that the horse can move on to a support it receives from everyone in- new career. volved at Niall Brennan Stables, from “They crash from 0-30 days coming the bottom up. Grooms and handlers off the track, from being in a stall and that remember a horse from his 2-year- on a regular exercise program. Once old days run over to greet him the mo- you stop with them and turn them out, ment he returns to the farm. they fall apart on you. Ninety-nine per- “I’m notorious for claiming horses cent of the horses do. It’s no reflection of we’ve had,” Brennan said. “Niall and the care. At 2 months they start feeling our partner Mike Ryan have been tre- better and they all start to get a little ob- mendous about supporting me every noxious. Then from 60-90 days is when time I start saying, they need to be I get comfortable that they’re sound and claimed and come off. Mike’s one of that they can behave. We pull the chains the first to say ‘let’s do it’. It’s pretty off them from the get-go. They have to nice to know I have that support.” walk with just normal shanks. We try to “They grumble a lot,” Brennan said, make them as bombproof as we can – we tie them up in the wash rack, make “but they always support it.” Courtesy Photo The initiative behind Final Furlong them stand for baths, crawl all around Former racehorse Baxter and Lexie Sutherland negotiate a small jump. them.” comes ultimately from a sense a re- Brennan personally matches each Baxter is one of many NBS gradu- majority of the new owners are children sponsibility to the animals that make horse with a prospective new owner. ates who found his second career with whose parents can afford the upkeep of this industry possible. “I can tell everyone about most of a young rider. Baxter ran his last race a horse but not the original outlay of “We have the facilities and the con- them: who’s quiet, who’s not, who needs April 10, left Brennan’s care July 14, purchasing the animal. tacts and the ability to do it ourselves, to go to a pro, who’s going to be a kid’s and now takes trail rides and dressage Some Final Furlong horses have to look out for our own and protect horse,” Brennan said. clinics with his 13-year-old owner. The chronic soundness issues that prevent them,” Brennan said.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 37 Two Continents . . . Seeing Lord Shanakill, winner of the 2009 Group I Prix Jan Prat is believing Boyd Browning needed to see it. Fasig-Tipton’s president called CUP OF COFFEE Sonny Bonacio, president of Bonacio Funny Moon, winner of the Construction, and asked if he could meet him at the salesgrounds at mid- By night Wednesday. It was Browning’s 2009 Grade I Coaching first stop in Saratoga. Sean Clancy “He called me and said, ‘Hey, can you meet at midnight on Wednesday Club American Oaks night?’ ” Bonacio said. “I said, ‘I can tell you without looking at my planner “Let’s get this party started,” de that I don’t have another appointment Meric said. then.’ You need to meet at 1 o’clock, The party rocked from there. you meet at 1 o’clock.” Bonacio, sweat dripping from the Browning arrived at the sales- edges of his hair, surveyed again. Hey, grounds at 1:30. this was easy, it started at 6 o’clock. He met Bonacio and Ben Palmer- “It’s unbelievable, we can’t wait to Ball, architect, at the newly renovated get to stage two, the sales pavilion. salesgrounds. The back is just so beautiful, the fact The lights were on. that the public can still use it, it’s a They stayed a couple of hours, great place to come over for lunch, walked the place, scoped it out. Not it’s been a welcome thing for Saratoga finished, but damn close. Big, bold, Springs that’s for sure,” Bonacio said. pristine walking ring. Balcony over- “They know what they’re doing, we looking the backring. New lunch were just a cog in the wheel, this was counter. Proper bathrooms. Stone wall actually really easy, just doping out all with running water sliding down it. the little finetune points at the end.” Ornate entrance. Proper fence. New Bonacio finished Darley’s renova- and improved, Adirondack wood still tion of Greentree before this project. a little loud among the green, but that The international company using the will fade. The finishing touches still to local company, the locals appreciated go, Browning felt better, Bonacio felt it. the same, he never worried. “All locals, I think the longest Five days later, it was show time. commute was 20 minutes, commut- Turn the page, start a new era. A ing from Glens Falls or something,” promotional video, touting value and Bonacio said. “All the materials, all playing the game, blared on the flat the contractors, everybody comes and screens in every corner. The sod hadn’t picks up their checks from my office, quite held up, soft under the foot. The they’re all close. (Fasig-Tipton) is a Eaton crew and the Fasig-Tipton crew great company, they did it right, they blended in their red shirts. Steve As- get it, they understand local people, mussen checked his phone. Plant man- they understand business.” Both sold by Darby Dan ager Bill Meissner walked through Bonacio helped caterer Anthony the crowd, preoccupied and thinking Mazzone unload produce two hours Hip 119 Filly about the details, the details. Dan earlier. If Bonacio asked, Mazzone Pride, Browning, Max Hodge sur- would pick up a paint brush for Bon- veyed the place, worrying. Pauls Mill acio. That’s local. by Forestry out of Entrusted showed a chestnut to some last-second Change doesn’t always come easy. buyers. Sheikh Mohammed and John Big company buys small company, Ferguson strolled through, two men in there goes the neighborhood. Like the a six-man brigade walking toward the old saying, change is worse than death Hip 200 Colt by Encosta de Lago sales pavilion. itself, because death is final and you At 6:20, Fasig-Tipton’s Jack Heis- have to live with change. out of Nicole and Krista (IRE) senbuttel, picked up his radio and “You go to a lot of planning meet- called them to arms. ings, sit there and think, ‘For the love “Hips, one, three, four, five, six, of God,’ ” Bonacio said. “And now please make your way to the walking the people who weren’t sure come out Barn 3 ring.” and say, ‘That is gorgeous.’ I think the At 6:21, a bay colt, Hip 003, con- community is realizing that this com- signed by Sam-Son Farm, stepped onto pany wants to do things right.” the rubber bricks of Fasig-Tipton’s Thirty minutes into the new era, new era. Bonacio was asked if he was enjoying Alexandra de Meric, sales book in it, standing back and looking at the hand and in Sam-Son red, marched finished product, in full use, in all its next to the colt. glory. “Right now I have to go fix a door- knob on a toilet,” Bonacio said. 0ME'SBOLGPSU1JLF He was joking. He hadn’t stopped laughing, when -FYJOHUPO ,FOUVDLZ Fasig-Tipton’s Darren English bar- Small-Group Racing Trips reled to him. “We need ice,” English (Paris/Arc trip closes August 11) said, peeling cash out of his wallet. XXXEBSCZEBODPN Trip dates: September 28-October 5 “Get 200 dollars worth of ice.” (800) 261-0499 Bonacio sprinted off. www.racing-europe.com PARTNER
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Client: AEG File: oLo.aeg.Photo_SS.pdf Agency: KreabGavinAnderson Publication: Saratoga Special Project: Photo FinishAd Issue: 7/00/09 Date: 08.05.09 Color: CMYK Version: v.1.15 Unit: Full page Size: 10” X 13.5” Trim: Pub Contact: Sean Clancy Agency Contact: Peter Lord 212.529.2861; 917.523.3735