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KEENELAND NOVEMBER PREVIEW ...after Headline News HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2007 FASIG-TIPTON MIXES IT UP O’BRIEN PLEASED WITH CUP DRAW Fasig-Tipton=s Selected November Mixed sale prom- Trainer Aidan O=Brien was cautiously optimistic after ises to be a high-octane affair when it kicks off this lightly raced and lightly weighted Mahler (GB) (Galileo afternoon at 2 p.m. at the company=s Newtown Pad- {Ire}) drew barrier 6 for Tuesday=s A$5.1-million docks in Lexington, Kentucky. A G1 Melbourne Cup. AObviously, we don=t want to have total of 185 horses have been cat- to go too hard to get a posi- alogued for the event, including tion, [and] we didn=t want to the late addition of dual Grade I be too wide,@ O=Brien said. AHe winner Octave. The sale also in- is a horse that will stay and he cludes Grade I winners Appealing likes to be ridden handy, but Zophie, Asi Siempre, Cash In- we don=t want to use up too cluded, Cotton Blossom, Dream much petrol; hopefully, he will Octave Brandon Benson Rush, Ermine, Irish Smoke, go forward on the inside.@ Maryfield and Round Pond, who Jockey Stephen Baster, who are catalogued as racing and/or broodmare prospects, rode Mahler for the first time as well as young Grade I winners Indy Five Hundred Friday, said the sophomore and Leave Me Alone, who sell in foal. AThe action here had a mature mental attitude. Mahler The Age has been good and the expectations are high,@ said AHe's a lovely horse with a Boyd Browning Jr., Fasig-Tipton=s executive vice presi- really good nature, and I think that is a big plus going dent and chief operating officer. AWe=ve got a quality into the Melbourne Cup with a crowd of 120,000,@ group of horses, and it looks like we=ve got a quality Baster said. AHe's the real deal, definitely.@ Mahler, who group of buyers.@ The impressive make-up of the cata- has been a little lost without regular work partner Scor- logue is the result of a lot of elbow grease, said Brown- pion (Ire), worked 1200 meters in 1:24 at Sandown, ing. AWe=ve had the opportunity to capitalize on past getting his final 400 meters in :25. Three-for-seven successes,@ he said. AIt=s a lot of hard work put forth by lifetime, he captured the G3 Queen=s a lot of people.@ Many familiar faces could be seen at Vase going two miles at Royal Ascot the barns at Fasig-Tipton yesterday, and Browning said and comes off a second in the G1 St he expected there to be an increased foreign presence. Leger at Doncaster Sept. 15. The AThis catalogue does hold more international appeal colt, in at 111 pounds, is 10-1 in the than others we=ve had in the past,@ he said. AWe=ve antepost betting. Melbourne Cup his- seen a good number of Europeans and a good number tory will be made this year, as two of buyers from Japan.@ Approximately 110 broodmare female jockeys will ride in the great prospects and in-foal mares and 70 selected weanlings race for the first time. Top New Zea- comprise the catalogue. Also included are a number of land jockey Lisa Cropp will partner Sculptor & Cropp stallion prospects that will sell at the end of today=s GSW Sculptor (NZ) (His Royal High- brisbanenews.com.au proceedings. Hip 181 is the six-year-old Liquor Cabinet ness {NZ}), who earned himself a (Ire) (Hennessy), who earned one of the better Beyer berth with a win in the G3 Saab Quality S. yesterday; figures of the year (113) winning the GIII Aqueduct H. and South Australia=s leading female rider Clare Lindop in January; hip 182 is Silver Wagon (Wagon Limit), a will ride 40-1 shot Dolphin Jo (Aus) (Dolphin Street Grade I winner of $1.16 million; hip 183 is Grade II {Fr}), who will break from the inside. Master O=Reilly winner Tap Day (Pleasant Tap), a six-year-old who sells (Aus) (O=Reilly {NZ}), the morning-line favorite at 11-2, as a stallion/racing prospect; and hip 184 is the five- drew post 17. The five-year-old earned the role with his year-old Wild Desert (Wild Rush), winner of the 2005 victory in the G1 Caulfield Cup Oct. 20. Queen=s Plate. Hip Happenings, p10-13 Melbourne Cup Field, p7 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/4/07 • PAGE 2 of 13 He=s just a few days short of his 80th birthday, but P R E S U L T S P the message at Flemington was loud and clear: never underestimate 12-time G1 Melbourne Cup winning Saturday, Flemington, Australia trainer Bart Cummings. Cummings= charge Sirmione, a L K S MACKINNON S.-G1, A$750,000, Flemington 60-1 outsider, exploded in the stretch here to earn (Melbourne), 11-3, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:02.32, gd. himself a place in the gate for the 2007 Melbourne 1--sSIRMIONE (AUS), 129, g, 4, by Encosta de Lago (Aus) Cup. He eclipsed Princess Coup, who missed the start 1st Dam: World Guide (NZ), by Defensive Play by three lengths, as Zipping made up 20 lengths to get 2nd Dam: Lambert Miss (NZ), by Danzatore third. The sectionals told the story--Zipping powered 3rd Dam: Buzzette (Aus), by Atilla (GB) home in :22.93 and :11.73, while Sirmione clocked O-Dr J M & Mrs T M Xipell, R Covington & L A & Mrs :11.86 for his final furlong. AHe relaxed well and as S J Smith; B-Mr M F Doyle & Murrulla Stud; T-Bart soon as I showed him the whip he just took off,@ win- Cummings; J-Peter Mertens; A$450,000. ning jockey Peter Merten said. Sirmione had been out of 2--Princess Coup (Aus), 123, f, 4, Encosta de Lago (Aus)-- the frame in his five previous starts, including a 12th- Stoneyfell Road (Aus), by Sovereign Red (NZ). place finish in the G1 Caulfield Cup last time Oct. 20. O-Bromley Bloodstock Ltd & R A Coupland; B-Ingenue He has drawn the disadvantageous post 20 in the 24- Breeding Synd & B Wise; T-M Walker; A$135,000. horse Melbourne Cup field. 3--Zipping (Aus), 130, g, 6, Danehill--Social Scene (Ire), by Grand Lodge. O-Mr & Mrs L J Williams; Miss Finland Off the Board... B-Swettenham Stud & B Sangster; T-Graeme Racing third from the rear, Miss Finland (Redoute=s Rogerson; A$67,500. Choice {Aus}) made up considerable ground, but lacked Margins: 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 60-1, 10-1, 9-1. her usual spark and finished fifth. AAt the 600 meters, Also Ran: Devil Moon (Aus), Miss Finland (Aus), Douro she got her head up and wasn't racing well,@ jockey Valley (Aus), Maybe Better (Aus), Scenic Shot (Aus), Craig Williams said. AI'll have to find myself a new girl- Pillar Of Hercules (Aus), Captious (NZ), Tawqeet (USA), friend.@ Trainer David Hayes confirmed that Miss Fin- Railings (Aus), Haradasun (Aus), Annenkov (Ire). land would not press on to the Cup. AShe's out of form Scratched: El Segundo (NZ). and off to the paddock,@ Hayes offered. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/4/07 • PAGE 3 of 13 Saturday, Flemington, Australia The lethal combination of David Hayes and Craig VICTORIA DERBY-G1, A$1,500,000, Flemington (Mel- Williams struck again here with the rapidly improving bourne), 11-3, 3yo, 1 9/16mT, 2:40.92, gd. Kibbutz. Bammagera (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) took the 1--@sKIBBUTZ (NZ), 122, g, 3, by Golan (Ire) early lead and cantered in front with Marching as Wil- 1st Dam: Misskap (NZ), by Kaapstad (NZ) liams nursed Kibbutz along in the middle of the pack. 2nd Dam: Forn Vell (GB), by Air Trooper (GB) The gelding hit the afterburners in the stretch to reel in 3rd Dam: Newport (GB), by Porto Bello (Ire) the leaders and draw clear. ADavid has timed this horse O-OTI Racing Synd, T & Mrs M Gannon, J Higgins, to perfection,@ Williams said. Kibbutz, who won the L. M Gudinski, D Sinn, P Sinn, A Clark & Sure Thing Hill Smith S. over 1800 meters at Cheltenham, was Synd; B-L I Redshaw; T-David Hayes; J-Craig runner-up to Marching in the G2 AAMI Vase at Moonee Williams; A$900,000. *SP-NZ. Valley last week. AHe=s such a bad track worker that we 2--Littorio (Aus), 122, g, 3, Bellotto--Our Centasea originally weren=t that excited with him at all,@ Hayes (Aus), by Centaine (Aus). O-Ms S J Blackiston, said. J Efthim, M McInnis, G Livermore, A G Young, M E MacKinnon cont. Barrett, T E Barrett, J W King, L A Weis & Miss K Season Over for Haradasun... Efthim; B-Mrs V Klaric; T-Nigel Blackiston; Haradasun (Aus) (Fusaichi Pegasus), winless in six A$270,000. attempts this spring, pulled up sore in the MacKinnon 3--Marching (Aus), 122, c, 3, Commands (Aus)--Step and will immediately be sent to the paddock. AHe's (Aus), by Grand Lodge. O-Woodlands Stud Syndicate; lame in front,@ trainer Tony Vasil said of the 13th-place B-Woodlands Stud; T-John Hawkes; A$135,000. finisher. AThere are a lot of Haradasun knockers out Margins: 1HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 4-1, 8-1, 15-8. there, but it is the first time he has finished out of the Also Ran: Villain (Aus), Bammagera (Aus), Best Beware first four.