HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, POINT GIVEN call 732-747-8060. A Top 2008 All-Weather Sire www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2008 TDN Feature Presentation LAVA MAN MAY HAVE RUN LAST RACE While no official decision has been made, multi-mil- GRADE 2 SANFORD STAKES lion dollar earner Lava Man (Slew City Slew) may have run his last race, according to co-owner Steve Kenley of STD Stable. ANothing=s official, but I=m sure we=ll huddle up and make a decision before too long on what to do,@ Kenley said yesterday, a day after Lava Man ran GENERAL SIRE LIST: last in the GI Eddie Read H. AIt=s nothing we feel we have to do in a day or two, but we=ll huddle up and 5 OF TOP 16 STAND AT LANE’S END decide to do what=s best for the horse.@ Lava Man was INCLUDING # 1 SMART STRIKE claimed by STD Stable and - Thoroughbred Times 7/21 Jason Wood and trainer Looking Back... Doug O=Neill for $50,000 at When you scan the list of Sanford winners, some of Del Mar in 2004. The seven- the biggest names in Thoroughbred racing jump out at year-old gelding went on to you. Triple Crown winner Secretariat and New York=s win seven Grade I races and Handicap Triple hero Tom Fool both earned their first- earnings of $5,268,706. He ever stakes wins in the event; 1978 Triple Crown won three straight renewals champ Affirmed was actually picking up his third stakes of the GI Hollywood Gold score in the race. Regret beat the boys in the second Benoit Cup, from 2005-2007, as running of the Sanford in 1914. Afleet Alex set the well as the 2006 and 2007 stakes record of 1:09 1/5 in 2004, and went on to win editions of the GI Santa Anita H. and the 2006 GI Pa- the GI Preakness and GI Belmont S. cific Classic and GI Charles Whittingham Memorial H. One of the most impressive performances in Sanford Winless since last year=s Gold Cup, Lava Man seemed history was not, however, a win, but the second-place to regain his form with a game third-place effort in the finish of Man o=War in 1919. June 7 Whittingham, leaving connections disappointed The race was contested on Aug. with his finish in the Eddie Read. AWe were really confi- 13, and Man o=War already had six dent [Sunday] because he looked so good in the pad- victories to his credit. He was dock and he had been training really well since the heavily favored at 1-2 to make it Whittingham,@ Kenley said. AAnd he ran great in the seven in a row, but luck was not Whittingham. With that, we thought we could do better with him. The first stroke of misfor- yesterday. We thought he=d be cruising along on the NYRA tune came when the starter, Mars Cassidy, fell ill, and was replaced by lead and things would go our way.@ Kenley praised Lava placing judge C.H. Pettingill. Pettingill was plagued by Man, adding, AWe have nothing but appreciation for this bad starts all day, and the Sanford was no exception. horse. It=s been quite a ride for four years. He=s been in Caught flat-footed and facing the wrong way when the spotlight and he=s put us on the map.@ the tape went up, ABig Red@ found himself trailing the field down the backstretch. Jockey Johnny Loftus went UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES to work, driving the powerful chestnut after his rivals; Man o=War=s monster stride ate up ground. He had just Date Race Track three horses in front of him on the turn for home, and it July 23 GIII Schuylerville S. SAR looked like he might overcome the disastrous start, but July 24 GII Sanford S. SAR Loftus opted to send Man o=War up the rail in the July 25 GIII Lake George S. SAR stretch and the two were boxed in. Cont. p2 www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/22/08 • PAGE 2 of 9 TDN Feature Presentation... Continued GRADE 2 SANFORD S. Looking Back (cont. from p1) Describing that final drive, Willie Knapp, aboard Up- set, reportedly said, AWe=d passed the quarter pole and were going to the eighth pole when I heard something right behind me, and I knew it was Big Red coming at me now. I looked back and there he was. Johnny Lof- tus was riding like a crazy man and he yelled at me, >Move over, Willie! I=m coming through!= So I yelled at him, >Take off! Take off, you bum, or I=ll put you through the rail!=@ Loftus was forced to take up, but finally got Man SARATOGA IS COMING ... Opening Day is Wednesday o=War into the clear in the final furlong. It was too late, Raceshooters.com though. Carrying 130 pounds to Upset=s 115, Man o=War came up a neck short in what would be the only defeat of his career. The prospective field for this year=s running of the GII SANFORD S. Sanford may not include another Man o=War, but it July 24, 94th running, $150,000, 2yo, 6f Stakes Record: 1:09 1/5, Afleet Alex, 2004 does feature a pair of J “TDN Rising Stars” J. Desert Party (Street Cry {Ire}), who graduated in his Last Year=s Winner: Ready=s Image (More Than Ready) debut at Arlington in June, will have Edgar Prado in the Champion Two-Year-Olds: Seven Sanford winners have gone on to year-end honors as champion two- irons; Notonthesamepage (Catienus) earned AStar@ sta- tus when setting a track record of :50 flat for 4 1/2 year-old - Tom Fool, 1952; Hail to Reason, 1960; furlongs in his career opener on Apr. 30, but has not Secretariat, 1972; Affirmed, 1977; Forty Niner, been out since. Also pointing for the six-furlong test are 1987; Dehere, 1993; and Maria=s Mon, 1995. Bullion Cache (Seeking the Gold), a maiden winner at Most Wins - Owner: 8, Greentree Stable - First Churchill June 25; Heir to the Stone (Birdstone), who Minstrel, 1933; Devil Diver, 1941; Big Stretch, 1950; bested New York-breds by 5 3/4 lengths in his July 10 Tom Fool, 1951; Thin Ice, 1956; Weatherwise, debut at Belmont; and Run Away and Hide (City Zip), 1959; Delirium, 1963; Fuzzbuster, 1978. who made it two-for-two in the May 1 GIII Kentucky S. Most Wins - Trainer: 6, John Gaver Sr. - Devil Diver, at Churchill. 1941; Big Stretch, 1950; Tom Fool, 1951; Thin Ice, 1956; Weatherwise, 1959; Delirium, 1963; 5, D. Wayne Lukas - Sovereign Don, 1985; Bite the MOVING ??? Bullet, 1989; Formal Dinner, 1990; Mountain Cat, For just a day or forever... 1992; and Time Bandit, 1998. Most Wins - Jockey: 5, John Velazquez - More Than Call us with your new fax number. Ready, 1999; Buster=s Daydream, 2001; Chapel (732) 747-8060 Royal, 2003; Scat Daddy, 2006; Ready=s Image, 2007. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/22/08 • PAGE 3 of 9 PEDIGREE INSIGHTS the runner-up for the third time, with Little Belle follow- ing the example of Tomisue=s Delight and Fircroft. BY ANDREW CAULFIELD When I wrote about Jilbab I commented that: COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $294,000, ANo horse capable of siring sons of the quality of BEL, 7-19, 3yo, f, 1 1/4m, 2:01 3/5, ft. Aptitude, A P Valentine, Golden Missile, Jump Start, 1--MUSIC NOTE, 121, f, 3, by A.P. Indy Stephen Got Even, Old Trieste, Pulpit and Symboli Indy 1st Dam: Note Musicale (GB), by Sadler's Wells could ever be described as a Afilly@ sire. Yet A.P. Indy, 2nd Dam: It's in the Air, by Mr. Prospector the stallion responsible for this impressive collection, 3rd Dam: A Wind Is Rising, by Francis S. has undoubtedly earned a reputation for being an even O-Godolphin Racing LLC; B-Gainsborough Farm LLC better sire of fillies than he is of colts.@ Cont. p4 (KY); T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-Javier Castellano; Music Note, f, 3 $180,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $398,000. *1/2 Boldnesian Bold Reasoning to Musical Chimes (In Excess {Ire}), GISW-US & Fr, Reason to Earn Seattle Slew $965,349; Top of the Bill (Lear Fan), MSW-Stp, Poker My Charmer $165,420. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the Fair Charmer A.P. Indy eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Bold Ruler Secretariat Over the years A.P. Indy=s daughters have treated us Somethingroyal Weekend Surprise to plenty of impressive Grade I victories, with Secret Buckpasser Lassie Dear Status= seven-length romp in the Kentucky Oaks, Sweet Gay Missile Symphony=s wide-margin win in the Alabama S. and Nearctic Northern Dancer Rags to Riches= various triumphs among the most mem- Natalma Sadler’s Wells orable. But, for sheer imperiousness, nothing compares Note Musicale Bold Reason Fairy Bridge to the way Music Note sprinted away from her rivals (GB) Special Unraced for an 11-length success in the Coaching Club Ameri- Raise a Native 6Fls, 3 Wnrs, It’s in the Air Mr. Prospector can Oaks three days ago. This was the second CCA 2GSW Ch, 43-16-9-6, Gold Digger Oaks victory for Lane=s End=s star stallion, following $892,339 A Wind is Rising Francis S.