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Biomechanics & Cardio Scores HEADLINE for Yearlings, 2YOs, Racehorses, Mares & Stallions NEWS BreezeFigs™ at the Two-Year-Old Sales For information about TDN, DATATRACK call 732-747-8060. www.biodatatrack.com www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 Bob Fierro • Jay Kilgore • Frank Mitchell MOREAU OF THE SAME AT SEPTEMBER Numbers remained down during the fifth session of the Keeneland September Sale in Lexington, but there were some bright spots in the depressed market, espe- cially in the arena of weanling- to-yearling pinhooks, which ac- counted for the top five horses SIMPLY ‘D’ BEST sold. That included the session Paul Pompa Jr=s D= Funnybone (D=wildcat) was topper, a colt by Bernstein who heavily backed at 2-5 in yesterday=s GII Futurity S. at was purchased by bloodstock Belmont Park following a runaway agent Mike Ryan for $475,000. victory in the GII Saratoga Special It was a feel-good pinhooking S. Aug. 20, and lived up to the coup for the small Ocala-based billing with a good-looking 4 3/4- operation Moreau Bloodstock length tally over Discreetly Mine International, the nom de course (Mineshaft). AI was very im- of husband-and-wife team of pressed,@ trainer Rick Dutrow Jr Xavier and Sharon Moreau. offered. AHe had to show up on The Moreaus, along with part- Xavier Moreau L Marquardt this track going a little further and ners Jean-Philippe Truchement Horsephotos deal with some tough customers, and Irwin and France Weiner, purchased the colt for and he showed up the right way.@ just $55,000 last year at Keeneland November and And if the conditioner had his way? AI=d rather run him offered him here under the Moreau Bloodstock banner. here [in the GI Champagne Oct. 10] and then just stop While Ryan=s spending helped propel Saturday=s ses- on him for the year,@ Dutrow revealed. AI=m not crazy sion, figures were still off significantly from 2008. The about California and the [synthetic surface], but there=s average of $77,477 was off 29.3 percent, while the a lot of excitement that goes with [the Breeders= Cup] median of $60,000 was down 33.3 percent. The RNA and how can you turn it down?@ Cont. p2 rate was 33.5 percent; last year=s was 21.1 percent. The gross of $18,439,500 was down significantly from Saturday, Belmont Park last year=s $30,677,000. Cont. p11 FUTURITY S.-GII, $250,000, BEL, 9-19, 2yo, 7f, 1:22 2/5, ft. 1--D' FUNNYBONE, 120, c, 2, by D=wildcat 1st Dam: Elbow, by Woodman 2nd Dam: Elvia, by Roberto 3rd Dam: Chain Bracelet, by Lyphard O-Paul P Pompa Jr; B-Harold J Plumley (FL); T-Richard E Dutrow Jr; J-Edgar S Prado; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $278,200. *1/2 to Dr. Kathy (Polish Numbers), SW & GSP. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Discreetly Mine, 120, c, 2, Mineshaft--Pretty Discreet, by Private Account. O-E Paul Robsham Stables LLC; B-E Paul Robsham (KY); T-Stanley M Hough; $50,000. 3--Thiskyhasnolimit, 120, c, 2, Sky Mesa--Lovely Regina, by Deputy Minister. ($120,000 yrl '08 KEESEP). O-Cathy & Bob Zollars & Mark Wagner; B-Stud TNT (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; $25,000. Margins: 4 3/4, 8, NK. Odds: 0.45, 3.45, 21.30. Also Ran: Soundman, Insightful, Hear Ye Hear Ye, Grand Rapport, Successful Score. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/20/09 • PAGE 2 of 16 Futurity S. cont. Saturday, Belmont Park MATRON S.-GII, $250,000, BEL, 9-19, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23, ft. Away alertly, D= Funnybone was settled in third 1--#@AWESOME MARIA, 119, f, 2, by Maria=s Mon through a :22.63 opening quarter. With Edgar Prado 1st Dam: Discreetly Awesome, by Awesome Again aboard, he tugged his way to challenge for the lead on 2nd Dam: Pretty Discreet, by Private Account the turn for home, took over shortly thereafter and 3rd Dam: Pretty Persuasive, by Believe It turned it into a romp in the stretch. AHe ran the way we O-E Paul Robsham Stables LLC; B-Mrs E Paul expected,@ Prado said. AHe was training great in the Robsham (KY); T-Stanley M Hough; J-C H Velasquez; morning and he was very happy. He broke super and I $150,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $191,000. rode with a lot of confidence today. I know what he=s Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. capable of, so I let the other two horses go and sat and 2--Touching Beauty, 119, f, 2, Tapit--Victory Road, by waited. I was looking for him to see a target and he Ikari. ($35,000 yrl '08 KEEJAN; $235,000 2yo >09 FTFFEB). O-Gainesway Farm & Joseph M Cornacchia; was very comfortable there. I think there=s room to improve, because once he took the lead, he started B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd & Winchell Thoroughbreds (KY); T-James A Jerkens; $50,000. goofing around a little bit.@ Prado thinks his charge 3--Worship the Moon, 119, f, 2, Malibu Moon- - should be able to stretch out in distance. Today he A Evangelizer, by Saint Ballado. ($40,000 yrl '08 gave me a better feeling [about his ability to go further] KEESEP). O-Golden Dome Stable; B-Town & Country than last time,@ he confirmed. ALast time I thought he Farms Corp (FL); T-Mark Shuman; $25,000. was going to be limited, but today he really opened up Margins: 2 3/4, NO, 1 1/4. Odds: 3.75, 16.10, 37.00. and I didn=t even have to hit him. I think he=s getting Also Ran: Southern Truth, Heavenly Landing, Dashing Debby, Speightful better with races and rating well. He=s moving the right Lady, Worstcasescenario, Babai Baby. way.@ D= Funnybone, a first out maiden winner at Cal- One race after stablemate Discreetly Mine (Mineshaft) der in May, was purchased privately by Pompa follow- settled for second in the GII Futurity S., Awesome ing a second-place finish in the Frank Gomez Memorial Maria did him one better with this authoritative score. S. July 11. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the The grey filly missed by a half-length when unveiled at brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style Saratoga July 30, but turned a seven-furlong maiden pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. into a procession Aug. 21, skipping through the Spa slop to score by 8 1/4 lengths. The second choice was in the thick of things from the start as odds-on Worstcasescenario (Forbidden Apple) backed away from a speed duel, and wound up pressing 46-1 South- ern Truth (Yes It=s True) through a :22.57 opening quarter. Awesome Maria began to shake loose entering the stretch and powered clear from her rivals in the final furlong to a decisive success. AI think she=ll be better going longer,@ asserted winning trainer Stanley Hough. AShe=s kind of got one pace to her, but, fortu- nately, it=s a pretty good pace.@ Hough added, AIf every- thing is right, I=m leaning toward [running her] in the [GI] Frizette [at Belmont Oct. 10].@ Worstcasescenario stopped badly in the lane. According to Daily Racing Form, jockey Alan Garcia told trainer Rick Violette that the favorite Atook a funny step going into the turn.@ Awesome Maria is the first foal from Discreetly Awe- some, an unraced daughter of Pretty Discreet, who captured the GI Alabama S. for the Robshams in 1995. Pretty Discreet went on to produce the swift Discreet Cat (Forestry), as well as the aforementioned Discreetly Top of the Stretch in the GII Futurity S. at Belmont Mine. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the Adam Coglianese photo free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/20/09 • PAGE 3 of 16 JUST LIKE A FINE WINE At the age of six, Marc Keller=s Bribon is enjoying a career year. The chestnut, a very good and troubled third in last term=s GI Hill 'N' Dale Cigar Mile H., enters riding a three-race win- ning streak, including tallies in the GIII Westchester S. Apr. 29 and the prestigious GI Shadwell Metropolitan H. May 25. Bribon, who began his career over- seas on grass, returned to the spinach at Saratoga with an eye- catching optional claim- Bribon ing tally Aug. 9. AThis Adam Coglianese summer, there was a lapse where there were no races for him,@ trainer Robert Ribaudo told Daily Racing Form. ASo we tried him on the grass at Saratoga to see how he'd compete, and he stepped up and ran big against some quality horses. He came close to the track record, and his numbers were good. This race really suits him. It's his best distance, and it's a one-turn mile. It's got all the things that he likes. He's doing fine. He's the kind of horse you don't have to do a lot with. The fresher he is, the better he is.@ Five-year- old mare Ventura used a second-place finish behind Rahy=s Attorney in this race last year as a launching pad to a tour-de-force in the Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Rahy=s Attorney posted triple-digit Beyers while an- Sprint. The dark makes her first start since losing a nexing the GII King Edward H.