ISLAND SAND Takes Delaware H. HEADLINE ...p. 2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, JULY 18, 2005 WHERE WILL YOU BE THIS JULY? “WANDA” WOMAN While the weather outside remains cloudy and gray, His Highness the Aga Khan paid the supplementary officials at Fasig-Tipton are confident that there will be fee for Shawanda (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) earlier this week different atmospheric condi- and The Curragh crowd found out why yesterday as tions over the Newtown Pad- the 9-2 second favorite simply docks when the company blew away her rivals to take the kicks off its annual July Se- G1 Darley Irish Oaks by five lected Yearling Sale this morn- lengths. Jockey Christophe ing in Lexington. A mammoth Soumillon will have few Classic catalogue of 679 youngsters rides as easy. He reined back the will be offered during the two- homebred after breaking smartly, day event, which, in the ab- Sales Ring www.fasigtipton.com and his confidence was rewarded sence for the third consecu- as the filly’s devastating turn of Shawanda INPHO tive year of the Keeneland July sale, serves as the first acceleration down the outside carried the pair past dip of the toe into the yearling market. Despite empha- toiling rivals at the quarter pole. Hand-ridden to dispose sizing the physical as opposed to flashy pedigrees, the of the top-class Playful Act (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), sale has become a source of solid horseflesh. In 2005 Shawanda was easily in front as she reached the line, alone, the company can boast of the graded-stakes breaking the stakes record by 3/10 of a second. “That winning graduates Effectual, Hollywood Story, La was very straightforward for her,” the Aga Khan’s Stud Chunga, Storm Wolf and Surf Cat. Boyd Browning, Manager Pat Downes said. “We could put our binocu- executive vice president and chief operating officer at lars down and enjoy it. Irish Oaks cont. p2 Fasig-Tipton, tells buyers to expect more of the same. “We’ve got a very strong catalogue, both in terms of Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland the number of horses and the quality of horses,” he DARLEY IRISH OAKS-G1, i397,200, The Curragh, said. “The activity on the grounds has been good and 7-17, 3yo, f, 1 1/2mT, 2:27.10 (NSR), gd/fm. that generally bodes well. I would hope that we would 1--sSHAWANDA (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Sinndar (Ire) have a marketplace fairly similar to last year.” 1st Dam: Shamawna (Ire) (GSP-Fr), by Darshaan (GB) 2nd Dam: Shamsana, by Nijinsky II The Bar is Set High... 3rd Dam: Shanizadeh (Ire), by Baldric The 2004 edition of the JuIy sale exceeded every O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs expectation, with gross receipts approaching $39 mil- SC; T-A de Royer-Dupre; J-C Soumillon; i225,200. lion, a 23-percent increase in the average ($114,260) Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr, 5-4-1-0, i298,800. *1/2 and a 19-percent jump in the median ($80,000). Last to Shawara (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}), SW-Fr. year’s sales-topper was a colt by Elusive Quality, pur- 2--Playful Act (Ire), 126, f, 3, Sadler’s Wells-- chased by John Ferguson for $950,000 for Sheikh Magnificient Style, by Silver Hawk. O-Sangster Mohammed. Browning is nothing if not realistic in his Family; B-Swettenham Stud; T-J Gosden; i80,000. approach to this year’s auction. “I would not expect 3--Mona Lisa (GB), 126, f, 3, Giant’s Causeway-- any dramatic or unbelievable changes,” he commented. Colorsnap (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB). (1,250,000gns “There’s no real dramatic upward pressure, and I would yrl ‘03 TATHOU). O-Michael Tabor & Susan Magnier; hope there isn’t a whole lot of significant downward B-Meon Valley Stud; T-Aidan O’Brien; i40,000. pressure either.” He added, “If the average and the Margins: 5, 2HF, SHD. Odds: 9-2, 5-1, 10-1. median would be down five percent and the RNA rate Also Ran: Right Key (Ire), Dash to the Top (GB), Saoire would be similar, I would say we would have had a (GB), Thakafaat (Ire), Allexina (GB), Chelsea Rose (Ire), successful sale, particularly with the expansion in the Pictavia (Ire), In The Ribbons (GB), Lazy Marie (Ire). catalogue.” FTKJUL Preview cont. p7-10 DNF: Hazariya (Ire)-pulled up. JUMP START A.P. Indy S Steady Cat, by Storm Cat (859) 273-1514 Fax (859) 273-0034 Saratoga GSW at 2 www.overbrookfarm.com 1st Crop Yearlings Sell Now! TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/18/05 • PAGE 2 of 10 Irish Oaks cont. Sunday, Delaware Park Pace Makes the Race... DELAWARE H.-GII, $1,001,800, DEL, 7-17, 3yo/up, The connections of Shawanda were concerned about f/m, 1 1/4m, 2:02 4/5, ft. a lack of pace in the Irish Oaks, but those worries 1--ISLAND SAND, 115, f, 4, by Tabasco Cat proved unfounded. “Luckily, there were enough up 1st Dam: Sue's Last Dance, by Forty Niner there wanting to be handy,” Pat Downes continued. 2nd Dam: Savethelastdance, by Nureyev “[Shawanda] has had to make 3rd Dam: Bon Debarras, by Ruritania her own running in France, ($82,000 yrl '02 KEESEP). O-B A Man Inc; B-Richard which is not easy to do, so we D Maynard (KY); T-J Larry Jones; J-J D Bailey; were happy to get a lead here. $600,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 17-5-5-2, She just traveled so well and $1,159,277. looked the winner from a long 2--Two Trail Sioux, 117, f, 4, Indian Charlie--Quiet Trail, way out.” Runner-up on debut at by Quiet American. ($55,000 yrl '02 KEESEP). Maisons-Laffitte Apr. 1, O-John D Gunther & Don Winton; B-Totier Creek Shawanda learned quickly and Shawanda INPHO Farm (KY); T-Wallace A Dollase; $200,000. was unthreatened as she reeled 3--Personal Legend, 114, m, 5, Awesome Again-- off victoties in a Chantilly conditions race Apr. 29, the Highland Legend, by Storm Bird. O-Edmund A Gann; Listed Prix de la Seine at Longchamp May 15 and the B-G Watts Jr & Louise I Humphrey (KY); T-Robert J G3 Prix de Royaumont back at Chantilly June 4. As to Frankel; $110,000. what’s next, Downes pointed to two dates at Margins: 3 3/4, 3, 2 1/2. Odds: 5.60, 3.40, 9.70. Longchamp in the fall. “There are a lot of options for Also Ran: Friel's for Real, Strategy, Saintliness, India her now, but more than likely she will run in the G1 Prix Halo (Arg), Isola Piu Bella (Chi), Silmaril, Becky in Pink, Vermeille [Sept. 11] and we’ll have a peep at the G1 Racing Luck. Scratched: Silent Siren. Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe [Oct. 2],” he said. Island Sand had gone winless in eight starts since Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or the free taking the 2004 renewal of the GI Acorn S., but came brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. alive at the right time yesterday and more than doubled her earnings to become racing’s An Act to Follow... newest millionaire. Last year’s GI Conditioner John Gosden took the defeat of Playful Kentucky Oaks runner-up had Act on the chin. “Two furlongs out, we quickened up collected a third in the GIII Azeri and I thought we were going to win, but in a matter of BC S. at Oaklawn in March and a strides the winner had taken three lengths out of her,” second in the GII Louisville BC H. he said. “It was a very good performance, as she has beaten the rest by some way.” Helena Springfield Ltd’s May 6, but couldn’t overcome a 4-1 pick Dash To The Top (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) could poor start in her latest and ran only stay on into fifth late on after being forced wide in Island Sand Horsephotos sixth in the GII Fleur de Lis H. at the straight. The winning owner’s other contender, Churchill June 18. More than Hazariya (Ire) (Xaar {GB}), was pulled up by Michael making amends here, she sat chilly in mid-pack under Kinane on the turn into the straight. Pat Downes re- Jerry Bailey as Two Trail Sioux bounded along on an marked that the filly had suffered a setback Saturday uncontested lead. The latter fought on gamely as Island morning. “She did improve a lot to today and we hoped Sand rallied to even terms a furlong out, but couldn’t she would be okay, but if you’re ever not going to get hold off the eventual winner. Click for the brisnet.com chart or away with it it will be on ground that fast,” he said. the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Hip #’s 102, 118, 143, 185, 228 and 252 www.winstarfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/18/05 • PAGE 3 of 10 Sunday, Belmont Park Sunday, Hollywood Park TOM FOOL H.-GII, $150,000, BEL, 7-17, 3yo/up, 7f, SUNSET BREEDERS' CUP H.-GII, $165,300, HOL, 7-17, 1:21 4/5, sy. 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:27, fm. 1--@SMOKUME, 115, g, 4, by Smoke Glacken 1--@#ALWAYS FIRST (GB), 113, c, 4, by Barathea (Ire) 1st Dam: Presume, by Nijinsky II 1st Dam: Pink Cristal (GB) (SW-Eng), by Dilum 2nd Dam: Belief, by Believe It 2nd Dam: Crystal Fountain, by Great Nephew 3rd Dam: Alyne Que, by Raise a Native 3rd Dam: Crystal Palace, by *Solar Slipper O/B-Hobeau Farm Ltd (FL); T-H Allen Jerkens; (200,000gns yrl ‘02 TATHOU).