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No Shuttling For GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 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 FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005 STEPPING OFF TO STUD P R E V I E W Coolmore has announced the retirement of un- P P beaten G1 2000 Guineas hero Footstepsinthesand Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland (GB) (Giant’s Causeway--Glatisant {GB}, by Rainbow AUDI PRETTY POLLY S.-G1, i250,000, 3yo/up, f/m, Quest) and Antonius Pius (Danzig--Catchascatchcan 1 1/4mT {GB}, by Pursuit of Love {GB}). Both colts, owned by SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier, will begin their 1 5 Alexander Goldrun (Ire) Gold Away (Ire) Manning 133 stud careers during the upcom- 2 7 All Too Beautiful (Ire) Sadler’s Wells Fallon 133 ing Southern Hemisphere 3 2 Elopa (Ger) Tiger Hill (Ire) No Rider 133 breeding season at Coolmore 4 10 Hazarista (Ire) Barathea (Ire) McCullagh 133 5 3 New Morning (Ire) Sadler’s Wells Robinson 133 Australia. Stud fees for the pair 6 6 Noahs Ark (Ire) Charnwood Forest (Ire) O’Shea 133 will be announced at a later 7 1 Red Bloom (GB) Selkirk Murtagh 133 date. Footstepsinthesand, un- 8 4 Chelsea Rose (Ire) Desert King (Ire) Shanahan 121 beaten in two outings last year, 9 8 Dream to Dress Theatrical (Ire) Smullen 121 including the G3 Killavullan S., 10 9 Mona Lisa (GB) Giant’s Causeway No Rider 121 sustained a foot injury in cap- 11 11 Saoire (GB) Pivotal (GB) Berry 121 turing the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Apr. 30 in his sole Saturday, Belmont Park start this year. “A niggling MOTHER GOOSE S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m Footstepsinthesand problem with the foot he PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY Coolmore photo bruised on the very fast ground 1 Seeking the Ante Seeking the Gold Luzzi 2 Smuggler Unbridled Prado at Newmarket has forced Footstepsinthesand's pre- 3 Spun Sugar Awesome Again Castellano mature retirement,” Coolmore said in a statement. 4 Winning Season Lemon Drop Kid Coa “Although nothing major, the injury requires rest, 5 Lady Pegasus Fusaichi Pegasus Migliore which would rule him out of the summer's major mile 6 Summerly Summer Squall Bailey events.” The dark bay, a 170,000gns TATOCT year- All carry 121 pounds. ling purchase, heads to stud with earnings of ^226,451 in capturing all three career starts. Saturday, Hollywood Park “Footstepsinthesand was a brilliant racehorse and he BEVERLY HILLS H.-GII, $200,000, 3/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT is by a brilliant sire,” trainer Aidan O’Brien said. “He PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT showed us he was a class horse from day one at 1 Halo Ola (Arg) Southern Halo Valdivia Jr 114 Ballydoyle. His instant acceleration and his great 2 Five Nickels Quiet American T Baze 112 3 Uraib (Ire) Mark of Esteem (Ire) Court 115 attitude to work made him very special. Once he was 4 Agata (Fr) Poliglote (GB) Espinoza 115 asked to quicken the race was over.” Footsteps- 5 Megahertz (GB) Pivotal (GB) Solis 124 inthesand was bred by Hascombe and Valiant Studs 6 Winendynme Dynaformer Nakatani 115 out of the G3 Prestige S. winner Glatisant, who is also the granddam of last Thursday’s G2 Ribblesdale UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES S. heroine Thakafaat (Ire). Cont. p2 Date Race Track June 25 GI Mother Goose S. Belmont GII Beverly Hills H. Hollywood TDN TODAY GIII Aristides BC H. Churchill Headline News .................... 2 pages GIII Kent BC S. Delaware TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/24/05 • PAGE 2 of 2 (Coolmore runners retire cont. from p1) As for Antonius... A $1.5-million KEESEP yearling acquisition, Antonius FOALING NEWS Pius took the G2 Railway S. at The Curragh as a two- year-old. The bay dramati- cally threw away certain vic- BOSTON TWIST, 6, Boston Harbor--Chou Chou, by tory in the G1 Poule d’Essai Premiership des Poulains (French 2000 Foal born May 4, a colt by Silver Deputy. Guineas) by veering into the Will be bred back to Strong Hope. rail when clear--eventually Owned by Eugene and Laura Melnyk. finishing fifth--at Longchamp Boarded at Winding Oaks Farm, Fl. Antonius Pius at Longchamp Accomplishments: SW of $130,884. last May. He was also third in Coolmore photo the G1 St James’s Palace S. at Royal Ascot the following month and in the G1 Prix BUFFELS, 16, Vaal Reef--Speedy Tweetie, by Proud du Moulin de Longchamp in September before finishing Birdie runner-up in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile at Lone Star Foal born May 4, a colt by Skimming. Park in October. This year, he had disappointed in the Will be bred back to Royal Academy. G1 Lockinge S. at Newbury May 14 and Saturday’s G1 Owned by Fred Sahadi. Golden Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot at York. The first foal Boarded at Glennwood Farm, Inc., Ky. of Lord Howard de Walden’s unbeaten G1 Yorkshire Accomplishments: MSW & MGSP, $385,173. Dam of Oaks heroine Catchascatchcan, Antonius Pius retires One Eyed Joker (Polish Numbers), MSW & GSP, with career earnings of £316,896. $462,520; Bubble Economy (Rakeen), SW-N; Only in Philly (Polish Numbers), SW. NO SHUTTLE FOR GIANT’S CAUSEWAY After standing at Coolmore Australia’s Jerry’s Plains farm for HASTENBY (IRE), 8, Tenby (GB)--Dahsala (Ire), by Top the past three seasons, Giant’s Causeway (Storm Cat) Ville (Ire) will not shuttle this year. A Coolmore spokesman said Foal born May 4, a colt by Mizzen Mast. the decision was prompted by huge demand for the sire Will be bred back to Candy Ride (Arg). in Europe following the Classic successes of Shamardal Owned by Robert Frankel. and Footstepsinthesand (GB), as well as Maids Cause- Boarded at Mill Ridge, Ky. way (Ire), among five stakes winners. Coolmore Austra- Accomplishments: SW of $141,596. lia has notified clients who planned to send their mares to Giant’s Causeway, who had been advertised in Aus- PERSONAL BID, 15, Personal Flag--Kemp, by Spectacu- tralia at A$77,000. Giant’s Causeway’s first yearlings lar Bid were well received in Australia this season, selling up to Foal born May 4, a filly by Maria’s Mon. A$800,000. Overall, 49 sold at an average A$204,173. Will be bred back to Hennessy. He covered 148 mares in Australia in 2004. Owned by Jane Schosberg. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will Boarded at Pine Lane Farm, NY. indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will Accomplishments: MSW of $163,358. denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will first- time starters, an (S) will be used for state-bred races, a All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races. unless otherwise indicated www.taylormadefarm.com FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005 H N E W Y O R K H Yesterday’s Results: REBEL REBEL HEADING STATESIDE Rebel Rebel 8th-BEL, $50,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($75,000), NW3X, (Ire) (Revoque {Ire}) has been sold to race in the U.S., 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:33 4/5, fm. Racing Post revealed yesterday. Running in the colors 1--LA REINA, 122, f, 4, A.P. Indy--Queena (Ch. Older of Six Star Racing when the 100-1 second to Mare, MGISW, $564,024), by Mr. Prospector. Footstepsinthesand (GB) in the G1 2000 Guineas at O/B-Emory A Hamilton (KY); T-Claude R McGaughey Newmarket Apr. 30, the colt was purchased for an III. Lifetime Record: GSW, 13-4-5-1, $286,837. *1/2 undisclosed sum in a private deal and is heading to to Brahms (Danzig), GISW-US, MG1SP-Eng, GSP-Ire, Belmont Park. “The horse has done us very well and it $843,226. was a fantastic effort in the 2000 Guineas at 2--Miss Ojea (Arg), 122, m, 6, Numerous--Polea Fitz Newmarket,” conditioner Neville Callaghan’s son Simon (Arg), by Fitzcarraldo (Arg). told the Post. “I am sure he will be suited by the Ameri- 3--Miss Me (GB), 122, f, 4, Marju (Ire)--Sandskip (GB), can style of racing and wish his new connections the by Sanglamore. (20,000gns yrl ‘02 TATOCT). best of luck with him for the future.” Rebel Rebel won the Listed Easter S. at Kempton Mar. 26 and was Margins: 4, 2HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 1.30, 16.50, 1.35. fourth in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh on The winner of the GII Demoiselle S. on the main track his latest start May 21. in 2003, La Reina has proved equally effective in limited appearances on the grass. Second in main-track allow- ances at Keeneland Apr. 13 and at Belmont May 20, © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. the chestnut returned to the infield for her latest, at- This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form tended the pace in the June 8 England’s Legend S. and or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without yielded grudgingly to finish third by three-parts of a prior written permission of the copyright owner, length. Three wide and never far from the lead here, the MediaVista. 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