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Pedigree Insights TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 WES CHAMPAGNE: FARRIER TO THE STARS PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: by Dan Ross FINAL CROP OF ARCH No foot, no horse--an adage that's as true now as when the world's first plough-horse was sidelined with a stone bruise. And IS ON THE MARCH while that same adage could be repurposed for almost any part of the horse's anatomy, it's the foot that bears the load. The hero's yoke. Of all the farriers around the nation's backstretches toiling away on those four surprisingly delicate parts of the racehorse, few have been as highly sought-after for as long as Wes Champagne. Nearly 40 years ago, Champagne was an exercise rider who, too big to follow in the boots of his jockey father, went to blacksmith school near Sacramento. Forty years later, he boasts a client list that started early on with Laz Barrera and never dipped in quality thereafter. Trainers like Charlie Whittingham, Bobby Frankel, Neil Drysdale, Richard Mandella, Bob Baffert, John Sadler. Horses like Tiffany Lass, Mister Frisky, Malek, Labeeb, Fusaichi Pegasus, Megahertz, Medaglia d'Oro, Game on Estihdaaf | Erika Rasmussen Dude. Cont. p5 by Andrew Caulfield IN TDN EUROPE TODAY The UAE 2000 Guineas, to my mind, has always been one of BRITISH RACING TO RESUME ON WEDNESDAY the most confusing races staged during the Dubai Racing British racing will resume on Wednesday after an equine influenza scare last week. Carnival. While this Group 3 contest is confined to 3-year-olds, it Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. is open to horses from both Northern and Southern Hemispheres, with the conditions requiring that the older 3-year-olds from the Southern Hemisphere carry an extra 4.5kg to offset their age advantage. Despite this penalty, the Southern Hemisphere horses often triumphed in the past and several of them were to add to their laurels. One of them, the South African-born Victory Moon, later finished third behind Pleasantly Perfect and Medaglia d=Oro in the 2004 G1 Dubai World Cup, while the Argentine-bred Asiatic Boy was to chase home Curlin in the 2008 World Cup and finish second in the GI Stephen Foster H. Then there was the South African-bred Soft Falling Rain, who traveled to England to take the G2 Joel S. Another complication is that the race often features horses switching from turf to dirt, but that hasn=t stopped Northern Hemisphere-bred colts winning the last five editions. The latest to do so was Estihdaaf, an American-bred son of Arch who has shown distinct progress on the Meydan dirt, having won only one of his four starts on turf. Cont. p3 ACTIVETOP SIRE 5 OF by2YO Winners ins 2018 2018 YEARLING SIRE AVERAGE: $117,477 BEST START AT STUD BY A KY DERBY WINNER SINCE SEATTLE SLEW Maria’s Mon - Supercharger, by A.P. Indy • $30,000 S&N WinStarFarm.com (859) 873-1717 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN News and Features Editor Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Amie Morosco Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Photographer/Photo Editor Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] Social Media Strategist Justina Severni The shoes that helped Pegasus fly. Farrier Wes Champagne is the pioneer of glue-on Director of Customer Service shoes, now a staple of the backstretch. An early high-profile poster child of his was Vicki Forbes Fusaichi Pegasus, pictured above, who was the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby [email protected] with glue-on shoes. Story continues on page 5. | Horsephotos Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen TIM CONE PASSES AWAY Director of Information Technology 10 Ray Villa Carl Timothy "Tim" Cone, the longtime legal counsel [email protected] and a former president of Fasig-Tipton Co. from 1988 to 1991, died Feb. 8 at his home in Lexington. Bookkeeper Terry May [email protected] SAN VICENTE WIN EARNS KEENELAND BONUS 11 WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Sparky Ville (Candy Ride {Arg})'s win in Sunday's GII San Vicente S. International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN secured a $7,500 Keeneland September Sale Seller Bonus for [email protected] breeder Marie Jones. European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • FEBRUARY 12, 2019 There was a time, early in Arch=s career, when it looked as though he was going to become another disappointing stallion son of Kris S. Fortunately, he turned his career around to the Final Crop of Arch is on the March extent that he has left a legacy of 40 graded/group winners, including 11 winners at the highest level. It has to be mentioned (cont. from p1) that he did so without covering mammoth books of mares, and The colt=s pedigree--and his 5 1/2-length his 17 crops averaged 66 foals. Cont. p4 winning margin last Thursday--suggest that he could well go on to better things. There=s also the fact that his trainer Saeed Bin Suroor also took the 2017 contest with Thunder Snow. While this son of Helmet inexplicably disgraced himself with his bronco display in the GI Kentucky Derby, he has since confirmed his status as a highly talented dirt performer with his victory over West Coast in the 2018 Dubai World Cup and his third behind Accelerate in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic. Estihdaaf still has some way to go before he merits comparison with Thunder Snow, who was already a Group 1 winner on turf before he landed the UAE 2000 Guineas. However, his pedigree is strong enough to encourage the belief that he will prove better than just a Group 3 winner. Together with Tax, winner of the GIII Withers S. earlier this month, Estihdaaf is a member of the final crop sired by Claiborne=s popular stallion Arch. Tax (inside) | Sarah Andrew TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • FEBRUARY 12, 2019 Arch raced exclusively on dirt during his seven-race career, Better Lucky did so well that her name figures alongside the with his finest victory coming in the GI Super Derby. champion turf mares Flawlessly, Wandesta, Ryafan and However, with Roberto and Danzig as his grandsires, he was Intercontinental on the GI Matriarch S.=s roll of honor. She sure to sire some notable turf performers and he enjoyed landed the 2012 edition by a length and raced for another two success in Europe, where his seven group winners were headed years, holding her form well enough to add the GI First Lady S. by Les Arcs (G1 July Cup and G1 Golden Jubilee), Nyaleti as a 4-year-old. She also failed by only a head to wear down (G2 German 1000 Guineas), Pomology (G2 Lancashire Oaks) and Judy the Beauty in the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on Montgomery's Arch (G2 Richmond S.). her final appearance. Cont. p5 There were also some very talented turf performers by Arch in North America, including the Grade I winners Arravale, Grand Arch and Prince Arch. He will always be best remembered, though, as the sire of the Breeders= Cup Classic winner Blame, whose stallion career is mirroring Arch=s in that he has restored breeders= faith in him after a quiet spell. There was always a good chance that dirt would prove to be Estihdaaf=s metier. His dam, the American-raced Enrichment, is by Ghostzapper, who raced exclusively on dirt during a career which featured Grade I victories in the Vosburgh S., Woodward S., Breeders= Cup Classic and the Metropolitan H. Ghostzapper, like his admirable half-brother City Zip, has proved more versatile when it comes to his progeny=s favored surface. Several of his American graded winners have enjoyed success on turf, one of them being Better Lucky, a sister to Kentucky Wildcat | Sarah Andrew Estihdaaf=s dam Enrichment. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • FEBRUARY 12, 2019 Better Lucky has three young colts by Tapit, the first of whom-- Kentucky Wildcat--was runner-up to Well Defined in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. last week. Better Lucky and Enrichment are granddaughters of Desert Stormer, a GI Breeders= Cup Sprint winner who once sold for $3.6 million. Desert Stormer was less effective as a broodmare, her best effort being Estihdaaf=s second dam Sahara Gold, winner of the GII Beaumont S. over seven furlongs. There is clearly plenty of speed in this family, but Estihdaaf appeared to stay well enough when he tried 1 3/16 miles on his first appearance on dirt. Estihdaaf is the latest indication that Ghostzapper is going to develop into an important sire of broodmares. Although his eldest daughters have just turned 12 years old, Ghostzapper already ranks as the broodmare sire of three Grade I winners, including a Triple Crown winner in Justify and a Breeders= Cup Sprint winner in Drefong. The third Grade I winner, American Gal, was also pretty good, winning both the GI Test S.
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