GONE WEST 2yo Colt tops KEENOV Tues. p. 4 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007 MANDURO’S DAM ADDED TO TATTS CARTIER AWARDS ANNOUNCED TODAY Tattersalls has announced that Mandellicht (Ire) (Be The 2007 Cartier Racing Awards, European horserac- My Guest--Mandelauge {Ger}, by Elektrant {GB}), the ing=s equivalent of the Oscars, will be announced at a dam of champion Manduro (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), will dinner held at Mayfair=s Four Seasons Hotel in London be offered at the forthcoming December Sale. Con- this evening. There are signed by agent Ronald Rauscher, the 13-year-old will eight equine categories-- go through the ring as Lot 2289 Tuesday, Dec. 4. In Horse of the Year, Top foal to Monsun, the stakes-placed Mandellicht is carry- Older Horse, Top Stayer, ing a full sibling to Manduro, Top Sprinter, Three-Year- whose career came to a pre- Old Colt, Three-Year-Old mature end after he sustained Filly, Two-Year-Old Colt an injury in the G2 Prix Foy at and Two-Year-Old Filly. Longchamp Sept. 16. He was This year=s Horse of the undefeated in five starts this Year nominees are Autho- year, achieving the rare feat Peeping Fawn bbc.co.uk of winning three consecutive rized (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), Group 1 races over three dif- Dylan Thomas (Ire) ferent distances for owner (Danehill), Manduro (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), Peeping Fawn (Danehill) and Ramonti (Fr) (Martino Alonso {Ire}). Manduro Photo APRH Baron Georg von Ullmann and trainer Andre Fabre. Manduro Winners from each divi- won 10 of his 18 starts with earnings of ,1,037,461. sion are decided by an He was champion two-year-old in Germany--when established method, in- trained by Peter Schiergen--and ended his career as the volving a combination of highest-rated horse in the world with an official mark of points achieved in pattern 130. Mandellicht will be joined by two family members races, the views of racing at the sale: daughter Madura (Ger) (Dashing Blade journalists on Cartier=s {GB}), who sells as Lot 2195 and is also in foal to Racing Panel and votes Monsun; and half-sister Mandelhush (Ger) (Alwuhush), from readers of Racing who sells in foal to Monsun=s son Shirocco (Ger) as Lot Post and The Daily Tele- 2101. Mandellicht=s seven-year-old daughter Mandela graph. The awards were (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), a stakes winner and Group 1- established in 1991 to Authorized darleystallions.com placed, sold for $1.4 million to Katsumi Yoshida last recognize excellence in week at Keeneland November. The Tattersalls Decem- the racehorse and, in addition to the eight equine ber Sale will kick off with yearlings Nov. 26, followed awards, the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit will by foals Nov. 27-Dec. 1 and will continue with breeding be presented to the person who has done most for stock Dec. 3-6. European racing and/or breeding either over their life- You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at the time or within the past 12 months. Former winners Keeneland November Sale. include Henry Cecil, David and Patricia Thompson, Prince Khalid Abdullah, John Magnier, His Highness The WEDNESDAY 11/14 PAVILION LUNCH Aga Khan, Peter Walwyn, the Head Family, Frankie SPECIAL: Dettori, John Dunlop, Francois Boutin and Lester Chicken Etouffe with Creole Vegetables Piggott. and Red Beans and Rice. Full listing of this year=s Cartier nominees, p3 www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/14/07 • PAGE 2 of 8 News cont. RAGS TO RICHES TO RACE IN 2008 Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith=s Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy), sidelined since September with a hairline fracture in her right front pastern, is expected to return to trainer Todd Pletcher=s Hollywood Park barn in December, according to Daily Racing Form. AWe don't have a firm shipping date, but we hope to have her here next month," Pletcher told DRF. "She's coming back. There is no question about it." Odds- on to earn an Eclipse Award, the flashy chest- nut captured four Grade I races this year, including a historic score over likely Horse of the Year Curlin in the GI Belmont S. in June. She missed the summer and raced once more, finishing second in the GI Gazelle H. Sept. 15 at Belmont. Her injury 2007 Belmont Stakes was detected the next Sarah K Andrew photo day, and she was sent to Ashford Stud in Kentucky to recuperate. AShe's still recovering and we'll do an- other set of X-rays shortly," Pletcher added. "We have to play it by ear. She's just resting. The first six weeks was stall rest." MCPEEK SUING MIDNIGHT CRY Trainer Ken McPeek has filed a lawsuit in Louisville, Kentucky, against jailed Midnight Cry Stable principals William UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES Gallion and Shirley Cunningham, according to published reports. McPeek contends that he is owed a 5-percent Date Race Track commission--$175,000--on the Nov. 17 GIII Stuyvesant H. Aqueduct February sale of an 80-percent GIII Cardinal H. Churchill interest in GI Breeders= Cup Clas- GIII All American H. Golden Gate sic and GI Preakness S. hero GIII Autumn S. Woodbine Curlin (Smart Strike). According Nov. 22 GII Falls City H. Churchill to the lawsuit, McPeek signed an GIII Hollywood Prevue S. Hollywood agreement in 2002 with Tandy Nov. 23 GI Citation H. Hollywood LLC, the parent company of Mid- GII Clark H. Churchill night Cry, which would give him GII Top Flight H. Aqueduct a 5-percent commission on pur- GIII River City H. Churchill Curlin Sarah K Andrew photo chases and sales of horses, as GIII Generous S. Hollywood well as two lifetime breeding Nov. 24 GI Cigar Mile H. Aqueduct rights to horses that entered stud upon retirement. GI F DeFrancis Memorial Dash Laurel McPeek bought the big chestnut for $57,000 on behalf GII Demoiselle S. Aqueduct of Midnight Cry as a yearling at Keeneland September GII Remsen S. Aqueduct in 2005; Midnight Cry sold an 80-percent interest in the GII Golden Rod S. Churchill colt to Stonestreet Stables, Padua Stables and George GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. Churchill Bolton for a reported $3.5 million after his impressive GIII Discovery H. Aqueduct debut victory at Gulfstream in February. Jess Jackson=s GIII Miesque S. Hollywood Stonestreet and Bolton bought out Padua=s interest in GIII Hollywood Turf Express H. Hollywood the colt last week. McPeek=s lawsuit also cites Grade I Nov. 25 GI Hollywood Derby Hollywood winner Einstein (Brz) as another runner he selected for GI Matriarch S. Hollywood Midnight Cry. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/14/07 • PAGE 3 of 8 News cont. DYLAN THOMAS TO JAPAN CUP G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe hero Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehill) is among five overseas acceptors for the G1 Japan Cup Nov. 25 in Tokyo. The four-year- old, slated to enter stud at Coolmore in 2008, is coming off a fifth in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf over dire ground at Monmouth Park Oct. 27. In addition to his Arc tri- umph, the bay won the G1 Irish Champion S., G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. and G1 Prix Dylan Thomas Ganay this season. Trainer Aidan Sarah K Andrew photo O=Brien told Racing Post, AIt looks like Dylan Thomas will be going for the Japan Cup and Johnny Murtagh will ride. He seems to be fine after his trip to America, where the going went against him. With a bit of luck, things will work out between now and the race.@ Other European accep- tors for the Japan Cup are Halicarnassus (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), Papal Bull (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Saddex (GB) (Sadler=s Wells). The only American representative is slated to be Artiste Royal (Ire) (Danehill), a six-year- old trained by Neil Drysdale. DALVINA TO REMAIN IN U.S. Dalvina (GB) (Grand www.pinoakstud.com Lodge {GB}), winner of the GIII Long Island H. Nov. 11, will remain in the United States and continue her racing career with trainer Graham Motion. According to Motion, the winner of Newmarket=s Pretty Polly S., who previously campaigned for Edward 2008 CARTIER AWARD NOMINEES Dunlop, arrived at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland Nov. 12. AI have HORSE OF THE YEAR not trained horses for the Stones Authorized, Dylan Thomas, Manduro, Peeping Fawn, Ramonti before, but I know Ed Dunlop quite Dalvina TOP OLDER HORSE well and that was the connection Adam Coglianese photo Dylan Thomas, Manduro, Notnowcato, Ramonti, Yeats that resulted in me getting the filly,@ Motion told The Blood-Horse. AShe had been keeping TOP STAYER very solid company in Europe, so her win [in the Long Allegretto, Geordieland, Le Miracle, Macleya, Yeats Island] wasn=t a big surprise, except for the fact she TOP SPRINTER won as easily as she did.@ Motion indicated that the chestnut would make her next start in the GII La Benbaun, Kingsgate Native, Red Clubs, Sakhee’s Secret, Prevoyante H. at Calder Dec. 15. AProvided she is doing Soldiers Tale well, we will run in the La Prevoyante,@ Motion added. THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT AWe=ll give her a break after that and point her to the Authorized, Cockney Rebel, Excellent Art, Literato, nice races next year with, hopefully, the Breeders= Cup Soldier of Fortune our year-end goal.@ THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY Check out our New TDN Homepage Darjina, Finsceal Beo, Light Shift, Mrs. Lindsay, Peeping Fawn featuring tomorrow’s TDN headlines today, updated in real TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT time throughout the day.