TACTICAL CAT Filly Brought $500,000, the Highest Priced Filly of the Barretts Sale
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A DERBY HORSE FOR SPIELBERG HEADLINE ... p3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2003 PEACE RULES IN NEW ORLEANS STARRER STREAKS TO SANTA ANITA SCORE War may be looming in the Middle East, but it was all Bidding for her third straight stakes win, Starrer about peace at the Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon. (Dynaformer) was sent off the 8-5 favorite in yester- Peace Rules (Jules), sent off a 9-1 outsider, tracked day’s GI Santa Margarita H. and did not let her backers pacesetting Funny Cide (Dis- down, outfinishing front-running Sightseek (Distant torted Humor) through six View) to take it by two lengths. The dark bay ended furlongs in 1:10.60, drove 2002 with a victory in the Dec. 15 GII Bayakoa H. and inside 6-5 choice Badge of added a tally in the Feb. 16 GI Santa Maria H. last time Silver (Silver Deputy) as they out. Allowed to track Sightseek from second yesterday, raced down the lane and Starrer went after the pacesetter as they turned for drew off to win the GII Louisi- home, collared her at midstretch and pulled clear, be- ana Derby by 2 1/4 lengths. coming racing’s newest millionaire in the process. Kafwain (Cherokee Run) was “She’s getting better and better,” said winning jockey Peace Rules Lou Hodges Jr. photo hard-ridden from the top of Pat Valenzuela. “When she switched to her right lead, the stretch, but had to settle she really took off for me.” Will the five-year-old take for second, a length in front of Funny Cide. The win on Horse of the Year Azeri next time out in the Apr. 5 was as much a surprise to trainer Bobby Frankel as it GI Apple Blossom H. at Oaklawn Park? Trainer John was to the crowd. “I told [owner Edmund Gann] this Shirreffs would not commit to that race. “We’ll just horse had no chance,” Frankel admitted. “He wanted to wait a few days, or a week or so, and go from there, come, but I told him this is a tough race and I don’t but we’ll at least give it a thought down the road,” he think we can win it.” (La. Derby cont. p2) said. Starrer was fourth behind Azeri in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff the last time the two met. Click for the free Sunday, Fair Grounds brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree or the brisnet.com LOUISIANA DERBY-GII, $750,000, FGX, 3-9, 3yo, chart. 1 1/16m, 1:42 3/5, ft. 1--PEACE RULES, 122, c, 3, by Jules Sunday, Santa Anita 1st Dam: Hold to Fashion, by Hold Your Peace SANTA MARGARITA H.-GI, $300,000, SAX, 3-9, 2nd Dam: Toga Toga, by Greek Answer 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:48 1/5, ft. 3rd Dam: Dancing Bend, by Never Bend 1--STARRER, 121, m, 5, by Dynaformer ($35,000 2yo ‘02 OBSMAR). O-Edmund A Gann; 1st Dam: To the Hunt (MGSP), by Relaunch B-Newchance Farm (FL); T-R Frankel; J-E S Prado; 2nd Dam: Royal Advocator, by Majestic Prince $450,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-1, $659,990. *1/2 3rd Dam: Precious Elaine, by Advocator to Wild Fashion (Once Wild), MSW, $365,605. ($35,000 yrl '99 FTKOCT). O-Krikorian George; 2--Kafwain, 122, c, 3, Cherokee Run--Swazi's Moment, B-Wind Hill Farm (KY); T-John Shirreffs; J-P A by Moment of Hope. ($170,000 yrl '01 KEESEP; Valenzuela; $180,000. Lifetime Record: 20-6-5-3, $720,000 2yo ‘02 FTFFEB). O-The Thoroughbred $1,043,033. Corp; B-Dr & Mrs R Smiser West (KY); $150,000. 2--Sightseek, 116, f, 4, Distant View--Viviana, by 3--Funny Cide, 122, g, 3, Distorted Humor--Belle's Nureyev. O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc (KY); $60,000. Good Cide, by Slewacide. ($22,000 yrl '01 FTNAUG). 3--Bella Bellucci, 116, f, 4, French Deputy--Blue O-Sackatoga Stable & Jackson Knowlton; B-WinStar Avenue, by Classic Go Go. ($100,000 yrl '00 Farm LLC (NY); $82,500. FTSAUG; $925,000 2yo 2001 FTFFEB). O-Tabor Margins: 2 1/4, 1, HF. Odds: 9.40, 1.40, 6.10. Michael B; B-Nicholas M Lotz (KY); $36,000. Also Ran: Lone Star Sky, Defrere's Vixen, Badge of Margins: 2, 3, 5. Odds: 1.60, 2.50, 5.30. Silver, Winning Fans, Prince Alphie, Gohalo, Com- Also Ran: Got Koko, Printemps (Chi). Scratched: Afflu- mander's Affair. ent. With best works of :10.1 and :21.1, a TACTICAL CAT filly brought $500,000, the highest priced filly of the Barretts sale. (859) 273-1514 TACTICAL CAT Fax (859) 273-0034 www.overbrookfarm.com Storm Cat S Terre Haute, by Caro (Ire) $10,000 Live Foal TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/10/03 • PAGE 2 of 4 Louisiana Derby cont. Sunday, Gulfstream Park Going Turf To Dirt... CANADIAN TURF H.-GIII, $100,000, GPX, 3-9, 3yo/up, Winless in two prior tries on the main track, Peace 1 1/16mT, 1:40 2/5, fm. Rules (Jules) had made his last four starts on the grass, 1--POLITICAL ATTACK, 114, c, 4, by Hawk Attack winning the Nov. 30 GIII Generous S. at Hollywood 1st Dam: Cope's Light, by Copelan Park and the Dec. 28 Hill Rise S. at Santa Anita. But, 2nd Dam: Pat's Delight, by *Daryl's Joy after a series of solid works on the main track at Holly- 3rd Dam: Queen Pat, by Crozier wood Park, trainer Bobby Frankel decided the chestnut O-Eugene F Dixon Jr; B-Brereton C Jones (KY); deserved another shot on the dirt in his 2003 debut. T-Michael R Matz; J-M Guidry; $60,000. Lifetime “He’s trained so beautifully on the dirt, and that’s why Record: 16-5-1-3, $302,866. *Full to Zillah The Hun, we brought him out here,” Frankel said. “I really didn’t GSW, $102,250. think I’d win the race, to be honest with you, but I just 2--Miesque's Approval, 116, c, 4, Miesque's Son--Win wanted to see. We found out he could handle the dirt.” Approval, by With Approval. O-Live Oak Plantation; Jockey Edgar Prado, aboard the colt for the first time, B-Live Oak Stud (FL); $20,000. was thrilled with his performance. “My horse showed a 3--Strategic Partner, 114, h, 5, Kris S.--Very Special lot of courage,” Prado said. “When Badge of Silver Lite, by Majestic Light. ($210,000 yrl '99 KEEJUL). came to me on the turn, he really dug in and got after O-Lewis Lee; B-Prestonwood Farm, Inc (KY); it.” Will Peace Rules handle more ground? “I really liked $11,000. the way he galloped out,” the jockey said. “He wasn’t Margins: HF, 1, 2. Odds: 9.20, 1.10, 4.90. blowing really hard and that’s a good indication he Also Ran: Sardaukar (GB), French Charmer, First Lieu- could go further.” The final time of the race, 1:42.67, tenant, Rakoon. Scratched: Saint Verre, Regency Park. was the fastest time for a mile and a sixteenth at the It had been more than a year since Polical Attack last meet and just .07 off the stakes record set by Crypto visited the winner’s circle, but the bay put it all to- Star in 1997. Runner-up Kafwain (Cherokee Run) never gether to hold off even-money Miesque’s Approval at threatened the winner, but trainer Bob Baffert was Gulfstream yesterday afternoon. The colt’s most recent satisfied with the effort. “I wanted him to be a lot victory was a wire-to-wire effort in the GIII Tropical closer because speed was playing well today,” he said. Park Derby at Calder on Jan. 1, 2002, but he had man- “I thought he fell a little far behind--I would have loved aged to hit the board in four of his next eight starts. to see him closer early on. He ran second on heart and Fourth in the Dec. 21 Pete Axthelm S. at Calder to end guts.” Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free his 2002 season, he was coming off a third-place finish brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree for Peace Rules. in an optional-claiming event at Gulfstream Jan. 24. The four-year-old sat a stalking second to the far turn, The Favorite Falters... took command as they straightened for home and Previously undefeated Badge of Silver (Silver Deputy), turned back the late bid of the runner-up to post the coming off a 10-length romp in the Feb. 16 GIII Risen upset. “He was a little unprepared at the start and kind Star S., prompted the early pace and was under wraps of jumped in the air a little bit, but then he got himself as he took a short lead at the head of the lane, but the together and settled in just fine,” winning jockey Mark dark bay quickly lost steam in the stretch and faded to Guidry said. “He relaxed real nice for me and when I finish sixth. “I really thought I put [Peace Rules] away asked him, he gave me everything he had. They came when we came up on the outside,” jockey Robby to me in the lane, but whenever I asked him for a little Albarado said.