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MEGAHERTZ BEST IN MABEE HEADLINE p3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 SHAR CLASS VOODOO GETS HER REVENGE Irish Derby winner Alamshar (Ire) (Key of Luck) struck In last year’s Diana H., Voodoo Dancer (Kingmambo) for the sophomores as he powered 3 1/2 lengths clear fell a nose short of catching the green silks with the of Sulamani (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}) to capture yesterday's pink sash carried by Jerry Bailey aboard Tates Creek. G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. at This year’s finish looked a lot the same, but this time Ascot under an enterprising around, jockey Corey Nakatani and Voodoo Dancer ride from Johnny Murtagh. swept to the front in upper Always prominent, His High- stretch and turned back the ness the Aga Khan's bid of Juddmonte Farms’ colorbearer was committed Heat Haze (GB) (Green at the top of the short Desert) for the win. Another straight and quickened clear Bobby Frankel-trainee, as Frankie Dettori attempted Pertuisane (GB) (Zamindar), in vain to close on the way- overcame a bit of trouble to Alamshar J Herbert/Getty Images ward Sulamani. "I was in a be third. Saving ground lovely position and they weren't going that fast and he Voodoo Dancer (foreground) wins while racing towards the just picked up the bridle himself," the winning jockey the Diana Horsephotos back of the pack, Voodoo said of the compact colt, returned at odds of 13-2. "I Dancer was patiently han- waited until I got to the two before I let him go, and dled, circled six wide into the stretch and refused to let when I did, it went all quiet. He's some horse-- Heat Haze by. “It’s a good feeling to beat Juddmonte he's improved out of all proportion.” (cont. p2) [Farms],” said winning trainer Christophe Clement, who was winning his second Diana, having saddled Saturday, Ascot, Britain Rumpipumpy (GB) in 1997. (more p2) KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND S.-G1, £750,000, Ascot, 7-26, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, A SPEC-TAK-ULAR PERFORMANCE 2:33.26, gd. Heiligbrodt Racing Stable’s Lady Tak (Mutakddim) set 1--ALAMSHAR (IRE), 121, c, 3, by Key Of Luck a new stakes record and came within a fifth of a sec- 1st Dam: Alaiyda, by Shahrastani ond of Darby Creek Road’s 25-year-old track record in 2nd Dam: Aliysa (Ire), by Darshaan (GB) winning yesterday’s GI Test S. at Saratoga by 4 1/2 3rd Dam: Alannya (Fr), by Relko (GB) lengths over MGISW Bird O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs Town (Cape Town). Over a SC; T-John Oxx; J-Johnny Murtagh; £435,000. track that was not espe- Lifetime Record: G1SW-Ire, 7-5-1-1, £1,185,884. cially speedy, the attractive 2--Sulamani (Ire), 133, c, 4, Hernando (Fr)--Soul Dream, chestnut held the rail while by Alleged. O-Godolphin; B-Niarchos Family; racing close to the pace, £165,000. cruised to the front ap- 3--Kris Kin, 121, c, 3, Kris S.--Angel In My Heart (Fr), proaching the stretch and by Rainbow Quest. O-Saeed Suhail; B-Flaxman was not seriously menaced Holdings Ltd; £82,500. thereafter. “She is very spe- Margins: 3HF, 2, HF. Odds: 13-2, 9-2, 7-2. cial. Always has been,” said Lady Tak Adam Coglianese Also Ran: Bollin Eric (GB), Falbrav (Ire), Warrsan (Ire), winning trainer Steve Nayef, Millenary (GB), Izdiham (Ire), Victory Moon Asmussen. “We have thought for a long time that this (SAf), Grandera (Ire), Leadership (GB). race would be a good opportunity to show how good Scratched: Indian Creek (GB), Magistretti. she can be.” And good she was. (more p3) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/03 • PAGE 2 of 8 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. cont. A Second King George for the Aga Khan... P R E S U L T S P Alamshar, who was giving his owner his first Dia- mond S. since Shergar in 1981, has been brought along Saturday, Saratoga steadily by conditioner John Oxx. Unbeaten at two, DIANA H.-GI, $500,000, SAR, 7-26, 3yo/up, f/m, including a win in the G3 Beresford S. at The Curragh in 1 1/8mT, 1:47 4/5, fm. October, the bay returned to finish an eye-catching 1--VOODOO DANCER, 120, m, 5, by Kingmambo runner-up to Balestrini (Ire) in the G3 Ballysax S. at 1st Dam: Zuri, by Danzig Leopardstown Apr. 13. The conqueror of The Great 2nd Dam: Visibly Different, by Sir Ivor Gatsby (Ire) in the G2 Derrinstown Derby Trial back at 3rd Dam: Tatallah, by *Tatan that track May 11, the son of Key of Luck finished third ($200,000 yrl '99 KEESEP). O-Green Hills Farm; behind Kris Kin (Kris S.) and that rival in the Epsom B-Lazy E Ranch Inc (KY); T-Christophe Clement; Classic June 7, but bounced back from that effort to J-C S Nakatani; $300,000. Lifetime Record: beat G1 Prix du Jockey-Club winner Dalakhani (Ire) by a 20-11-4-2, $1,427,952. *1/2 to Gravette (Demons half-length in the G1 Irish Derby at The Curragh June Begone), GSP, $123,520; and 3/4 to Waycross 29. "He did win with a good bit in hand and he's pro- (Conquistador Cielo), GSP. gressing," Oxx said of yesterday’s outing. "You expect 2--Heat Haze (GB), 118, f, 4, Green Desert--Hasili (Ire), good three-year-olds to get better and better, and he by Kahyasi (Ire). O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (GB); seems to be doing it, but you couldn't have predicted $100,000. he'd win that well. It was a terrific effort--he was al- 3--Pertuisane (GB), 115, f, 4, Zamindar--Ballerine, by ways traveling along very easily and when the pace Lyphard's Wish (Fr). (FF180,000 yrl ‘00 DEAAUG). slowed in the middle of the race, he was in the right O-Robert Frankel, Louis Lazzinaro & Neil Papiano Et position.” Added Murtagh, “At Epsom [in the Derby] Al; B-Ballerine Partnership (GB); $55,000. they slowed the pace up at Tattenham Hill and packed Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 2.60, 1.45A, 1.45A. us all up and I was so tight I didn't really get out until Also Ran: Riskaverse, Wonder Again, Quick Tip, Snow the straight. That was only his fifth run and he wasn't Dance, Delta Princess. Scratched: Mariensky.Diana really clued in enough, but it made a man of him. He Voodoo Dancer closed 2002 with a second gut- rides big, covers a lot of ground and has a good pres- wrenching defeat at the hands of Tates Creek in the GII ence about him. He's only going to get better." Oxx Las Palmas H. Nov. 3 at Santa Anita, but was given a indicated that the the [10-furlong] G1 Irish Champion S. well-deserved rest off that effort. The Christophe [at Leopardstown Sept. 6] is the next stop for the win- Clement-trainee returned with a game third to Delta ner. Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or the free Princess (A.P. Indy) and Wonder Again (Silver Hawk) in brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. the GIII Beaugay H. over the Aqueduct turf May 3 and No Disgrace in Defeat for Sulamani... traversed the continent yet again for her latest, charg- Frankie Dettori reported that 9-2 second favorite ing from off the pace to win the 10-furlong GII Beverly Sulamani (Ire) was unsuited by the moderate pace. Hills H. at Hollywood Park June 28. Given her recent "Alamshar kicked and got five lengths on me and I success at distances up to 1 1/4 miles, Clement is couldn't get him back,” he explained. “A stronger pace considering the 9 1/2-furlong GI Beverly D. S. at would have suited me better but we're on course for Arlington Park Aug. 16 for the mare’s next outing. the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe [at Longchamp Oct. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com 5]." The four-year-old colt was an excellent second in catalogue-style pedigree. For the video race replay, last year’s Longchamp spectacle. select: broadband modem SMART STRIKE Stakes Horses in July: July 12 S TENPINS S 1st Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Breeders’ Cup H.-G3 July 19 S SOARING FREE S 1st $107,000 Ontario Jockey Club S. BOX 626, VERSAILLES, KY 40383 (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 July 19 S ADDED EDGE S 3rd $125,000 Bold Venture H. E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB SITE: lanesend.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/03 • PAGE 3 of 8 Saturday, Del Mar Saturday, Saratoga JOHN C. MABEE H.-GI, $400,000, DMR, 7-26, 3yo/up, TEST S.-GI, $250,000, SAR, 7-26, 3yo, f, 7f, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:49, fm. 1:20 4/5 (NSR), ft. 1--sMEGAHERTZ (GB), 116, f, 4, by Pivotal (GB) 1--sLADY TAK, 122, f, 3, by Mutakddim 1st Dam: Heavenly Ray, by Rahy 1st Dam: Star of My Eye, by Lucky North 2nd Dam: Highest Truth, by Alydar 2nd Dam: Dangerous Star, by Dark Star 3rd Dam: Plankton, by Quack 3rd Dam: *Dangerous Dame, by *Nasrullah (12,000gns yrl ‘00 TATDEC).