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SOLDIER’S DANCER wins Tropical Park HEADLINE Derby...p. 3 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 TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2007 LAKE, LEPAROUX, MOSS LEAD NATION IN '06 JAZIL RETURNS FRIDAY WINS by Claire Novak, courtesy of www.bloodhorse.com Jazil (Seeking the Gold) will make his first start since Trainer Scott Lake and jockey Julien Leparoux con- winning the GI Belmont S. in June Friday at Aqueduct. cluded the 2006 racing season at the top of the North The newly turned four-year-old will break from the American charts for races won, while Maggi Moss was outside in a field of eight going postward in the eighth the leading owner. Lake, based on the race, a $48,000 second-level allowance going a mile East Coast, won with 528 out of and a sixteenth. Jazil and stable- 2,158 starters this year for a success mate Invasor (Arg) (Candy rate of 24 percent. His runners finished Stripes) had been wintering in in the money 56 percent of the time, Florida until an equine bringing in $9,565,656 to put the herpesvirus outbreak in the state 41-year-old trainer fourth in the nation prompted trainer Kiaran by earnings. However, Lake=s season McLaughlin to ship his stars was marred by multiple clenbuterol north to New York on Christmas positives found in his starters in New Eve. Jazil worked four furlongs York and Delaware, and he was forced over Belmont=s training track in Julien Leparoux to turn his horses over to assistants as :48 3/5 on Saturday. AWe Horsephotos he ended the year by serving two Jazil Horsephotos wanted to get him started,@ 30-day suspensions. Leparoux, who rode first-call for McLaughlin said of the decision trainer Patrick Biancone at tracks from Saratoga to to enter Jazil on Friday. AHe=s doing very well, but I Santa Anita this year, began 2006 as an apprentice don=t know if he has to win. If he runs well, I=ll be based in Kentucky. His 403 winners among 1,740 happy.@ Jazil broke his maiden over Aqueduct=s inner starters earned $12,485,527 in purses to put him track last December. After winning the Belmont, the eighth in the nation by earnings. The Frenchman won Shadwell Stable colorbearer was sidelined by a bruised five riding titles between Turfway Park, Keeneland, and hind cannon bone. Friday=s allowance will likely serve as Churchill Downs. After losing his apprentice status in a prep for either the Feb. 3 GII Strub S. at Santa Anita September, Leparoux maintained a 23-percent win rate or the Mar. 3 GII Gulfstream Park H. AHe could run in and finished in the money 52 percent of the time. His either of those races,@ McLaughlin confirmed. AOr he could top mounts included Gorella (Fr), winner of the GI be a back-up for Invasor in the [Feb. 3 GI] Donn H.@ Beverly D. H., Asi Siempre, winner of the GI Juddmonte Spinster, and GII Fleur de Lis H. winner Happy Ticket. Steve Bass, the 23-year-old jockey=s agent, said HARVARD AVENUE WINS EL CONEJO Leparoux will travel between Turfway Park and Santa Harvard Avenue (You and I) outfinished Anita this winter. "It=s been an unbelievable year, and Areyoutalkintome (Smokester) to give trainer Doug we want to thank every trainer and owner who put us O=Neill a one-two finish in yesterday=s GIII El Conejo H. on their horses," Bass said. "Obviously, Patrick at Santa Anita. AI love this,@ O=Neill said after watching Biancone played a big influence, but every single person his runners duke it out to the finish of the 5 1/2-furlong who supported us is appreciated. Julien accomplished a contest. AI had such a horrible start this meet [one win lot this year, and he=s been riding some really nice in 25 starts going into Monday]. It=s a good way to bust two-year-olds, so we=re looking forward to another out of a little slump.@ Favored Proud Tower Too (Proud great racing season." Moss, based in Des Moines, Irish), making his first start since winning the G1 Dubai Iowa, races her horses at tracks throughout the U. S. Golden Shaheen at Nad al Sheba last March, was third. and has risen through the ranks by claiming horses Also at Santa Anita yesterday, Society Hostess (Seek- while teaming up with trainer Randy Morse. For the ing the Gold) charged from last to first to capture the complete story, click here. GIII Monrovia H., giving Garrett Gomez a stakes double. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/2/07 • PAGE 2 of 6 Monday, Santa Anita P R E S U L T S P MONROVIA H.-GIII, $116,100, SAX, 1-1, 4yo/up, f/m, a6 1/2fT, 1:12 4/5, fm. Monday, Ellerslie, New Zealand 1--@SOCIETY HOSTESS, 119, m, 5, by Seeking the Gold RAILWAY H.-G1, NZ$200,000, Ellerslie (Auckland), 1st Dam: Touch of Truth, by Storm Cat 1-1, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:09.74, dead. 2nd Dam: Grenzen, by Grenfall 1--sDONNA ROSITA (NZ), 112, f, 4, by Woodborough 3rd Dam: My Poly, by Cyclotron 1st Dam: Nippoh Madonna (Aus), by Pompeii Court O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm, Ltd (KY); T-Christophe 2nd Dam: Sweet Rose (NZ), by Sir Tristram (Ire) Clement; J-Garrett K Gomez; $69,660. Lifetime 3rd Dam: Sweet Time (NZ), by Summertime (GB) Record: SP-Ire & SW-Ger, 15-7-2-2, $354,797. O/B-Roselane Thoroughbreds Ltd; T-Piri Ranui; J-Lisa 2--Clinet (Ire), 117, m, 5, Docksider--Oiche Mhaith (GB), Cropp; NZ$125,000. by Night Shift. (i4,000 wlng '02 GOFNOV). O-Wood 2--Gee I Jane (NZ), 128, m, 6, Jahafil (GB)--Miss Hall Stud; B-Mrs J Costelloe (Ire); T-P Gallagher; $23,220. 3--Kitty Hawk (GB), 113, f, 4, Danehill Dancer (Ire)-- Distinction (NZ), by Bletchencore (Aus). O-L J Mackie Palanca (GB), by Inchinor (GB). (70,000gns wlng '03 & K J P McCarthy; B-K J P McCarthy; T-Neville TATDEC). O-Lewis G Lakin; B-Gestut Hof Ittlingen Couchman; NZ$40,000. and Tower Bloodstock (GB); T-P Biancone; $13,932. 3--Imananabaa (Aus), 112, f, 3, Anabaa--Iman (Aus), by Margins: 1, 1, NK. Odds: 1.80, 5.70, 13.90. Zemindar (NZ). O-Sir Patrick Hogan, A J Sutherland & Also Ran: Somethinaboutbetty, Maryfield, Vanguarda P J Walker; B-Rodmor Stud; T-Jim Gibbs; (Arg), Cambiocorsa, Danclare, Bella Banissa, Costume NZ$20,000. Designer, Selvatica, Honey Rose (Arg). Margins: SHD, SNK. Winner's Odds: 16.60. Scratched: Victory Spy, River's Prayer. Society Hostess, a listed winner in Germany, won stakes at Belmont and Keeneland last fall before run- ning a close-up fifth in the Nov. 26 GI Matriarch H. last time out. Settled last of 12 behind fast early fractions of :21.49, :43.28 and 1:06.34, the consistent mare closed powerfully for an easy win. AShe=s got a lot of class,@ jockey Garrett Gomez said of the winner. AEvery- Winner of the Carter H. (G1) in 1:20 2/5 earning a 118 Beyer, thing I ask her to do, she does. Today, she broke good, only Ghostzapper (G1) & Commentator (G1) earned a greater but we weren=t in a hurry. She wasn=t pulling, so I Beyer up to a mile that year. His first foals arrive in ‘07 knew they were going fast up front. She doesn=t do 2007 STUD FEE: $20,000 anything wrong and she just does everything I ask her to do. She=s just a nice filly.@ Christophe Clement assis- Standing at Taylor Made • (859) 885-3345 • www.taylormadestallions.com tant Nicholas Bachalard was surprised with Society Hostess=s tactics, but not her results. AWe thought she GIII Tropical Park Derby Soldier=s Dancer (Lost Soldier) would be mid-flight,@ Bachalard explained. AThey went charges to the lead late for 3/4-length victory. very fast if the fractions are right, and I think there=s a GIII El Conejo H. Harvard Avenue (You and I) just gets bit of give in the ground, too. She=s a very good filly. up to best stablemate Areyoutalkintome (Smokester). She only lost twice [in 2006] and she never lost by GIII Monrovia H. Society Hostess (Seeking the Gold) more than a length in the two races she lost.@ Cambiocorsa gives jockey Garrett Gomez a sweep of Santa Anita=s (Avenue of Flags), looking for her ninth win in 10 trips New Year=s Day stakes program. down the Santa Anita hill, battled on the front end before Winner of the Carter H. (G1) in 1:20 2/5 earning a 118 Beyer, tiring to seventh. Click for the brisnet.com chart. only Ghostzapper (G1) & Commentator (G1) earned a greater Beyer up to a mile that year. His first foals arrive in ‘07 2007 STUD FEE: $20,000 Standing at Taylor Made • (859) 885-3345 • www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/2/07 • PAGE 3 of 6 (Stakes results cont.) Monday, Calder Race Course Monday, Santa Anita TROPICAL PARK DERBY-GIII, $100,000, CRC, 1-1, EL CONEJO H.-GIII, $110,900, SAX, 1-1, 4yo/up, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:48 4/5, fm. 5 1/2f, 1:02 3/5, ft. 1--@SOLDIER'S DANCER, 119, g, 3, by Lost Soldier 1--HARVARD AVENUE, 118, g, 6, by You and I 1st Dam: Heather's Dancer, by Gate Dancer 1st Dam: Carrie Can (MSW, $300,234), by Saratoga Six 2nd Dam: Heather Road, by The Axe II 2nd Dam: Gentle Kelly, by Gentle King 3rd Dam: Blossom Morgan, by Warfare 3rd Dam: Dolphins Dream, by New Prospect ($4,200 wlng '04 FTKNOV).