SHUTTLE STALLIONS QUARANTINED p8 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007 WORTH THE WAIT GOING NATIVE Live Oak Plantation=s My Typhoon (Ire) (Giant=s Very few juveniles tackle older horses at this time of Causeway) had the number of Arindel Farm=s Wait a the year, but John Mayne=s Kingsgate Native (Ire) While (Maria=s Mon) in their last two head-to-head (Mujadil) made light of the test yesterday to follow in battles, but the reigning the hoofprints of Lyric Fantasy (Ire), annexing York=s champion three-year-old filly G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. atoned for those defeats with Despite not having the obvi- an authoritative victory in yes- ous credentials of that flying terday=s GII Ballston Spa H. filly--who upstaged the at Saratoga. AI was glad to sprinting veterans here in have that good move back at 1992--the maiden had shown the end,@ said winning rider the necessary class when Garrett Gomez. AToday it was runner-up in the Listed Wind- Wait a While Adam Coglianese nice to have what I expect Kingsgate Native Getty Images sor Castle S. at Royal Ascot from her, and that is her kick- June 19 and Goodwood=s G3 ing home and being the professional and true champion Molecomb S. July 31. Not without support at 12-1, the that she is. It=s nice to have her back.@ Click for the bay showed early speed to track the fractions before brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- domineering the final furlong under Jimmy Quinn and style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. stretching to a 1 3/4-length success from Desert Lord (GB) (Green Desert). AHe=s some horse,@ trainer John Thursday, Saratoga Race Course Best commented. AI wouldn=t have run in the Windsor BALLSTON SPA H.-GII, $200,000, SAR, 8-23, 3yo/up, Castle first time if I didn=t think he was a cracking colt f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:40, fm. and he=s come out and beat the older horses now.@ 1--WAIT A WHILE, 121, f, 4, by Maria=s Mon Nunthorpe S. cont. p3 1st Dam: Flirtatious, by A.P. Indy 2nd Dam: Grand Charmer, by Lord Avie HANDEL TO JOIN NYRA 3rd Dam: Regal Feeling, by Clever Trick Hal Handel, one of the nation=s most prominent racing ($50,000 yrl '04 KEESEP; $260,000 2yo 2005 executives, will leave his post as the chief executive OBSFEB). O-Arindel Farm; B-W S Farish & W Temple officer of Greenwood Racing to assume the roles of Webber Jr (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-Garrett K executive vice president and Gomez; $120,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo Filly, chief operating officer for the MGISW, 17-9-2-3, $1,569,916. New York Racing Associa- 2--Vacare, 119, f, 4, Lear Fan--Appealing Storm, by tion, effective Sept. 10. AI Valid Appeal. ($2,800,000 HRA 2006 FTKNOV). am honored to join the su- O-Jon & Sarah Kelly; B-Lothenbach Stables Inc (KY); perb management group T-Christophe Clement; $40,000. NYRA has put together,@ 3--Meribel, 117, f, 4, Peaks and Valleys--Count to Six, Handel said. AThrough the by Saratoga Six. O-Stone Farm and Catesby W Clay; Hal Handel Adam Coglianese leadership of Chairman Steve B-Arthur B Hancock III & Catesby W Clay (KY); Duncker, an activist Board of T-Christophe Clement; $20,000. Trustees, and CEO Charlie Hayward, NYRA has rein- Margins: 2 1/4, 3HF, HF. Odds: 3.00, 3.95, 6.10. vented itself at the very highest levels of accountability Also Ran: Pommes Frites, Dance Away Capote, My and integrity and has a brilliant vision for leading the Typhoon (Ire), Iron Goddess. racing industry in the United States. I share their com- Scratched: Amansara, Mauralakana (Fr). mitment to make that vision a reality.@ Cont. p2 (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/24/07 • PAGE 2 of 8 Ballston Spa H. cont. Hal Handel Joins NYRA cont. Top Performance a While in the Making... Handel brings broad experience to the New York Fourth as the 2-1 second choice in last year=s GI Racing Association. The 60-year-old held leadership Breeders= Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Wait a While de- roles at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands for 12 feated Precious Kitten in the GIII Honey Fox H. at years, serving the New Jersey tracks as general man- Gulfstream Mar. 4, but she never looked comfortable in ager from 1986 to 1991 and as executive vice presi- the GII Jenny Wiley S. at Keeneland Apr. 14, finishing dent and chief operating officer from 1991 to 1998. fifth to My Typhoon in an event rained onto the During his tenure, he oversaw the transition of Polytrack. She had a chance to even the score with Monmouth from a public company to a state-owned that rival in the GII Just a Game S. on the Belmont S. facility operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposi- undercard, but the Bill Mott trainee got away with a tion Authority. Prior to that, Handel was a member of pedestrian pace and left Wait a While 3 3/4 lengths the New Jersey Racing Commission, serving first as behind at the finish. Sent to California for the GII counsel, then deputy director and finally executive CashCall Mile, Wait a While took ill on the eve of the director from 1983 to 1986. In addtion to those execu- race and was returned to Pletcher=s Churchill base. She tive roles, the Rutgers University graduate was formerly was not ready in time for the GI Beverly D. S. Aug. 12 a trustee of the American Horse Council, chairman of and landed in this spot. Settled in fifth as Pommes the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau and director Frites (Dynaformer) took them along, Wait a While of the Harness Tracks of America. He has also been a director of the Thoroughbred Racing Association since commenced her rally on the turn and came four wide 1986, including a two-year term as president of that into the Saratoga stretch. She swept to the front ap- organization. Added Charles Hayward, NYRA president proaching the final furlong and drew off as much the and CEO, AI have known Hal Handel for more than 20 best. My Typhoon bid on the turn, but bobbled at the years and consider him one of the very best racing quarter pole and gave way to be sixth. She slipped a A executives in the country. Hal brings to NYRA a broad little bit on the back and on the turn, but that s it. No = portfolio of experience including account wagering, excuses, said her rider Eddie Castro. @ off-track betting, horsemen=s relations and strong lead- ership skills. He will be a huge addition to the NYRA management team.@ IF IT’S SEPTEMBER...IT’S TAYLOR MADE Thoroughbred Daily News is: $1,000,000 Travers S. (G1) starter Barry Weisbord President/Co-Publisher Sue Finley Vice President/Co-Publisher HELSINKI Andy Belfiore Editor-in-Chief was a 2005 Taylor Made Alycia Borer Director of Advertising Keeneland September Sale Graduate Jessica Martini Senior Editor Look for his full sister, Hip #1275 Alan Carasso Associate Editor Marie Kizenko Associate Editor Distorted Humor-Well Dressed Christina Bossinakis Associate Editor at our 2007 Keeneland September Consignment. Lucas Marquardt Writer/Reporter Steve Sherack Writer/Reporter Vicki Forbes Director of Customer Services Lia Kusch Advertising Assistant GII Ballston Spa H. Wait a While (Maria=s Mon) is Sarah K. Andrew Advertising Assistant back to her best. Bradley Weisbord Bug Boy www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/24/07 • PAGE 3 of 8 P R E S U L T S P Thursday, York, Britain COOLMORE NUNTHORPE S.-G1, ,220,000, York, 8-23, 2yo/up, 5fT, :58.14, gd. 1--#sKINGSGATE NATIVE (IRE), 113, c, 2, by Mujadil 1st Dam: Native Force (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire) 2nd Dam: La Pellegrina (Ire), by Be My Guest 3rd Dam: Spanish Habit (GB), by Habitat (i28,000 wnlg >05 GOFNOV; 20,000gns yrl >06 DONSEP). O-John Mayne; B-Peter McCutcheon; T-John Best; J-Jimmy Quinn; ,136,158. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, ,158,754. 2--Desert Lord (GB), 137, g, 7, Green Desert--Red Carnival, by Mr. Prospector. (10,000gns HIT >04 TATAUT). O-Bull & Bell Partnership; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd; T-Kevin Ryan; ,51,605. 3--Dandy Man (Ire), 137, c, 4, Mozart (Ire)--Lady Alexander (Ire), by Night Shift. (32,000gns yrl >04 TATOCT). O-H R H Princess Haya Of Jordan; B-Mountarmstrong Stud; T-Tracey Collins; ,25,826. Margins: 1 3/4, HD, 3/4. Odds: 12-1, 20-1, 9-4. Also Ran: Red Clubs (Ire), Wi Dud (GB), Hoh Mike (Ire), Amadeus Wolf (GB), Sierra Vista (GB), Magnus (Aus), Beauty is Truth (Ire), Moorhouse Lad (GB), Celtic Mill (GB), Green Manalishi (GB), Mecca=s Mate (GB), The Tatling (Ire), Reverence (GB). Scratched: Enticing (Ire), Theann (GB). As a newcomer in the line-up for the Windsor Castle, Kingsgate Native excelled when a head second to Drawnfromthepast (Ire) in that five-furlong dash. He proved that effort was no fluke when going down by a neck to Fleeting Spirit (Ire) in the Molecomb. That form was upheld an hour earlier by the winner=s placing in the G2 Lowther S., after the third-place finisher Captain Gerrard (Ire) blitzed his rivals in Wednesday=s Listed Roses S.