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BILL OPPENHEIM’S APEX CHARTS HEADLINE P BILL OPPENHEIM’S APEX CHARTS HEADLINE p. 7-9 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 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2007 ARLINGTON CHOOSES POLYTRACK Chicago=s Arlington Park announced yesterday that FROM THE DESK OF... the synthetic surface Polytrack had been chosen to replace its conventional dirt surface. Officials an- Bill Oppenheim nounced in December that the track, which suffered from a number of SUNSHINE STALLIONS fatal breakdowns last In 2002, Bridlewood Farm stallion Stormy Atlantic summer, would be sired the $1.9-million Barretts two-year-old and subse- switching to an artifi- quent Grade III winner Atlantic Ocean in his first crop, cial surface for the and ranked ninth on the North American freshman sire 2007 season. In do- list. That bought him a ing so, Arlington be- ticket to Kentucky, where comes the first track he has gone from strength owned by Churchill to strength--his first Ken- Downs Inc. with a tucky crop made him North Polytrack surface synthetic surface. America=s leading sire of Bill Straus The estimated $10- two-year-olds in 2006. In million project is 2004, two more Florida stal- slated to be completed by the start of the 2007 meet, lions, Successful Appeal and which begins Friday, May 4. AArlington Park has always Yes It=s True, finished considered the health and safety of the horses and Songandaprayer one-two on the freshman Louise Reinagel riders as our most important priority,@ said track Presi- sire list, and packed their dent Roy Arnold in making the announcement. AWe are bags as well. That brings us confident that our new Polytrack surface will provide to the sires whose first foals were born in 2003, were the safest and best racing surface possible and will two-year-olds in 2005 and three-year-olds of 2006, strengthen our leadership in the racing industry.@ Nick meaning they were awarded APEX ratings for the first Nicholson, CEO and president of Keeneland, which time. Florida stallion Songandaprayer, the GI Fountain owns part of the North American rights for Polytrack of Youth winner from Unbridled=s Song=s first crop, commented, AWe are honored that Arlington Park has jumped off to a hot start and followed Successful Ap- selected Polytrack for their surface. We have admired peal to Walmac in Kentucky. He has four graded-stakes and respected [Arlington chairman] Dick Duchossois for winners and an A Runner Index of 2.50 from his first many years, and look forward to working with him on two crops, but he=s by no means the only Florida this project, as he has been instrumental in making F2003 stallion to make a noise, though whether any of Arlington Park into a showcase for Thoroughbred racing the others follow him to Kentucky we shall have to worldwide.@ wait and see. (APEX CHARTS, p7-9) Two other Florida stallions actually rank one-two among F2003 sires by APEX A Runner Index, namely In Today’s TDN another Bridlewood stallion Put It Back (4.03), and another Padua stallion (they had Yes It=s True), Ex- Alan Porter on Arson Squad.............................. p5-6 change Rate (3.61). In fact, none of the top five F2003 sires by A Runner Index stood the 2002 season in Update on NY Jockeys Situation........................ p-1-ATW Kentucky, and only two of the top 10 on that list--Five Tribute Planned for ‘Scotty’ Schulhofer.......... p-1-ATW Star Day (3.01) and Broken Vow (2.86)--actually started out at stud in Kentucky. Oppenheim cont. p2 www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/7/07 • PAGE 2 of 9 Oppenheim cont. A Hobeau Farm homebred by Honour and Glory trained by Allen Jerkens (and briefly, while >The Chief= recovered from health problems, by his son Jimmy), Put It Back placed in both his starts at two, then went five-for-five at three, winning the six-furlong Best Turn S. on the inner track at Aqueduct (Beyer 108) in his sec- ond start at three, then the GII Riva Ridge S. at Belmont (Beyer 106) over seven furlongs, in his Put It Back fifth and final three-year-old (and Serita Hult career) start. If you hadn=t heard of him before, the Lost in the Fog connections= Smokey Stover did his best to put his sire=s name in lights 11 days ago, when he trounced last year=s GI Breeders= Cup Sprint fourth Bordonaro and GI Golden Shaheen winner Proud Tower Too in the Jan. 27 Sunshine Millions Sprint, taking his record to five wins and four seconds in nine starts. Padua Stables paid $1.4 million for Exchange Rate, by Danzig out of the Grade III-winner Sterling Pound (Seeking the Gold) from the top-drawer Native Partner family, at the 1998 Keeneland July (remember that?) sale. He won the Risen Star S. at three, then went on to win the (859) 233-4252 seven-furlong GII Tom Fool H. www.claibornefarm.com (Beyer 110), at Belmont, at four. His first crop includes GI Besides sporting a 3.02 A Runner Index, City Zip Test S. winner Swap Fliparoo ranks second to Galileo in number of ABC Runners (22), and GII Falls City H. winner Exchange Rate and is tied for first by ABC Runner Index (2.37). Giant=s Ermine, while his second crop Joseph Diorio Causeway=s little brother Freud includes Grade III winner never even won a stakes on the Xchanger. I=ve already written a couple of times this racetrack, but his sire numbers winter about a third F2003 Florida stallion, Ocala Stud=s are convincing: he ranks seventh Trippi. He ranks third among F2003 sires in number of by A Runner Index (2.99), and ABC Runners (19), and fifth in ABC Runner Index sixth by ABC Index (1.87), in- (1.88). He also finished 2006 as the number three cluding the multiple Grade second-crop sire in progeny earnings, and was the I-placed three-year-old filly Quick number five sire of two-year-olds nationally. So he Little Miss. The top Canadian makes the Florida F2003 Honor Roll as well. Freud Barbara Livingston among this group is Trajectory, a Two stallions who started out in New York and a three-time stakes winner in Can- Canadian stallion also registered A Runner indices of ada by Gone West, who is owned in partnership by Pin 2.99 or better through the end Oak Stud and Gardiner Farms, and stands at the latter=s of 2006. Ghostzapper=s Ontario farm. He ranks third in this group by A Runner half-brother City Zip has fol- Index (3.45), and is tied with City Zip for the top spot lowed the Belong To Me route, by ABC Index (2.37). He had stakes horses all over the and was moved to Lane=s End in place at Woodbine last year. Oppenheim cont. p3 Kentucky, though in his case it was before his two-year-olds had even run. They weren=t wrong, though. He ranked third MOVING ??? City Zip on the 2005 North American For just a day or forever... stallionregister.com Freshman Sire list, and finished Call us with your new fax number. sixth in progeny earnings among (732) 747-8060 second-crop sires last year. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/7/07 • PAGE 3 of 9 Oppenheim cont. Three European stallions rated among the top 10, including very likely the top stallion from this sire crop, Galileo. He led all F2003 sires with 162 year-starters, and also led with 10 A Run- ners (all in 2006), for a very Since the American market emerged from the two respectable 3.09 A Runner MRLS years (2002-03), there has been a big jump in Index, ranking him fourth the three combined January sales – mostly Keeneland among these. Besides lead- January, of course. Between 2004 and 2006, the ing in number of A Runners, number sold in the three sales was up 15%, the gross he also leads in number of was up 41%, and the average 22%--quite impressive ABC Runners (22). Consider- gains. There has been a marginal dip this year – off Galileo 3% in gross and 2% in average – so it remains to be coolmore.com ing those 10 A Runners in- seen whether that sets a trend for the year, or not. If cluded eight group or graded this year’s major thoroughbred market was off 3% from stakes winners, two of which were Classic winners record 2006 levels, I doubt there would be too (Nightime and Sixties Icon), another a Breeders= Cup many complaints. winner (Red Rocks), plus Teofilo, the top two-year-old -- Bill Oppenheim in Europe, I feel safe in saying Galileo is surely the best sire of this group, even though he doesn=t have the highest A Runner Index. Another Coolmore sire, Mozart (2.88), ranks among the top 10, but this will be his one and only appearance in the APEX fig- ures, as he had only one crop of three-year-olds, last year. Number three in Europe is Medicean (2004 = 100%) cheveleypark.co.uk Medicean (2.63), sire of G1 2004-2007 Cumulative Coronation S. winner Nannina Sold Gross Average and the unbeaten two-year-old winner of the GI Middle Park S., Dutch Art. 2004 2465 $61,283,900 $24,861 One of the things I=ve learned over years of studying 2005 2538 $65,561,900 $25,832 sire statistics is that they are a work in progress at this 2006 2843 $86,214,100 $30,325 stage of the game.
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