MARIENBARD RETIRED TO JAPAN HEADLINE p. 4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2002 104 PRE-ENTRIES FOR BREEDERS’ CUP XIX A class of 104, including European standout Rock of BREEDERS’ CUP Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill) and Kentucky Derby winner War PRE-ENTRIES Emblem (Our Emblem), was yesterday pre-entered for the Oct. 26 Breeders’ Cup at Arlington Park. The 14 pre-entries for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic are CLASSIC-GI, $4,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m dominated by talented sophomores, with the Derby Horse Sire Trainer winner followed by GI Pacific Classic winner Came Came Home Gone West Gonzalez Home (Gone West), GI Travers winner Medaglia d’Oro Dollar Bill Peaks and Valleys Stewart (El Prado {Ire}) and GI Blue Grass E Dubai Mr. Prospector bin Suroor S. winner Harlan’s Holiday Evening Attire Black Tie Affair (Ire) P Kelly (Harlan). The Europeans will try Harlan’s Holiday Harlan Pletcher to steal the Classic, likely with Hawk Wing Woodman O’Brien the Irish-trained three-year-old Macho Uno Holy Bull Orseno Hawk Wing (Woodman), but the Medaglia d’Oro El Prado (Ire) Frankel $4-million purse could persuade Milwaukee Brew Wild Again Frankel connections to try stellar miler Momentum Nureyev C Dollase Rock of Gibraltar at 1 1/4 miles Perfect Drift Dynaformer M Johnson on the dirt. Both horses are Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Danehill O’Brien trained by Aidan O’Brien and Volponi Cryptoclearance Johnson both were entered in the Classic War Emblem Our Emblem Baffert and Mile. Rock of Gibraltar has first preference in the Mile and JOHN DEERE TURF-GI, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, Hawk Wing has first preference 1 1/2mT in the Classic. Of the decision to Horse Sire Trainer run in the Classic or in the Mile, Ballingarry (Ire) Sadler’s Wells de Seroux O’Brien explained, “The [Mile] is Blazing Fury Dynaformer Toner Denon Pleasant Colony Frankel worth $1 million and the other is Juvenile hopeful Sky Mesa Falcon Flight (Fr) Persian Bold (Ire) Burke $4 million. That's a big pot. We'll Horsephotos have to see whether we should Golan (Ire) Spectrum (Ire) Stoute take a chance in it with Rock of Gibraltar, going a dif- High Chapparal (Ire) Sadler’s Wells O’Brien ferent distance on a different surface. We'll have to see Perfect Soul (Ire) Sadler’s Wells Attfield about that and we'll have to see how Hawk Wing and The Tin Man Affirmed Mandella [Mile entrant] Landseer (GB) (Danehill) are doing.” With Anticipation Relaunch Sheppard Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entry coverage cont. p. 2 DISTAFF-GI, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m Horse Sire Trainer “The Works” Azeri Jade Hunter de Seroux Arlington Park Farda Amiga Broad Brush Lobo Horse (Sire), BC Race distance, time Imperial Gesture Langfuhr bin Suroor Whywhywhy (Mr. Greeley) 5f, 1:03.80 Mandy’s Gold Gilded Time Gorham Zavata (Phone Trick) 5f, 1:02.80 Starrer Dynaformer Shirreffs Santa Anita Summer Colony Summer Squall Hennig Nuclear Debate (Geiger Counter), Mile 6fT, 1:13 Take Charge Lady Dehere McPeek Two Item Limit Twining Di Mauro (859) 233-4252 FAX (859) 987-0008 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/18/02 • PAGE 2 of 6 Rock, Route, Paper, Dirt? FILLY AND MARE TURF-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill) is unbeaten in five f/m, 1 1/4mT starts this year, all in Group 1 company, but all at one Horse Sire Trainer mile on the turf. His resumé includes wins in the Eng- Banks Hill (GB) Danehill Frankel lish and Irish 2000 Guineas and in the G1 St. James’s Chopinina Lear Fan Fehr Palace S., so the Breeders’ Cup Mile would seem an Dublino Lear Fan de Seroux obvious choice. But trainer Aidan O’Brien feels his star *Golden Apples (Ire) Pivotal (GB) B Cecil can handle the new distance and surface of the Classic. Gossamer (GB) Sadler’s Wells Cumani “People say he's not dirt bred, but people over here say Irresistible Jewel (Ire) Danehill Weld for a horse to handle dirt they have to handle firm *Islington (Ire) Sadler’s Wells Stoute ground,” he explained. “He's a horse we ran over soft, *Kazzia (Ger) Zinaad (GB) bin Suroor firm and heavy ground and he likes them all. His form Owsley Harlan Schulhofer has held very level and he's very solid no matter what Riskaverse Dynaformer P Kelly surface we run him over. The surface doesn't seem to **Starine (Fr) Mendocino Frankel matter to him and we've always thought he'd handle a *Turtle Bow (Fr) Turtle Island Rohaut mile and a quarter.” Voodoo Dancer Kingmambo Clement Zenda (GB) Zamindar Gosden O’Brien’s Invasion *9-percent supplement Whatever the decision on Rock of Gibraltar and Hawk **supplement with credit Wing, O’Brien will be busy on Breeders’ Cup day. The Irish trainer entered 10 horses in five of the eight races, NETJETS MILE-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1mT with his strongest hand a five-horse entry in the Juve- Horse Sire Trainer nile. O’Brien’s two-year-old contingent, a strength last Aldebaran Mr. Prospector Frankel year when Johannesburg took the Juvenile, has been Beat Hollow (GB) Sadler’s Wells Frankel less successful so far this season. “They were all very Boston Common Boston Harbor Lake sick,” O’Brien said of his two-year-olds. “I thought our Del Mar Show Theatrical (Ire) Mott year was over. They were so sick I couldn't train them Domedriver (Ire) Indian Ridge (Ire) Bary and when I did I had to bring them back gently so there Forbidden Apple Pleasant Colony Clement were no relapses. The problem was when we brought Good Journey Nureyev W Dollase them back there were only big races for them and Gossamer (GB) Sadler’s Wells Cumani that's where we had to start. It was difficult putting Hawk Wing Woodman O’Brien them into those races knowing they're going to im- Landseer (GB) Danehill O’Brien prove. But if I didn't do that they wouldn't be ready at Medecis (GB) Machiavellian Head-Maarek this stage to come to America.” O’Brien feels his team Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Danehill O’Brien is ready for a top Breeders’ Cup effort. “[This is] proba- The Tin Man Affirmed Mandella bly the strongest team of three-year-olds we've ever had,” he said. “We've got mile, 1 1/4-mile and 1 1/2- Touch of the Blues (Fr) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Drysdale mile horses and the two-year-olds are really starting to Not selected, in order of preference: pick up now. We have good chances in the races we Volponi Cryptoclearance P Johnson have the runners in.” Zenda (GB) Zamindar Gosden Nuclear Debate Geiger Counter Vienna Few Full Fields Dress to Thrill (Ire) Danehill Weld Only three of the eight races were oversubscribed, Green Fee Green Dancer Peitz with the Mile attracting the most attention with 24 pre- Chopinina Lear Fan Fehr entries. Also overfilled is the Sprint and the Juvenile, North East Bound D’Accord Perry both with 16 entries. In races that are oversubscribed D’wildcat Forest Wildcat Hess (more than 14 horses), the top seven Breeders’ Cup One Won One Naevus Morgan point earners gain automatic berths. The remaining Thunderello Montbrook Lake seven horses are selected by the Breeders’ Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries panel. Post positions will be All horses in TDN Headline News and TDN American edition are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated drawn Oct. 23. Historically, TAYLOR MADE’s November Consignment Has Been Dam Good... TAYLOR We offered the dam of Multiple Graded Stakes Winning Millionaire REPENT MADE as well as the dams of recent stars AWESOME HUMOR, KAFWAIN, E DUBAI, GREEN FEE, TENPINS, SYMBOLI KRIS S. and BELIEVE. Inquiries to Steve Castagnola Phone (859) 885-3345 Click here for our Keeneland November Catalogue Updates TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/18/02 • PAGE 3 of 6 NAPA SPRINT-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 6f BESSEMER TRUST JUVENILE-GI, $1,000,000, 2yo, Horse Sire Trainer c/g, 1 1/8m +*Bonapaw Sabona Miller Horse Sire Trainer +Carson Hollow Carson City Dutrow Jr. Bull Market Holy Bull Baffert Crafty C.T. Crafty Prospector Zucker Hold That Tiger Storm Cat O’Brien D’Wildcat Forest Wildcat Hess Jr. +Kafwain Cherokee Run Baffert Day Trader Phone Trick Lukas Listen Indy A.P. Indy Mandella +*Disturbingthepeace Bold Badgett Vienna +Lone Star Sky Conquistador Cielo Amoss +Gygistar Prospector’s Music Hennig Most Feared Commanchero Werner +Kalookan Queen Lost Code Headley +Sky Mesa Pulpit Ward Jr. Kona Gold Java Gold Headley +Toccet Awesome Again Scanlan +Orientate Mt. Livermore Lukas Tomahawk Seattle Slew O’Brien Swept Overboard End Sweep C Dollase Van Nistlerooy Storm Cat O’Brien Touch Tone Pick Up the Phone Werner +Vindication Seattle Slew Baffert Wake At Noon Cure the Blues Katryan Wando Langfuhr Keogh +Xtra Heat Dixieland Heat Salzman +*Whywhywhy Mr. Greeley Biancone Not selected, in order of preference: +Zavata Phone Trick Biancone Thunderello Montbrook Lake Not selected, in order of preference: My Cousin Matt Matty G Lake Marino Marini Storm Cat O’Brien +Qualified based on points Ontario Storm Cat O’Brien *9-percent supplement *9-percent supplement LONG JOHN SILVER’S JUVENILE FILLIES-GI, +Qualified based on points $1,000,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/8m Trainer Patrick Biancone sent out his two juveniles for five-furlong works yesterday at Arlington.