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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here COMPETITIVE EDGE IN SUPER HOPEFUL DREAMS TO BE DISCOVERED AT BBAG Nancy Favreau, Kathy Psoinos and Michael Tabor=s By Kelsey Riley Competitive Edge (Super Saver) followed up on a jaw- With the likes of Novellist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and dropping debut victory with Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) as flagbearers in a scintillating 5 3/4-length recent years, the strength of the German breeding triumph in the GI Hopeful S. industry hardly needs introduction, and as such, at Saratoga Monday. The representatives from all four corners of the globe have GII Saratoga Special winner flocked to Iffezheim, Germany I Spent It (Super Saver) was for today=s BBAG yearling second, giving the 2010 sale. Amongst those feasting GI Kentucky Derby winner their eyes on the 274 and freshman sire Super catalogued lots over the last Saver the exacta in the few days were Brookdale historic seven-furlong Competitive Edge Farms= Fred and Freddy Seitz; contest. AThis one has a A Coglianese George Strawbridge with great talent,@ said winning agent John McCormack; rider John Velazquez. AThe thing about this one-- leading German trainers nothing bothers him. This colt, nothing tears his hair Andreas Wohler and Peter out, scares him or anything. He=s so laid back, his Schiergen; Irish agent Peter future can be much better than the other ones. Like Doyle; Blandford Bloodstock=s everything else, he has to stay sound.@ Cont. p3 BBAG graduate and King Tom Goff and Richard Brown; George winner Novellist Qatar Racing Manager David Monday, Saratoga Racing Post Redvers, Crispin de Moubray, HOPEFUL S.-GI, $350,000, SAR, 9-1, 2yo, 7f, 1:24, gd. Simon Crisford, Luke 1--#@COMPETITIVE EDGE, 118, c, 2, by Super Saver Lillingston, New Zealand-based agent Ric Wylie and the 1st Dam: Magdalena's Chase (MSP, $205,338), Hong Kong Jockey Club=s Mark Richards. by Cape Town Indeed, the catalogue boasts something for buyers 2nd Dam: Illuminance, by Dehere everywhere. As BBAG Assistant Manager Klaus 3rd Dam: Synformer, by Sovereign Dancer Eulenberger pointed out, the catalogue is composed of ($750,000 2yo >14 FTFMAR). O-Nancy Favreau, 90% German-breds and is sprinkled with entrants from Kathy Psoinos & Michael Tabor; B-WinStar Farm (KY); France, England and Ireland. Cont. p12 T-T Pletcher; J-J Velazquez. $210,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $259,800. *Third stakes winner (2nd graded) for freshman sire (by Maria=s Mon). Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+. nbs graduate A Solis/Litt Purchase 2--I Spent It, 122, c, 2, Super Saver--Rateeba, by Sky Mesa. ($65,000 yrl '13 FTKOCT; $600,000 2yo >14 FTFMAR). O-Alex & JoAnn Lieblong; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-Anthony W Dutrow. $70,000. LANE’S END Sales Graduate 3--Sharm, 117, c, 2, Majestic Warrior--Mystic Mirage, by Chester House. ($100,000 yrl '13 FTKOCT). O-Zayat Stables, LLC; B-Whisper Hill Farm (KY); T-D Wayne Lukas. $35,000. Consigned by Sweezey & Partners EQB yearling auction purchase • www.EQB.com Margins: 5 3/4, 9, 3. Odds: 0.65, 1.60, 29.00. Also Ran: Requite, Dekabrist, Signature Cat, Maratik. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. 14 G1 winners bred & sold Including undefeated Hopeful S. (G1) winner COMPETITIVE EDGE Bred, raised, & sold by WinStar Farm Get your next STAR this September. 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Andrew PROTONICO ON TOP AT PARX Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Protonico (Giant’s Causeway) bounds to the lead in the final strides to take Monday’s GIII Smarty Jones S. at Parx. CUSTOMER SERVICE [email protected] Director of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Protonico Equi-Photo Page 6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of IT: Robert Williams Andreas Jacobs Q&A [email protected] Andreas Jacobs, president of Baden Racing and head of his family’s Gestut Fahrhof, discusses the progress WORLDWIDE INFORMATION of the German breeding industry. International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Andreas Jacobs Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin baden-baden.tv Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary Page 15 [email protected] Andrew Caulfield 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) Andrew Caulfield looks at the success of the Danzig male line with Roberto line www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com mares after Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate)’s win in the GI Del Mar Futurity Saturday and Startup Nation (Temple City)’s win in the GII With Anticipation S. Page 18 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/2/14 • PAGE 3 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Competitive Edge in a Super Hopeful (cont. from p1) As for what is next for Competitive Edge, Pletcher Sent off the 3-5 favorite, Competitive Edge broke said, AThe question is, since the Breeders= Cup is in from the outside of the six-horse field and rushed up to California--again--do we want to get some two-turn press the pace while three wide. Signature Cat experience before we go? The [Oct. 4 GI] Champagne (Discreet Cat), I Spent It and Competitive Edge raced will be our first option, but we=ll talk with the three abreast through fractions of :22.64 and :44.81. connections and make sure we=re all on the same Signature Cat packed it in midway on the turn and page.@ Competitive Edge took the lead with authority into the Cont. p4 stretch and strode clear under minimal urging. AI=ll tell you what, I was worried about one horse and one horse only,@ John Velazquez said after the race. AIt was the horse Javier [Castellano] was on [I Spent It]. He ended up being close to the lead, so that was my chance to put the pressure on him and engage him and let him use his horse early on. Between horses, he had to get in there. Between me and the other horse inside [Signature Cat] he had to ride, ride, ride to stay in there. It took him a lot.@ For trainer Todd Pletcher, who trained Super Saver, the win was extra gratifying. AThe thing that's really cool for us is he's a son of Super Saver, and he=s our Derby winner,@ Pletcher said. ATo see him getting off to such a great start at stud, to have a Hopeful winner in his first crop, it=s kind of extra special for us having a son of Super Saver do that. I think I Spent It is a very good horse as well, as he showed in the Saratoga Special. I=ve had a close eye on him, being a son of Super Saver also, and it=s kind of Recently retired announcer Tom Durkin presents trophy to John cool that Super Savers ran 1-2 in the Hopeful.@ Velazquez after Hopeful victory. Mike Kane TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/2/14 • PAGE 4 of 20 • thoroughbreddailynews.com With the Hopeful victory, Pletcher cemented his 11th Saratoga training title. AI thought we had a really good start to the meet, I thought we had some really big disappointments at the meet; way too many seconds [25 through race five on Monday] for my liking. At the same time you cannot not be grateful anytime you come to Saratoga and win 26, 27 races, win the Hopeful, Coaching Club, Alabama and Schuylerville. No matter how good you do, it could always be better, no matter how bad you=re doing it could always be worse.@ Competitive Edge was tabbed a J “TDN Rising Star” J after crushing the competition with a front- running 10 1/4-length debut score going six furlongs at Saratoga July 26. Bred by WinStar Farm, which campaigned Super Saver, he is the first foal out of the multiple stakes placed Magdalena=s Chase (Cape Town). WinStar purchased Magdalena=s Chase for $27,000 at the 2010 OBSOCT horses of racing age sale. Consigned by Niall Brennan to the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale, Competitive Edge worked a furlong in :10 flat and sold for $750,000 to bloodstock agent Jason Litt and Alex Solis. Alex and Joann Lieblong=s I Spent It was suffering his first loss in his third start, but connections admitted it wasn=t their charge=s best performance. AHe has always had behavior problems,@ trainer Tony Dutrow said. AYou could see in the paddock he was a lot different than he was in his two previous races. He, obviously, got himself out of sorts today. I knew that wasn=t what I wanted to see, but I didn=t know how he=d react to it. So, today wasn=t his day for a number Monday, Del Mar of reasons.