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Raging Fever takes on Mandy’s Gold in the HEADLINE GI Ballerina H...p7 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2002 ORO SHINES IN MIDSUMMER MUD YOUNG GUNS He was 2-5 on the morning line and ended up going Three-year-olds War Emblem (Our Emblem) and Came off at 3-5, but Medaglia d’Oro (El Prado {Ire}) had to Home (Gone West) will have their work cut out for reach down deep despite a them when they face older horses for the first time in grabbed quarter to deny the the $1,000,000 GI Pacific Classic this afternoon at Del returning Repent (Louis Qua- Mar. The free-running War Emblem has rolled to victo- torze) by a half-length in the ries in the GI Kentucky Derby, the GI Preakness and, Midsummer Derby, the most recently, the GI $1,000,000 GI Travers S. Haskell Invitational H. Aug. yesterday afternoon at 4, but will face some seri- Saratoga. “He was very game ous pressure on the front and dug in,” said winning end this time from the likes trainer Bobby Frankel. “Re- of Sky Jack (Jaklin pent really tested us. He defi- Klugman) and Bosque nitely grabbed his quarter. I’m Redondo (Mane Minister). just hoping it’s not too seri- Attempts to rate the nearly ous that we lose time with black colt have not been Medaglia d’Oro (inside) takes him. I was surprised Repent War Emblem wins Haskell Equi-Photo very successful in the past Travers Horsephotos [off since April] ran as good and he will have to summon all of his class to prevail as he did.” Longshot Nothing Flat (Peaks and Valleys) today. Momentum (Nureyev) will try to make it three rallied from last to finish third. Travers cont., p2 straight victories in this race for jockey Garret Gomez, who piloted another son of Nureyev, Skimming, to wins Saturday, Saratoga in 2000 and 2001. The four-year-old bay just missed by TRAVERS S.-GI, $1,000,000, SAR, 8-24, 3yo, 1 1/4m, a nose after a stretch-long duel with Sky Jack in the 2:02 2/5, sy. 10-furlong GI Hollywood Gold Cup July 14, but should 1--sMEDAGLIA D'ORO, 126, c, 3, by El Prado (Ire) get an ideal stalking trip this time. Hoping for a hot 1st Dam: Cappucino Bay (SW, $164,271), pace will be Milwaukee Brew (Wild Again). The Big by Bailjumper ‘Cap winner was too far back to make an impact in the 2nd Dam: Dubbed In, by Silent Screen Hollywood Gold Cup, but will likely be kept in closer 3rd Dam: Society Singer, by Restless Wind touch. The ultra-consistent Came Home, unbeaten in O-Edmund A Gann; B-Albert & Joyce Bell (KY); California, still seems suspect at 1 1/4 miles and will T-Robert Frankel; J-J D Bailey; $600,000. Lifetime need to use some early speed to gain position from Record: 9-4-3-0, $1,464,720. post nine. Making his stakes debut is Pleasantly Perfect 2--Repent, 126, c, 3, Louis Quatorze--Baby Grace (Arg), (Pleasant Colony). The lightly raced four-year-old cap- by Cipayo. ($60,000 wlng '99 KEENOV; $230,000 tured a first-level Hollywood allowance June 20 and yrl '00 FTKJUL). O-Select Stable; B-Taylor Made followed that up with a victory in an optional claimer Farm Inc (KY); $200,000. Aug. 4 over this surface. Trainer Craig Lewis had hoped 3--Nothing Flat, 126, c, 3, Peaks and Valleys--Her to saddle Arbiter, but that runner was forced to miss Deci sion, by Judger. ($80,000 2yo ‘01 OBSMAR). the race with a minor injury. According to Lewis, “I O-William J Condren & Michael H Sherman; think there could be an upsetter, and that would be B-Farnsworth Farms (FL); $100,000. Pleasantly Perfect. He’s a horse that hasn’t had a lot of Margins: HF, 7HF, 3/4. Odds: 0.75, 3.85, 31.25. races, but I think he’s got a lot of talent, maybe not Also Ran: Like a Hero, Puzzlement, Quest, Gold Dollar, enough seasoning, but I think he fits the race and I like Saint Marden, Shah Jehan. his running style.” Pacific Classic field, p6 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/25/02 • PAGE 2 of 9 P T R A V E R S P P R E S U L T S P MEDAGLIA MAKES HIS MOVE Longshot Shah Saturday, Del Mar Jehan (Mr. Prospector) quickly jumped out to set the DEL MAR OAKS-GI, $300,000, DMR, 8-24, 3yo, f, pace in the 133rd renewal of the Travers, but Medaglia 1 1/8mT, 1:47 (NSR), fm. d’Oro tracked him intently through honest fractions of 1--#@sDUBLINO, 121, f, 3, by Lear Fan :23.14 and :46.82 as Repent was unhurried back in 1st Dam: Tuscoga, by Theatrical (Ire) sixth. The Edmund Gann colorbearer took command 2nd Dam: Noble Times (NZ), by Drums of Time with a half-mile to run and had a clear lead turning for 3rd Dam: Juvel (NZ), by Noble Bijou home. Repent came with his patented late run, but the ($180,000 yrl '00 KEESEP). O-Geringer, Klein, Liberty favorite displayed his determination for the narrow Road Stables, Et Al; B-Arthur B Hancock III (KY); score. “He broke with running on his mind today,” said T-Laura de Seroux; J-K J Desormeaux; $180,000. winning rider Jerry Bailey. “He was strong at all times. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 4-2-2-0, $304,011. If anything was bothering him, he had enough courage 2--Megahertz (GB), 121, f, 3, Pivotal (GB)--Heavenly to not let it show.” Medaglia d’Oro was purchased by Ray, by Rahy. (12,000gns yrl ‘00 TATDEC). Gann after breaking his maiden impressively at Oaklawn O-Michael Bello; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); Park; in his first start for Frankel, the dark bay stunned $60,000. the then-Derby favorite Siphonic in the GII San Felipe S. 3--Alozaina (Ire), 121, f, 3, Perugino--Latching (Ire), by Shipped east, he missed by just a head in the GI Wood Thatching (Ire). (10,000gns yrl ‘00 TATOCT). Memorial, but then had the two worst races of his O-Arnold Zetcher; B-Tullamaine Castle Stud (IRE); career. He missed the break in the Kentucky Derby $36,000. before rushing up to be fourth, but never fired in the Margins: NO, 1HF, 1. Odds: 1.30, 1.60, 4.30. Preakness, coming home a distant eighth. Frankel kept Also Ran: Fair Bianca, Arabic Song (Ire), Ristra. going with the colt and Medaglia d’Oro responded, Scratches: Pina Colada finishing a game second to Sarava in the GI Belmont S. Dublino came flying to nail arch rival Megahertz at June 8. Given a brief vacation, the burly three-year-old the wire to earn her first career stakes victory. The dark returned as the 3-5 favorite in the GII Jim Dandy S. bay had made two starts in France for Andre Fabre, Aug. 4 at the Spa, but ran more like 1-20, romping taking her Nov. 20 debut at Saint-Cloud before return- home by 13 3/4 lengths while earning a Beyer Speed ing this spring to run G1SW Sophisticat to 3/4-length in Figure of 120. His Travers victory makes him the sec- the G3 Prix de la Grotte Apr. 14 at Longchamp. Repatri- ond Grade I winner of the meet for Gann, following ated, Dublino was no secret at 4-1 in the $500,000 You’s success in the GI Test S. American Oaks at Hollywood July 6 and crossed the line in front of favored Megahertz, but was taken down The Return of Repent for interference and placed second. The pair were Repent had flirted with Derby favoritism earlier this alongside in the gate, with Dublino drawing the rail, and year, winning the GII Louisiana Derby, but finished were content to race well off the early pace set by Fair second to War Emblem in the GII Illinois Derby in April Bianca (Bien Bien). Dublino took the overland route on and was diagnosed with ankle chips. Trainer Kenny the turn and came flying into the stretch as Megahertz McPeek had enthused about the dark bay’s chances all opted to go inside. The little chestnut had the lead in week and was delighted with his charge’s effort. “He’s the final strides, but Dublino finished determinedly to a fantastic horse, and he deserves to be ranked with earn the nose victory. “The last 100 yards she threw a the top three-year-olds in North America,” said the lead change and just about shut down,” said winning conditioner. “Maybe we’ll sit until the Breeders’ Cup jockey Kent Desormeaux. “I started throwing crosses at [Oct. 26]. He’s run well off the layoff, and you can do her, trying to get her to keep her mind on her business. these kinds of things with a good horse.” And she came running like nobody could. She’s some- thing.” Dublino could go next in the GI Queen Elizabeth Click for the: brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com at Keeneland Oct. 12. catalog-style pedigree. Click for the: brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com For the video race replay choose: broadband or modem. catalog-style pedigree or the video race replay. A Fourstar Allstar CAPSIZED took Saturday’s $200,000 Fourstardave H.-G3, bred by Four Star Sales partner Glencrest Farm.