STREET SENSE IN ‘DANDY’ BREEZE HEADLINE p7 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 FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 SANFORD WON BY HIS SON FULL BOAT FOR WHITNEY He wasn=t quite as impressive as his sire, who won So competitive is Saturday=s GI Whitney H. that Brass the 1999 GII Sanford S. by nearly 10 lengths, but Jim Hat (Prized), a Grade I winner and good enough to Scatuorchio=s Ready=s Image (More Than Ready) was cross the line second in the world=s richest horse race in dominating enough, taking yesterday=s Saratoga feature 2006, is pegged at 20-1 on Eric Donovan=s morning by four convincing lengths line. A full field of 12 handicap horses has been assem- from Tale of Ekati (Tale of the bled for the $750,000 feature Cat). Wheeled back on 13 and, while trainer Kiaran days= rest off a debut victory McLaughlin was stripped of Apr. 20, Ready=s Image was his chance to win back-to- third as the 7-5 chalk in the back runnings with the retire- GIII Kentucky BC S. at Chur- ment of Invasor (Arg), he has chill May 3. The blinkers went a capable replacement with Ready’s Image on for the July 1 Tremont S. West Point Thoroughbred=s Adam Coglianese at Belmont and the dark bay Flashy Bull (Holy Bull). The charged home a 7 3/4-length four-year-old comes into the winner. Odds-on to add a graded stakes here, Ready=s Whitney off a narrow defeat Image was close up in third and made his move at the Flashy Bull Horsephotos of Magna Graduate (Honor quarter pole. He took over from pacesetting Fed Grades) and Diamond Stripes Watcher (Songandaprayer) in upper stretch and leveled (Notebook) in the GI Stephen Foster H. June 16, but off to score impressively. The winner is likely to return the conditioner knows that tomorrow=s race is anything for the GI Hopeful S. Sept. 3. Click for the brisnet.com chart o r but a walkover. AHe=s doing great and he=ll run well,@ the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor McLaughlin said of Flashy Bull. ABut it=s not like we=re Made. beaming with >let=s go get our picture taken. We used to do that with Invasor.@ Trainer Todd Pletcher sends Thursday, Saratoga Race Course out a quarter of the field, as GII Oaklawn H. hero SANFORD S.-GII, $150,000, SAR, 7-26, 2yo, 6f, Lawyer Ron (Langfuhr) and Fairbanks (Giant=s Cause- 1:09 4/5, ft. way) join Magna Graduate. AI would think that Todd 1--@READY'S IMAGE, 121, c, 2, by More Than Ready Pletcher=s the horse to beat,@ McLaughlin deadpanned. 1st Dam: Clever Phrase, by Clever Trick Whitney field p2....Chullo a Beauty of a Buy p2-4 2nd Dam: Turn a Phrase, by Wavering Monarch 3rd Dam: Turn n' See, by Best Turn DOUBTING THOMAS ($410,000 yrl '06 KEESEP). O-James T Scatuorchio; Aidan O=Brien is concerned that B-Dark Hollow Farm (MD); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-John testing ground could be the achilles R Velazquez; $90,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, heel of Susan Magnier and Michael $201,422. Tabor=s Dylan Thomas (Ire) 2--Tale of Ekati, 119, c, 2, Tale of the Cat--Silence (Danehill) in tomorrow=s G1 King Beauty (Jpn), by Sunday Silence. O/B-Charles E Fipke George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. at (KY); T-Barclay Tagg; $30,000. Ascot. Despite confirming the four- 3--The Roundhouse, 119, c, 2, Fusaichi Pegasus-- year-old, who heads a select field of Circle of Life, by Belong to Me. O-Michael B Tabor; seven older horses in the mile-and- B-Chelston (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; $15,000. a-half championship event, the Margins: 4, NO, 2. Odds: 0.90, 7.50, 12.50. Dylan Thomas Ballydoyle conditioner warned that Also Ran: Sok Sok, Fed Watcher, Ascot Hall, Twenty bbc.co.uk Asoft ground would have to be seen Eight Hours, Shotten Heimer, Little Nick. as a negative.@ King George field p5 (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Plenty of Frequent Flyer Miles... He=s only faced the starter 19 times, but Papi Chullo has covered plenty of ground throughout his career, competing at 13 different racetracks. Papi Chullo held his own against stakes company at three before exiting the maiden ranks at Belmont Park in his sixth start. He was second-best in the 2005 Sham S. at Santa Anita BIG PAPI and also finished a good fourth behind High Fly in that Papi Chullo (Comeonmom) flashed plenty of potential season=s GII Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park. during his three and four-year-old seasons, but has From eight starts at four, Papi Chullo posted a pair of really come of age since joining Gary Contessa=s barn optional claiming victories at Hollywood and Aqueduct this past spring. Following disap- and also crossed the line second in a pair of graded pointing performances in the Sun- stakes---the GIII Longacres Mile H. at Emerald Downs in shine Millions Classic at Gulfstream August and the GIII Queens County H. at the Big A in Jan. 27 and the GII Oaklawn H. December. He also finished a solid fourth behind Pre- Apr. 7, the gray was acquired pri- mium Tap in last year=s GI Woodward S. at the Spa. vately by Winning Move Stable, Just look at the names of the horses he s been beaten Team Stallion Racing, et al. Papi A = Chullo made quite a first impression by--four lengths in the Woodward to arguably some of on his new owners, running off to the best handicap horses in the world,@ Contessa said. AThe Woodward was a key race. I think it showed how Papi Chullo a 7 1/4-length win in a $75,000 much he liked the track. Big Papi cont. p3 Horsephotos optional claimer at Belmont May 4 @ (video) and was equally impressive annexing the Birdstone S. on the GI Belmont S. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ undercard June 9 (video). In the nine-furlong Birdstone, Saturday, Saratoga Race Course Papi Chullo missed the break, but wasn=t fazed by the WHITNEY H.-GI, $750,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m early mishap one bit, rambling home to a five-length PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT victory in a snappy 1:47 1/5. Plans for the GI Suburban 1 Flashy Bull Holy Bull Garcia 118 H. were scrapped after it was found that Papi Chullo 2 Papi Chullo Comeonmom Coa 115 grabbed a quarter in the Birdstone. AIt was nothing, but 3 Brass Hat Prized Martinez 118 it was enough for us to skip the Suburban,@ trainer Gary 4 Fairbanks Giant=s Causeway Migliore 116 Contessa said. AI couldn=t bring him back that quickly 5 Wanderin Boy Seeking the Gold Bejarano 117 without perfection and that thing made me baby him 6 Sun King Charismatic Nakatani 117 for about a week or so.@ Papi Chullo has posted six 7Magna Graduate Honor Grades Gomez 118 workouts since the Birdstone, including a three-furlong 8 Student Council Kingmambo Albarado 115 blowout in :37.43 at Saratoga Thursday. AI feel really 9 Diamond Stripes Notebook Prado 116 quietly confident in this horse,@ Contessa added. AI 10 Dry Martini Slew Gin Fizz Velasquez 117 really think he=s trained well and he looks good and he=s 11 Lawyer Ron Langfuhr Velazquez 118 happy. This is the acid test. Hope springs eternal. You 12 Awesome Twist Awesome Again Castellano 114 get a horse like this, you hope you can win the Whitney and you hope that they hand you a trophy on stage and the end of the year.@ According to Contessa, the pur- TDN TODAY chase price of Papi Chullo was in the low six-figures, Headline News..................... 7 pages between $100,000 to $200,000. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 On the Winning Path... I think that our horse will be competitive. We might Steve Sigler=s Winning Move Stable sat atop the not win, but I think he=ll give it a very good try and a owner standings in New York in 2006, posting 43 wins try that we=ll be proud of, win or lose.@ Sigler stays very from 234 starters. Even with the immediate success in busy with 60 horses in training, but considers his pri- the stable=s first full year of opera- mary business as the Mens Senior Baseball League, tion, Sigler remains very down to which he serves as founder and president. earth. AIn order to be a successful owner, you have to be a good loser,@ Welcome to the Big Leagues... Sigler offered. AYou can=t have knee- Team Stallion Racing, founded in the fall of 2004 by jerk reactions and blame the trainer, brothers Jeffrey and Dave Massaro, makes its Grade I jockey, etc. You have to go on with a stakes debut in the Whitney. AOwning a horse like Papi good perspective to be a successful Chullo is the reason you want to be in this game,@ owner. What rejuvenates that inter- Team Stallion Presi- est is having your family involved dent Jeff Massaro with you, which I do. We love the commented. ANothing horses. They are beautiful animals.