SINGLETARY TO CARDIFF STUD HEADLINE ...p7 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-M AIL TO SUBSCRIBERS call 732-747-8060. OF www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005 TRAINER JOHNNY CAMPO DEAD ON “BOARD” FOR JAPAN CUP Trainer Johnny Campo Sr., who guided Buckland Lord Derby’s Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) will Farm’s Pleasant Colony to victories in the 1981 Ken- tackle the Nov. 27 G1 Japan Cup in Tokyo, connec- tucky Derby and Preakness, tions announced yesterday. Last died Monday after a prolonged year’s G1 English and Irish Oaks illness. He was 67. Born in and GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & East Harlem and raised near Mare Turf winner was reported in Aqueduct, Campo quit high good shape after a runner-up fin- school to work at the track. ish in defense of her Breeders’ After apprenticing with top Cup title at Belmont Oct. 29. trainers such as Sunny Jim “We’re off to Japan,” trainer Ed Fitzsimmons, John Nerud and Dunlop said. “She’s very well Lucien Laurin, he went out on and did her last piece of work his own in 1968 and, just five this morning. She’s come out of years later, conditioned the the race fantastically well and, champion two-year-old, Protag- fingers crossed, she travels onist, and champion two-year- well.” Dunlop was satisfied by Ouija Board www.eddunlop.com Johnny Campo Sr. old filly, Talking Picture, in the the four-year-old’s effort at Horsephotos same season. Pleasant Colony Belmont. “I was as satisfied as you can be without joined the Campo barn after winning considering the problems we had during the finishing out of the money in the Florida Derby, and season,” he continued. “The fractions were very slow won two-thirds of the Triple Crown under his tutelage, and [jockey] Mr. [Jerry] Bailey did nothing wrong. From but missed out on the sweep when third behind Sum- going over to coming back, she only lost eight kilos, so ming in the Belmont S. Known as “The Fat Man” on the she took the whole experience very well and we’re backstretch, Campo also handled stakes winners Chero- keeping her ticking over.” kee Colony, Jackknife, Jim French, Island Sultan and Road Princess, but was forced to retire after suffering a CARTIER AWARDS ANNOUNCED TODAY stroke in the early ‘90s. Overall, he saddled 1,431 The 2005 Cartier Racing Awards will be announced winners and earned $25,766,390 in purses. He is this evening during a dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel survived by his wife, Peggy, and sons Johnny Jr. and in London. The winners are determined by points Paul, who is the racing secretary for the New York earned in Pattern races, a poll of leading racing journal- Racing Association. Visitation will be held today and ists and a vote by readers of the Racing Post and The tomorrow at the Cassese Funeral Home in Ozone Park, Daily Telegraph. The nominees for Horse of the Year New York, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The funeral is are Azamour (Ire) (Night Shift), Divine Proportions scheduled for Friday at 10:15 a.m. at the Blessed Vir- (Kingmambo), Hurricane Run (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), gin Mary in Ozone Park. Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway) and Westerner (GB) WINSTAR OFFERING TOPS KEENELAND (Danehill). In addition to the equine awards, the annual Will He Shine (Silver Deputy), a three-year-old colt Daily Telegraph Award of Merit will go to the person offered by WinStar Racing, agent, brought a final bid of deemed to have done most for European racing and/or $290,000 from Saverio Pugliese to top Tuesday’s breeding either over his or her lifetime or in the last 12 session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock months. Sale in Lexington. The chestnut was one of 13 horses in training that WinStar put through the ring yesterday; TDN TODAY the consignment brought $1,131,000. Headline News .................... 8 pages Keeneland cont. p2 www.winstarfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/16/05 • PAGE 2 of 8 Keeneland November cont. “Stars” cont. The “Stars” of the Show... WinStar President Doug Cauthen expects the sale of A half-brother to GISW Cuvee from the family of racing stock to become a yearly part of the Keeneland GISW Olympio and GSW Call Now, Will He Shine, hip November catalogue. “We are hoping to create an 3194, was second at Churchill Downs in May in his annual offering of a good solid group of very nice only start to date. WinStar also scored with three-year- horses that likely won’t end up in our stallion barn,” old Warrior Song (Unbridled’s Song), who brought Cauthen said. “This is a good opportunity to present a $280,000; and At The Knees (Anees), an unraced product that people are really enthusiastic about--every- three-year-old colt who attracted a final bid of body is looking for a proven or made racehorse.” $265,000. A winning half-brother to MGSW and sire Lasting Approval (With Approval), Warrior Song sold as A Holiday Mood... hip 3185 to California trainer Mike Machowsky, agent. A 2005 colt from the first crop by MGISW Harlan’s At The Knees, hip 3227, was purchased by Naveed Holiday (Harlan) out of Milagra (Maria’s Mon) reached Chowhan. The WinStar connections were not surprised $220,000 to top the weanlings Tuesday. Consigned by by the success of the offering. “The goal was to raise Eaton Sales, agent, the gray was purchased by $1 million and we felt confident we could do it,” Caswell/Massy. Sold as hip 3030, he is out of a half to WinStar Racing Manager Elliott Walden said. “We want GISP Rhiana (Runaway Groom). The other six-figure to sell at every venue, offering weanlings and yearlings weanling yesterday was hip 3171, a Forest Camp colt and now establishing a market for horses in training. from the Lakland LLC consignment that brought You can sell good horses at any point in there career-- $105,000. Out of Unbridled Dream (Unbridled’s Song), horses come of age at different times. Now, with the the bay was purchased by Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock. money we raised, we will go back in, pay more stud fees and produce more horses to sell.” Walden en- KEENELAND NOVEMBER STATISTICS dorsed the plan of selling some of WinStar’s racing stock because, when he was training, he knew how TUESDAY, NOV. 15, 2005 hard it was to find good horses for his stable. “I got the idea from when [Bob] ‘Country’ Roberts had his dis- SESSION TOTALS 2005 2004 persal [at Keeneland November in 1999],” he ex- No. Offered 316 331 No. Sold 239 256 plained. “I was trying to buy horses at the time, and I RNAs 77 75 saw how well those horses sold. It’s a good time to % RNA 24.4% 22.7% sell--we’re at the end of the year, off the meets at Gross $6,653,700 $6,839,600 Keeneland and Churchill and Belmont, and people are Average (% change) $27,840 (+4.2%) $26,717 restructuring. By putting all of our horses on one day, a Median (% change) $18,000 (+9.1%) $16,500 dark day, it allowed the trainers to come here and have CUMULATIVE 2005 2004 the opportunity to see the horses and watch the videos. No. Offered 2,826 2,868 A lot of people want to buy horses privately, but we No. Sold 2,147 2,200 decided to offer them here and let the market set the RNAs 679 668 price.” He added, “The hard part was deciding which % RNA 24% 23.3% horses to sell so far ahead of time. We had to decide Gross $281,046,000 $271,498,900 by Aug. 1, but it worked out very well. The horses Average (% change) $130,902 (+6%) $123,409 raced well over the last couple of months and estab- Median (% change) $50,000 (+6.4%) $47,000 lished their value.” www.keeneland.com Smarty Jones $100,000 live foal Just whetting your appetite He had 41 stakes producers and 39 stakes winners on his first book. Of the 16 mares sold IFT Smarty at the November Sales, 10 were neither. www.threechimneys.com And yet, the 16 mares sold for a median of $365,000. (859) 873-7053 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/16/05 • PAGE 3 of 8 Keeneland November cont. WEEKEND PEDIGREE Full Brother to Tiznow Sells at Keeneland... Tizbud (Cee’s Tizzy), a full brother to Horse of the PERSPECTIVES Year and two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic winner by Alan Porter Tiznow, brought a $120,000 final bid from NW Man- agement at yesterday’s ninth session of Keeneland’s RED SMITH H.-GII, $150,000, AQU, 11-12, 3yo/up, November Breeding Stock Sale. Consigned by Taylor 1 3/8mT, 2:15 1/5, fm. Made Sales Agency, the six-year-old stallion prospect is 1--KING'S DRAMA (IRE), 122, g, 5, by King's Theatre (Ire) also a full brother to multiple graded stakes winner and 1st Dam: Last Drama (Ire) (MSP-Fr), by Last Tycoon (Ire) GISP Budroyale and GII Sorrento S. heroine Tizdubai. 2nd Dam: Drama, by Sir Ivor Unraced at two, Tizbud won once at three and came 3rd Dam: *Drury Nell, by Bold Lad (Ire) back the following season to take the California Cup O-Gary A Tanaka; B-Kilfrush Stud Ltd (IRE); T-Robert Classic H.