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STORM CAT FILLY STEALS SARATOGA SARATOGA TUESDAY-TOP FIVE COLTS HIP# SIRE DAM PRICE Tuesday night's first session of the LIMELIGHT 42 Deputy Minister Hunt $900,000 1998 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale in ($260,000 wnlg '97 KEENOV) Saratoga Springs, New York was topped by Hip 30, a Consigned by Dromoland/Hartwell, Agent I. $1. 7 million chestnut filly by Storm Cat--Gone to Venus Purchased by Shadwell Farm, Inc. (Gone West). The Kentucky-bred is the highest-priced 67 Deputy Minister Maison de Reve $725,000 yearling filly to sell at auction so far in 1 998, and is the Consigned by Muirfield East, Agent. fourth highest-priced yearling filly in Fasig-Tipton his­ Purchased by Reynolds Bell Jr., Agent. tory. She was consigned last night by Taylor Made 50 Woodman Jadana (Ire} $550,000 Sales Agency, agent, and was purchased by Richard . ($350,000 wnlg '97 KEENOV} Mulhall, agent for Prince Ahmed Salman's The Thor­ I Consigned by Eaton Sales, Agent. oughbred Corp. "She's very nice; she reminded me of Pwchased by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baker. Sharp Cat," Mulhall said. "She's a big, good-looking filly 19 Kingfl1ambo Freewheel $525,000 and very hard to fault. We were prepared to go (to $1 . 7 Consigned by Lane's End, Agent. million). Prince Ahmed said he wanted her. Of all the Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock. horses in the sale, she's the top pick. She'll go to Cali­ 5 French Deputy Explosive $435,000 fornia and Wally Dollase, our private trainer, will train Consigned by Lane's End, Agent. her." The underbidder on the Storm Cat filly, who is the Purchased by Mrs. M J Dance Jr. first foal out of her dam, was trainer John Kimmel, bidding on behalf of Robert Waxman. When asked what SARATOGA TUESDAY-TOP FIVE FILLIES he liked about the filly, Kimmel commented, "Every­ HIP# SIRE DAM PRICE thing. We were looking at $1 .5 million. We've been ~Storm Cat Gone to Venus $1,700,000 trying to buy some nice fillies since Keeneland and have Consign d by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent XVII. been the underbidder on quite a few. It's getting particu­ urchased by The Corp. 32 Hol Bull Good Morning Smile $400,000 larly frustrating in this market." Tuesday's top-priced Consi ned by Akindale Farm, Eaton Sales, Agent. colt at $900,000 was Hip 42, a chestnut by Deputy Purchased by Mrs. M J Dance Jr. Minister--Hunt (Secretariat). The Kentucky-bred colt has 53 Gui h Katie Love $400 ,000 quite a history in the sales arena, as he was sold in­ Consigned by Braeburn Farm Corp., utero to Morton Binn for $240,000 at the 1996 Walnut Green (Jones Bros.), Agent. Keeneland November sale, then again as a weanling to urchased by Reynolds Bell Jr., Agent. Hartwell Farm for $260,000 at the 1997 Keeneland 1 Tabasco Cat Empress Aly $380,000 November auction. He was consigned to last night's Consigned by Bertram N. Linder, Taylor Made Sales session by Dromoland/Hartwell, agent, and was pur­ Agency, Agent. Purchased by Eugene Melnyk. chased by Shadwell Farm, Inc. Shadwell representative 29 Holy Bull Goldminess $250,000 Rick Nichols said, "He's a very strong, athletic, good­ Consi~ ned by Walnut Green (Jones Bros.), Agent. moving colt. He'll stay in America and be trained by Pu rel ~ased by J. Davis, Agent for Quality Farm. Kia ran Mclaughlin. He was our number one pick." Over­ all, 58 yearlings were sold Tuesday night for a gross of STAKES CLOSINGS $13, 109,000, up 44 percent from last year's first ses­ TODAY, VEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12: sion, when 52 horses grossed $9, 119,000. The 8-75 $1,( 00, 000 Pacific Classic-GI, Dmr, $226,017 average represented a 29 percent increase 3y< 1/up, 10f, ($30,000s) from $175,365 last year. The median price was 8-23 $25 0,000 Del Mar Oaks-GI, Dmr, 3yo, f, ~ fT ($250) $155,000, with 16 yearlings listed as RNA. The 8-29 $75 000 Play the King-GJC, Wo, Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale continues tonight at 3yo lup, 7fT ($75) • 8 p.m., with the third and final session slated for Thurs- TOMORR '.JW THURSDAY AUGUST 13: day night, also at 8 p.m. 8-15 $15 J,000 Sorority-Gill, Mth, 2yo, t, 6t ($5,000s) 8-1 $300 000 Ramona H.-GJ, Dmr, 3yo/up, f/m, 9fT ($300) 8-2 $30C 000 Eddie Read H-GJ, Dmr, 3yo/up, 9fT ($300) News Continued, p. 6. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-12-98

1st-DEL, $25,200, Msw, 2yo, 5 1 /2f, 1 :04 2/5, gd. PREVIEW +KLONDIKE GOLD (g, 2, Alaskan Frost--Dewy Rose, by • • Hooched), 4-1 in his debut, ran wire-to-wire and scored Today, Saratoga: by 4 3/4 lengths. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $14,400. A PHENOMENON H.-Gll, $125,000, 3yo/up, 6f, post O/B-John Porter (FL). T-Randy Nunley. ·time: 5: 15 p.m. EDT PP HORSE TRAINER ODDS Local News, Woodbine: 1 Johnny Legit Moschera Velazquez 20-1 Prince of Wales S. runner-up Nite Dreamer (El Prado 2 Royal Haven Moschera Migliore 6-1 {Ire}), considered a possible favorite for Sunday's 3 Kelly Kip Jerkens Samyn 9-5 $300,000 Breeders' S., the third leg in Canada's Triple 4 Punch Line Turner Chavez 8-1 Crown, has been withdrawn from the race, according to 5 Oro de Mexico Serpe Davis 1 2-1 trainer Niall O'Callaghan, who said the colt may be 6 Partner's Hero Lukas Day 12-1 slated for some time on the sidelines. ''I'm not com­ 7 Richter Scale Mott Bailey 5-2 pletely happy with the way the horse is going," said 8 Trafalger Lukas Smith 1 0-1 O'Callaghan. "I just don't think he would have been 9 Receiver Petalino Albarado 12-1 ready for Sunday's race." Richter Scale (*Habitony) began the year with back­ to-back wins in the Giii Maryland Breeders' Cup H. and Gii True North H., but faded to fifth in his last MIDWEST start, the Gil H. at Belmont July 5. Royal Yesterday's• Results: • Haven (Hail Emperor) ended 1997 with victories in 7th-HAW, $26,000, Alw, 3yo, f, 6 1 /2f, 1: 18, ft. the Gii Fall Highweight H. and Giii Gravesend H. and TACKALAC (f, 3, Known Fact--Little Fuzzy {SW}, by continued his winning ways this year with a two­ Turn and Count), a full sister to lt'sali'lknownfact, SW, length triumph in the February 16 Gii General George, $338,684, was second in her career debut at Churchill his only 1998 outing. Kelly Kip (Kipper Kelly) is com­ Downs in June '97. The dark bay was then off for 13 ing off wins in the June 20 Giii Finger Lakes Breed­ months before resurfacing at Hawthorne July 13 to take ers' Cup and July 18 Gii Frank J. Defrancis Memorial a maiden pecial weight by five lengths as the 2-5 fa­ Dash. Should Kelly Kip win this event in track-record vorite. Ma e the crowd's choice here once again at time, the colt would own track records at all four 8-5 odds, he came from just off the pace for a 2 3/4- New York tracks. length tall . Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $38, 120. 0-J Castr . 8-The Estate of A Stoll (KY). T-H Robertson.

5th-HAW, $24,000, Msw, 2yo, 5 1 /2f, 1 :05 3/5, ft. EAST + DANCI G HARLAN (c, 2, Harlan--Come Dance With • • Me, by Re Ryder), 3-1 in his debut, rallied three wide Yesterday's Results: to take a ~lear lead into the stretch and drew off easily 8th-DEL, $30,000, Alw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1 :09, ft. to win by ~ive lengths. Dancing Harlan, a half brother to DEVIL'S TOUCH Ch, 5, Devil's Bag--Velvet Touch, by Her Lady hipp (Family Doctor), MSW, $225, 765, be­ Restless Native) was claimed from a winning effort off a came the hird winner for his freshman sire (by Storm two-year absence in May and returned to win back-to­ Cat). Lifet me Record: 1 -1 -0-0, $1 4 ,400. back allowance races before finishing seventh in his turf 0-Matthe Sularski. B-Mike Boyd (KY). T-A Granitz. debut in the Jeff S. last time out July 19. The 4-5 favor­ ite dueled for the early lead before outbattling second s, Kentucky Downs: choice FIVE ST AR DEPUTY (Silver Deputy) to the wire John A her will be the track announcer for the inau­ for a 1 3/4-length tally. The winner is a half to Bare gural 199 Kentucky Downs meeting. The Franklin, With Me (High Echelon), SW, $219,466; Grecian Touch Kentucky rack runs from September 13 through Sep­ (Euclid {Ire}), MSW, $212,526 and a full to Devilish tember 2 . Asher, currently serving as Director of News Touch, GSW, $397,955. Lifetime Record: 7-5-1-0, and lnfor ation and Racing Analyst at , $74,520. was a rad o reporter for Louisville's WHAS-AM and 0-Sunny Acres Farms. B-Beth Clifton (KY). T-Frank A WAVG-A and has won five Eclipse Awards for Out­ Passero Jr. standing ational Coverage of .

A BREED SHAPER Australia's At the inaugural JHRA Sale, progeny sired by SUNDAY SILENCE sold t ARROWFIELD STUD an average of US$670,000 ... John Messara ... the only Sunday Silence yearling sold outside Japan sold for US$1M Phone: +61 2 9223 8277 ... this season he is the sire of the top 3YO and top Older horse in Japan... Fax: +61 2 9223 5795 ... there is only one farm that has exclusive Southern Hemisphere rights to Sund.a: E-MAIL: agstaff@arrowfield. com.au Silence and stands FUJIKISEKI, the only son of Sunday Silence outside Jap www .arrowfield.com.au PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-12-98

Local News, Churchill Downs: Nortak (Arg) came from the middle of the pack to GI Metropolitan H. winner Wild Rush (Wild Again) catch the pacesetting entry of Tima (Arg) and Fiereze. worked five furlongs Tuesday in a bullet :59 2/5. New The three top finishers will now head for the G 1 Gran trainer Pat Byrne said the four-year-old will make his Premio Palla De Potrancas. next start in Saratoga's G 11 Forego September 7. The Board of Directors of Churchill Downs Inc. has AMERICAN-BRED WINNER IN ENGLAND: promoted Karl F. Schmitt Jr. to senior vice president, Polonaise Prince, g, 5, Alleged--La Polonaise (SW, communications. Schmitt will continue to oversee the $130,584), by . Bath, 8-11, Mile Maiden H., company's internal and business communications, com­ 3yo/up, Sf 5ydsT, $4,066 to winner. 0-Four Seasons munity relations, investor relations, media relations, and Racing Ltd; B-John T L Jones Jr & Poole Investments; and Breeders' Cup media operations. T-Peter Makin. * $55,000 wnlg '93 KEENOV.

AMERICAN-BRED WINNER IN SCOTLAND: FOREIGN Accelerating, f, 2, Lear Fan--Fitzwilliam Place (Ire) European• Stakes Result: • (MGISW, $418,314), by Thatching (Ire). Ayr, 8-11, PRIX DE TOURGEVILLE, $43,507, Deauville, France, Bellisle Median Auction Maiden S., 2yo, 7fT, $4,580 8-11, 3yo, c/g, 1 mT, 1 :43, gd. to winner. 0/B-George Strawbridge; T-. 1--SAND FALCON (GB), 123, g, 3, Polar Falcon--Sand NEW ZEALAND WINNER BY SHUTTLE STALLION: Grouse, by Arctic Tern. 0-Khalid Abdullah; B-Judd­ Vaxman (NZ), g, 8, Jade Hunter--Arctic Frost (Ire), by monte Farms; T-Pascal Bary; J-S Guillot; $23,427. 2--Florazi !GBL 123, c, 3, --Flo Russell, by Round Arctic Tr: rn. Riccarton (New Zealand), 8-9, Christchurch Casino H., 3yo/up, 7fT, $3,235 to Table. $8,032. winner. B-Okawa Partnership; T-Mark Nyhan 3--Esperero, 123, c, 3, Forty Niner--Hydro Calida, by . $6,024. AUSTRALIAN WINNERS BY SHUTTLE STALLIONS: Margins: 1 1 /2, 3/4, SHD. Scud (NZ), g, 4, Dance Floor--Benediction (Ire) (SP-Im), Florazi (GB), under the guidance of , set out by Day Is Done (Ire). Kembla Grange (New South to make a strong pace, with the eventual winner Sand Wales), 8-11, Tooheys New H., 3yo/up, 7fT, $3,910 Falcon (GB) biding his time in the rear. As the field to winner. B-Windsor Park Stud Ltd; T-Graeme swept past the quarter-mile pole, Florazi still led, but Rogerson. * 1 /2 to Might and Power (NZ) (Zabeel was under strong driving from Eddery, with Esperero {NZ}), 'G1 SW-Aus. challenging and Sand Falcon making a move from the Mighty Dane (Aus), g, 4, --Calemoss (Aus), by rear. As the field hit the eighth pole, Sand Falcon split Twig M ss (Fr). Kembla Grange (New South Wales), rivals and, despite lugging slightly, burst to a clear 8-11, K nami Australia Maiden H., 3yo/up, 8fT, 1 1 /2-length victory at the wire. $3,91 Oto winner. B-Devon Park Stud; T-Bryan Guy. Protegee ( us), f, 4, Last Tycoon (lre)--Protonella (Aus) South American Stakes Result: (MSW- us), by Protas. Kembla Grange (New South CONSAGRACION DE POTRANCAS-G1 (1,000 Guineas), Wales), 8-11, Olympic Video Plate, 3yo/up, 6fT, $63,900, San Isidro, Argentina, 8-9, 3yo, f, 1 mT, $4,856 to winner. B-Mr J.Rouse; T-Oliver Koolman. 1 :33.33, fm. 1--NORTAK (ARG), 123, f, 3, Fitzcarraldo (Arg)--Cephei Local Ne s, France: (Arg), by Cambremont (Fr). 0-0rilla Del Monte; Japane e Champion Sprinter Taiki Shuttle (Devil's B-Haras Comalal; T-J J Etchechury; J-Miguel Abregu; Bag) will ake on Europe's best milers in Sunday's G 1 $45,000. * 1 /2 to Algenib (Arg) (Oak Dancer {GB}), Prix Jacq es le Marois at Deauville, France. Currently Ch. 3yo Colt-Arg, Ch. Stayer-Arg, Horse of the Year­ boarding t French trainer Tony Clout's stables, Taiki Arg, MG1SW-Arg, GSW-N.A., $610,750-N.A. Shuttle, ho arrived in France July 22, defeated 2--Tima (Arg), 123, f, 3, Political Ambition--Tipica (Arg), Sunday's G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest w1inner Seeking by Kasteel (Fr). O/B-Haras Vacacion; $10,800. the Pearl n the G 1 Yasuda Kinen over a mile earlier in 3--Fiereze, 123, f, 3, Political Ambition--Fijeza (Arg), by the year. Clout said, "If he runs up to his true value, Pepenador. O/B-Haras Vacacion; $5,400. it's going to take a truly great horse to beat him." Margins: 5 3/4. Winner's Odds: 2.65.

ROB 'NGIN ($473,139), wire-to-wire 2 114-length winner of Sunday's $100,000 Pennsylvania Governors Cup, is a son of FARMA \N V Farma Way colt (#96) at Saratoga Wednesday. Rooted in the Past •.. Growing for the Future Rob 'n Gin 'sfull sister (#173) at Saratoga Thurs ay. 606.646.5214 www.vinery.net PAGE 4 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-12-98

Stallions like Seeking the Gold, Woodman and WE s T Miswaki, who are out of mares, add some­ • • thing else to the mix. Buckpasser's dam, Busanda, is by Local News, California: War Admiral out of a daughter of la Troienne. Among The 7th annual Vessel/Schvaneveldt sale held in other horses bred on this same formula were the brilliant Bonsall, California made history yesterday when a re­ mare Busher and her sister Striking, and this pair appear cord $650,000 was paid for a yearling Quarterhorse at 3x3 in the pedigree of 's dam, . auction. The son of First Down Dash, named Royal Always, was consigned by Vessels Stallion Farm LLC PEDIGREE SHORTS and purchased by Varamar Ltd. The underbidder on the The victory of Lavery (Ire) (c, 2, colt was Laura Lukas, who was acting on behalf of --Lady Donna {GB}, by Dominion {GB}) in Sunday's G1 Thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Mrs. Lukas was Heinz 57 Phoenix S. was remarkable for the fact that he the successful bidder on five horses for a total of became the eighth of the first 27 stakes winners (al­ $310,000 for D. Wayne Lukas, as well as a sixth horse most 30%) by Royal Academy to be sired out of a mare named Beduino's Free Agent for $270,000 on behalf of carrying either Honeyway (GB) or his dam Honey Buz­ Will Farish, D. Wayne Lukas and Eddie Gaylord. zard (GB). At first glance this is rather puzzling, as there appears little in common between the pedigrees of WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES Royal Academy and Honeyway/Honey Buzzard. The answer might be found in the pedigree of Royal by Alan Porter Academy's broodmare sire, . To start with, Crimson Satan's broodmare sire, Requiebro (Arg), SEEKING THE PEARL (f, 4, Seeking the Gold--Page and Honeyway's broodmare sire, Papyrus, are bred on Proof by Seattle Slew) reverse crosses of the sires Marco and Tracery. Sec­ From Virginia to Deauville by way of Japan, Seeking ondly, Crimson Satan carries close inbreeding to the the Pearl achieved an historic feat in Sunday's G 1 Prix stallion St. Mirien. Oddly enough, St. Mirien is a Maurice de Gheest, her course-record breaking victory in three-parts brother to St. Alvere, the tail-female ances­ this six-and-a-half furlong event making her the first tress of Honeyway. If this seems a fanciful explanation, Japanese-trained horse ever to capture a European one might also want to note that two other Royal Acad­ Group 1 contest. emy Group 1 winners, (Ire) and Ali-Royal A winner of seven of her 1 2 races in Japan, includ­ (Ire), trace in direct female line to The Apple, another ing the G 1-Jpn NHK Mile Cup, the versatile Seeking the three-parts sister to St. Mirien. The Apple is also in the Pearl has a top-class North American pedigree. Her dam tail-female line of Sun Again, and as we have noted is a daughter of Seattle Slew, and her granddam, Barb's before, Storm Cat, who is out of a half-sister to Royal Bold, is a Group-placed half-sister to both Lyphard and Academy, loves to pick up Sun Again. There aren't too to the GI Washington D.C. International and GI Prix many strains of Honeyway in the U.S., but Sun Again is Saint-Alary heroine, Nobiliary. in the male line of Damascus, and Bull Lea is another Seeking the Pearl represents the very successful frequent! found horse who traces in direct female line cross of Mr. Prospector-line stallions over Seattle to The A pie. Slew-line mares. This has provided three other stakes By wi ning the Prix de la Calonne at Deauville last winners for Seeking the Gold (including the 1998 week, As org (g, 3, Lear Fan--Action Francaise, by Grade I winner Cape Town). Two of the other Mr. Nureyev) ecame the fourth stakes winner, followini;1 Prospector sons to have succeeded with Seattle Slew Loup Soli aire, Verveine and Fantastic Fellow, to be are Woodman and Miswaki, who, like Seeking the sired by ear Fan out of a Nureyev mare. It's no surprise Gold, are out of Buckpasser mares. The reverse cross that the attern works so well, as it gives the brother of Seattle Slew over Mr. Prospector has also worked and siste Lt. Stevens (broodmare sire of Lear Fan) and Thong (g anddam of Nureyev) 3x4. Nureyev's well, producing at least 29 stakes winners, including 1 brother Sadler's Wells is also getting in on the Group 1 /Grade I scorers Agincourt, Capote Belle, three-par~s the act. e is the sire of French listed winner Go Boldly Golden Opinion and Tomisue's Delight, and 1998 (Sadler's ells--Diavolina by Lear Fan), who is bred on graded stakes winner Lu Ravi (by A.P. Indy), who is the rever e cross and has Thong and Lt. Stevens 4x4. the first stakes winner out of a mare by Seeking the Gold.

The first horse for 77 y.:~ars t win the Saratoga Juvenile .Stakes treble ASHFORD STUD Dr. Barry Simon or Aisling Cross 0 Tel: 606-873-7088. Fax: 606-879-5756. A leading 1st crop sire in 1998 of Arrested Dreams SW) and Haus Of Dehere (GP) PAGE 5 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-12-98

Pedigree Shorts Continued. When P Day (c, 3, Private Terms--Gilded Connec­ tion, by Gilded Age) captured the Awad S. at Laurel, he B·R•E•E•D•E•R•S followed his brother, the $4 70,696-earner Connecting [ Terms, as the second stakes winner produced by his ~~~-E~D_I_T~I_O_N~~~~_. dam from two matings to Private Terms. That this mat­ STAKES RESULT: ing works so well comes as no surprise when one stud­ ELIE DESTRUEL H., $49,500, SRX, 8-10, (S), 3yo/up, ies the pedigree. Firstly, one finds Swaps and his sister f/m, 6f, 1: 10 3/5, ft. Track Medal 5x5. Then, appears as 1--IREADING HABIT, 120, f, 4, Half a Year--Paperback broodmare sire of both the sire, Private Terms, and the Habit (SW), by *Habitony. 0-Golden Eagle Farm; broodmare sire, Gilded Age, a pattern which frequently 8-Mabee John C Mr & Mrs (CA); T-Jerry Hollendorfer; works well. Finally, P Day has three crosses of Tom J-R A Baze; $27,850. Lifetime Record: 12-6-1-2, Fool. The combination of Tom Fool and Bold Ruler $161,790. looked a good one on paper, but in the flesh, when 2--Beaming Year, 119, m, 5, Half a Year--Apalachee"s attempted close up, resulted in unsound individuals. Star, by Apalachee. $9,650. When, however, it is used further back in the pedigree, 3--K. C.'s Spirit, 112, f, 4, Native Prospector--Sadie B. it seems to work rather well. Fast, by Fast. $7,250. European sire Alzao offers the rare opportunity to Margins: i· 1 /4, 1 HF, HD. Odds: 1.10, 7 .30, 37 .90. inbreed to the excellent broodmare Pocahontas (dam of Tom Rolfe and Chieftain) through a son and a daughter, ALLOWA CE RESULTS: his dam being out of Pocahontas. That formula is found 6th-HAW, $30,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1 :51 3/5, in March Star (Ire) (f, 4, Mac's lmp--Grade A Star {Ire}, fm. by Alzao), winner of Sunday's G3 Phoenix Sprint S. in MARTHA'S TERMS (m, 5, Private Terms--Golden Horde Ireland. March Star's sire, Mac's Imp, brings in Chief­ {GISW, $215,693}, by Czaravich) Lifetime Record: tain, a half-brother to Alzao's dam, Lady Rebecca. The 39-5-3-5, $114, 140. 0-Wexler Racing Stables Inc. version of the combination involving Tom Rolfe and B-Kinghaven Farms Limited (CAN). T-Charles J Vinci. Lady Rebecca is found in Alzao's 1998 stakes winners Epistolaire and Dragon Triumph. 7th-DEL, 27,200, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:38 1/5, wf. The very successful combination of Shirley Heights HOLY BO LA (m, 5, Once Wild--l'm Just Costin {SP}, and II added another stakes winner to its tally by Blade) Lifetime Record: 44-6-7-5, $107,189. when Mutamam (GB) (c, 3, Darshaan {GB}--Petal Girl 0-Aponte & Caldi & Emrich. B-J.D. Farm (Fl). T-Steve {GB}, by Caerleon) scored an impressive victory in Klesaris. Saturday's G3 Petros Rose of Lancaster S. There have been at least eight earlier stakes winners--six Group or 6th-DEL, 26,600, 3yo, 6f, 1:10 1/5, wf. Graded--bred on the cross, including Group 2 winner SUNNY S UTZ (c, 3, Stutz Blackhawk--Radical Appeal, Truly A Dream (Ire), who was also by Darshaan out of a by Valid ppeal) Lifetime Record: 9-2-1-1, $37,879. Caerleon mare. The reverse cross--Nijinsky II over Shir­ 0-Mac Fe senfeld. B-D.H. Oswald (FL). T-D J Manning. ley Heights--also works well and has produced 1 2 stakes winners, 11 of which are Group or Graded scor­ 9th-PHA, 23,100, 3yo/up, a1m70yd, 1:41 1/5, gd. ers, three at Group 1 level. DAN'S P OMISE {c, 4, Seattle Slew--Alydar's Promise, by Alydar Lifetime Record: 13-4-0-5, $99,428. 0-Brushw od Stable. B-Mr & Mrs John Mabee (KY). ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. T-Eugene E Weymouth. *Full to General Meeting, GSW, This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or $441, 12 . by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. A # will d stinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will Information as to the races, race results and earnings indicate fi st-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de­ was obtained from results charts published in Daily note winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission used for tate-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden­ of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. claiming r ces and an (R) will be used for· other re­ stricted r

IRELAND - WHE E HORSES COME PIRST Lavery (IRE) )(- Access II Areas {IRE) * Polai1re (IRE) 1-2-3 Heinz 7 - Gl Irish yearling sales 1998: Sept. 2 -23 at Tattersalls (Ire) and Oct. 6-8 at Gqffs Por further information on subsidded air fares to purchase Irish horses, c9ntact: Ir.ish . Thoroughbred Marketing, Tel: +353 1 489 7302, Fax +353 1 289 7297, Web site: www.1tm.1e, IRISH THOROUGHBRED MARKETING Email: [email protected]. Irish Thoroughbred Marketing is a governmentfunded organzzatwn. PAGE 6 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-12-98

11th-TON, $21,300, 8-9, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1: 11 NTRA AND AQHA JOIN FORCES The American 1 /5, sy. Quarter Horse Association has joined the National Thor­ WHITEWATER RUSH {m, 6, Knight--Profit Island {SW, oughbred Racing Association as a special affiliate, the $204,047}, by Ack Ack) Lifetime Record: MSW, two organizations jointly announced yesterday. The 27-14-4-2, $169,054. 0-Town Street Stable. B-Larry AQHA and the NTRA pledged to work together in a Byer (OH). T-Luis A Palacios. variety of areas, including legislation, group purchasing, television, sponsorship and the overall marketing and 8th-PHA, $18,000, 3yo/up, 5fT, :57 4/5, gd. promotion of . Under the terms of the EASY CLIMB (c, 4, Cox's Ridge--Cadillacing {GISW, agreement, the AQHA will make a financial contribution $268, 137}, by Alydar) Lifetime Record: 14-3-2-1, to help defray the NTRA's advertising costs. "This $47,995. 0-Pewter Stable II & Viola Steve. B-Phipps agreement is indicative of the NTRA's desire to affiliate with leading organizations throughout the horse world to Stable (KY). T-Kathleen A Demasi. * 1 /2 to Strolling pursue our many shared goals," said NTRA Commis­ Along (Danzig), GISW, $450,852. sioner Tim Smith. MAIDEN WINNERS: +Klondike Gold, g, 2, Alaskan Frost--Dewy Rose, by 1998 THOROUGHBRED RACING LEADERS Hooched. DEL, 8-11, 5 1 /2f, 1 :04 2/5. B-John B (by earnings through August 9, 1998) © 1998/Equibase Company (Subject to audit) Porter (Fl). Jockeys Mounts/Wins Purses +Dancing Harlan, c, 2, Harlan--Come Dance With Me, 661 /126 $12, 156,033 by Red Ryder. HAW, 8-11, 5 1 /2f, 1 :05 3/5. B-Mike Jerry Bailey 713/177 $10,765,778 Boyd (Ky). * 1 /2 to Her Lady Shipp (Family Doctor), Kent Desormeaux 700/134 $ 9,341,385 MSW, $225, 765. **Third winner for freshman sire I 794/1 64 $ 8,624,438 (by Storm Cat). Shane Sellers 829/167 $ 6,815,584 Dixieland Slew, f, 3, Slew City Slew--Dixie Lass, by Corey Na atani 587 /129 $ 6,502,028 Dixieland Band. HAW, 8-11, (S), 6f, 1 :12 2/5. B-Mac Chris Mc arron 440/103 $ 6,372,974 Feshenfeld (II). * 1 /2 to A Perfectredransom (Red Alex Solis 629/93 $ 6, 1 03,454 Ransom), SW, $124,037. **$10,700 wnlg '95 Robby Al arado 851 /1 64 $ 5 ,440 ,099 FTKNOV. Edgar Pra o 1, 159/272 $ 5,389,975

News Continued. Trainers Starts/Wins Purses INTEREST IN SCATMANDU SOLD Taylor Made Bob Baffert 315/83 $9,032,347 Stallions purchased a 50-percent interest in Bill Mott 361 /90 $5,654,076 D. Wayne'Lukas 364/66 $4,638,709 Scatmandu (Storm Cat) from owner Robert Waxman Jerry Holl ndorfer 556/148 $4,437,881 prior to the colt's fourth-place finish in Sunday's Gii Neil Drysdale 181 /48 $3,933,363 Jim Dandy S., according to Ben Taylor, who said the Richard M ndella 201 /33 $3,545,429 colt was purchased for a group of investors. The W. Elliott alden 283/46 $3,394,556 three-year-old, a winner of the Leonard Richard S. at Ron McA ally 248/45 $3,302,382 Delaware Park June 14, has placed twice in graded Bobby Ba nett 376/71 $3,294,825 company, finishing third in both the Gii Cowdin and Shug Mc aughey 189/43 $3,228, 174 Gii Dwyer S. Bred by Duncan Taylor in partnership with D J Stables & Nita Brooks, Scatmandu was sold Horses Starts/Wins Purses as a yearling for $275,000 at the '96 Keeneland July Silver Charm 5/3 $2,990,430 $2,030,000 Sale, and for $1, 100,000 at the '97 Barretts two­ Skip Awa 5/5 Real Quie 6/2 $1,788,800 year-old select sale. "He was bred and born here at Victory G llop 6/3 $1,545,000 Taylor Made, so we've known the horse here for a Coronado s Quest 7/4 $1,154,550 long time," said Ben Taylor. "We think he's got a lot 7/4 $ 992,425 of potential and if he lives up to it, we'll stand him at Malek (Chi) 3/1 $ 840,000 Taylor Made." Decisions on the colt's racing future Precocity 9/2 $ 838,970 will be left to Waxman and trainer John Kimmel, Tay­ Awesome Again 3/3 $ 763,590 lor added. Keeper Hi I 6/3 $ 669,410

Albemarle stud SECRET HEL O's weekend at the SPA P.O. Box 61 Friday: 3yo colt SECRET Fl wins the Giii Amsterdam s. Free union, Virginia 22940 Lifetime record: 6·5· ·I. Ph: (804) 974-7266 Saturday: 2yo filly AIR MISS wi s maiden special weight first time out