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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN! QEII CUP...p2-4 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2007 WORLD RECORD YEARLING FILLY AT TATTS SHAKESPEARE RETIRED Agent Charlie Gordon-Watson and his client Craig GISW Shakespeare (Theatrical {Ire}--Lady Shirl, by Bennett outgunned agent Simon Christian, acting on That=s a Nice) has been retired due to a tendon injury in behalf of Patrick Fahey, to land a world record yearling his left foreleg. The winner of filly for 2.5-million guineas at the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic yesterday=s final session of and GII Belmont BC H. in 2005, Book 1 of Tattersalls= 2007 the six-year-old missed the entire October Sale. Sold as lot 2006 season after suffering a 612, the daughter of tear in the tendon, but returned Sadler=s Wells is a full-sister after a 21-month absence to win to recent G1 Fillies= Mile win- an optional claimer at Saratoga ner Listen (Ire). The previous Aug. 2. He followed up with a Adam Coglianese record for a yearling filly was victory in the Sept. 16 GI Wood- Lot 612 www.tattersalls.com the $4,400,000 paid for bine Mile S., and was being pointed for the Oct. 27 unraced Moon=s Whisper, a GI Breeders= Cup Mile. AHe's sound, he was training,@ daughter of Storm Cat out of East of the Moon bought trainer Kiaran McLaughlin told DRF. AIt went wrong the by Shadwell Estate Co Ltd at Keeneland September in last day or two and it doesn't look good. After consult- 2000. Yesterday=s record setter was bred by Brittas ing with the vet, we decided we were not going to House Stud and consigned from Mark Dwyer=s Oaks push on. He's a star; it's unfortunate. I think he'll be an Farm Stables. Bennett will send his purchase to trainer outstanding stallion.@ Campaigned by breeder Dell Ridge Luca Cumani. She will eventually join his fledgling Farm and William Schettine, Shakespeare was two-for- breeding operation under the Merry Fox Stud banner, two at Gulfstream as a three-year-old, but was sidelined although Bennett=s mares will be boarded at various from March of 2004 until July of 2005. The bay came farms. AShe was absolutely gor- back to win three more starts, besting English Channel geous and you don=t get pedi- by a head in the Turf Classic, but disappeared again grees like that very often,@ said after finishing 12th in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf. He Bennett. AEven if she=s not lucky retires with a record of 8-7-0-0 and earnings of on the racecourse, she=s a breed- $1,293,780. He will stand stud at Frank Justice=s Dell ing prospect to die for. I want to Ridge Farm in Kentucky. build a broodmare band of enor- mous quality, one whose impact will still be felt in 20 years--like Luca=s Fittocks Stud. I also bought four fillies last year, in- cluding a 1.2 million guineas Craig Bennett daughter of Sadler=s Wells. The www.caudwellcharity.com mares will be kept in the best places, probably in Ireland.@ Based in Cheshire, Bennett was finance director of the cellphone company Caudwell Group before selling his share in the business, worth around ,73 million, last year. He added, AMy grandfather was a bookmaker and I=ve always loved racing and I wanted to wait to do this when I could do it properly.@ Gordon-Watson was also reponsible for the day=s top priced colt, a son of Dalakhani (Ire) purchased for 1-million guineas. Offered by Meon Valley Stud, lot 586 is out of Bella Lambada (GB) (Lammtarra), producer of listed-placed Fontana Amorosa (GB). The dam is also a half-sister to group winners Stagecraft and Mullins Bay (GB). Gordon-Watson, who outbid John Ferguson for the colt, remarked, AI can=t say anything about who he is for or where he is going.@ Tattersalls cont. p4 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/13/07 • PAGE 2 of 12 FLASHY BULL NEWS “FLASH” By the incomparable LONG LIVE THE QUEEN Holy Bull, who’s proving Inaugurated in honor of Queen Elizabeth II=s visit to a top sire of sires through Kentucky in 1984, the first Challenge Cup was con- upstart freshman sire tested on dirt. Sintra (Drone) won by a nose, and the Macho Uno British monarch was on hand to present the trophy to owner Cherry Valley Farm. ...and there’s a whole lot more Keeneland installed its turf course the following autumn, and the QEII Cup has been run ! An absolute physical standout over the sod ever since. The race received Grade III status ! Four consecutive wins in 2007, in 1986, when Henryk de culminating with the GI $750,000 Kwiatkowski won with his Stephen Foster H. second straight Danzig filly as Lotka followed on the heels of ! A complete outcross and ideal match The Queen at Keeneland Contredance. Moving quickly for all Mr. Prospector-line mares up the graded ladder, it was established as a Grade I event in 1991, with Wimborne $10,000 Farm=s La Gueriere (Lord At War {Arg}) earning her first win at that level. Two years later, the Danzig filly Tribulation emulated her half-sister Plenty of Grace--the 1990 victress--in (859) 873-7270 www.airdriestud.com winning the QEII Cup. Her trophy was the fourth of five for the Galbreath/Phillips family. The Darby Dan colors Juddmonte=s Ryafan (Lear Fan) was the second were carried to victory by both Plenty of Grace and foreign-based runner to take the QEII Cup in 1997. She 1988 winner Love You by Heart; James Phillips won became the race=s first winner to be honored with an with Graceful Darby in 1987 and owned Tribulation in Eclipse as champion turf female at year=s end following partnership with Arthur Seelbinder; and Memories of victories in the GI Yellow Ribbon S. and GI Matriarch S. Silver (Silver Hawk) came home first in 1996 for Joan Perfect Sting, the 1999 QEII Cup winner, captured the and John Phillips. Eclipse the following year at four. Cont. p3 Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:15 p.m. EDT QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP S.-GI, $500,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ODDS 1 Bit of Whimsy Joyce Young & Gerald McManis B Young & J Rowand-KY Tagg 5-1 (Distorted Humor--Kristi B, by El Prado {Ire}) Castellano 2 Good Mood (Ire) Flying Zee Stable Exors of R E Sangster-IRE Biancone 8-1 (Danehill Dancer {Ire}--Pillars of Society {Ire}, by Caerleon) Leparoux 3 Street Sounds Hidden Creek Farm Anderson Fms/R Ferguson-ON Matz 12-1 (Street Cry {Ire}--Rare Opportunity, by Danzig Connection) Albarado 4 Classic Neel Sheila & Fred Mead Kildare Stud-KY McLaughlin 6-1 (El Corredor--Nickel Classic, by Regal Classic) Borel 5 Touch My Soul (Fr) Team Valor International Helmut Volz-FR Romans 12-1 (Tiger Hill {Ire}--Topline {Ger}, by Acatenango {Ger}) Douglas 6 Coquerelle (Ire) Ecurie des Monceaux Haras du Mezeray-IRE Rouget 7-2 (Zamindar--Cracovie {GB}, by Caerleon) Lemaire 7 Dreaming of Anna Frank C Calabrese Frank C Calabrese-KY Catalano 3-1 (Rahy--Justenuffheart, by Broad Brush) Gomez 8 Costume (GB) Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms-GB Frankel 6-1 (Danehill--Dance Dress, by Nureyev) Bejarano 9 Sharp Susan IEAH Stables WinStar Farm LLC-KY Mott 8-1 (Touch Gold--Winter=s Gone, by Dynaformer) Desormeaux All carry 121 pounds. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/13/07 • PAGE 3 of 12 QEII Cup cont. On The Bit... Coquerelle (Ire) (Zamindar) and Dreaming of Anna (Rahy) are already winners at the highest level; will they add to their laurels, or will one of their rivals join the ranks of Grade I winners? Bit of Whimsy (Distorted Humor) dead-heated with Rutherienne when making her stakes bow in just her third career start, hitting the line on even terms in the June 2 GIII Sands Point S. at Belmont Park. She lost her best chance when she stum- bled at the start of the July 21 Virginia Oaks, finishing fourth, then raced wide on both turns in the Sept. 8 GI Garden City BC S. and just missed, finishing second by 3/4 of a length. The chestnut filly is the third gener- ation bred by owner Joyce Bonner Young. The second dam, Highland Mills, has produced six stakes horses from her 12 foals, including Grade I winners Miss Josh and Royal Mountain Inn. The dam, Kristi B, was named for Young=s daughter, but was injured before she broke her maiden. AShe shattered her right front cannon bone and Dr. [Stephen] Selway said there was no way he could operate, and he put her in a cast,@ Young said. AShe stayed in the cast from the end of July to mid-January in [trainer Barclay Tagg=s] barn, where he and Robin [assistant trainer Robin Smullen] took care of her. When Bit of Whimsy won the Sands Point, I told Barclay that Kristi B had paid him back.@ QEII Cup cont. p4 GI QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP Oct. 13, 24th running, $500,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT Stakes Record: 1:45 4/5, Memories of Silver, 1996 Last Year=s Winner: Vacare (Lear Fan) Smallest Winning Margin: Nose, Sintra, >84; La Gueriere, >91; Film Maker, >03; Sweet Talker, >05 Largest Winning Margin: 5 lengths, Graceful Darby, 1987 Biggest Payoff: $52.20, Collect the Cash, 2000 Smallest Payoff: $3.20, Sintra, 1984 Most Wins - Owner: 2, Darby Dan - Love You by Heart, 1988 & Plenty of Grace, 1990; Henryk de Kwiatkowski - Contredance, 1985 & Lotka, 1986; James W Phillips - Graceful Darby, 1987 & Tribulation (in partnership with Arthur G Seelbinder), 1993; Stronach Stables - Perfect Sting, 1999 & Collect the Cash, 2000 Most Wins - Trainer: 3, John Veitch - Graceful Darby, 1987; Love You By Heart, 1988 & Plenty of Grace, 1990 Most Wins - Jockey: 2, Jerry Bailey - Graceful Darby, 1987 & Plenty of Grace, 1990; Julie Krone - Captive Miss, 1992 & Danish (Ire), 1994 Foreign-Bred Winners: Danish (Ire), 1994; Ticker Tape (GB), 2004; nine foreign-bred horses have run second in the race, including six in the last seven years.