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HALL OF FAME INDUCTION HEADLINE p. 1 (ATW) 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 TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2004 SUN SHINING ON SARATOGA ARTIE’S TOO MUCH IN HALL OF FAME The yearling sale action shifts to upstate New York Already recognized as a top member of a deep three- for Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Yearling Sales, a three-day year-old turf division, Artie Schiller (El Prado {Ire}) con- auction which gets underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. at tinued to impress yesterday while winning the GII Na- the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs. tional Museum of Racing Hall of Fame H. at Saratoga. The market for racing prospects has been buoyant thus Stakes-placed on the grass as a two-year-old, the bay far in 2004, and Fasig-Tipton President Walt Robertson didn’t really step forward until May, when he came off expects much of the same over the next three days. “I a 3 1/2-month breather to win an Aqueduct allowance felt like we had a great sale [July in Kentucky],” he May 1. A victory in the Woodlawn S. May 15 earned said. “It’s been good all through this year and the sec- him a shot in the June 6 GIII Hill Prince S., where he ond half of last year. You’d have to be feeling pretty won wire-to-wire. A hiccup in the name of Kitten’s Joy good after the way the two-year-olds and, so far, the broke the three-race skein, as Artie Schiller finished yearlings have sold this year. I don’t see one thing that second to that foe in the July 10 GIII Virginia Derby, has changed here. I’ve looked at all of the horses in this but the Jimmy Jerkens trainee was back to his winning sale and we’ve got as many ways here. Well-placed in third as Icy Atlantic (Stormy quality horses as we’ve ever Atlantic) and Street Theatre (Theatrical {Ire}) laid down had, and that’s the bottom line; I honest fractions, ‘Artie’ swept past that pair in upper don’t care how the market is, if stretch when Street Theatre nearly went down after you’ve got the right horses, they appearing to clip heels with Icy Atlantic, then unleashed will sell well.” Fasig-Tipton has a devastating turn of foot to win it by open lengths. “I put together another strong cata- knew once he saw daylight, it was all over,” said logue, which includes sons and jockey Richard Migliore. “He was the real deal today, daughters of leading sires A.P. but I don’t think we’ve seen the best of him yet.” The Indy, Carson City, Danzig, Dep- Sept. 6 GIII Saranac S. at the Spa is up next for ‘Artie.’ uty Minister, Dynaformer, El Click for the brisnet.com catalog-style pedigree. Click for the Prado (Ire), Gone West, brisnet.com chart. For video race replay, select: broadband or modem. Kingmambo, Kris S., Machiavel- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING HALL OF FAME H.-GII, lian, Pulpit, Saint Ballado, Seattle $150,000, SAR, 8-9, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:47 3/5, fm. Slew, Seeking the Gold, Storm 1--ARTIE SCHILLER, 122, c, 3, by El Prado (Ire) Hip 46--Unbridled’s Song Cat and Unbridled’s Song. Those 1st Dam: Hidden Light (MGISW, $414,900), by Majestic Light filly Horsephotos established stallions--some of 2nd Dam: Tallahto, by Nantallah whom are now deceased--are 3rd Dam: Legato, by Dark Star bolstered by a group of young horses whose stars are ($67,000 yrl '02 KEESEP). O-Timber Bay Farm & ascendant, such as Distorted Humor, Elusive Quality, Mrs Thomas J Walsh; B-Haras du Mezeray SA (KY); Grand Slam, Tale of the Cat and Wild Rush. Yearling T-James A Jerkens; J-R Migliore; $90,000. Lifetime buyers, always receptive to first-crop stallions, will also Record: 11-6-2-1, $435,853. have a chance to acquire offspring by Aptitude, El 2--Mustanfar, 122, c, 3, Unbridled--Manwah, by Corredor, Monarchos, Point Given and Tiznow. “There Lyphard. O/B-Shadwell Farm, LLC (KY); $30,000. are a lot of exciting young horses out there,” Robertson 3--Good Reward, 115, c, 3, Storm Cat--Heavenly Prize, noted. “There’s Tiznow, and we sold a Point Given real by Seeking the Gold. O-Ogden Mills Phipps, Et Al; well in Kentucky. We’ve also got some horses that are B-Phipps Stable (KY); $15,000. really exciting second-year horses--FuPeg and Giant’s Margins: 4 1/4, NO, 1HF. Odds: 1.00, 11.10, 10.40. Causeway. We have several really nice horses by both Also Ran: Second Performance, Icy Atlantic, those sires. And then of course there’s Grand Slam.” Preachinatthebar, Broadway View, Street Theatre. Fasig-Tipton cont. p2 Scratched: Kennel Up, Dealer Choice (Fr). TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/10/04 • PAGE 2 of 3 (Fasig-Tipton Coverage cont.) Taylor Made for Success... Change is All Around... Sunday’s GII Jim Dandy S. saw a major catalogue Several announcements in recent weeks may change update for a pair of colts from Taylor Made’s consign- things on both the buying and selling sides. Lane’s End, ment. The winner Purge has a half brother by Forestry, always among the leading consignors, announced that hip 111, to sell Wednesday, while runner-up The Cliff’s they would not be sending yearlings to Saratoga, while Edge has a Coronado’s Quest half brother who will go Padua Stables’ Satish Sanan--whose purchases at this through the ring earlier in that session as hip 83. “The sale in recent years include $2.15-million champion Jim Dandy was a good result for us,” said Duncan Vindication--revealed that he would in effect be boy- Taylor. “We’ve got a really athletic group of horses. cotting public auctions in 2004 in an effort to raise They’re well-conformed and they look like racehorses.” awareness of his initiative, the Alliance for Industry Taylor expects the status quo to continue at this sale. Reform. “As far as Lane’s End goes, it wasn’t ex- “[Buyer traffic] at the barns has been steady but not pected,” Robertson admitted. “We certainly wish they overwhelming, same as last year,” he noted. “There were here this year and hope they’ll be back [in the aren’t really any new faces, but maybe some of the future]. But, as I’ve said, we’ve got as many top-level agents I’ve seen have some new buyers. There are still horses as I’ve ever seen on these sale grounds.” a few days, maybe more people will show up.” Sanan’s announcement was also unexpected. “It was a total surprise,” Robertson added. “You always miss a buyer. He was a good buyer in Kentucky and here last P H I P H A P P E N I N G S P year. We had a great sale in Kentucky [last month]. I wish he’d show up here, and there’s still time.” But Hip 12, f, Unbridled’s Song--Raging Apalachee, by Robertson is quietly confident that buyers will be ac- Apalachee tive. “So far, everybody is accounted for,” he said. “I’m Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency sure we’ll see some more over the next two days. All B-N & P Horse Racing Venture, Double Duck, Inc., the people that we were expecting are in town.” Con- B.D.P., White Fox Farm and Taylor Made Farm (Ky) signors are also expecting good business in the coming By the popular young stallion Unbridled’s Song, this days. “We started showing on Saturday and had about filly is a half sister to champion sprinter Artax. Her year- 25 shows per horse,” said Meg Levy of Bluewater older half sister by Saint Ballado sold for $475,000 at Sales. “On Sunday, there were about 50 shows per last year’s Saratoga Sale. horse. I’ve been selling up here for five years. There aren’t necessarily any new buyers, but there are people Hip 15, c, Grand Slam--Retiro Park, by Meadowlake based on the East Coast who just come to Saratoga. Property of Paragon Farms LLC, There’s so much tradition here. The mornings are so busy, and the afternoons are much less so, since Bluewater Sales LLC, agent there’s the racing and so much else to do socially.” B-Paragon Farms (Fl) Levy has a draft of 12 yearlings to sell at the Spa. “Our Produced by a full sister to champion Meadow Star, group this year is very consistent,” she said. “They’re this bay colt is a half brother to graded stakes winner all good physicals, and I think they’re going to be real Snorter. His two-year-old half sister ran third in her racehorses. We have one of the last Saint Ballado colts career debut earlier at the Saratoga meeting. Paragon and I really like him.” That chestnut colt, slated to sell Farms acquired the dam for $80,000 with this colt in as hip 130, is out of Eye Catching (Alydar), making him utero. a half brother to SW Lady Melesi. “We had a good sale in Kentucky and hope that continues,” Levy added. Additional Hip Happenings p. 3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/10/04 • PAGE 3 of 3 (Hip Happenings cont.