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FREDDY TAKES PELLEGRINI HEADLINE p4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, DEC. 15, 2002 ANOTHER CUP FOR JAPAN? SHOW ME THE LUV Three of the last seven winners of the G1 Hong Kong Elloluv (Gilded Time) went into yesterday’s GI Holly- Cup have come from Japan, including last year’s win- wood Starlet S. with only a maiden win under her girth, ner, Agnes Digital. The Land of the Rising Sun will look but she belied her inexperience to make it two in a row with Eishin Preston (Green and her 30-1 odds to take the field Dancer). The five-year-old earned the highest rating in from gate to wire. “When I legged all of Hong Kong ast year with his 3 1/2-length victory [jockey Pat Valenzuela] up, I said, in the G1 Hong Kong Mile. He proved he could handle ‘Don’t look at the odds,’” trainer 2000 meters with his win in the G1 Audemars Piguet Craig Dollase said. “She is an up- Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin in April, where he and-coming filly who never disap- beat Agnes Digital, with Grandera (Ire) (Grand Lodge) pointed me and had been training back in fifth. He has been held winless since that score, real well. I thought Composure but prepped for the Cup with a second in the Nov. 17 (Touch Gold) was a standout, but G1-JRA Mile Championship at Kyoto. “Actually, I was a Elloluv had given indications she little worried about the 2000 meters in the QEII Cup, would run a big race. We had but he handled it that day and I think he’ll handle it some tough beats in Grade Is this again [today],” trainer Shuji Kitahashi said. “He is very year with Momentum...this is relaxed and he is eating well. I don’t think he will win sweet.” While the longshot drew easily, but I am happy with the way he is coming into off to win by a handy four Elloluv Benoit Photo the race.” Grandera has won three of his five races lengths, Composure could do no since his last trip to Sha Tin, taking the G1 Singapore better than second as the 1-5 favorite. Click for the Airlines International Cup at Kranji, the G1 Prince Of brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot and the G1 Irish Champion S. style pedigree. (More on the Starlet, p3) at Leopardstown. He comes off a third-place finish in the Oct. 26 G1 Cox Plate. (Hong Kong Cup field, p2) Saturday, Hollywood Park HOLLYWOOD STARLET S.-GI, $366,500, HOL, 12-14, Malhub out of Sprint... 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:42 4/5, ft. As expected, Malhub (Kingmambo) was withdrawn 1--@#ELLOLUV, 120, f, 2, by Gilded Time from the G1 Hong Kong Sprint after tying up Thursday. 1st Dam: Currency Quest (SW), by Cryptoclearance “Although the horse is looking well in himself, his mus- 2nd Dam: Crystal Blaze, by Spectacular Bid cle enzymes have not come down sufficiently to race at 3rd Dam: Stiff Breeze, by Never Bend the highest level,” trainer John Gosden said. He will be ($120,000 2yo 2002 KEEAPR). O-John Paul Reddam; replaced in the gate by Thunder (NZ) (Carolingian B-North Wales Llc (KY); T-Craig Dollase; J-P A {Aus}), a Group 2 winner with two wins from three Valenzuela; $213,900. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, starts in Australia. The four-year-old gelding was sold $242,700. *Third Grade I winner for sire. to continue his career in Hong Kong and, in his lone 2--Composure, 120, f, 2, Touch Gold--Party Cited, by local start, set the pace before tiring to finish off the Alleged. ($470,000 yrl '01 KEESEP). O-Robert & board in the International Sprint Trial. Thunder will Beverly Lewis; B-Rancho San Peasea SA (KY); $71,300. break from Malhub’s post seven. There were two more 3--Summer Wind Dancer, 120, f, 2, Siberian Summer-- late scratches, with Jeune King Prawn (Aus) (Danehill) Native Wind Dancer, by Incinderator. O-Vetter, Wira withdrawing from the G1 Hong Kong Mile after coming & Wira; B-Richard Wira, Yvette Wira, Linda Vetter & up lame in his left front leg, and Red Pepper (GB) Deborah Penny (CA); $42,780. (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) is out of the G1 Hong Kong Margins: 4, 1HF, 3HF. Odds: 30.80, 0.20, 10.10. Cup after developing an infection in his left front leg. Also Ran: Watching You, Kinzie Woo, Rmisvesta, There were no replacements named for the two. Tizalovelylady. www.darleyatjonabell.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/15/02 • PAGE 2 of 6 Hong Kong Vase cont. P HONG KONG INT’L P Multiple Group 1 winner Aquarelliste is rounding into top form and should prove difficult to handle this after- Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 5:00 p.m. noon. Bred by the late Daniel Wildenstein and owned by HONG KONG CUP-G1, HK$18,000,000, 3yo/up, his estate, the four-year-old filly had something of a 2000mT disappointing summer, finishing third in the G1 Grand SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS Prix de Saint Cloud and fourth in the G1 King George 1 8 Grandera (Ire) Grand Lodge bin Suroor 9-5 VII and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond S., but rebounded 2 6 Sarafan Lear Fan Drysdale 6-1 to take her Arc prep, the G1 Prix Foy Sept. 15, besting 3 9 Eishin Preston Green Dancer Kitahashi 9-2 eventual G1 Japan Cup winner Falbrav (Ire) in the pro- 4 11 Indian Creek (GB) Indian Ridge (Ire) Elsworth 17-1 cess. Runner-up in the Longchamp centerpiece at three, 5 1 Paolini (Ger) Lando (Ger) Wohler 12-1 she finished a creditable sixth, two lengths behind 6 3 Dano-Mast (GB) Unfuwain Poulsen 17-1 Marienbard (Ire) Oct. 6, but faces an easier task today. 7 4 Red Pepper (GB) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Scr Scr Owner Gary Tanaka is no stranger to success in this 8 7 Dr More (Aus) Danehill Size 17-1 event, his Ela Athena (GB) finishing second two years 9 13 Precision (Fr) Anabaa Oughton 41-1 ago. His green and yellow silks will be carried today 10 5 Come See You (Ire) Sri Pekan Allan 51-1 aboard Falcon Flight. The winner of the GIII Arlington 11 2 Housemaster (Ire) Rudimentary Allan 21-1 H. in his seasonal bow July 27, he was a very unlucky 12 12 Cellini (GB) Efisio (GB) Ch.-Hyam 26-1 fifth in the Aug. 17 GI Arlington Million, second in the 13 10 Royal Treasure (Aus) Royal Academy Tam 51-1 GI Canadian International Sept. 29 and most recently a solid third to High Chaparral (Ire) in the GI Breeders’ Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 3:10 p.m. Cup Turf in Chicago. Beaten a head in this event a year HONG KONG VASE-G1, HK$14,000,000, 3yo/up, ago, Ekraar is winless in three tries this season and will 2400mT benefit from his third place finish in the G1 Gran Premio SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS del Jockey Club Oct. 20, his first start in five months. 1 5 Falcon Flight (Fr) Persian Bold (Ire) Burke 5-1 2 4 Ange Gabriel (Fr) Kaldounevees (Fr) Libaud 5-1 Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:20 p.m. 3 8 Delta Form (Aus) Marscay (Aus) Sahadi 17-1 HONG KONG MILE-G1, HK$14,000,000, 3yo/up, 4 6 Polish Summer Polish Precedent Fabre 11-1 1600mT 5 7 Ekraar Red Ransom bin Suroor 4-1 SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 6 14 Indigenous (Ire) Marju (Ire) Allan 19-1 1 4 Noverre Rahy bin Suroor 4-1 7 1 Cheers Hong Kong (Fr) Midyan Allan 26-1 2 12 Tillerman (GB) In The Wings (GB) Perrett 9-1 8 3 Idol (NZ) Masterclass Woods 21-1 3 2 Admire Cozzene (Jpn) Cozzene Hashida 11-2 9 12 Greenmore Kingmambo Wong 67-1 4 1 Electronic Unicorn Housebuster Size 5-1 5 3 Gateman (GB) Owington (GB) Johnston 15-1 10 11 Luckswell (NZ) Senor Pete Woods 51-1 6 7 Cayoke (Fr) Always Fair (Fr) J Canani 26-1 11 2 Caracoler (Arg) Ringaro Hayes 101-1 7 6 Tokai Point (Jpn) Tokai Teio (Jpn) Goto 5-1 12 9 Rainbow and Gold Gulch Kan 101-1 8 11 Olympic Express (GB) Bishop of Cashel (GB) Allan 26-1 13 10 Aquarelliste (Fr) Danehill Lellouche 13-4 9 13 Scenic Peak (Aus) Scenic (Ire) Bougoure 17-1 14 13 Guadalupe (Ger) Monsun (Ger) Schiergen 21-1 10 8 Super Molly (Aus) Snippets (Aus) Hayes 11-1 11 5 Jeune King Prawn (Aus) Danehill Scr Scr All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, 12 10 Grand Delight (Aus) Hurricane Sky (Aus) Size 26-1 unless otherwise indicated 13 9 Dupont (GB) Zafonic Haggas 21-1 859.455.9388 vinery.com Want to know more? Click here. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/15/02 • PAGE 3 of 6 Hong Kong Mile cont. Hong Kong Sprint cont. Another competitive field takes shape for this event, A year ago, Falvelon arrived in Hong Kong off a headed by Godolphin’s Noverre. Making his final career runner-up finish in the G2 Emirates Classic at Fleming- trip to the post, the blaze-faced bay is the class of the ton and picked up his second straight Sprint victory.