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CAULFIELD ON LANGFUHR HEADLINE p. 2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2003 FUNNY CIDE WORKS TOWARDS HASKELL R E S U L T S Kentucky Derby hero Funny Cide (Distorted Humor) I I continued to work well in preparation for the Aug. 3 GI Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, hitting the track Monday, Ayr, Britain at 5:30 yesterday morning at Belmont Park. The hand- DAILY RECORD SCOTTISH DERBY-G2, £100,000, Ayr, some chestnut worked six fur- 7-21, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:07.46, gd/fm. 1--#@PRINCELY VENTURE (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Entrepreneur (GB) longs in 1:12 and change, ac- 1st Dam: Sun Princess (GB) (Ch. 3yo Filly-GB & Fr, MG1SW-GB, cording to trainer Barclay Tagg, G1SP-Fr, $537,437), by English Prince (Ire) who was pleased with the move. 2nd Dam: Sunny Valley (Ire), by *Val de Loir “That was a pretty good work,” 3rd Dam: Sunland (GB), by Charlottesville (GB) said Tagg. “The track was kind O-Exors Of The Late Lord Weinstock; B-Ballymacoll of dead today. I had him gallop- Stud Farm Ltd; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Kieren Fallon; ing out seven [furlongs] in 1:25 £58,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, £77,235. *1/2 to and change, though I think the Prince of Dance (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), G1SW-GB, clockers caught him in 1:26 and $198,473; and Ballet Prince (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), change. I was happy with it. He SW-Nor, GSP-Fr & Ger, SP-GB. came out of it fine.” Funny Cide 2--Sights On Gold (Ire), 128, c, 4, Indian Ridge (Ire)-- annexed two-thirds of the Triple Summer Trysting, by Alleged. O-Godolphin; Crown when winning the Derby B-Moyglare Stud Farm; £22,000. Funny Cide Horsephotos 3--Delsarte, 118, c, 3, Theatrical (Ire)--Delauncy (GB), and the GI Preakness S., but fal- by Machiavellian. ($200,000 wnl ‘00 KEENOV; tered over a muddy Belmont track and could do no $170,000 yrl ‘01 KEESEP). O-Abdullah Saeed Belhab; better than third in GI Belmont S. Asked if he was B-Gerald W Leigh; £11,000. looking forward to the Haskell as a chance to avenge Margins: 3/4, NK, HF. Odds: 8-1, 5-2, 7-2. the Belmont loss, Tagg quipped, “I’m just trying to win Also ran: Private Charter (GB), Imperial Dancer (GB), the $1 million purse.” Today’s work comes on the heels Royal Stamp, Spiritual Air (GB), Constantine (GB). of Friday’s announcement of weights for the Haskell, Princely Venture came out of a ninth-place finish in when Funny Cide was assigned top weight of 123 last year’s G1 Irish Derby with an injury, but returned to pounds. Tagg confirmed that the goal for the summer action with a Goodwood conditions win May 21. He was the $1 million GI Travers S. at Saratoga Aug. 23. secured a career best and first group race win here with Racing officials at the Spa are dreaming of a rematch a determined final furlong drive. “He deserved to win between Funny Cide and Belmont S. victor Empire this race,” said jockey Kieren Fallon, adding, “He has Maker (Unbridled), who trainer Bobby Frankel is point- progressed this year and he has come on for his Good- wood win.” The winner tracked the leaders in third as ing towards the GII Jim Dandy S., to be held at Private Charter (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) made the running, Saratoga on the same day as the Haskell. Respective then moved into second at the top of the stretch. Rid- victories by Funny Cide and Empire Maker would set up den along to challenge with three furlongs remaining, one of the most highly anticipated rematches in recent the well-related chestnut led approaching the last fur- years. Funny Cide, however, is by no means guaran- long and responded gamely to strong driving to stave teed victory in the Haskell. Another Frankel runner, GI off Sights On Gold. Fallon’s celebrations were tempered Blue Grass S. winner Peace Rules (Jules), is expected to somewhat after he incurred a two-day-careless-riding start in the race, while two-year-old star Sky Mesa ban (July 31-Aug. 1) for allegedly causing interference (Pulpit), third in the GII Dwyer S. in his lone 2003 start, to Private Charter. Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart also looms a threat. or the brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 November 2-14 Breeding Stock Sale (800) 456-3412 www.keeneland.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/22/03 • PAGE 2 of 3 Results cont. PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Sunday, Kokura, Japan BY ANDREW CAULFIELD KITAKYUSHU KINEN-G3-JRA, ¥82,370,000, 7-20, Kokura, 3yo/up, 1800m, 1:49.8, sf. 1--MILLENNIUM BIO (JPN), 123, h, 5, by Sunday Silence PRINCE OF WALES S., $500,000, FEX, 7-20, (R), 3yo, 1st Dam: Dolsk (GB), by Danzig 1 3/16m, 1:55 4/5, my. 2nd Dam: La Dolce (GB), by Connaught (GB) 1--WANDO, 126, c, 3, by Langfuhr 3rd Dam: Guiding Light (Fr), by Crepello (GB) 1st Dam: Kathie's Colleen (GSW, $188,097), by Woodman O-Bio K.; B-Northern Farm; T-Masazo Ryoke; 2nd Dam: Royal Colleen, by Viceregal J-Yutaka Take; ¥43,399,000. Lifetime Record: 3rd Dam: Own Colleen, by Queen’s Own 16-7-0-3. *1/2 to Admire Touch (Jpn) (Timber Coun- O/B-Gustav Schickedanz (ON); T-Michael Keogh; try), GSW-Jpn, $628,644. J-P Husbands; $300,000. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 2--Derby Regno (Jpn), 123, h, 5, Tony Bin (Ire)--Derby 10-7-2-0, $1,474,402. Kingdom (GB), by Royal Academy. O-Derby Sha; Click for the brisnet.com chart. B-Shadai Stud. ¥17,114,000. 3--Cosmo Reversal (Jpn), 123, h, 5, Scan--Sweet One new stallion guaranteed to attract a lot of atten- Monet (Jpn), by Reach (Ire). O-Misako Okada; tion at the upcoming yearling sales has to be War B-Hiromi Nakata. ¥11,057,000. Chant, and the prospects of this Breeders’ Cup Mile Margins: 3 1/2, 1/2, 1/2. Odds: 1.40, 9.10, 8.60. winner can only be helped by the success currently Millennium Bio set a track record en route to a win in being enjoyed by several of Danzig’s other stallion sons. the G2 Milers Cup last April before finishing third in the G1 Yasuda Kinen in June. On the sidelines until a Danehill holds second place behind Sadler’s Wells on fourth-place finish in the Miyako Oji S. in May, the five- the leading sires’ list in Britain and Ireland and ranks year-old wasn’t able to improve on last year’s Kinen third in France, while Green Desert has a potential star result and finished off the board in 11th in that same to his credit in the English sprinter Oasis Dream. Then event last month. Undeterred, the crowd made Millen- there’s the French-based Anabaa, who has been in very nium Bio the favorite and he did not disappoint as he good form throughout the year, with group winners in closed from off the pace for the emphatic score. “I was the U.S., France, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong and worried about the track condition and my horse never Australia. And Danzig has also been ably represented in had a problem” said winning jockey Yutaka Take. the U.S. by Belong to Me and Langfuhr, both of whom “When I asked him turning for home, he answered rank among the top 25 sires. gamely to take the lead.” Millennium Bio will now be Belong to Me’s second Kentucky crop, sired at a fee targeted for a fall campaign which will include the G1 of $20,000, is busily confirming that he merited his Mile Championship Nov. 23. transfer from New York. Miss Houdini became the first graded winner from this crop when she took the GI Del Mar Debutante last year, and since then Belong to Sea, MOVING ??? Ebony Breeze and the English-trained Membership have For just a day or forever... also become group or graded winners. Cont. p3 Call us with your new fax number. All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, (732) 747-8060 unless otherwise indicated www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/22/03 • PAGE 3 of 3 Caulfield cont. Wando’s dam, the Woodman mare Kathie’s Colleen, For his part, Langfuhr has been dominating the Cana- won the GII Monmouth Oaks over a mile and an eighth dian scene with his very able sons Wando and Mobil. and was second in the Canadian Oaks. Kathie’s Col- These two filled first and second places in the Queen’s leen’s Grade I-winning half-brother Beau Genius was Plate, respectively, and Wando kept alive his chances also highly effective at up to a mile and a quarter, as he of taking the Canadian Triple Crown on Sunday, when showed during an exceptional season as a five-year-old, when he collected nine stakes wins from 14 starts. he took the Prince of Wales S., with Peef, another son Wando’s next dam, the stakes-placed Royal Colleen, of Langfuhr, in fourth place. In the meantime, Mobil has was by Viceregal, a sensational performer who ap- collected the GIII Toronto Cup H. peared to have the Canadian Classics at his mercy Langfuhr’s yearlings didn’t meet with much favour at when he took the title of Canadian Horse of the Year as last year’s sales, achieving a median of only $15,000, a two-year-old.