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RACING RETURNS TO HEADLINE THE SPA TODAY NEWS For information, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002 FILLIES STAR IN SPA OPENER WAR EMBLEM OUT OF HASKELL A field of nine juvenile fillies has been entered for Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem today’s opening day feature at Saratoga, the GII (Our Emblem) will not compete in the Aug. 4 GI Haskell Schuylerville S. The 5-2 morning-line favorite off an Invitational at Monmouth Park. The colt was assigned eight-length romp in the June 30 Astoria S. at Belmont highweight of 124 pounds for the race, prompting is Mike’s Wildcat (Forest Wildcat). The filly began her concerns from his connections. “That’s a lot of weight career with trainer Jeff Bonde, but was recently pur- for a small horse to carry,” trainer Bob Baffert told The chased by John Oxley and transferred to the barn of Blood-Horse. “The heat back east can sap him, too,” he trainer John Ward. “Mr. added. Before his death on Sunday night, Prince Ahmed Oxley saw the Astoria and Salman told Baffert to, “do what we thought was best thought it was quite a special for the horse,” with an eye towards the Breeders’ Cup effort,” Ward said. “She Classic at Arlington in October and next year’s G1 looks good and fit. She’s run Dubai World Cup. War Emblem may start next in the GI three times, so she’s pretty Pacific Classic at Del Mar Aug. 24. seasoned.” Freedom’s Daughter (Saint Ballado) will be making just the second P P R E V I E W P start of her career in the Wednesday, Vichy, France, post time: 9:55 p.m. Mike’s Wildcat Schuylerville. The bay filly, Adam Coglianese trained by Todd Pletcher, GRAND PRIX DE VICHY-G3, i66,000, 3yo/up, stormed home to a 7 3/4- 1 1/4mT length victory in her five-furlong debut at Monmouth SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT Park June 22. “She trained very well up to that race,” 1 1 Sahaat (GB) Machiavellian Hammond 128 Pletcher said of his filly’s maiden win. “She broke run- 2 10 Silence Of Winds (GB) Rainbow Quest Capitte 128 ning and responded very well in the stretch. We 3 5 Bleu D'Altair (Fr) Green Tune Smaga 128 thought that effort merited a shot in the Schuylerville.” 4 6 Minuit Noir (Ire) Machiavellian Chevalier du Fau 128 Edward Evans and Michael Tabor’s Stellar (Grand 5 8 King Of Tara (Ire) Fairy King Doumen 128 Slam), a $700,000 purchase a few months ago at the 6 11 Sensible (Fr) Sadler's Wells Bary 128 Keeneland April sale, will be making her career debut in 7 4 Cazoulias (Fr) Rasi Brasak (GB) Rossio 128 today’s Grade II event. Of the unusual spot for a debut, 8 2 Cheshire (GB) Warning (GB) Hammond 128 trainer Patrick Biancone said, “She’s fast and she’s 9 9 Strawberry Blonde (Ire) Ashkalani (Ire) Libaud 125 going to be ready. Most of the others have only run a 10 7 L'Etoile De Mer (Fr) Caerleon Sepulchre 125 few times, so they’re only a start or two in front of us.” 11 3 Choc Ice (Ire) Kahyasi (Ire) Rob Collet 125 Wednesday, Saratoga, post time: 5:18 p.m. Thursday, Saratoga SCHUYLERVILLE-GII, $150,000, 2yo, f, 6f SANFORD S.-GII, $150,000, 2yo, 6f PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Freedom’s Daughter Saint Ballado Pletcher 4-1 1 Title Contender Way West (Fr) Davis 118 2 Mymich A.P. Indy Reinstedler 20-1 2 Wildcat Heir Forest Wildcat Bailey 118 3 Vibs Beau Genius Romans 3-1 3 Spite the Devil Devil His Due Carrero 118 4 Jazz Lady Indian Charlie Servis 15-1 4 Posse Silver Deputy D Meche 122 5 Stellar Grand Slam Biancone 10-1 5 Whywhywhy Mr. Greeley Prado 122 6 Oh Fudge Montbrook Pierce 20-1 6 Hear No Evil Carson City Migliore 122 7 Crimson and Roses El Prado (Ire) Ritvo 6-1 7 Raise an Emblem Our Emblem Guidry 118 8 Miss Mary Apples Clever Trick Hubley 5-1 8 Hussar Silver Deputy Velazquez 118 9 Mike’s Wildcat Forest Wildcat Ward 5-2 9 Run Production Saint Ballado Vega 118 For seven of the last eight years, Taylor Made Sales Agency TAYLOR has been the Leading Consignor at Keeneland November. Entries for the Keeneland November Sale close August 1. MADE phone (859) 885-3345 Isn’t it time you came to Taylor Made? fax (859) 887-1754 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/24/02 • PAGE 2 of 3 WEEKEND PEDIGREE take the GII Ohio Derby. The race was Magic Weisner’s first graded stakes win, but from December 31st to PERSPECTIVES March 30th, he put together four consecutive victories by Alan Porter in Maryland-bred stakes. The string was snapped with a second in the Fedrico Tesio S., then came the Saturday, Thistledown Preakness, Belmont and Ohio Derby. Overall, Magic OHIO DERBY-GII, $300,000, TDN, 7-20, 3yo, 1 1/8m, Weisner now has a record of 13 starts, for seven wins, 1:49 4/5, ft. three seconds, and earnings of $688,110. 1--@MAGIC WEISNER, 116, g, 3, by Ameri Valay Oddly enough, although she changed hands for $1, 1st Dam: Jazema, by Bold Forbes one can argue that Jazema has something of a classic 2nd Dam: Glidden (Ire), by Julio Mariner (GB) pedigree, at least in terms of the sires in her female 3rd Dam: School Road (GB), by Great Nephew (GB) line. She is by the “Puerto Rican Rolls-Royce” Bold O/B/T-Nancy H Alberts (MD); J-R Migliore; $195,000. Forbes, winner of the GI Kentucky Derby and Belmont Lifetime Record: GISP, 13-7-3-0, $688,110. S., out of a mare by Julio Mariner, winner of the Eng- One of the oldest adages in breeding is “breed the lish classic G1 St. Leger. Jazema’s granddam, a sister best to the best and hope for the best.” Veteran horse- to the English group winning miler Saher, is by Great woman Nancy Alberts has turned that into something Nephew, sire of two English G1 Epsom Derby winners. like “breed the cheapest to the nearest” and still come Jazema’s fifth dam is the Mahmoud mare Moonstone, up with a colt who is one of the best of his generation. ancestress of English G1 1,000 Guineas heroine Noc- Alberts, who has credits as owner, breeder, trainer, turnal Spree, and Moonax, winner of the French St. and at one time work rider, for Magic Weisner, pur- Leger equivalent, the G1 Prix Royal Oak, as well as chased his dam Jazema for $1 from Ahmad Foustock, such well-known North American performers as Quack, who thought that Jazema would not make it to the To the Quick, Exuberant, It’s Freezing and Wild Rush. races after being slow to recover from surgery to cor- Magic Weisner’s sire Ameri Valay was a tough and rect a conformation problem. Remarkably, Jazema very accomplished performer, winning 16 races, includ- actually recovered in time to win twice as a ing back-to-back editions of the GIII John B. Campbell two-year-old. After several other wins for Alberts, H. and earning $742,779. Magic Weisner and his Jazema was claimed by King Leatherbury. Alberts stakes placed year older brother Deliver Hope are the claimed her right back, only to lose her to Penn Na- only stakes horses from Ameri Valay’s first three crops. tional-based conditioner William Ecker. Alberts traveled Ameri Valay is by Maryland stalwart Carnivalay, a to Penn National to claim Jazema back, only for her to Northern Dancer horse who is a half brother to cham- be scratched. However, she left a note with Ecker, and pion Go For Wand, and a full brother to GII Jerome H. a year later after a call from Ecker, bought Jazema back winner Dance Spell, a promising sire who died very for $1,500. young, and GII Gazelle H. victress Discorama. When the time came to retire Jazema, who ended her Magic Weisner’s pedigree is an outcross at five gen- career with a record of 14 wins in 68 starts, Alberts erations. He does have linebreeding to the noted Eng- selected local sire Ameri Valay, after recalling how lish foundation mare Fair Freedom, which comes via the Jazema interacted with Ameri Valay when the pair were similarly bred Ameri Lib and Emancipation, who are 4 x in the barn of King Leatherbury. Magic Weisner is one 5 here. We can also note the relationship between of two stakes performers bred from two matings based Nearctic, who is in the fourth generation of Magic on this unorthodox selection process. Weisner’s male line, and Great Nephew, sire of Magic Magic Weisner first came to national prominence in Weisner’s third dam. Nearctic is a three-parts brother to the GI Preakness S., where a storming late run carried Great Nephew’s dam Sybil’s Niece and is by a son of him to second, just 3/4 lengths behind War Emblem. It Pharos, where Great Nephew is by a son of Pharos’s was tempting to dismiss this effort as merely the result brother, Fairway. The combination of Nearctic and of being ridden from way off the pace in a race where Great Nephew is found within four generations in the the tempo up front had been extremely hot, but Magic pedigrees of more than 60 unrestricted stakes winners, Weisner came right back to finish a solid fourth in the eight of them Group or Grade I winners, so it’s probable GI Belmont S.