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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. GOLDIKOVA SCOOPS TOP CARTIER AWARD A FUNNY THING HAPPENED AT KEENOV Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's three-time GI Breed- After several firework-free days, Keeneland November ers' Cup Mile heroine Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) was showed that it still had some tricks up its sleeves yes- honored as Cartier's Horse of the Year at a ceremony terday. Namely, the sale of racing prospects from sev- held Tuesday night at London's Dorchester Hotel. The eral high-profile operations, including WinStar, Darley, homebred five-year-old, Shadwell, and Gary and Mary West. It was WinStar who garnered a 12th top- that brought the biggest arsenal--entering the day with level success at Churchill some 50 catalogued prospects--and Kenny Troutt=s Downs Nov. 6, also set operation was rewarded with the ninth session=s top- another standard by be- priced lot. The juvenile filly Funny Sunny, who hails coming the first dual win- from the first crop of GSW Sharp Humor (Distorted ner of the older horse Humor), sparked a lively bidding duel that concluded award. In the Horse of with Whisper Hill Farm=s $380,000 offer. Whisper Hill the Year race, she fended owner Mandy Pope, sitting alongside advisor Chris off a stellar line-up of Brothers, saw off a challenger in an adjacent section of Cartier Horse of the Year Goldikova Reed Palmer photography contenders that included the pavilion for the daughter of the 13-year-old mare G1 Epsom Derby and Sunny Laugh (Relaunch), a half-sister to SP Awesome G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Workforce (GB) Launch (Awesome Again). Funny Sunny hails from the (King's Best), who gained the consolation of the win- extended family of Grade I winners Golden Ballet (Mos- ning the three-year-old colt prize at the expense of an cow Ballet) and her GI Belmont S.-winning son Drossel- equally impressive cast; triple Group 1 hero Canford meyer (Distorted Humor), a WinStar colorbearer. AShe=s Cliffs (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}); Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB}), put together well,@ Pope said after signing the ticket. who posted a spectacular, record-breaking performance AAnd she=s very level-headed. [At the WinStar breeze in the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. before show], she was alert and paying attention, but not silly being forced into retirement through injury; and about anything, even being around all the colts. We like G1 Eclipse S. and G1 Champion S. victor Twice Over our horses to be very smart and well-mannered; we (GB) (Observatory). The prestigious awards, which think that plays well on the racetrack.@ were established in 1991, were determined by points earned in pattern races during 2010, combined with the Tapit=s 2011 Fee Set at $80K; Gainseway Fees...p3 opinions of a panel of racing journalists and votes from readers of the Racing Post and Daily Telegraph. Cont. p2 2010 CARTIER AWARD WINNERS HORSE OF THE YEAR/OLDER HORSE GOLDIKOVA (IRE) (Anabaa) 3-YEAR-OLD COLT WORKFORCE (GB) (King’s Best) 3-YEAR-OLD FILLY SNOW FAIRY (IRE) (Intikhab) 2-YEAR-OLD COLT FRANKEL (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY MISTY FOR ME (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) STAYER RITE OF PASSAGE (GB) (Giant’s Causeway) SPRINTER STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) (Choisir {Aus}) CARTIER/DAILY TELEGRAPH AWARD OF MERIT RICHARD HANNON TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/17/10 • PAGE 2 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cartier Awards cont. Anamoine Limited=s Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab), who claimed both the G1 Epsom and G1 Irish Oaks, as well as last weekend's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemora- tive Cup in Japan for trainer Ed Dunlop, was announced the champion three-year-old filly. Unbeaten J “TDN Rising Star” J and leading Classic contender Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), winner of the G1 Dewhurst S. and G2 Royal Lodge S., took the two-year-old colt award. Trained by Henry Cecil, the bay colt is a Frankel Inpho Juddmonte homebred, as is Workforce. Michael Tabor, Sue Magnier and Derrick Smith=s Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) took the top honor for juvenile distaffers. She is trained by Aidan O=Brien, who also fielded champion Workforce APRH sprinter Starspangledbanner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}). The re- cently retired chestnut embel- lished his Southern Hemisphere portfolio with victories in the G1 Golden Jubilee S. and the G1 July Cup, and carried off the vinery.com Champion Sprinter award. Starspangledbanner Dr. R. Lambe=s Rite of Passage www.coolmore.com (GB) (Giant's Causeway), whose one appearance on the flat this year yielded victory in the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, was named the champion stayer. Richard Hannon, who recently un- derwent a successful heart bypass operation, was voted this year's Award of Merit winner. Hannon's unrelenting juvenile team helped the conditioner batter his way to a sec- ond British Trainers' Championship. Snow Fairy and connections in Japan JRA photo Misty for Me Inpho The list of past winners of the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit includes John Oxx, Sheikh CARTIER AWARDS - HORSE OF THE YEAR Mohmmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Niarchos Family, Peter Willett, Yr Winner (Sire) Trainer ‘10 Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) Head Henry Cecil, David & Patricia Thomp- son, Lord Oaksey, Prince Khalid ‘09 Sea the Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) Oxx Abdullah, John Magnier, His High- ‘08 Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) de Royer-Dupre ness the Aga Khan, Peter Walwyn, ‘07 Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehil) O’Brien the Head Family, Sir Peter ‘06 Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) Dunlop O'Sullevan, Frankie Dettori, John ‘05 Hurricane Run (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) Fabre Dunlop, the Marquess of Hartington, ‘04 Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) Dunlop Rite of Passage Francois Boutin, Lester Piggott and ‘03 Dalakhani (Ire) (Darshaan [GB}) de Royer-Dupre Horsephotos Henri Chalhoub. ‘02 Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill) O'Brien P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/17/10 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Racetrack Round-Up Music Show, Meeznah Staying in Training... Jaber Abdullah's G1 Falmouth S. victress Music Show (Ire) (Noverre) will continue racing as a four-year- old in 2011, it was announced yesterday. AMusic Show stays in training, and will be campaigned from a mile up to a mile-and-a-quarter,@ confirmed the owner's racing manager Bruce Raymond. AShe showed a great turn of foot to win the Falmouth S., in which they went a true gallop, and she is best suited by a strong pace. I think she is sure to stay a mile and a quarter, and it could be that she actually finds some improvement for going further. She is certainly a very high-class filly who, hopefully, can enjoy another successful season." It was also announced yesterday that Saif Ali and Saeed Altayer's G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up Meeznah (Dynaformer), who also ran fourth in both the G1 Irish Oaks and the G1 Yorkshire Oaks, is to stay in training. The David Lanigan trainee, who has yet to experience black-type success, will be campaigned at staying dis- tances next term, according to connections. Bruce Raymond, speaking on behalf of the owners, com- mented, "Meeznah ran a fine race at Epsom and, for a moment, I thought she was going to win. They had gone fast early in the race, and down the home straight she was still on the bridle, while the others were being pushed along. Snow Fairy ended up a worthy winner, but Meeznah showed really good staying qualities that STUD NEWS day, with the strong pace playing to her strengths. While she has run a lot of really good races, she has just a maiden win to her name, so it is really important TAPIT STUD FEE INCREASED TO $80K to get her head in front again. At Doncaster, [when GISW Tapit (Pulpit--Tap Your Heels, by Unbridled) will third] in the [G2] Park Hill [S.], she showed she gets 15 stand the 2011 season for furlongs, so, hopefully, there will be a nice staying prize $80,000, live foal (stands for her in 2011." and nurses), up from his 2010 fee of $50,000. Win- GAINESWAY - 2011 ROSTER ner of the 2004 GI Wood Stallion Fee ($) Memorial, the Gainseway AFLEET ALEX 25,000 stallion has already been AFLEET EXPRESS 10,000 represented by champion BIRDSTONE 20,000 Stardom Bound, as well as CORINTHIAN 25,000 www.gainseway.com Grade I winners Tell a Kelly, MR. GREELEY 40,000 Laragh and Careless Jewel. ORIENTATE 7,500 ATapit's performance to date as a stallion has been truly SMOKE GLACKEN 10,000 remarkable,@ Gainesway=s Michael Hernon. AHe was the TAPIT 80,000 leading juvenile and freshman sire in his first year, he WHYWHYWHY 3,500 has two Breeders' Cup winners, a Grade I winner on All fees live foal, stands and nurses dirt in Japan and he's now the leading third crop sire by www.gainesway.com graded stakes horses, all from mares bred at the $15,000 level. Demand for Tapit transcends the mar- ketplace." TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/17/10 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENELAND NOVEMBER Breeding Stock Sale Monday, Nov. 8 - Saturday, Nov. 20 10:00 a.m. Sunny Despite the Rain... It was cold and grey in Lexington Tuesday, but the sale of Funny Sunny energized the Keeneland sale pavil- ion. Bred by Highclere in Kentucky, Funny Sunny was hammered down to WinStar Farm for $60,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Calder Sale earlier in the year after breezing a quarter in :21 4/5. The filly=s sire, Sharp Humor, stands at WinStar.