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TOP EIGHT BROODMARES K*e*e«n*e*l*a*n*D Hip# Name Covering Stallion Price RESULTS 888 NOW THAT'SFUniNY Storm Cat $2,650,000 Saratoga Six—Tropical Cream fCreme dela Creme) Consigned by Brereton C. Jones, NOW THAT'S FUNNY HEADS MILLION DOLLAR agent for a complete dispersal of partnership II KEENELAND PARADE Witti a final bid of $2.65 Purchased by John R. Gaines million from John R. Gaines Thoroughbreds, Now That's 907 PRIMARILY Storm Cat $2,200,000 Funny (Saratoga Six) became the top-priced mare at Lord at War (Arg}~Mostiy (Grey Dawn U) yesterday's second session of the Keeneland November Consigned by Fred Seitz/Brookdale Farm, agent Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington, Ky. The 12-year-old, Purchased by F. Stronach in foal to Storm Cat, was consigned by Brereton C. 706 CHOSEN LADY $1,850,000 Jones, agent. She is the dam of Lucayan Prince (Fast Secretariat-Mine Oniy (Mr. Prospector) Play), highweighted three-year-old colt in Europe in Consigned by Dromoiand Farm Inc., agent 1996, and graded stakes winner Comic Strip (Red Ran Purchased by Stonerside Stable, Ltd. som). "We valued her the best mare in the sale," said 709 CLASSIC REIGN A.P. Indy $1,250,000 Olin Gentry, who signed the ticket on behaif of Gaines Vice Regent—No Class (Nodouble) Thoroughbreds. "We're delighted to have her." Prince Consigned by Anderson Farms, agent for Sam-Son Farm Ahmed Salman was the underbidder on the mare. Pri Purchased by Cecil Seaman, agent marily (Lord at War {Arg}), consigned by Brookdaie 688 CALENDAR LADY Mr. Prospector $1,100,000 Farm, agent, was the second high price of Tuesday's Seattle Slew-SmartAngle (Quadrangle) session, bringing $2.2 million. Canadian Frank Stronach Consigned by Denaii Stud (Craig Bandoroff), agent XXI bought the mare, in foal to Storm Cat, from Fred Seitz's Purchased by Reynolds Bell, Inc. Brookdaie Farm, agent. Primariiy was one of three 862 MEMORIES (IRE) Silver Hawk $1,050,000 mares Stronach bought Tuesday for $1 miilion or more. Don't Forget Me-Ardmelody (Law Society) A final bid of $1.85 miilion was good enough to bring Consigned by Belvedere Farm, Inc. (M Takacs), agent III home the third-highest priced mare of the session. Cho Purchased by British Bloodstock Agency, England sen Lady (Secretariat). In foal to Danzig, the 11-year-old 617 TRACK GAL $1,025,000 mare was consigned by Dromoiand Farm Inc., agent for Track Barren—Goiden Galaxy (Galaxy Libra {Ire}) Coppertree Farm, and was purchased by Stonerside Consigned by Walmac Int'l, agent Stable Ltd. "We liked several things about her," ex Purchased by F. Stronach plained Stonerside manager John Adger. "She's a multi 900 PHONE THE DOCTOR Nureyev $1,000,000 ple graded stakes producing mare, she had one of the Phone Trick-Anesthesloiogist (Damascus) top three-year-oid this year in Weil Chosen (Dep Consigned by King Ranch Farm, agent uty Minister) and she's in foal to a great stallion." Irish Purchased by F. Stronach bloodstock agent Demi O'Byrne went to $1.5 miilion to bring home the session's top weanling, hip number 918. TOP FIVE WEANLINGS The son of Nureyev out of the Grade i stakes winning Hip# Sex Sire Dam Price mare Race the Wild Wind (Sunny's Halo) was from the 918 colt Nureyev Race the Wild Wind $1,500,000 consignment of Ashford Stud, agent. (Majestic Consigned by Ashford Stud, agent Light) and Champion Two-Year-Old Meadow Star Purchased by Demi O'Byrne were bitter rivals on the track, but the two mares will be 818 filly Gone West Kooyonga (Ire) $1,000,000 playing for the same team in the breeding shed after Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent Foxfield purchased Lite Light last night for $750,000. Purchased by Brushwood Stable The 10-year-oid mare is in foal to Gone West. 724 filly Seattle Slew Crown of Love $725,000 Keeneland sold 10 horses for seven figures yesterday, Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent bringing the total number of million-dollar horses at the Purchased by Karen Taylor, agent sale to 24. After two sessions, the average sales price 860 filly A.P. Indy Masake $550,000 of $230,804 is up 51 percent from last year's figure of Consigned by Lakland Farm LLC, agent $152,885. The 14-day sale runs through Nov. 21. Purchased by G. Watts Humphrey, Jr Today's session begins at 10 a.m. Additional Keeneland 621 colt Mr. Prospector Trolley Song $525,000 statistics p. 2 Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent AWESOME AGAIN RETIRED p. 2 Purchased by T. Hyde PAGE 2 • DAH^Y NEWS • 11-11-98

♦ ♦ HANDLE & ATTENDANCE UP AT OAK TREE News Today Oak Tree Racing Association concluded Its 30th season of Fall racing at Santa Anita Park Monday with increases AWESOME AGAIN TO ADENA SPRINGS Breeders' in average daily on-track attendance and handle. Oak Cup Classic champion Awesome Again (Deputy Tree records for total handle for a meeting, average Minister-Primai Force, by Blushing Groom {Fr}) has daily total handle and single day total handle were also been retired from racing and will stand the 1999 breed set. Average daily on-track attendance for the 32-day ing season at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Farm in meeting was 12,590, an increase of nearly two percent Versailles, Ky. He will stand for 550,000 live foal. "We over last year's average daily on-track attendance. The were very excited about the prospect of another cam meeting's on-track average daily handle of 52,310,656 paign with Awesome Again next year at five," said was up 2.3 percent over 1997. Oak Tree's total parl- Stronach, the coit's owner and breeder. "Although very mutuel handle was a record 5308,909,272 for the minor, he did grab a quarter in the Classic and after meeting. The average daily total handle of 59,653,415, weighing the pros and cons of keeping him in training, also a record, was up four percent from last year. "We we decided to do what is in the best interest of the are very pleased with the results from our 30th season horse and send him to the breeding shed on a high of racing," said Sherwood Chillingworth, executive vice note." The four year-old captured the 1997 Queen's president of Oak Tree. "We attribute this meeting of Plate and Gil Jim Dandy. Undefeated in six 1998 starts, increases and records to a more aggressive marketing including the Gi Whitney, Gil Saratoga Breeders' Cup H. campaign than in past years, outstanding racing, the and Gil Stephen Foster H., Awesome Again won nine of appearance of several marquee horses, great weather 12 starts and earned 54,374,589. and unbelievably loyal fans." Bob Baffert was the lead ing trainer at the meet and Alex Soils was the top HOLLYWOOD PARK OPENS TODAY Racing re jockey. turns to Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California today with a 31-day Autumn Meeting that features 24 stakes STALLION ACCESS RESULTS At last night's Fasig- and purses exceeding 54.2 million. The opening day co Tipton Stallion Access Fail Sale of Selected Seasons and features are the Stelnien H. and the Itsallgreektome S. Shares in Lexington Ky, a 1999 season to Kris S. The eighth annual 52.15 million Turf Festival, high brought a sales-topping bid of 560,000. Two options for lighted by the 5700,000 GI Matriarch and 5500,000 GI 2000 seasons to Danzig sold at the auction, one for Early Times Holiywood Derby, is scheduled for 5105,000 and one for 5100,000. The highest bid for a Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27-29. The Matriarch and stallion share was the 5250,000 paid for Unbridied's Derby will be run Sunday, Nov. 29. Other highlights of Song. In all, 43 seasons sold for 51,060,700 and seven the stakes schedule are the GI Hollywood Futurity and shares sold for 5323,600. The average price per season GI Hollywood Turf Cup on Dec. 12 and the GI Holly was 524,667. A season to Storm Cat sold for wood Starlet on Dec. 13. First post time is 12:30 p.m. 5225,000 to benefit the National Museum of Racing and special night races on Friday, Nov. 13 and 20 begin and Hall of Fame. at 7 p.m. The races commence at 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. The meeting concludes KEENELAND NOVEMBER STATISTICS Dec. 21. ' TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1998 KlibilShLAN:). BROKEN KNEE SIDELINES KRONE Julie Krone, current leading rider at The Meadowlands, will miss the SESSION TOTALS 1998 1997 rest of the meet after breaking her right knee leaving the No. Sold 283 270 starting gate in last Friday evening's first race. Though Gross $64,445,500 $50,088,000 she went on to win three races on the card, including Average $227,723 $215,141 the first aboard Thirty Six Hours (Concorde's Tune), it Median $145,000 $160,000 was later discovered that she had cracked her right CUMULATIVE TOTALS 1998 1997 kneecap. "As of now, my plans for the winter are up in No. Sold 739 567 the air," said Krone. "The timing is unfortunate. I really Gross $170,563,900 $86,686,000 feel like i was regaining my riding form and would have $230,804 $152,885 contended for the riding title here." Average

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Today, Aqueduct: European Stakes Results: STUYVESANT H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, post PRIX SAINT-R0MAN-G3, $65,630, Saint-Cloud, France, time 4:05 p.m. EST 11-10, 2yo, f, ImT, 1:51.10, hy. The field, in post position order, is: Rock and Roll 1~#

7th-CDX, $46,200, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:19, sy. ♦ Midwest ♦ 1-MISWAKI GIRL, 114, f, 3. Miswakl-Hoist the Axe, by Al Hattab. 0/B-Whitney Thomas P (KY); T-Steven Local News, Downs: C Penrod. Lifetime Record: 16-4-1-4, $108,805. Trainer Bob Baffert said yesterday that Breeders' Cup 2-Uanme, 114, f, 3, Marquetry-Archimiilionnaire, by Juvenile Fillies champ Silverbulletday (Silver Deputy) Medaille D'Or. may race again in 1998. "She might run one more 3-Peaks Mill, 116, f, 4, Stalwart-Dorothy Gaylord, by time," Baffert said. "She came back from the race •Sensitivo. pretty wild and I want to see her on the track before I Margins: 4 1/4, HF, 3. Odds: 8.40, 1.70, 9.30. sit down and figure out where these horses are going to The Oct. 18 A.P. Indy S. on the Keeneland turf go." Baffert mentioned the Nov. 28 Gill Golden Rod at marked the return to the races for this miss after a four- Churchill as a possible next start for the likely two-year- month rest. She raiiied from off the pace that day to fall old filly champion. just short, % length behind the winner. Returning to the main track for this event, the gray/roan raced towards Local News, Kentucky: the middie of the well-bunched pack early while saving Gainesway in Lexington, Ky announced yesterday that ground, came six-wide around the turn, made the lead it has changed the date of payments of their stallions' when straightened for home and drew off to a comfort live foal 1999 stud fees from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1. able success. In commemoration of its 223rd birthday, the United States Marine Corps bestowed a Meritorious Service 8th-CDX, $44,460, Alw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:18 1/5, sy. Award upon retired Sergeant Major Jim Hawthorne, 1-COWBOY COP, 116, c, 4, Sliver Deputy-Dont Worry voice network administrator for The Jockey Club's Bout Me, by Foolish Pleasure. 0-Stronach Stable; Information Technology Group, during a ceremony at B-Stronach Frank (ON); T-Patrick B Byrne. Lifetime the Thoroughbred Club of America on Nov. 10. Haw Record: 7-5-0-0, $137,620. *1/2 to I'll Get Along thorne received the award from Keeneland chairman (Smile), MSW, $269,568. James E. "Ted" Bassett III and Brookdale Farm owner 2-Road Island, 114, c, 3, Strawberry Road (Aus)- Fred Seitz, both former marines. Regency Island, by Vice Regent. 3-Flag On the Play, 114, c, 3, Meadowlake- Yesterday's Results: Marshesseaux, by Dr. Blum. 4th-CDX, $56,000, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:45 Margins: 1, 5 1/4, 8 3/4. Odds: 0.40, 13.10, 3.40. 4/5, sy. Cowboy Cop won the 1997 edition of the Detroit 1-QUIET FUN, 114, f, 4, Quiet American-Fun Fun Fun, Breeders' Cup Sprint and then went to the shelf, never by Sovereign Dancer. 0-Meritage Farm Louise making it back to the races until June 19, when he took Rossman; B-Ng Archie K C (KY); T-Albert M Stall Jr. a Churchill allowance by a convincing 3 3/4 lengths in Lifetime Record: 20-5-3-1, $143,057. one of the faster times for the meet. Unraced since that 2-Make Haste, 114, f, 4, Cure the Blues-Pure Speed, effort, the bay trained long, of late, for this engagement. by . Scraping the paint into the stretch, he was angled out 3-Duck Trap, 114, m, 5, Affirmed-Liiya's for Real, by side front-running Road island passing the eighth pole, . caught that one with about 100 yards to go, and inched Margins: 12, 12 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 10.60, 0.80, 2.40. away to the winning margin, though drifting out briefly Quiet Fun returned to the races after a four-month in deep stretch while under a left-handed whip. hiatus with an easy, four-length victory at Turfway Park Sept. 30, and was then tried in the Wabash S. at Hoo- 5th-CDX. $34,200, Alw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:12 2/5, sy. sier Park Oct. 17. where she tired to finish last of FALLEN HALO (c, 3, Halo-Olden Charade {MSW, seven. The bay broke alertly, established a five-length $134,391}, by Hagley) was making his first start since lead after four furlongs and was on cruise control there finishing eighth in the Harry Henson S. at Hollywood after, splashing her way to the easiest of victories. Park May 25. The bay attended the pace three-wide, A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will took a narrow lead at the eighth pole and grinded out a indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a -H will denote one-length triumph as the 2-1 favorite. Lifetime Record: winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be used for 8-2-2-0, $62,960. state-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming O- Arthur B Hancock III and Wayne Shumate. B-Mrs races and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. Henry D Paxson (KY). T-Albert M Stall Jr.

Thefastest son o f sire of sires Saidler's Wells! Ashford Stud * :icKING OF KINGS * * Alsling Cross, DermotR/an or Dr. Bony Simon THE SPEED THE CLASS THE GOOD LOOKS Tel: 606-873-7088. Fax: 606-879-5756. Qr_ ^ THE PEDIGREE Classicwinning Top priced European 8 sons of Sadler's Wells 'at 2. miler. weanling of hisyear. have already sired GSW's. PAGE 5 • THOROUGHBRED DAH^Y NEWS • 11-11-98

6th-CDX. $39,200, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:48 3/5, sy. BE VALIANT (c, 2, Lord Avie-Vallant Sweetheart {SW}, by Danzig), a ^2 to Special Moments (Home At Last), WRITERS UP MSW, $256,010, made steady improvement in each of his three lifetime starts, his last resulting in a fourth- place finish Oct. 24. Stretching out to two turns for the WHO'S HOT: Ten Undervalued Broodmare Sires for first time here, the bay pulled his way to the lead after a 1998, Part 4 By Jack Werk half and fought off a pair of challenges in upper stretch 9} RA/SE A CUP (1971) (-Spring Sun before drawing off to a clear-cut victory at odds of shine, by Nashua) 10-1. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-0, $28,640. Raise a Cup stood at Calumet Farm for 12 years 0-Russell L Reineman Stable. B-Charles Nuckols Jr & before he moved to Australia's Kingston Park Stud, but Sons (KY). T-Harvey L Vanier. not before he sired 375 U.S. foals. That has turned out to be fortuitous for American breeders because his daughters have been successful breeders. B*r«e*e»d*e*r*S So far in 1998, he is the broodmare sire of six SWs EDITION including Grade I winner I Ain't Bluffing and Gill winner Fantasy Angel. And, if you look at the pedigree of $3.9 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: million earner Devil His Due, you'll find Raise a Cup 8th-PHA, $23,800, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:06, ft. prominently displayed in the position of broodmare sire. MONUMENTO (f, 3, Lord At Law -Caribbean Sunset, by Raise a Cup won three graded stakes at two be Allen's Prospect) Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-0, $29,933. fore an injury ended his racing career. He is by Raise a 0-Woodvale Farm. B-Mr/Mrs C Cuprill (PA). T-C Cuprill. Native out of the Nashua mare Spring Sunshine, a daughter of one of Calumet's foundation mares. Real 9th-H00, $20,100, 11-9, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10 4/5, wf. Delight. With his class-laden pedigree, it is no wonder UWANA PROP (g, 6, Proper Reality-Uwana Kawana that Raise a Cup's daughters can produce. Finding them {SW}, by Hold Your Peace) Lifetime Record: 56-15- is getting progressively more difficult, but well worth 13-9, $130,767. 0-Franco Rea & Patrick Dupuy. B-Mrs the effort. Last year, three daughters of Raise a Cup James A Winn (KY). T-Pat Dupuy. were sold at auction for an average of $32,667 with a median of $25,000. MAIDEN RESULTS: + Lighting Bopers, f, 2, Cape Storm-Liltin Jill, by 10) SOVEREIGN DANCER (1975-1994) (Northern Verbatim. HOG, 11-9, (S), 6f, 1:14 3/5. B-Kirkwood Dancer—Said Princess, by Said Ruier) R (In). *1/2 to Beboppin Baby (Hatchet Man), MGSW, Our final undervalued broodmare sire for 1998 Is $512,420. *First winner for freshman sire (by Storm Cat). Sovereign Dancer, a stallion who got his start in Florida Fake It, c, 2, Din's Dancer-Improvise, by . SUF, before moving to Lane's End Farm in Kentucky. He is 11-10, 6f, 1:14 4/5. B-Ward & Geraldine Thelsen (Fl). one of those rare stallions that come along without a *$6,200 yrl '97 OBSAUG. stakes win to their credit to make it at stud. Be Valiant, c, 2, Lord Avie-Vallant Sweetheart, by Sovereign Dancer is by Northern Dancer out of the Danzig. CDX, 11-10, 1 1/16m, 1:48 3/5. B-Charles Bold Ruler mare Bold Princess, the dam of three SWs, as Nuckols, Jr & Sons (Ky). *1/2 to Special Moments well as two other stakes horses. His second dam is the (Home At Last), MSW, $256,010. immortal Grey Flight. On pedigree alone. Sovereign Dancer Slew City Knight, c, 2, Slew City Slew-Glitz Ball, by has the credentials to be an prepotent broodmare sire. Majestic Light. CDX, 11-10, (C), 6 1/2f, 1:19 4/5. He has not disappointed in this regard. His daughters B-McDowell Farm (AR). *$3,000 wnig '96 KEENOV; have already produced 14 SWs, three of them graded, $8,700 yrl '97 ARKNOV; $45,000 2yo '98 OBSAPR. and five of them are winners in 1998. Last year, 15 Sweet Bayou Blues, f, 3, Dixieland Band—Bamesian daughters of Sovereign Dancer went home from the (MSP), by Buckpasser. PHA, 11-10, a1m70yd, 1:45 sales with new owners. Those buyers paid, on average, 3/5. B-Alexander Duncan (Ky). *$85,000 yrl '96 $17,647, with a $10,000 median. Now that's about KEESEP. **1/2 to Slavic (Danzig), GSW, $468,182. undervaluedI Jack Werk is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Summer Classic, f, 3, Rubiano-Jacquard, by Foolish OwnerBreeder, a Journal dedicated to Thoroughbredbreeding Pleasure. CDX, 11-10, (C), 7f, 1:26 3/5. B-Denali and analysis. An expanded version of this article appears in Stud & S D Brilie L P (Ky). *$37,000 yrl '96 KEESEK die current issue. Equine Experience ^ for the Long Run BANtCsONE^ Call Bob Feenick or Scott McCauley in Lexington, Kentucky at (606) 231-2182 To One. PAGE 6 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 11-11-98

WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES Silverbulletday (f, 2, Silver Deputy-Rokeby Rose, by Tom Rolfe), queen of the two-year-old fillies, has a byAlan Potter pedigree which is a complete outcross, with the excep ★ SPECIAL BREEDERS' CUP EDITION ★ tion of a 6x4 cross of the sire, Roman. He appears in The Northern Dancer line was the big winner on the dam, Rokeby Rose, as broodmare sire of her sire, Breeders' Cup Day, with four of the seven winners. Tom Roife. It might be significantthat Silver Deputy's Awesome Again and Silverbulletday, one by Deputy granddam Seven Valleys combines Turn-to and Roman. Minister and one by Deputy Minister's son. Silver Dep Turn-to's broodmare sire. Admiral Drake, is by Craig-an- uty, underlined that Deputy Minister is vying with Storm Eran out of Plucky Liege. Roman is by Admiral Drake's Cat to establish the most important North American half-brother. Sir Gallahad III, out of a mare by Buchan, a branch of Northern Dancer's male line. The other two three-parts brother to Craig-an-Eran. Northern Dancer-line scorers had an antipodean connec Reraise (c, 3, Danzatore—Get Us to Paris, by Police tion. Reraise is a son of the almost forgotten 1982 Irish man {Fr}) turned in an astonishing performance in the Champion Two-Year-Old Danzatore, who returned to the Sprint. His third dam, Leven Ones, is aiso third dam of U.S. from New Zealand, and Escena is from a branch of Mr. Greeiey, who very nearly won the same event back the II line, via the Austraiian-bred Strawberry in 1998. This is another outcross pedigree, but it is Road. Mr. Prospector couldn't be kept entirely out of the interesting to note that the sire is inbred 3x3 to Native picture, and his son Gone West was responsible for mile Dancer. is a son of a Sprint Champion hero Da Hoss. The Breeders' Cup Turf was taken by the from an earlier era, . He has a cross of Buckpasser line, courtesy of Buck's Boy, a son of the Polymeiian over Pompey, and Reraise goes back to Buckpassersire Bucksplasher. Halo struck gold through Delmarie, who is bred on a reverse Pompey/Poiymelian Juvenile winner Answer Lively, a son of Lively One. cross. Awesome Again (o, 4, Deputy Minister-Primal Force, The incredibly brave Da Hoss (g, 6. Gone West-Jolly by Blushing Groom {Fr}) almost certainly earned his sire Saint (Ire), by Welsh Saint {GB}) owns a very clever the 1998 Leading Sires Championship when taking the pedigree. His dam, a graded/group stakes winner in Breeders' Cup Classic. His dam-a flying machine whose Ireland and the U.S., is inbred 3x4 to the stallion Aure career was cut short by injury-is by Blushing Groom out ole through his sons St. Paddy and Vienna. Mixed Mar of a mare by Mr. Prospector. Deputy Minister has sired riage, the third dam of Gone West, is by a grandson of only two stakes winners from more than 40 foais out of Hyperion (sire of Aureole) out of a granddaughter of the Mr. Prospector mares, so although Mr. Prospector is an mare Aloe (third dam of Aureole). The relationships are outcross for Deputy Minister, we suspect more of the reason could lie in the Blushing Groom segment of the drawn tighter by the fact that Mixed Marriage, St. pedigree. The key horse might be (sire of Paddy and Veuve Joyeuse (third dam of Da Hoss and a Blushing Groom's granddam), a horse who appears in daughter of Vienna) all have the stallion Vatout close up several good Deputy Ministers. Tudor Minstrel has an in their pedigrees. unusual buildup of the mare Queen Mary, and as we In the Distaff, Escena (m, 5, Strawberry Road have said before, we believe Deputy Minister throws {Aus} -Claxton's Slew, by Seattle Slew) underlined right back to that powerful tap-root mare. just how good a sire the now-deceased New Zealand- Answer Lively (c, 2, Lively One—Twosies Answer, by bred Strawberry Road has turned out to be. She is Two's a Plenty) is by a son of Halo out of a mare whose now probably going to be retired to stud and she will dam is by Northern Answer. This is a pattern which be a fascinating mare to work with, as her granddam. reminds us of runner-up Captain Bodgit, Nutmeg Native, is a three-parts sister to Mr. Prospec who is by a son of Halo out of a mare by a son of tor. , Northern Answer. In addition. Lively One, the sire of Wire-to-wire Turf winner Buck's Boy (g. 5, Answer Lively, is out of a mare by The Axe II, and Cap Bucksplasher-Molly's Colleen, by Verbatim) is another tain Bodgit's sire. Saint Ballado, carries Cohoes, a three- Breeders' Cup winner with a rather outcross pedigree. parts brother to The Axe ii. Answer Lively is doubled to The sire is out of a Northern Dancer mare, and Buck's Almahmoud (as was Captain Bodgit), who appears as Boy's dam carries Alibhai, a genetic relative to Northern granddam of both Halo and Northern Dancer (sire of Dancer's sire, Nearctic. Buckspiasher's dam, Victoria Northern Answer), it's not surprising to see Lively One Star, is quite closely related to Storm Bird, and it is also working with another strain of Almahmoud (daughter of notable that Buck's Boy's broodmare sire brings in Mahmoud), since his broodmare sire. The Axe II, is a Preciptic, who is missing from Victoria Star, but who is son of Mahmoud and is bred on similar lines to that mare. in Storm Bird. Taipan (IRE), 1st, Premie Roma-Gl m The latest of 34 Irish-bred Grade One winners in 1998 Irish Premier Foal and Breeding Stock Sale at Goffi on November 26-29 Forfurther information on subsidized airfares to purchase Irish horses, contact: Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, Tel: +353 1289 7302, Fax +353 1289 7297, Web site: www.itm.ie, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Email: [email protected]. Irish Thomu^bbred Marketing is a. government-funded organization.