Carson City) Through Fast Fractions Before the Challenge of Fellow Prix De La Foret Winner Dedica- Pulling Away in the Final Furlong
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BLUE GRASS HOPEFULS BREEZE HEADLINE ...p4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2004 RISING STAR AT SANTA ANITA ON THE WARPATH A headliner while racing in France, Etoile Montante Bwana Charlie (Indian Charlie) took six starts to break (Miswaki) proved she could handle tough company on his maiden, but he hasn’t looked back since notching this side of the Atlantic as well with a game half-length that elusive first win. The bay made it three in a row victory in the GIII Las Cienagas H. at Santa Anita yes- with a handy 3 1/4-length score in the GIII Lafayette S. terday afternoon. First in five of yesterday at Keeneland. “He was her nine starts in France, the pretty immature as a two-year- four-year-old filly was second to old and he took a while to come the sublime Six Perfections (Fr) in around physically,” Scott Blasi, the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac at assistant to trainer Steve two and took the G1 Prix de la Asmussen, said. “We gave him Foret in her continental swan plenty of time between his two- song last October, but finished a and three-year-old years and he’s Etoile Montante Benoit Photo Bwana Charlie Bill Strauss troubled 11th in her U.S. debut, just come back brilliantly.” On the Nov. 30 GI Matriarch S. She was freshened after the board in all five starts as a juvenile, Bwana Charlie that experience and had been working smartly for her broke through with a half-length tally at Fair Grounds return. Sent off the 6-5 chalk to get back to her win- Feb. 8, then added an 11-length allowance score Mar. ning ways, the chestnut pressed a swift pace, took 6. Making his stakes debut in the Lafayette, he dueled over from the inside at the eighth pole and fought off Quick Action (Carson City) through fast fractions before the challenge of fellow Prix de la Foret winner Dedica- pulling away in the final furlong. Favored Tales of Glory tion (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}). “She had a perfect trip,” (Honour and Glory) rushed up to take the lead for the said trainer Bobby Frankel, winning this race for the opening quarter, dropped back three furlongs out and third straight year. He added that the next stop would raced evenly down the lane to get third. Click for the be the May 1 GIII Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill. Click for brisnet.com chart or the RaceReplays.com video. the brisnet.com chart or the RaceReplays.com video. Sunday, Keeneland Sunday, Santa Anita LAFAYETTE S.-GIII, $109,500, KEE, 4-4, 3yo, 7f, LAS CIENEGAS H.-GIII, $112,800, SAX, 4-4, 4yo/up, 1:24 3/5, ft. f/m, 6 1/2fT, 1:13 1/5, fm. 1--@#BWANA CHARLIE, 117, c, 3, by Indian Charlie 1--ETOILE MONTANTE, 121, f, 4, by Miswaki 1st Dam: Shahalo, by Halo 1st Dam: Willstar, by Nureyev 2nd Dam: White Mischief (GB), by Dance in Time 2nd Dam: Nijinsky Star, by Nijinsky II 3rd Dam: Nyeri, by Saint Crespin III 3rd Dam: Chris Evert, by Swoon's Son ($14,000 yrl '02 KEESEP; $240,000 2yo 2003 O/B-Juddmonte Farms (KY); T-R Frankel; J-J Santiago; TEXMAR). O-Heiligbrodt Racing Stable; B-E & D $67,680. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, 11-6-2-1, $386,490. Enterprises (KY); T-S M Asmussen; J-S J Sellers; 2--Dedication (Fr), 118, m, 5, Highest Honor (Fr)-- $67,890. Lifetime Record: 8-3-2-3, $134,350. Dissertation (Fr), by Sillery. O-Ghislaine Head; B-Alec 2--Quick Action, 116, c, 3, Carson City--Indian Sunset, & Ghislaine Head (FR); $22,560. by Storm Bird. O/B-Overbrook Farm (KY); $21,900. 3--Any for Love (Arg), 115, m, 6, Southern Halo-- 3--Tales of Glory, 116, c, 3, Honour and Glory-- Aludra (Arg), by Manguin. O-Diamond A Racing & Dixieland Gal, by Dixieland Band. ($70,000 yrl '02 North Wales LLC; B-Orilla Del Monte (ARG); $13,536. KEESEP; $320,000 2yo 2003 KEEAPR). O-Smith & Margins: HF, 3/4, HF. Odds: 1.20, 2.70, 12.10. Tabor; B-Andover Stable, LLC (KY); $10,950. Also Ran: Polygreen (Fr), Notting Hill (Brz), How Funny Margins: 3 1/4, 7, 3. Odds: 2.30, 4.40, 2.10. (Aus), Little Treasure (Fr), Fudge Fatale, Petite Histoire Also Ran: Call Me Shane, Perpetual Peace, Wulpe. (Ire). Scratched: Stormica. Scratched: Risky Trick. A Kentucky Derby Contender for CARSON CITY (859) 273-1514 Mr. Prospector S Blushing Promise, by Blushing Groom Fax (859) 273-0034 2004 Fee: $35,000 Live Foal www.overbrookfarm.com POLLARD’S VISION wins the $500,000 Illinois Derby-G2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/5/04 • PAGE 2 of 4 Sunday, Longchamp, France Sunday, Hanshin, Japan PRIX D’HARCOURT-G2, i105,000, Longchamp, 4-4, SANKEI OSAKA HAI-G2-JRA, ¥122,000,000, Hanshin, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:02.60, gd/sf. 4-4, 4yo/up, 2000mT, 1:59.60, fm. 1--VANGELIS, 123, h, 5, by Highest Honor (Fr) 1--NEO UNIVERSE (JPN), 130, c, 4, by Sunday Silence 1st Dam: Capades Dancer (SP-US), by Gate Dancer 1st Dam: Pointed Path (GB), by Kris (GB) 2nd Dam: Medal of Valor, by Damascus 2nd Dam: Silken Way (Fr), by Shantung (Fr) 3rd Dam: La Fuerza, by Never Say Die 3rd Dam: Boulevard (Ire), by Pall Mall (GB) O-Hubert Guy; B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., O-Shadai Race H.; B-Shadai Farm; T-T Setoguchi; J-M Michael & Joe Hernon & Michael Andree; T-Alain de Demuro. Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo Colt-Jpn, Royer-Dupre; J-Christophe Soumillon; i59,850. 12-7-0-3, ¥615,664,000. *1/2 to Fairy Path (Irish Lifetime Record: 12 starts, 4 wins, 3 places, River {Fr}), GSW-Fr; and full to Chokai Ryoga (Jpn), i126,975. *Full to Marichal (Fr), MSW-Fr, SP-Jpn, $1,153,853. $141,452. 2--Magnaten, 125, g, 8, Danzig--Magic Night (Fr), by Le 2--Execute (Fr), 123, h, 7, Suave Dancer--She’s My Nain Jaune (Fr). O-T Komai; B-H Yokoyama. Lovely (GB), by Sharpo (GB). O-Ecurie Chalhoub; 3--Camphor Best (Jpn), 125, h, 5, Amber Shadai (Jpn)-- B-Ecurie Kura; i23,100. Katarina Rabbit (Jpn), by Shinzan (Jpn). O-K 3--Short Pause (GB), 123, h, 5, Sadler’s Wells--Interval Okumura; B-Kataoka Bokujo. (Ire), by Habitat. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Margins: HD, 1, 3/4. Odds: 1.80, 33.50, 10.80. Farms; i11,025. Named the champion three-year-old colt in Japan last Margins: 3/4, 1HF, HF. Odds: 9.30, 12.40, 9.30. year after taking the Japanese 2000 Guineas and Japa- Also ran: Nysaean (Ire), Policy Maker (Ire), Samando nese Derby, Neo Universe had not visited the winner’s (Fr), Coroner (Ire), Weightless (GB). circle since his Derby score back on June 1. The bay Scratched: Whortleberry (Fr). missed out on a sweep of the Triple Crown when he Christophe Soumillon has begun 2004 where he left finished third, beaten a length, in the Oct. 26 Japanese off in 2003, delivering Vangelis to maintain his record St. Leger, and had not been out since running fourth in in French group races this season at a healthy 100 the Nov. 30 G1 Japan Cup. Favored despite the layoff, percent. Buoyed by his successes in the G3 Prix Exbury the champion made his return a winning one, fighting and G3 Prix Edmond Blanc, the Belgian maestro settled off the veteran Magnaten to take the photo. the grey in mid-division off the honest early tempo set Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland by Weightless (GB) (In the Wings {GB}). Asked for his CASTLEMARTIN/LA LOUVIERE STUDS GLADNESS S.- effort inside the final quarter, Vangelis opened up to G3, i67,200, The Curragh, 4-4, 4/up, 7fT, 1:28.50, sf. grab the lead at the eighth pole before turning down 1--@MONSIEUR BOND (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Danehill Dancer (Ire) the game rally of Execute and Thierry Jarnet. With his 1st Dam: Musical Essence (GB), by Song (GB) four-year-old campaign highlighted by a defeat of 2nd Dam: Effervescence (GB), by Charlottesville (Ire) Labirinto in the G3 Grand Prix de Vichy in July, 3rd Dam: Vareta (Fr), by Vilmorin (GB) Vangelis hinted that big prizes in the States were within (10,000gns wnlg ‘00 TATDEC; 36,000gns yrl ‘01 his grasp when running a troubled seventh in the GI DONSEP). O-R C Bond; B-T Burns; T-B Smart; J-F Arlington Million in August. He may go for the Million Lynch; i45,500. Lifetime Record: 17-5-4-2, i215,744. again this summer, according to his owner Hubert Guy. 2--Steenberg (Ire), 126, g, 5, Flying Spur (Aus)--Kip’s “[TrainerAlain de Royer-Dupre] and Soumillon have Sister (GB), by Cawston’s Clown (GB). (12,500gns done great jobs with this horse,” commented the blood- yrl ‘00 TATOCT). O-K Macpherson; B-B Ryan; i13,300. stock agent, famed for purchasing eventual GI Breed- 3--Rockets ‘N Rollers (Ire), 126, c, 4, Victory Note-- ers’ Cup Mile hero Silic (Fr). “He could maybe go for Holly Bird (GB), by Runnett (GB). (Ir£16,500 yrl ‘01 the G1 Prix Ganay back here [May 2], but will probably GOFOCT). O-M Mulholland; B-S W D McIlveen; i6,300. go back to the Arlington Million, in which he was un- Margins: 7, 3/4, SHD.