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ISITINGOOD RETIRED lsitingood (Crusader Sword) Today, Goodwood, England: suffered a condylar fracture of his left front cannon bone during a workout Tuesday at Del Mar and has SUSSEX S.-G1, $204,851, 3yo/up, 1 mT been retired from racing, according to the Daily Racing PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. Form. The six-year-old broke Dr. Fager's 29-year-old 1 (Ire) S Bin Suroor R Hills 133 world record for a mile in February when he won the 2 (Ire) C E Brittain B Doyle 1 25 Bart S. at Santa Anita in 1 :32 and set track records in 3 Ali-Royal (Ire) H R A Cecil K Fallon 133 winning the Giii New Orleans H. at the Fair Grounds in 4 Gothenberg (Ire) M Johnston J Weaver 133 March and the Texas Mile at Lone Star Park in April. 5 Wolf Mountain (GB) R Hannon D O'Neill 125 lsitingood retires with 11 wins in 24 starts for earnings 6 (GB) D R Loder P Eddery 125 of $1,219,430. Stud plans have not been finalized. 7 M R Stoute M Kinane 1 25 8 (GB) A P O'Brein S Craine 122 BELONG TO ME JOINS LANE'S END STALLION 9 Allied Forces S Bin Suroor J Reid 1 33 ROSTER William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm has Sires of runners: Alhaarth (), Air Express purchased an interest in 1997 leading freshman sire (), Ali-Royal (Royal Academy), Gothenberg (Pol­ Belong to Me (--Belonging, by Exclusive Native). ish Patriot), Wolf Mountain (Selkirk), Starborough The eight-year-old stallion, who previously stood at (), Among Men (), Classic Park Questroyal Stud in New York, will soon relocate to the (Robellino), Allied Forces (Miswaki). Versailles, Kentucky farm where he will stand the 1998 Starborough should start the favorite after wins in breeding season. Belong to Me, winner of the Giii the G 1 at Chantilly June 1 and the G 1 Boojum H. and Giii Best Turn S. in 1992, has already St James Palace S. at Ascot June 17. Among Men is sired three stakes horses in his first crop, including on the upgrade and won the G3 Jersey S. at Ascot stakes winners Jersey Girl, who won Belmont's Astoria June 18. Classic Park won the Irish 1000 Guineas S., and Dancewiththebride, who took the Francis Labelle May 24, and then ran fourth to Rebecca Sharp in Memorial S. at Delaware Park. His 1 998 stud fee will be the G 1 Coronation S. at Ascot June 18. Alhaarth, announced at a later date. champion European juvenile of 1995, was runner-up to champion filly in the G2 Prince Of HASKELL HOPEFULS WORK Across the country, Wales S. at Ascot June 17, then won the G2 the top three-year-olds in training had their final prepara­ Budweiser American Bowl International S. at The tions yesterday morning for Sunday's GI Buick Haskell Curragh June 28. Invitational at Monmouth Park. GI Belmont S. victor () and GI Santa Anita Derby and Gii Swaps S. winner Free House (Smokester), co­ Today, Saratoga: HONORABLE MISS-Giii, $75,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f highweights in the race, worked within minutes of each other at Hollywood Park. Touch Gold drilled five fur­ The field, in order of the draw, is as follows: longs in :59 3/5 and galloped out six furlongs in 1: 12. You'renotlistening (Kennedy Road), Santos, 113; After the move, trainer David Hofmans said, J/(Jockey) Dancin Renee (Distinctive Pro), Migliore, 116; Chris (Mccarron) was very happy with the work. He Ashboro (), Day, 116; Vivace (Shot Gun said the horse did great." Free House zipped a half-mile Scott), Sellers, 113; Golden Gale (), in :47 3/5. His trainer Paco Gonzalez said, "It was a Bravo, 116; Mama Dean (Woodman), Bailey, 116. nice easy work. I asked him to work in :48, but this was good." The two colts will be joined by Lone Star Der?y winner Anet (Clever Trick) today on a plane from Cali­ STAKES CLOSINGS • TODAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30: ·I t fornia scheduled to arrive at Newark Airport at 1 :45 8-9 $75175,000 Thistledown Breeders' Cup p.m. Also having his final work for Sunday's race yes­ H.-G/11, Tdn, 3yo/up, 9f ($100} terday morning was Tale of the Cat (5torm Cat). The John Forbes-trainee went five furlongs in :59 at Monmouth Park. PAGE 2 • DAILY NEWS• 7-30-97

Today, Vichy, France: GRAND PRIX DE VICHY-G3, $62,366, 3/up, 1 1/4mT FOREIGN The field, in post position order, is as follows: • • Parfait Glace (Fr) (Pampabird {Ire}), F Spanu, 128; Turn­ Yesterday's Results: ing Wheel (Seeking the Gold), C Asmussen, KING GEORGE S.-G3, $74,074, Goodwood, England, 125; Baroud D'Honneur (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}), 7-29, 3yo/up, 5fT, 0:57:75, gd-fm. F Blonde!, 128; Zero Problemo (Ire) (Priolo), A Starke, 1--#@AVERTI (IRE), 126, h, 6, Warning {GB)--lmperial 128; Bulington (Fr) (Sicyos), 0 Peslier, 128. Jade (GB) {MGSP-Eng), by (GB). 0-D J Deer; B-D J & Mrs Deer; T-William Muir; J-K Fallon; Today, Goodwood, England: $45,362. LANSON CHAMPAGNE VINTAGE S.-G3, $57,358, 2yo, 2--Cathedral (Ire), 122, g, 3, Prince Sabo (GB)--Choire 7fT Mhor (GB), by Dominion (GB). 0-Kennet Valley The field, in post position order, is as follows: Central . $16,984. Part (Ire) (In The Wings {GB}), , 126; Lone 3--lndian Rocket (GB), 1 22, c, 3, Indian Ridge (lre)--Selvi Piper (GB) (Warning {GB}), M Roberts, 123; Baltic State (GB), by Mummy's Pet (GB). 0-Khalil Alsayegh. $8, 164. (Danzig), K Fallon, 126; Arawak Cay (Ire) (Common Margins: 11, 11, SHD. Grounds {GB}), M J Kinane, 123; Docksider (Diesis Also Ran: Proud Native (Ire), Deep Finesse (GB), Don't {GB}), M Hills, 123; Little Indian (GB) (Little Missouri), Worry Me (Ire), Crowded Avenue {GB), Rambling Bear W Ryan, 123. (GB), Eveningperformance (GB), Ya Malak (GB), Soviet State, Connemara (Ire), Croft Pool (GB), Almaty (Ire). With a dramatic finish down the stands rail, Averti EAST (Ire), who finished fourth in the G2 King's Stand S. at • • Ascot June 20, gave his trainer William Muir his first Local News, Woodbine: Group race success and jockey Kieren Fallon his 1 OOth The Ontario Jockey Club has resumed the telephone winner of the season. Early on in the race, Averti was account wagering portion of HorsePlayer Interactive. well in rear as EVENINGPERFORMANCE (GB) (Night The system was temporarily shut down in mid-June due Shift) and DEEP FINESSE (GB) (Reprimand) set a blister­ to technical difficulties, but it is back in operation after ing pace down the Goodwood hill. That pair were still at an extensive review, fine-tuning and testing by Autotote the head of affairs at the eighth pole before Cathedral Inc., which developed the program. (Ire) came through to take the lead, only to have Averti storm through for his second win in six starts this cam­ Local News, Colonial Downs: paign and his 5th from 25 lifetime starts. Muir said, The stall application deadline for the inaugural 1 997 "We have had a few disappointments with him. I always Thoroughbred meet at Colonial Downs is August 1 . thought he was a Group horse, but he's had all sorts of problems and has also been unlucky in some of his races." Yesterday's Result: 5th-PHA, $19,600, Msw, 2yo, 5 1 /2f, 1 :05 1 /5, ft. WESTMINSTER TAXI INSURANCE GORDON S.-G3, +CARRIED AWAY (c, 2, Well Decorated--Carrie the $61,373, Goodwood, England, 7-29, 3yo, 1 1 /2mT, Flag {SW, $117,724}, by U.S. Flag), sent off at 3-1 2:33:98, gd/fm. odds here in his career debut, vied for the lead early, 1--#@STOWAWAY (GB), 122, c, 3, Slip Anchor (GB)-­ took command after 3/8-mile and was all out to hold off On Credit (Fr) (MGSP-Fr, $121,542), by No Pass No even-money choice PAL JOEY (Gilded Time) to win by a Sale (Fr). ($39,000 yrl '95 TAHOU). 0-; half-length. Pal Joey finished 19 lengths in front of the B-Hesmonds Stud Ltd; T-; J-K third-place finisher CRUSADER SUN (Crusader Sword). Darley: $37 ,019. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $12,600. 2--Poseidon (GB), 1 22, c, 3, Polar Falcon--Nastassia 0/B-Dr. Stephen E. Morrone (PA). T-Todd M. Beattie. (Fr), by Noble Decree. 0-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra. $13,686. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will 3--lvan Luis (Fr), 122, c, 3, Lycius--Zivania (Ire), by indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de­ Shernazar (Ire). 0-Luciano Gucci. $6,557. note winners who are first-time starters, an (5) will be Margins: 3, % , 1 % . used for state-bred races, a (C} will be used for maiden­ Also ran: King Sound, Palio Sky, Silence Reigns, Winter claiming races, and an (R) will be used for other re­ Garden (GB), Falak, Solo Mio (Ire), Blue River (Ire). stricted races. Westminster Taxi Insurance Gordon S. results cont. p. 3 Australia's BORN IN THE USA ARROWFIELD STUD BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE WINNERS John Messara BROCCO AND UNBRIDLED'S SONG Phone: (61-2) 9223 8277 Fax: (61-2) 9223 5795 HEADING DOWN UNDER IN 1997 E-MAIL: [email protected] PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-30-97

Westminster Taxi Insurance Gordon S. results cont. Stowaway (GB) was an impressive winner here and is +So. CALIFORNIA+ now a possible for the final Classic of the season, the Local News, California: Doncaster St. Leger on September 13. Having only his The California Board suspended the third lifetime start and second this season, Stowaway license of jockey Richard Pfau Tuesday after he pied was always travelling well behind the early leaders, took guilty in federal court Monday to one count of sports command at the three-eighths pole and was soon clear, bribery. The case involves the fifth race at Los Alamitos being eased in the closing stages. Godolphin's racing on September 28, 1995. manager Simon Crisford said: "Stowaway has always had plenty of talent and his superior class came through today. The secret is to get him to settle, as he is a B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S free-running horse and is always hard on himself. /1 Jockey John Reid was given a five-day suspension EDITION (August 7-11) after the stewards found him guilty of "irresponsible riding" for allowing his mount SILENCE ALLOWANCE RESULTS: REIGNS (GB) (Saddler's Hall {Ire}) to cause interference 9th-ELP, $33,755, 3yo/up, 1 mT, 1 :32 3/5, fm. at the quarter-mile pole. Silence Reigns finished fourth GILDER (h, 6, Smile--Rythmical {SW}, by ) but was demoted to sixth. Lifetime Record: SP, 15-6-4-0, $157,290. 0-W Pitfield. B-F. A. Genter Stable, Inc. (KY). T-Philip M Hauswald. AMERICAN-BRED WINNERS IN ENGLAND: * % to Capote Belle (Capote), GISW, $498,535. Gain Line, c, 4, --Safe Play (GISW, $393,085), by 5th-DEL, $31,000, Opt. Clm. ($40,000), 3yo/up, Sham. Yarmouth, 7-28, Anglian Water H., 3yo/up, 1 1 /16m, 1 :44 3/5, ft. 7fT, $6,078 to winner. 0-Legend Racing Club; WHOMSOEVER PROUD (g, 7, Proud Truth-­ B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Bob Jones. * % to Defensive Whatonamer, by Verbatim) Lifetime Record: MSW, 36- Play (Fappiano), MGISW, $1,695,557. 10-4-6, $314,448. 0-Bruno Schickedanz. B-Darby Dan Media Star, c, 4, Lear Fan--Media Luna (GB) (MGSW­ Farm & Paul Tackett (Ky). T-Allen lwinski. * % to Eng), by Star Appeal (Ire). Goodwood, 7-29, Brukabookie (Mari's Book), GSP, $341, 154. Grosvenor Casinos Cup H., 3yo/up, 6fT, $58,710 to winner. 0-K Abdullah, B-Juddmonte Farms, T-John 7th-DEL, $31,000, Opt. Clm. ($50,000), 3yo/up, f/m, Gosden. * % to Rougeur (Blushing Groom {Fr}), SW, 1 1 /1 6m, 1 :46, ft. $246,311; Eva Luna (), GSW-Eng, $101,748. TURNKIN (m, 8, Charming Turn--Dalkin, by Kinsman Admirals Secret, g, 8, Secreto--Noble Mistress, by Hope) Lifetime Record: 87-20-13-11, $316,451. 0-The Vaguely Noble (Ire). Windsor, 7-28, Cantor Fitzgerald Flying Torch Stable. B-Labenski Fred J. (Fl). T-A lwinski. Gilt Edged S., 3yo/up, 1 m3f 135ydsT, $4,831 to 9th-SRX, $27,296, 7-28, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:101/5, ft. winner. 0-Mrs C Wall; B-Haras Santa Maria de Araras INSIDE STRAIGHT (c, 4, Lomond--Queens and Aces & Peter M Brant; T-C F Wall. * $31,000 yrl '90 FTKSEP. {SW}, by Fappianol Lifetime Record: 11-3-4-1, $68,275. 0-0nce Stable. B-Loblolly Stable (KY). MIDWEST T-Howard Belvoir . • • 8th-ELP, $26,595, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1 /2fT, 1 :03, fm. Yesterday's Result: PLEDGED (f, 4, Wavering Monarch--ltchy Lady, by 4th-DET, $11,000, Msw, 2yo, 5f, 1 :00 1 /5, ft. Tasso) Lifetime Record: MSP, 22-5-4-2, $193,034. +STOP THE CROP (c, 2, Star of the Crop--Stop the 0-Hutt & Quackenbush & Schaffrick. B-Glencrest Farm Rest, by Stop the Music), a bargain $1 ,400 yearling & Jay Querbes, Ill (KY). T-Danny Hutt. purchase at the 1 996 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Sale, became the first winner for his freshman sire here. 7th-PRM, $20, 174, 7-28, (S), 3yo/up, 1 m, 1 :38 1 /5, ft. Sent off at 5-1 odds, the first-time starter settled behind J.D. 'S LIGHTNING (g, 3, Bowmans Express--Pro for the Moment, by For the Moment) Lifetime Record: 11-3-2-1, the pacesetters early, caught the leaders in midstretch and held on to win by a head over even-money favorite $35,321. O/T-Donna Boyles. B-Ronald P. Smith (IA). GROOVIN 'N' MOVIN (Groovy). Lifetime Record: 9th-PHA, $18,990, 3yo/up, 7f, 1 :24 1 /5, ft. 1-1-0-0, $6,600. RING OF MORDOR (c, 4, Rajab--Sequential Lady {SW}, 0-Diamond J Ranch. B-Florida Bloodstock Inc (FL). by Royal Consort) Lifetime Record: 31-1 0-5-5, T-Laura Jackson. $114,535. O/T-Richard Vega. B-William Rickman (FL). With 9 winners from 15 starters- 60%, the LEADING sire ranked by percentage of winners to runners in England and Ireland in 1997 is Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Walden, Jr. Weisenberger Mill Pike Midway, Kentucky 40347 RED RANSOM (606) 846-5214 •Fax 846-4671 Statistics by Promotions Ltd to July 20 Vine1y stallions are Breeders' Cup nominated P.AGE 4 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 7-30-97

WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES PEDIGREE SHORTS On Saturday, Fabulously Fast (f, 3, Deputy Minister-­ by Alan Porter Fabulous Notion, by Somethingfabulous) lived up to her name with a storming five lengths victory in the GI Test HIDDEN LAKE (f, 4, Quiet American--Friendly S. Deputy Minister is enjoying a remarkable run of suc­ Circle, by Round Table) With three graded stakes cess right now and Fabulously Fast joins Touch Gold, victories in her last three starts, Hidden Lake has Victory Speech, (G1 C) and Always a emerged as a strong contender for honors as champion Classic as one of his five individual 1 997 Grade I win­ older . Whether or not she ends the year regarded ners. She is, however, unique in one respect, as to the as the best older mare around, her remarkable fighting best of our knowledge she is the first of the more than performance in the GI H. indicated that 50 stakes winners which have represented her sire to she might well deserve a title as the gamest. be out of a -line mare (although inbreed­ Hidden Lake is one of three stakes-winning fillies to ing to Northern Dancer via Deputy Minister and a daugh­ emerge from the first crop by NYRA Mile hero Quiet ter appears in graded scorers Touch Gold, Daijin, Visible American. This son of Fappiano is a remarkably inbred Gold and Run Softly). Before concluding that this marks horse, the superlative Dr. Fager appearing 3x2 in his a significant departure, we should consider the source pedigree--via the three-parts sister Killaloe (dam of of the second Northern Dancer strain. This is Fappiano) and Demure (Quiet American's own dam)-­ Somethingfabulous, a Northern Dancer half-brother to this pair both being out of daughters of the mare Secretariat and Sir Gaylord. There is a possibility that Cequillo. The close inbreeding is backed up by a clever Deputy Minister has something of an affinity for twist as, while Dr. Fager has Bull Dog 3x4 in his own Somethingroyal as his champion and stakes pedigree, Quiet American's sixth dam is Marguerite de winner Edgy Diplomat are out of Secretariat and Valois, a sister to Bull Dog. stakes winners War Deputy, Deputy Commander and Friendly Circle, the dam of Hidden Lake, provides an Deputy Bodman are out of mares carrying Sir Gaylord. ideal foil for Quiet American. Unlike that horse, she is An outstanding performer on the racecourse, Nashwan hasn't yet made quite as much impact as a a complete outcross at six generations (which means sire, but the victory of his son Swain (Ire) (h, 5, that at that distance there are no ancestors common Nashwan--Love Smitten, by Key to the Mint) in the G 1 to both sire and dam). However, her broodmare sire King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. Saturday Reneged is inbred 3x3 to Ill, a brother to underlines that it is too early to write him off. Nashwan Bull Dog and Marguerite de Valois, and Reneged's sire only had one stakes winner in his first crop, but that Revoked combines a son of Black Servant with a was champion Wandesta, and five-year-old Swain is one daughter of Sir Gallahad Ill, while Dr. Fager's dam of six stakes winners to emerge from Nashwan's sec­ combines a daughter of Black Servant with a son of ond crop. Swain has commonalities with Grade I winner Bull Dog. You'd Be Surprised (by Nashwan's sire Blushing Groom Friendly Circle doesn't just compliment the Dr. out of a mare by Key to the Mint). Tucked away further Fager inbreeding in Quiet American's pedigree. She is back in his pedigree he also has Tom Fool, a horse who by Round Table, a son of , and of course frequently appears with Blushing Groom, the reason Quiet American has Princequillo' s daughter Cequillo being that both Tom Fool and Spring Run (dam of Blush­ 4x3 in his pedigree. The Princequillo strain is pretty ing Groom's sire Red God) are by Menow out of Bull common in U.S. pedigrees, so we should be careful Dog mares. how we interpret this, but it is worth noting that all We recently wrote about the success enjoyed by three of Quiet American's stakes-winning daughters Danzig and his sons with mares carrying Alibhai. The have a son strain of Princequillo, two in the male line. latest addition to the list is Greenlander (GB) (f, 2, Green We must admit that we wouldn't have thought of Desert--Pripet, by Alleged), who won the G2 Prix Robert Papin in France Saturday. His dam has Alibhai 5x4 in Dr. Fager, Round Table and Revoked as travelling her pedigree. The most probable reason for the success companions, but the combination appears in at least a of this formula is the close relationship between Alibhai couple of other graded stakes winners. Dr. Fager's and the distaff side of the pedigrees of two horses in son Practitioner was out of a mare by Round Table Danzig's pedigree, and Petition. In all three with a second dam a mare bred on the same Round cases, , and Gallinule are closely Table/Reneged cross as the dam of Hidden Lake. combined. There was another variation on this theme last week in the shape of Gil Schuylerville S. heroine BARREN MARES/FILLIES OUT OF TRAINING WANTED TO BREED TO SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TIME Must be 9-year-olds or younger, half-sisters to stakes-winners and reasonably correct

Countess Diana (f, 2, Deerhound--T.V. Countess, by France, following the Prix de I' Arc de Triomphe victory T.V. Commercial). She is by a son of Danzig and has of his son . The latest member of the Thong Northern Dancer (by Nearctic) 3x4. Alibhai appears here family to join the stallion ranks is Sheikh Mohammed's as the broodmare sire of her broodmare sire, T. V. Com­ Chequer (h, 5, Mr. Prospector--Number, by II), mercial. Oddly enough, T.V. Commercial's grandsire who will enter stud at Vinery in Midway, Kentucky in Indian Hemp is a very close genetic relative to Nearctic 1998. Winner of the Giii William P. Kyne H., Chequer is and like Northern Dancer, T. V. Commercial has a sec­ a full brother to another young Kentucky sire, Numer­ ond dam by . Countess Diana's dam has also ous, and also to the G 1 Grand Criterium winner Jade produced multiple stakes winner Count On Numbers, by Robbery, who retired to stand in Japan and currently Polish Numbers (a son of Danzig), and other Northern ranks sixth on the Japanese leading sires list for 1997. Dancer/T.V. Commercial crosses include Grade I win­ Chequer's dam, the MGSW Number, is out of Thong. As ners Videogenic and Polaris Flight. a granddaughter of Northern Dancer, Number is a three­ is enjoying his best season to date, parts sister to and very closely related to and his success continued with the victory of Sadler's Wells and . (c, 3, Cryptoclearance--Cuddle Up Closer, MAIDEN WINNERS: by ) in Sunday's GIC Prince of Wales S., the Cantankerously, f, 2, Exuberant--Canadian Don, by second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Cryptoclearance is a son of Fappiano, and this pedigree What's Dat. DEL, 7-29, 6f, 1: 13 4/5. 8-Rickman William M (Fl). represents something of a proven cross as Fappiano + Fiesty Peggy, f, 2, Fit to Fight--Gallant Peggy (MSW, himself sired at least three stakes winners out of Vice $175, 729), by Gallant Lt. RDX, 7-29, (S), 5 1 /2f, Regent mares, including Canadian GI winner Comet 1 :08 3/5. B-Ryan William R (Oh). Shine and Gil winner Surging. Cryptocloser's dam Cud­ Houston Bluelass, f, 2, Houston--Worldly Nell (SP), by dle Up Closer never won a race herself, but is a sister to World Appeal. ELP, 7-29, (C), 5 1 /2fT, 1 :04 1 /5. the talented Canadian two-year-old Regal Stafford. She B-Delaney Farm (Ky). * $33,000 yrl '96 OBSAUG. has a very unusual pedigree, as she has Vice Regent's + Tristor Factor, g, 2, Native Factor--Tristor Beauty, by grandsire Nearctic 2x3 and Vice Regent's granddam Springhill (Ire). DET, 7-29, (S), 5f, 1 :00 1 /5. B-James Victoriana 3x4. & Marsha Arnold (Mi). The Tyro S. is often a useful pointer to later juvenile +Stop the Crop, c, 2, Star of the Crop--Stop the Rest, sprint tests, and this year's running on Sunday was by Stop the Music. DET, 7-29, 5f, 1 :00 1 /5. B-Florida taken by Unreal Madness (c, 2, Unreal Zeal--Marilyn's Bloodstock, Inc (Fl). *$1,400 yrl '96 FTKOCT. **1st Madness, by Shananie), who is now unbeaten in two winner for freshman sire, by Relaunch. starts. Unreal Madness is a Florida-bred and owns the +Carried Away, c, 2, Well Decorated--Carrie the Flag great Florida cross, a double of Rough 'n Tumble (SW, $117, 724), by U.S. Flag. PHA, 7-29, 5 1 /2f, through his best son, Dr. Fager (broodmare sire of Un­ 1 :05 1 /5. B-Dr. Stephen E. Morrone (Pa). real Zeal) and his best daughter, My Dear Girl (dam of Mystifier, f, 3, Believe lt--Frivolous Fan, by Lear Fan. Shananie's sire In Reality). For good measure, Unreal RDX, 7-29, (S), 6f, 1:13 3/5. B-Judy Klosterman (Oh). Madness is also 4x4 to Cohoes. Mr. Barrymore, c, 4, Rare Performer--Disco Jan, by The growing legion of stakes winners with multiple Torsion. ELP, 7-29, (C), 1m, 1 :40. B-Jebb Stable & relatives from the La Troienne family gained at least two Wafare Farm (Ky). more members over the weekend with the victories of Runup the Colors (f, 3, A.P. lndy--Up the Flagpole, by Hoist the Flag) in Sunday's Delaware Oaks and Lasting 1997 THOROUGHBRED RACING LEADERS Approval (c, 3, With Approval--La Gueriere, by Lord at (through July 27, 1997) War) in Saturday's Cumberland S. Runup the Colors has © 1997/Equibase Company (Subject to audit) the sisters Glamour and So Chic 5x4, with their dam Jockeys Mounts/Wins Purses Striking and Striking's sister Busher appearing 6x6x5. *Jerry Bailey 718/174 $10,005, 198 Runup the Colors' half brother Top Account had Glam­ ** 558/119 $8,575,761 our and So Chic 4x4 with Striking and a three-parts Shane Sellers 903/184 $8,066,834 sister Busanda 4x5x5. In the case of Lasting Approval, Alex Solis 852/160 $7,389, 164 she has Busanda and her three-parts sister Searching Pat Day 746/160 $7,321,291 4x4. *Corey Nakatani 513/102 $6,359,606 When it comes to sire power, there seems to be no Mike Smith 743/131 $6, 126,993 stopping the Thong family at the moment. Sadler's *Includes Dubai statistics. Wells (a great-grandson of Thong) has been represented **Includes England and Italy statistics. by 22 stakes winners in 1 997, including classic scorers Ebadiyla and . Nureyev (a grandson of ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or

Thong) has sired 1 997 classic winners 1 mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright and Reams of Verse, and Geiger Counter (a son of owner, MediaVista. Information as to the races, race results Thong) was recently represented by the Australasian and earnings was obtained from results charts published in Oaks winner Minegold. Of course, last year, Sadler's Daily Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission Wells' younger brother Fairy King was champion sire in of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form.