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FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PRIX JACQUES LE MAROIS ‘SPURIOUS’ SURVIVES FURIOUS PACE Klaravich Stables and William H MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI PRIX JACQUES LE MAROIS ‘SPURIOUS’ SURVIVES FURIOUS PACE Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence=s Spurious Precision (High Cotton) shook off all challengers after posting eye-popping splits of :21.35 and :44.02 to annex yesterday=s GII Saratoga Special S. in impressive fashion. Longshot He=s So Fine (Purge) was five lengths back in second, while In Harms= Way (Hook and Spurious Precision EXCELEBRATE GOOD TIMES! Ladder) rounded out the NYRA/Coglianese Photo Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor=s trifecta. AHe=s the real deal,@ Excelebration (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) had been trainer Rick Violette Jr. said of the winner. AHe put beaten so many times by Frankel [rider] Alan [Garcia] in an impossible spot--he beat the (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) that he was latch. He broke so good, it=s not like you can take back beginning to look ordinary, but he at that point. There was serious pressure every jump of proved in yesterday=s G1 Prix du the way. Just watching horses come at him--and they Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard did--he had a lot left.@ Cont. p6 Jacques le Marois at Deauville that he=s far from that as he enjoyed a KA-WOW KATIE rare day in the sun away from his Stonestreet Stables=s heavily touted J “TDN Rising other-wordly nemesis. Partnered by Star” J Kauai Katie (Malibu Moon) proved her Christophe Soumillon after Ryan 12-length Opening Day romp was no fluke in Moore=s fall earlier on the card, the yesterday=s GII Adirondack S. at The Spa. Backed down 11-5 favorite was sent past the to 2-5, the bay zipped right to the front and, despite long-time leader Elusive Kate requiring more encouragement than some might have (Elusive Quality) and Cityscape expected from Rosie Napravnik in the lane, reported (GB) (Selkirk) passing the furlong home 2 3/4 lengths clear of Calder invader Salamera pole en route to a 1 1/4-length (Successful Appeal). Fully Living (Unbridled=s Song) was success from the latter. AThis horse third. Cont. p7 deserves to win another Group 1, Excelebration as he=s been chasing Frankel on so ScoopDyga many occasions and is a good horse in his own right,@ commented Tom Goff, representing Coolmore. The race is a Breeders= Cup AWin And You=re In@ event for the GI Breeeders= Cup Mile, and Excelebration is thus guaranteed a berth in the starting gate at Santa Anita in November if his connections choose that route. Cont. p3 ANOTHER PHOENIX FOR O’BRIEN While expected headliner Cristoforo Colombo (Henrythenavigator) went down after clipping heels in The Curragh=s G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. Sunday, stablemate Pedro the Great (Henrythenavigator) picked up the flag and ran with it to score a 2 3/4-length success from Leitir Mor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) for the Coolmore contingent. It was the first stakes win for Pedro the Great=s freshman sire (by Kingmambo), and a record 12th Phoenix title for Aidan O=Brien. The fallen favorite reportedly escaped with only minor injuries. Cont. p4 In This Issue JOCKEY CLUB ROUNDTABLE COVERAGE 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 The Jockey Club’s 60th-annual Round Table (732) 747-8060 Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing took place (732) 747-8955 (fax) in Saratoga Sunday. Mike Kane recaps the www.thoroughbreddailynews.com presentations, including U.S. Anti-Doping Agency www.thetdn.com CEO Travis Tygart’s keynote address. “A Barry Weisbord, co-publisher win-at-all-costs culture has taken over the system, and if [email protected] you stay stagnant, the cheaters will get ahead,” said Sue Finley, co-publisher Tygart, who argued that horse racing should model its initiatives after Olympic reforms. [email protected] Tygart The Jockey Club Coverage begins page 13 Editorial [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Tapit Colt Tops Strong Fasig Finale Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor With the backdrop of purses infused with slots revenues in the Empire Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor State creating a competitive bidding environment, figures were up across the Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. board as the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale concluded its Justina Severni, Assistant Editor two-day run in Saratoga last night. A Tapit colt brought a sale-topping bid of $330,000 from Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm. Advertising [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Coverage begins page 1-ATW Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Customer Service Awesome Maria Retired [email protected] E Paul Robsham Stable’s seven-time graded stakes winner Awesome Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Maria (Maria’s Mon) has been retired due to a tendon injury. “She was a terrific filly for us, a top-level performer at two, three, and four. We were Information Technology very fortunate to have had the opportunity to train her. We'll miss her. She's Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] a lovely mare from Mrs. Robsham's foundation broodmare. I would expect Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming her to be as good of a broodmare as she was on the racetrack,” said trainer [email protected] Todd Pletcher. Coverage begins page 12 Marketing Gary King, Marketing Manager [email protected] The Showdown Must Go On TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing Sherack and DiDonato are back at it again, and both are going longshot [email protected] Sean Cronin hunting with 15-1 morning line picks. See who they’re swinging for the Tom Frary fences with below. Coverage begins page 1-ATW P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/5/12 • PAGE 3 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Excelebration=s sole top-level success prior to Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le Marois yesterday had also come in France, when taking a brief respite from the repeated Frankel-bashings he was receiving on home soil to garner the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in September. Switched to Ballydoyle at the Sunday, Deauville, France end of his 3-year-old campaign with Marco Botti, he PRIX DU HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD - returned to win the G3 Gladness S. over seven furlongs JACQUES LE MAROIS-G1, i600,000, Deauville, 8-12, on soft ground at The Curragh Apr. 22 and was 3yo/up, c/f, 1mT, 1:34.60, gd. prepared for another tilt at the monster of Warren Place 1--EXCELEBRATION (IRE), 130, c, 4, by Exceed and Excel (Aus) in Newbury=s G1 Lockinge S. Five lengths second in 1st Dam: Sun Shower (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire) that May 19 contest, that margin became 11 in the 2nd Dam: Miss Kemble (GB), by Warning (GB) G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot a month later, but 3rd Dam: Sarah Siddons (Fr), by Le Levanstell (Ire) with Frankel taking a step up to a mile and a quarter (i15,000 wnlg >08 GOFNOV; ,20,000 yrl >09 now, the path is clear for the admirably consistent DONAUG). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Excelebration to reap the benefits. With Ryan Moore Michael Tabor; B-Owenstown Stud; T-Aidan O=Brien; stood down by the racecourse doctors after taking a J-Christophe Soumillon; i342,840. Lifetime Record: fall from Havana Gold (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the Listed Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 7-9.5f, GSW & MG1SP-Eng, GSW- Francois Boutin, it was left to Soumillon to do the Ger & Ire, 13-7-4-1, i1,233,046. Werk Nick Rating: steering, and he was beginning to work as Frankie A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Dettori pushed Elusive Kate=s buttons approaching the Winning purchase by Blandford Bloodstock Ltd. final quarter mile. That filly had all rivals on the stretch 2--Cityscape (GB), 130, h, 6, Selkirk--Tantina, by with the acceleration that had won her the G1 Prix Distant View. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Rothschild here two weeks ago, but the prominently Farms; T-Roger Charlton; i137,160. ridden Excelebration and Cityscape managed to usurp 3--Elusive Kate, 120, f, 3, Elusive Quality--Gout de her with a furlong to race, and it was the former=s extra Terroir, by Lemon Drop Kid. ($70,000 yrl >10 measure of speed that told from there. Cont. p4 KEESEP). O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Clovelly Farms; T-John Gosden; i68,580. We won and we’re in! Purchased by Colombo Bloodstock Agency Excelebration=s connections earn: Margins: 1 1/4, NK, HD. Odds: 2.20, 25.00, 5.80. *Automatic berth into the BC Also Ran: Moonlight Cloud (GB), Caspar Netscher (GB), Mile Tin Horse (Ire), Golden Lilac (Ire), Immortal Verse (Ire), *$60,000 in pre-entry/entry fees Indomito (Ger), Fallen For You (GB), Most Improved *$20,000 travel stipend (Ire). Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for Equidia $80,000 total value video. +$10,000 nominator award to Orpendale, Chelston Ireland, Ltd., Wynatt Purple indicates Breeders= Cup Win & You=re In Race; Click here for the complete W&YI race schedule. BC pre-entry and entry fees paid and travel to the BC will be subsidized by Breeders= Cup Ltd. for BC- All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, nominated horses. Click here for details. unless otherwise indicated P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/5/12 • PAGE 4 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Marois cont.
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