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HEADLINE NEWS • 10/14/08 • PAGE 2 of 12 HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, SMARTY JONES call 732-747-8060. Wins and a G1SP on EVERY Surface www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008 RACING CAREER OVER FOR BIG BROWN ZARKAVA RETIRED IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr.=s GI Kentucky Derby His Highness the Aga Khan yesterday decided to call and GI Preakness S. winner Big Brown (Boundary--Mien, time on the sparkling career of his G1 Prix de l=Arc de by Nureyev) has been retired Triomphe heroine Zarkava after suffering an injury yes- (Ire) (Zamindar--Zarkasha terday at Aqueduct. The injury {Ire}, by Kahyasi {Ire}). happened during a six-furlong Following discussions with work on turf in company with trainer Alain de Royer- GI Breeders= Cup Mile winner Dupre and his management and fellow Rick Dutrow Jr. team, the owner-breeder trainee Kip Deville (Kipling). AIt ended speculation as to the looks like he grabbed a part of unbeaten filly=s future. his foot and tore off a large AWhilst no one will regret chunk,@ said IEAH Co-Presi- more than my management Big Brown in His Final Start dent and Co-CEO Michael Sarah Andrew team and I not to see Iavarone. AWe have no choice Zarkava race again, as she Horsephotos but to retire him. There's nothing else we can do.@ Big is such a supreme athlete, we have decided to retire her Brown had been expected to complete his racing career to the Aga Khan broodmare band, as she will be an with a much-anticipated match-up against reigning invaluable asset to this essential part of our activity,@ he Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart Strike) in the Oct. 25 announced. AThe quality and youth of our broodmare GI Breeders= Cup Classic before heading to stud next band is of the utmost importance to ensure we remain year at Three Chimneys Farm. Iavarone admitted that breeders of racehorses capable of performing at the top the timing of the injury, rather than its severity, caused level. The Aga Khan Studs have produced three excep- Big Brown=s retirement. AIt=s not a devastating injury, as tional fillies in three consecutive years: Mandesha, far as the long-term future of a racehorse,@ he said. AIt=s Darjina and now Zarkava. Their addition to our a devastating injury for a horse that=s preparing for a broodmare band will enhance the economic value and race in 12 days. The area where the injury is takes a the potential for success of future generations of Aga long time to heal. There is not a lot of blood flow to Khan bloodstock at a time when competition is becom- that area, and it takes a lot of time for that flesh to ing increasingly global. Zarkava s comfortable repair itself. When you=re looking at a race that is 12 @ = days out and an injury that will probably require 60-90 two-length victory in Sunday=s Longchamp showcase days, and with a deal that you have to turn your horse was a fifth at the highest level, with the Prix Marcel over to Three Chimneys Dec. 31, we didn=t have a Boussac, Poule d=Essai des Pouliches, Prix de Diane and choice.@ Asked if he regretted the decision to send the Prix Vermeille already in her portfolio. The Aga Khan Derby winner to stud next year, Iavarone said, AI=d like paid tribute to the team which guided her to those to run him as an eight-year-old, but under the terms successes yesterday. AI would also like to take this that we structured with Three Chimneys, unfortunately, opportunity to thank the people employed at my Irish I=m not going to get the enjoyment of that. As much as and French studs for their remarkable work,@ he added. I=m a fan, I also have to look at it as a business. I AWithout their tireless dedication, we would not be able needed to find the place to stand Big Brown, and the to breed and race champions like Zarkava, Sinndar, place we were most comfortable with was Three Chim- Azamour and Dalakhani. Furthermore Alain de Royer- neys. As part of the agreement, they wanted to stand Dupre, Christophe Soumillon and the staff at the the horse as a four-year-old, and we capitulated using Aiglemont Training Centre, must be applauded for their both our racing fan side and our business mentality.@ admirable work in producing Zarkava at the top of her Cont. p2 Case Clay Weighs In, p3 form for all of her seven wonderful races.@ Cont. p2 www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/14/08 • PAGE 2 of 12 How It All Began... Big Brown cont. Pinhooker Eddie Woods acquired Big Brown as a Michael Iavarone gave much of the credit for Big $60,000 FTKOCT yearling. He was purchased by Hid- Brown=s success to Dutrow, saying, AThis horse came den Brook for Paul Pompa Jr. for to Rick with well-documented foot problems, and he $190,000 out of the 2007 Keeneland got more out of this horse then I think any trainer in the April sale. Big Brown made only one world would have.@ Despite his impressive accomplish- start as a two-year-old, romping home ments, Iavarone thinks Big Brown was only getting by 11 1/4 lengths over the Saratoga better. AI don=t think we=ve ever gotten to the bottom of turf last September. IEAH bought into Big Brown,@ he said. AHe never had the ultimate condi- the colt after that impressive effort, tioning leading up to the Kentucky Derby because he but well-publicized foot issues kept the battled these little issues. But he developed a heart as colt on the sidelines until March. He big as his physical ability. I think if we ever got to the resurfaced with a 12 3/4-length demo- point that he could have put the two together, we would have seen something that would have been Sarah K Andrew lition job in a Mar. 5 Gulfstream allow- ance and the hype quickly followed. breathtaking. I think he showed it in the Derby and the He lived up to all the superlatives, taking the Mar. 29 Preakness, but he was winning those races on raw GI Florida Derby in just his third start. Arguably, Big ability. I think we were beginning to see him develop as Brown=s finest moment on the track came on the first a professional racehorse. And it kills me to get this Saturday in May. Making just his fourth start and break- close and not to see it happen.@ ing from the far outside post in the field of 20, Big Zarkava cont. Brown bounded clear impressively down the storied Churchill stretch to win the GI Kentucky Derby by an Future Plans... Zarkava, who is a descendant of the great Petite authoritative 4 3/4 lengths. His star continued to as- Etoile (GB), will be covered by the resident stallion cend with an easy 5 1/4-length triumph in the Dalakhani (Ire) in 2009. He has garnered attention at GI Preakness S., and Big Brown was heavily favored to stud as well as on the track, courtesy of his Classic- sweep the Triple Crown races in the GI Belmont S. But, winning daughter Moonstone (GB) and son Conduit (Ire) on a sweltering day in the Big Apple and battling a from his first crop. De Royer-Dupre was quick to add quarter crack, the colt was eased in the stretch of the his own testimonial to the filly he described as a Apearl@ 1 1/2-mile Classic. Big Brown rebounded with a win in prior to his defeat of the subsequent dual Group 1- the Aug. 3 GI Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth, and winning miler Goldikova (Ire) in the May 11 Pouliches. ended his racing career with a win over the Oceanport AAs a trainer, it is normal to feel some disappointment turf in the Sept. 13 Monmouth S. He retires with seven at her retirement,@ he told PA Sport. ABut I understand wins in eight starts and earnings of $3,614,500. that it is important for the valuable continuation of the Aga Khan=s breeding operation. I always said her great- BIG BROWN’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS est quality was her acceleration. The ability to make up Race Date Margin so much space in such a short space of time--like she GI Florida Derby Mar. 29 5 lengths showed in the Vermeille--was incredible. It is not very GI Kentucky Derby May 3 4 3/4 often a horse like this comes along--I have been very GI Preakness S. May 17 5 1/4 lucky. She is possibly the best I have trained, but GI Haskell Inv. S. Aug. 3 1 3/4 Dalakhani was also a great horse to have. Zarkava has been a beautiful story. Zarkava retires with a perfect Monmouth S. Sept. 13 NK @ seven-for-seven record and earnings of i3,364,620. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/14/08 • PAGE 3 of 12 Case Clay, President, Three Chimneys How did you hear the news of Big Brown=s injury? My dad and I are in Boston at a global summit at the Harvard Business School. He stepped outside, then came back in and said Michael Iavarone had just called. Big Brown grabbed a quarter, and [Iavarone] said, AWe=re done.@ That was the bad news of the day. When will he arrive at stud? I think what we=re going to do is let the horse decide when the best time for him to come to Three Chimneys is.
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