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BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 2004 ANOTHER BANNER DAY AT PREMIER SALE LA DERBY NEXT FOR FIRE SLAM The National Sale continued its ascension with GIII Lecomte S. hero Fire Slam (Grand Slam) will across-the-board increases in gross receipts, average make his next start in the Mar. 7 $600,000 GII Louisi- and median after yesterday’s sec- ana Derby if the quarter crack in ond session of the New Zealand his left hind foot responds to Bloodstock Premier Sale in Karaka. treatment, according to trainer Leading the way was Lot 393, a David Carroll. “The main goal is bay colt by Quest for Fame (GB) to get the foot well, so that he’s out of stakes winning and group comfortable,” Carroll said. “He’s placed Chimeara (Aus) (Danehill), still pretty sore, but the plan all who brought a Fire Slam Lou Hodges photo along was to go into the Louisi- NZ$750,000 final bid ana Derby off the [Lecomte].” from Rob McAnulty. Quest for Fame, sire of The three-year-old popped the quarter crack prior to last Consigned by Lot 393 Saturday’s race and was equipped with a bar shoe. He Pencarrow Stud, the www.woodlandstud.com is scheduled to walk for seven to nine days before colt is closely related having the crack repatched and returning to the track. to champion two-year-old Viscount (Aus). “Whilst we are thrilled to have three of WEEKEND PEDIGREE today’s lots exceeding the half-million PERSPECTIVES mark, we are also very pleased to see a strong interest by Alan Porter in our middle market from home and overseas buyers,” said NZB Marketing & PR Manager Petrea Vela. “Possi- Saturday, Santa Anita bly one of the best indicators for us of a good sale is BARRETTS/CTBA CLASSIC S., $1,000,000, SAX, whether there is the demand for that middle part of the 1-24, (R), 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:47 3/5, ft. market.” The Premier Sale concludes today and is fol- 1--SOUTHERN IMAGE, 120, c, 4, by Halo's Image lowed by the Select Sale on Thursday and Friday. 1st Dam: Pleasant Dixie, by Dixieland Band (Stats cont. p6) 2nd Dam: Pleasant Jolie, by Pleasant Colony TOP LOTS -- TUESDAY 3rd Dam: Jolie Jolie, by Sir Ivor ($300,000 2yo ‘02 OBSMAR). O-Blahut Stables LLC Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (NZ$) or Kagele Bros or Tepper Et Al; B-Arthur I Appleton 393 c Quest for Fame (GB) Chimeara (Aus) 750,000 (FL); T-Michael Machowsky; J-V Espinoza; $550,000. Consigned by Pencarrow Stud Lifetime Record: GISW, 5-4-0-1, $781,600. Purchased by Rob McAnulty Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. 304 f Zabeel (NZ) Waihora’s Lass (NZ) 600,000 Consigned by Haunui Farm Although it didn't carry graded status, Saturday's Purchased by DGR Thoroughbred Services Barretts/CTBA Classic, with its $1,000,000 purse, was 389 c Danehill Champagne (NZ) 575,000 by far the weekend's most valuable event. The race Consigned by Cambridge Stud certainly drew a field worthy of its prize, the runners Purchased by Gai Waterhouse including Peace Rules, winner last year of the GI Haskell 285 f Montjeu (Ire) Tristachine (NZ) 380,000 Invitational and GI Blue Grass S.; millionaires Grey Consigned by Windsor Park Stud Ltd Memo and Continental Red; Excessivepleasure, a Purchased by Mark Pilkington Bloodstock graded-stakes winner of over $900,000; The Judge Sez 406 c Danehill Court (NZ) 375,000 Who, a multiple graded-stakes winner of over Consigned by Cambridge Stud $750,000; Excess Summer, successful in four of his Purchased by Dr Tsoi Wai Wang last five starts; and Southern Image. Cont p2 J “TDN Rising Star” J Irish Melody, a $500,000 yearling, another star on the rise for UNBRIDLED’S SONG TAYLOR MADE breaks her maiden impressively first time out at Gulfstream. (859) 885-3345 fax (859) 885-1533 Congratulations to owners Aaron and Marie Jones. www.taylormadefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/04 • PAGE 2 of 7 Porter cont. well getting seven graded stakes winners, including Southern Image was the least experienced horse in millionaire Hal's Hope. In addition to Jolie's Halo and the field, owning only four starts prior to the race. He Pleasant Jolie, Jolie Jolie is also the dam of stakes had, however, emerged as the winner in three of those winner Mister Jolie and GII Nashua S. victor starts and had taken the GI Malibu S. over seven fur- Cougarized. longs on his most recent outing. With this victory in his Jolie Jolie's dam Who's to Know was a stakes win- first attempt at nine furlongs, Southern Image now ner and is ancestress of more than a dozen other stakes appears likely to be a real force to contend with in the winners, including another Halo-line Grade I winner, handicap ranks this season. Yankee Victor, who has Who's to Know as his third Southern Image's sire Halo's Image also had good dam. Who's to Know also stems from an illustrious form over a range of distances. The son of Halo earned family. Her fourth dam is the brilliantly fast $549,891 over five seasons, and won stakes events Myrtlewood, also ancestress of Seattle Slew and Mr. from six to nine furlongs. In all, he captured six stakes Prospector, and Who's to Know is actually bred on very events, the most notable of which were the GIII Tropi- similar lines to the dam of Mr. Prospector. cal Park Derby and the GIII Broward H., which he took Halo's Image is by Halo out of a Valid Appeal mare, at the expense of Wekiva Springs and Flying Chevron. and that must have given double appeal in the case of Among Halo's Image's nine stakes placings were thirds the mating with Pleasant Dixie. Not only did Halo sire in the GI Florida Derby (won by Holy Bull) and in the GII Jolie's Halo out of Pleasant Dixie's second dam, but King's Bishop S. Southern Image is a member of the also, Valid Appeal was responsible for Mister Jolie out second crop sired by Halo's Image, and the stallion has of the same mare. The mating represents a another celebrity in his third crop in the shape of Sir Halo/Northern Dancer cross, which gives inbreeding to Oscar, who is undefeated in six starts to date, including the mare Almahmoud, granddam of both Halo and a sweep of the Florida Stallion Series. Another of Halo's Northern Dancer. What is less obvious, but perhaps just Image's second crop to show high-class form is Coop- as important, is the relationship between Halo and Sir eration, who took runner-up spot behind the formidable Ivor, the sire of the third dam of Southern Image. Halo Lion Heart in the GIII Hollywood Prevue S. and Sir Ivor are both grandsons of Turn-to. And while Halo's Image stands at Arthur Appleton's Bridlewood the dam of Halo is by a son of Pharamond II out of a Farm in Florida, and Southern Image was bred by Mahmoud mare, the dam of Sir Ivor is by a son of Appleton from a family which has done very good Mahmoud out of a Pharamond II mare. As a result, service at Bridlewood. Southern Image is the second three of their four great grandfathers are identical. The foal of his dam Pleasant Dixie. Although she was Halo/Sir Ivor combination is found in more than 30 unraced, Pleasant Dixie owns a classy pedigree as she stakes winners and at least 15 graded stakes winners, is by Dixieland Band out of Pleasant Jolie, a Pleasant including other GISWs Jolie's Halo (from this family), Colony daughter who won three stakes events and was Goodbye Halo, Almutawakel and Storming Home. several times stakes placed, most notably when second in the GII Arlington Matron H. Pleasant Jolie's dam Jolie Jolie was another to be unraced, but she turned out of MOVING ??? be something of a foundation mare. From nine starters, she produced eight winners, including the sometimes For just a day or forever... brilliant Jolie's Halo, winner of the GI Donn H., GI Call us with your new fax number. Gulfstream Park H. and GI Philip H. Iselin H. Jolie's Halo (732) 747-8060 stood at Bridlewood prior to his export to Japan and did One of North America’s Leading Sires on dirt and turf caps a superlative 2003 with his first Eclipse Award winner McDYNAMO, to go with 13 Stakes Winners, nine Graded Stakes Winners and four Grade 1 Stakes Winners. The 2003 Leading Active North American Sire of Graded Stakes Winners www.threechimneys.com DYNAFORMER (859) 873-7053 2004 Book Full TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/04 • PAGE 3 of 7 Of the 76 who have had 40+ year-starters, 29 of FROM THE DESK OF... them--almost 40 percent, which I would say is pretty high--had combined A+B Runner indexes of 1.00 and Bill Oppenheim above; two of the accompanying tables show the top 15 with 100+ year-starters, then with 40-99. For THE NEW GUYS IN TOWN those 30 sires, information about their A and B indexes Sires whose first three-year-olds raced in the season are listed, as well as their ratings for two-year-old and just finished are always very much still a work in prog- three-year-old 'ABC' runners--this shows us how the ress.