MOMENTUM OUT OF HEADLINE BC CLASSIC...p5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2002 STORMING HOME STORMS HOME TOUT SEUL IN SPLENDID ISOLATION Yesterday’s G1 Emirates Airline Champion S. was Bargain buy Tout Seul (Ire) (Ali-Royal {Ire}) created a advertised as being one of the most open in recent huge shock yesterday when streaking to a 25-1 one- memory and so it proved as Storming Home (GB) (Ma- and-a-quarter length success in the Darley-sponsored chiavellian) produced a battling display to deny G1 Dewhurst S.. The colt accounted for market leaders Godolphin pair Moon Ballad (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}) and Tomahawk (Seattle Slew) and Trade Fair (GB) (Zafonic) Noverre (Rahy) in an exciting finish to Newmarket’s in his first attempt at stakes level that was also a first autumn showpiece. Ironically, Storming Home only ran ride at Group 1 level for apprentice jockey Steve Car- after owner Sheikh Maktoum al Maktoum suggested son. Owned by the 10-strong Eden Racing syndicate, supplementing him to the race at a cost of £24,000, Tout Seul provided trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton and the owner’s enterprise with his second win in the race, 34 years after Ribofilio was handsomely rewarded did the trainer proud in 1968. “It’s been a long wait,” with a first Group 1 win for enthused Johnson Houghton, who added, “He’s got a the four-year-old, who lovely turn of foot and there would be few horses that sported Australian blinkers, would quicken as well as him. He’s engaged in commonly known in Britain Tattersalls Horses-In-Training Sale, but I think we might as sheepskin cheekpieces. give that a miss now.” Tout Seul had been campaigned with a relatively low profile, but has come to the fore in The race was delayed as his last two outings when landing the valuable Rakti (GB) (Polish Precedent) Storming Home pulls the upset Tattersalls Breeders S. at The Curragh Aug. 24 and proved reluctant to enter sportinglife.com photo when an unlucky second in Redcar’s valuable Two- stalls, and it was without Year-Old Trophy Oct. 5. Carson belied his lack of big- the Italian challenger that the field were sent on their race experience and reserved the outsider in the rear as way. (Champion S. cont. p2) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)’s brother Great Pyramid (Ire) Saturday, Newmarket, England (Danehill) set a solid tempo from the outset, but the EMIRATES AIRLINE CHAMPION S.-G1, £424,000, eventual winner proved as good as his name when sent toward the rail to plough a lone furrow at the quarter- Newmarket, 10-19, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:01.42, gd. mile marker. Tomahawk and Trade Fair dueled for the 1--sSTORMING HOME (GB), 128, c, 4, by Machiavellian lead from that point, but Tout Seul quickened to the 1st Dam: Try To Catch Me, by Shareef Dancer front at the distance and, within a matter of strides, it 2nd Dam: It’s In The Air, by Mr. Prospector became apparent that the shock tree was about to bear 3rd Dam: A Wind Is Rising, by Francis S. a bumper harvest. Young Carson ensured his mount O-Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum; was not to falter late on for a famous victory. Favored B-Gainsborough Stud Mgmt Ltd; T-B Hills; J-M Hills; Trade Fair ran greenly, but connections are still optimis- £245,920. Lifetime Record: 18-5-4-3, £594,841. tic for next season and expect he will improve for the 2--Moon Ballad (Ire), 123, c, 3, Singspiel (Ire)--Velvet effort. “[Jockey] Richard [Hughes] said that from his Moon (Ire), by Shaadi. (350,000gns yrl ‘00 TATOCT). outside draw, he still felt a bit babyish and though he O-Godolphin; B-Newgate Stud Company; £93,280. came to win his race, he just did not have the experi- 3--Noverre, 128, c, 4, Rahy--Danseur Fabuleux, by ence of the first two in the closing stages,” said his Northern Dancer. O-Godolphin; B-Darley Stud Man- trainer Roger Charlton. “He is a big colt and I am sure agement Inc; £46,640. he has a future.” Runner-up Tomahawk may still keep Margins: HF, 3/4, 3. Odds: 8-1, 5-2, 9-2. his engagement in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, but Also ran: Carnival Dancer (GB), Chancellor (Ire), Indian connections will wait to see how much of a toll yester- Creek (GB), Kaieteur, Imperial Dancer (GB), Equerry, day’s race has taken out of him. Click for the Sholokhov (Ire), Burning Sun. racingpost.com chart or the brisnet.com catalogue-style Scratched: Rakti (GB). pedigree. www.darleyatjonabell.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/20/02 • PAGE 2 of 9 Caulfield Cup cont. P C H A M P I O N S. P Never-say-die gelding Northerly doggedly fought off Fields of Omagh to collect his seventh Group 1 win, EQUIPMENT CHANGE DOES THE TRICK becoming the fourth-highest Australasian money earner. Godolphin third-string Equerry (St. Jovite) assumed the Settled in third early, Northerly took command at the role of pacesetter in advance of stablemate Moon Ballad home turn. At that point, it looked as though he didn’t with Storming Home positioned in a tracking fourth at have much left to give, but when Fields Of Omagh Newmarket yesterday. Jockey Michael Hills asked his powered through the middle of the field to challenge, mount to take issue with the front rank with three Northerly rallied himself to click up a gear and prevail by furlongs remaining and the partnership, moving a head, clocking 11.97 for his final 200 meters. Childs strongly, took the lead approaching the final furlong. At is a perfect six-for-six aboard the West Australian gal- that point it was just a formality for Storming Home, loper, who won the 2001 G1 Cox Plate, but immedi- who responded gallantly to his rider’s urgings to fend ately reaffirmed his commitment to Sunline (NZ) in next off the ominous challenges of the rallying Moon Ballad Saturday's Cox Plate; that race will be her last before and the determined Noverre. Winning trainer Barry Hills, retiring. (see story p9). "I have had a great association on the equipment change, said. “It is not that he is with Sunline and that isn't changing," he said. "North- ungenuine, but [the cheekpieces] have helped him to concentrate and made him an easier horse to ride.” The erly is such a good horse to ride, you can ride up on the victorious jockey, Hills’ son Michael, echoed his father’s pace and he has a real dogged finish, he just hates sentiments. “They have made a big difference to him horses getting past him.” Winning trainer Fred Kersley and he just travels so much better. It’s much easier to said he was not tempted to contest the Melbourne Cup ride a race on him now.” Click for the racingpost.com Nov. 5, where the horse would have to carry top chart or the brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. weight of 60 kilograms in the wake of his win. Saturday, Newmarket, Britain P R E S U L T S P DARLEY DEWHURST S.-G1, £265,000, Newmarket, 10-19, 2yo, c/f, 7fT, 1:23.99, gd. Sunday, Caulfield (Melbourne), Australia 1--#@sTOUT SEUL (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Ali-Royal (Ire) CAULFIELD CUP-G1, A$2,150,000, Caulfield (Mel- 1st Dam: Total Aloof (GB), by Groom Dancer bourne), 10-19, 1 1/2mT, 3yo/up, 2:30.38, gd. 2nd Dam: Bashoosh, by Danzig 1--NORTHERLY (AUS), 128, g, 6, Serheed 3rd Dam: Condessa (Ire), by Condorcet (Fr) 1st Dam: North Bell (Aus), by Bellwater (Fr) (Ir£6,800 wnlg ‘00 GOFNOV; Ir£9,600 yrl ‘01 2nd Dam: North Fleur, by Far North TATIRE). O-Eden Racing; B-G Johnston King; T-Fulke 3rd Dam: Yoka, by Triple Bend Johnson Houghton; J-Steve Carson; £153,700. Life- O-Mrs J Kersley, N G Duncan, Mrs S M Duncan, time Record: 7-5-2-0, £312,896. *First Group 1 R G Sayers, P M Bartlett, T M Patrizi & I F Grljusich; winner for sophomore sire (by Royal Academy). B-Mr N G Duncan & Oakland Park Stud; T-Fred 2--Tomahawk, 126, c, 2, Seattle Slew--Statuette, by Kersley; J-Greg Childs; A$1,350,000. *1/2 to North- Pancho Villa. ($2,500,000 yrl ‘01 KEEJUL). O-Susan ern Song (Aus) (Rory's Jester {Aus}), GSW-Aus; North Boy (Aus) (Rory's Jester {Aus}), MGSW & Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Peter E Blum; £58,300. MG1SP-Aus. 3--Trade Fair (GB), 126, c, 2, Zafonic--Danefair (GB), 2--Fields Of Omagh (Aus), 118, g, 5, Rubiton (Aus)-- by Danehill. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; Finneto (Aus), by Cerreto (Ire). O-No Big Deal Syndi- £29,150. cate, M J O'Connor, A Cork, A Sorrell & E J LeGrand; Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 25-1, 100-30, 11-4. B-Mr M O'Connor; A$380,000. Also ran: Zafeen (Fr), Saturn (Ire), Ontario, Marino 3--Republic Lass (Aus), 115, f, 4, Canny Lad (Aus)-- Marini, Rimrod, Marching Band, Al Jadeed, Desert Star Swift Seasons, by Cox's Ridge. O/B-Mr D R Fleming; (GB), Great Pyramid (Ire), Desert Lord (GB), Governor A$210,000. Brown, Indian Haven (GB), Dublin (Ire). Margins: SNK, 3/4.