Sweet Return Takes the Hollywood Derby HEADLINE p.3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, DEC. 1, 2003 FAST ON HIS FEET TURNING ON THE HEAT IN THE MATRIARCH Half of the 18-horse field had flown into Tokyo look- Heat Haze (Green Desert) staked her claim on cham- ing for Japan Cup glory, but it was the local longshot pion turf mare honors with a last-to-first move in Tap Dance City (Pleasant Tap) that carried the day for Sunday’s GI Matriarch S. at Hollywood Park. The 14- the home team. The first five places in yesterday’s G1 horse field packed plenty of star quality with no less Japan Cup were filled by Japanese-based runners; GI than six Graded/Group 1 stakes winners in the line-up; E.P. Taylor S. runner-up Tigertail (Fr) (Priolo), third in 2002 and 2003 G1 Prix de la the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at Foret winners Dedication (Fr) Kyoto Nov. 16, did the best of the invaders, finishing (Highest Honor {Fr}) and sixth at 110-1. But she was no match for the winner, Etoile Montante (Miswaki); who broke sharply, set all the pace over a very wet Musical Chimes (In Excess Tokyo turf and coasted to the wire a nine-length winner {Ire}), victorious in the 2003 over three-year-old That’s a Plenty (Jpn) (Dance in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Dark {Jpn}) second, 3/4 of a length in front of 19-10 Pouliches; GI Alabama S. her- choice Symboli Kris S. (Kris S.). “I knew the horse was Heat Haze Benoitphoto oine Island Fashion in great condition and that he would probably handle (Petionville) and defending the slippery going,” trainer Shozo Sazaki said. “I don’t Matriarch champion Dress to Thrill (Ire) (Danehill). know when I knew he was going to win, but I know I Rounding out the sextet, Heat Haze, who recorded her was screaming my head off and I must have looked a biggest win in the GI Beverly D. at Arlington Aug. 16, sight.” Japan Cup cont. p2 went off at fat 9-2 odds here to claim sole bragging For the video replay, choose broadband or modem. rights as a dual Grade I stakes winner. Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree Sunday, Tokyo, Japan or the brisnet.com chart. (Matriarch cont. p2) JAPAN CUP-G1, ¥476,000,000, Tokyo, 11-30, 3yo/up, 2400mT, 2:28.70, yl. TATTS DECEMBER MARES STARTS TODAY 1--sTAP DANCE CITY, 125, h, 6, by Pleasant Tap Two winners of the G1 Epsom Oaks and one G1 Irish 1st Dam: All Dance (SP), by Northern Dancer Oaks heroine are among the highlights of a superb 2nd Dam: All Rainbows, by Bold Hour breeding stock catalogue at the Tattersalls December 3rd Dam: Miss Carmie, by T.V Lark Sale, which resumes at 9:30 a.m. today. Although O-Yushun Horse; B-Echo Valley Horse Farm & champion Bosra Sham (GB) was been sold privately Swettenham Stud; T-S Sasaki; J-T Sato; prior to her intended date as the star member of Wafic ¥253,864,000. Lifetime Record: 32 starts, 9 wins, Said's dispersal, the owner's draft is still full of gems, ¥746,327,000. *1/2 to Carezza (Caro {Ire}), SW & including the Epsom Oaks heroine Lady Carla (GB) GSP-US, MSP-Fr, $165,485. (Caerleon), offered as Lot 2206 with a Mark Of Esteem 2--That’s the Plenty (Jpn), 121, c, 3, Dance in the Dark (Ire) cover. The draft also features this season's G3 (Jpn)--Bubble Prospector, by Miswaki. O-Shadai Race Fred Darling S. heroine Tante Rose (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}). Horse; B-Shadai Farm. Lady Carla scored at Epsom in 1996, three years before 3--Symboli Kris S., 125, c, 4, Kris S.--Tee Kay, by Gold Ramruma (Diesis {GB}), Lot 1898, had her Epsom tri- Meridian. O-Symboli Stud; B-Takahiro Wada. umph. The mare is the highlight of the sale's other Margins: 9, 3/4, HD. Odds: 13.80, 14.00, 1.90. major dispersal, that of the late Prince Fahd Salman's Also Ran: Neo Universe (Jpn), Active Bio (Jpn), Tigertail Newgate Stud. Presented through agent Ted Voute, (Fr), Ange Gabriel (Fr), Denon, Islington (Ire), Derby Ramruma is offered in foal to Machiavellian. Other Regno (Jpn), Sunrise Pegasus (Jpn), Ana Marie (Fr), jewels from Newgate Stud include Lot 1897, Midnight Slew Valley, Sakura President (Jpn), Tsurumaru Boy Line (Kris S.), the GII Long Island H. winner offered (Jpn), Johar, Sarafan, Fields of Omagh (Aus). with a Rainbow Quest covering. Tatts Preview cont. p3 CAPE TOWN Sire of Eclipse Leader BIRD TOWN (859) 273-1514 ! Won Kentucky Oaks (G1) over Lady Tak, Elloluv, etc. Fax (859) 273-0034 ! Won Acorn S. (G1) over Lady Tak, champion www.overbrookfarm.com Storm Flag Flying, etc. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/1/03 • PAGE 2 of 5 Japan Cup cont. He’s Not Getting Older... P R E S U L T S P It took him until the age of six to earn his first Group 1 win, but Tap Dance City did not surprise his connec- Sunday Hollywood Park tions with his Japan Cup success. The bay had shown MATRIARCH S.-GI, $500,000, HOL, 11-30, 3yo/up, serious improvement since last season. He ended 2002 f/m, 1mT, 1:34 2/5, fm. with a second in the prestigious Arima Kinen and had 1--HEAT HAZE (GB), 123, f, 4, by Green Desert won three of his last four starts, most recently return- 1st Dam: Hasili (Ire) (SW-Fr), by Kahyasi (Ire) ing from a 3 1/2-month break to win the Oct. 12 Kyoto 2nd Dam: Kerali (GB), by High Line (GB) Daishoten. “Tap Dance City was a great horse from the 3rd Dam: Sookera, by Roberto start, but he needed to mature,” Shozo Sazaki said. “He O/B-Juddmonte Farms (GB); T-Robert Frankel; J-J R used to tap dance into the paddock, and it was only Velazquez; $300,000. Lifetime Record: SW-Fr, before his previous race that he was able to walk 14-7-2-2, $1,183,620. *3/4 to Dansili (GB) (Danehill), calmly with only one person to lead him. Today he was Hwt. Older Horse-GB & Fr at 7-9.5f, MGSW & 100 percent calm and I knew he would run a good MG1SP-Fr, G1SP-GB & GISP-US, $552,023; Banks race.” The winner will be pointed for another tilt at the Hill (GB) (Danehill), Ch. Turf Female-US, Hwt. 3yo-Fr Arima Kinen later this month. “I just have to maintain at 9.5-11f , Hwt. 3yo Filly-GB at 7-9.5f, GISW-US, his form until that race and perhaps he will be selected G1SW-GB & Fr, $1,937,416; and Intercontinental, Horse of the Year,” Sazaki said. SW & G1SP-Fr, G1SP-GB, $188,796. Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2--Musical Chimes, 120, f, 3, In Excess (Ire)--Note Musicale (GB), by Sadler's Wells. O-Sheikh Maktoum A Tough Day for the Invaders... B Maktoum; B-Gainsborough Farm Llc (KY); $100,000. Once again, the Breeders’ Cup champs were stymied 3--Dedication (Fr), 123, f, 4, Highest Honor (Fr)-- in Japan. Johar (Gone West), who shared the win in Dissertation (Fr), by Sillery. O-Mrs Alec Head; B-Alec the Turf with High Chaparral (Ire), had trouble handling & Ghislaine Head (Fr); $60,000. the heavy going and finished 16th. “He slipped at the Margins: NK, NO, HF. Odds: 4.30, 5.50, 23.50. five-eighths pole,” jockey Alex Solis said. “It happened Also Ran: Island Fashion, Acago, Magic Mission (GB), three or four times and from then on, he was afraid [to Garden in the Rain (Fr), Mer de Corail (Ire), Chopinina, extend himself].” F/M Turf heroine Islington (Ire) Dancal (Ire), Etoile Montante, Dress to Thrill (Ire), (Sadler’s Wells) fared slightly better, running ninth Maiden Tower (GB), Belleski. after pressing the pace early. “She was in good condi- Third in the 10-furlong GI Flower Bowl Invitational at tion, but the going was too soft,” jockey Kieren Fallon Belmont Sept. 27, Heat Haze encountered plenty of said. “She doesn’t pick up on soft going.” Sarafan (Lear trouble last time in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Fan), the runner-up in last year’s Japan Cup, settled in midfield early, but faded badly to be 17th. Jockey Turf, but closed well in the stretch to finish fourth Victor Espinoza also blamed the soft turf for the poor behind winner Islington, beaten only 2 3/4 lengths. Last showing. Ange Gabriel (Fr) (Kaldounevees {Fr}), the of 14 in the early going this time, the four-year-old had best-backed of the overseas contingent, was the third a tremendous amount of ground to make up and ap- choice at 12-1. He rated in fifth early, but couldn’t peared destined for a less-than-stellar performance. mount a late challenge and finished seventh. “The That is to everyone except to her jockey John going was too soft and the pace was too fast,” jockey Velazquez. “We had a perfect trip,” said Velazquez. Thierry Jarnet said. Denon (Pleasant Colony) was a “We had to come from last, but I just wanted to wait half-length behind that rival in eighth. “I was able to and bide my time to find room.