BREEDERS’ CUP BULLETIN HEADLINE p. 5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 INDIAN RIDGE DIES CHINANDEGA STAYS PERFECT The Irish National Stud=s Indian Ridge (Ire) (Ahonoora Chinandega (Fr) (Chichicastenango {Fr}), a stable {GB}--Hillbrow {GB}, by Swing Easy) died yesterday of companion of the impressive G3 Prix des Chenes win- a suspected heart attack, at the ner Spirit One (Fr), won at first asking at Chantilly 12 age of 21. The sire of days previously and stepped up to add more strength in Domedriver (Ire), Indian Haven depth to Philippe Demercastel=s Classic team for 2007. (GB) and Ridgewood Pearl (GB) Missing the kick and racing in rear early, she was and this year=s G1 Cheveley Park rousted along at the top of the straight by Stephane S. winner Indian Ink (Ire) stood at Pasquier and delivered a telling turn of acceleration the County Kildare stud for 12 down the outside to swamp Cicerole (Fr) (Barathea years and that establishment=s {Ire}) with 150 yards remaining to win yesterday=s G3 Indian Ridge Director John Clarke told the Prix des Reservoirs by 3/4 of a length. Pushed out with Irish National Stud photo Racing Post, AIndian Ridge has hands and heels to assert in the run to the line, she left a wonderful legacy behind. was firmly on top there for an emotional result. AWe He was one of our greatest stallions here at the Irish saved this filly from certain death as a youngster, so National Stud and he was a real old friend to everyone this is rewarding,@ Demercastel, her breeder, owner and here.@ In total, Indian Ridge, who won the G3 Jersey S. trainer said. AShe is also the first stakes winner for at Royal Ascot in 1988 before adding the G3 Duke of Chichicastenango, who was such a good horse for me York S. and G2 King=s Stand S. to his record the follow- and she looks quite nice. She is through for the season, ing year, sired eight Group 1 winners, with his most but we=ll look at the Classics next year and with Spirit famous product being Ridgewood Pearl, who carried all One, it=s been a nice year.@ Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart. before her in 1995 when she took the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Coronation S., G1 Prix du Moulin and GI Tuesday, Deauville, France Breeders= Cup Mile. He started his stud career in Britain PRIX DES RESERVOIRS-G3, i80,000, Deauville, at the Campbell Stud in 1990 at a fee of ,5,000 and 10-17, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:43.80, sf. produced the Group winners Island Magic (GB) and 1--#@CHINANDEGA (FR), 121, f, 2, by Chichicastenango (Fr) Ridgewood Ben (GB) from his first crop, taking him to 1st Dam: European Style (Fr), by Ezzoud (Ire) the top of that category amongst his peers. Moved to 2nd Dam: Sharp Sunrise, by Sharpen Up (GB) his Irish base in 1993, he went on to sire the 1997 G1 3rd Dam: Vific (Fr), by Rheffic (Fr) July Cup hero Compton Place (GB), the 2000 G1 Prix O-Mme Philippe Demercastel; B/T-Philippe de l=Abbaye scorer Namid (GB), as well as the 2002 GI Demercastel; J-Stephane Pasquier; i40,000. Lifetime Breeders= Cup Mile winner Domedriver and the follow- Record: 2 starts, 2 wins, i49,500. *First stakes ing year=s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas victor Indian Haven. winner for freshman sire (by Smadoun {Fr}) Last year, Relaxed Gesture (Ire) captured the GI Cana- 2--Cicerole (Fr), 121, f, 2, Barathea (Ire)--Uryale (Fr), by dian International at Woodbine. He was standing at Kendor (Fr). O/B-Baron Guy de Rothschild; i75,000 at the time of his death. T-Jean-Claude Rouget; i16,000. 3--Kahyasola (Fr), 121, f, 2, Kahyasi (Ire)--Isola d'Elba, You can also pick up a by Diesis (GB). (i16,000 yrl '05 DEAOCT). O-Ecurie Duval-Lemonnier SARL; B-Mme Genevieve Neveux; copy of the TDN today T-Georges Doleuze; i12,000. on the Keeneland Margins: 3/4, 3/4, NK. Odds: 7.50, 3.60, 17.00. backstretch courtesy of Also Ran: Vadapolina (Fr), Sismix (Ire), Ikat (Ire), Eclisse (Fr), Galaxie des Sables (Fr), Sans Reward (Fr). TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/18/06 • PAGE 2 of 11 WEEKEND PEDIGREE All three colts emerged with great credit, but at the end of the day, Scat Daddy prevailed by 3/4 of a length PERSPECTIVES over Nobiz Like Shobiz with Pegasus Wind just a half- by Alan Porter length back. The trio pulled nearly nine lengths clear of the fourth horse. Saturday, Belmont Park Both first and second are further credits for Storm CHAMPAGNE S.-GI, $400,000, BEL, 10-14, 2yo, 1m, Cat. Scat Daddy is from the first crop of Johannesburg, 1:36 4/5, ft. a grandson of Storm Cat, while Nobiz Like Showbiz, a 1--sSCAT DADDY, 122, c, 2, by Johannesburg son of Albert the Great, is out of a mare by Storm Cat. 1st Dam: Love Style, by Mr. Prospector The victory of Scat Daddy opened up Johannesburg=s 2nd Dam: Likeable Style, by Nijinsky II lead in the freshman sire race (also propelling him into 3rd Dam: Personable Lady, by No Robbery first in the two-year-old sire table), and there can have ($250,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-James T Scatuorchio been few more likely candidates for early stud success. & Michael B Tabor; B-Axel Wend (KY); T-Todd A A look a Johannesburg=s juvenile career shows it to be Pletcher; J-J Velazquez; $240,000. Lifetime Record: quite simply unique. 4-3-1-0, $405,800. Undefeated in seven starts, he won six group/graded Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com events from five to 8 1/2 furlongs, and his last four catalogue-style pedigree. outings saw him capture the G1 Phoenix S., G1 Prix Morny, G1 Middle Park S. and GI Breeders= Cup Juve- Saturday=s GI Champagne S. offered a fascinating nile, making him the only horse to win Group/Grade one mix. There was the proven, represented by Scat Daddy, races in four different countries in a single season. winner of the GII Sanford S., and runner-up, after a These efforts probably took their toll on Johannesburg, rough trip, in the GI Hopeful S. The undefeated stakes as he didn=t recapture his form the following season. He winners Got The Last Laugh, successful in the GIII was beaten just a short-head by the year older Rebelline Arlington-Washington Breeders= Futurity; Xchanger, in the seven-furlong G3 Gladness S. on his debut, but who had taken the GIII Sapling S., and New York-bred then finished off the board in the GI Kentucky Derby, I=m a Numbers Guy, runaway victor in the restricted and when dropped back to six furlongs in the G1 Bertram Bongard S. The unproven, but distinctly prom- Golden Jubilee S. ising Nobiz Like Shobiz, devasting winner of a Belmont Still, Johannesburg=s stellar two-year-old record, maiden on his only previous start, and Liquidity, who combined with a first crop totaling 135 foals, made was also victorious in his only outing, winning a six rapid results a virtual inevitability, and so it has proved. furlong Oaklawn maiden in a fast time also added in- So far, he has 18 first-crop winners, including Scat trigue to the Champagne. Just for good measure, the Daddy; the G2 Richmond S. winner, Hamoody; field also included Big Timer, an undefeated English Rabatash, who took the G3 Round Tower S. in Ireland; group winner whose pedigree encouraged his connec- Continental Mile S. victor Marcavelly; and Fernando Po, tions to believe that he would handle dirt. who took the With Anticipation S. at Saratoga. He=s Turning for home, the race came down to a battle twice had a stakes one-two, with Scat Daddy and between horses from the two extremes, Nobiz Like Teuflesberg in the Sanford, and with Marcavelly and Shobiz--who had made a big move on the turn--and Daytona in the Continental Mile. Scat Daddy--beginning to role on the outside--along A $250,000 Keeneland September yearling, Scat with the GI Hopeful S. fourth Pegasus Wind, who had Daddy is the second foal of the unraced Love Style. made a bold bid to steal the race. Porter cont. Yes It’s True $35,000 live foal, payable Sept. 1, 2007 A LEADING SIRE OF 2-YEAR-OLDS Juvenile fillies by Yes It’s True finished first and second in the $100,000 JJ’s Dream S. on Saturday. In the very next race, a juvenile colt by Yes It’s True won the $100,000 Criterium S. by five lengths. www.threechimneys.com No wonder he has seven stakes performing 2-year-olds! (859) 873-7053 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/18/06 • PAGE 3 of 11 Porter cont. It might be the latter combination that is responsible What she lacked in race-record, Love Style, more for the fact that Scat Daddy appears to be improving as than made up in pedigree. A daughter of Mr. Prospec- the distances stretch out, something which one might tor, she was out of Likeable Style, a Nijinsky II mare not necessarily have expected from a son of Johannes- who established herself as one of the best burg out of a Mr.