GYGISTAR RETURNS AT GULFSTREAM HEADLINE p. 4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, FEB. 9, 2003 CAN “LUV” CONQUER ALL? SHE’S GOT IT Riding a three-race winning streak into the event, Got Koko (Signal Tap) yesterday became only the Elloluv (Gilded Time) will be the one to beat in the GI third filly in it’s 29-year history to sweep the La Canada Las Virgenes at Santa Anita this afternoon, and there is series with her rallying win in the GII La Canada S. at no reason to doubt her domi- Santa Anita. Taisez Vous was the first to complete the nance will continue. The bay triple in 1978; Mitterand followed in 1985. But the filly has already beaten three crowd was not convinced Got Koko could get it done. of her five rivals, getting the The bay, who was 17-1 when she took the GI La Brea better of GI Breeders’ Cup S. and 3-1 for her victory in the GII El Encino S., was Juvenile Fillies runner-up Com- no better than 2-1 second choice behind 9-10 posure (Touch Gold) in the Sightseek (Distant View) in the La Canada. She didn’t Dec. 14 GI Hollywood Starlet let the lack of support get her down, however. Allowed Elloluv Benoit Photo S. and beating Watching You to settle off the pace as Sightseek and Bella Bellucci (Coronado’s Quest) and Puxa (French Deputy) went at it on the front end, she closed Saco (Dehere) in the Jan. 20 GII Santa Ynez S. Trainer relentlessly down the lane, getting her head in front in Craig Dollase is confident in his charge. “She’s doing the waning yards before posting the 3/4-length score really well,” he said. “She’s proved that she fits nicely over the favorite. “She’s amazing, incredible,” jockey in this category. I’m looking forward to the showdown Alex Solis said. “I always thought she’d get there with between her and Composure.” Composure makes her that long stride she has. She knows where the wire is.” first start since the Starlet, but she has been first or Added trainer Bruce Headley, “It’s quite a moment. This second in five of her six career starts, including a win in is not quite the Breeders’ Cup, but it’s pretty close. To the GII Oak Leaf S. last fall, and she is the lone Triple set history at Santa Anita is really something special for Crown nominee in the field. Favola (GB) (Royal Ap- my wife [Aase] and my family and my partners. We’re plause {GB}) makes her U.S. and dirt debut in the Las all extremely happy.” Click for the brisnet.com chart or Virgenes. She won two of her seven starts while under the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. the care of trainer Luca Cumani in Britain. Last time out, she was seventh in a Newmarket handicap Oct. 3. Saturday, Santa Anita Park “We bought her in October at Tattersalls,” trainer Vladi- LA CANADA S.-GII, $200,000, SAX, 2-8, 4yo, f, mir Cerin said. “I liked everything about her. She’s been 1 1/8m, 1:48 2/5, ft. working well. I wanted to run her on the grass, but 1--GOT KOKO, 121, f, 4, by Signal Tap there really isn’t a good spot and she’s ready to run, so 1st Dam: Baby North, by Northern Baby we’re going to try her.” 2nd Dam: Rose Above, by Hagley 3rd Dam: Rugosa, by Double Jay Sunday, Santa Anita, post time: 3:36 p.m. PST ($30,000 yrl '00 KEESEP). O-Headley & Leung; LAS VIRGENES-GI, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1m B-Eileen H Hartis (TX); T-Bruce Headley; J-A Solis; PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS $120,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 10-6-0-2, 1 Puxa Saco Dehere Sahadi 6-1 $452,946. 2 Favola (GB) Royal Applause (GB) Cerin 15-1 2--Sightseek, 118, f, 4, Distant View--Viviana, by 3 Elloluv Gilded Time C Dollase 7-5 Nureyev. O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc (KY); $40,000. 4 Watching You Coronado’s Quest W Stute 6-1 3--Bella Bellucci, 118, f, 4, French Deputy--Blue 5 Composure Touch Gold Baffert 6-5 Avenue, by Classic Go Go. ($100,000 yrl '00 6 Maddie’s Charm Capote Bonde 20-1 FTSAUG; $925,000 2yo ‘01 FTFFEB). O-Michael B Tabor; B-Nicholas M Lotz (KY); $24,000. The brisnet.com ‘Race of the Day’ is the GI Las Virgenes. Margins: 3/4, 1HF, 3. Odds: 2.10, 0.90, 3.00. For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. Also Ran: Bare Necessities, Revenante. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/9/03 • PAGE 2 of 4 Saturday, Caulfield, Australia Saturday, Gulfstream Park C. F. ORR S.-G1, A$300,000, Caulfield (Melbourne), THE VERY ONE H.-GIII, $100,000, GPX, 2-8, 3yo/up, 2-8, 3yo/up, 7fT, 1:22.58, gd. f/m, 1 3/8mT, 2:13 3/5, fm. 1--sYELL (AUS), 120, g, 3, by Anabaa 1--SAN DARE, 116, m, 5, by Dare and Go 1st Dam: Vocalist (Aus) (SW & MGSP-Aus), by Bluebird 1st Dam: San Empery, by Empery 2nd Dam: Local Lyric (Aus), by Sovereign Red (NZ) 2nd Dam: Shanjar, by Gray Phantom 3rd Dam: Miss Entertainer (Aus), by Vain (Aus) 3rd Dam: Art Class, by Liberal Art O-Woodlands Stud Syndicate; B-Woodlands Stud; ($9,000 yrl '99 KEESEP). O-D Mounts; B-Sidney T-John Hawkes; J-Darren Gauci; A$195,000. Turner (KY); T-Rick Hiles; J-M D Guidry; $60,000. 2--Fields Of Omagh (Aus), 128, g, 6, Rubiton (Aus)-- Lifetime Record: 36-8-10-7, $413,232. *1/2 to Finneto (Aus), by Cerreto (Ire). O-No Big Deal Shogun Warrior (Muscovite), MSW, $110,464. Syndicate, M J O’Connor, A Cork, A Sorrell & E J 2--Tweedside, 115, m, 5, Thunder Gulch--Twitchet, by LeGrand; B-Mr M O’Connor; A$60,000. Roberto. ($100,000 yrl '99 KEESEP). O-Melnyk 3--Innovation Girl (Aus), 115, f, 3, Rubiton (Aus)--Bright Eugene & Laura; B-Dr & Mrs R S West & Mr &Mrs Gleam (Aus), by Jugah. O-Pope Racing Syndicate & Mackenzie Miller (KY); $20,000. C L Harvey; B-O E & D R Pope Pty Ltd; A$27,000. 3--Hi Tech Honeycomb, 113, f, 4, Meadow Monster-- Margins: NK, SHD. Odds: 3.50, 5.00, 2.00. Star of Fairway, by It's Freezing. ($60,000 yrl '00 Also ran: Northerly (Aus), Pernod (NZ), Mr. Murphy OBSAUG). O-Select Stable; B-Ted Lucas & Dana Holt (Aus), Don Eduardo (NZ). (KY); $11,000. Game three-year-old Yell opened sire Anabaa’s Group Margins: 2 1/4, HD, HF. Odds: 6.00, 4.20, 12.90. 1 Southern Hemisphere account by defeating a crack Also Ran: Queue, Uriah (Ger), Lady Linda, New Econ- field here. Trainer John Hawkes did his best to play omy, Decencia (Arg), Reina Blanca (GB), Jennasietta, down the prospects of the homebred after he won the Moon Queen (Ire), Chez Cherie (GB). Scratched: Beyond G3 C.S. Hayes S., then the G2 Carlyon S. at his last the Waves. start on Jan. 23, but the gelding defied his low-key The ultra-consistent San Dare had been on the board assertions to win his third straight with authority. Inno- in nine of her last 10 starts. The bay ended 2002 with vation Girl, sent out 2-1 favorite off a win in the G3 a solid second-place finish at 23-1 in the Nov. 23 GIII Debonair S., set the pace with Yell chasing and the rest Cardinal H. at Churchill Downs and came back to win of the field four lengths behind. Yell collared Innovation the Jan. 5 GIII Honey Fox H. at Gulfstream as an 11-1 Girl in the home straight, then fought off a challenge outsider. Stretching out off that 1 1/16-mile test, she from Caulfield Cup runner-up Fields Of Omagh. “When was rated in 10th as longshot Chez Cherie (Wolfhound) it got down to a fight, he really dug deep,” said jockey set the early pace. The five-year-old swung five-wide Darren Gauci. Melbourne stable foreman Wayne around the final bend, swept past Tweedside at the Hawkes said his father was likely to continue along a sixteenth pole and opened it up late to win handily. weight-for-age path, targetting the Mar. 1 G1 Futurity. “She’s just getting better with every race and I don’t “He had a testing autumn last season...so we gave him know why,” trainer Rick Hiles said. “I took over her a light spring and aimed him at the autumn and it looks training about a year ago and really didn’t do that much as though it's paying off,” he said. Northerly (Aus) with her. She did put on some weight and she blos- (Serheed), having his first start since winning the G1 somed for me. If everything goes all right, her next race Cox Plate last October, finished fourth, just 1 1/2 will be the Orchid H. [GII, Mar. 23 at Gulfstream].” The lengths from the winner, and is scheduled to contest 5-2 choice, Uriah (Acatenango {Ger}) was caught in the St George S. in a fortnight and the A$1.25 million traffic on the turn, then closed some ground late to be Australian Cup Mar.