VINDY, MEET JERRY HEADLINE p7 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2003 HE’S THE BEST AFFLUENT SUCCESS IN THE SANTA MONICA First or second in six of his last seven starts, veteran She’s got a ways to go to equal the 12 Grade/Group Best of the Rest (Skip Trial) proved he hasn’t lost a step 1 victories of her granddam, but the versatile Affluent with a game win in the $1 million Ocala Breeders’ Sales (Affirmed) is a third of the way there following yester- Co. Classic at Gulfstream Park yesterday. The gray was day’s last-to-first upset of Sightseek (Distant View) in coming off a second-place finish in the Dec. 28 GIII the GI Santa Monica H. at Santa Anita. The winner of Fred W. Hooper H. at Calder, where he stumbled at the the 2001 GI La Brea S. over course and distance, the start, took the lead on the Whitham homebred spent most of 2002 dealing with turn and succumbed late to Azeri, finishing second to the Eclipse distaffer in a trio finish 1 3/4 lengths behind of Grade I events before earning a richly deserved one The Judge Sez Who (Judge of her own, defeating Eclipse candidate Golden Apples T C). Never far from the (Ire) in the GI Ramona H. over the Del Mar turf July 27. front, the crowd’s slight The chestnut went off form at the end of the year, with choice went after a tena- fifth-place finishes in the GII WinStar Galaxy S. and the Best of the Rest Equi-Photo cious Booklet (Notebook) GI Matriarch S., but was back at perhaps her best game down the lane and just got for her five-year-old bow. Allowed to settle towards the past him to take it by a half-length. “I compare him to back of the pack beneath new rider Alex Solis, Affluent the boxer George Foreman,” winning trainer Eddie Plesa advanced smartly while racing off the rail on the far Jr. said. “He just doesn’t stop.” The runner-up, fourth turn. She found room between horses in upper stretch, in the Hooper in only his second start since the GI took a clear lead nearing the eighth pole and held off a Preakness, vied for the lead early and hung in there late resurgent Sightseek for the win. “She likes to take her to just miss. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free time, that’s her style,” Solis commented. “She really is brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. a super classy mare. I am so glad I am on her.” The winner goes next in the GI Santa Maria H. Feb. 16. Saturday, Gulfstream Park Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com OCALA BREEDERS SALES CO. CLASSIC S., catalogue-style pedigree . $1,000,000, GPX, 1-25, (R), 4yo/up, 9f, 1:49 2/5, ft. 1--BEST OF THE REST, 122, h, 8, by Skip Trial Saturday, Santa Anita 1st Dam: Obstinacy, by Valid Appeal SANTA MONICA H.-GI, $200,000, SAX, 1-25, 4yo/up, 2nd Dam: Yes Dear Jennifer, by Iron Ruler f/m, 7f, 1:22, ft. 3rd Dam: Happy Triubador, by *Tudor Minstrel 1--AFFLUENT, 119, m, 5, by Affirmed O/B-Bea Oxenberg (FL); T-Edward Plesa Jr; J-E M 1st Dam: Trinity Place, by Strawberry Road (Aus) Coa; $550,000. Lifetime Record: GSW, 27-14-6-2, 2nd Dam: Bayakoa (Arg), by Consultant's Bid $1,204,296. *Full to Lighting Force, SW, $260,270. 3rd Dam: Arlucea (Arg), by Good Manners 2--Booklet, 120, c, 4, Notebook--Crafty Bobbie, by O/B-Janis R Whitham (KY); T-Ronald McAnally; J-A Bob's Dusty. ($20,000 wlng '99 OBSOCT; $36,000 Solis; $120,000. Lifetime Record: 20-8-5-3, yrl '00 OBSAUG). O-John C Oxley; B-Ginger Parker & $1,433,415. Charles A Baldree Jr (FL). $200,000. 2--Sightseek, 115, f, 4, Distant View--Viviana, by 3--Grey Memo, 122, h, 6, Memo (Chi)--B. Mozelle, by Nureyev. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); $40,000. Snow Chief. O-Manzani, Ridgeley Farm & Sarno; 3--Secret of Mecca, 110, m, 5, Mecke--Linda's Secret, B-Ridgeley Farm (CA). $120,000. by Nijinsky's Secret. ($26,000 yrl '99 OBSAUG). Margins: HF, HD, 1 3/4. Odds: 3.50, 6.50, 15.40. O-Henton Hitbound Stable & Turrell; B-Le Ferme Duet Also Ran: The Judge Sez Who, Free of Love, Long Gone (FL); $24,000. Con, Nothing Flat, Continental Red, Island Skipper, Slip- Margins: HF, 1HF, 3. Odds: 2.50, 0.70, 31.40. pery When Bet, Sir Bear, Saint Marden. Also Ran: Whoopddoo, Kitty On the Track, Reine Des Scratched: Swift Replica. Neiges, Live Free Or Die. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/26/03 • PAGE 2 of 7 Saturday, Wellington, New Zealand P R E S U L T S P TELEGRAPH H.-G1, NZ$100,000, Trentham (Wellington), 1-25, 6fT, 3yo/up, 1:07.64, fm. Saturday, Wellington, New Zealand 1--TIT FOR TAAT (NZ), 129, g, 5, by Faltaat WELLINGTON CUP-G1, NZ$270,000, Trentham 1st Dam: Miss Kiwitea (NZ), by Truly Vain (Aus) (Wellington), 1-25, 2mT, 3yo/up, 3:19.53, fm. 2nd Dam: Banda Bird (NZ), by Bandmaster (Ire) 1--#@sOARSMAN (NZ), 116, g, 5, by The Son (NZ) 3rd Dam: Skylark (Aus), by Field-Officer (GB) 1st Dam: Virginia Lake (NZ), by Royal Loch (Ire) O/B-R I & the Estate of the Late W D Scott; T-Wayne 2nd Dam: Alkanet (NZ), by Bold Edge (Ire) Herbert; J-Michael Walker; NZ$62,500. *Ch. 3yo-NZ. 3rd Dam: Plum Lane (NZ), by Oakville (GB) 2--Egyptian Raine (NZ), 119, f, 4, Desert Sun (GB)-- O-Mrs B E & Mr R W Punch; B-Mr R W Punch; T-Paul Egyptian Queen (NZ), by Karioi Lad (Aus). O-Messrs Duncan; J-Gary Grylls; NZ$156,250. C A Ball, M Barratt & K I Rae & Miss L M Williams; 2--Wolf Creek (NZ), 114, g, 7, Oregon--Sweet Illusion B-Messrs C A Ball, M L Barratt, K I Rae & N Rodokal; (NZ), by Mr. Illusion (NZ). O-J E Plimmer Family NZ$20,000. Trusts & S G Mitchell; B-J E Plimmer Family Trust & 3--Fair Embrace (Aus), 119, f, 4, Strategic (Aus)-- Maurice Plimmer Family Trust; NZ$50,000. Janelle Again (NZ), by Indian Ore. O-B A & Mesdames 3--Mojo (NZ), 112, g, 5, Dance Floor--Sirenia (NZ), by M Moloney & E & Messrs M P Newport, M W Prince Echo (Ire). O-G Fraser; B-Mr P Setchell; Patterson & J F Woodward; B-Mr K W Bridges & Mr NZ$25,000. D Lamond; NZ$10,000. Margins: HF, HF. Odds: 2.30, 29.40, 4.90. Margins: NK, NO. Odds: 3.50, 5.50, 6.60. Saturday, Wellington, New Zealand Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa THORDON MILE H.-G1, NZ$130,000, Trentham CAPE FLYING CHAMPIONSHIP-G1, R250,000, Kenil- (Wellington), 1-25, 1mT, 3yo/up, 1:35.69, fm. worth, 1-25, 3yo/up, 5fT, time: n/a, gd. 1--@sZVEZDA (NZ), 121, g, 4, by His Royal Highness (NZ) 1--sELI’S GAME (SAf), 128, g, 7, by Eli’s Star (SAf) 1st Dam: Carnival Girl (NZ), by Roughcast 1st Dam: Peace Game (SAf), by Peacetime 2nd Dam: Little Madge (NZ), by Tom’s Shu 2nd Dam: Bally Date (SAf), by Bally Game (GB) 3rd Dam: Magico, by Talismano (Ity) 3rd Dam: Sweet Revenge (SAf), by Palm Beach (GB) O/B-Mrs K D H Lane; T-Kay Lane; J-Lance O'Sullivan; O-N G Constantinides & PG and S Pluke; B-Pluke & NZ$81,250. Constantinides; T-M W Bass; J-B Fayd’Herbe; 2--Rosina Lad (NZ), 116, g, 4, Faltaat--Arctic Life (Fr), by Arctic Tern. O-J M & Mrs K A Goodwin; B-R M R156,250. Warwick Ltd; NZ$26,000. 2--Dominion Ruler (SAf), 128, g, 8, Dominion Royale 3--Travellin' Man (NZ), 117, g, 6, Blues Traveller (Ire)-- (GB)--Love Sonnet, by Hard Tack. O-K P Truter & S Peat (NZ), by Beaufort Sea. O-The Blues Brothers M Naik; B-S F Schonitz; R53,750. Syndicate; B-Mr R J Knight; NZ$13,000. 3--National Currency (SAf), 120, c, 3, National Assem- Margins: NK, NK. Odds: 4.70, 7.20, 18.60. bly--Enchanted Dollar, by Spend a Buck. O-A Christoforou, G J Beck, C J W & N Hilt & J E H Clar; B-Highland Farms; R26,250. MOVING??? Margins: n/a. Winner’s odds: 14.10. DON’T FORGET TO LET US KNOW YOUR NEW FAX NUMBER! All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, 1 (732) 747-8060 unless otherwise indicated PLEASANT TAP Pleasant Colony S Never Knock, by Stage Door Johnny 13% STAKES WINNERS FROM STARTERS and sire of 12 stakes horses in 2002, including Stakes Winners Boss Ego Magna Cum Laude Oneofthebirdboys Palmeiro P.C. Plod Tap Dance City BOX 626, VERSAILLES, KY 40383 (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 2003 STUD FEE: $15,000 LIVE FOAL E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB SITE: lanesend.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/26/03 • PAGE 3 of 7 Stakes Results cont. Saturday, Santa Anita Saturday, Santa Anita BARRETTS / CTBA SUNSHINE MILLIONS TURF S., VESSELS STALLION FARM SUNSHINE MILLIONS DIS- $500,000, SAX, 1-25, (R), 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:46 2/5, TAFF S., $750,000, SAX, 1-25, (R), 4yo/up, f/m, fm.