And the Winners Are

And the Winners Are

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS MAGIC BOURBON BAY TAKES SAN MARCOS Jerry and Ann Moss= Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) may Bourbon Bay (Sligo Bay {Ire}) picked up his fourth have come up a head short to Blame (Arch) when sus- graded-stakes victory at Santa Anita with a decisive taining her lone career defeat in the GI Breeders= Cup effort in Monday=s GII San Marcos S. The five-year-old Classic, but the big mare won a trio of graded events over this course last spring, was able to deny her rival in sweeping the GII San the Horse of Year balloting. Luis Obispo, GII San Luis She carried 128 votes, while Rey and GII San Juan Blame received 102, and Capistrano, before end- Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) gar- ing his year with a third- nered five nods. "I first place effort behind want to say what a great Champ Pegasus honor it has been to have (Fusaichi Pegasus) in the been associated with the Oct. 3 GI Clement L. other two finalists,@ said an Hirsch at Hollywood Benoit Photo emotional Jerry Moss, who Park. The bay gelding Jerry & Ann Moss, John & Dottie also shared a Special Eclipse sat just off the early pace yesterday as longshot Shirreffs & Mike Smith Award with his wife. ABlame Marlang (Langfuhr) took the field through fractions of Horsephotos ran incredible races, and is a :23.91, :47.81 and 1:11.84. Favored Champ Pegasus wonderful racehorse. I can only congratulate Seth Han- moved with authority to take the lead into the cock for the 100 years of service of his family farm. I homestretch, but Bourbon Bay powered past that rival only hope for him and Mrs. Dilschneider to have the in the final furlong to win going away. AI was pretty most success with Blame as a wonderful sire in the comfortable the whole way, and I was in a great posi- future. Also for the amazing Goldikova, what can we tion,@ said winning rider Rafael Bejarano. AWhen I saw say? I'll be happy to see her on the racetrack next the favorite was let go from the three-eighths, I thought year." When asked by somebody in the crowd if that [Joel Rosario] didn=t have as much horse as I had. Zenyatta might return to the track in 2011, Moss As soon as I got the opportunity, I tried to get the first laughed and said, AI think she is quite happy at Lane=s jump in the stretch and just let my horse go. My horse End farm right now, thank you.@ Zenyatta is the fifth ran a really good race.@ San Marcos chart, p7 distaffer to take the top honor at the Eclipse Awards, following All Along (Fr) in 1982, Lady=s Secret in 1986, Azeri in 2002 and, of course, Rachel Alexandra 12 months ago. Cont. p2 AND THE WINNERS ARE... Horse of the Year Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) 2-Year-Old Male Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) 2-Year-Old Female Awesome Feather (Awesome of Course) 3-Year-Old Male Lookin At Lucky (Smart Strike) 3-Year-Old Female Blind Luck (Pollard’s Vision) Older Male Blame (Arch) Older Female Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) Male Sprinter Big Drama (Montbrook) Female Sprinter Dubai Majesty (Essence of Dubai) Male Turf Horse Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat) Female Turf Horse Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) Steeplechase Slip Away (Skip Away) Owner WinStar Farm Breeder Adena Springs Trainer Todd Pletcher Jockey Ramon Dominguez App. Jockey Omar Moreno P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/18/11 • PAGE 2 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com What’s in a Name... Zenyatta Gets Her Special Eclipse... Her connections knew Zenyatta was something spe- Team Zenyatta not only went home with the highly cial from the start. A[Bloodstock agent] David [Ingordo] sought after Eclipse Award reserved for the Horse of told us to get a very good name for her, because you the Year winner, they also were honored with a Special either have a very good horse or a lot of slow ones,@ Eclipse Award. A group comprised of owners Jerry and Jerry Moss said with a grin. AThat was because she Ann Moss, jockey Mike Smith and trainer John took two strides for their one. We had to get a really Shirreffs--who was accompanied by his wife Dottie good name for her, and we did.@ Ingordo Shirreffs--took to the stage for the special The popular mare became the first horse to capture presentation. two different Breeders= Cup events with her wins in the AI want to thank everyone for giving us this very 2008 GI BC Ladies= Classic and 2009 GI BC Classic; special award,@ expressed Jerry Moss. AObviously, it=s she was also the first female runner to triumph in the been such an honor to be with Zenyatta. She did it all. Classic. Having been featured on A60 Minutes,@ as well Well, almost all, but she did it.@ as Oprah Magazine=s O Power List, Zenyatta has nearly Moss added, AWe are thrilled to have everybody 60,000 fans on Facebook. involved along on this journey. The great John Shirreffs Moss took one more opprtunity to acknowledge the who made this all happen, as far as we=re concerned, legions of Zenyatta supporters. AWe can=t thank every- and his wife, Dottie Ingordo Shirreffs, who has been body enough, especially our fans. This is dedicated to our racing manager for 25 years. She liked John so her fans--to the 45,000 fans who showed up on a much as a trainer, she married him. And Mike Smith. Friday at Oaklawn Park, to the biggest Vanity crowd at He=s been on board Zenyatta for all her amazing races, Hollywood Park in the past 10 years. It=s for what she and we can=t thank him enough. Mike, is a very special did for the television ratings, and all the letters, post- member of our family, along with everyone else on cards, photos and emblems that she gets every day, Team Zenyatta.@ from people all over the country and all over the world. We have to thank her fans. She touched these people FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII Lecomte S. in a very special way, and they all just love her.@ He also gave a nod to trainer John Shirreffs. AJohn has been just incredible. He trained this horse for a year and a half before she stepped foot on the racetrack late in her three-year-old year. I just can=t say enough about John Shirreffs. We thank God we gave Zenyatta to him.@ QUOTE DU JOUR Saturday, Fair Grounds, post time: 5:46 p.m. EST LECOMTE S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, 1m 39yds WinStar’s Kenny Troutt: PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT “Horse racing has been very special to me, not just 1 Wilkinson Lemon Drop Kid Gomez Howard 116 because of the winning, but also the opportunity to spend 2 Action Ready K More Than Ready Napravnik Calhoun 118 a lot of time with my family at the races. They have a very 3 Mobeetie K Sky Mesa Campbell Heitzmann 116 big love for it, and it's been a blessing for us.” 4 Justin Phillip K First Samurai Bridgmohan Asmussen 118 5 Pants On Fire Jump Start Bravo Breen 116 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/18/11 • PAGE 3 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com PEDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD SHAM S.-GIII, $100,000, SAX, 1-15, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:40 1/5, ft. 1--#@TAPIZAR, 118, c, 3, by Tapit 1st Dam: Winning Call, by Deputy Minister 2nd Dam: Call Now, by Wild Again 3rd Dam: Carols Christmas, by Whitesburg O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; J-Garrett K Gomez; $60,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, $105,632. Werk Nick Rating: A+ Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Reading between the lines, it looks as though Ron Winchell and his mother Joan were well aware of the potential of one of their 2007 juve- niles, Pyro, before this homebred son of Pulpit made a winning debut in July 2007. A few weeks earlier, the Winchells had sent another mare from the same family to be mated to Pul- pit=s son Tapit, the result being a colt born May 6, 2008. The Tapit colt=s birth came just three days after Winchell Thorough- breds had suffered a sizeable disap- pointment with Pyro. He had started third favorite behind Big Brown and Tapizar Benoit photo Colonel John in the Kentucky Derby on the strength of clear-cut victories in the GIII Risen Star S. and GII Louisiana Derby. Unfor- tunately, he failed to reproduce the same high level of form--just as he had in the GI Blue Grass S.--in finishing a never-dangerous eighth. Pedigree Insights cont. p4 TAPIZAR, c, 2008 Seattle Slew A.P. Indy Weekend Surprise Pulpit Mr. Prospector Preach Narrate Tapit Fappiano Unbridled Gana Facil Tap Your Heels Nijinsky Ruby Slippers Moon Glitter Northern Dancer Vice Regent Victoria Regina Deputy Minister Bunty’s Flight Mint Copy Winning Call Shakney 4-1-1-0 Icecapade 7Fls, 1GSW Wild Again Call Now Bushel-n-Peck GSW, $368,765 6Fls, 1SP Carols Christmas Whitesburg 10Fls, 2GSW, 1SW Light Verse www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/18/11 • PAGE 4 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Pedigree Insights cont.

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