SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII Bobby Frankel Memorial S. NED EVANS DIES AT 68 Prominent owner and breeder Edward >Ned= Evans, who operated Spring Hill Farm in Casanova, Virginia, died Friday, Dec. 31 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after a brief illness. He was 68. While many of Ev- ans=s friends and his associ- ates knew Evans was dealing with health issues, news of his death came as a shock, and left the industry contemplating STYLISH WIN AT SANTA ANITA the man who bred over 100 Spring Style (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) returned to her favor- stakes winners through the ite venue and got her nose down ahead of odds-on years. Harmonious (Dynaformer) for a career best in Satur- AHe was his own man in ev- day=s GII Robert J. Frankel S. at Santa Anita. Winner of ery way,@ said Chris Baker, a second-level allowance last January, the chestnut manager of Spring Hill. AThat=s was a midpack sixth to the what we are going to miss late Tuscan Evening (Ire) most about him. For us at the (Oasis Dream {GB}) in the farm, it=s a great loss to all of Ned Evans 1942-2010 GII Buena Vista H. the fol- us who got to work with him. Horsephotos lowing month before getting He was a man of great intel- a break. She ran fifth in the lect, drive and focus. But it=s also a great loss for the GII Royal Heroine Mile at sport of racing. There are very few of those old-style Hollywood July 3, then owner/breeders left in the game.@ Cont. p5-7 made her next three starts at Spring Style (right) Benoit Photo Del Mar, finishing seventh in TDN TODAY the restricted Osunitas H. July 24, fourth to Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) in the GI Clement L. Hirsch S. on Headline News..................... 7 pages Polytrack Aug. 7 and seventh back on the lawn in the GI John C. Mabee S. Aug. 15. Given three months to regroup, Spring Style took a one-mile Hollywood allow- ance Nov. 19, and she was the third choice here after the scratch of GISW Eclair de Lune (Ger) (Marchand de Sable). The 6-1 chance was a tracking second under jockey Garrett Gomez as they went at a walk up front, got the jump on the come-from-behinders to take the lead nearing the eighth pole and just held as Harmoni- ous cut into the margin late. AShe can get a little lazy if she=s up front on her own, so I told Garrett, >Just sit right off somebody if you can,= and he rode her per- fect,@ trainer Ben Cecil remarked, adding, AI did [think I won it] when I was sitting down, but as I walked down and watched the head bob, I wasn=t totally sure. It=s huge. It makes her worth quite a bit of money now. She=s got a reasonable pedigree, and Pivotal is a leading sire in Europe. And winning the race named for Frankel is significant. Since I came to California, he=s the trainer I=ve had certainly the most respect for, so it=s great to win.@ Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Frankel chart, p2 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/2/11 • PAGE 2 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Santa Anita Saturday, Calder Race Course ROBERT J FRANKEL S.-GII, $147,000, SAX, 1-1, STAGE DOOR BETTY H.-GIII, $100,000, CRC, 1-1, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:51, fm. 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:47 1/5, ft. 1--#@SPRING STYLE (IRE), 118, m, 6, by Pivotal (GB) 1--@TOOCLEVERFORWORDS, 116, m, 5, by Arch 1st Dam: Clear Spring, by Irish River (Fr) 1st Dam: Sherry Elizabeth, by Dixieland Band 2nd Dam: Ixtapa, by Chief's Crown 2nd Dam: Im a Star Prospect, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Tertiary, by *Vaguely Noble 3rd Dam: Liza Star, by Bold Hitter (42,000gns 2yo >07 TATDEC). O-Kristina Cecil & ($120,000 yrl '07 KEESEP). O-Farnsworth Stables Zillah Reddam; B-Frank Dunne (IRE); T-Ben D A Cecil; LLC; B-Hermitage Farm LLC & Walter Freeman (KY); J-Garrett K Gomez; $90,000. Lifetime Record: T-Martin D Wolfson; J-Luis Saez; $58,280. Lifetime 16-5-1-2, $245,475. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ Record: 15-5-4-0, $201,308. Werk Nick Rating: A ‘Triple Plus.’ Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Harmonious, 123, f, 4, Dynaformer--Jade Tree, by A Taylor Made private sales purchase Storm Cat. O-Martin, Emily & Pam Wygod; B-Pam & Martin Wygod (KY); T-John A Shirreffs; $30,000. 2--Joanie's Catch, 118, f, 4, First Tour--Caught 3--Go Forth North, 118, f, 4, North Light (Ire)--Witch Speeding, by Saint Ballado. O/B-Rose Family Stable Tradition, by Holy Bull. (9,500gns RNA yrl '08 Ltd (FL); T-Barry R Rose; $18,800. TATOCT). O-L-Bo Racing, Monte Pyle & Summer of 3--Striking Dancer, 117, m, 5, Smart Strike--Dancing Fun Racing LLC; B-Michael Schmeling & Andy Shoes (Ire), by Danehill. ($110,000 yrl '07 KEESEP). Stronach (KY); T-A C Avila; $18,000. O-Steve Stan Stables; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Margins: NO, 1 1/4, 5. Odds: 6.90, 0.30, 2.70. Holdings LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G McPeek; $9,400. Also Ran: Powerofvoodoo. Scratched: Eclair de Lune Margins: 1, 4 1/4, NO. Odds: 3.40, 18.50, 6.90. (Ger). Also Ran: Musical Romance, Amazing, Quiet Temper, Pink Palace, Dynamic Barbie, Girl Can Rock, Even Road, Funny Moon. That Toocleverforwords had raced five times on the main track was not exactly by design, as four of those races were scheduled for the turf. But, the daughter of a versatile sire in Arch performed well in those appear- 2010's ances, with runner-up efforts in her first two tries after CHAMPION switching to this barn Aug. 7 and 22 prior to a fourth in the grassy Ms. Brookski S. Sept. 4. The dark bay SECOND CROP SIRE romped by 6 1/4 lengths in yet another off-turf affair Oct. 1 and came full circle in her latest, a first black- 2011 Stud Fee: $10,000 S&N type success and career-best figure in the Oct. 16 Cinnamon Girl S. Allowed to stalk a moderate pace while saving all the ground from her inside post, GII Robert J. Frankel S. (SA) Spring Style (Ire) (Pivotal Toocleverforwords was angled out for run leaving the {GB}) hangs on to take the photo over favored turn, came calling for the lead outside Joanie=s Catch Harmonious (Dynaformer). entering the final furlong and edged clear. Click for the GIII Stage Door Betty H. (CRC) Toocleverforwords brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Video, spon- (Arch) makes the grade. sored by Taylor Made. www.winstarfarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 1/2/11 • PAGE 3 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Santa Anita DAYTONA S.-GIII, $100,000, SAX, 1-1, 4yo/up, Today’s Graded Stakes a6 1/2fT, 1:12 1/5, fm. brought to you by 1--@DILEMMA, 118, h, 7, by Grand Slam 1st Dam: Heavenly Cat, by Tabasco Cat 2nd Dam: In Excelcis Deo, by Forty Niner 3rd Dam: Sabin, by Lyphard ($650,000 wlng '04 KEENOV). O-Glen Hill Farm; B-Twin Hopes Farm (KY); T-T F Proctor; J-G Gomez; $60,000. Lifetime Record: 22-6-5-3, $366,656. *1/2 2:05p La Prevoyante H.-GIII, CRC (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV to Capitano (Belong To Me), MSW & MGSP, 4:00p Monrovia S.-GIII, SA (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV $576,894; and Heavenly Ransom (Red Ransom), Click here to download all brisnet.com PPs for today’s graded races. GSW, $181,720. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for Stakes horses for MORE THAN READY, PURE the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. PRIZE & SILVER TRAIN to start the New Year! 2--Quick Enough, 123, g, 7, High Brite--Donna B. Click here for more... Quick, by Moscow Ballet. O-Bello, Sarno & Suarez Racing Inc; B-Harris Farms Inc (CA); T-Doug F O'Neill; $20,000. P P R E V I E W S P 3--Regally Ready, 118, g, 4, More Than Ready--Kivi, by King of Kings (Ire). ($110,000 yrl '08 KEESEP). Sunday, Calder Race Course, post time: 2:05 p.m. EST O-Vinery Stables; B-Grapestock LLC (KY); T-Steven M LA PREVOYANTE H.-GII, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, Asmussen; $12,000. 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML K Margins: 1 1/4, HF, HF. Odds: 8.80, 3.30, 2.20. 1 Dancing Rage Sligo Bay (Ire) Alvarez Azpurua 20-1 2 Liberally (Ire) Statue of Liberty Maragh Albertrani 12-1 Also Ran: Afleet Ruler, Quietly Mine, Sirocco Strike, K Dance With Gable. 3 Tarrip Green Desert Bravo Clement 6-1 4 Sweet and Flawless K Unbridled's Song Leparoux Reed 8-1 Dilemma, looking for his first victory in more than K two years, came charging down the far outside to get it 5 The Niagara Queen Langfuhr Coa Pletcher 20-1 6 Becky's Exchange Exchange Rate Lopez Hartmann 15-1 done here. Second by a nose in the GIII Hollywood 7 Casablanca Smile (Chi) Ocean Terrace Castellano McGaughey 3-1 Prevue S.