READ THE FOOTNOTES TO STAND AT SEQUEL HEADLINE ...p1, Around the World 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 TUESDAY, DEC. 21, 2004 A FESTIVAL AT HOLLYWOOD PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Sent off at 73-1 in her U.S. debut, Festival (Jpn) (Assatis) was not disgraced when sixth, five lengths BY ANDREW CAULFIELD behind Belleski, in the Sept. 29 GIII S.K. Maddy H. down the hill at Santa Saturday, Calder Race Course Anita. She made her second American LA PREVOYANTE H.-GII, $200,000, CRC, 12-18, appearance at a more respectable 5-1 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:27, fm. in the scratch-depleted off-the-turf GIII 1--ARVADA (GB), 117, f, 4, by Hernando (Fr) Dahlia H. at Hollywood yesterday and 1st Dam: Lalindi (Ire), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB) rolled to her first victory in more than 2nd Dam: Soemba (GB), by General Assembly three years. It was no surprise that 3rd Dam: Seven Seas (Fr), by Riverman Festival was initially ignored by Ameri- (20,000gns yrl ‘01 TATOCT). O-Giles Pritchard- can bettors. She won four of five Gordon; B-Myriad Communications & New England starts as a juvenile in Japan in 2001, Festival Benoit Photo but had been off the board in all 14 Stud (GB); T-Robert J Frankel; J-E S Prado; appearances since, and was let go at odds as long as $120,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr & GSP-Ity, 515-1 while racing in her native country last year. But 16-4-2-3, $297,519. the California air must agree with her. The bay settled Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com in fourth as Irgunette (Aus) (Irgun) opened up a daylight catalogue-style pedigree. lead, reeled in the pacesetter at midstretch and drew away to a six-length score. “When this filly first got Regular readers of this column will realise that I am a [here], she tried to run like a front-running sprinter,” fully paid-up subscriber to the jockey Danny Sorenson said. “[Trainer Paddy Gallagher theory that history repeats and his barn] spent months getting her to settle down... itself--something I was re- and it paid off today.” Click for the brisnet.com chart. minded of by the recent death of that multi-talented stallion Monday, Hollywood Park DAHLIA H.-GIII, $150,000, HOL, 12-20, 3yo/up, f/m, Miswaki (by Mr. Prospector 1 1/16m (off turf), 1:42, ft. out of a Buckpasser mare). 1--@FESTIVAL (JPN), 111, m, 5, by Assatis The male line charts at the 1st Dam: North Cape (Jpn), by Crowned Prince back of the Blood-Horse Stal- Arvada Skip Smith photo 2nd Dam: E Grand (Jpn), by Venture 7th (GB) lion Register show that 3rd Dam: Amaritude (GB), by Gratitude (GB) Buckpasser’s male line continues to struggle for sur- O-Grand Farm; B-Grand Stud (JPN); T-Patrick vival. With the dispatch to Japan of Silver Charm, the Gallagher; J-D Sorenson; $90,000. Lifetime Record: most obvious hope of a revival for this line largely de- MSW-Jpn, 20-5-0-0, $607,550. pends on Montbrook and his proliferating number of 2--Irgunette (Aus), 113, m, 5, Irgun--River of Destiny stallion sons. (Aus), by River Rough (NZ). O-Epic Racing; B-J L Of course Buckpasser’s fame never rested on his Atkinson, at al (AUS); $30,000. sons’ shoulders, despite the best efforts of such as 3--Belle Ange (Fr), 114, f, 3, Ganges--Wait and See One (Fr), by The Wonder (Fr). O-Fanny Guedj; B-Fanny Akureyri, Balzac, Buckaroo, Buckfinder, L’Enjoleur, Guedj & Jean-Louis Gay (FR); $18,000. Norcliffe, Pass The Glass, Silver Buck and State Dinner. Margins: 6, 9, 3. Odds: 5.70, 3.30, 4.10. It was his daughters, headed by La Prevoyante, Num- Also Ran: Midwife, Navaja (NZ). Scratched: Penny's bered Account and Relaxing, who earned championship Fortune, Belleski, Katdogawn (GB), Janeian (NZ), Hoh honors on the track and then as broodmares. Buzzard (Ire). Pedigree Insights cont. p2 A New Season of Opportunity Make plans now to attend the (800) 456-3412 Keeneland January 10-15 Horses of All Ages Sale. www.keeneland.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/21/04 • PAGE 2 of 3 Pedigree Insights cont. However, all these stallions face a hard task if they Buckpasser headed the North American broodmare are to match the achievements of the 14-year-old sire table three times in the 1980s, and his daughters Hernando, who is out of Miswaki’s group-winning have ensured that his name will live on by producing daughter Whakilyric. such noted stallions as Miswaki, El Gran Senor, Seeking Arvada, winner of Saturday’s GII La Prevoyante H., the Gold, Woodman and Private Account (as well as the ranks alongside Sulamani, Samando and Songerie as likes of Touch Gold, Polish Precedent, Slew o’Gold, one of four group/graded winners this year for the Mining, Easy Goer, Try My Best, Wavering Monarch, Lanwades Stud stallion. It is well worth adding that With Approval and Polish Numbers). Samando--winner of the G2 Prix de Royallieu on the Arc Now history seems to be repeating itself through weekend--is one of only 28 foals in Hernando’s 2001 Miswaki. This thoroughly dependable stallion has yet to crop and that Songerie--winner of the G3 Prix des establish a secure male line, although this could be Reservoirs--is one of only 34 foals in his 2002 crop. changed by Rossini, who made such a bright start with In fact there are only 283 foals in his first six crops, his first European runners this year, and Bachelor Duke, so his 10 group winners--which include two winners of a very well-connected classic winner who will stand his the French Derby--represent 3.5 percent of his output first season in Ireland in 2005. and his 22 stakes winners equate to nearly eight per- If Miswaki is to find lasting fame--and I think he will-- cent. These figures are highly respectable considering it is going to be via his broodmare daughters, who have that Hernando’s fee was never higher than 8,000 guin- over 100 stakes winners to their credit. Among these eas in those first six years. stakes winners are several colts which already ensure Although Hernando’s connections have done their that Miswaki’s name is in no danger of fading away. best to remind breeders that four of his six stakes suc- Two stallions out of Miswaki mares--Daylami and Dr cesses were gained at around a mile and a quarter, Fong--had Group 1 winners among their first three-year- breeders unfortunately tend to think of him as a stayer, olds this year, with Daylami being responsible for the largely because he is a son of the stamina-packed Irish Derby winner Grey Swallow and Dr Fong for the Niniski. With a fast two-year-old by Miswaki as his Prix Saint-Alary heroine Ask For The Moon. dam, Hernando has more speed in his make-up than his Talkin Man, a less well-known stallion out of a sire but I fear that he will always face a struggle to Miswaki mare, has been put on the map by the exploits maintain his popularity with breeders, in much the same of Better Talk Now, who followed up his win in the GI way that Niniski did. Sword Dancer Invitational with an even better victory in Although his excellent results in 2002, when the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Sulamani led a team of six stakes winners, resulted in a There are also several other very promising stallions book of 98 mares in 2003, demand for his services fell out of Miswaki mares waiting in the wings, including a little this year, when he covered 70 mares. It is going Galileo, the brilliant dual Derby winner who did so well to be interesting to see how Hernando fares in 2005, with his first yearlings at this year’s sales, and when he will be in direct competition with his son Daylami’s outstanding half-brother Dalakhani. Sulamani. www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/21/04 • PAGE 3 of 3 Pedigree Insights cont. Sankeisports Hai Hanshin Himba S. cont. Sulamai, a wiry individual, enters stud at a fee of As odds-on favorite Osumi Haruka (Jpn) (Fusaichi £7,000, compared to Hernando’s £12,000. But breed- Concorde {Jpn}) set the pace, Heavenly Romance tar- ers should remember that the best is likely still to come ried near the back of the pack. But the filly made from Hernando, who looks guaranteed a very rewarding steady progress and powered to the lead along the rail 2007. Commercial breeders who use him in 2005 could in the stretch. Jockey Mikio Matsunaga, capturing his have a very saleable product for the ‘07 yearling sales. 50th group stakes win, said, “It didn’t matter who she Arvada was racing for the 16th time when she won was running against today. I settled her in a good posi- the La Prevoyante, but there should still be plenty of tion and she showed plenty of spirt, especially in the miles left in her. Hernando raced until he was five and stretch.” Looking for her first Japanese group win, her dam, Lalindi, was seven when she made the last of 50 appearances. Lalindi’s seven wins were gained from Heavenly Romance was coming off three consecutive nine to 16 furlongs, despite being bred primarily for on-the-board efforts in upper-class stakes races.