Andrew Caulfield, July 31, 2012-Paynter PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Sunday, Monmouth HASKELL INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $1,000,000, MTH, 7-29, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:48 4/5, ft. 1--#@PAYNTER, 118, c, 3, by Awesome Again 1st Dam: Tizso, by Cee's Tizzy 2nd Dam: Cee's Song, by Seattle Song 3rd Dam: Lonely Dancer, by Nice Dancer ($325,000 yrl '10 KEESEP). O-Zayat Stables LLC; B-Diamond A Racing Corp (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Rafael Bejarano; $600,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, 6-3-2-0, $952,224. *1/2 to Tizakitty (Distinctive Cat), SW, $158,644; Tiz West (Gone West), GSW, $263,761. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. KY-BRED QUALITY KTA / KTOB Another IBS Yearling Auction Purchase 3rd Individual IBS G1 Winner in 2012 EQB Heart Scan Client • www.EQB.com Half-brother by Street Cry sells at KeeSep with TAYLOR MADE I=ve no idea whether Ahmed Zayat and Bob Baffert are devotees of Frank Sinatra, but they should certainly be singing along to these lines made famous by Ol= Blue Eyes: AOut of the tree of life, I just picked me a plum You came along and everything starting to hum Still it=s a real good bet, the best is yet to come.@ For Atree of life@ substitute Keeneland=s 2010 September Sales, where Zayat Stables picked out a plum at a cost of Aonly@ $325,000 on the opening day, when the average stood at nearly $350,000. The plum, of course, is Paynter, the impressive GI Haskell Invitational winner whose bloodlines give every encouragement for thinking that the best is indeed yet to come. In triumphing in the Monmouth Grade I, Paynter followed in the footsteps of Point Given, War Emblem, Roman Ruler, Lookin= At Lucky and Coil to give Baffert his sixth victory in the Haskell. Three of the Awesome Again colt=s predecessors had enjoyed Triple Crown success, but the less precocious Paynter didn=t even contest the first two legs, having made his debut on Feb. 18. After improving his record to two wins from four starts, he was ready to take on the big boys in the GI Belmont S. and he very nearly covered himself in glory, failing by only a neck to hold off Union Rags after attempting to lead throughout. Stamina is clearly no problem for this progressive colt, and neither is speed, as he showed when dropping back to a mile and an eighth. Caulfield cont. Caulfield cont. There are now 11 foals of racing age representing this Understandably, in view of the fact that he also trains cross, including Paynter=s 2-year-old brother who sold Game On Dude and Bodemeister, Baffert made no for $510,000 last September. The cross=s seven mention of the GI Breeders= Cup Classic after Paynter=s starters also include the group-placed stakes winner Haskell victory. However, Awesome Patriot, who is out of a sister to Tizso. if Paynter can maintain Tizso is the fourth of the nine foals that Cee=s Tizzy his upward curve, he sired from Cee=s Song. The second, Budroyale, retired could easily become a with a bankroll of $2,840,810; the fifth was Tiznow, contender for the Classic, earner of $6,427,830; the seventh was the Grade II- a race which figures very placed stakes winner Tizbud; and the eighth was prominently in his Tizdubai, winner of the GII Sorrento S. at two. Most of pedigree. His sire this success came after Tizso started her broodmare Awesome Again took the career at the age of three with a visit to the unraced 1998 Classic and his dam Distinctive Cat in California, followed by successful Paynter Tizso is a lightly-raced visits to Western Fame and Distinctive Cat again. Equi-Photo sister to Tiznow, who However, the enormous rise in the family fortunes repelled top-class earned Tizso a transfer to Kentucky. She was sold for European challengers in the 2000 and 2001 editions. $625,000 when in foal to Hennessy in 2002 and has Awesome Again already has a Classic winner to his justified that sort of price-tag by producing Tiz West, a credit, thanks to Ghostzapper in 2004. Gone West colt who landed the GIII Cinema H. over a It is well worth pointing out that Awesome Again was mile and an eighth on turf, and now Paynter. dynamite, but with a slow-burning fuse. Like Paynter, Tizso=s sister Tizdubai sold for $950,000 as a he was unraced at two and he didn=t draw attention to weanling in 2001, with another sister, Tizamazing, himself until he won the Queen=s Plate at the end of reaching the magic million-dollar mark as a yearling in June. His next step up the ladder came on the same day 2003, but Tizso so far ranks as the most successful as the 1997 Haskell, when he won the GII Jim Dandy S. producer among the six sisters. By the end of his 3-year-old campaign, Awesome Again Tiznow=s status as one of America=s most effective had earned an International Classification of 117, but he stallions can only help Paynter when the time eventually boosted this to 130 at four. comes for the Haskell winner to retire. The revival in It was a very similar story with Ghostzapper. He also Ghostzapper=s fortunes, with six group/graded winners achieved a figure of 130 when he topped the World in 2012, will also help. Ghostzapper is one of three sons Rankings as a 4-year-old, having achieved an of Awesome Again to have sired graded winners this International Classification figure of 116 at three. year, another being Awesome Feather=s sire Awesome Ghostzapper is relevant to Paynter, as he is out of a of Course. mare by Relaunch, the stallion who appears in Paynter=s Awesome Again himself is having a fine year, pedigree as the grandsire of his dam, the Cee=s Tizzy currently holding 11th place on the sires= table, two mare Tizso. places below Tiznow. With Paynter and Game On Dude Although Tizso=s brother Tiznow won the Breeders= among his flagbearers, chances are that he=ll be higher Cup Classic as a 3-year-old, he wasn=t exactly still by the end of the year. precocious. He hadn=t made his debut until Apr. 22, little more than six months before the Classic, and he PAYNTER, c, 2009 didn=t win until May 31. Although he gained his first Northern Dancer Vice Regent graded victory in July, in the GIII Affirmed H., he didn=t Victoria Regina Deputy Minister show his true worth until the fall, when he reeled off Bunty’s Flight Mint Copy victories in the Super Derby, Goodwood Breeders= Cup Shakney Awesome Again H. and then the Classic. Red Gold Blushing Groom (Fr) So Awesome Again, Tiznow and Paynter have all Runaway Bride Primal Force needed a bit of time, despite all three being March foals. Mr. Prospector Prime Prospect If Paynter can match the progress displayed by his Square Generation forebears, he has every chance of challenging for the In Reality Relaunch title of champion 3-year-old, especially now that I=ll Foggy Note Cee’s Tizzy Have Another and Union Rags are no longer around to Lyphard Tizso Tizly add to their achievements. 2-0-0-0 Tizna With the Awesome Again--Relaunch alliance having 11Fls, 2GSW, Seattle Slew Cee’s Song Seattle Song produced Ghostzapper, breeders were bound to try the 1SW 18-1-8-3 Incantation Adena Springs stallion with mares by Relaunch=s son 14Fls, 1Ch, 3GSW Lonely Dancer Nice Dancer Cee=s Tizzy. 1SW 15Fls, 2SW Sleep Lonely.