Chace City Heads Saratoga Special HEADLINE p.2 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 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006 LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSIS FOR LOST IN THE SWEET MUSIC AT SARATOGA FOG Lost in the Fog (Lost Soldier) has been diagnosed Trainer Todd Pletcher, who generally gets his fair with a potentially fatal case of lymphoma, according to share of play at Saratoga, showed once again why he is trainer Greg Gilchrist. The four-year-old colt, owned by the meeting=s leading trainer after saddling longshot Harry Aleo, was taken to a Octave (Unbridled=s Song) to victory in yesterday=s GII veterinary clinic at the Uni- Adirondack S. Settled in a track- versity of California-Davis ing fifth behind favored Magical earlier this week after devel- Ride (Storm Cat), who carved oping what connections out a crisp opening quarter mile intially thought to be a rou- in :21.83, the grey circled wide tine case of colic. Doctors for the stretch run and drew off performed a sonogram that late to score by 1 1/2 lengths revealed a cantaloupe-sized over New Jersey shipper True Gilchrist & Lost in the Fog Adam Coglianese Addiction (Yes It=s True). The 4-5 Horsephotos cancerous mass in his spleen. Gilchrist said that the colt=s choice a half length further back racing career was over and that the focus would now in third. AFor a baby to be down on the inside, she shift to simply saving his life. "This will not be unlike acted like she was seasoned,@ said winning rider Garrett the situation with Barbaro," Gilchrist said. "Mr. Aleo Gomez. AThat=s all of Todd=s work-to have them ready like that. She did exactly what Todd wanted her to do. will spare no expense and this horse will have the best It made my job easy. cont. p2 surgeons available. We have always put the horse first @ and nothing will change. We will just do the best we Wednesday, Saratoga can for him." Gilchrist said that if the cancer went ADIRONDACK BREEDERS' CUP S.-GII, $200,000, SAR, untreated, it was expected that Lost in the Fog would 8-16, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:19, ft. survive for no more than a year. "We could go with 1--@#OCTAVE, 118, f, 2, by Unbridled's Song radiation and chemotherapy, but I don't think that will 1st Dam: Belle Nuit (SW & GSP, $162,392), happen," Gilchrist said. "We will probably choose to by Dr. Carter remove his spleen and hope that the cancer has not 2nd Dam: Belle Noel, by Tom Rolfe metastasized and spread. Right now, everyone feels it 3rd Dam: *Christmas Belle II, by Santa Claus hasn't. The tricky thing is that he is 50-50 to make it ($350,000 yrl '05 KEESEP). O-Starlight Stables, through the operation. There are very few surgeons Donald Lucarelli; B-Mr & Mrs Martin J Wygod (KY); who have done this." Further tests will be done Friday T-Todd A Pletcher; J-G Gomez; $120,000. Lifetime to see if the cancer has spread beyond the spleen. If it Record: 3-2-1-0, $173,200. *1/2 to Belle Cherie has, no surgery will be performed, Gilchrist said. Lost in (Belong to Me), MGSW, $426,861; Be Mine Tonight the Fog won his first 10 straight races, including the GI (Belong to Me), SW, $159,210. King's Bishop S. at Saratoga, and suffered his lone 2--True Addiction, 118, f, 2, Yes It's True--Java Jolt, defeat in 2005 in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. He has by Hennessy. ($65,000 yrl '05 OBSJAN; $75,000 yrl since lost two of three starts, including a ninth-place '05 KEESEP). O-George & Lori Hall; B-Lybby F & finish in his last race, the July 15 GIII Smile Sprint H. at Ronald Gay (FL); T-Kelly J Breen; $40,000. Calder. Gilchrist said he believed the lymphoma was at 3--Magical Ride, 118, f, 2, Storm Cat--Victory Ride, by least partially responsible for Lost in the Fog's poor Seeking the Gold. O/B-G Watts Humphrey Jr & Louise form this year. "Obviously, he's been running with this I Humphrey (KY); T-George R Arnold II; $20,000. for a while," Gilchrist said. "It shows you that this Margins: 1HF, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 9.80, 30.75, 0.95. horse has the heart of a lion. It certainly could explain Also Ran: Post Invader, Tora, Chagall, Expertise, why he had some subpar performances." Richwoman, Lemon Drop Girl. Scratched: Early Vintage www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/17/06 • PAGE 2 of 5 Saratoga Special BC S. Today’s Graded Stakes King of The Roxy was recently purchased by Team brought to you by Valor and transferred to the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher. Well beaten in his debut at Hollywood park May 18, the dark bay rounded out his tenure with Richard Matlow with a 2 3/4-length score in a 5 1/2- furlong contest July 2. AIt=s an ambitious spot, but he=s training well,@ said Pletcher. AHe runs in blinkers and we haven=t been working him in blinkers. Apparently, that Click for TV makes a big difference...We=ll give it a shot and see 4:48p Saratoga Special BC S.-GII, Sar (brisnet.com PPs) TVG how he does.@ All Post Times are Eastern Daylight Time. Adirondack S. cont. POSSE YEARLINGS POPULAR AND A professional 2 1/2-length winner going 4 1/2 pan- PROFITABLE AT F-T JULY els at Churchills Downs May 27, Octave stumbled at the start in her latest, a 5 1/2 furlong test at Belmont Click here for more... Park July 2, but still managed to finish a respectable second to Desire to Excel. Looking to secure her first P P R E V I E W S P graded stakes victory here, the filly appeared primed for her best effort Thursday, Saratoga, post time: 4:48 p.m. EDT following a bullet four-furlong work SARATOGA SPECIAL BREEDERS= CUP S.-GII, in :47 4/5 at Belmont Aug. 10. AI $200,000, 2yo, 6 1/2f told Garrett [Gomez], >Don=t take PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS away what comes easy,=@ explained 1 Shermanesque Fusaichi Pegasus Reinstedler 4-1 Todd Pletcher. A>Sit in the pocket and 2 Actin Good Yes It=s True Dibona 15-1 keep coming at them.= That=s exactly 3 Cash Rich Orientate Dutrow 12-1 what happened. It=s a tiring track. 4 Teuflesberg Johannesburg Sanders 3-1 From the eighth pole to the wire, 5 Fast N Ready More Than Ready Sanders 3-1 you have to have a very fit horse to 6 Chace City Carson City Blasi 5-2 Adam Coglianese get there.@ The $350,000 KEESEP 7 King of the Roxy Littleexpectations Pletcher 2-1 yearling, who is raced by Starlight The sole stakes winner in the field, Chace City took Stables and Donald Lucarelli, was the second 9-1 shot the June 18 Victoria S. at Woodbine, but suffered his winner in one week at the Spa for the Pletcher barn, only career loss after jumping in the air soon after the following a victory by Jade Queen last Thursday. Ac- start of the GIII Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs cording to Pletcher, the filly is likely to make her next July 8. AHe was in the No. 1 post and he over-rated start in the GI Matron S. at Belmont Sept. 23. Video, when the No. 2 horse came in on him,@ said assistant sponsored by Taylor Made. Click for the brisnet.com trainer Scott Blasi, who is running the barn for Steve chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Asmussen who is serving a six-month suspension. AI think he found himself in a position where he didn=t The brisnet.com >Race of the Day= is the know where he was at. I don=t think it was his fault. GII Saratoga Special BC S. He s a two-year-old and it was a new experience for = For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. him being in that position.@ TOP OF THE CHARTS “...and has hands-down From TDN, 8/16/2006 the best two-year-old of DIXIE UNION either sex in Europe in LEADING F2002 SIRE MGW Sander Camillo.” by - Bill Oppenheim ‘A’ RUNNER INDEX Box 626, Versailles, KY 40383 • (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 • E-MAIL: [email protected] • www.lanesend.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/17/06 • PAGE 3 of 5 Previews cont. 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