Peace Rules Works at Belmont HEADLINE p.4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004 CLEVER TRICK DEAD AT 28 N E W S T O D A Y Leading sire Clever Trick (Icecapade–Kankakee Miss, P P by Better Bee) was euthanized June 5 at Glencrest Farm after he suffered massive kidney failure. The 28- ARC TOP OF NORTH LIGHT’S AGENDA year-old stallion, who stood his entire stud career at Connections of North Light (Ire) (Danehill) are aiming Glencrest, was found on the ground Saturday, and after their G1 Epsom Derby hero at the G1 Prix de l’Arc de it was determined that he was suffer- Triomphe at Longchamp Oct. 3, which may preclude a ing from renal failure, he was hu- visit to Doncaster for the G1 St Leger Sept. 11. After manely put down. Clever Trick will be the Weinstock Family’s colorbearer took Saturday’s buried at the farm alongside Glencrest Classic by 1½ lengths from Rule of Law, the G1 Irish stallions Full Out and Booklet. “It’s Derby at The Curragh June 27 was named as his next like losing a member of the family,” target. Ballymacoll Stud’s Manager Peter Reynolds was said David Greathouse, co-owner of looking further ahead as he revealed to the Racing Post Glencrest. “He was such a great stal- that although “he is bred to get a Leger,” that race may lion, a real icon.” A winner of five take the edge off the colt for the Arc. Recalling the defeat of Sun Princess (GB) in the Arc after that filly Clever Trick stakes races at two, including the Brant Gamma photo Marlboro Nursery S. and Sugar Bowl had won the St Leger in 1983, he said, “Sun Princess H. as well as a third in the GI Laurel won the St Leger, but Lord Weinstock always reckoned Futurity, Clever Trick scored in the Bachelor S. and it cost her the Arc. That’s another reason why you Thomas D. Nash Memorial H. at three. Clever Trick might just not go for it. As far as I’m concerned, the came back the following season to take the Gravesend Arc has always been the race. It would be nice to get H. Retired to Glencrest Farm in 1981with 18 wins from there, but it’s so far away.” (news cont. p4) 29 starts and earnings of $419,787, Clever Trick was leading freshman sire with 18 juvenile winners in his P R E S U L T S P first crop, which included Phone Trick. Track record setter Phone Trick sired Horse of the Year Favorite Trick and champions Phone Chatter and Caller One. In total, Sunday, Sao Paulo, Brazil Clever Trick produced 67 stakes winners, 63 stakes GRAN PREMIO JULIANO MARTINS-G1, $45,000, placed horses, 622 winners and his progeny amassed Cidade Jardim, 6-6, 2yo, 1600m, 1:35.70, gd. $43.5 in earnings. To date, his daughters have pro- 1--#@sMARENOSTRUM (BRZ), 121, c, 2, by Royal Academy duced 75 stakes winners, led by America’s #2 fresh- 1st Dam: Dominance (Arg), by Dark Brown (Brz) man sire Yes It’s True. At the conclusion of 2003, he 2nd Dam: Fasten (Arg), by World Cup (GB) was ranked fourth, only behind Sadler’s Wells, Mr. 3rd Dam: Fallow's Sister (GB), by Worden (Fr) Prospector and Mr. Leader, by lifetime winners. O/B-Stud TNT; T-Eduardo Garcia; J-T J Pereira. Lifetime Record: N/A. 2--Murtinho (Brz), 121, c, 2, Punk (Arg)--Fatiga (Arg), by Laramie Trail. O-Rodolpho Montanari Neto; Clever Trick’s Graded Stakes Winners B-Haras Ponta Pora. Anet, Tricky Creek, Clever Song, Phone 3--Investment Banker (Arg), 121, c, 2, Midnight Tiger-- Trick, Clever Response, With a Wink, Journee Laitee (Arg), by Dark Brown (Brz). O-Stud Tricky Squaw, Weekend Delight, Nice Lu e Leo; B-Haras Santa Veronica. Assay, Hadif, Bishop Bob, Ruff, Tricky Margins: 12, HF. Fingers, Demon Magic (Results cont. p2) To submit your ask listings, please contact one of our members TODAY! Click here for the member roster. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/8/04 • PAGE 2 of 4 (Results cont.) (Unicorn S. cont.) Top of World was top of the heap Saturday afternoon Sunday, Greyville, South Africa at Tokyo, earning his first graded success in this event. DAILY NEWS 2000-G1, R400,000, Greyville, South The colt, a maiden winner in his second start last July, Africa, 6-6, 3yo, c/g, 1 1/4mT, 2:00.56, gd. took a Listed contest in March, then followed that with 1--GRAND EMPORIUM (SAF), 126, g, 3, by National Assembly a third and a second in the Listed Tango S. and Listed 1st Dam: Whistling Dixie (SAf) (Ch. Sprinter-SAf, Shoryo S., respectively. Settled just off a modest pace GSW & MG1SP-SAf), by Raise a Man here, Top of World hit the accelerator in mid-stretch 2nd Dam: A Song Is Born (SAf), by Jamaico (Fr) and sped off to find the wire 1 3/4 lengths to the good 3rd Dam: Song of Peace (SAf), by Peaceable Kingdom of Daiwa Bandit. “I thought the pace would be faster O-A Geemooi; B-Highlands Farms; T-W H Mawing; than it actually was, so I settled him in a forward posi- J-K Shea; R250,000. Lifetime Record: 9 starts, tion,” explained winning jockey Hirofumi Shii. “He was 6 wins, 2 places, R686,904. bearing in through the race, but he did good job, never giving up until the line. If he runs earnestly, he’ll be 2--James Jaguar (SAf), 126, c, 6, Jallad--Zealous Zilla, competitive in higher classes.” by Zilzal. O-M C Berzack, G J Beck, K E Michael & G P Sadie; B-Maine Chance; R80,000. Sunday, Chukyo, Japan 3--Greys Inn, 126, c, 3, Zabeel (NZ)--Great Verdict THE AICHI HAI-G3-JRA, ¥81,440,000, Chukyo, 6-6, (Aus), by Christmas Tree (Aus). O/B-Bridget D f/m, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.60, gd. Oppenheimer; R40,000. 1--#@MEMORY KEANU (JPN), 114, f, 4, by Tony Bin (Ire) Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, NK. Odds: 7-1, 3-1, 4-1. 1st Dam: Balawaki (GSW & G1SP-Fr), by Miswaki 2nd Dam: Balakhna (Fr), by Tyrant Saturday, Tokyo, Japan 3rd Dam: Balsamique (Fr), by Tourangeau (Fr) THE UNICORN S.-G3-JRA, ¥76,910,000, Tokyo, 6-5, O-Shinzan Club; B-Tanikawa Stud; T-Sachio Yukubo; 3yo, 1600m, 1:36.00, ft. J-Shinichiro Akiyama; ¥42,658,000. Lifetime Record: 1--@TOP OF WORLD (JPN), 123, c, 3, by Shanghai 22-3-2-3. *1/2 to Memory Jasper (Jpn) (Ile De 1st Dam: Top Sunkist (Jpn) (SP-Jpn, $760,843), by Assatis Bourbon), SW-Jpn, $1,236,421. 2nd Dam: Sunkist Yellow (Jpn), by Katsuragi Ace (Jpn) 2--Cheers Message (Jpn), 124, f, 4, Sunday Silence-- 3rd Dam: China Birth (Jpn), by China Rock (GB) Cheers Dancer (Jpn), by Amber Shadai (Jpn). O-Isao Ogawa; B-Okawa Bokujo; T-Kenichi Fujioka; O-Kiyoko Kitamura; B-Kon Bokujo; ¥17,188,000. J-Hirofumi Shii; ¥40,637,000. Lifetime Record: 3--Erimo Pixy (Jpn), 119, m, 6, Dancing Brave--Erimo 8-3-2-2. Shooting (Jpn), by Tesco Boy (GB). O-K Yamamoto; 2--Daiwa Bandit, 123, c, 3, Boston Harbor--Texas B-Etsuo Kawakami; ¥11,094,000. Robbery, by Mr. Prospector. O-Daiwa Shoji K; Margins: NK, NK, NK. Odds: 15.30, 8.30, 15.10. B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd; ¥16,182,000. It was all about speed for the four-year-old filly Mem- 3--Personal Rush, 121, c, 3, Wild Rush--Personally, by ory Keanu, who broke an 11-race losing streak that Alydar. O-Tomiro Fukami; B-Mr & Mrs M L Wood; dated back to last May. In her excellent adventure, the ¥10,091,000. Japanese bred broke widest of all from post 18, cruised into contention rounding the turn, hit the front soon Margins: 1 3/4, HF, 1 1/2. Odds: 8.20, 4.60, 7.90. after and staved off Cheers Message, Erimo Proxy and Meine Nouvelle (Jpn) (Brian’s Time) in a blanket finish. All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, Memory Keanu was coming off a sixth in the Listed unless otherwise indicated Suzaku S. in her most recent. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/8/04 • PAGE 3 of 4 Danehill’s Legacy... PEDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD North Light is one of seven Group/Graded winners for Danehill in Britain, France or the U.S. this year and the colt’s exploits raise the possibility of Danehill finally Saturday, Epsom, Britain ending Sadler’s Wells’ incredibly long reign as champion VODAFONE DERBY S.-G1, £1,386,410, Epsom, 6-5, sire in Britain and Ireland. If Danehill does, his champi- 3yo, c/f, 12f 10ydsT, 2:33.72, gd. onship will validate his status as one of the most re- 1--NORTH LIGHT (IRE), 126, c, 3, by Danehill markable stallions of recent times. After all, he has 1st Dam: Sought Out (Ire) (Hwt. Older Mare-Ger already been champion sire on two occasions in France, & Fr, 14f&up, Hwt. Older Horse-Fr, 14f & up, as well as heading the Australian table numerous times, G1SW-Fr, GSW-Ger, $356,115) by Rainbow Quest and it was by less than £10,000 that Danehill failed to 2nd Dam: Edinburgh (GB), by Charlottown (GB) beat his stud companion to the championship in 1997, 3rd Dam: Queen’s Castle (GB), by Sovereign Path (GB) when his son Desert King took the Irish 2000 Guineas O/B-Ballymacoll Stud Farm Ltd; T-Sir Michael Stoute; and Irish Derby.