War Emblem’s Breeding Woes HEADLINE p.5 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, JULY 11, 2006 COMPLICATIONS FOR BARBARO DEEP IMPACT KIN TOPS JRHA OPENER Barbaro (Dynaformer) developed an infection in his The Japan Racing Horse Association=s Select Sale surgically repaired right hind leg and underwent surgery began yesterday at Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido, late Saturday at the Univer- with a colt from the family of reigning Japanese Horse sity of Pennsylvania=s New of the Year Deep Impact (Jpn) Bolton Center to replace the highlighting an inaugural session plate and many of the of yearlings. Setting a new stan- screws used to stablize the dard for a yearling sold in Japan, fractures. ABarbaro had de- hip 60, a son of Pivotal (GB) out veloped some discomfort of Veil of Avalon (Thunder and a consistently elevated Gulch), a half-sister to Deep Im- temperature, so we believed pact, sold for $1,798,245 (-205,000,000). Bloodstock Barbaro Horsephotos it was in his best interest to Deep Impact remove the hardware and jhra.com agent Nobutaka Tada was the thoroughly clean the site of the infection,@ Dr. Dean winning bidder, purchasing the Richardson, the chief of surgery, said in a statement. colt from the draft of Northern Farm. Veil of Avalon is a AWe also applied a longer cast on that leg for additional graded stakes winner in the U.S. and was produced by support.@ While the fractured cannon bone is healing German Group 1 winner Wind in Her Hair (Ger). In his well, the pastern, which was shattered into more than Japanese finale, Deep Impact won the June 25 G1 20 pieces, is not responding as quickly as hoped. Rich- Takarazuka Kinen and is now being prepared for a tilt at ardson added more hardware and a fresh bone graft to the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The only other horse to eclipse the million-dollar mark yesterday was hip the pastern joint during Saturday=s procedure. It was 102, a colt by Dance in the Dark (Jpn) who was also the third time the Kentucky Derby winner had been consigned by Northern Farm. The second foal out of G1 under anesthesia in the last week; Barbaro had several Japanese Oaks heroine Silk Prima Donna (Jpn) (Brian=s screws replaced when his cast was changed last Mon- Time), the bay colt was purchased by Fusaro Sekiguchi day, then had a second cast replacement Wednesday. for $1,052,631 (-120,000,000). Sekiguchi is known in The recovery process from anesthesia took longer with A the U.S. as the owner of 2000 GI Kentucky Derby this surgery, but Barbaro is now back in his stall in the winner Fusaichi Pegasus. The sale continues today at Intensive Care Unit,@ said Richardson Sunday. A long 11:00 a.m. with the first of two sessions of foals. For cast was applied after the latest surgery, but that cast catalog and results, visit jrha.or.jp/eng. was replaced with a shorter one [Monday]. AThis was Top yearlings cont. p2 done with Barbaro in a sling and only under mild seda- tion,@ said the surgeon. AThe long cast was used as extra support during the anesthetic recovery phase. It is JRHA SELECT YEARLINGS much easier for him to move around his stall and get up and down with a short cast. We also found and treated MONDAY, JULY 10, 2006 an abscess in his left hind foot that was bothering him.@ Barbaro remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the SESSION TOTALS 2006 George D. Widener Hospital at the New Bolton Center, No. Offered 165 where he was reported to be comfortable and eating No. Sold 109 well. AWe=re continuing his pain medication, antibiotics RNAs 56 and other supportive care,@ Richardson added. AHe % RNA 33.9% appears more comfortable today and has had a normal Gross $30,537,719 (¥3,481,300,000) Average $482,456 (¥5,5000,000) temperature, heart rate and overall attitude. @ Median $386,491 (¥44,059,988) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/11/06 • PAGE 2 of 5 P H I P H A P P E N I N G S P Hip 215, c, French DeputyBBlue Avenue, by Classic Go Go Consigned by Northern Farm TOP SEVEN YEARLING COLTS Out of the stakes-winning mare Blue Avenue, the Feb. 11 colt is a full brother to Japanese champion Hip Sire Dam Price (US$) Kurofune, winner of the G1 Japanese Derby and G1 060 Pivotal (GB) Veil of Avalon 1,798,245 NHK Mile Cup; and Bella Bellucci, a multiple graded Consigned by Northern Farm stakes winner and GISP in the U.S. Purchased by Nobutaka Tada 102 Dance in the Dark (Jpn) Silk Prima Donna (Jpn) 1,052,631 Hip 219, c, VindicationBSicy d=Alsace (Fr), by Sicyos Consigned by Northern Farm Consigned by Akita Bokujo Purchased by Fusaro Sekiguchi By juvenile champion Vindication, whose first foals 099 Awesome Again Really Rising 877,192 are yearlings of 2006, the bay is out of GI Del Mar Consigned by Shadai Farm Oaks winner Sicy d=Alsace. Purchased by Fusaro Sekiguchi 147 War Emblem Gazelle Royale (Fr) 859,649 Hip 271, f, King Kamehameha (Jpn)BTo The Victory Consigned by Northern Farm (Jpn), by Sunday Silence Purchased by Hiroaki Nakamura Consigned by Northern Farm 085 Sakura Bakushin O (Jpn) My Katies (Jpn) 842,105 A member of King Kamehameha=s first crop of foal, Consigned by Northern Farm the Feb. 10 filly is out of Japanese champion mare To Purchased by Darley Japan K.K. The Victory, winner of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Com- 143 Symboli Kris S. Like the Wind (Jpn) 833,333 memorative Cup. Consigned by Northern Farm Purchased by Kaneko Catalogues are available on-line at jrha.or.jp/eng. 003 Kurofune In This Unison (Jpn) 789,473 Consigned by Northern Farm Purchased by Fusaro Sekiguchi P P R E V I E W P TOP THREE YEARLING FILLIES Wednesday, Newmarket, Britain Hip Sire Dam Price (US$) UAE EQUESTRIAN & RACING FEDERATION FAL- 017 Fuji Kiseki (Jpn) Sadler=s Maid 526,315 MOUTH S.-G1, ,200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT Consigned by Northern Farm SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT Purchased by Fusaro Sekiguchi 16 Cape Columbine (GB) Diktat (GB) Egan 131 072 Sadlers Wells Stolen Tear 438,596 2 7 Musicanna (GB) Cape Cross (Ire) Urbina 131 Consigned by Horse Bank Ltd 3 5 Peeress (GB) Pivotal (GB) Kinane 131 Purchased by Nobutaka Tada 4 3 Soviet Song (Ire) Marju (Ire) Spencer 131 007 Symboli Kris S. Beautiful Gem 350,877 5 2 Nannina (GB) Medicean (GB) Fortune 122 Consigned by Northern Farm 6 1 Nasheej Swain (Ire) Moore 122 Purchased by Fusaro Sekiguchi 7 4 Rajeem (GB) Diktat (GB) McEvoy 122 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/11/06 • PAGE 3 of 5 P EDIGREE INSIGHTS Invincible Spirit, a Group 1-winning sprinter out of a Classic-winning mare, has constantly been attracting BY ANDREW CAULFIELD attention to himself with his first runners. The son of Green Desert notched his 15th individual winner three PRIX JEAN PRAT-G1, i400,000, Chantilly, 7-9, 3yo, days ago, in the shape of the Listed-placed Conquest, c/f, 1mT, 1:37.80, gd/sf. having recorded his first stakes victory the previous day 1--sSTORMY RIVER (FR), 128, c, 3, by Verglas (Ire) with Bahama Mama. 1st Dam: Miss Bio (Fr), by River Mist Another stallion making breeders sit up and notice is 2nd Dam: River Sans Retour (Fr), by Vacarme Verglas, who has an excellent three-year-old son in 3rd Dam: Riverstar (Fr), by Riverside (GB) Stormy River, winner of Sunday=s G1 Prix Jean Prat. (40,241gns yrl >04 DEAOCT). O-Ecurie Mister Ess Interestingly, Verglas shares with Indian Ridge the fact AS; B-Jean Collet & Mlle Marie-Laure Collet; that he moved to the Irish National Stud after achieving T-Nicolas Clement; J-Thierry Thulliez; i228,560. excellent results from modest opportunities early in his Lifetime Record: G1SP-GB, 8 starts, 4 wins, 4 places, career. i488,635. American racegoers may vaguely remember Verglas Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or the free from the time he spent in California in 1997 and 1998. brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. He arrived in the U.S. with some solid achievements Any stallion operation must become anxious when under his belt, including a clear-cut victory in the G3 the stud=s established star starts to get a bit long in the Coventry S. at Royal Ascot, a third in the G1 Phoenix tooth. This is the situation at the Irish National Stud, S. and a three-length second to Desert King in the G1 where 21-year-old Indian Ridge--the sire of two Breed- Irish 2000 Guineas. He clearly had the potential to do ers= Cup Mile winners--has just completed another very well in California and his debut victory in a Santa season as one of the highest-priced stallions in Ireland. Anita allowance at the end of 1997 appeared to con- Fortunately, the anxiety levels are currently being firm this. Not for the first time, though, Verglas prom- lowered, with some of the stud=s younger stallions ised only to disappoint and he failed to win again, his showing signs that they may one day be good enough best effort being his narrow second to Storm Trooper in to step into Indian Ridge=s shoes.