Andrew Caulfield on Sharp Humor HEADLINE ...p. 3 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, MARCH 7, 2006 SERENA’S SONG FOALS STORM CAT COLT RICHTER SCALE COLT TOPS BARRETTS TAB On Saturday, Harlington (Unbridled) gave champion A colt by Richter Scale, named Call Zoll, sped and blue hen mare Serena’s Song (Rahy) her fourth through a quarter mile in :20 4/5 at Fairplex Park stakes winner, taking the GII Gulfstream Park H. At 11 Sunday to earn the bullet at the first p.m. Sunday, Beverly Lewis’s breeze show for the Barretts March Sale 14-year-old mare produced her of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training. A eighth foal, delivering a colt by full brother to Canadian stakes-winner Storm Cat at Craig Bandoroff’s Quite a Ruckus, the bay colt, cataloged Denali Stud in Paris, Kentucky. as hip 17, is consigned by B.C.3 Thor- Both mother and son are doing oughbreds, agent for Timberline. He be- fine. “He’s typical of her foals,” comes just the fifth horse to shade :21 said Bandoroff. “He has more during a March Sale breeze show, joining Serena’s Song Horsephotos size and more leg than some of Grade I winners Brother Derek (2005), her Storm Cats, but he is very victor of Saturday’s GII Santa Catalina pretty and has lots of quality.” Serena’s Song has re- S., and Officer (2001), and Grade II winners What a sided at Denali since the beginning of her broodmare Song (2005) and Arabian Light (2000). A total of eight career. According to Bandoroff, it is a pleasure to work horses shared the fastest time for an eighth, each with her, and not just be- working the distance in :10 flat (see box below). The cause she has proved so second under tack show will be held at Fairplex Park in valuable. “With her, every- Pomona, California this Sunday, Mar. 12. The one-day thing is text-book perfect,” auction begins Tuesday, Mar. 14 at 2:00 p.m. PST. he said. “She’s only had two covers once in her life--every other year she has caught on BARRETTS MARCH SALE one cover.” He added, OF SELECTED TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING “She’s good to work around, Under-tack preview--March 5, 2006 but she’s no pussycat. She 1/8-mile works can be pretty nasty for about The Lewises Horsephotos Time Hip# Sex Sire Dam 72 hours after she foals--she :10 7 filly Forestry Western Bowl is very protective.” In addition to Harlington, the latest 8 colt Orientate Whalah addition to the family is a 1/2 to to MSW Serena's Tune 39 filly Tactical Cat Bourbon Street Gal (Mr. Prospector) and SP Arbitrate (Deputy Minister); and a full to G1SW Sophisticat and GSW Grand Re- 41 filly Distorted Humor Bridge to Cross ward. Serena’s Song will be bred back to Storm Cat. 58 colt Carson City Cochet Cochet 67 filly Orientate Endlessly PLETCHER TO TRAIN $16M FORESTRY COLT 98 filly More Than Ready Lady Bellaghy Todd Pletcher, who earned his second consecutive 180 colt Stormin Fever Trav n’ Kris Eclipse Award last year as the nation’s top trainer, will 1/4-mile works condition the world-record, $16-million Forestry colt Time Hip# Sex Sire Dam that sold at Fasig-Tipton’s Calder Juvenile sale a week ago. The colt was purchased by Demi O’Byrne for the :20.4 17 colt Richter Scale Ada Ruckus Coolmore team of John Magnier, Derrick Smith and :21 121 filly Tale of the Cat Old Star (Arg) Michael Tabor. Coolmore typically sends its North 135 filly Chief Seattle Polvadera American-based runners to either Pletcher or Patrick Decimals are in fifths of a second Biancone. www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/7/06 • PAGE 2 of 4 Sunday, Chukyo, Japan P R E S U L T S P TOYOTA SHO CHUKYO KINEN-G3 (Listed), ¥82,530,000, Chukyo, 3-5, 4yo/up, 2000mT, 1:58.20, Sunday, Nakayama, Japan fm. HOCHI HAI YAYOI SHO-G2 (Listed), ¥104,640,000, 1--#MACHIKANE AURA (JPN), 119, c, 4, by Sunday Silence Nakayama, 3-5, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:01.50, fm. 1st Dam: Matikanebenizakura (Ire), by Royal Academy 1--ADMIRE MOON (JPN), 123, c, 3, by End Sweep 2nd Dam: Doff the Derby, by Master Derby 1st Dam: My Katies (Jpn), by Sunday Silence 3rd Dam: Margarethen, by *Tulyar 2nd Dam: Katies First, by Kris (GB) O-M Hosokawa; B-I Bokujo; T-Yuji Ito; J-Yuga 3rd Dam: Katies (Ire), by Nonoalco Kawada; ¥43,511,000. Lifetime Record: 15-5-2-2. O-Riichi Kondo; B-Northern Farm; T-H Matsuda; *1/2 to Matikanemenimomiyo (Brian’s Time), SP-Jpn, J-Yutaka Take; ¥54,798,000. Lifetime Record: $385,786. 6-5-1-0. 2--Rosenkreuz (Jpn), 125, c, 4, Sunday Silence--Rose 2--Glorious Week (Jpn), 123, c, 3, Special Week (Jpn)-- Colour (Jpn), by Shirley Heights (GB). O-Sunday Gloriosa (Jpn), by French Glory (Ire). O-Green Farm; Racing Co Ltd; B-Northern Farm. ¥17,146,000. B-Shadai Farm. ¥54,798,000. 3--Air Shady (Jpn), 123, h, 5, Sunday Silence--Air Deja 3--Deep Air (Jpn), 123, c, 3, Taiki Shuttle (Jpn)--High Vu (Jpn), by Northern Taste. O-Lucky Field Co Ltd; Pasture, by El Gran Senor. O-T Fukami; B-M Bokujo. B-Shadai Farm. ¥11,091,000. ¥14,114,000. Margins: NK, 1HF, HF. Odds: 10.90, 4.80, 4.20. Margins: HF, 3, NO. Odds: 1.60, 53.70, 50.40. Content to linger near the back in the early going, With a victory in Sunday’s Yayoi Sho, Admire Moon Machikane Aura gathered momentum in the stretch and became a leading candidate for the G1 Satsuki Sho. outfinished Rosenkreuz for the neck win. Winner of an Undefeated in his first three lifetime starts, Admire upper class stakes race last November, the colt came Moon took last October’s G3 Sapporo Nisai S. before home sixth in his latest in the Amethyst S. Feb. 19. finishing second in the G3 Radio Tanpa Hai Nisai S. in December. In his only prior start this term, the colt won Saturday, Hanshin, Japan the Feb. 5 G3 Kyodo Tsushin Hai, defeating two-year- TULIP SHO-G3 (Listed), ¥76,860,000, Hanshin, 3-4, old champion Fusaichi Richard. 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:36.50, fm. Thoroughbred Daily News is: 1--#ADMIRE KISS (JPN), 119, f, 3, by Sunday Silence Barry Weisbord President/Co-Publisher 1st Dam: Kiss Pasion (SP-Jpn, $855,903), by Jade Robbery Sue Finley Vice President/Co-Publisher 2nd Dam: Letkiss, by Lyphard Andy Belfiore Editor-in-Chief 3rd Dam: Limoya, by Riva Ridge Alycia Borer Director of Advertising O-Riichi Kondo; B-Northern Farm; T-Hiroyoshi Jessica Martini Associate Editor Matsuda; J-Yutaka Take; ¥40,602,000. Alan Carasso Assistant Editor 2--Shells Lei (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Kurofune--Oyster Ticket Marie Kizenko Assistant Editor (Jpn), by Winnign Ticket (Jpn). O-Kaneko Makoto Christina Bossinakis Editorial Assistant Holdings Co. Ltd; B-Northern Farm. ¥16,172,000. Lucas Marquardt Writer/Reporter 3--Win Cynthia (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Dance in the Dark Steve Sherack Writer/Reporter (Jpn)--Lucky Diary (Jpn), by Judge Angelucci. O-Win Vicki Forbes Director of Customer Services Co. Ltd; B-Kineusu Saito Stud. ¥11,091,000. Lia Kusch Advertising Assistant Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 2. Odds: 3.80, 12.0, 91.60. www.gainesway.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/7/06 • PAGE 3 of 4 Tulip Sho cont. P EDIGREE INSIGHTS Returning from a six-month layoff, the filly, a winner BY ANDREW CAULFIELD in her last start in September, came from off the pace to collect her first stakes victory. “She was very Saturday, Gulfstream Park strong,” said winning jockey Yutaka Take. “It was my SWALE S.-GII, $150,000, GPX, 3-4, 3yo, 7f, 1:22, ft. first ride on her, and I was very impressed with her 1--@SHARP HUMOR, 118, c, 3, by Distorted Humor performance. Admire Kiss is expected to make her next 1st Dam: Bellona, by Hansel start in the GI Oka Sho Apr. 9. 2nd Dam: Basoof, by Believe It 3rd Dam: Continual, by Damascus Saturday, Nakayama, Japan O-Purdedel Stable; B-Patricia S Purdy (NY); T-Dale L YUKAN FUJI SHO OCEAN S.-G3 (Listed), Romans; J-M Guidry; $90,000. Lifetime Record: ¥78,120,000, Nakayama, 3-4, 4yo/up, 1200mT, 6-4-0-1, $266,410. 1:08.60, fm. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com 1--#NATIVE HEART (JPN), 123, h, 8, by Star of Cozzene catalogue-style pedigree or the Video, sponsored by 1st Dam: Potomac Cherry (Jpn), by Northern Taste Taylor Made. 2nd Dam: San San, by Bald Eagle 3rd Dam: Sail Navy, by *Princequillo Bearing in mind that the Swale S. is over seven fur- O-Sotatsu Ikeda; B-Meiwa Bokujo; T-Noborua longs, it’s not surprising that the recent roll of honor for Sakamoto; J-K Uchida; ¥41,574,000. Lifetime Re- this Grade-II event features such fast horses as Lost In cord: 31-3-4-4. *1/2 to Valiant Winner (Jpn) (Nihon The Fog, Midas Eyes, D’wildcat, Trippi, Yes It’s True, Pillow Winner), MSP-Jpn, $680,427. Favorite Trick and Mr. Greeley. 2--Copano Fujin (Jpn), 123, c, 4, Hennessy--Wedding Of the last 12 winners of the Swale, only Trippi, Berry (Jpn), by Scan.