SAKHEE DOUBTFUL HEADLINE FOR ASCOT p.2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2002 BARUCH ATTRACTS COMPETITIVE FIELD WHYWHYWHY FAST FAST FAST A competitive field of seven turf performers will line Whywhywhy (Mr. Greeley) rallied from last to first up for today’s GII Bernard Baruch H. at Saratoga. A and was drawing away to graded stakes winner on dirt and turf, Volponi win yesterday’s GII Sanford (Cryptoclearance) will attempt to win his second S. at Saratoga by 2 3/4 straight in today’s 1 1/8-mile turf event. The bay colt, lengths. The colt attended winner of last year’s GII Pegasus H. over the Meadow- the pace and avoided a spill lands main track, pressed the pace before drawing clear to score a 5 1/2-length to take the July 5 GIII Poker H. over the Belmont turf maiden win in the GIII Flash course last time out. Del Mar Show (Theatrical {Ire}) S. last time out. Yesterday, began his 2002 campaign with a win in the GIII Fort he was pinched back at the Lauderdale H. in January, but was well beaten in the start and trailed the field G1 Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba in March. The through zippy fractions of Whywhywhy five-year-old returned to run second in the GII Dixie and :21.74 and :44.99. Four Adam Coglianese he was back in the winner’s circle with a 1 3/4-length wide on the turn, score in the June 22 GIII New Hampshire Sweepstakes Whywhywhy took the lead with authority at midstretch H., but he’ll be forced to break from the outside post and drew clear to the wire. “When the gates opened, I today. “He’s coming up to it in good shape,” trainer Bill thought we were done,” winning trainer Patrick Mott said of Del Mar Show. “This will be a good test Biancone said of his charge’s slow start. “But when I for him. He’s really come around this year.” Forbidden saw :21 and change, now we have a good chance. The Apple (Pleasant Colony) ran second in last year’s Breed- first time he was beaten [May 16 at Belmont] when we ers’ Cup Mile and ended 2001 with a fourth-place effort rushed him a little at the start and he forgot to breathe. in the G1 Hong Kong Mile. He opened his seven-year- He was just a baby. Now he’s starting to be more ma- old campaign with a runner-up finish in the June 8 GI ture.” Favored Wildcat Heir (Forest Wildcat) was bumped Manhattan H. The dark bay, always tough at Belmont, at the start and was hustled up early. He briefly took the has not raced at Saratoga since 2000. “We know he lead in the stretch and just held on for second. loves Belmont Park,” trainer Christophe Clement said. “He hasn’t raced at Saratoga in a long time. That con- Thursday, Saratoga cerns me. I don’t know how he’s going to handle it. He SANFORD S.-GII, $150,000, SAR, 7-25, 2yo, 6f, looks good and has been training good.” 1:10 2/5, ft. 1--WHYWHYWHY, 122, c, 2, by Mr. Greeley Friday, Saratoga, post time: 4:45 p.m. EDT 1st Dam: Thorough Fair, by Quiet American BERNARD BARUCH H.-GII, $150,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT 2nd Dam: Very Fair, by Honest Pleasure PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 3rd Dam: Equal Change, by Arts and Letters 1 Volponi Cryptoclearance Johnson 8-1 O-Biancone & Ouaki; B-James E Jones (KY); T-Patrick 2 Baptize Dynaformer Bond 8-1 L Biancone; J-E S Prado; $90,000. Lifetime Record: 3 Navesink Irish River (Fr) Goldberg 6-1 3-2-1-0, $164,060. 4 Forbidden Apple Pleasant Colony Clement 2-1 2--Wildcat Heir, 118, c, 2, Forest Wildcat--Penniless 5 Full Flow Eagle Eyed Kimmel 15-1 Heiress, by Pentelicus. O/B-New Farm (KY); $30,000. 6 No Slip (Fr) Exit to Nowhere Frankel 7-2 3--Spite the Devil, 118, c, 2, Devil His Due--Samantha 7 Del Mar Show Theatrical (Ire) Mott 5-2 D, by Cryptoclearance. O-Hardwicke Stable; MTO B-Elisabeth R Jerkens (NY); $16,500. 8 Abreeze Danzig McLaughlin 3-1 Margins: 2 3/4, NO, 1HF. Odds: 4.90, 1.70, 39.75. 9 El Gran Papa El Gran Senor Frankel 4-1 Also Ran: Posse, Title Contender, Run Production, Hear 10 Snake Mountain A.P. Indy J Jerkens 5-1 No Evil, Raise An Emblem, Hussar. (859) 233-4252 FAX (859) 987-0008 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/26/02 • PAGE 2 of 3 P R E S U L T S P P P R E V I E W P Wednesday, Vichy, France Saturday, Ascot, Britain GRAND PRIX DE VICHY-G3, i66,000, Vichy, 7-24, KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:06.40, gd. S.-G1, £750,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT 1--@CHESHIRE (GB), 128, g, 5, by Warning (GB) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1st Dam: Dance To The Top (GB) (G1SP-Eng), by 1 11 Boreal (Ger) Java Gold Peslier Sadler’s Wells 2 8 Golan (Ire) Spectrum (Ire) Fallon 2nd Dam: Aim for the Top, by Irish River (Fr) 3 4 Grandera (Ire) Grand Lodge No rider 3rd Dam: Sticky Habit (GB), by Habitat 4 3 High Pitched (GB) Indian Ridge (Ire) R Quinn (22,000gns yrl ‘98 TATHOU). O-Peter S Willmott; 5 5 Millenary (GB) Rainbow Quest P Eddery B-Cheveley Park Stud; T-John Hammond; J-Yutaka 6 6 Narrative (Ire) Sadler's Wells No rider Take; i33,000. Lifetime Record: 12 starts, 4 wins, 7 2 Nayef Gulch R Hills 3 places, i97,256. 8 9 Sakhee Bahri No rider 2--King Of Tara (Ire), 128, g, 4, Fairy King--La Bella 9 12 Sir Effendi (Ire) Nashwan Supple Fontana (Ire), by Lafontaine. O-Robert Ng; 10 7 Storming Home (GB) Machiavellian M Hills B-Orpendale & Swettenham Stud; i13,200. 11 1 Zindabad (Fr) Shirley Heights (GB) Darley 3--Choc Ice (Ire), 125, f, 4, Kahyasi (Ire)--Sherkiya (Ire), 12 10 Aquarelliste (Fr) Danehill Boeuf by Goldneyev. (FF250,000 yrl ‘99 DEAAUG). O-Mlle All carry 133 pounds except Aquarelliste, 130 pounds. Micheline Vidal; B-Lotdale Ltd; i9,900. Frankie Dettori was yesterday in limbo regarding his Margins: SNK, 1, 1. Odds: 9.80, 23.00, 19.00. ride in tomorrow’s G1 King George VI And Queen Eliza- Also ran: Sensible (Fr), Bleu D’Altair (Fr), Strawberry beth Diamond S. at Ascot as the forecasted dry spell Blonde (Ire), Sahaat (GB), Minuit Noir (Ire), Silence Of proved correct. Godolphin appear increasingly likely to Winds (GB), Cazoulias (Fr), L’Etoile De Mer (Fr). withdraw Sakhee (Bahri), leaving Dettori free to partner Cheshire and jockey Yutaka Take took advantage of G1 Prince of Wales’ S. winner Grandera (Ire) (Grand an untimely stumble by the long-time leader King of Lodge) in the 1 1/2-mile contest. “Basically until we Tara to take this competitive event. Although he had arrive there on Friday and have a look at the ground raced only once this term, when sixth behind Polish then, no decision will be made,” Dettori said yesterday. Summer (GB) in a Chantilly allowance contest June 1, “I’m in the dark as much as the punters and everybody he showed the benefit of that softly-softly approach for else.” Trainer Saeed bin Suroor told Gulf News yester- his most important success to date. Held up in third day, “The ground is good-to-firm in most places, and I early off the moderate pace set by Christophe-Patrice think it will suit Grandera more than Sakhee.” While the final decision will be made by Sheikh Hamdan bin Lemaire and King of Tara, he was asked to quicken as Rashid al Maktoum and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid that rival stole a healthy advantage inside the final al Maktoum, bin Suroor is hoping that both are given quarter mile. He looked held until that colt lost his ac- the green light. “I’m really very pleased with both tion momentarily and ducked into the rail with 175 horse's preparations,” bin Suroor said. “Personally, I yards remaining, after which he rallied to pass him with would really like to see Sakhee run, but it’s also very 75 yards to race. Cheshire was adding to his two ca- important to ensure he has the right ground as he has a reer stakes successes in the Listed Prix Ridgway at history of knee problems, and we really don’t want to Deauville in August 2000 and Listed Grand Prix de la aggravate anything.” The ground may also result in the Region Alsace at Strasbourg last September. Last withdrawal of the Henry Cecil-trained High Pitched (GB) year’s EP Taylor S. heroine Choc Ice, having her first (Indian Ridge {Ire}) and John Dunlop-trained Millenary run of the season, was an eye-catching late closer off a (GB) (Rainbow Quest). “He never runs a bad race--he is pace that would have compromised her chances. a very consistent horse,” Millenary’s jockey Pat Eddery said yesterday, “but, I would prefer if we got some TDN TODAY rain.” Aidan O’Brien yesterday withdrew his remaining Headline News .................... 3 pages entries Bach (Ire) (Caerleon) and Della Francesca (Danzig), who head to tomorrow’s G3 Meld S.