THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. QUALITY TRUMPS QUANTITY IN WHITNEY FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI Test S. Edward P. Evans=s Quality Road (Elusive Quality) was pegged as the prohibitive 2-5 chalk for Saturday=s GI Whitney H. at the Spa, a Breeders= Cup AWin and You=re In@ event. The heavy favoritism is well- deserved, despite the presence of two other Grade I winners in the form of Stephen Foster hero Blame (Arch)--at CHASING FRANNY 4-1 the race=s second A field of 10 sophomore fillies was drawn Wednes- choice--and last year=s day for the GI Test S. at Saratoga Race Course, and if Kentucky Derby victor things go as planned, it=s Franny Mine That Bird Quality Road Horsephotos Freud (Freud) they=ll be chasing (Birdstone), who has to the wire. Winner of eight of been set for this race her 11 career trips to the post ever since joining the Wayne Lukas barn a few months and outside the top three just back. Throw in Musket Man (Yonaguska), third in the once in that stretch, the New 2009 Derby and Preakness at three who went agoniz- York-bred has won four straight, ingly close to taking down the GI Carter H. in April, and and showed a bit of a new di- the progressive Haynesfield (Speighstown) and you=d mension in her latest. Previously otherwise have the makings of a Classic. But it=s likely on or near the pace, she was to be the Quality Road show, as he seeks a fourth taken back to fourth, then drove career Grade I and third in succession. clear to take the GI Prioress S. by1 3/4 lengths from GI Acorn S. Saturday, Saratoga upsetter Champagne d=Oro WHITNEY H.-GI, $750,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m Franny Freud Horsephotos (Medaglia d=Oro), with Bonnie PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Blue Flag (Mineshaft) another 1 Mine That Bird Birdstone Borel Lukas 118 half-length back in third. 2 Blame Arch Gomez Stall Jr 121 3 Quality Road K Elusive Quality Velazquez Pletcher 126 Saturday, Saratoga 4 Haynesfield K Speighstown Dominguez Asmussen 116 5 Jardim (Brz) Ski Champ Leparoux Caramori 113 TEST S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo, f, 7f K PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 6 Musket Man Yonaguska Maragh Ryan 117 1 Pica Slew Pico Central (Brz) Cruz Hushion 118 2 Buckleupbuttercup Najran Leparoux Kenneally 118 SPA-MUSING 3 Chmpgne d’Oro K Medaglia d’Oro Mena Guillot 122 4 Bonnie Blue Flag Mineshaft Velazquez Baffert 116 “Number-wise, he’s totally overmatched, but there aren’t 5 Franny Freud Freud Gomez Terranova 122 many races for him to run in and we knew it was going to 6 Lovely Lil Tiznow Garcia Hushion 116 be a short field. This is the graveyard of favorites, and 7 Belle of the Hall K Graeme Hall Dominguez Albertrani 116 we’re not a favorite.” 8 Ash Zee K Exchange Rate Maragh Asmussen 116 --trainer Eduardo Caramori on the rationale for entering 9 Christine Daae K Giant’s Causeway Fragoso Biancone 116 Jardim in the GI Whitney H. 10 Tidal Pool K Yankee Gentleman Borel Lukas 116 www.hillndalefarms.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/5/10 • PAGE 2 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Del Mar CLEMENT L. HIRSCH S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo/up, f/m, PREVIEWS 1 1/16m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland, post time: 7:05 p.m. 1 Princess Taylor (GB) Singspiel (Ire) Espinoza Gallagher 119 ITM/SPRINGPAARDEN FONDS NEDERLAND 2 Made for Magic K Cape Canaveral Berrio Avila 121 BALLYROAN S.-G3, i60,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT 3 Spring Style (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Valenzuela Cecil 119 SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 4 Dance to My Tune K Stravinsky Flores Hollendorfer 119 1 5 Profound Beauty (Ire) Danehill Smullen Weld 135 5 Zenyatta K Street Cry (Ire) Smith Shirreffs 123 2 3 Indiana Gal (Ire) Intikhab Hayes P Martin 132 6 Rinterval (Ire) K Desert Prince (Ire) Bejarano Reed 119 3 4 Akzar (Ire) Selkirk Berry Oxx 124 4 2 Await the Dawn Giant’s Causeway Murtagh A O’Brien 124 5 1 Snow Blizzard (Ire) Sadler’s Wells Heffernan A O’Brien 124 Profound Beauty is the darling of Dermot Weld=s Rosewell House stable and takes a further step toward the Melbourne Cup following a comfortable success in the Listed Challenge S. here last time July 15. Her resume includes the 2009 renewal of this race. The chief threat ould be J “TDN Rising Star” J Await the Dawn, who makes a belated reappearance after an unplaced effort in Doncaster=s G2 Champagne S. in September. TDN TODAY Headline News..................... 8 pages P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 8/5/10 • PAGE 3 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Stotsfold Dies... Walter Swinburn's stable was in mourning yesterday Racing after its star performer Stotsfold (GB) (Barathea {Ire}-- Eliza Acton {GB}, by Shirley Heights {GB}) died follow- ing a colic attack Tuesday night. Third in last year=s GI Round-Up Arlington Million, the gelded seven-year-old won his last two starts in Sandown=s G3 Brigadier Gerard S. in May Trappe Shot to Race Next at Spa... and Listed Gala S. last month, and was being prepared Mill House=s J “TDN Rising Star” JTrappe Shot for another trip to Chicago. In recovery after his initial (Tapit), an outstanding second to Lookin at Lucky bout of colic, the P W Harris homebred suffered a re- (Smart Strike) in last weekend s GI Haskell S. will make = lapse and died after being taken to the Newmarket his next start at Saratoga Aug. 28 in either the Equine Hospital. AIn the midst of a really good year for GI Travers S. over a mile and a quarter or the GI King=s the stable, we were dealt a hammer blow this morning Bishop S. going seven panels. AI was very happy with his race against Lookin at Lucky, who was the cham- with the news that Stotsfold had died on the operating pion two-year-old colt and probably will be the cham- table during the night,@ Swinburn explained on his pion three-year-old colt,@ said trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. website. AAlmost three weeks after his career-best ANow we have a choice between facing Discreetly Mine effort in winning the Gala S. at Sandown, he was found (Mineshaft) in the King=s Bishop, or running 1 1/4 to be suffering with colic and following several days of miles.@ He continued, AIt=s a jump ball--both are Grade 1 intense treatment and observation, he seemed to be races and very important races as a stallion. Fortunately over it. Sadly, the problem recurred late last night and we are in a position to be able to make that kind of he was immediately taken to the Newmarket Equine choice, and we don=t have to make it right away.@ Hospital, but they were unable to save him. The Horses that have raced in the Haskell have done well in homebred seven-year-old will be greatly missed around both Grade I events. Coronado=s Quest (1997), Point the yard, but the memories will definitely linger long.@ In Given (2001) and Summer Bird (2009) used the Haskell total, Stotsfold won nine of 30 starts and nearly as a steppingstone to Travers success, while horses like ,340,000 in prize money, with Longchamp=s G3 La Tale of the Cat (1997), Forestry (1999), More Than Coupe last year, Windsor=s G3 Winter Hill S. in 2008 Ready (2000) and Hard Spun (2007) successfully cut and Goodwood=s G3 Select S. three years ago among back in distance to take the King=s Bishop. his other successes. 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Odato, Albany Times-Union unless otherwise indicated TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/5/10 • PAGE 4 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com SOME POSITIVES One of the real positives is: there are still people prepared to spend $300,000 or more on a yearling. There were 46 yearlings sold for $300,000 or more at Saratoga by 31 different stallions. It is very good news for their breeders and consignors that probably a big majority of the 46 actually made somebody money. As breeders are selling off record 2008 stud fees into the lowest demand since 1992, nobody=s expecting to make money this year; to get the horses sold and come out of the year with some money will be a win, be- cause at least when breeders go to sign up for their 2011 stud fees, those will have really crashed too. Moreover, there are new faces, as well as some of the great established players.