Time Paradox Wins Japan Cup Dirt 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 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2004 INTERCONTINENTAL DOMINATES MATRIARCH ZENNO ROB ROY WINS JAPAN CUP Heading into Sunday’s GI Matriarch, Grade I winners Favored Zenno Rob Roy (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) Musical Chimes (In Excess {Ire}) and Ticker Tape (Royal forged to the front in midstretch and pulled clear down Applause {Ire}) appeared to have a chance to move into the lane to score a confident three-length victory in the forefront of the filly and mare turf division with a yesterday’s G1 Japan Cup in Tokyo. victory, but it was the Juddmonte home-bred Intercon- It was the second straight win for the tinental (Danehill) who stole the show with a convinc- four-year-old colt, who captured the ing 2 1/2-length score. A winner G1 (JRA) Tenno Sho Autumn last of her first three starts in the month. Yesterday’s 16-horse field U.S., including the GIII Jenny was strung out in a line down the Wiley S. at Keeneland in April backstretch, with pacesetting and the GII Just A Game Breed- Magnaten (Danzig) in front by as ers’ Cup H. at Belmont Park June many as five lengths. Traveling in 5, the Bobby Frankel trainee eighth position, jockey Olivier Peslier showed her dislike for the soft steered Zenno Rob Roy to the outside Intercontinental going and had to settle for fifth on the final bend and overtook Cosmo in the nine-furlong GI Diana H. at Zenno Rob Roy Adam Coglianese photo Bulk (Jpn) (Zagreb) with 200 meters hkjc.com photo Saratoga July 31. The full sister to run to win going away. “I’m happy to champions Banks Hill (GB) and Dansili (GB) re- to win the Japan Cup after running third twice with bounded to finish a much improved second, beaten only Symboli Kris S.,” said winning trainer Kazuo Fujisawa. a half length, in her latest in the GIII Senator K. Maddy “Zenno Rob Roy has become a much tougher horse H. at Santa Anita Sept. 29 and was given a 9-2 chance over the last year and he trained well after winning the to collect her first Grade I victory this time.The filly built Tenno Sho Autumn. Watching him today, he looked up a head of steam in the early going of this mile con- calm and bold, so I had high expectations for today’s test, but jockey Jerry Bailey was able to get the filly to race.” European invaders Powerscourt (GB) (Sadler’s relax down the backside. Placed into contention turning Wells) and Warrsan (Ire) (Caerleon) never threatened for home, Intercontinental powered to the front in the and finished 10th and 15th, respectively. For a video final sixteenth and drew off late to account for stable- replay: modem or broadband. Click for the brisnet.com mate Etoile Montante (Miswaki). “I was able to get a good position on the first turn, which is crucial in a mile catalog-style pedigree or the racingpost.co.uk chart. race,” explained Bailey. “She did get a bit rank around the first turn, but by the time I was headed up the GOOD REWARDS AT HOLLYWOOD backstretch, I was where I wanted to be. At that point, It had been 15 years since trainer Shug McGaughey I thought it was just a question of when I had a chance started a horse in California, but his extended absence to let her run.” Trainer Bobby Frankel, who was respon- from the West Coast scene didn’t deter him from send- sible for the top two finishers, became the first trainer ing Good Reward (Storm Cat) in for Sunday’s GI Holly- to saddle more than two winners in one year during wood Derby. McGaughey, whose most recent West Hollywood Park’s Turf Festival. Among his four victo- Coast victory was recorded by Lass Trump in the 1984 ries were Cajun Beat, winner of Friday’s Hollywood Turf A Gleam H., was well represented this time with the Express H. and Leroidesanimaux, who scored in Satur- impeccably-bred colt, but the crowd was unconvinced day’s Citation H. As for his latest winner, Frankel said, and let him go at generous 16-1 odds. Unhurried early, “We wanted to get a Grade I for this filly, because the the bay came from off the pace to take home the lion’s whole family is Grade I winners.” Click for the share of the $500,000 event and establish a stakes brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue- record for 10 furlongs over Hollywood’s Turf course. style pedigree. (cont. p2) www.overbrookfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/29/04 • PAGE 2 of 5 Matriarch cont. Hollywood Derby cont. Good Showing for Ticker Tape Sunday, Hollywood One of only two sophomores in this year’s Matriarch, HOLLYWOOD DERBY-GI, $500,000, HOL, 11-28, 3yo, Ticker Tape (Royal Applause {GB}) probably needed a 1 1/4mT, 2:01 2/5, fm. victory to secure year-end championship honors, but 1--@sGOOD REWARD, 122, c, 3, by Storm Cat according to trainer James Cassidy, the bay filly gave a 1st Dam: Heavenly Prize (Ch. 3yo Filly, MGISW, good account of herself. “I thought we were second. I $1,825,820), by Seeking the Gold still don’t believe the photo,” he said. “She didn’t have 2nd Dam: Oh What a Dance, by Nijinsky II a great trip. She was a bit too far back I thought; I told 3rd Dam: Blitey, by Riva Ridge [Victor Espinoza] to stay a little closer..If they didn’t fan O-Ogden Mills Phipps; B-Phipps Stable (KY); T-Claude so wide, they would have been OK, but she had to go R McGaughey III; J-J Bailey; $300,000. Lifetime inside and outside and around.” Despite the finish, Record: 12-4-1-2, $477,353. *Full to Pure Prize, Cassidy remained optimistic, “First time against older GSW, $177,353. horses, it looks like she fits.” 2--Fast and Furious (Fr), 122, c, 3, Singspiel (Ire)-- Helvellyn, by Gone West. O-Arnold Zetcher; B-Sarl Elv Sunday, Hollywood du Haras de Bourgeauville (FR); $100,000. (i90,000 MATRIARCH S.-GI, $500,000, HOL, 11-28, 3yo/up, yrl ‘02 DEAAUG). f/m, 1mT, 1:35 4/5, fm. 3--Imperialism, 122, c, 3, Langfuhr--Bodhavista, by 1--sINTERCONTINENTAL (GB), 123, f, 4, by Danehill Pass the Tab. O-Steve Taub; B-Farnsworth Farms 1st Dam: Hasili (SW-Fr), by Kahyasi (KY); $60,000. 2nd Dam: Kerali, by High Line Margins: HF, 1, 2. Odds: 16.10, 4.40, 7.10. 3rd Dam: Sookera, by Roberto Also Ran: Whilly (Ire), Laura's Lucky Boy, Hendrix, O/B-Juddmonte Farms (GB); T-Robert J Frankel; Timo, Joursanvault (Fr), Blackdoun (Fr), Fight Club J-J D Bailey; $300,000. Lifetime Record: SW & (Ger), On the Acorn (GB), Big Squeeze, Terroplane (Fr). G1SP-Fr, 15-8-2-3, $781,182. *Full to Dansili (GB), In the money in five of seven starts this term, includ- Co. Hwt. Older Horse-GB at 7-9.5f, Hwt. Older ing a second-place finish in the nine-furlong Mac Horse-Fr at 7-9.5f, MGSW & MG1SP-Fr, G1SP-Eng, Diarmida S. against statebreds at Belmont June 27 and GISP-US, $552,023; Banks Hill (GB), Ch. Turf Mare- a third in Saratoga’s GII Hall of Fame H. Aug. 9, Good US, Ch. 3yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 9.5-11f, Hwt. Reward had to settle for fourth in the GIII Saranac H. 3yo Filly-Eng at 7-9.5f, Hwt. Older Mare-Fr at 7-9.5f, Sept. 6, but found his way back to the winner’s circle Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at 9.5-11f, G1SW-Fr & Eng, last time out in the Storm Cat S. at Keeneland Oct. 10. GISW-US, $1,937,416; Cacique (Ire), MGSW & MG1SP-Fr, $392,261 and half to Heat Haze (GB) Looking to make it two for two this time, Good Reward (Green Desert), MGISW-US, SW-Fr, $1,183,620. made it to the front first, but had to survive a steward’s 2--Etoile Montante, 123, f, 4, Miswaki--Willstar, by inquiryto gain his first Grade I victory. “As for the in- Nureyev. O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc (KY); $100,000. quiry it was Desormeaux’s horse [Imperialism] who 3--Ticker Tape (GB), 120, f, 3, Royal Applause (GB)-- initiated the contact with me,” explained jockey Jerry Argent Du Bois, by Silver Hawk. O-Jim Ford Inc Bailey. “It was nothing we initiated.” Explaining the Pearson Deron & Jack Sweesy; B-Car Colston Hall colt’s long odds, he said, “His numbers were better Stud (GB); $60,000. than some, maybe not as good as a couple of others, Margins: 2, NO, 1HF. Odds: 4.60, 12.00, 6.90. but you have to depend on the guy your are riding for. Also Ran: Island Fashion, Hoh Buzzard (Ire), Musical Shug doesn’t waste any trips.” Click for the brisnet.com Chimes, Ocean Drive, Denebola, Quero Quero. chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/29/04 • PAGE 3 of 5 Sunday, Tokyo, Japan R E S U L T S P P JAPAN CUP DIRT-G1, ¥248,000,000, Tokyo, 11-28, 3yo/up, 2100m, 2:08.7, std.