JILBAB DIES p. 5 HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND call 732-747-8060. FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007 THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HIS DAD? SUBTLE IN SCINTILLATING SCHUYLERVILLE Ready=s Image (More Than Ready) will try to emulate The International Equine Acquisitions Holdings Stable the feat of his sire when he goes postward in today=s purchased a 75-percent interest in Subtle Aly (French GII Sanford S. at Saratoga. More Than Ready won the Envoy) last week from owner Alan Pesch and the two- Sanford for Todd Pletcher in 1999 and the champion year-old filly quickly repaid the group=s confidence with trainer will saddle the son for owner James Scatuorchio a dramatic victory in yesterday=s in the 93rd renewal of the six- GIII Schuylerville S. at Saratoga. furlong race today. Ready=s Im- After stumbling at the break, the age, a debut winner at Keeneland once-raced filly pulled her way in April, was third behind Rated into striking distance along the Fiesty in the May 3 GIII Kentucky rail down the backstretch. She Breeders= Cup S. With the addi- continued along the rail while tion of blinkers, the dark bay colt Subtle Aly (center) B Benson racing a close-up fourth behind Ready=s Image A Coglianeseromped home by 7 3/4 lengths in fractions of :22.04, :45.44 and the July 1 Tremont S. at Belmont :57.76 and neatly split horses turning for home to grab Park. Ready=s Image breaks from the outside in the field the lead at midstretch. She looked to have put away I of nine and has been made the 9-5 morning-line favor- Promise (Hook and Ladder), but the pacesetter battled ite. Pletcher will also saddle Michael Tabor=s The back gamely on the inside as Blitzing (Montbrook) closed Roundhouse (Fusaichi Pegasus) in the Sanford. The strongly to make it three noses on the wire. AThat was Roundhouse, out of GI Spinaway S. winner Circle of a thrilling race,@ exclaimed winning trainer Richard Life (Belong to Me), closed impressively to win his only Dutrow, Jr. AIt was good for Opening Day.@ Cont. p3 start to date, a five-furlong maiden at Monmouth June 15. Trainer Stanley Hough will try to break up the Wednesday, Saratoga Pletcher win parade with Twenty Eight Hours (Sky SCHUYLERVILLE S.-GIII, $111,000, SAR, 7-25, 2yo, f, Mesa), who was third behind Ready=s Image in the 6f, 1:11, ft. Tremont. ATodd has a lot of nice two-year-olds,@ Hough 1--#@SUBTLE ALY, 119, f, 2, by French Envoy admitted. AHe=s in control, although, the thing about 1st Dam: Aly Sweet, by Alydar racing is you never know where the good horses come 2nd Dam: Very Subtle, by Hoist the Silver from.@ Twenty Eight Hours won at first asking at 3rd Dam: Never Scheme, by Never Bend Keeneland Apr. 26 and made his second start in the ($3,000 yrl '06 OBSJAN). O-IEAH Stables & Alan Tremont. AHe=s a nice horse, but we have to find out Pesch; B-David & Teresa Palmer (FL); T-Richard E where he fits; we want to see if he can run with the Dutrow Jr; J-Edgar S Prado; $66,600. Lifetime best,@ Hough said. AHe broke his maiden rather early Record: 2-2-0-0, $91,028. *2nd SW & 1st GSW for and he had that space in between races. I thought he sophomore sire (by Deputy Minister). needed that race in the Tremont. Ready=s Image seems 2--I Promise, 119, f, 2, Hook and Ladder--Affirm to be a nice horse. He ran away with authority that Promise, by Affirmed. ($70,000 2yo >07 FTFFEB). day.@ Hough will also have to deal with another juvenile O-Dennis Narlinger; B-Chester & Mary R Broman (NY); powerhouse in Steve Asmussen, who sends out Sok T-Gary C Contessa; $22,200. Sok (Trippi), who overcame a bad start to win a Chur- 3--Blitzing, 119, f, 2, Montbrook--We Are Strike Ng, by chill maiden in his only start to date June 16. AHe has a Twilight Agenda. O/B-Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (FL); lot of speed, but was knocked off early in that race,@ T-Steven M Asmussen; $11,100. Asmussen said. AI was concerned, but I was glad with Margins: NO, NK, 3. Odds: 4.10, 11.00, 4.40. the outcome. After talking to [jockey] Shaun Also Ran: According to Plan, Dicey D J, Lady Chace, [Bridgmohan] and watching the replay of the race, I Dreabons Legacy, Yes by West. was more impressed with his run.@ Full Field p2 Scratched: New York City Girl. www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/26/07 • PAGE 2 of 6 Today’s Graded Stakes brought to you by Click for TV 4:48p Sanford S.-GII, Sar (brisnet.com PPs) TVG All Post Times are Eastern Daylight Time. DEPUTY DANCE is the THIRD STAKES WINNER for Leading Freshman Sire POSSE! Click here for more... P P R E V I E W S P Thursday, Saratoga, post time: 4:48 p.m. EDT SANFORD S.-GII, $150,000, 2yo, 6f PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER ODDS 1 Tale of Ekati Tale of the Cat Tagg 5-1 2 Sok Sok Trippi Asmussen 8-1 3 Little Nick Tiger Ridge Romans 10-1 4 Ascot Hall Aldebaran Dutrow 20-1 5 Shotten Heimer Aldebaran Sanders 15-1 6 The Roundhouse Fusaichi Pegasus Pletcher 12-1 7 Fed Watcher Songandaprayer Violette Jr 3-1 8 Twenty Eight Hours Sky Mesa Hough 15-1 The resulting foal was named Tale of Ekati after the 9 Ready's Image More Than Ready Pletcher 9-5 diamond mine--Canada=s first--that Fipke discovered in All carry 119 pounds except Ready=s Image, 121. the Northwest Territory. AThat [Silence Beauty] was in It can=t be said that Charles Fipke hasn=t given Perfect foal to Tale of the Cat was really no consideration,@ said Soul (Ire) every chance to succeed at stud. Over the Jack Werk, Fipke=s bloodstock advisor. AWe bought her past few years, Fipke, the Canadian diamond-hunter, strictly because of her pedigree.@ Tale of Ekati made has assembled a brood of both blue-blooded mares and people take notice once on the ground however. accomplished runners for the son Sadler=s Wells, whom AWayne Sweezy at Darby Dan thought he was one of Fipke retired to Darby Dan Farm in 2005 and whose the best foals that Fipke had that year, and J.B. oldest offspring are yearlings. Now, a year before Per- McKathan, who broke him, also thought he was proba- fect Soul=s youngsters hit the track, Fipke is enjoying bly the best of that group,@ said Werk. Tale of Ekati what is perhaps an unexpected bonus to his plan: the lived up to the hype in his debut, romping by 8 1/4 offspring of the in-foal mares he purchased for Perfect lengths in a 5 1/2-furlong Belmont maiden July 8, and Soul=s first year at stud are now two, and some of takes the big jump into stakes company in the Sanford. them are showing promise. Of course, given the pedi- Interestingly, another of Fipke=s two-year-olds that has grees of some of those horses, that shouldn=t be a enjoyed early success is also by Tale of the Cat. The surprise. Case in point is the Fipke homebred Tale of homebred filly Tale of the Forest, out of Fipke=s Ekati (Tale of the Cat), who is 5-1 in the morning line $90,000 2004 purchase Forest Flora (Woodman), broke for today=s GII Sanford S. at Saratoga. Tale of Ekati is her maiden over Woodbine=s Polytrack a day after Tale the third foal (first to race) out of the Sunday Silence of Ekati=s win. mare Silence Beauty (Jpn), herself a daughter of MGISW Maplejinsky and a sister to champion Sky Beauty. Silence Beauty was purchased for $1 million as The brisnet.com >Race of the Day= is the a yearling, failed to win in three European starts, and GII Sanford S. was resold in foal to Tale of the Cat to Fipke for For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. $525,000 at the 2004 Keeneland November sale. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/26/07 • PAGE 3 of 6 (Stakes previews cont.) Subtle Aly Wins Schuylerville (cont. from p1) Saturday, Arlington Park Subtle Aly had made only one other start before yes- WASHINGTON PARK H.-GII, $300,000, 3yo/up, terday=s GIII Schuylerville S. at Saratoga, but it was a 1 3/16m (AWT) memorable one. The chestnut filly set the track record PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT for 4 1/2 furlongs at Churchill Downs while winning her 1 Save Big Money Storm Cat Lanerie 113 June 23 debut by a front-running five lengths in 2 Lewis Michael Rahy Baird 118 :50 2/5 for trainer Steve Asmussen. Richard Dutrow Jr. 3 High Blues High Yield Sterling Jr 113 took over training duties after IEAH purchased Subtle 4 A. P. Arrow A.P. Indy Guidry 117 Aly last week and he didn=t have much time to get to 5 Throng Silver Deputy John 114 know the filly. AWe got her about six days ago, after 6 Minister's Joy Deputy Minister Douglas 116 Steve breezed her five furlongs,@ Dutrow said. AThe first 7 Mustanfar Unbridled Campbell 116 time I had seen her was today in the paddock.