The Thoroughbred Daily News ~s delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. for subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. t'-r Ho Ro u GHB RED™ D • A • I • L • Y N • E • W • S ·~---- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1998~ $2 Daily EQUIBASE, AXCIS/TRACKMASTER LAUNCH "VIRTUAL STABLE" Equibase Company has teamed with AXCIS/TrackMaster to launch Virtual Stable, which alerts users via e-mail when desig­ FAVORITE TRICK TO BILL MOTT Bill Mott nated Thoroughbreds are entered to race. Virtual has been named to take over as the trainer of likely Stable users input Thoroughbred names in a desig­ 1997 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Favorite Trick nated section on the Equibase home page (Phone Trick). Mott replaces Patrick Byrne, who was (www.equibase.com). When any of these horses forced to give up his previous horses after accepting a are entered to race, Virtual Stabli~ will send e-mail job as a private trainer for owner Frank Stronach. to the user notifying them of the date, track, race Joseph Lacombe, the majority owner of Favorite number and race conditions for which the desig­ Trick, is also sending Mott his top grass horse, Pan­ nated horse is entered. The service also features a ama City (El Gran Senor). Elliott Walden will take over "close-match" feature which allows users to input for Byrne as the trainer of three-year-old graded a name, for example "David," and receive notifica­ stakes winner Polished Brass (Dixie Brass), as well as tion for any horse running that contains the name some of LaCombe's other horses. "I chose Bill be­ David (David's Best, Sunny David, etc.). Equibase cause he's very organized, he's got a nice barn and Company Business Development Manager Richard has a nice way about himself," LaCombe said. "He's Mullikin said, "Virtual Stable is a natural fit with very businesslike." Mott added, "I've got big shoes to our ongoing quest to enhance the range and value fill. I'm obviously flattered that they considered me. of our online services in order to promote the inter­ It's a big challenge." Mott, who has never trained a ests of the entire Thoroughbred industry. Often winner of any of the Triple Crown races, is realistic this mission is best fulfilled by working together about Favorite Trick's chances in the three-year-old classics, knowing that distance could be a problem. with our strategic partners, in this case AXCIS/ "There's a big question about the horse, not just from TrackMaster, to create a truly useful service that me but from everyone," Mott said. "What sort of will benefit racing fans worldwide who are inter­ distance limitations does he have? That's not a new ested in following North American horses." angle. Obviously, he's very talented. Given the fact that he's proven to be rateable and the disposition he News Continued, p. 2. has, if any horse can overcome it, he's the one." Byrne had planned to start Favorite Trick off this year ST AKES CLOSINGS in the Feb. 21 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream. Mott said he hasn't had enough time to plan out a schedule TODAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7: for the colt, but added that he intends to keep Pat 1-17 $2001100,000 San Fernando Day as Favorite Trick's regular rider. Mott said he Breeders' Cup-GI/, SA, 4yo, expects the undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile win­ 8.5f ($200) ner to arrive at his Payson Park barn within the next 1-1 7 $ 150, 000 San Gorgonio H. -al/, SA,• few days. 4yo/up, 9fT ($150) 1-17 $100,000 Holy Bull-GI/I, GP, 3yo, 8.5f ($100) NEWS CONTINUED . 2 LU 1-18 $150,000 El Encino-GI/, SA, 4yo, 8. 5f c RACING REPORTS . 2 ($150) - PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES . 3,4 1-19 $150,000 San Marcos H.-Gll, SA, 4yo/up, - TOTAL PAGES . 4 10fT ($150) PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 1-7-98 News Continued. FOREIGN AVERAGE UP 16 PERCENT AT AUSTRALIAN • • YEARLING SALE The William Inglis & Son 1998 Stakes Result: Classic Yearling Sale, held Monday and Tuesday at GRAN PREMIO DE LAS AMERICAS (OSAF)-G1, Newmarket in Sydney, Australia, saw 325 lots sell for $47,600, Hip6dromo de Palermo, Argentina, 1-2, a gross of $3,687,513 and an average price of 3yo/up, 1 m (dirt), 1 :33, ft. $11,346, a 16 percent increase over last year's aver­ 1-EI COMPINCHE (ARG), 132, h, 6, Southern Halo-­ age of $9,884. "The average price achieved at this La Copera (Arg) (SW & MGSP-Arg), by Good sale is the highest since 1990 and vindicates the Manners. 0/8-Haras La Quebrada (Arg); T-J. decision to add an incentive race to the sale," said Etchechury; J-Jacinto Herrera; $3,5,000. Managing Director Reg Inglis. "The running of the 2--Amatin, 130, c, 4, Cautfn--Luna Hose (Arg), by ($424, 757) Inglis 2YO Classic on Saturday was an Ahmad (Arg). 0-Stud Tori; B-Haras La Madrugada; exciting prelude to the sale. It is evident trainers and $7,000 owners came to Newmarket intent on finding a preco­ 3--Valiente Fitz (Arg), 121, c, 3, Fitzcarraldo (Arg)-­ cious early two-year-old for the 1999 Inglis Classic Visalia (Arg), by Ahmad (Arg). 0-Stud Los Tres next January." Inglis continued, "We look forward to Vasquitos; B-Haras Firmamento (Arg); $3,850 selling the top drawer yearlings we have catalogued Margins: 8, 4. Winner's Odds: 3-1. for the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale in March and the Australian Easter Yearling Sale in April." • MIDWEST • EAST Local News, Remington Park: • • Northern Oklahoma racing fans will have a Local News, Tampa Bay Downs: new off-track wagering site available to them Tampa Bay Downs set an all-time record handle beginning Thursday. Remington Park has Tuesday, January 6, when $3, 155,905 was wagered switched its operation in Enid, OK to the on its 10-race card. The largest network of simulcast Uptown Sports Bar. Previously, the off-track outlets in the history of the Florida oval carried the site in Enid was located at City Boots. The signal throughout the country and the Caribbean, telephone number for the Uptown Sports Bar making the total possible. The old record, set in 1996, was $2, 730, 197. "The new record is a tribute is (580) 233-0985. to the competitiveness of the horses who run here and to the hard work of the owners, trainers and ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. employees who work at the track," said Tampa Bay This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form Downs Vice President and General Manager John or by any means, electronic or mi9chanical, without Grady. prior written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners. a @ will Information as to the races, race results and indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de­ earnings was obtained from results charts pub­ note winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be lished in Daily Racing Form and utilized herewith used for state-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden­ with the permission of the copyrfght owner, Daily claiming races and an (R} will be used for other re­ stricted races. Racing Form. AUSTRALIA'S 'BLUE HEN' Australia's LADY GISELLE (FR) (Nureyev-Valderna, by Val de Lair) ARRO\VFIELD STUD Dam of the Arrowfield-bred ZABEEL (NZ) - Sire of 5 individual Gr 1 John Messara winners from 3 crops including Champion OCTAGONAL (NZ). Phone: +61 2 9223 8277 Dam of Arrowfield bred, raced and owned BARYSHNIKOV (AUS} - Fax: +61 2 9223 5795 Australia's first dual hemisphere stallion. E-MAIL: agstaff@arrowfield. com.au In 1997, LADY GISELLE (FR) is in foal to UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA). www.arrowfield.com.au PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 1-7-98 WEEKEND PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES Time). Just for good measure, Tudor Minstrel by Alan Porter is out of mare by English Derby winner Sansovino, a half-brother to Serenissima, the TIME LIMIT (g, 3, Gilded Time--Savanna Anna, granddam of Pharamond II, Sickle and by Vice Regent) Hyperion. This is, admittedly, all a little hard to fol­ In view of the speed shown by his sire at low, but the bottom line is this: Time Limit has both two and three, it was interesting to hear a tremendous build up of genetic relatives bred that the connections of Time Limit were con­ by the Earl of Derby, and particularly from his cerned whether he would have the pace to suc­ two key families Canterbury Pilgrim (dam of cessfully drop back from a mile and a sixteenth Chaucer and Swynford) and Gondolette, ances­ to the six furlongs of the Giii Spectacular Bid S. tress of Sansovino, Hyperion (both Derby win­ at Gulfstream Jan. 4. Time Limit proved more ners}, Pharamond II, Sickle and Fair Copy. This than equal to the task, scoring by five and a is focused first through the genetic relatives quarter lengths. Pharamond II, Sickle, Fairway and Pharos, and Oddly enough though, Time Limit, a then further forward through the genetic rela­ half-brother to the speedy Miss Indy Anna, does tives Tudor Minstrel and Fair Trial. It seems have a considerable number of English classic that the closer combination of Tudor Minstrel influences in his pedigree. Gilded Time's sire, and Fair Trial has gifted Time Limit with con­ Timeless Moment, has the brothers Pharamond II siderable speed. We wonder if the deeper and Sickle 5x4x5.