IT’S A GO... WAR EMBLEM BACK HEADLINE IN HASKELL ...p2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2002 A KING’S TRIBUTE YOU BEST IN TEST Just five days after the death of his owner Lord Edmund Gann’s You (You and I) put up a brave per- Weinstock, Golan (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}) responded to formance along the rail to deny previously unbeaten jockey Kieren Fallon’s drive to deny Nayef (Gulch) by a Carson Hollow (Carson City) by the slimmest of mar- head in a thrilling climax to yesterday’s G1 King George gins in the GI Test S. at Saratoga Saturday afternoon. VI & Queen Elizabeth Dia- “We had to get lucky to get through, and that’s what mond S. at Ascot. “You happened,” commented winning trainer Bobby Frankel, need the horse and you who also teamed up with jockey Jerry Bailey to take need the team and we’ve the $500,000 GII Diana H. earlier on the card with had a tremendous team Tates Creek. “I’m a lucky guy. I’m blessed right now.” behind this horse,” said For You, it was a mirror image of her victory in last trainer Sir Michael Stoute. year’s GII Adirondack S., a win which vaulted her onto “I’m thrilled, but it is also a the national stage. The dark bay has since added tri- very sad moment--Lord umphs in the GI Frizette S., the GI Las Virgenes and the Weinstock would have GI Santa Anita Oaks, but could only manage fourth in loved this occasion be- the GI Kentucky Oaks going nine Golan (inside) defeats Nayef Allsport cause he fell in love with furlongs May 3. Cutting back to a this horse. He was looking forward to seeing this horse mile for the GI Acorn S. June 7, in training as a four-year-old. This is a tribute to him as You responded with a stakes-re- this is what they stood for--breeding top-class horses cord setting, 7 1/4-length success for the great European races.” King George cont., p2 while covering the distance in 1:34. She broke a step slowly in Saturday, Ascot, England the Test and found herself at the KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND S.- back of the pack for the first time G1, £750,000, Ascot, 7-27, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, in her career as Carson Hollow 2:29.70, gd/fm. ripped through fractions of :21.60 1--GOLAN (IRE), 133, c, 4, by Spectrum (Ire) and :44.27. You was able to 1st Dam: Highland Gift (Ire), by Generous (Ire) come up the rail and hugged the 2nd Dam: Scots Lass (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB) fence entering the stretch. Carson You (inside) takes Test 3rd Dam: Edinburgh (GB), by Charlottown (GB) Hollow had the favorite pinned Horsephotos O-Exors of The Late Lord Weinstock; B-Ballymacoll down inside as the pair raced in Stud Farm Ltd; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Kieren Fallon; tandem, but You battled tenaciously and got the nod at £435,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-1, £1,113,001. the wire. “It was so close,” said Frankel. “She had her 2--Nayef, 133, c, 4, Gulch--Height of Fashion (Fr), by head at the right place and Carson Hollow didn’t.” Bustino (GB). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Frankel has yet to determine You’s next start, but indi- Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm Inc; £165,000. cated that it would come at the Spa. The 10-furlong GI 3--Zindabad (Fr), 133, h, 6, Shirley Heights (GB)-- Alabama S. Aug. 17 is one option, as is the GI Ballerina H. over seven-eighths Aug. 25 against her elders. As Miznah (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells. O-Abdullah for the runner-up, who had taken the GI Prioress S. last Buhaleeba; B-Gainsborough Stud Management; out, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. said, “I never felt so £82,500. good losing a race. She ran so big. I thought You was Margins: HD, 3HF, 2. Odds: 11-2, 7-1, 11-2. going to go by on the inside, but our filly dug in so Also ran: Aquarelliste (Fr), Grandera (Ire), Storming tough.” Chart, p3 Click here to view the replay. Home (GB), Boreal (Ger), Sir Effendi (Ire), Narrative (Ire). Scratched: High Pitched (GB, Millenary (GB), Sakhee. For the brisnet.com chart, click here. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/28/02 • PAGE 2 of 10 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. cont. P N E W S T O D A Y P The winner of last year’s G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in May, Golan (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}) failed to WAR EMBLEM BACK IN HASKELL The connec- land a blow on the 3½-length winner Galileo (Ire) when tions of War Emblem (Our Emblem) have had yet an- second in the G1 Epsom Derby the following month. He other change of heart. The Kentucky Derby winner will ran third from a wide draw in the Irish version at The run in the GI Haskell Invitational H. at Monmouth Park Curragh in July before being freshened up for a prepara- Aug. 4...at least that was the plan as of yesterday tion geared towards the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in afternoon. The three-year-old was originally pointing for October. He produced a smooth display when taking the Grade I event, but his handlers started to hedge the G2 Prix Niel at Longchamp in September before when the weights came out last Saturday and it was finishing fourth behind Sakhee in that championship learned that War Emblem would be asked to carry top contest, run on unsuitably testing ground. Subse- weight of 124 pounds, from two to 10 pounds more quently sixth behind Jungle Pocket (Jpn) in the G1 than his rivals in the race. After the colt’s owner, Prince Japan Cup in November, he overcame a 244-day ab- sence to reward the decision of Coolmore Stud, who Ahmed Salman, died suddenly Monday, the decision purchased a share after his Guineas success, to keep was made to keep War Emblem in California for the GI him in training at four. Stoute is planning another crack Pacific Classic at Del Mar Aug. 25. The latest 180 came at the Arc at Longchamp Oct. 6. Golan’s intended about when Came Home (Gone West), the second comeback had been the G1 Coral-Eclipse S., but he was highweight at 122 pounds, was declared out of the forced to miss that July 6 event with an infection in his race on Friday. The decision has been approved by the hind leg. This time, he settled in last early as Sir Effendi Prince’s family. “I just received the final go-ahead from (Ire) (Nashwan) led for stablemate Nayef. As the pace the royal family,” Baffert said yesterday. As for the wound up gradually from the front, Golan raced pa- reasoning behind the most recent Haskell decision, tiently and waited for the gaps to appear on the inner. Richard Mulhall, racing manager for the estate of Prince As Zindabad (Fr) (Shirley Heights {GB}) forged ahead Ahmed Salman, quipped, “I went to bed the other night with half a mile remaining, Golan moved closer, making and had a dream that we won the race, so I woke up ground on the inner of Grandera (Ire) (Grand Lodge), and said, ‘we’d better run in it.’ Seriously, the race kind who raced wide throughout. Quickening off the final of fell apart, with Came Home out and Neil Drysdale’s turn, Golan was driven along as Nayef moved past horse [Sunday Break] out, so we decided we needed to Zindabad at the distance and responded to his jockey’s come out there and support Monmouth Park. We are urgings to wrench the lead from that colt in the final great supporters of Monmouth...plus we’d like to get strides. ”He’s a very, very relaxed individual--I think that million dollars.” The Prince and trainer Bob Baffert he’s effective from a mile to a mile and a half, but we’ll teamed up to win the 2001 Haskell with Point Given. stop and think as there are plenty of options--he’ll cer- That colt was Baffert’s fourth Haskell starter in the last tainly want to go before the Arc,” added Sir Michael five years. War Emblem will have his final work before Stoute. Trainer Marcus Tregoning was pleased with the Haskell Monday morning at Del Mar. He ships to Nayef’s effort. “The race lived up to its billing and it Monmouth Wednesday. Baffert, who will wed fiancee was a great performance by both of the first two,” he Jill Moss next Saturday evening, and the rest of War said. “I’m thrilled as he is right back to his best again Emblem’s connections will board a plane bound for the now and I am looking forward to the rest of the season. East Coast early Sunday morning. I can’t say quite where we will go yet, but I am very keen to go to Chicago as I think the track will suit him. © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. It just might be that he goes for the Classic as he was This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by very effective on dirt in Dubai.” The 13-8 favorite, any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Grandera was a well-beaten fifth.