THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here STRIKE THE GOLD EUTHANIZED IN TURKEY FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI CASHCALL FUTURITY According to published reports, 1991 GI Kentucky Derby winner Strike the Gold (Alydar--Majestic Gold, by Hatchet Man) was euthanized Tuesday at Karacabey Stud Farm in Turkey after he collapsed and suffered a fracture. The 23-year-old was the oldest living Derby winner. Bred in Kentucky by Calumet Farm, the chestnut began his racing career for the partnership of B. Giles Brophy, William Condren and Joseph Cornacchia, who CASHCALL DRAWS FULL, INTRIGUING FIELD raced under BCC Stable. He was trained Hollywood=s $750,000 GI CashCall Futurity S. drew a by Nick Zito throughout his career, full and intriguing field of 13 2-year-olds, including giving the eventual Hall of Famer his first three from Bob Baffert, who has more wins in this Classic victory (video). The full brother event than any other trainer with five. The Hall of to MGSW Greydar was sixth in the Famer=s three-pronged attack is led by Pegram, Watson GI Preakness S. in his bid for the Triple and Weitman=s GI Del Mar Futurity S. winner Drill Crown, but rebounded to be second in (Lawyer Ron), who will look to bounce back from a the GI Belmont S. Strike the Gold did not Horsephotos well-beaten seventh-place finish last time in the Nov. return to the winner=s circle in 12 starts 19 GIII Delta Downs Jackpot. Baffert will also saddle after the Derby, however, and Condren and Cornacchia paid $2.9 million in May of 1992 at a sale put on by Arnold Zetcher=s Liaison (Indian Charlie), winner of the track-and-trip Real Quiet S. Nov. 12 as an odds-on Fasig-Tipton at Belmont Park to buy out Brophy. He favorite; and Sky Kingdom (Empire Maker), who earned returned just days later to take the GI Pimlico Special H. (video). Strike the Gold was retired after three starts at his diploma over this strip Nov. 24 in his third try for five with four graded stakes victories and career Westrock Stables. GSW and MGISP Majestic City (City earnings of $3,457,026 from a total record of Zip) will look to give Peter Miller back-to-back CashCall 31-6-8-5. He began his stud career at Vinery in trophies--he won this event last term with Comma To Kentucky, but was sold to the Jockey Club of Turkey in the Top (Bwana Charlie). Impressive turf debuter Blingo 1998, where he was responsible for two champions. (Artie Schiller) goes out for the same connections as Zenyatta, while Heinz Steinmann=s Empire Way (Empire Maker), a full-brother to Royal Delta, will look to improve on the stretch-out after a disappointing sixth- place finish in the Nov. 24 GIII Hollywood Prevue S. Saturday, Hollywood Park, post time: 4:37 p.m. EST CASHCALL FUTURITY-G1, $750,000, 2yo, 1 1/16m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Handsome Mike Scat Daddy Nakatani O'Neill 121 2 Brother Francis Lion Heart Espinoza Cassidy 121 3 Groovin' Solo Bob and John Quinonez Cho 121 4 Empire Way K Empire Maker Rosario Harrington 121 5 Drill K Lawyer Ron Garcia Baffert 121 6 Sky Kingdom K Empire Maker Gomez Baffert 121 7 Blingo K Artie Schiller Smith Shirreffs 121 8 Rousing Sermon Lucky Pulpit Talamo Hollendorfer 121 9 Liaison K Indian Charlie Bejarano Baffert 121 10 Cozzetti K Cozzene Leparoux Romans 121 11 Majestic City K City Zip Dominguez Miller 121 12 Basmati K Borrego Berrios O'Neill 121 13 Desormais War Front Flores Gallagher 121 Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/15/11 • PAGE 2 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com NEWS TODAY YEAR SUSPENSION RECOMMENDED FOR VEITCH Robert Layton, Kentucky=s Chief Hearing Officer, recommended in a report filed yesterday that John Veitch, the state=s former chief steward, be suspended one year for his role in the controversial incident involving 2010 Breeders= Cup Ladies= Classic entrant Life At Ten at Churchill Downs. Jockey John Velazquez, who was later fined $10,000 by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, voiced concerns during national television coverage about how his mount was warming up, but while Veitch was informed of Velazquez=s comments, he took no action and did not notify state veterinarians. Life At Ten trailed throughout the race and did not finish, but was not designated by Veitch for postrace sampling. Layton=s report charges Veitch with violating five racing regulations and argues, ABecause of Veitch=s violations, the uncertainty over Life At Ten=s performance will never be fully resolved. Such a consequence does not maintain the appearance as well as the fact of complete honesty and integrity of horse racing in the Commonwealth, and must also be considered as a factor in determining the appropriate penalty.@ Veitch was fired as Kentucky=s chief steward at the end of last month, and is currently appealing his termination on the grounds of age discrimination and incorrect identification as a Aclassified employee.@ No reasons for dismissal were given to Veitch--an Aunclassified employee,@ which Veitch argues he was, must be informed of the grounds for his or her termination and has the right to appeal. " " " Check out the new TDN blog at http://www.thetdnblog.blogspot.com/ In today: Zodiac: The King of Maryland, by Sarah Andrew Review: HBO’s Luck, by Justina Severni TDN TODAY Headline News..................... 6 pages P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/15/11 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Weemissfrankie Doing Well After Surgery... RACETRACK ROUND-UP Two-time GISW Weemissfrankie (Sunriver) was back in her stall at Hollywood Park Wednesday following Yoshida Buys Balada Sale... successful surgery Sunday to repair a condylar fracture Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida has purchased the 2-year-old suffered when finishing fourth in multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Balada Sale (Arg) Saturday=s GI Hollywood Starlet S. AThe surgery went (Not For Sale) {Arg}) for an undisclosed price. The deal excellent,@ said trainer Peter Eurton. AThe prognosis is for Argentina=s leading 3-year-old filly was brokered by very good.@ He explained, AOne screw was put in. The California-based agent Emmanuel de Seroux of Narvick fracture was non-displaced.@ Weemissfrankie is International. "She will be sent to Dubai for the meeting expected to be able to return to training in about four and will be trained by Mike de Kock," de Seroux said. months. Balada Sale capped off the 2011 season with impressive victories in the G1 Gran Premio Polla de Thoroughbred Daily News is: Potrancas and G1 Gran Premio Seleccion. Under the Barry Weisbord President/Co-Publisher Sue Finley Vice President/Co-Publisher tutelage of champion trainer Juan Carlos Maldotti, Vicki Forbes Director of Customer Services Balada Sale won five of six starts in her native country Alycia Borer Director of Advertising for breeder Haras Vacacion. 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Robert Williams Director of IT/Webmaster Gregg Casillo Database Analyst/Programming Specialist Inquiries to Kyle Wilson [email protected] P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/15/11 • PAGE 4 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com WRITERS UP ANOTHER STAR FOR LA QUEBRADA The historic Haras La Quebrada, which celebrated its 200th Group 1 win as a breeder in September, will look to keep the party going when the La Quebrada-bred Star Runner (Arg) (Southern Halo) goes postward in Saturday=s G1 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini in Buenos Aires. Star Runner, who is coming off a win in the G1 Estrellas Classic in June, could become the farm=s second Pellegrini Star Runner winner. Marcelo Sarachi/Turf Diario La Quebrada was founded by Hernan Ceriani Cernadas in 1945 in Pilar, Argentina--just 45 miles outside of Buenos Aires--and is the life=s work of three generations of Argentinian horsemen. Following in his father=s footsteps, Hernan Rodolfo Ceriani Cernadas led the farm until his passing in 2007, and the operation is currently run by the founder=s grandson Hernan Ceriani Cernadas, III. AMy grandfather started it,@ Ceriani Cernadas recalled. AAnd then my father was the one who grew it and made it so successful. I just continued on with the family tradition.@ During Hernan Rodolfo=s term at the helm of La Quebrada, the face of breeding in Argentina was forever changed by the arrival of Southern Halo in 1988. The stallion became the country=s most successful sire, leading the standings from 1994 to 2001, as well as in 2003 and 2007. He also topped the broodmare sire=s list from 2004 through 2010. ASouthern Halo was very important to La Quebrada,@ Ceriani Cernadas said. AHe was an excellent stallion here, and now he is an excellent broodmare sire. He made many things possible for my father. When Coolmore bought him, he was the first stallion to shuttle from Argentina to the Northern Hemisphere. That was something new here.@ Southern Halo died in November of 2009, but his tradition of siring stars of the Argentinian turf continues with Pellegrini hopeful Star Runner, who is already a three-time Group 1 winner.