NEW OWNERS FOR LION TAMER HEADLINE ...p5 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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006 THE SILVER STREAK CAN’T CATCH A “BUZZ” She broke from the far outside in the 11-horse field, Buzzards Bay (Marco Bay) hadn’t visited the winner’s but Silver Cup (Ire) (Almutawakel {GB}) overcame the circle since posting a 30-1 upset in the GI Santa Anita draw to earn her second straight Derby last April, but proved much the best in yester- graded-stakes victory, getting up day’s GIII All American H. at Golden Gate Fields. The for a 3/4-length victory over Elu- chestnut had been off the board in four of his five sive Diva (Elusive Quality) in the starts since his surprising performance at Santa Anita. GII Buena Vista H. at Santa Anita He did manage a third in the GIII Discovery H. at yesterday. The G2 Italian 1000 Belmont in October, but was seventh when trying the Guineas winner picked up her turf in the Dec. 26 Sir Beaufort S. and fourth when returned to the main track for the Jan. 28 Sunshine Silver Cup Benoit Photo first U.S. tally in the Jan. 8 GII San Gorgonio H., rallying to best Millions Classic, both in Arcadia. Sent off the 2-1 sec- ond choice in the All American, Buzzards Bay prompted Ticker Tape (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) by a half-length 3-2 Trickey Trevor (Demaloot Demashoot) for six fur- as a 16-1 shot. Let go at 7-1 this time, the dark bay longs, took control as the pacesetter faded down the was just off the lead as Elusive Diva cut out the frac- lane and drew clear for a handy score. The crowd’s tions. The pacesetter was still in front as they hit the choice tired from his early efforts and finished last in eighth pole, but Silver Cup came with a late surge to the six-horse field. Click for the brisnet.com chart. get on top in the final strides. “I had to start riding her a little bit earlier today [than in the San Gorgonio],” Monday, Golden Gate Fields jockey Victor Espinoza explained. “She’s the kind of ALL AMERICAN H.-GIII, $150,000, GGX, 2-20, 4yo/up, filly that, when you turn for home, you don’t think you 1 1/8m, 1:47, ft. have too much horse, but you can’t give up. The last 1--BUZZARDS BAY, 117, c, 4, by Marco Bay few yards, she was really kicking it in.” The pacesetter 1st Dam: Lifes Lass, by Seneca Jones held on to best 7-2 favorite Mirabilis (Lear Fan) by a 2nd Dam: Letters of Life, by Arts and Letters nose for second, with Ticker Tape another half-length 3rd Dam: Life, by Bold Hour back in fourth. Buena Vista chart, p2 O-Gary Broad; B-Jay Shaw (FL); T-Ronald W Ellis; J-J Valdivia Jr; $82,500. Lifetime Record: GISW, LAUREL CANCELS SPRINT STAKES 14-4-1-3, $816,971. The GII General George Breeders’ Cup H. and GII 2--Melanyhasthepapers, 113, h, 5, Game Plan--One Barbara Fritchie Breeders’ Cup H. will be canceled for Last Bird, by One for All. ($40,000 yrl '02 WASSEP). 2006 because of the ongoing restrictions on shipping O/T-Alfredo Marquez; B-Royal Match Stud, Inc (WA); horses into and out of the state. The two sprint stakes $30,000. 3--Ace Blue (Brz), 116, h, 6, Coax Me Clyde--Queen were originally postponed, with the Fritchie scheduled Blue (Brz), by So Blue (Brz). O-Craig Sidney H & for Mar. 4 and the General George set for Mar. 18, but Jenny; B-Haras Quero-Quero Do Sul (BRZ); T-Jerry Maryland Jockey Club Racing Secretary Georganne Hale Hollendorfer; $22,500. learned over the weekend that New York will not lift its Margins: 4, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 2.00, 11.40, 12.80. quarantine until sometime next month. The ban was Also Ran: Molengao (Brz), Greeley's Galaxy, Trickey put into place because of the problem with equine Trevor. Scratched: Adreamisborn. herpesvirus at Maryland’s tracks. “No one wants to cancel two of its premier races, but in light of the situa- Strange But True... tion...we have no choice but to take a one-year hiatus,” said MJC President Lou Raffetto. “To preserve the There has never been a Kentucky Derby winner integrity, quality and grading of the race, we thought with Raise a Native in the dam’s pedigree. Courtesy www.werkhorse.com. this was the best move to make.” www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/21/06 • PAGE 2 of 5 Buena Vista cont. PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Monday, Santa Anita BUENA VISTA H.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 2-20, 4yo/up, BY ANDREW CAULFIELD f/m, 1mT, 1:34 4/5, fm. 1--SILVER CUP (IRE), 116, f, 4, by Almutawakel (GB) Saturday, Gulfstream Park 1st Dam: Ribblesdale (GB), by Northern Park SABIN H.-GIII, $100,000, GPX, 2-18, 3yo/up, f/m, 2nd Dam: Tarib (GB), by Habitat 1 1/8m, 1:50 2/5, ft. 3rd Dam: Red Coral (Aus), by Red God 1--@TAITTINGER ROSE, 115, m, 5, by Menifee (i5,000 yrl ‘03 TATIRE). O-Martin S Schwartz; 1st Dam: La Rosa (GSW, $267,194), by Wild Again B-Emmet Beston (IRE); T-Patrick L Biancone; J-V 2nd Dam: Twilight Ridge, by Cox's Ridge Espinoza; $90,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ity, 3rd Dam: Waving Sky, by *Quibu 6-2-1-1, $210,495. O/B-Mike G Rutherford Sr (KY); T-W I Mott; J-E S 2--Elusive Diva, 118, m, 5, Elusive Quality--Taj Aire, by Prado; $60,000. Lifetime Record: 23-6-7-5, $382,503. Taj Alriyadh. O-Branch, Branch & Konecny, et al; Click for the brisnet.com chart, the Video, sponsored B-John William & Doris Konecny (KY); T-Mark Glatt; by Taylor Made or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style $30,000. pedigree. 3--Mirabilis, 118, f, 4, Lear Fan--Media Nox (GB), by Lycius. O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc (KY); T-Robert J Although the words “Storm Cat” and “unfashionable” Frankel; $18,000. don’t ordinarily appear together Margins: 3/4, NO, HF. Odds: 7.10, 8.20, 3.60. in the same sentence, breeders Also Ran: Ticker Tape (GB), Shining Energy, Toupie hardly put out the welcome mat (GB), Royal Copenhagen (Fr), Katdogawn (GB), Halo Ola when one of Storm Cat’s Grade (Arg), Beautyandthebeast (GB), Flip Flop (Fr). I-winning sons took up stallion Scratched: Awesome Lady, Three Degrees (Ire). duties. Click for the brisnet.com chart, free brisnet.com catalogue- That son--Harlan--spent four style pedigree or Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. full seasons at Stone Farm before succumbing to a ruptured aorta Taittinger Rose Equi-Photo at the start of his fifth season in 1999. Even though he was priced at only $5,000, Harlan never attracted more than 48 mares in a single season, with a low of 26 mares in his second year. So what was the problem? Harlan probably wasn’t helped by the fact that his victory over American Chance and Cherokee Run in the GI Vosburgh S. repre- sented the only stakes success of his 28-race career. Other possible negatives were his failure to race at two and his lack of stakes performance before the age of four (although slow progress to stakes level has hardly TAYLOR MADE • (859) 885-3345 • taylormadefarm.com been held against the likes of Forest Wildcat and Stormy Atlantic). Perhaps he also wasn’t helped by GII Buena Vista H. Silver Cup (Ire) (Almutawakel {GB}) rallies for her second straight graded score. having a third dam bred in Chile. Pedigree Insights cont. p3 www.gainesway.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/21/06 • PAGE 3 of 5 Pedigree Insights cont. As Roses In May recently reminded us, 23-year-old On the plus side, Harlan’s dam was a Canadian Grade mares can occasionally produce top-class performers II winner by the influential Halo. In addition to siring the and Menifee wasn’t hindered by his dam’s advancing sensational Japanese stallion Sunday Silence and the years. Racing for the partnership of Hancock and James champion sire Saint Ballado, Stone Farm’s son of Hail H. Stone III, Menifee matched his half-brother Desert to Reason also sired the dams of such high-profile stal- Wine by filling the runner-up spot behind Charismatic in lions as Singspiel, Machiavellian and Rahy. Hail to Rea- the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. He also put up an son, of course, appears twice in the pedigree of the excellent effort when he narrowly defeated Cat Thief dam of Storm Cat’s highest-priced son, Giant’s Cause- and Forestry under top weight in the Haskell Invita- way, but breeders weren’t to know that at the time tional, but he missed another chance of glory when Harlan was struggling. stiffness ruled him out of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, Harlan’s legacy amounted to only 98 named foals, which fell to Cat Thief. yet two of them--Menifee and Harlan’s Holiday--devel- It had been his owners’ intention to keep Menifee in oped into major performers, with each winning the Blue training as a four-year-old, and there appeared to be Grass S. during a distinguished career. every possibility of further improvement.