MAGNA GRADUATE TAKES QUEENS HEADLINE COUNTY p. 2 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 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2006 OUIJA BOARD RETIRED HE’S THE MAN Globetrotting star Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire} Boboman (Kingmambo) didn=t have any stakes experi- --Selection Board {GB}, by Welsh Pageant {Fr}) exhib- ence prior to yesterday=s GI Hollywood Turf Cup S., but ited soreness in her left front leg yesterday and was that didn=t stop him from posting a one-length victory withdrawn from today=s over Runaway Dancer (Runaway Groom). Placed in fifth G1 Cathay Pacific Hong by Garrett Gomez as Symphony Sid (Unbridled) set an Kong Vase. The 2400- uncontested lead through :24.25 and :47.37 fractions, meter race, in which the Boboman came charging down the lane to take the lead five-year-old would have in deep stretch and crossed the line in stakes-record been favored to defend time. AWhen he won [his last race] I said right there that her title, was to have this is what I would try next,@ trainer Richard Mandella been her final career start, said. AI wasn=t sure I could beat these kind of horses, and she has been retired. but I wanted to give it a try. They were just galloping AShe was only going out Ouija Board www.bongoracing.dk along, and once Garrett kind of got him talked into it, for a brief trot [Saturday] you could see him kind of moving along pretty good.@ morning and she came back and just didn't look quite Cont. p2 right, and so we thought we would have a closer look at things, owner Lord Derby told Racing Post. Trainer @ Saturday, Hollywood Park Ed Dunlop added, AWe x-rayed the leg and the damage HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP S.-GI, $250,000, HOL, 12-9, was unremarkable, but she has jarred herself either on 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:24 3/5, fm. the dirt or the grass, and we decided that enough was 1--@sBOBOMAN, 126, h, 5, by Kingmambo enough.@ Dunlop said the injury was the same left front splint bone problem which sidelined Ouija Board during 1st Dam: Slewvera (GSP-Fr & US, $128,958), by Seattle Slew the summer of 2005. Booked to Lane=s End stallion Kingmambo in 2007, the popular mare may head back 2nd Dam: Hedgeabout, by Riva Ridge to Britain first in order to have her injury monitored 3rd Dam: Roundabend, by Never Bend before heading to Kentucky. Cont. p3 O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (KY); T-Richard E Mandella; J-Garrett K Gomez; $150,000. Lifetime Record: CLASH OF THE TITANS IN CUP 10-4-0-2, $239,346. The International Races meeting culminates with the 2--Runaway Dancer, 126, g, 7, Runaway Groom--Salsa G1 Hong Kong Cup, featuring a pair of former champi- Dancer, by Dahar. O-R L Stables; B-Reyla Graber ons and two of the best turf mares in the world. Ven- (KY); T-Dan L Hendricks; $50,000. geance of Rain (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) seeks to double up (DH)-3--Artiste Royal (Ire), 126, r, 5, Danehill--Agathe, on his victory over Pride (Fr) (Peintre Celebre) a year by Manila. O-San Gabriel Investments & Sidney L Port ago and has been prepared meticulously by trainer Trust; B-Dayton Investments Ltd (IRE); T-Laura De David Ferraris. After having his 2005/2006 campaign Seroux; $22,500. curtailed by a heart condition and subsequent spell at (DH)-3--Meteor Storm (GB), 126, h, 7, Bigstone (Ire)-- Cambridge Stud in New Zealand, the rugged six-year- Hunt the Sun (GB), by Rainbow Quest. (110,000gns old enters this off a close fifth to Mile favorite Armada HRA >02 TATAUT). O-Jarvis, Margolis & Smole, et (NZ) in the International Mile Trial Nov. 19. AFrom gate al; B-Juddmonte Farms (GB); T-Wallace A Dollase; two he will get a nice position with cover and I proba- $22,500. bly won't have him further back than second or third,@ Margins: 1, 2HF, (DH), 2HF. Odds: 9.20, 25.80, 8.20. said jockey Anthony Delpech. AHe can go on from the Also Ran: Cosmonaut, Symphony Sid, T. H. Approval, 700-meter mark and he will be pretty hard to get past.@ Mighty Mysterious. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/10/06 • PAGE 2 of 6 Hollywood Turf Cup cont. Saturday, Aqueduct Boboman began his career with three off-the-board QUEENS COUNTY H.-GIII, $107,700, AQU, 12-9, finishes in France, but finally broke through at 3yo/up, 1 3/16m, 1:55, ft. Longchamp in his fourth and final start of his two-year- 1--MAGNA GRADUATE, 118, c, 4, by Honor Grades old campaign, scoring by 3/4 of a length in October 1st Dam: Peacock Alley, by Fast Play 2003. Freshened following that effort, the bay resur- 2nd Dam: Anna's Honor, by Alleged faced in March 2004 at Santa Anita with an eighth- 3rd Dam: Honor to Her, by Sir Ivor place finish in an $80,000 optional claimer. Out for the ($30,000 yrl '03 KEESEP). O-Elisabeth H Alexander; entire 2005 season, the Wertheimer & Frere homebred B-Nicole Zitani & Ramon Rangel (KY); T-Todd A returned at Del Mar this summer with consecutive third- Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez; $64,620. Lifetime place finishes July 30 and Aug. 28. Favored at 4-5 in Record: G1SP-UAE, 18-7-3-3, $1,843,950. an Oak Tree allowance test Oct. 7, Boboman delivered 2--Papi Chullo, 116, c, 4, Comeonmom--Leggy Super a 4 3/4-length tally and followed with an $80,000 Model, by Vigors. ($23,000 yrl '03 OBSAUG; optional claiming score over this course last time $135,000 2yo >04 OBSMAR). O-Greg Norman; Nov. 2. B-Philip & Karen Matthews (FL); T-Peter J Menghini; Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com $21,540. catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor 3--Smart Growth, 115, h, 5, Gone West--Ratings, by Made. Caveat. O-Augustin Stable; B-George Strawbridge Jr (KY); T-Jonathan E Sheppard; $10,770. Margins: 6HF, 9 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.10, 5.60, 8.40. Also Ran: Angliana, Naughty New Yorker, Awesome Multiple Stakes winner at Twist. two, compiling a record of Magna Graduate concluded his sophomore campaign 3 wins and a third from 5 with three straight tallies, including the GIII Discovery H. on the Breeders= Cup undercard at Belmont Park and starts, and like Funny Cide, the GII Clark H. at Churchill in November. The dark bay also by Distorted Humor, began 2006 with a well-beaten fourth in the GI Donn H. was named Feb. 4 and repeated that performance in the $6-million Champion Two-Year-Old G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 25. He was later moved up to third following Brass Hat=s disqualification from sec- colt in New York. ond for a medication positive. Magna Graduate resur- www.winstarfarm.com faced with a 10th-place finish as the 5-2 choice in the Nov. 4 GIII Ack Ack H. after missing most of the year GI Hollywood Turf Cup S. Boboman (Kingmambo) with an ankle injury. Favored by the Big A faithful to rallies from the back to win his third straight. get back on track here, the Elisabeth Alexander colorbearer was hustled to the lead by John Velazquez GIII Queens County H. Magna Graduate (Honor and never looked back. AGenerally, he=s not a Grades) makes it look easy. front-runner, but in this scenario, he found himself there,@ trainer Todd Pletcher commented. AWe=ll take him down to Florida and see what=s next.@ TDN TODAY Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by Headline News.................... 6 pages Taylor Made. stonewallstallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/10/06 • PAGE 3 of 6 Ouija Board Scratched From Vase, Retired cont. Fifth in the G1 Coral-Eclipse S. July 8, Ouija Board A Magical Career... emerged as the winner in a thrilling battle with Alexan- The Hong Kong Vase was to have brought the curtain der Goldrun (Ire) in the G1 Nassau S. at Glorious Good- down on Ouija Board=s extraordinary career, which wood Aug. 5 before succumbing spanned three seasons at the highest level. Lord late to Dylan Thomas (Ire) in the Derby=s homebred, beaten a length when third in her G1 Irish Champion S. Sept. 9 at debut at two, graduated as the even-money favorite in Leopardstown. She then earned her second outing at Yarmouth in October 2003. The her second Breeders= Cup title in Racing Post commentary of that novice race concluded the F/M Turf before heading to that the Cape Cross filly Alooks sure to win in decent Japan, where she ran a gallant company next year.@ A true understatement, even if she Ouija Board third to Deep Impact (Jpn) in the ended her juvenile campaign with a third in the Listed www.hkjc.com G1 Japan Cup Nov. 26 in what Montrose Fillies S. Her three-year-old season began would be her final trip postward. with a six-length success in the Listed Pretty Polly S., In all, Ouija Board compiled a record of 22-10-3-5 with which preceded a seven-length coronation in the G1 earnings of ,3,510,682 ($5,102,985), just ,160,000 Oaks S. at Epsom a month later. She duly added the G1 shy of Singspiel=s mark for a horse bred in Great Britain.