OPPENHEIM REDUX HEADLINE ...p2 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2002 TOP SPRINTERS HEADED TO JAPAN BONAPAW BOUND FOR BREEDERS’ CUP Deals are soon scheduled to be completed to send Bonapaw (Sabona), winner of Saturday’s GI 2001 Eclipse champion sprinter Squirtle Squirt (Marque- Vosburgh S. at Belmont Park, will make his next start in try) and millionaire Swept Overboard (End Sweep) to the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Arlington Park Oct. 26. Japan. Last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint hero, Immediately after his Vosburgh victory, his connections Squirtle Squirt was sched- seemed to be leaning toward skipping the $1 million uled to prep for this year’s event, but, at the time, they believed the gelding would Sprint in the GIII Phoenix have to be supplemented to the race for $200,000. But Breeders’ Cup H. Oct. 5, but the Breeders’ Cup Ltd. contacted owner Dennis Richard an undisclosed offer from Monday morning to let him know that the supplemen- the Japan Bloodhorse Breed- tary fee for Bonapaw is, in fact, $90,000. “Dennis ers’ Association may lead to called me after that call from the Breeders’ Cup and the four-year-old being im- said, ‘$90,000...I can go into my pocket for that,’” mediately retired. “He’s in trainer Norman Miller III said. fine shape and just had a Swept Overboard Adam Coglianese good workout,” owner David Lanzman told The Blood-Horse. “I've been receiving P P R E V I E W P offers for him ever since he broke his maiden. I told my friends that if I ever get this [amount], I'll sell him. Well, Thursday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 3:05p.m I got it.” Lanzman purchased the dark bay colt for CHARLTON HUNT SUPREME S.-G3, £37,000, 3yo/up, $25,000 at the Barretts March Sale; in addition to his 7fT Breeders’ Cup victory, Squirtle Squirt captured the GI SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT King’s Bishop S. and the GIII Hollywood Juvenile Cham- 1 8 Atavus (GB) Distant Relative (Ire) Margarson 128 pionship S. while compiling a record of 16-8-4-0 for 2 6 Granny’s Pet (GB) Selkirk Cole 124 earnings of $1,112,220 to date. The four-year-old 3 2 Oktan (Ire) Dance Of Life Erichsen 124 sustained a knee chip when second in the GII Palos 4 5 Patsy’s Double (GB) Emarati Blanshard 124 Verdes H. Jan. 27 and has made just one start since, 5 10 Red Carpet (GB) Pivotal (GB) Bell 124 running fourth to Orientate in the GI Forego H. Sept. 1. 6 7 Royal Millennium (Ire) Royal Academy Channon 124 7 1 Vicious Knight (GB) Night Shift Cumani 124 New Stallion for Shadai... 8 4 Firebreak (GB) Charnwood Forest (Ire) Bin Suroor 121 Shadai Stallion Station, which lost a trio of stallions 9 3 Whitbarrow (Ire) Royal Abjar (USA) Millman 121 including End Sweep this summer, will acquire the 10 9 Zuleika Dobson (GB) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Wragg 121 Forty Niner stallion’s most accomplished offspring. Swept Overboard, a $525,000 OBSFEB purchase, was Friday, The Meadowlands a graded-stakes winner before selling for $700,000 in PEGASUS H.-GII, $350,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m July of his three-year-old season at the 505 Farms PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT dispersal. For new owner J. Paul Reddam, the grey 1 Trump Marina Honour and Glory Perkins Jr. 117 defeated Kona Gold in the GI Ancient Title Breeders’ 2 This Guns For Hire Norquestor Terranova 115 Cup H. last October before running fourth to Squirtle 3 Excited Conquistador Cielo Synnefias 115 Squirt in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Off since his impres- 4 No Parole Lit de Justice Aquilino 117 sive victory in the GI Met Mile May 27, he is currently 5 Regal Sanction Regal Classic J Jerkens 115 training for the Ancient Title and will close out his ca- 6 Smoked ‘Em Smoke Glacken O’Callaghan 117 reer in the Breeders’ Cup. The Florida bred has bank- 7 Harlan’s Holiday Harlan Pletcher 122 rolled $1,125,205 to date, with a record of 18-8-5-3. Blinkers on: No Parole. DANCE BRIGHTLY Mr. Prospector--Dance Smartly Sire of THREE two-year-old stakes horses John G. Sikura, President PHONE: (859) 255-8290 and 2002 yearlings which sold for up to $370,000. FAX: (859) 281-6148 2003 Stud Fee: $7,500 LF TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/26/02 • PAGE 2 of 2 LEADING SIRES OF 2002 GRADE/GROUP 1 WINNERS FROM THE DESK OF... (through Sept. 22) Sire Location Winners Bill Oppenheim Danehill (Danzig) Ire 5 Sadler’s Wells (Northern Dancer) Ire 5 The third table lists 41 sires with 15 or more year- Mr. Greeley (Gone West) Ky 3 lings catalogued among the three sales combined; inter- Storm Cat (Storm Bird) Ky 3 estingly, three of them stand in Kentucky--Ashford Wild Again (Icecapade) Ky 3 stallions King of Kings (2yos), and Stravinksy (year- Affirmed (Exclusive Native) dead 2 lings), and Mill Ridge’s Diesis. You’ll perhaps not be Broad Brush (Ack Ack) Ky 2 shocked to hear that six of the eight stallions with the Kaldounevees (Kaldoun) Fr 2 most catalogued stand at Coolmore; the other two are Lear Fan (Roberto) Ky 2 first-crop sires Cape Cross and Intikhab. But what is a Machiavellian (Mr. Prospector) GB 2 little surprising is that the overall leader is none other Monsun (Konigssthul) Ger 2 than the great Sadler’s Wells: he has 59 yearlings cata- Mr. Prospector (Raise a Native) dead 2 logued in the three sales, of which 34 are at Houghton- Pivotal (Polar Falcon) GB 2 -over 17 percent of the catalogue. That’s about one Robellino (Roberto) GB 2 Sadler’s Wells every 15 or 20 minutes. Go get ‘em. Woodman (Mr. Prospector) Ky 2 Due to an editing error, the third table of Bill Oppenheim’s Compiled by Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, specialists column yesterday did not include all of the horses referred in assisting breeders in their stallion selection and buyers to in the column. We are rerunning both the table and the in their auction purchases. For more information call (510) portion of the column which refers to it. 490-1111. SIRES WITH 21+ CATALOGUED AT THREE EUROPEAN SALES SIRE FFLSYR STUD FARM HOUGHTON GOFFS OCTOBER TOTAL Sadler’s Wells 1986 Ireland Coolmore 34 20 5 59 Grand Lodge 1996 Ireland Coolmore 4 22 29 55 Fasliyev 2001 Ireland Coolmore 7 18 25 50 Cape Cross 2001 Ireland Kildangan 2 19 21 42 Peintre Celebre 2000 Ireland Coolmore 6 23 10 39 Danehill 1991 Ireland Coolmore 10 20 6 36 Intikhab 2001 Ireland Derrinstown 2 16 16 34 Night Shift 1986 Ireland Coolmore 0 8 25 33 Dr Fong 2001 Britain Side Hill 1 0 31 32 Cadeaux Genereux 1991 Britain Whitsbury Manor 3 6 22 31 Royal Applause 1999 Britain Royal Studs 1 6 24 31 Mark of Esteem 1998 Britain Dalham Hall 2 8 19 29 Soviet Star 1990 Ireland Ballylinch 1 12 16 29 Daylami 2001 Ireland Gilltown 9 9 10 28 Stravinsky 2001 Kentucky Ashford 8 11 9 28 Singspiel 1999 Britain Dalham Hall 4 2 22 28 Orpen 2001 Ireland Coolmore 1 16 11 28 Spectrum 1998 Ireland Coolmore 0 16 12 28 Desert Prince 2000 Ireland Irish National Stud 2 16 9 27 Marju 1993 Ireland Derrinstown 0 17 10 27 Desert Style 1997 Ireland Morristown 0 17 10 27 Indian Ridge 1991 Ireland Irish National Stud 0 12 15 27 Desert King 1999 Japan Japan 0 12 14 26 Docksider 2001 Ireland Airlie 0 12 13 25 Barathea 1996 Ireland Rathbarry 2 5 17 24 Inchinor 1995 Britain New England 1 2 21 24 Unfuwain 1991 dead dead 5 4 14 23 Croco Rouge 2001 Japan Japan 1 14 7 22 Entrepreneur 1999 Japan Japan 2 9 10 21 Machiavellian 1992 Britain Dalham Hall 13 7 0 20 Green Desert 1988 Britain Shadwell 7 3 10 20 Halling 1998 Britain Dalham Hall 2 1 17 20 Mujadil 1994 Ireland Rathasker 1 16 3 20 Groom Dancer 1989 Britain Cheveley Park 0 3 17 20 Vettori 1997 Britain New England 0 2 17 19 Rainbow Quest 1987 Britain Banstead Manor 12 2 4 18 Selkirk 1994 Britain Lanwades 3 5 10 18 Diesis 1985 Kentucky Mill Ridge 4 5 8 17 King of Kings 2000 Kentucky Ashford 2 10 5 17 Alhaarth 1999 Ireland Derrinstown 0 10 7 17 In the Wings 1992 Ireland Kildangan 4 4 7 15 Alzao 1986 Ireland Coolmore 0 7 8 15 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2002 AMERICAN 6 Pages EDITION SIPHONIC SET FOR COMEBACK Three-year-old KEENELAND CATALOGS 3,597 FOR NOVEMBER Siphonic (Siphon {Brz}), unraced since finishing third in Keeneland will catalog 3,597 horses for its November the Mar. 17 GII San Felipe S., will make his next start Breeding Stock Sale. The auction, scheduled to run “any day now,” said co-owner John Amerman. from Nov. 4 through 13, will include 1,951 Amerman said he and trainer David Hofmans are hoping broodmares, 146 broodmare prospects, 1,339 wean- to find a race toward the beginning of the Oak Tree lings and 161 horses of other ages and types. The meet at Santa Anita, which begins next Wednesday. number of horses catalogued this year is down due to Considered a top prospect for the Kentucky Derby after the effects of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome.