Angels In Memorium, 2012

[my miss storm cat]

The Nile, at Royal Ascot today.

William Buick had had his choice of the 3 Gosden runners, and although Fencing was highly regarded, chose to stick with this one.

A shame.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...e672c0a7d9.2f1

[Rileyoriley]

Blumin Affair, Third in the Derby, Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff
Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:57 PM
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:34 PM



Blumin Affair, who finished third in the 1994 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and second in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I), was euthanized June 16. The 21-year-old son of Dynaformer had suffered from equine protozoal myeloencephalits since last August. He stood at Roger Pelster’s Roger’s Ranch near Mead, Neb., and was buried at the farm.

Campaigned by Art Vogel and Leroy Bowman and trained by Jack Van Berg, Blumin Affair finished behind Go for Gin and Strodes Creek in the Kentucky Derby and was beaten by Brocco in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at 42-1 odds. Following the Run for the Roses, Blumin Affair finished sixth in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I).

Blumin Affair won his sole stakes at 4, capturing the San Diego Handicap (gr. III).

Blumin Affair placed in five other stakes including the Pacific Classic Stakes (gr. I) and the Arkansas Derby (gr. II). He was retired with a record of 4-6-2 from 17 starts and earnings of $867,065.

Blumin Affair was Nebraska’s leading sire nine consecutive years (2003-11) and heads the list this year. He has sired 31 stakes winners and the earners of more than $8.4 million. His leading runners include Plum Sober, Blumin Beauty, Sempre Blumin, and Hesablumin.

Bred in Kentucky by Gulf States Racing Stables, Blumin Affair was one of two foals produced from the winning Dr. Blum mare Medical Affair, whose graded stakes-winning full sister Medicine Woman also produced a stakes winner by Dynaformer.







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[my miss storm cat]

Leading Candidate, at Parx yesterday...

http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20120619&RN=1


From RP...

Tylicki taken to hospital after Ripon fallFreddie Tylicki has been taken to hospital in York for an x-ray on a foot after a fall at Ripon. David Allen was fine after his fall but unfortunately his mount Warrick Brown lost his life. (3 hours ago

http://www.racingpost.com/

He was 3 years old and this was his 5th start. He had never won.

RIP

[Rileyoriley]

DESERT SUN

Desert Sun, the broodmare sire of unbeaten Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar and the sire of Australian and New Zealand Horse of the Year Sunline, has died at Eliza Park in Victoria, Australia, according to the Racing Post. The pensioned son of Green Desert was 24.

Bred in Great Britain by Charlton Down Stud, Desert Sun raced first in England, placing in three group stakes, and later in North America while trained by Bobby Frankel for Juddmonte Farms Lessee. Desert Sun ran second in the 1993 Golden Gate Fields Budweiser Breeders’ Cup Handicap and third in the Bel Air Handicap (gr. II). He was retired with a record of 3-7-6 from 23 starts and earnings of $186,865.

Sunline, a New Zealand-bred, is a four-time Horse of the Year in New Zealand and a three-timer in Australia. The fabulous mare, one of her sire’s 34 stakes winners, won 13 group I stakes.


Black Caviar ran her unbeaten record to 22 when she captured the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Eng-I) at Royal Ascot June 23. The Australian-bred daughter by Bel Esprit has earnings of $6,295,594.

Desert Sun, who is out of the group stakes-placed Hotfoot mare Solar, also stood in England and Ireland.







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[Rileyoriley]

Champion Hollywood Wildcat Dies


Hollywood Wildcat, who beat defending champion older female Paseana in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (gr. I) to clinch champion 3-year-old filly honors, died June 23 at Hal Snowden Jr.’s Roseglade Farm near Wilmore, Ky., because of complications from cancer. Owned by Irving Cowan, Hollywood Wildcat was 22 and in foal to Kitten's Joy from a Feb. 28 cover.

A homebred for Cowan and his wife, Marjorie, Hollywood Wildcat went into the Distaff off four consecutive wins under Eddie Delahoussaye. She started out winning the Hollywood Oaks (gr. I) and then reeled off scores in the San Clemente Handicap on turf, the Del Mar Invitational Oaks (gr. IIT), and the Lady Secret’s Handicap. Ridden by Delahoussaye in the Distaff, Hollywood Wildcat held on to win by a nose as the 6-5 favorite.

The Distaff proved so inspiring that it was chosen by readers of The Blood-Horse as the "Race of the Year."

Hollywood Wildcat was a stakes winner in her three other years of racing. At 2 she won the Sorority Stakes (gr. III) and two other stakes. At 4 she captured the Gamely Handicap (gr. IT) and another Lady’s Secret. As a 5-year-old she took the Little Brianne Stakes in her sole start that year.

Trained by Neil Drysdale, Hollywood Wildcat (Kris S.—Miss Wildcatter, by Mr. Prospector) was retired with a record of 12-3-3 from 21 starts and earnings of $1,432,160.

It didn’t take long for Hollywood Wildcat to earn fame as a broodmare for the Cowans. Her second foal, homebred War Chant , won the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT). It was only the second time that a Breeders’ Cup-winning filly or mare had produced a Breeders’ Cup winner. The first was 1988 Distaff winner Personal Ensign, whose daughter, My Flag, won the 1995 Juvenile Fillies (gr. I).

War Chant, by Danzig, stands at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky.

Hollywood Wildcat produced other stakes winners Double Cat, Ministers Wild Cat , and Ivan Denisovich, a group II winner in England. Hollywood Wildcat’s other offspring include stakes-placed Bold Warrior and Shintoh.

Hollywood Wildcat’s youngest offspring is an unraced Street Cry 2-year-old colt named Profound.






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[OldDog]

4YO colt Karma Shield in his tenth start, a maiden claiming race at Belmont. He was by Petionville, out of Boot Um Bertie (Storm Boot).


~in the 2011 Derby undercard.

[OldDog]

5YO Imaging in a maiden special weight at Belmont. By Dynaformer, out of Gaze (Danzig), this was his 12th career start.

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