June 19, 2006

LAUNCHINGS
No sooner does breeding season wane and it’s almost yearling time. This year Perretti Farms will launch the stallion careers of not one but two major candidates in McArdle and Red River Hanover. Both have the pedigree and performance credentials and each will have headliner prospects in our yearling consignments.

Among the headliner McArdles should be GENERAL McARDLE from the formidable Armbro Terrace, she an Artsplace from Bruce’s Lady. Also THE McDONALD first foal for Born To Best, a full sister to Canadian star Cammibest… There’s also McGAIN N McGAIN (Ever And Again) a half brother to Dragon Again.Then there’s EMPTY McPOCKETS a grand looking filly from Insolvency (You’ll like her George) and OLD McARDLE a brother to Whodunit from Nadia Lobell

Featured Red River’s could be OLE RED RIVER (Art Sale) from the only Artsplace sister to Mattaroni… CLUB RED (Steamy Place) from a daughter of Summer Child..
DOCTOR HOLLOWAY (sorry Joe but DOC HOLLOWAY was actually taken) biggest one yet from Doc’s Girl. There’s MISTER RED from Paulas Promise the sister to Economic Clout both from Costly Power… There’s also RED N BREAKFAST (Lady JBB) from a sister to Little Miss K…

All are Harrisburg bound.

SOME DOT DOT DOTS…
Congratulations in store for Jeff Gural for the successful launching of Tioga Downs… Kudos too for the diligence displayed in monitoring that adjacent highway rest area….

The problem is not the bad publicity these incidents generate as we are in an era where tabloid journalism tends to prevail… The problem is that these things HAPPEN….

Hey George Teague… Insolvency has a very nice McArdle yearling filly named EMPTY McPOCKETS…. She’ll be Harrisburg bound in November…

Does The Cannibal’s disqualification in the Elitlopp on the heels of the Prix fiasco represent some kind of dubious distinction for CLASSIC takedowns????

PASSIONATE GLIDE (Yankee Glide-Miss Marita) is one impressive filly. And she’s the first foal from the dam since Marita’s Victory in 1997.

Believe it was Hollywood Heyden who mentioned that Stanley smiled when he heard the name BLUE MAC LAD from Vernon Blue Chip.

The full brother BLUE YORK YANKEE (Muscles Yankee) is also Harrisburg bound come November…

Our Kentucky consignment will feature SULTAN OF SQUAT the first Muscles Yankee from Queen Of Queens since half million plus winner MUSCLE KING. He’s also a half brother to the thus far impressive Queen Serene…

Noticed that Woodbine Entertainment is cutting purses in response to a dwindling betting handle… It is understandable but far too ominous. Reportedly the handle was off some $900,000 on Cup night… As colleague Dave Perkins deftly documents in the Toronto Star customer confidence is indeed waning…

On the bright side, 3-year-old pacing colts went for $48,000 each division in the New York Sire Stakes at Monticello on Tuesday, Several divisions too. The next day 2-year-old pacing colts and fillies went for $35,000 each division in New Jersey Sire Stakes action at The Meadowlands. Good money….

Hall Of Famer Stew Firlotte made his annual pit stop at the Kentucky Farm probably about halfway between Orlando and Toronto and had some nice words for some of the progeny of mares he’s trained over the years. He liked BRUISE CRUISE (Dream Vacation- Muscling In) GET OUT OF DODGE (Artiscape-Dodge Kitty) and OLE RED RIVER a first crop Red River Hanover from Mattaroni’s Artsplace sister Art Sale… He didn’t train Nadia Lobell but did cite her first crop McArdle colt OLD McARDLE as likeable…

Bob Marks

   

 

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