Page 37 - February 2005 The Game

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Serendipity Farms
Hubba Hubba - $2500 705-357-1788
Clearbrook Stock Farm Baron De Vaux - $2000 Synastry Express - $1000 Welbred Fred - $1000 (BC) 604-888-4463
Road’s End Farm: Alfaari - $2000 Amaruk - $1200 Orchid’s Devil - $1200 Dramatic Show - $1000 Recreation - Private 604-856-7559 (BC)
Display Farm:
Sambuca On Ice - $1000 Catahoula Parish - $2000 Inspired Prospect - $2500 Devil Begone - $3000 519-928-5273
Rainbow Ridge: China Ruckus - $1500 905-939-9467
Hawthorne Farm: Royal Dixie - $1500 250-260-4414
Hillside Thoroughbreds Legal Jousting (IRE) - $1500
New Regime - $750 905-386-0912
Wynnwood Farms: Compadre - $5000 905-859-3000
Calmar Stables & Ranch: Just A Cat - $3000 Ground Stroke - $2000 Rosetti - $2000
Tiger Trap - $1500 Willard Scott - $1000 780-985-2998
Pedigree Farms
Grey Counter - $1000 Brite Adam - $1500 416-616-9962
Parish Ridge & Foxhillacres
Blameless is Smoking - Private Fee 905-331-7176
Wolff Run Farm Ashbury - $1,000 905-894-0240
Falconview Farms Keen Affair - Private
705-424-4809
Branview Stables EH - $1500 Endeavor - $2500 905-936-3359
Longview Farms Kinshasa - $2500 905-713-3762
Grassmere Farm
My Imperial Slew -$1000 705-277-2421 905-261-6859
Castle Peak Farm Ltd. Alystar Slew - $1000
Like the Prospects - $2000 Box Office Event - $3000 613-838-7895
Silver Duck Stable Northern Strike - Private Picolo Pete - Private Appalachian Chief - $2000 Strike A Gold Mine - $1,500
416-578-5073
Schönberg Farm Porto Foricos - $5000 Wonneberg - $3000 905-859-0624
Minshall Farms
Sea Wall - $3000 519-855-4671 Kiridashi - $6500 (standing at Park Stud) 519-941-3944
Maple Ridge Farm It’s Too Late - Private Treaty - 613-623-4970
ParkStud
Tomahawk - $8500 Kiridashi - $5500
Bold N’ Flashy - $4500 Perigee Moon - $3500 Tejabo - $2500 519-941-3944
Select Stud
Wake at Noon - $6000 Salty Note - $2000 Minstrel Dancer - $1000 905-841-1891
Norse Ridge Farm
My Way Only - Private Paynes Bay - $2500 Valid Trefaire - $2000 Lodge Hill - $2000 Umrigar - $1500 416-841-9201
TC Westmeath Stud Crown Attorney - $3000 Great Gladiator - Private One Way Love - $3500 Parisianprospector - $1500 519-925-1445
Silver Duck Racing Stable Apalachian Chief - $2000 Northern Strike - Private Picolo Pete - Private
Strike A Gold Mine - $1500 416-578-8846 416-578-5073
True Colours Farm Puchilingui - $1500 Guaranteed Gold - $2450.00 905-854-5630
Spring Farm
Elajjud - Private Fee 519-225-2845
JNT Farm Colebrook Jet - Complimentary to approved mares 905-732-2095
Road’s End Farm Alfaari - $2000 Amaruk - $1200 Dramatic Show - $1000 Orchid’s Devil - $1200 Recreation - Private (BC) 604-856-7559
Calibre Farm
Gun Power - $2000 Special Considerations 905-727-1690
Creekside Stables Catinental - $3000 905-688-6185
Windfields Farm Limited Ascot Knight - $5000 Cat’s At Home - $6500 D’ Wildcat - $10,000 Tethra - $4000
War Deputy - $3500 Whiskey Wisdom - $5000 905-725-1193
Blue Blood Stud Farm Bugsy Too - $1070 Uncle Woger - $1635 905-238-2855
Hutchinson FNB Farm Monsieur Wizard - $500 intr
705-324-7331
Adanac Horse Farm/Wilshire Farm Painful Pleasure - $1000 905-342-3265
Colebrook Farms
Dance to Destiny - $7500 Randy Regent - $2000 Foxtrail - $2000
I Can’t Believe - $1500 Valid N’ Bold - $1000 905-852-0215
or 905-853-2085
TanMaBar Farm
Casino Prince - $1000 disc. to approved mares & ECTA members 613-832-3500
Bystorm Farm
Rather Well - $500 One Rainy Day - $500 905-584-1115
Knob Hill Stable Iskandar Elakbar - Private
Megas Vukefalos - Private 416-751-2300
Park Lane Ranch Yellow Creek - $800 905-936-2658
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ERIC COATRIEUX - CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32
The Queen’s Plate was the first Stakes win for Chiefswood Stables and was the first Queen’s Plate win for veteran jockey Rob Landry and trainer Eric Coatrieux. After the initial wave of excitement reached the shore everyone regrouped and looked towards winning the Prince of Wales Stakes. Eric says that during the race it was heartbreaking to see Niigon lose focus, “there wasn’t anything anybody could have done for him. He lost the race on his own, nobody could have helped him.” said Eric.
After the Prince of Wales, Niigon ran against the best three year olds in the continent at Saratoga, in New York where he gave a valiant effort. Eric considered all the options available to him at the time, and it was decided to give him a chance to run in the Pennsylvania Derby where he finished fourth.
Prior to that race Niigon had lost weight and looked tired. He had a long demanding season, so Eric decided to ease up on him and he sent him to the farm to freshened up. He resumed light training in November in Florida and upon inspection in early January he looks terrific.
Eric feels that Niigon is a late developing horse and that the best is yet to come. Already this year, at age four, he has developed into a more mature horse, “I feel that he deserves a chance to run on the turf,” said Eric in an interview in the barn at Palm Meadows, “he is certainly bred to run on it since the dam is by Nureyev and he has indicated that he could be a nice turf horse but nothing is for sure.”
January 9 Niigon worked 5 furlongs in 1:00.20 at Palm Meadows under regular jockey Rob Landry and Eric was pleased with the work and says that as things stand right now Niigon is about six weeks away from his 2005 debut which will probably be an allowance race in February.
Depending on the outcome of that race he will be pointed toward either the Gr. 2, Gulfstream Park Handicap, a mile and three sixteenth on the dirt; the Gr. 1 Gulfstream Breeders Cup Handicap which is a mile and three eights on the turf; or the Gr. 2 Pan American Handicap, which is a mile and a half on the turf.
Eric will see how he progresses before making any definite plans. Niigon is the “star” of the barn however Eric is really excited about some Chiefswood’s two year olds which are currently in training in Ocala under the supervision of Bill Recio. Eric also mentioned a couple of un-raced three-year-old fillies that look promising for 2005: Remsheg, an exceptional filly by Unbridled and Seanachai, a daughter of El Prado.
As the horses routinely make their way to the training track through the early morning fog at Palm Meadows Eric looks as though he is ready to tackle the challenge of bringing home another rewarding season in 2005.