interest in Sunday Break taking on the Belmont?

[breezin']

I was wondering. Is anyone out there interested in the fact that a Japanese-bred colt is going to run in the Belmont Stakes?
Sunday Break, owned and bred by Koji Maeda of North Hills Management.
He's not Japan-based. Neil Drysdale has him in the States. This doesn't seem to be getting much coverage in the press here in Japan, but I would think this would be significant for the breeders here if he wins.
Does anybody know anything about this or have any comments?
[ June 05, 2002: Message edited by: breezin' ]

[Horny Harry]

Sunday break sounds as if he is by Sunday Silence qho was a great USA horse...so sounds as if he is by an American Sire and trained in the States by an American trainer to win American races.
This horse is practicly a yankee!
How can Japan lay claim to him being a japanese horse at all? Perhaps they dont want the outside world to know that most of their horses are yankees anyway?

[Ant]

I believe Sunday Break is a Forty Niner colt, a half brother to multiple G1 winner Phalaenopsis? Correct me if I am wrong.
Breezin', if Sunday Break is bred and own by North Hills Management, so the colt is running in the colours of NHM as well (blue with red cross, red sleeves, same as No Reason)?
[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: Ant ]

[breezin']

Ant,
Yes, you're right. Sunday Break is a Forty-Niner colt, out of Catequil, by Storm Cat and yes, he is a half-brother to Phalaenopsis (Brian's Time)
The colors are NHM but slightly different from No Reason's, who runs in, I think it's the colors of the brother, Shinji, not Koji Maeda, but I'm not sure. There are three different colors. No Reason's colors are red with blue sleeves. One blue stripe across torso. Two (or three?) horizontal red stripes on sleeves. Sunday Break has the red X on the blue torso. Red sleeves with one blue stripe angled.Then there are ones the same as Sunday Break's but with no blue stripe on the sleeves. God of Chance, who won the Keio Hai Spring Cup on May 12, runs in those. Don't know which belongs to who though.
Here's a column in The Blood-Horse that talks a bit about Sunday Break and other Japanese horses that will be taking on American races. I thought you might be interested:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=9824
[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: breezin' ]

[phoenix]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by breezin':
[QB]Ant,
Breezin,
This may interest you - please check your private mail box.
NEW YORK - Racing officials said Tuesday that the first effective test for erythropoietin, the blood-enhancing agent commonly known as EPO, is nearly ready for regular use at racing laboratories.
The test, which had so far proved elusive to drug-testing officials in many sports around the world, would give racing a powerful tool to combat a drug that many horsemen and regulators say is being widely abused in racing. EPO, which is marketed under trade names like Epogen and Procrit, is thought to improve a horse's performance by boosting the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells produced by the spleen.
"The toughest part is done," said one racing official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "They just have to refine the methodology a little bit and then distribute it to all the other labs."
The test is being developed jointly by Dr. George Maylin of Cornell University in New York, Dr. Ken McKeever of Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Dr. Phil Lorimer of the New Jersey State Police laboratory. The scientists, who have received financial grants from the racing industry to perform the research, declined to speak about the progress of the test.
A lab scientist who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the test had succeeded in detecting antibodies produced by a horse's immune system in response to an EPO injection. The scientist said that the test "needed some small refinements," but was otherwise nearly ready to be distributed to other labs. The labs would then determine if the results could be duplicated before bringing the test into official use.
Also, the scientist said that a different test, one that looks for an increase in transferrin receptors, was being aggressively explored as well. The receptors, which bind proteins together in order to ease the transportation of iron in the body, generally increase in a horse several hours after EPO is injected, and the levels stay elevated for weeks after use, the scientist said. The transferrin receptor test would give regulators a chance to detect EPO abuse before a horse runs.
As reports of blood doping have gathered strength over the past two years, racing regulators have struggled to come up with an accurate test to detect EPO and similar drugs, such as darbepoietin. The governing bodies of human endurance sports, including cycling, long-distance running, and cross-country skiing, have also encountered difficulties in establishing a test accurate enough to withstand legal challenges.
Cheers,
Phoenix

[breezin']

Excuse me, but what does this doping article have to do with anything on this string?!?!? Would you please not post irrelevant articles etc. but start a new topic instead.
[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: breezin' ]

[imaufo]

Settle Gretal.
Thank you for the article Phoenix and glad to have you on board.

[breezin']

My objection is not to anyone posting an article. It's to posting it where it has nothing to do with the current string. As you can see, very few new strings are started and the topic very often derails within another one. If someone calls up a string and the top post is about something irrelevant to the subject it's confusing and we also lose the momentum of the string. The discussion tends to stop and that's not fair to the people who are interested. So I'm asking people to please start new topics. It'll help get some good discussions started and KEEP them rolling. Sorry Phoenix, I didn't mean to sound like I was jumping on you personally, though it did.

[imaufo]

Breezin...I dont think Phoenix has posted here before so as a new member it would be nice of we could be welcoming.
Phoenix will get the hang of it soon enough. That is of course if he ever decides to come back!

[hobbes]

phoenix, cheesebeast copied your article here >
http://www.asianracing.nu/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000012

[phoenix]

[quote]Originally posted by hobbes:
phoenix, cheesebeast copied your article here >
http://www.asianracing.nu/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000012
Gentleman, my sincerest apologies. I am having difficulty utilising the forum facilities (not having the greatest prowess with computers)
Also I mixed up breezin with hobbes. When I saw breezin online I posted the article in reply to a request from a past discussion on the topic that hobbes was interested in.
Once again apologies for the any inconvenience.
Cheers,
Phoenix

[imaufo]

Oddsmakers like War Emblem in bid for Triple
By Beth Harris, The Associated Press
By Al Behrman, AP
War Emblem is attempting to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
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War Emblem will win the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes (6/8)
NEW YORK — War Emblem, installed as the even-money favorite for Saturday's Belmont Stakes, will break from the No. 10 post in his bid to win the Triple Crown.
The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner arrived from Kentucky Wednesday and went immediately to Barn 7, where he walked the shed row before retiring to his stall.
"He shipped well," trainer Bob Baffert said. "He's sort of enjoying all this, but sometimes it can be overwhelming."
War Emblem will start near the outside in the field of 12 3-year-olds in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont.
"I'd rather be outside than inside," Baffert said. "He's outside most of the speed."
Wiseman's Ferry, a 20-1 long shot who has the speed to challenge War Emblem's front-running style, will break from the No. 3 post.
"Wiseman's Ferry is the key to the race," said Bobby Frankel, who trains 10-1 shot Medaglia d'Oro.
"The horse on the inside (Wiseman's Ferry) is going to be dictating the pace," Frankel said. "If he was in the race by himself, he might win it."
Proud Citizen, second to War Emblem in the Derby, was made the 5-1 second choice and will be in the No. 9 post.
Japanese-bred Sunday Break, who skipped the Derby and Preakness, will come out of the No. 5 hole and is the 6-1 third choice.
Magic Weisner, a 10-1 shot out of the eighth hole, was a surprising second in the Preakness.
Artax Too, the lone 50-1 shot in the field, drew No. 1 — where 22 Belmont winners have started their journeys.
A quartet of horses are 30-1. Like A Hero will break from No. 2; Essence of Dubai comes out of the fourth hole; Puzzlement drew No. 7; and Sarava drew No. 12 on the far outside.
Perfect Drift also was entered and drew No. 6.