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HILL 'N' DALE CIGAR MILE H.

Won at 3

HILL 'N' DALE CIGAR MILE H.
(gr. I , 8f , defeating Harlem Rocker, Bribon (FR), Arson Squad, Kodiak Kowboy, Storm Play, Monterey Jazz, Visionaire, Wanderin Boy ).

HILL 'N' DALE CIGAR MILE H. Chart

HILL 'N' DALE CIGAR MILE H. (gr. I), AQUEDUCT, November 29, 2008, $300,000 guaranteed, value of race $300,000, 3-year-olds and up 8f, 1:35.01 (track record, 1:01.60), track fast.

Tale of Ekati(b h), 116 lb) $180,000 Tale of the Cat—Silence Beauty (JPN), by Sunday Silence B—Charles Fipke, KY.; O—Charles E. Fipke; T—Barclay Tagg Harlem Rocker(gr/ro h), 116 lb) $60,000 Macho Uno—Freedom Come, by Lit de Justice B—Adena Springs, ON.; O—Stronach Stables; T—Todd A. Pletcher Bribon (FR)(ch g), 114 lb) $30,000 Mark of Esteem (IRE)—Rowat Arazi (GB), by Arazi B—Darpat SL, FR.; O—Marc Keller; T—Robert Ribaudo

Margins: ¾, nose, head. Others: Arson Squad 119 ($15,000), Kodiak Kowboy 116 ($9,000), Storm Play 116 ($2,000), Monterey Jazz 118 ($2,000), Visionaire 116 ($2,000), Wanderin Boy 118 Winning Jockey, Edgar S. Prado.

Recap

Harlem Rocker was a nose better than Tale of Ekati when they hit the wire in the Nov. 29 Hill ÔnÕ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) at Aqueduct, but after a stewardsÕ inquiry, he was disqualified to second for causing interference in the stretch.

As a result, Tale of Ekati garnered his second grade I victory of the year, and both have come at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old Tale of the Cat colt also took the April 5 Wood Memorial (gr. I) over War Pass, who was the champion 2-year-old colt in 2007. In his next start, Tale of Ekati finished fourth in the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

ÒThe Wood Memorial came up perfect for him, but IÕve said all along that this horse is a miler,Ó said trainer Barclay Tagg. ÒBut when you have a 3-year-old with the Kentucky Derby, you have to try different things with them. ItÕs nice to start the year with a grade I at Aqueduct and end it here with a grade I.Ó

Other graded stakes on Tale of EkatiÕs resume include the Oct. 5 Jerome Handicap (gr. II) and the 2007 Futurity Stakes (gr. II). Tagg trains the homebred colt for Charles Fipke, who, along with Dr. Stewart Blusson, is credited with discovering a diamond mine in Canada that is now known as the Ekati Mine. Fipke owns 10% of the mine.

Tale of Ekati is the first foal to race out of the Sunday Silence mare Silence Beauty, who was a $1-million yearling but only started three times. She is a daughter of grade I winner Maplejinsky and is a half-sister to champion Sky Beauty.

Silence Beauty is kept at John PhillipsÕ Darby Dan Farm near Lexington. She has a weanling filly by Perfect Soul and is in foal to that stallion. A grade I winner by SadlerÕs Wells, Perfect Soul raced as a homebred for Fipke.

Tale of the Cat is the sire of 55 stakes winners, including 15 added-money winners in 2008. The 14-year-old son of Storm Cat will stand at Ashford Stud for a fee of $30,000 in 2009.ÑA.H.D.

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