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Q&A: TODD PLETCHER TALKS GULFSTREAM NOTHING IMPROBABLE by Christina Bossinakis ABOUT IT A well-established fixture in the lead up to the Triple Crown, trainer Todd Pletcher is attempting to secure a record 16th training title during Gulfstream Park=s 2018-2019 championship meeting, while diligently working to unearth another jewel who can join his roster of five prior Classic victories. As recently as 2017, the seven-time Eclipse Award winning trainer employed his South Florida base of Palm Beach Downs as a launching pad for a pair of Classic wins: Always Dreaming (Bodemeister; GI ) and Tapwrit (Tapit; GI S.). The TDN caught up with Pletcher, who provided a glimpse into his success at Gulfstream Park and offered a closer look into the development of the stable=s youngest and brightest racing talent. TDN: Why do you think Gulfstream Park suits your program so well? Improbable | Benoit photo TP: Well, Gulfstream traditionally has a lot of 3-year-old races, now that it starts in December. (Click to continue to p5) by Andrew Caulfield As his odds of 1-5 make perfectly clear, there was nothing IN TDN EUROPE TODAY improbable about Improbable (City Zip)'s victory in the GI Los PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR CHEVELEY PARK SIRE Alamitos CashCall Futurity. Nor was there anything improbable John Boyce takes a deeper look at Pivotal (GB)’s outstanding year about a colt of his pedigree establishing a record of three wins as a broodmare sire. from three starts as a 2-year-old. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. His sire, the ultra-tough City Zip, won five of his 11 juvenile starts, including the GI Hopeful S., and this son of the fast Carson City has also been represented by the Breeders' Cup 2-year-old winners Bulletin (2018 Juvenile Turf Sprint) and Catch A Glimpse (Juvenile Fillies Turf). It was on the undercard of the opening day of the Breeders' Cup that Improbable had earned >TDN Rising Star= status with his effortless victory in the Street Sense S., over a mile of the Kentucky Derby course. Sadly, City Zip had to be euthanized at the age of 19 in July 2017, and his long-standing foot problems appear to have prevented him carrying out his stallion duties that year. At least he had been able to cover 129 mares in 2016, so we can look forward to a final crop of nearly 100, which will race in 2019. No fewer than seven members of this 2017 crop sold for prices between $250,000 and $500,000 as yearlings, which illustrates the progress City Zip made after starting his stallion career in 2002 at a fee of $7,500. He was originally based at Contemporary Stallions in New York in 2002, before being moved to Lane's End Farm at the end of 2004. Cont. p3 IT’S

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Cup Classic didn't seem particularly relevant, as his sire Awesome Again possessed much stamina than Carson City. However, City Zip proved to be much more than a Nothing Improbable About It one-dimensional speed sire. He proved very proficient at siring smart performers on turf, as well as dirt, and quite a few of his (cont. from p1) progeny have been effective around two turns. City Zip wasn't just a 2-year-old. Although his Two who combined turf prowess with a degree of stamina tough juvenile campaign might have drained a were Catch A Glimpse, who added the GI Belmont Oaks over a less durable individual, City Zip made a further 12 mile and a quarter to her Breeders' starts at three Cup success, and Dayatthespa, a and he was good enough to win multiple Grade I scorer who landed four more stakes races, the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf including the GIII Jersey Shore over the Kentucky Derby distance. S. and GII Amsterdam S. All four Another who enjoyed Grade I of his 3-year-old victories came success over a mile and a quarter over six furlongs. Add in the was City Zip's admirable son fact that his sire Carson City had Collected, who defeated Arrogate gained all of his three graded and Accelerate to take the 2017 successes over six furlongs and Pacific Classic, prior to his second to it seemed fair to assume that Gun Runner in the Breeders' Cup City Zip would primarily be a Classic. source of speed. The late City Zip | Lee Thomas photo At the other end of the distance The fact that his spectrum were Work All Week, winner of the GI Breeders' Cup two-year-younger half-brother was versatile Sprint, and Finest City, who landed the Breeders' Cup Filly & enough to win the Vosburgh, the Met Mile and the Breeders' Mare Sprint. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

It is a measure of City Zip's talent that Work All Week, Finest City and Dayatthespa were all sired at $15,000, while Catch A Glimpse was the result of a 20,000-dollar season. City Zip also enjoyed Grade I success with Palace (Forego S. and Alfred G. Vanderbilt H.), Bustin Stones (Carter H.), Personal Diary (Del Mar Oaks) and Zipessa (First Lady S.). In the process of siring all these good winners, City Zip established an Average Earnings Index of 1.68, whereas his mares' Comparable Index stood at only 1.41, which is another way of saying that City Zip often succeeded in upgrading his mares. It is going to be interesting to see whether City Zip can pass on his prowess as a sire to his sons. Although City Zip is easily the most successful of Carson City's sons, with his 10 Grade I winners, four other sons of Carson City succeeded in siring a Grade I winner, these being Pollard's Vision, Flying Chevron, Hear No Evil and Cuvee. As yet, no son of City Zip has been responsible for a Grade I winner, but that looks set to change. The precocious Run Away And Hide has a creditable record with six graded winners, despite never standing at more than $7,500. Another of City Zip's fast sons, the dual Grade I winner Palace, is based at Spendthrift, and will have his first runners next year. Collected is well placed to make a much bigger impact, as he begins his stallion career at Airdrie at a fee of $17,500, and Improbable has already done enough to be taken seriously as a stallion prospect. There is also good reason for thinking that Improbable has a good chance of becoming another good performer at up to a mile and a quarter for City Zip, as there is stamina in the bottom half of his pedigree. The one possible weak link is , the champion European sprinter who sired Improbable's second dam Our Rite of Spring, who won the Exogenous S. over one mile 70 yards at Aqueduct. It is interesting that Improbable's dam, the four-time winner Rare Event, is a daughter of the Belmont and Breeders' Cup Classic winner A.P. Indy. I have pointed out in the past that A.P. Indy's son Bernardini has enjoyed considerable success with mares by City Zip's sire Carson City. This cross's statistics currently stand at 20 foals, 18 starters and 15 winners, with five of the 15 enjoying black-type success. Among them are the Grade I winners Cavorting and A Z Warrior, and a mare bred this way is the dam of GI Hollywood Derby winner Mo Town. Improbable's dam Rare Event cost $400,000 as a yearling. Improbable comes from a highly successful Darby Dan female line which is no stranger to Classic success, with the Futurity winner's fifth and sixth dams being Luiana and Banquet Belle. It was Banquet Belle who provided John W. Galbreath with Primonetta, a champion older mare, and Chateaugay, a winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont S. Another of Banquet Bell's foals, Luiana, gave Darby Dan Little Current, winner of the Preakness and Belmont. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

Improbable's fourth dam, Darbyvail, was a winning daughter of the winner Roberto and his third dam, Turkish Tryst, is by , who gained two of his Grade I wins over a mile and a quarter. Turkish Tryst passed on some of the family's stamina to her Danzig colt Hard Spun, who stayed a mile and a quarter well enough to finish second to Street Sense in the Kentucky Derby and to Curlin in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Q&A: Pletcher Talks Gulfstream (cont. from p1) TP: With 2- and 3-year-old racing, we emphasize that program. I think because of the timing and the calendar, it's allowing the later developing 2-year-olds and early developing 3-year-olds to get ready. We've been fortunate enough over the years to have had five GI Florida Derby winners, so timing wise it works well for us. I also think that the speed-favoring nature of the main track plays in how our horses generally run. They're generally into the race early on, and show some pace. So I think that suits them as well. TDN: You mentioned the Florida Derby, and it is a stop that you have used with success in the past. You used it with Always Dreaming, who won the Kentucky Derby in 2017. In terms of its timing, why do you think that works so well for you? TP: I love the spacing of the Florida Derby--five weeks out from the Kentucky Derby. It's ideal. We've also gone elsewhere-- Super Saver won the GI three weeks out--so it's not mandatory. The good thing about it is, if you're fortunate enough to have some decent 3-year-olds, there's so many good options everywhere. Generally, every weekend there's a significant prep race being run somewhere. But the Florida Derby, I think, where it's positioned on the calendar is ideal, and that's why we've seen it as a very successful prep in the past.

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TDN: Now that you have a couple of Kentucky Derby wins under your belt and you=ve seen what it takes to win it firsthand, what are you looking for with your 2-year-olds turning three? What is the ideal progression that you want to see with a young horse?

TP: Well, you know it just depends. You have some that you know what their established is, so you're sort of targeting some prep races early. Then you have some other ones that are just getting started and that you're trying to figure out where they are. But in Always Dreaming's case, even though he was still a maiden at this time, we had high hopes for him based on his 2-year-old form, so we were kind of laying down a program for him. Occasionally, you'll have some step up and surprise you and, hopefully, you've already got a line on a few others from early summer and fall that you've been laying out plans for. It's an exciting time of the year, you're obviously hoping to see them physically develop and make that transition from two to three.

TDN: Do you currently have any 2-year-olds that you think might be the type to potentially join the Triple Crown trail?

TP: Well, we're hopeful. We don't have any obvious standouts at this point on the dirt, and I think [Red Oak Stable=s] King for a Day (Uncle Mo) ran a better-than-looked fourth in the [GII] Kentucky . He's one that we have high hopes for, even though it's only his third start. We've got a few other ones we're getting ready to run, so the next 60 days are a really key period of development.

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ELSER GEARING UP FOR GALLOP YEAR TWO A[The original client] decided that he did not want any partners, but he did encourage me to put together another by Jessica Martini small group,@ Elser said. AHe thinks there is enough room in the Last spring, consignor Kip Elser and a longtime client came into market to expand it somewhat. So that is what we did. We are the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale with five horses and an old idea going with nine horses this made new again. The five 2-year-olds year. It=s an exciting project. bypassed the typical pre-sale breeze It=s a lot of fun. We are doing and instead galloped down the lane something a little different and during the auction=s under-tack we think people are getting a preview show. The experiment good look at these horses. proved enough of a success that the We=re really looking forward to two men have purchased another taking them out in public.@ group of yearlings this year intent on Three of the five 2-year-olds repeating the scenario at the 2019 purchased as yearlings in 2017 Gulfstream sale. under the name Gulfstream AWe very happy with the first year,@ Gallop sold at the 2018 Elser said. AWe were very well Gulfstream auction, led by a received--both in the market, which Noble Mission (GB) colt who is most important, and then with the brought $120,000 and a filly by buzz created by the whole thing. It Kip Elser | Horsephotos Blame who sold for $100,000 has been very positive to the point to Dennis O=Neill. The filly, named Splashy Kisses, was a maiden where my friend and client is doing it again.@ winner at Del Mar in August and finished second in the In addition to the five yearlings purchased this fall for the GII Pocahontas S. at Churchill Downs. She was eighth in the original client, who has chosen to remain anonymous, a further GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies. Cont. p8 four yearlings were purchased by a separate group of partners. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

AWe feel great about last year=s results,@ Elser said. AThat daughter of Street Sense (hip 123), one of three purchased at vindicates the project. We have some later-developing horses the Fasig-Tipton October sale. who ran well first time and look like they are okay. But to have While most of the horses purchased in the group were signed the one filly be graded placed in for under the name the first small group of relatively Gulfstream Gallop, one who inexpensive horses is very wasn=t is a colt (hip 229) who gratifying. I=ve checked with RNA=d for $100,000 at the everybody who has one and they September sale. are pleased enough. They are going AHe is a More Than Ready to win their share, they think.@ colt who was in Book 1 at After putting a toe in the water Keeneland,@ Elser explained. last year, Elser=s client decided to AWe partnered up with Jake increase his investment going into Delhomme, who bred him. the 2018 yearling sales. He=s an old friend who used ALast year was very much a, >Let=s to play here in Charlotte [for throw a dart,= experimental thing,@ the Carolina Panthers]. So he Elser explained. AIt went very well is the only one in the group and I think we ratcheted it up this who wasn=t bought and year.@ Splashy Kisses | Coady Photography signed for by the Gallop Gulfstream Gallop opened its group.@ 2018 yearling purchases with a $50,000 colt by Bayern (hip 284) While the Gulfstream sale is still months away, Elser is already at the Fasig-Tipton July sale and purchased a colt by Flatter (hip feeling positive about the 2019 gallopers. 1756) for the same price at the Keeneland September Yearling AI=m very happy with the group,@ he said. AThey are all up and Sale. It made its biggest purchase of the year with a $65,000 galloping and putting in the days and the miles.@ Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Gulfstream sale will be held Mar. 27 next year and its date NYSGC UPDATES CLAIM PRICE RULE, on the calendar makes it a perfect spot to sell these prospects, according to Elser. ADVANCES SAFETY STANDARDS AI think if you get a little later in the year, you don=t have a by T.D. Thornton reason not to breeze,@ Elser said. AThese horses are sitting on The New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) voted by ready to breeze and I think if you get a little bit later in the year, unanimous voice vote Monday to tweak a claiming price rule like for instance at Keeneland where they are already running enacted in 2012 that had aimed to dis-incentivize owners and 2-year-old races, I think people scratch their heads about not trainers from entering lame or uncompetitive horses in breezing.@ lower-level races that had been bolstered by gaming-inflated Elser stressed that these horses will be doing exactly what was purses. intended when they gallop in Hallandale next spring. The new rule will allow for some flexibility in setting claiming AI think it is important that people know what this group is,@ he prices that are below the required 2:1 standard mandated by said. AThey haven=t been tried and found wanting. Right from the NYSGC. It reads as follows, with the new language that was the start this was the plan. As we did last year, they will two- added to the existing rule highlighted in bold: minute lick down the lane at Gulfstream. The intent is to go just AThe minimum price for which a horse may be entered in a fast enough that the guys with the motion analysis cameras can claiming race shall not be less than 50% of the value of the purse get a read on them. That=s it. Whether you call it an open gallop for the race, unless the commission approves a request from a or a two-minute lick, I don=t know. It is not a fast breeze.@ franchised or licensed corporation conducting racing for a lower minimum price for all or a portion of a race meeting. The commission shall not approve such a request unless the track has implemented increased measures required by the commission to ensure close examination of the competitiveness, soundness and safety of each horse entered in such race.@ TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

When the proposal first came up in September, NYSGC equine state-licensed Thoroughbred and harness tracks. medical director Scott Palmer, VMD, had advocated for the rule AThe proposed rule, which would provide, among other things, change, underscoring that he supported allowing flexibility in standards for buildings and residential rooms, sanitary, water, claiming prices because other protective measures have since garbage removal and pest control, is generally modeled after been successfully incorporated to try and cut down on injuries the New York Department of Health=s Migrant Farmworker and fatalities. Housing regulations,@ Burns wrote. AStaff from the New York According to a brief written by NYSGC general counsel Edmund Department of Health and New York Department of Labor Burns that was included in the informational packet for the Dec. provided significant input in the development and refinement of 10 meeting, AVarious interested parties have requested the the proposal.@ Commission to consider adding flexibility to the existing rule, According to the NYSGC, of the 2,512 beds currently located identifying neighboring jurisdictions who have experienced safe on racetrack backstretches statewide, 2,261 (90%) are at racing with higher purse-to-claiming-price ratios. facilities operated by The New York Racing Association. AThe proposal would allow a Thoroughbred racetrack A separate proposal that advanced to the public commentary operator, with the approval of the Commission, to depart from stage involves updating safety standards for helmets and vests this limitation under certain circumstances,@ Burns continued. at Thoroughbred tracks. AThe Commission has added the requirement that its approval to Most notably, the proposed new rule would increase the depart from the limitation will not be granted unless the track maximum weight of the safety vest from two to four pounds Ato implements enhanced measures to ensure close examination of permit the wearing of newer vest models, which provide the competitiveness, soundness and safety of each horse in such enhanced safety,@ Burns wrote. races.@ In addition, the proposal also expands the requirement to The new claiming ratio rule takes effect immediately. wear a safety helmet to apply to any person mounted on a Two other proposals were advanced to the 60-day public horse, plus members of the starting gate crew, including the commentary period, both by unanimous voice vote. starter and all assistant starters. One would set forth standards for backstretch housing at TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

DALE ROMANS, Trainer

I don=t see how the Triple Crown winner cannot be Horse of the Year. I go back to the days before the Breeders= Cup was inaugurated and the Triple Crown is still the engine that fires this game. did all that he needed to do to prove to me that he was the Horse of the Year. The Eclipse Awards are tough. I=ve had several that I thought deserved the accolade and didn=t get it. If they don=t win it with Accelerate, I=m going to know how John Sadler feels. In 2012, we had Little Mike who won the Breeders= Cup Turf, the Arlington Million and the Woodford Reserve at Churchill. It just so happened he did that in the same year that Wise Dan came along and beat us. For us, there was no other award we could get other than turf champion. At least Accelerate will be older male champion. I don=t like to talk about other people=s horses, but I will say they were both great horses. It=s just that I=m a little more old school and, to me, the power of winning the Triple Crown is impossible to overcome. Dale Romans does not have an Eclipse Award vote

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SCAT DADDY COLT SHOWS PROMISE AT Stretched out to 1 1/16 miles and back on his home track, Anothertwistafate was never challenged in a wire-to-wire GOLDEN GATE by Jessica Martini victory (video) Sunday. Anothertwistafate (Scat Daddy) may have disappointed in his AHe galloped the whole way other than the last sixteenth of a first racetrack appearance at Santa Anita last month, but the mile,@ Wright said. AHe got just a touch green before that and he juvenile made amends with an effortless four-length maiden kind of veered in to the rail and Juan [Hernandez] straightened victory at his home base of Golden Gate Fields Sunday. him out. Then from the sixteenth to the wire was the only time AI was actually relieved,@ trainer Blaine Wright said Monday of he really pushed on him. He never hit him with the stick. I think the win. AHe didn=t show a whole lot the first time we ran him, he really galloped until then.@ but that was probably my fault. Yesterday, he showed us the Bred by Bryant Prentice=s Pursuit of Success, kind of horse we thought he was all along.@ Anothertwistafate is out of Imprecation (First Defence). Out of Bidding on behalf of Canadian owner Peter Redekop, Media Nox (GB) (Lycius), the mare is a half-sister to multiple bloodstock agent Alistair Roden purchased Anothertwistafate Group 1 winner Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat) and graded from the Wavertree Stables consignment for $360,000 at this winner Mirabilis (Lear Fan). While the colt=s pedigree might year=s OBS June Sale. The colt, who worked a furlong in :10 1/5, indicate his future is on the grass, Wright thinks his charge is was the fourth-highest priced versatile enough to perform on any offering at the auction and surface. went through the OBS sales AWe probably will try the turf ring just seven days after with him at some point,@ Wright Justify, another son of Scat said. ABut I don=t think surface is Daddy, sealed his Triple going to be an issue for this horse. Crown championship in the He trains like gangbusters on the GI Belmont S. synthetic. He=s bred for turf. He=s Anothertwistafate trained at been on dirt for the training sales Wright=s Golden Gate base and at Santa Anita. He got over the before shipping south for his dirt well, he just didn=t handle it in six-furlong debut at Santa Anita where he was ninth, the race real well. But I think going beaten 15 lengths, Nov. 3. a route of ground, he=s got natural AI probably never should speed and he won=t be behind a have sprinted him,@ Wright :21 and change pace going a route Anothertwistafate at OBS June | Tibor & Judit Photography said. AObviously, for us on the dirt.@ training at Golden Gate and taking him to Santa Anita, he took Wright said he was keeping all options on the table for dirt in his face for the first time. Training on the synthetic, we Anothertwistafate=s next start. don=t get any kickback. And he got a little green down the AWe=ve got some good races at home at Golden Gate that will backside on my rider and kind of backed away from it. The only obviously be on our radar,@ Wright said. AMost of the time, encouraging thing that we saw was, once he got clear in the those guys don=t come north to run on the synthetic track, so lane, he did start making a move. The chart didn=t do him much sometimes you can dodge the big guys in those races. We=re not justice on the race, but he did finish up pretty good and galloped going to be in a rush to jump back in with the wild boys real out strong. I just chalk it up to trainer error. I probably should quick. We=ll just see how our horse comes out and trains good have run him a week before going a mile on the turf. He=s and see what happens. So there is no definite race picked out always shown he=s more of a stayer than a sprinter. Maybe in yet.@ the end it will end up being a good thing getting some race experience.@ Cont. p13 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

Wright continued, AThe first-condition allowances are tough to In addition to the track renovation, Caesars is also replacing get to fill in Northern California and we would probably the existing exterior stairwells on the grandstand, which will be entertain a first-condition allowance or a minor stakes on the completed before racing resumes in April 2019. turf at Santa Anita should that come up. But honestly, I haven=t AWe are very appreciative of Caesars= willingness to step up opened the condition book to even look at anything yet.@ and tackle both of these capital projects during our off-season of Wright, leading trainer at this year=s Emerald Downs race racing,@ said Jon Schuster, vice president and general manager meet, annexed a pair of Southern California graded races with of racing. AIt really shows the company=s commitment to Alert Bay (City Zip). The dark bay gelding carried Redekop=s ensuring safety is at the forefront of their business, and colors to victory in the 2014 GII Mathis Brothers Mile and 2015 improving the track at this level is a major plus for our entire GII City of Hope Mile S. and was recently third in the Lure S. in racing community.@ Arcadia. The 17th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Wright is hoping Anothertwistafate is able to follow in that will resume Apr. 16 and the 120-day racing meet will run veteran=s footsteps. through Nov. 6. AWe=ve got our fingers crossed that he has a bright future,@ Wright said of Anothertwistafate. AHopefully we have another one that can take us down south.@ ITBOA HOSTING ONLINE AUCTION The Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association is currently conducting an online auction of seasons to more than 180 stallions from 16 states. Proceeds from the online auction will fund three stakes races for all 2020 offspring of stallions whose seasons are sold at this auction: the 2022 Stallion Futurity and two 2023 Stallion Stakes races for 3-year-olds, one for colts and one for fillies. The auction began Dec. 8 and closes Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. CDT. RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY AT INDIANA GRAND A list of the stallions donated and details of the auction are Renovation on the one-mile dirt racetrack at Indiana Grand available at http://www.thoroughlybred.com/sites/itboa. Racing and Casino is currently underway, and the $700,000 A $5,000 bonus will be paid to the winner of any of the three project is expected to be completed in March 2019 when the races if the foal is conceived from a breeding season purchased barn area opens for training. at the auction. Gerry Porcelli, former track man for the New York Racing Stallion donations are still being accepted. Contact the ITBOA Association for more than 40 years and Butch Lehr, who served office at [email protected] to donate or visit as track man for Churchill Downs for more than 45 years, are iowathoroughbred.com. working in conjunction with Indiana Grand=s track superintendent Roy Smith on the project. AWe are right on schedule,@ said Smith. AWe=ve been busy JOURNEYMAN STUD -- 2019 FEES taking all the existing cushion off down to the base and have Stallion Fee been working with GRW from Lexington, who have done a lot of Khozan (Distorted Humor) $4,000 design work on racetracks across the country. We are receiving AIn my opinion, Khozan far and away represents the best all new drawings and have shot elevations for the existing combination of talent and pedigree of any stallion in Florida, surface on both tracks. Once that is completed, then we will and we=re thrilled with the quality of Khozan=s first yearlings,@ begin laying a new limestone cap over the existing base, which syndicate manager Brent Fernung said. AConsequently, we are will take place before Christmas.@ willing to put our money where our mouth is. The first 25 Smith continued, AIn a project like this, everything is weather- contracts issued to Khozan for the 2019 breeding season comes related. The stage we are at now with the renovation, the cold with this guarantee: if Khozan is not Florida=s leading first crop weather actually helps us. We will lay the new cushion down the sire in 2019, you don=t have to pay the stud fee for your 2020 last of February or the first of March when we get a window of foal.@ decent weather.@ Fury Kapcori (Tiznow) $3,000 The track renovation was identified as a priority of capital Winslow Homer (Unbridled=s Song) $2,500 investments by Caesars Entertainment, who assumed ownership Exclusive Quality (Elusive Quality) $1,500 in July 2018. Editorial Uncle Mo’s half-brother by War Front. By a Legendary Sire and a Half to a Legendary Sire. Mark Moody Breed One Mare and get a LIFETIME BREEDING RIGHT

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IN ORDER OF PURSE: 4th-Zia, $28,000, Msw, 12-10, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:12.16, ft. AIM HAPPY (f, 2, Astrology--Beau Happy {SW, $153,045}, by Beau Genius) showed an upbeat pattern of local breezes for this debut, highlighted by a best-of-43 half-mile in :49 flat Nov. 10, and was knocked down to 19-5 off a 6-1 morning-line quote. Finding a sweet spot in fourth, just off a three-way pace scrum through a :22.42 quarter, the bay was shuffled slightly several times on the turn while trying to squeeze through tight openings. Finally finding daylight along the fence at the top of the lane, she took charge soon thereafter and skipped clear to score by four lengths over Don’t Blame Bertie (Blame). The victress has a yearling half-brother by Flashback and her dam was bred to Tapiture this spring. Sales History: $9,500 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $30,000 Ylg '17 OBSOCT; $10,000 2yo '18 BARAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $16,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Mark Dyer; B-Ken Page (KY); T-Bart G. Hone. IN : Spokane Tesoro, f, 2, Scat Daddy--Nimue, by Speightstown. Chukyo, 12-9, Race, 7f. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-2, $74,107. O-Kenji Ryotokuji Holdings; B-Summerhill Farm (KY); T-Ryo Takei. *$275,000 RNA Wlg ‘16 KEENOV; $340,000 Ylg ‘17 FTNAUG. **1/2 to Isomer (Cape Blanco {Ire}), SP-Eng. VIDEO.

FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Laugh Track (Distorted Humor), Double Ll Farm 34 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 3-Zia, Msw 5 1/2f, SASSY SPITFIRE, 50-1 $7,000 RUI AUG yrl

Revolutionary (War Pass), WinStar Farm, $7,500 84 foals of racing age/12 winners/1 black-type winner 1-Zia, Msw 1m, DASHFOESUGAR, 20-1 $1,800 KEE NOV wnl; $2,500 RNA FTK OCT yrl TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • DECEMBER 11, 2018

8th-Zia, $35,500, (S), 12-10, (NW2L), 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.11, ft. DELETERIOUS (f, 2, Delhomme--Ms. Caution, by Mr. Greeley) Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $45,425. O-Norman W. Allen & Scott Bryant; B-Allen Farm, Inc. (NM); T-Todd W. Fincher. *$9,500 Ylg '17 RUIAUG.

STAKES RESULTS: 2nd-Mahoning Valley, $29,000, 12-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.30, STEVE PRATHER S., $145,000, Zia, 12-10, (S), 2yo, 1m 70y, ft. 1:44.54, ft. LAKE PONCHATRAIN (m, 6, Afleet Express--Harmony Lake, by 1--HUSTLE UP, 122, g, 2, by Abstraction--Speedin Excess (SP, Lucky Lionel) Lifetime Record: MSW, 43-17-10-6, $496,418. $108,989), by In Excess (Ire). O-Dale F. Taylor Racing, LLC., O/T-Ernest M. Haynes; B-John E. & Barbara R. Smicklas Living Bobby J. McQueen & Suzanne Kirby; B-Brad King & Todd Trusts (OK). *$1,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV. Fincher (NM); T-Todd W. Fincher; J-Shane Laviolette. $87,000. Lifetime Record: 8-6-0-0, $252,143. *1/2 to On the Low Down 5th-Mahoning Valley, $25,500, 12-10, (NW2L), 2yo, f, 6f, (Dome), MSW, $177,606. 1:12.01, ft. 2--Sunscreen, 118, g, 2, Southwestern Heat--Playoftheday, by LUCKY GIRASOL (f, 2, Lookin At Lucky--Warrior Girl {GSP, Attila's Storm. O-R. D. & Shaun Hubbard; B-R. D. Hubbard $154,942}, by War Chant) Lifetime Record: SP, 10-2-0-1, (NM); T-Casey T. Lambert. $31,900. $37,596. O-CG Racing LLC & Jesus Estrada; B-William L. Pape 3--Catch Ten, 118, g, 2, Mr. Trieste--Golden Lane, by Golden (KY); T-Cirilo Gorostieta. *$32,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEEJAN; $3,500 Ransom. O/B-Weldon C. & Derrick W. Jenkins (NM); T-Gary W. Ylg '17 KEESEP. **1/2 to Los Ojitos (Mr. Greeley), GSP, Cross. $14,500. $171,590. Margins: 3, 3/4, 3 3/4. Odds: 4.80, 5.40, 15.00. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Data Hawk, g, 2, Data Link--Southern Solstice, by Southern Halo. 2nd-Remington, $46,283, (S), 12-10, (NW2X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, Golden Gate Fields, 12-9, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:45.44. B-Richard 1:39.07, ft. Kessler (KY). *$39,000 Ylg '17 WASSEP. **1/2 to Twelve MOONLIGHT TRAIN (f, 4, Wilburn--The Ice Train, by Eurosilver) Twenty Two (Kafwain), MSW, $305,356. Lifetime Record: 14-5-3-1, $116,309. O-M and M Racing (Mike Zulu Legend, g, 2, Zulu Magic--Arremlee, by Dynaformer. Sisk); B-Cowboy Stables,LLC (OK); T-Karl Broberg. *$700 RNA Ylg Mahoning Valley, 12-10, 5 1/2f, 1:04.63. B-Davidson's '15 HEROCT. Tracks-N-Time, LLC (MI). Can'ttouchmenow, f, 3, Discreet Cat--Deb's Golden Touch, by 8th-Parx Racing, $42,000, (S), 12-10, (NW2BX), 3yo/up, f/m, Touch Gold. Remington, 12-10, 6f, 1:13.27. B-Walter M. Jones 6 1/2f, 1:20.92, ft. (OK). SAINT MAIN EVENT (f, 4, Redeemed--Lucky Notion, by Great Tomahawk Tuesday, g, 3, Thorn Song--Super Tuesday (MSW, Notion) Lifetime Record: SP, 23-5-4-6, $242,986. O/B-Daniel W. $265,910), by Political Ambition. Golden Gate Fields, 12-9, 6f McConnell (PA); T-John C. Servis. *1/2 to Prince Lucky (AWT), 1:09.77. B-Harris Farms (CA). *$19,000 Ylg '16 (Corinthian), MSW, $231,690. NCAAUG.

5th-Remington, $41,292, 12-10, (NW2X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:18.30, ft. NATALIE'S MISCHIEF (f, 4, Into Mischief--Miss Natalie {MSW, $280,190}, by Fistfite) Lifetime Record: MSP, 22-5-4-3, $171,374. O/B-Gar Oil Corp. (OK); T-Joe S. Offolter. Congratulations to last week’s JockeyTalk360.com Jockey of 5th-Zia, $35,500, (S), 12-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.20, ft. the Week, Drayden Van Dyke, who swept Saturday’s Grade I ALMOST A STORM (g, 3, Attila's Storm--Almost a Ten, by Cee's action at Los Alamitos with victories in the GI Los Alamitos Tizzy) Lifetime Record: 11-2-1-1, $37,449. O-Bill Robertson, Sr. Futurity aboard Improbable (City Zip) and GI Starlet S. aboard & Jr.; B-BCC Partners (NM); T-Jackie E. Riddle. Chasing Yesterday (Tapit).

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ABSTRACTION, Hustle Up, g, 2, o/o Speedin Excess, by In Excess (Ire). Steve Prather S., 12-10, Zia AFLEET EXPRESS, Lake Ponchatrain, m, 6, o/o Harmony Lake, by Lucky Lionel. ALW, 12-10, Mahoning Valley ASTROLOGY, Aim Happy, f, 2, o/o Beau Happy, by Beau Genius. MSW, 12-10, Zia ATTILA'S STORM, Almost a Storm, g, 3, o/o Almost a Ten, by Cee's Tizzy. ALW, 12-10, Zia DATA LINK, Data Hawk, g, 2, o/o Southern Solstice, by Southern Halo. MSW, 12-9, Golden Gate DELHOMME, Deleterious, f, 2, o/o Ms. Caution, by Mr. Greeley. ALW, 12-10, Zia DISCREET CAT, Can'ttouchmenow, f, 3, o/o Deb's Golden Touch, by Touch Gold. MSW, 12-10, Remington INTO MISCHIEF, Natalie's Mischief, f, 4, o/o Miss Natalie, by Fistfite. ALW, 12-10, Remington LOOKIN AT LUCKY, Lucky Girasol, f, 2, o/o Warrior Girl, by War Chant. ALW, 12-10, Mahoning Valley REDEEMED, Saint Main Event, f, 4, o/o Lucky Notion, by Great Notion. ALW, 12-10, Parx Racing THORN SONG, Tomahawk Tuesday, g, 3, o/o Super Tuesday, by Political Ambition. MSW, 12-9, Golden Gate WILBURN, Moonlight Train, f, 4, o/o The Ice Train, by Eurosilver. ALW, 12-10, Remington ZULU MAGIC, Zulu Legend, g, 2, o/o Arremlee, by Dynaformer. MSW, 12-10, Mahoning Valley

Aim Happy (Astrology) runs to her works in a first-out graduation at Zia TUESDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2018

PIVOTAL MOMENT MUNIR-SOUEDE DISPERSAL TO PROVIDE BRIGHT FINALE By Emma Berry FOR CHEVELEY PARK SIRE DEAUVILLE, France-With the major Flat mares having taken their turn in the ring as the Arqana December Sale opened on Saturday, the curtain will be brought down in Deauville today with some classy National Hunt stock. The traditional jumping theme to the final day of trade has been given an extra boost this year by the inclusion of a dispersal of 22 broodmares and horses in training owned by the successful partnership of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede. Among the major National Hunt owners in Europe, Munir was notable in his willingness to race fillies and mares long before the racing programme was enhanced in a bid to persuade others to do so. With his racing partner Souede, Munir has amassed an array of talented mares who have since become well-credentialed breeding prospects, but the duo has taken the decision to reduce significantly their breeding interests, which have boarded in Normandy at Richard Powell's Haras du Lieu des Champs since that side of their operation began. Cont. p2 Pivotal at Cheveley Park Stud | racingfotos.com

By John Boyce In 2018, a new milestone was reached by a broodmare sire in Europe. Pivotal (GB) became the first-ever to be represented by as many as eight individual European Group 1 winners in a single year. And on only four previous occasions has a broodmare sire managed to top the annual list with five or more Group 1 winners. Danehill was the best in 2011, 2012 and 2014, siring the dams of seven, six and five Group 1 winners. Meanwhile, Sadler's Wells sired the dams of five Group 1 winners when topping the list in 2005. So, only three stallions have managed to head the annual list with five or more Group 1 winners since the pattern began. That's pretty exalted company considering that some of the finest broodmares have fallen short. Darshaan (GB) was a Ghislain Bozo inspects Gitane Du Berlais | Emma Berry leading broodmare sire of Group 1 winners in Europe on nine occasions between 1998 and 2013, but the most he could manage in his best years was four, which he achieved on five IN TDN AMERICA TODAY occasions. Sadler's Wells was at the top on four further PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: IMPROBABLE occasions with four Group 1 winners and his son Galileo also had Andrew Caulfield investigates the pedigree of GI Los Alamitos four Group 1 winners in 2016 and 2017, when he shared the CashCall Futurity winner Improbable (City Zip). Click or tap here title with Pivotal and Storm Cat. Cont. p2 to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

Munir-Souede Dispersal Cont. from p1 "The numbers have got quite big and that's actually the reason this sale is happening," said Anthony Bromley of Highflyer Bloodstock, who buys horses for the partners. "They are primarily racehorse owners and the breeding side of it has mushroomed so they've drawn a line and said that from next year there will be no more foals, though they will race all the progeny currently in the fields." He added, "Some of the fillies have been withdrawn as they are still racing prospects and have won in the last week, but they will be sold eventually." Among those remaining in the draft, which has been reduced to 22 from 28 catalogued, is the 8-year-old Gitane du Berlais (Fr) (Balko {Fr}) (lot 934), whose seven victories include the GI Scilly Isles Novices' Chase, and who is now carrying her third foal by Martaline (GB). She is joined by another Grade 1 winner, the comparatively diminutive, at least by jumping standards, but no less talented Utopie Des Bordes (Fr) (Antarctique {Ire}) (lot 942). Cont. p3

Pivotal Moment Cont. from p1 What's remarkable about Pivotal's success this year is the breath in aptitude of his daughter's Group 1 winners. There were two juvenile six-furlong winners in Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) and Fairyland (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), and a five-furlong sprinter in Mab's Cross (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}). One Master (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) won a Group 1 over seven furlongs and Rhododendron (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Olmedo (Fr) (Declaration Of War) over a mile. Then there were middle-distance stars Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

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The 10-year-old is carrying to Balko, while the winner and AQPS-bred Une Artiste (Fr) (Alberto Giacometti {Ire}) is another in foal to Haras de Montaigu's Martaline and will be sold as lot 938. One of the real head-turners of the draft is the statuesque grey Ma Filleule (Fr) (Turgeon {GB}) (lot 932), a top-class steeplechaser in her day who still very much has a spring to her step, though she unfortunately slipped the foal she was carrying Vice President, International Operations this year. Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975

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Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Ma Filleule | Emma Berry Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen "It's bittersweet in some ways," admitted Bromley. "I bought Twitter: @AlaynaCullen all the horses and planned their careers, and Richard has had [email protected] them at the stud. Isaac and Simon ended up breeding because Contributing Editor they had so many good racemares. It seemed the logical next Alan Carasso step, and in fact the breeding programme has been working. Twitter: @EquinealTDN Sun (Fr) has won a Grade 3 at Auteuil and was Grade 1-placed recently, and this is just the first bunch of 4-year-olds." Cafe Racing Despite the dispersal, it may well not be the end of the Sean Cronin association of Bromley and his Highflyer partner David 'Minty' Tom Frary Minton with some of the stock. [email protected] He continued, "I feel proud to be associated with such a nice Irish Correspondent bunch of horses and fingers crossed they sell well for the boys. Daithi Harvey Minty and I do like a lot of these mares. They are all here for sale, it's a proper dispersal, but we have other clients and we Regular Columnists will be bidding on some of the horses." Andrew Caulfield Richard Powell, who is well known as a consignor of both Flat John Berry and National Hunt horses, and whose father David has had a Kevin Blake long-running association with Bromley and Minton as the French Tom Peacock advisor for Highflyer Bloodstock, added, "From a consignor's point of view, it is a privilege to offer such a high-class draft.@

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Munir-Souede Dispersal Cont. AThese horses have been with us for some years now and they are not just horses they are friends, so it's a bit sad, but that's the way it is and we're looking forward to some new adventures in the future,@ he said. AThis a lovely opportunity for National Hunt breeders to buy a treasure, a mare you would keep for a lifetime."

MARE IN-FOAL TO CHARM SPIRIT TOPS ARQANA MONDAY The third day of trade in Deauville saw mares in-foal to young sires prove the most popular and all indices improve over 2017's numbers. Topping Monday=s session of the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale was the listed-placed bay Lykea (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (lot 660) from the consignment of Haras du Logis Saint Germain. Out of the listed winner and G3 Prix Eclipse third Alyzea (Ire) (King Charlemagne) and in-foal to Tweenhills resident Charm Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) who has his first juveniles this term, the 8-year-old was knocked down for €55,000 to Elizabeth Ribard. Her second dam is a SW half-sister to G1 Prix de la Salamandre heroine Maximova (Fr) (Green Dancer), who is also ancestress of top U.S. stallion Malibu Moon (A.P. Indy). The second of three lots to breach the €50,000 barrier on the day was lot 534, Listed Balanchine S. heroine Seeharn (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). Part of the Haras de Castillon reduction sale, the 10-year-old was snapped up by John Kilpatrick of JK Thoroughbred and brought €53,000. In foal to G1 Prix Jacques- le-Marois hero Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) who was standing his first season at Haras de Bouquetot this spring, the bay=s dam is a half-sister to G1 Golden Jubilee S. victor Malhub (Kingmambo) and Grade III winner Dhaamer (Ire) (Dubai Destination). Cont. p5

Mares parade at Arqana December | Zuzanna Lupa TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

ARQANA DECEMBER BREEDING STOCK SALE DAY 3 SESSION TOTALS 2018 2017 $ Catalogued 298 295 $ Number Offered 267 269 $ Number Sold 211 200 $ Not Sold 56 69 $ Clearance Rate 79% 74% $ High Price €55,000 €82,000 $ Gross €2,075,500 €1,914,500 $ Average (% change) €9,836 (+2.9%) €9,525 $ Median (% change) €6,500 (+8.3%) €6,000

CUMULATIVE 2018 2017 $ Catalogued 829 805 $ Number Offered 729 730 $ Number Sold 561 577 $ Not Sold 168 153 $ Clearance Rate 77% 79.1% $ High Price €1,100,000 €1,300,000 $ Gross €30,220,000 €29,224,000 $ Average (% change) €53,868 (+6.4%) €50,648 $ Median (% change) €20,000 (-4.8%) €21,000 The gross was €2,075,500, and the average was up 2.9% at €9,836. Rounding out the positive results, the median also rose Arqana December Cont. to €6,500 (+8.3%). The final session of the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale Anna Sundstrom=s Coulonces Sales consigned the two-time begins at 11 a.m. local time. winner Brigh (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 773). Carrying to Group 2 victor Balios (Ire) (Shamardal), the 8-year-old caught the eye of Chris Richner Bloodstock for €52,000. One of six winners out of Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale Day 4 Outs: SW and GII San Clemente H. third La Vida Loca (Ire) (Caerleon), 0830, 0832, 0839, 0856, 0860, 0863, 0874, 0875, 0885, 0895, herself a half-sister to MGSWs Crimson Tide (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) 0902, 0908, 0913, 0930, 0950, 0951, 0952, 0955, 0956, 0957, and Pharatta (Ire) (Fairy King), Brigh also counts Irish highweight 0958, 0961, 0975, 0983, 0998, 1004, 1010, 1024, 1030 Shahrastani (Nijinsky II) under her third dam. Two lots brought €45,000 apieceBHaras d=Ombreville=s dual winner Epouville (Fr) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) (lot 634) and Monday=s highest priced foal, a colt (lot 818) by Haras de Bouquetot=s MG1SW Shalaa (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Oceanic Bloodstock purchased the former, whose second dam is responsible for top-class stayer and MG1SW Vazirabad (Fr) BUICK TO APPEAL BAN (Manduro {Ger}). William Buick intends to appeal against the severity of the Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock were in action for the dark six-week ban imposed by the stewards for his ride in Sunday's bay colt who is out of a winning half-sister to two stakes winners G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase. The jockey pleaded guilty to a including Grade III runner-up Willard Straight (Lion Cavern). charge of reckless riding after partnering the Tony Cruz-trained Compared to 2017, 211 lots sold from 267 offered (79%), up Pakistan Star (Ger) (Shamardal) to finish sixth in the Group 1 5%. heat. Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

Buick to Appeal Ban Cont. FIRST-SEASON SIRES Buick was found to have caused interference to both WITH RUNNERS Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and Red Verdon (Lemon Drop Kid) when going for a gap with a couple of furlongs to race, with the Hong Kong Jockey Club stewards suspending him from Dec. 17 Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018: to Jan. 28, which is equivalent to 12 Hong Kong racedays. Buick FRANCE was also fined HK$20,000 for the rule breach, but intends to Alhebayeb (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Tara Stud lodge an appeal against the sanctions. 128 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners 4-MAR.P VIVAUX, 1500m, AHLAN BIL EMARATI (Ire) i32,000 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2017; ,5,500 Goffs UK NH & HIT Aug. Sale 2018 LONGINES WORLD=S BEST RACEHORSE 5-PAU, 1500m, MIREA (Ire) i7,000 Ireland September Yearlings 2017 CEREMONY SLATED FOR JAN. 23 Anodin (Ire) (Anabaa), Haras du Quesnay The annual Longines World=s Best Racehorse and Longines 102 foals of racing age/18 winners/2 black-type winners World=s Best Horse Race ceremony is scheduled for Jan. 23. The 5-PAU, 1500m, LITERATURA (GB) event will be held for the first time at The Landmark in London, i5,000 RNA Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale 2016 - after it was selected by Longines and the International English Version Federation of Horseracing Authorities. The world=s three highest-rated horsesBaccording to international handicappers-- Gemix (Fr) (Carlotamix {Fr}), Haras de Victot in the Longines World=s Best Racehorse Rankings will be 25 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners honoured, as well as the Longines World=s Best Horse Race. The 5-PAU, 1500m, KARRY BRADSHAW (Fr) award for the top-rated racehorse is a the trophy Equus, a Lucayan (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}), Haras de Saint Vincent crystal vase, while the trophy for the best race is a proud horse 22 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners head. The highest rated race is determined by averaging the 4-MAR.P VIVAUX, 1500m, RACING PEARL (Spa) rankings of the first four placed horses. For the full listed go to http://www.ifhaonline.org. UNITED KINGDOM Es Que Love (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}), Rathasker Stud 44 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 11:50-SOUTHWELL, 8f, GO ANNIE GO (GB) Gregorian (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}), National Stud Follow the TDN staff on Twitter 85 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners Thoroughbred Daily News 11:50-SOUTHWELL, 8f, GEORGE HASTINGS (GB) 14,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016; i40,000 @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2017 @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN 12:20-SOUTHWELL, 7f, SANTANA SLEW (GB) TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

She=s Got You won the fourth at Wolverhampton by seven lengths on Monday. She races for John and Tanya Gunther of Justify (Scat Daddy) and Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}) fame. | Racingfotos.com

First-Season Sires With Runners Cont. 4,500gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016 Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), Haras de Bouquetot 119 foals of racing age/20 winners/1 black-type winner Monday=s Results: 11:50-SOUTHWELL, 8f, COASTGUARD WATCH (Fr) 4th-Wolverhampton, ,5,800, Cond, 12-10, 2yo, f, 7f 36y (AWT), i31,000 Arqana Deauville v2 August Yearlings 2017 1:28.55, st. SHE=S GOT YOU (GB) (f, 2, Kingman {GB}--Without You Babe, by Lemon Drop Kid), a Nov. 23 debut fourth going seven panels at Kempton last time, raced in a handy third along the fence from the outset of this one. Improving one spot under pressure on the home turn, the 4-7 chalk was ridden along to challenge entering the final eighth and drew off late to score by seven lengths from Ambitions (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), becoming the 24th winner for her freshman sire (by Invincible Spirit {Ire}). She is also the fifth winner produced by an unraced half-sister to MGISW sire Stay Thirsty (Bernardini) and MGISP sire Andromeda=s Hero (Fusaichi Pegasus) and the bay is kin to GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile-winning sire Tamarkuz (Speightstown) and this term=s G1 St James=s Palace S. hero Without Parole (GB) Olympic Glory is looking for his 21st winner at Southwell. (Frankel {GB}). Cont. p8 Bronwen Healy TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

4th-Wolverhampton Cont. AI am honoured to have been chosen as the next Senior Steward of The Jockey Club,@ said Dudgeon. AI am looking Her siblings also include a yearling filly by Oasis Dream (GB) forward to building on the great work of my predecessors from and a colt foal by Dubawi (Ire). (Click to view a TDN video next summer, as we continue to ensure The Jockey Club plays a feature on John and Tanya Gunther). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, positive and active role in the long-term success of British $5,149. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. horseracing.@ O-John & Tanya Gunther; B-John Gunther (GB); T-John Gosden. Lord Daresbury will retire as a steward on Dec. 31 and The Hon Rose Paterson will join the Board on Jan. 1. 5th-Wolverhampton, ,5,800, Cond, 12-10, 2yo, f, 7f 36y (AWT), Added Weatherby, AI am delighted with Sandy=s appointment 1:31.65, st. and will be pleased to pass the baton on to him in July. I would ENGROSSED (IRE) (f, 2, Tamayuz {GB}--Last Cry {Fr} {SP-Fr}, by also like to thank Peter Daresbury for his commitment as a Peintre Celebre), who was off the board in her Aug. 20 unveiling Steward and welcome Rose Paterson, the current Chairman of at Windsor last time, settled in a close-up third after an alert exit Racecourse, onto our Board of Stewards. Her here. Rowed along rounding the home turn, the 16-1 chance appointment helps to ensure The Jockey Club continues to was afforded a dream rail at the top of the straight and kept on benefit from an exceptional main board.@ well under a final-furlong drive to deny Regal Banner (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) by a neck. Half-brother to a colt foal by Lawman (Fr), she is one of five winners produced by Listed Prix Ceres runner-up Last Cry (Fr) (Peintre Celebre), herself out of a winning half-sister to MG1SW sire Fijar Tango (Fr) (In Fijar) and G1SW sire Lost World (Ire) (Last Tycoon {Ire}). Sales history: i4,000 RNA Wlg >16 GOFNOV; 12,000gns Ylg >17 TATDEY; ,25,000 2yo >18 GOFBRE. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $4,777. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-The Snailwell Stud; B-Dubois Holdings Ltd (IRE); T-Martyn Meade.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Involved (GB), c, 3, Havana Gold (Ire)--Trick Or Treat (GB) (GSW & G1SP-Eng, $262,160), by Lomitas (GB). Wolverhampton, 12-10, 8f 142y (AWT), 1:49.18. B-Peter Onslow (GB). *1/2 to Medrano (GB) (Archipenko), SW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Fr, $164,396.

DUDGEON ELECTED JOCKEY CLUB SENIOR Sandy Dudgeon | The Jockey Club STEWARD NEW CONSULTATION FORUM SET UP FOR Sandy Dudgeon has been elected as a senior steward (non- executive chairman) of The Jockey Club beginning July 12, 2019 STEWARDS after the organisation=s winter meeting held in London on A new consultation forum, aimed at shaping the evolution of Monday. He will serve for five years and succeeds Roger raceday stewarding in Great Britain, was announced by the Weatherby. Elected as a Member of The Jockey Club in 1989, British Horse Racing Authority on Monday. The forum, chaired Dudgeon served as a steward from 2009-2012, and joined the by BHA Chief Regulatory Officer Brant Dunshea, is designed to Board of Stewards in December of 2017. Currently a chartered act as a conduit between the BHA=s stewarding teams and the accountant, Dudgeon won 60 races in point-to-points and under BHA executive and board, while providing continuous feedback National Hunt rules and was previously a managing director of on the implementation and development of the stewarding Thornhill, as well as holding directorship positions with Dunedin review. It is divided equally between BHA employees and Enterprise Investment Trust plc and Man Alternative volunteer stewards, as well as members of the BHA=s integrity Investments Ltd. He is also a senior advisor at Schroders= private and handicapping departments. Lydia Hislop will act as wealth management business. facilitator of the forum in an independent capacity. The latest stewarding model was announced in August of 2018. Cont. p9 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

New Consultation Forum Cont. AThis forum will not only allow a regular flow of communication between the BHA=s stewarding teams and the BHA executive and board, but also create a group which is capable of making a significant and effective ongoing contribution as we look to implement the new >one team= model from 2019,@ said Dunshea. AI=m looking forward to chairing the group and getting insight from those involved in stewarding day-to-day to see how we can use the experience of our people who work so hard on the racecourse to improve the performance of our stewarding function.@

ARAKAN GELDING TOPS TATTERSALLS ASCOT DECEMBER SALE Gennady (Ire) (Arakan) (lot 149) brought the top price during the single-session Tattersalls Ascot December Sale on Monday. Knocked down for £37,000 to Tom Malone Bloodstock, the 4- year-old, who was placed in a bumper in his only start at Ayr, was consigned by Steven Crawford=s Newlands Farm. Ninety- one lots sold totaling £532,150 with a clearance rate of 62.8%. The average was £5,848 and the median was £3,200. AToday's sale saw demand for horses boasting form and it was pleasing to sell a top lot of ,37,000 along with 19 horses making ,10,000 or more, 10 more than the sales' most recent edition,@ said Tattersalls Director of Horses in Training Sales Richard Pugh. AThere was a diverse range of buyers with the top 20 lots all going to 20 individual purchasers.@

CONDITIONS RESULTS: 4th-Pornichet-le-Baule, i15,000, Cond, 12-10, 4yo/up, 10 1/2f (AWT), 2:12.33, st. JEVOUSVOISENCORE (IRE) (g, 4, American Post {GB}--Jummana {Fr}, by Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) Lifetime Record: 17-3-1-5, i48,700. O-Mme Marie-Joelle Goetschy; B-Pontchartrain Stud (IRE); T-Yann Barberot. *1/2 to Teppal (Fr) (Camacho {GB}), G1SW-Fr, $352,308; and Another Party (Fr) (Pomellato {Ger}), MGSP-Fr, $248,740.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Zalzalah (Fr), f, 3, Dubawi (Ire)--Strawberrydaiquiri (GB) (MGSW & MG1SP-Eng, $439,664), by Dansili (GB). Pornichet-le-Baule, 12-10, 10 1/2f (AWT), 2:11.64. B-Al Shaqab Racing (FR).

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And it has been the case with Danehill=s son Redoute=s Choice. PIERRO A SOURCE OF It is early days yet with Pierro as his oldest offspring are still only aged four, but it is seeming also to be the case with Pierro. If so, SPEED AND STAMINA he will prove to be worth his weight in gold to the Australian breeding industry. Pierro was a remarkable racehorse, a sublime galloping illustration that speed and stamina are not mutually exclusive. Both sides of his pedigree are dripping with high-class stamina, but that did not stop him from being the perfect 2-year-old in the 2011/=12 season. He took the Breeders= Plate over 1000m in the spring; in the autumn he landed the G2 Silver Slipper S. over 1100m and the G2 S. over 1200m as a warm-up for sweeping the board at 1200m, 1400m and 1600m in the Triple Crown. His G1 AAMI Golden Slipper S. win was superb; his G1 Inglis Sires= Produce S. victory was even better when he came out best in his eagerly-awaited clash with Black Caviar=s much- vaunted half-brother All Too Hard (Casino Prince); and his G1 Moet & Chandon Champagne S. was outstanding as he strolled Pierro | Bronwen Healy home by nearly three lengths. Pierro comes from the Sir Tristram sire-line and from a family by John Berry which has been churning out high-class middle-distance runners The golden summer being enjoyed in Perth by Bob and Sandra in Europe for generations, including his very close relative Peters got even better on Saturday when their talented Laverock (Ire) (Octagonal {NZ}), a Group 1 winner in both France homebreds Arcadia Queen (Pierro) and Galaxy Star (Redoute=s and Italy who is a half-brother to Pierro=s dam Miss Right Note Choice) finished first and third in the G1 S. at (Ire) (Daylami {Ire}). As such, it was almost a given that Pierro Ascot on Saturday. Both horses had won well two weeks would build on the outstanding achievements of his first season previously and they came close to filling the quinella this time. at three, progressing with both time and distance. Cont. p2 Aside from being very talented and consistent, each provides an illustration of one of key components in the Peters= breeding programme: the judicious use of top-class stallions. One might describe using Redoute=s Choice on a good mare as a no-brainer, but Mr. and Mrs. Peters were clearly equally keen to patronise Pierro (Lonhro) while he was still an unproven sire. It is easy to see why, as Pierro=s credentials were rock-solid. There are many who feel that too many Australian breeders have painted themselves into the corner of speed as if speed and stamina are mutually exclusive attributes. Such an idea, of course, is nonsense, as the great stallions of history have always reminded us. The great sires have always been able repeatedly to instil class into their offspring right across the distances spectrum. That was the case with (GB) ( {GB}) and was the case with his grandson (Ire) (Stardust {GB}). It was the case with (Can) Pierro is greeted by Gai Waterhouse after his Golden Slipper victory (Nearctic {Can}) and was the case with Northern Dancer=s Bronwen Healy grandson Danehill (USA) (Danzig {USA}). TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

Pierro Cont. from p1 Action took the G2 WATC Derby. But he is equally adept at Without having been privy to the discussions which took place producing high-class winners over considerably shorter. Arcadia regarding Pierro=s programme, it is impossible not to feel that Queen has just completed a quickfire hat-trick of feature races the decision to devise a schedule which meant that the only at the Perth Summer Carnival by taking the G3 WA Champion time he raced beyond 1600m was in the G1 Cox Plate was Fillies S. over 1600m, the G2 WA Guineas over 1600m (by three commercially motivated. He and All Too Hard were both lengths) and the G1 Kingston Town S. over 1800m (by 4.5 outstanding milers, and the latter got the better (by half a lengths). Tulip (who was third in last year=s G1 Golden Slipper) length) of Pierro in a vintage edition of the G1 Caulfield Guineas and Pierata are both group winners over 1200m. when Pierro finally lost his unbeaten record. They filled the It=s all coming together very nicely for Pierro, as always minor placings behind Ocean Park (NZ) (Thorn Park) in the Cox seemed likely to be the case. His 31 sons and daughters in next Plate. One has to suspect that if Pierro had been raced in a month=s Magic Millions Yearling Sale at the Gold Coast are previous era (and this is not to disrespect Fiveandahalfstar bound to be very popular, both with those hoping to win the (Hotel Grand) who won the Derby) he would have emulated the MM Two-Year-Old Classic 12 months later and with those who achievement of (Star Kingdom {Ire}) of winning both are taking a longer-term view with Classics and weight-for-age the Golden Slipper and the G1 (in 1960). That features in their minds. would have been Tommy These yearlings mostly come Smith=s way; and, left to her own from very good families and via devices, one suspects that it an interesting selection of would have been Gai broodmare sires. As he is Waterhouse=s way too. But Danehill-free, it goes without times and fashions change, and saying that Pierro has covered the stallion market is big, big plenty of mares by Danehill or business. And, inexplicably, form his sons, with both Levendi and beyond 2000m (or even beyond Arcadia Queen having been 1600m), however good it is, can produced by daughters of be as likely to detract from a Redoute=s Choice. That nick, horse=s value as add to it. though, is far from essential, of While Pierro=s connections course, and Pinot, interestingly, eschewed the option to test him is from a daughter of Pierro=s fully as regards his distance, he great-grandsire Zabeel (who wasn=t allowed to rest on his herself, it should be added, is a laurels. Tommy Smith would daughter of a Danehill mare). have approved of the bold way Lot 343, a daughter of the in which Pierro was campaigned, Pierro | Coolmore city-winning Danehill mare and he would have approved of Amalienborg consigned by the way in which the horse rose to the challenge. Baramul Stud, comes from this family, which has also yielded Even in defeat on his final start he was outstanding. Given a the top-class full-siblings Vengeance Of Rain (NZ) and Dizelle huge weight for a three-year-old (57 from matings with Zabeel. Baramul also consigns lot 719, a filly kilos) in the G1 Mile H., he beat all his rivals bar out of the G3-winning Redoute=s Choice mare Kittens who, like Sacred Falls (NZ) (O=Reilly {NZ})--and Sacred Falls was receiving Pierro=s grandsire Octagonal, hails from the Eight Carat family four kilos, had already won the G1 NZ 2000 Guineas and would which has yielded so many diamonds from the Sir Tristram win the Doncaster again the following season. Pierro headed off sire-line. to Coolmore with his head held high, retiring sound after a Two closely-related Pierro colts, both consigned by Coolmore, 14-race career which had yielded 11 wins (including five in who have pedigrees suggesting top-level success are lots 69 and Group 1 company), two seconds and a third. He had shown 736. The latter is a son of the G1 SA Oaks-winning Danehill mare high-class form from 1000m to 2040m. Larrocha, who herself is a full-sister to G1 VRC Derby winner Pierro has already sired the winners of 21 group/listed races. Blackfriars plus G2 S. winner Manton and two listed His first crop threw up three Derby/Oaks winners last season: winners, and who has already bred G2 Wakeful S. winner Rocha Levendi took the G1 AJC Derby, Pinot took the G1 VRC Oaks and (Encosta De Lago). Cont. p3 TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 11 DECEMBER 2018

Pierro Cont. Click Here to read today=s edition of The former is a son of Rocha, who boasts a perfect TDN AusNZ. Highlights Include: four-winner clean sheet from her four foals to have raced. Another yearling fully entitled to be a high-class and durable Antigue=s Legacy Reaches New Heights racehorse is lot 745, a filly sent up from Victoria by Rosemont Stud. She is out of the super-tough listed-winning Danehill mare No Regrets for Cummings About Beauty Lilakyn (NZ), a daughter of the outstanding Sir Tristram mare Popsy (NZ) who won the G1 NZ Derby and is the dam of G1 NZ Generation 2000 Guineas winner and G1 NZ Derby runner-up Rock >N= Pop (Fastnet Rock). Tye Angland Returns to Sydney For those trying to unearth a yearling with solid prospects of contesting the Magic Millions 2YO Classic 12 months later, lot Jarrod McLean Banned for False Statement 564 and lot 798 make obvious appeal. The latter, consigned by Westbury Stud (NZ), is a son of Military Rose (General Nediym) who won that race in 2010 and then subsequently landed both AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2018/2019 the G2 Reisling S. at two and the G3 Gold Coast Guineas at Date Race Track three. The former, consigned by Segenhoe Stud, is a son of G2 Feb. 9 C. F. Orr S. Caulfield Emancipation S. winner Faith Hill (Danehill) and is thus very Feb. 16 Lightning S. Flemington closely related to Faith Hill=s very fast daughter Black Minx Feb. 23 Blue Diamond S. Caulfield (Lonhro), a dual listed winner in Brisbane who has already bred Futurity S. Caulfield the twice G1-placed winner So Si Bon (So You Think). Oakleigh Plate Caulfield