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That said, analysing the results of foal sales is a tricky game, WHAT SIRE MADE THE primarily due to sample size issues. This is particularly true in the case of the sires with higher nomination fees, as a general rule is BIGGEST IMPRESSION that the higher the fee, the less foals by that sire that will be offered at the foal sales. However, such analysis can be WITH THEIR FIRST particularly informative in the case of sires who stand at the lower end of the nomination scale and are represented by a FOALS IN 2017? more significant sample of foals at the sales. With talk of overproduction having returned to the industry of late, it is very interesting to note that the 2017 foal sales saw an increase in representatives of first-season sires. Bearing in mind that the 2015 foal sales saw the progeny of nine new sires with 75 or more foals and 2016 saw 14 such sires, it will catch many an eye that there were 16 such sires in 2017. As anyone that is familiar with my style of sales analysis will know, I feel that when assessing the average and median sales price statistics of a stallion's progeny, it is important to add in the sire's nomination fee as well as fixed production costs into the equation. Cont. p2 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: UNIQUE BELLA Unique Bella (Tapit) earned her first Grade I win in the La Brea S. by Kevin Blake on Dec. 26 and Andrew Caulfield examines her pedigree. Click or The old saying may well be "foals are for fools," but that tap here to go straight to TDN America. doesn't stop an army of pinhookers from descending on the sale grounds of Ireland and England every November and December in pursuit of what they hope will prove to be a bargain at the foal sales. Not only do such buyers have to assess the likely physical progress of what are very young and immature animals, they also have to speculate as to what the market will want by the time the yearling sales come around less than a year later. Despite the multiple pitfalls of the pursuit, it is a challenge that seems to engage the bloodstock industry like no other. One segment of this market that is always a hot topic of discussion at the sales is that of the first foals by new stallions. While it might seem illogical to concentrate on unproven stallions over proven stallions given the statistically low success rate of new sires, considering the speed with which nomination fees rise after initial success of a sire's progeny on the racecourse, attempting to identify the next success story amongst the new stallions is a highly-popular pursuit in the bloodstock world.

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What Sire Made the Biggest Impression Cont. from p1 In terms of what Euro/Sterling exchange rate to use, given that some stud fees are paid as early as Oct. 1 in the year the mare is Using this method serves to level the playing field on which covered while others may not be paid until the summer months raw average/median prices are skewed in favour of stallions that after the foal is born, in an effort to find a fair mid-point an stood at lower nomination fees. exchange rate of 86p to i1 from Mar. 1, 2017 has been used. Calculating a fair figure for fixed costs incurred from the birth Here is what the data tells us, with the sires being put in order of the foal up until they sold at the foal sales is a tricky business. of the highest-to-lowest median price expressed as a multiple of While foal registration/levy and sale entries are the same for all, their stud fee plus fixed costs. (See table below). the keep costs involved for a hobby or small breeder will be While his sample of foals that went to the sales might not be big, the one that immediately jumps off the page is Muhaarar lower compared to those of a breeder whose mare and her (GB) (Shadwell). The son of Oasis Dream (GB) was in progeny reside full-time at an expensive boarding stud. Thus, exceptionally high demand in his first season at stud with him finding a one-size-fits-all figure that is a fair reflection of the being restricted to just 120 mares and those breeders that got industry average will never be straightforward, but the figure into him and sent the resulting foals to the sales were very well that will be used here is 4,000gns. rewarded. When the average and median sales prices of his The following list is of the relevant numbers relating to every progeny are expressed as a multiple of his covering fee plus stallion based in Great Britain and Ireland that had their first live costs, they come out at over double that of any of his rivals, foals on the ground in 2017 based on data provided by which is a quite phenomenal margin of superiority. Weatherbys. While these numbers are accurate up to the end of Of course, that Muhaarar only had 11 foals representing him December, some of the mares covered by the sires in question at the sales makes analysis of his results less reliable, but it was have not had a return made by their breeder yet. There tends to certainly a very taking first impression for his progeny to make. be live foals amongst those that have yet to be registered, so it While it remains to be seen just how many of his 100 or so is reasonable to expect these live foal numbers to rise slightly first-crop foals end up at the yearling sales, his first runners are between now and the yearling sales. sure to be amongst the most anticipated of the first-season sires in 2019. Cont. p3 Sires With First Foals in 2017 Fee(gns)+ Live Foals Avg. Median Avg. as Multiple of Median as a Multiple of Sire ‘16 Fee 4k gns Costs Foals Sold (Gns) (Gns) Stud Fee + Costs Stud Fee + Costs Muhaarar £30,000 32,571 96 11 210,909 220,000 6.48 6.75 Golden Horn £60,000 61,143 87 9 181,889 200,000 2.97 3.27 Gutaifan €12,500 14,238 160 54 44,157 33,000 3.10 2.32 Intrinsic £1,750 5,667 24 3 13,333 13,000 2.35 2.29 Brazen Beau £10,000 13,524 76 18 32,472 30,000 2.40 2.22 Gleneagles €60,000 53,143 101 15 108,000 110,000 2.03 2.07 Due Diligence £6,500 10,190 79 28 21,571 20,000 2.12 1.96 Hot Streak £7,000 10,667 79 35 21,929 20,000 2.06 1.87 Cable Bay £6,500 10,190 109 34 22,632 19,000 2.22 1.86 Telescope €3,000 6,457 97 5 15,200 11,000 2.35 1.70 Ivawood €6,000 8,914 93 29 24,190 14,500 2.71 1.63 Fountain Of Youth £5,000 8,762 69 9 18,278 13,000 2.09 1.48 Make Believe €20,000 20,381 84 27 35,963 30,000 1.76 1.47 Night Of Thunder €30,000 28,571 99 23 52,696 40,000 1.84 1.40 Fulbright €4,000 7,276 37 11 10,818 9,000 1.49 1.24 Anjaal €5,000 8,095 146 40 14,615 10,000 1.81 1.24 Outstrip £5,000 8,762 89 27 17,533 10,000 2.00 1.14 Kingston Hill €6,000 8,914 86 17 13,235 10,000 1.48 1.12 Capella Sansevero €4,500 7,686 60 11 7,855 7,000 1.02 0.91 Free Eagle €20,000 20,381 85 28 20,821 18,000 1.02 0.88 Hallowed Crown €7,000 9,733 71 17 9,235 7,500 0.95 0.77 French Navy €4,000 7,276 42 11 6,682 3,800 0.92 0.52

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What Sire Made the Biggest Impression Cont. While it would have been widely expected that Yeomanstown For all that Muhaarar's stats are attention grabbing, the real Stud would support Gutaifan's progeny at the foal sales, it was benefit of analysis such as this is in assessing the performance of not the case they propped up his results. Of the 54 offspring of stallions that stood for more commercial fees and were more Gutaifan that changed hands, Yeomanstown only bought five of strongly represented at the foal them, including two of his three sales. In that category, the highest-priced offspring that stand-out performer of 2017 realised 125,000gns and was Gutaifan (Ire) (Dark Angel i120,000 respectively. {Ire}) (Yeomanstown). There was a wide variety of Eyebrows were raised last year leading names amongst the when it was revealed that purchasers of his progeny such Gutaifan had covered no less as Peter Doyle, Glenvale, Lynn 203 mares in his first season at Lodge, Mags O'Toole and Mouse stud, but any fears that the O'Ryan, with the last-named market would be saturated by agent securing Gutaifan's his first crop were quickly highest-priced offspring, a quashed at the foal sales, with half-sister to the smart juvenile his progeny registering the best Great What Eagle (Elusive stats of all the sires standing for Quality) that realised i155,000 Gutaifan | Yeomanstown Stud ,30,000 or less. The fact that at Goffs. One of the more this was achieved despite him having by far the biggest eye-catching purchasers of his offspring was Juddmonte who numerical representation at the foal sales makes it even more paid just 22,000gns for a colt by him at Tattersalls. impressive. Cont. p4

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What Sire Made the Biggest Impression Cont. The results secured by Gutaifan's offspring at the foal sales suggest that he could be the commercial first-season sire that really takes off at the yearling sales in 2018. Longer term, with him having the numbers on the ground to ensure that he is likely to be a leading fancy for the title of Champion First-Season Sire in 2019, there is an awful lot to look forward to with the progeny of Gutaifan.

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Contributing Editor Residents of the Retraining of Racehorses flagship yard at Palace Alan Carasso House, Newmarket, celebrated their collective Jan. 1 birthdays in style Twitter: @EquinealTDN when they were treated to a 1.5-metre tall cake covered in apples, carrots, hay and sugar cubes on New Year=s Day, courtesy of The Cafe Racing Jockey Club. AIt was such fun to see the horses tucking into their Sean Cronin cake,@ said Chris Garibaldi, Director at the National Heritage Centre for Tom Frary Horseracing and Sporting Art.@ | The Jockey Club photo [email protected]

Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey CONDITIONS RESULTS: Regular Columnists 1st-SOU, ,5,800, Cond, 1-1, 3-4yo, 4f 214y (AWT), :58.90, st. Andrew Caulfield GIFT IN TIME (IRE) (g, 3, Society Rock {Ire}--Gift of Time {GB}, John Berry Kevin Blake by Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-1, $18,417. Tom Peacock O-The Cool Silk Partnership; B-Miss S Tolerton (IRE); T-James Given. *i15,000 Ylg >16 TIRSEP; ,75,000 2yo >17 GOFBRE; 14,000gns RNA 2yo >17 TATAHI. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JANUARY 2018

>VELOCE= POUNCES IN RAILWAY Volpe Veloce (Aus) (Foxwedge {Aus}) kicked off 2018 in a big Chief of Compass, U.K. Catering Giant, is Killed in Plane Crash way, winning her first top-shelf race in the G1 Railway S. at The chief executive of the world=s biggest catering company, Ellerslie on Monday. It was also a first Group 1 title for pilot Jake which is also one of Britain=s biggest businesses and supplied the Bayliss. catering to all The Jockey Club racecourses in Britain, died on AThis means the world to me,@ Bayliss told NZ Racing News. Sunday in a plane crash near Sydney. Prashant S. Rao, New York ALimited opportunities have stopped me getting success like this, Times but I=ve been working hard since I came to New Zealand. I=m now a Group 1 winning jockey, but I just can=t explain the feeling.@ Favoured at 2-1 on Monday, Volpe Veloce jumped well, but was soon relegated to second last as G1 Sires Produce S. victress ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: (NZ) (Commands {Aus}) and Fully Funded (NZ) Baileys Balle (Fr), g, 3, Lethal Force (Ire)--Kickingthelilly (GB), by (Fully Fledged {NZ}) showed the way. Rallying sharply up the Byron (GB). PAU, 1-1, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:36.50. B-G R Bailey Ltd grandstand side as the field cornered wide in the slow going, the (FR). 4-year-old hit another gear inside the final 200 metres, inhaled Vitabella (Fr), f, 3, Orpen--Anyaar (Ire), by Green Desert. PAU, early stretch leader and 2017 Railway victor Start Wondering 1-1, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:37.70. B-Mathieu Offenstadt (FR). (NZ) (Eighth Wonder {NZ}) and motored home to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Packing Pins (NZ) (Pins {Aus}) was a nose in front of Volks Lightning (NZ) (Volksraad {GB}) in second, while the last EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS named was a neck to the good of Start Wondering. AIt=s amazing isn=t it,@ said co-trainer Graham Richardson. AShe deserves it, the owners deserve it and so does [co-trainer] Gavin IN AUSTRALIA: Parker. He=s done an enormous job, along with the staff, so Regine (Ire), f, 4, Mastercraftsman (Ire)--La Grande Zoa (Ire), by congratulations to everybody. I won it 21 years ago and I have a Fantastic Light. Randwick, 1-1, Hcp. (,29k/i33k), 1600mT, had a couple of seconds, so this means the world to me. We=re 1:36.32. B-Paul & T J Monaghan. *1/2 to Trip to Paris (Ire) going to celebrate today and then bring on the [G1] Telegraph (Champs Elysees {GB}), G1SW-Eng, G1SP-Ire & Aus, [at Trentham on Jan. 20]. We might even go to the [G1] $1,187,864. **5,500gns RNA Wlg >14 TATDEF; 21,000gns RNA Newmarket [H. at Flemington on Mar. 10] in Australia, as Jake Ylg >15 TATOC2. seems to think she is up to it, so after a run like that, on ground Prince Cheri (Fr), h, 9, Lando (Ger)--Princess Cheri (Ger), by she doesn=t handle, who knows.@ Mondrian (Ger). Randwick, 1-1, Tattersalls Club Cup-Listed A A$120,000 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale buy (lot (,87k/i98k), 2400mT, 2:31.24. B-Ecurie Haras des Marais. 446) for Lyndhurst Farm from the Newgate Farm consignment in *GSW-Aus, SP-Fr. **1/2 to Prinz Hlodowig (Fr) (Rajsaman {Fr}), 2014, Volpe Veloce was offered by Lyndhurst and snapped up GSP-Fr. ***i10,000 RNA Ylg >10 ARQOCT; i65,000 HRA >12 for NZ$240,000 out of the NZB National Yearling Sale in 2015 by ARQARC. Richardson Racing as lot 273. Untouchable in her first seven starts, good for two group wins up to 1600 metres, Volpe Veloce © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. first tasted defeat when fourth at the hooves of subsequent This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any New Zealand Horse of the Year and MG1SW Bonneval (NZ) means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission (Makfi {GB}) trying 2000 metres for the first time in the G2 Sir of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from Tristram Fillies Classic in February of 2017. Given a lengthy results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services freshening, the newly minted 4-year-old was back to winning and utilized here with their permission. ways at Te Rapa in a 1200-metre handicap on Aug. 5. Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JANUARY 2018

>Veloce= Pounces in Railway Cont. Robinson, M Skilling, P Spiers, B Wong & K Woodmass; B-Mr N She found the waters too deep when sixth in the 1400m G1 Vass (NSW); T-G Richardson & G Parker; J-Jake Bayliss; Tarzino Trophy S. on Sept. 2 and in the Sept. 23 G1 Windsor Park NZ$120,000. Lifetime Record: 13-10-0-0, NZ$464,000. *1/2 to Plate, both at Hastings. She was last seen winning a course and Delago Bolt (Aus) (Delago Brom {Aus}), SW & MGSP-Aus, distance handicap on Dec. 9. $410,175. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Pedigree Notes... 2--Packing Pins, 56.0, g, 7, Pins (Aus)--Splashing Out, by O'Reilly. The second Group 1 winner from his first Southern (NZ$160,000 Ylg 2012 NZB National Yearling Sale). O-Angel Hemisphere crop for Newgate Farm shuttle stallion Foxwedge Cruz; B- Waikato Stud 2001 Ltd (NZ); T-T & M Cruz; J-T D (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) besides G1 Queen of the Turf S. Thornton; NZ$39,000. heroine Foxplay (Aus), Volpe Veloce is out of G3 Blue Diamond 3--Volks Lightning, 53.0, m, 5, Volksraad (GB)--Next Century, by Prelude heroine Bardego, who has previously produced Stravinsky (USA). (NZ$60,000 2YO 2014 NZB Ready to Run Australian stakes winner and dual Group 3 placed gelding Sale). O-Vermair Volks Lightning Syndicate (Mgr: B McCullum); Delago Bolt (Aus) (Delago Brom {Aus}). On the heels of the B-Windsor Park Stud Ltd (NZ); T-G & D Rogerson; J-C W Railway S. heroine, is her placed year-younger full-brother Johnson; NZ$19,000. Raposa Rapida (Aus). Bardego joined the Rushton Park Margins: 1HF, NO, NK. Odds: 2.40, 8.10, 18.40. broodmare band in 2015, after being acquired for A$46,000 out Also Ran: Start Wondering, Sweet Leader, Melody Belle, Speech of the Gold Coast Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Craft (Aus) , Go Nicholas, Somethingvain, Fully Funded. carrying a full-sister, Zorro Rapido (Aus), who is now two and Click for the Racing Post chart. NZ Racing Video. has yet to start. The yearling half-sister by Helmet (Aus) will be offered as part of Victoria breeder Rushton Park=s draft as lot 531. Click for the free Arion.com catalogue-style pedigree. NEW GROUP 2 WINNER FOR ALL TOO HARD Demonetization (Aus) (All Too Hard {Aus}) became his sire=s fourth black-type winner and second at the Group 2 level when taking the 1600m G2 Auckland Guineas at Ellerslie on New Year=s Day (video). The favourite broke a step slow, but soon sipped up the inside to take a narrow lead from On the Rocks (NZ) (Alamosa {NZ}). Endowment (NZ) ( {Aus}) rushed past the pair three deep at the 1200-metre pole and Jason Waddell was content to let Demonetization sit second in the driving rain. Drawing even inside the final 600 metres, the Nigel Tiley trainee, who races for the N and P Balia Family Trust, had his work cut out for him down the lane, but clawed past a game Endowment to win by 1 1/4 lengths. AThe further they go, the better he=ll be,@ Tiley told NZ Volpe Veloce | Magic Millions Racing.co.nz of the NZ$160,000 NZB Premier Yearling Sale purchase (lot 400) turned NZ$220,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale of Monday, Ellerslie, New Zealand 2YOs buy (lot 345). AI=m looking forward to the autumn.@ RAILWAY S.-G1, NZ$200,000 (US$141,779/£104,923/€118,042), Originally purchased for A$65,000 as a weanling (lot 124) from ARC, 1-01, Open Set Weight, 1200mT, 1:10.65, Slow. the Inglis AustralianBroodmare and Weanling Sale, 1--VOLPE VELOCE (AUS), 54.0, m, 4, by Foxwedge (Aus) Demonetization=s long-term goal is the G1 Vodafone New 1st Dam: Bardego (Aus) (GSW-Aus), by Barathea (Ire) Zealand Derby over 2400 metres on Mar. 3, but Tiley is still 2nd Dam: Devil's Gold (Aus), by Bellotto (USA) mulling paths to that kiwi Classic, among them the G2 Avondale 3rd Dam: Lilac Silk (Aus), by Dalmacia (NZ) Guineas on Feb. 17, or Trentham=s G1 Levin Classic going 1600 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (NZ$240,000 Ylg 2015 NZB Premier metres on Jan. 13. Yearling Sale; A$120,000 Wlg 2014 MM National Weanling AI have to choose whether we go to Wellington or not, that Sale). O-D & C Adams, H Allender, K Anderson, M Chubb, P would give a nice break to the Avondale Guineas and then the Dixon, R Featherstone, G Mackin, G Richardson, K & L Derby.@ Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JANUARY 2018

FIFTY >NIFTY= IN NEW YEAR=S DAY FEATURE by Alan Carasso A little more than a year ago and already into his 4-year-old season, Fifty Fifty (NZ) (Thorn Park {Aus}) won a Te Aroha maiden at first asking. Before a near-record crowd of 85,124 on Monday=s New Year=s Day program, the grey took full advantage of his light weight and a perfect trip to join the ranks of group winners in the G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup H. at Sha Tin. Victorious in three of five local appearances, including a defeat of top Hong Kong Derby prospect Exultant (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in a 1600-metre Class 1 Nov. 26, Fifty Fifty landed in a prominent position one out and one back as one-time G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint winner Peniaphobia (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire})--no better than an 83-1 roughie--galloped them along into the turn. Demonetization as a juvenile | NZB photo Poised at the 600m, Fifty Fifty was eased off heels and into the clear, got the first crack on the leaders and poked a head in New Group 2 Winner for All Too Hard Cont. front three away from the inside with a quarter-mile to travel. Off the mark at first asking at Pukekohe on Oct. 27, Odds-on Beat the Clock (Aus) (Hinchinbrook {Aus}) quickened Demonetization made it two-for-two at Tauranga on Nov. 18 up nicely and drew nearly even at the furlong grounds, but Fifty and he was third to On the Rocks in the Listed Trevor Eagle Fifty stiff-armed that one inside the 100m and was actually Memorial over 1500 metres when facing the starter most going away at the finish. Top-weighted Helene Paragon (Fr) recently on Dec. 2. (Polan {Fr}, 133 pounds), a latest third in the G1 Longines Hong Earlier on the Ellerslie card, Demonetization=s stablemate Melt Kong Mile, was void of early speed, crept closer through the (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}), who had waltzed to a 3 1/2-length victory in middle stages and fired a final 400 metres in :22.27 to be a good the Nov. 25 Listed Ashford Lodge S. going 1100 metres on third. Beauty Only (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) streaked debut, maintained her perfect record in the 1200-metres G3 home a couple hundreths quicker in fourth under 132 pounds. Barneswood Farm Eclipse S. on New Year=s Day (video). The AHe saw Joao=s horse come and he wanted to run onto him a crowd=s pick on Monday, Melt stalked in a joint third on off the little bit,@ winning trainer Peter Ho told the HKJC=s David fence, as She=s a Thief (NZ) (Showcasing {GB}) led the vanguard Morgan. AI just think he=s still learning about things, but every closely shadowed by Al Hasa (NZ) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). time he races he gets better. Today was a really tough task and I Switched out four deep in upper stretch, Melt let down strongly think we=ve all learnt something. He was taking on big horses, so in the final 100 metres, winning by 3/4 of a length over the there was a concern about whether he would be up to it, but rallying Bit Lippy (NZ) (Showcasing {GB}). It was the same he=s a good horse and you don't keep good horses in the stable. distance back to She=s a Thief in third, who was a head in front He=ll be better again when he goes back to the mile.@ Cont. p8 of Al Hasa. The 2-year-old races for co-breeder Andrew Fowler and is now eyeing Group 1 targets. AShe can have a little bit of a break and she=s not Karaka Million eligible, so we=ll get her back for the [G1] Sistema [on Mar. 10] here and then have a crack at the [G1] Sires [Produce at Awapuni on Mar. 31]. She jumped beautifully and came back nicely. I thought with 200m to go that she was going to run a battling third, but she did what good horses do and pulled out more.@ Added hoop Michael McKnab, AShe=s only had two starts, both in stakes races, and she=s put away really good horses in both. She=s a beautiful little horse and I was able to slot in after the start and we got a beautiful trip. She was a bit flat in the straight, but when she wound up she really picked them up.@

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Fifty >Nifty= in New Year=s Day Feature Cont. Monday, Kranji, Singapore That is likely to come in the Jan. 28 G1 Stewards= Cup, where NEW YEAR CUP-Listed, S$200,000 (,110,602/i124,387/ he will meet defending champion Helene Paragon and Beauty A$191,200/US$149,468), Kranji, 1-1, 3yo/up, 1200m (AWT), Only at level weights. 1:11.20, ft. A[Jockey] Tommy [Berry] got off and said he=ll be winning the 1--SPEEDY DRAGON, 113, g, 6, Safe in the U S A--Yen, by Lure. Stewards= Cup again after that run,@ trainer John Moore said, *1ST STAKES WIN. O-GRT Racing Stable; B-Michael Ezekiel referring to Helene Paragon. (FL); T-David Kok; J-K A=isisuhairi; S$119,000. Lifetime Record: 18-7-4-1, S$426,896. *Second black-type winner for sire (by Pedigree Notes... Gone West--Safely Kept). Fifty Fifty is the 15th group winner for and hails from the penultimate crop of former Windsor Park Stud inmate Thorn Park (Aus) (Spinning World), who was lost to laminitis at the age 2--Fortune Winner (Arg), 112, m, 6, Include--Forty Schoolgirl of 13 about seven weeks after Fifty Fifty was foaled in late 2012. (Arg), by Roar. O-Kim Stable. S$42,500. During his abbreviated stud career, Thorn Park sired seven 3--Nova Strike (NZ), 122, g, 5, Red Giant--La Panthere (NZ), by Group 1 winners, including G1 New Zealand Derby hero Jimmy Generous (Ire). (NZ$60,000 2yo >14 NZBRTR). O-Nova Racing Choux (NZ) and G1 Cox Plate victor (NZ), who stand Stable. S$21,500. at Rich Hill Stud and Waikato Stud, respectively. The dam of a 3- Margins: 2 1/4, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 35.00, 9.00, 5.60. year-old filly by Zacinto (GB), Udiditagain was most recently Click for the Singapore Turf Club chart. VIDEO. covered by that GSW & G1SP son of Dansili (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Monday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong CHINESE CLUB CHALLENGE CUP H.-G3, HK$3,000,000 (,284,068/i319,692/A$491,712/US$383,986), Sha Tin, 1-1, 3yo/up, 1400mT, 1:21.10, gd. 1--FIFTY FIFTY (NZ), 113, g, 5, by Thorn Park (Aus) 1st Dam: Udiditagain (NZ) (SW & GSP-NZ), by D=Cash (Aus) 2nd Dam: Tio Iris (NZ), by Paris House (GB) 3rd Dam: Clip Row (NZ), by Long Row (GB) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (NZ$75,000 Ylg >14 NZBSEL). O-Lee Wan Keung & Lee Wong Wai Kuen; B-Miss J M, K J & Mrs M L Shaw; T-Peter Ho; J-Karis Teetan; HK$1,710,000. Lifetime Record: 7-5-1-1, HK$5,449,870. *Formerly Speedy Grey (NZ). Werk Nick Rating: A. *Triple Plus*. Click for the Speedy Dragon | Singapore Turf Club photo eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Beat the Clock (Aus), 115, g, 4, Hinchinbrook (Aus)--Flion Fenena (Aus), by Lion Hunter (Aus). (A$70,000 Ylg >15 INGMEL; AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS NZ$200,000 2yo >15 NZBRTR). O-Merrick Chung Wai Lik; B-Miss J Henderson (NSW); T-John Size; HK$660,000. 3--Helene Paragon (Fr), 133, h, 6, Polan (Fr)--High Zaff (GB), by IN HONG KONG: High Chaparral (Ire). O-Sir Po-Shing & Lady Woo, Jackson Woo Nice Kick (Aus), g, 4, Anacheeva (Aus)--Aurora=s Hot (Aus), by Ka Biu, Dawson Woo Ka Chung & The Exors of the Estate of the Fantastic Light. Sha Tin, 1-1, Hcp. (A$144k), 1200mT, 1:09.88. Late Wilson Woo Ka Wah; B-A Jordan Torres; T-John Moore; B-Chatswood Stud Holdings Pty Ltd. VIDEO HK$345,000. Infinity Endeavour (Aus), g, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Black Margins: HF, 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 4-1, 4-5, 81-10. Mamba (NZ) (GISW-US, $980,763), by Black Minnaloushe. Sha Also Ran: Beauty Only (Ire), Dundonnell, Southern Legend (Aus), Tin, 1-1, Hcp. (A$215k), 1200mT, 1:09.25. B-Evergreen Rich Pty Winner=s Way (Aus), Lucky Year (Aus), Giant Treasure, Dashing Ltd (NSW). VIDEO Fellow (Aus), Peniaphobia (Ire), Contentment (Aus). Conte (Aus), g, 4, (NZ)--Miss Midas (Aus), by Flying Click for the HKJC.com chart, PPs and sectional timing. VIDEO. Spur (Aus). Sha Tin, 1-1, Hcp. (A$215k), 1400mT, 1:21.80. B-G P Nolan (Qld). *A$50,000 Ylg >15 MMGCYS. VIDEO TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JANUARY 2018

Aus-bred Winners Cont.

IN SINGAPORE: IN SOUTH AFRICA: My Gold (Aus), g, 3, Globetrotter--Inertia (Aus), by Belong to Meraki (Aus), c, 3, Canford Cliffs (Ire)--Aerate=s Joy (Aus), by Bel Me. Kranji, 1-1, Restricted Maiden (A$81k), 1100m (AWT), Esprit (Aus). Durbanville, 1-1, Maiden, 1400mT, 1:24.67. 1:06.08. B-Grajoa Investments Pty Ltd (Vic). *A$20,000 Ylg >16 O-Messrs M I Fullard, J H Drew, Bryn Ressell & N M Shirtliff; MMADE. VIDEO B-Pepac Atf Ept (Vic); T-Candice Bass-Robinson. *A$60,000 Ylg Satellite Winner (Aus), g, 4, Not a Single Doubt (Aus)--County >16 INGMEL. Mayo, by Grand Slam. Kranji, 1-1, Open Maiden (A$19k), 1000m (AWT), :59.98. B-G P & Mrs J A Nolan (Qld). *A$240,000 BOOKMARK Ylg >15 MMGCYS. VIDEO http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/getLatest.php to download the latest edition of the TDN each day.

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PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS: BRANDON RICE/ALI DE MERIC UNIQUE BELLA by Carly Silver All champions contain great ancestors in their pedigrees, but it's the unions of excellent sires and dams and the mingling of bloodlines that produce an outstanding individual. The same goes for human dynasties, none more exemplified than by partners in life, love, and business, Brandon Rice, 33, and Alexandra de Meric, 32. The Ocala, Florida-based pair purchases, trains, and sells clients' horses as RiceHorse Stables. Rice's parents are Bryan and Holley Beattie Rice, trainers and consignors who run Woodside Ranch in Ocala. Relatives on both sides of his family are trainers and jockeys. Growing up in Ocala, Rice's chores involved galloping horses and prepping yearlings for summer sales throughout college. Cont. p5

Unique Bella winning the GI La Brea S. | Benoit Photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY WHAT SIRE MADE THE BIGGEST IMPRESSION by Andrew Caulfield WITH THEIR FIRST FOALS IN 2017? When Unbridled entered the outside stall of the starting gate Kevin Blake examines sires punching above their weight, who for the 1990 GI Breeders= Cup Classic, he had a lot to prove. had first foals of 2017 in Europe. Click or tap here to go Sure, he had won the GI Florida Derby and GI Kentucky Derby straight to TDN Europe. earlier in the year, but he had then suffered defeats in his next four appearances at the Grade I level, in the Preakness S., Belmont S., Secretariat S. and Super Derby. There was also the added concern that he was having to compete without Lasix, because of New York=s rule against racing on it. Unbridled had finished a dull fourth under the same restriction in the Belmont, and that defeat took on extra significance in view of what Blood-Horse described as a Apreviously exhibited bleeding problem.@ To Unbridled=s great credit, he surged through from the rear to defeat the unconsidered British raider Ibn Bey in the Classic. However, the hit-and-miss nature of his career continued in 1991, when the 4-year-old won just two of his seven starts, his final effort being a respectable third in Black Tie Affair=s Breeders= Cup Classic. With eight wins from 24 starts, Unbridled fell short of superstar status and I was consequently unprepared for the size of the impact he was to make as a stallion, firstly at Gainesway and then at Claiborne. Cont. p3

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UNIQUE BELLA, f, 4, GISW, 8-6-1-0, $592,400 Seattle Slew A.P. Indy Weekend Surprise Pulpit Mr. Prospector Unbridled=s male line descendants have enjoyed Preach Narrate considerable success in the Triple Crown events, Tapit Fappiano Unbridled with Always Dreaming following Grindstone, Mine Gana Facil Tap Your Heels Nijinsky That Bird and American Pharoah as this line=s Ruby Slippers fourth Kentucky Derby winner. There have also Moon Glitter Fappiano been four winners of the Belmont and two of the Unbridled Unbridled’s Gana Facil Preakness. Song Caro (Ire) Unrivaled Trolley Song Unbridled also sired three Breeders= Cup winners, and one of Belle Lucky Spell GISW, 14-6-6-1 Skywalker those winners, Unbridled=s Song, ranks as the most successful Bertrando 4 Fls, 1 GISW Queenie Belle Gentle Hands stallion in Breeders= Cup history in terms of prize money. Also, 12 Fls, 1 GISW Lady Argyle Don B. his total of six winners has been matched only by the great 13 Fls, 2 GSW Fleet Polly Sadler=s Wells. The Unbridled=s Song sextet landed a Classic However, American breeders have clearly been influenced (Arrogate), a Juvenile (Midshipman), a Dirt Mile (Liam=s Map) = and three editions of the Distaff/Ladies= Classic (Unbridled more by Unbridled s impact on the Triple Crown and the Elaine, Unrivaled Belle and Forever Unbridled). Breeders= Cup, and that fine >TDN Rising Star= filly Unique Bella, Personally, I would think twice about inbreeding closely to a who gained an overdue Grade I success in the La Brea S., is horse with bleeding problems, but maybe that=s a minor inbred 3x3 to Unbridled. consideration in the land of Lasix. I might also have worried, She is one of four graded stakes winners with 3x3 inbreeding from a soundness viewpoint, about inbreeding closely to a to Unbridled. Three of them are by the 16-hands Tapit, who is 16.3-hands son of the 16.3-hands Fappiano (though size can be out of Unbridled=s stakes-winning daughter Tap Your Heels, advantageous in a dirt performer). while the other is by Birdstone, a smallish son of Grindstone standing 15.3 hands. Cont. p4 QUALITY ROAD

#1 FOURTH-CROP SIRE IN 2017

Stallion 2017 Earnings

QUALITY ROAD $11,071,284

LOOKIN AT LUCKY $6,654,410

BLAME $6,244,788

MUNNINGS $4,529,215

WARRIOR’S REWARD $4,266,724

Grade 1 winners include Eclipse contenders Caledonia Road and Abel Tasman.

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Pedigree Insights: Unique Bella cont. Tapit=s statistics with Unbridled=s Song mares currently stand All three of the Tapit graded winners with two lines of at 21 foals, of which 11 have raced and seven have won. The Unbridled are fillies. They comprise Unique Bella and the two graded winners equate to 9.5% black-type winners. This GII winner West Coast Belle, who both have dams by percentage is likely to rise but, to give some perspective, I could Unbridled=s Song, and the point out that the large number of GI Spinaway S. winner Sweet foals sired by Tale of the Cat (Storm Loretta, who has an Unbridled Cat) from Unbridled=s Song mares second dam. have a slightly higher percentage It isn=t easy to assess how much of and this pairing does not involve their talent is attributable to their inbreeding to Unbridled. The same inbreeding. Unique Bella, after all, applies to Tiznow, who has 13% is by a three-time champion sire out black-type winners from 15 foals. of a Breeders= Cup Ladies= Classic It is also worth mentioning, winner in Unrivaled Belle--a mare though, that War Front, who has who was sold for $3.8 million in 13% black-type winners from 23 2016. This could simply be a foals, creates 4x4 inbreeding to successful example of breeding the Unbridled=s sire Fappiano. So too best to the best and getting the does Bernardini, who has the best. West Coast Belle=s dam Unrivaled Belle, dam of Unique Bella, upsetting Hall of Famer graded winners Hemsworth and Splendid Solution wasn=t nearly as Rachel Alexandra in the 2010 GII La Troienne S. | Sarah Andrew Shagaf from 29 foals out of successful on the track as Unrivaled Unbridled=s Song mares, for nearly Belle, but she is a winning daughter of the triple Grade I winner 7%. The overall figure for Unbridled=s Song=s broodmare Dispute, who landed the 1993 GI Kentucky Oaks. Sweet Loretta, daughters is 4.7% black-type winners. for her part, was a $750,000 purchase as a weanling, so high Cont. p5 hopes must always have been held of her. Sire/Fee BTW BTH GSH G1SH Earnings

1. OVERANALYZE ($15,000) 4 6 2 1 $1,665,118

2. Violence ($35,000) 4 6 2 - $1,588,996

3. Shanghai Bobby ($15,000) 3 8 - - $971,885

4. Animal Kingdom ($30,000) 3 4 2 1 $942,013

5. Jimmy Creed ($15,000) 2 6 2 1 $897,174

SOURCE: TDN SIRE LISTS, THRU 12/31/17

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Pedigree Insights: Unique Bella cont. To get back to Unique Bella, it is appropriate that she has made her name in California. Her second dam Queenie Belle gained her Grade II victories in the Princess S. over 1 1/16 miles at Hollywood Park and the Lady=s Secret H. over the same distance at Santa Anita. Queenie Belle=s sire Bertrando had been a star in California, where his victories included the GI Norfolk S. and the GI Pacific Classic. And then there=s Don B., sire of Unique Bella=s unraced third dam Lady Argyle. Another Californian, he won eight of his 12 juvenile starts and was later runner-up in the California Derby and Santa Anita Derby.

In Their Footsteps: Brandon Rice/Ali de Meric cont. from p1 While obtaining a degree in finance from Florida State University, Rice also honed his equine expertise. Bryan Rice commented that Ait was not much of a surprise@ that his son decided to join the horse world, adding, AWe wanted him to explore other options, but certainly know that he was welcome to join us.@ Galloping horses for Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas--a longtime friend of his grandfather Clyde--Rice also worked under his maternal uncle, trainer Todd Beattie, and paternal aunt, trainer Linda Rice; he even gave riding lessons and shod horses on the weekends. After graduating, Rice spent two years in the Darley Flying Start program, learning about the horse business from experts while traveling the world. But he never forgot his first love: molding growing animals' minds. AI loved training young horses and teaching them from the very basics, from first time with a saddle to grooming their minds and living on a farm and having 300 acres at our disposal to teach 'em on,@ Rice recalled, adding that he appreciates the type of business his parents ran, which provided new equine charges--and challenges--every year. As it turns out, Rice's perfect partner was someone he already knew. The younger generations of the Ocala equestrian clans all knew one another from working at the sales; thus, Rice had met Alexandra AAli@ de Meric, the daughter of conditioners-turned- consignors Nick and Jacqui de Meric, years earlier. The two went on a few casual dates in grade and high school, but parted ways so each could travel and study. Like Rice, de Meric spent her youth helping her parents with their equine charges. As a child, she laughingly recalled she didn't know that the sky got dark at nighttime--after all, her days began at 8:30 a.m. and ended at 5:30 p.m. Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 2, 2018

In Their Footsteps: Brandon Rice/Ali de Meric cont. to go to school. He said, if I went to school, successfully Nick de Meric recalled fondly, AWhen she was in school, as a graduated in whatever I felt like [with a] four-year degree, that youngster, she would be absolutely mortified if I should leave the house would be mine.@ for the barn on the weekends [without her]Y[Ali] was always a De Meric could either keep the house or sell it, but, if she took fixture at the barn and a fixture in our business, very much the latter option, Nick mandated that she had to use the integral to what we were doing.@ resulting funds to put a roof over Drawn to international sales, her own head. de Meric delayed entering She accepted the bargain, college, instead working in graduating from the University England, Ireland, Japan, and of Tampa in 2009. Yet her heart South Korea. always remained on the farm. AFor [a] 17-, 18-, 19-, AI quickly realized when I was 20-[year-old], being paid to go in school and living in Tampa, a to a new country and being paid relatively medium-sized city, to work with horses, it was a that I was a farm girl and I loved dream,@ she remembered, the farm,@ she said. AAnd I knew noting that knowing what to do very quickly that corporate or with a horse Amade the world busy city life was not for me and less big and scary, in a way.@ that I would be right back on the Though she loved her job, by horses.@ the time she hit 21, her father Ali, Brandon and Preston Rice | RiceHorse She also reconnected with Rice wanted to make sure she got during her junior year, after he her degree. Nick de Meric landed on a clever idea, his daughter returned from Flying Start. In the fall of 2009, the young couple said: AHe bought a little house in Tampa and basically bribed me invested together in several horses. Cont. p7 “The racing product they put on is second to none in the world: the quality of the horses, the quality of the facilities, the extravagance of the show. The whole country follows racing and Australia shows how great racing can be.”

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In Their Footsteps: Brandon Rice/Ali de Meric cont. AIt was just like anybody else in Ocala--everybody has a weanling or a yearling or a 2-year-old that they're going to try to buy and sell and trade,@ Rice said. During their first year as business partners, they bought a yearling son of Limehouse for $7,000 at Fasig-Tipton October. They pinhooked him the following year at OBS April, selling him to Sagamore Farm for $200,000. Eventually named Humble and AI think that this year has been a purposeful spending more Hungry, the gelding became a graded stakes winner. money on fewer horses,@ Rice said. AA great horse will always The influx of cash from that pinhook provided a platform for sell great. The intermediate horses that are maybe just a single the couple, who had just moved in together, to build their sales cut below, they're tough to find the attention for them, so we're and training venture while both holding down regular jobs. They trying to be in the superb caliber...Good horses make us look worked until noon each weekday for other people, then good.@ conducted equine business until dark each night. By their third One of their best has been multiple Grade I winner I'm a year as business partners, Rice and de Meric found that several Chatterbox, whom Rice and de Meric fell in love with at the of their clients wanted them to 2013 Keeneland September Yearling sale. When the train horses for the track and Munnings filly failed to achieve the sales. Around that time, for her $30,000 reserve, the couple an Irish partnership, they pursued her breeders, Fletcher pinhooked a War Front filly for and Carolyn Gray, eager to get $275,000 at the 2013 OBS April involved with the filly in some sale. At that same auction, de way. They wound up training the Meric's brother, horseman chestnut from the yearling stage Tristan de Meric, pinhooked the to the spring of her 2-year-old sale-topper. year. By their fifth year in business While I=m a Chatterbox=s together, de Meric and Rice success on the racetrack is Afree made the move to focus on advertising@ according to Rice, horses full-time. This leap of he said he is well aware of how faith wasn't easy, said Rice, but challenging the business can be. their personal and business Two-year-old sales in particular partnerships were rock-solid. represent their own unique After all, they became partners challenge. on horses a full three years AIt's a routine that is a little before marrying in 2012. relentless and you have to really Ali de Meric hard at work | RiceHorse AYou're either all in or all out,@ be perfect,@ said Rice. AIt's Rice quipped. AThat's kind of how we did our relationship...It's probably much like a trainer's sigh of relief after the Breeders' felt good that we've had lots of return customers, people that Cup.@ appreciate us. [We=re] trying to go the extra effort of [sending] One of the most promising prospects the Rices are working on professional, typed-up reports with photographs and having a is their 14-month-old son, Preston. True to form, husband and hard videographer to share video of our horse and training.@ wife have incorporated their latest addition seamlessly into their De Meric added, AThe biggest lesson from my parents was daily routine. doing good business and being honest people.@ AWe were very conscious of the lifestyle we wanted to have as Rice and de Meric work Woodside Ranch with his parents, our family,@ said de Meric. AThe farm life is a little less glorified, splitting the property's 300 acres in half. but we definitely purposely chose farm life just for our family The junior Rices, who reside about a mile down the road from and for the future that we could see together.@ Woodside, currently work with between 40 to 55 horses--12 of Having built a solid clientele base and the support of an which they own a share in. excellent team, they can dictate their work hours and who surrounds them as they raise their family. Cont. p8 So many to thank for our RECORD YEAR 7 GRADE 1 WINS between our stables Head of Plains, 19 GRADED STAKES WINS Madaket, & Sheep Pond 16 LISTED STAKES WINS –Sol Kumin 42 STAKES WINS TOTAL

– Special thanks to –

CHAD BROWN – 5 Grade 1 wins – Graded SW Trainers – IRAD ORTIZ JR – 3 Grade 1 wins BILL MOTT JOEL ROSARIO – 3 Grade 1 wins BOB BAFFERT BRAD COX CHAD SUMMERS DAVID JACOBSON DACITA, winner of the G1 Beverly D. S. GRAHAM MOTION MICHAEL McCARTHY RON MOQUETT TODD PLETCHER

LADY ELI, winner of the G1 Gamely S. and G1 Diana S. – Graded SW Jockeys –

FEARGAL LYNCH FLAVIEN PRAT ASCEND, winner of the G1 Manhattan S. FLORENT GEROUX JAVIER CASTELLANO JOHN VELAZQUEZ JOSE ORTIZ BEACH PATROL, winner of the G1 Arlington MANUEL FRANCO Million S. and G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S. MIKE SMITH RICARDO SANTANA JR. Thanks to our friends at SHAUN BRIDGMOHAN

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In Their Footsteps: Brandon Rice/Ali de Meric cont. RiceHorse competes with the de Merics or senior Rices at the On an average day, Preston wakes up at 5:00 a.m. with his sales, albeit without animosity. Brandon and Ali both learned parents. The three head out to the barn together, the toddler from their parents and added their own experience to the mix bundled up and the car nearby as a nap zone if needed. Rice and to create RiceHorse. But one thing is for sure--on a path that de Meric swap out parental duties with horsey ones--one cares runs parallel to their family life, Brandon and Ali are a team in for him while the other rides sets. Already a horseman, little every sense of the word. Preston--who received a pony originally belonging to his de ANow that we are doing this and raising a kid together, it Meric cousins for his first birthday--safely rides along with his would be impossible to do it the way we want to do it without mom in a backpack. The gentle motion rocks him to sleep for a each other,@ Brandon concluded. (Click to return to p1) short nap before Ali drops him off at the local Montessori school at 8:30 a.m. She picks him up at 11 a.m. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Preston's paternal grandparents are just up the road. The Rices integrate their parents' models of working together into their business. Follow the TDN staff on Twitter AFrom Brandon's side of the family, Holley and I are equal Thoroughbred Daily News partners, also,@ Bryan Rice said. ABoth [Brandon and Ali] grew up around families whose parents were equally involved, and so it's @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN not a surprise that they are engaged the way they are.@ @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN Proud of both Ali and Tristan de Meric's successes, Nick de @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley Meric observed, AI think what's very gratifying is the recognition that they independently have garnered quite outside of their @MKane49 @barryweisbord @thorntontd relationship with us, but on their own merits, and both of them @garykingTDN @SarahKAndrew @theTDN in their own separate ways have a following, which is nothing @JBiancaTDN that Jacqui or I have handed to them.@

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medication is important--regulators must understand that playing the game on a level field for all is the most important, because without this, real gamblers, true fans and horse lovers will never fully embrace our enterprise. This is a daily topic on At New Year=s time, we thought it appropriate to ask our racing backstretches from coast to coast. It is high time that the community for their resolutions. Each participant was asked for authorities who can make a difference take it seriously. one racing-related resolution, and one non-racing one. Up today: Barry Irwin. Barry Irwin, CEO and Founder, Team Valor International My New Year's resolution is to UPCOMING MAJOR work as hard as I can privately to press racing officials to take their NORTH AMERICAN STAKES responsibilities more seriously when it comes to investigating Date Race Track trainers, veterinarians, owners and 1/6 GII San Gabriel S. SA GIII Sham S. SA enablers who have tilted the 1/7 GII Santa Ynez SA playing field in their favor, yet have 1/13 GII Fort Lauderdale S. GP so far been able to avoid detection. GIII Marshua’s River S. GP While I understand that field size GIII Skip Away S. GP GIII Lecomte S. FG is important, takeout is important, GII La Canada S. SA the gross handle is important, 1/20 GIII Las Cienegas S. SA aftercare is important, charities are

Barry Irwin important, gajillion-dollar races are important, and race-day Monday=s Results: 8th-FG, $40,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 1-1, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:38.88, fm. Sassicaia and Catalina Red to Elite Thoroughbreds: PRETTY LADY (f, 3, Scat Daddy--Classic Strike, by Smart Strike), Graded stakes winner Sassicaia (Bernardini--Hishi Aspen, by second against the boys as the 8-5 favorite in her six-furlong Forestry) has been retired from racing and will stand at Michelle debut over the Woodbine turf Aug. 27, was fifth as a 46-1 Rodriguez=s Elite Thoroughbreds in Louisiana in a deal brokered outsider while making her second career start in the Sept. 17 by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock. The 7-year-old GI Natalma S. The dark bay filly graduated over course and trip stallion, who topped the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select as the even-money favorite last time out Nov. 25. Unhurried 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale when bringing a final bid of $1.6 early, the 3-1 shot settled in mid-pack while racing along the rail million, won the 2016 GIII Toboggan S. for owner Bob LaPenta behind fractions of :24.49 and :49.80. Forced to wait for racing and trainer Rudy Rodriguez. On the board in 12 of 20 starts, he room turning for home, she snuck through a narrow opening on retires with four wins and earnings of $307,127. the inside in deep stretch and drove clear to win by 1 1/4 ASassicaia demonstrated speed and talent from an early age, lengths. Emmport (Exchange Rate) was second. Pretty Lady is a as he showed when topping the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale, which full-sister to Handsome Mike (MGSW, $1,005,413) and a half to he went on to maintain during a successful and durable career,@ Classic Sense (Street Sense, SP, $159,340) and Union Strike Schumer said. ANot only that, he has a pedigree out of the top (Union Rags, GISW, $332,160). A $270,000 KEENOV weanling, drawer, being a Bernardini from the famed Fall Aspen family. she RNA=d for $450,000 as a KEESEP yearling before bringing We are confident that he has all the attributes to excel in the $550,000 as an FTFMAR juvenile. Classic Strike, with Pretty Lady Louisiana market.@ in utero, RNA=d for $140,000 at the 2014 Keeneland November sale. The mare=s colt by Broken Vow sold for $400,000 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. She produced a colt by Honor Code in 2017 and was bred back to Medaglia d=Oro. Click for the Equibase.com chart. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $60,673. O-Breeze Easy, LLC; B-Merriebelle Stable, LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse.

Turfway Introduces Starter Bonus: Beginning Feb. 1, Turfway Park will offer a $200 bonus to each owner or partnership represented in an overnight race if the Sassicaia | Joe Labozzetta field offers 10 or more wagering interests when the gates open. Sassicaia is in the process of being syndicated and a number of AWe=re calling the program the TENacious Turfway Park Starter lifetime breeding rights are available. A stud fee will be Bonus,@ said General Manager Daniel >Chip= Bach. AThe name announced at a later date. refers to the tenacity of horsemen who tough out winter racing, Also joining the stallion roster at Elite Thoroughbreds is and we want to reward that. At the same time, bettors want Catalina Red (Munnings--Lovely Dream, by Freud), winner of the races that offer more combinations, and we see handle increase 2016 GII Churchill Downs S. and third in the 2016 GI Alfred G. significantly when we hit 10 betting interests. Last winter, 54% Vanderbilt H. The 6-year-old was on the board in nine of 13 of our starters were ship-ins, and that=s typical. For those starts for owner Anthony Lenci with five wins and earnings of horsemen, the bonus will help defray the cost of shipping. As we $549,885. His stud fee will also be announced at later date. head into the last two months of our racing season and other tracks begin to open, we want to give owners and trainers an

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Monday=s Results: ABUNDANTIA S., $75,000, GP, 1-1, 4yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :55.82, fm. 1--CODE WARRIOR, 122, m, 5, Society's Chairman--Lady Natalie, by Runaway Groom. ($6,000 Ylg '14 KEEJAN; $10,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $18,000 2yo15 TEXAPR; $190,000 4yo '17 KEENOV). O-Robert Marzilli;B-Pamela Edel (FL); T-Michael P. De Paulo; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $45,570. Lifetime Record: GSW,16-5-3-3, $269,564.

2--Girls Know Best, 118, f, 4, Caleb=s Posse--Now U Know, by Maria's Mon. O-Brian Chenvert & Eddie Kenneally; B-Don Von Hemel & Todd Dunn (KY); T-Eddie Kenneally. $14,700. 3--Brandy's Girl, 122, m, 5, Posse--Don't Stop Dreamin, by West Acre. O/B/T-Edwin T. Broome (FL). $7,350. Margins: 1 1/4, 1HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 8.30, 7.00, 0.80. Also Ran: Sylphide, Touch of Bling, More Royalty, Attyia. Code Warrior finished up 2017 with four tries against graded stakes company, with her biggest triumph coming in the GIII Hendrie S. June 4 over the Woodbine synthetic course. Her final start in the calender year was a third-place effort last time AThe filly broke sharp. [Trainer] Mike [DePaulo] told me to just out in the GIII Ontario Fashion S. Oct. 28 in her final outing for J be patient with her,@ Gaffalione said. AWe had a perfect position C Racing Stable, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber and trainer going into the turn, sat right behind the speed, and coming into Rachel Halden. the stretch, a spot opened up. Once I put her in there, she really accelerated. I had a lot of horse around the turn and I just had to wait for my spot.@ Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

JANUS S., $75,000, GP, 1-1, 4yo/up, 5fT, :55.35, fm. 1--SUCCESSFUL NATIVE, 122, h, 7, Successful Appeal-- Picketline, by Street Cry (Ire). O-Marco Thoroughbred Corp.; B-Fares Farm LLC (KY); T-Aubrey A. Maragh; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $45,570. Lifetime Record: 24-9-3-3, $540,100. 2--Hogy, 122, g, 9, Offlee Wild--Floy, by Petionville. ($17,000 Ylg '10 KEEJAN). O-Michael M. Hui; B-John E. Little (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $14,700. 3--Vision Perfect, 122, h, 6, Pollard's Vision--Steamy, by Speightstown. O-Mr. Amore Stable; B-Robert Spiegel (KY); T-Jason Servis. $7,350. Foaled & Raised at VALKYRE STUD Code Warrior I Leslie Martin Margins: 2 1/4, 1, HF. Odds: 5.40, 1.70, 6.40. Also Ran: Platinum Prince, Sandy'z Slew, Extravagant Kid, Making her first start since selling for $190,000 at the recent Keeneland November sale, Code Warrior broke sharply from her Flashaway. Scratched: Crackin Jon, Chestnut Johnny. rail draw and stayed on the inside tracking pacesetter Girls Successful Native is no stranger to success sprinting over the Know Best. She was guided to the outside by Tyler Gaffalione for Gulfstream Park turf course. He took last year=s Bonita S. here as a clear run around the far turn. The dark bay drew alongside the well as his latest against optional-claiming rivals Dec. 17. leader just outside the eighth pole before gradually going by her rival for her first stakes score on the grass. Cont. p3 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 2, 2018

The dark bay sprinted to the early advantage and led the field through a :22.01 first quarter. Riding the rail around the far turn, Successful Native began to widen his margin turning for home and left favored Hogy with too much ground to make up inside Monday=s Results: the final sixteenth for the score on his trainer Aubrey Maragh=s JOE HERNANDEZ S., $98,375, SA, 1-1, 4/up, 6 1/2fT, 1:12.37, fm. 50th birthday. 1--PEE WEE REESE, 124, h, 5, Tribal Rule--Bluegrass Belle, by AAubrey and his team sent him out ready today. All he said Unbridled's Song. O/B-Nick Alexander (CA); T-Philip D'Amato; was, >Put him in front and they won=t get him today,=@ jockey J-J Talamo. $61,500. Lifetime Record: GSW, 11-6-2-1, $345,490. Tyler Gaffalione said. AThe horse has so much class and tries so *1/2 to Bluegrass Reward (Good Reward), SP, $281,587. hard every time.@ 2--Next Shares, 122, g, 5, Archarcharch--Two Dot Slew, by Picketline, who is a half to GSWs Valid Expectations (Valid Evansville Slew. ($87,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT; $190,000 4yo '17 Appeal) and Little Sister (Valid Appeal), is also responsible for an KEENOV). O-C Dunn, J McClanahan, W Marasa, M Taylor, and unraced 3-year-old filly named Agitate (Emcee). Click for the R Robershaw; B-Buck Pond Farm (KY); T-R Baltas. $16,000. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 3--Richard's Boy, 120, g, 6, Idiot Proof--Marissa's Joy, by Cee's Tizzy. O-Rockingham Ranch; B-Harold & Pamela Tillema (CA); T-Peter Miller. $12,300. Margins: 2 3/4, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.60, 10.00, 2.10. Also Ran: Om, Tribalist, Mr. Roary, Cimpl Man, Krsto Skye, Law Abidin Citizen, Gold Rush Dancer. Scratched: Smokey Image, Sycamore Lane, Conquest Daddyo. Pee Wee Reese, a winner of three of four previous starts over the Santa Anita turf, went wire-to-wire to win the one-mile GIII American S. in Arcadia July 4 and tired to be third when stretched to 1 1/16 miles for the Nov. 26 GII Seabiscuit S. at Del Mar last time out. He dashed out to the early lead and was in hand while setting fractions of :21.96 and :44.64. Asked for more at the top of the lane, he sailed clear with a furlong to run for an easy victory. Nick Alexander purchased Pee Wee Reese=s dam Bluegrass Belle, in foal to Good Reward, for $100,000 at the 2007 Keeneland November sale. The mare is a half-sister to graded stakes placed Exploit Lad (Exploit), as well as to the dam Successful Native I Kenny Martin of Brazilian champion Juno (Brz) (Setembro Chove {Brz}). Click for Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

IN SINGAPORE: Only Win, g, 4, Tribal Rule--Stacie=s Smile, by Lemon Drop Kid. Kranji, 1-1, Hcp. ($45k), 1200mT, 1:10.78. B-Michael Ezekiel (FL). VIDEO

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6th-SA, $55,725, (C), Msw, 1-1, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.43, ft. AX MAN (c, 3, Misremembered--Shameful {SW & MGSP, $241,345}, by Flying Chevron) has been working consistently at Santa Anita since the beginning of December and came in off a sharp five-furlong work in :59 1/5 (4/74). The 7-5 favorite broke alertly in this race restricted to homebreds or those purchased at auction for $100,000 or less. He sat on the outside of Lombo (Graydar) through a quick opening quarter of :21.73. Under confident handling from Drayden Van Dyke, Ax Man took the First-crop starters to watch: Tuesday, Jan. 2 lead entering the far turn and never looked back, opening up Farm and fee represent current information with every stride without being asked for his best to score by Kettle Corn (Candy Ride {Arg}), Fair Winds Farm, $3,000 9 1/2 lengths. More Honor (More Than Ready) rallied for the 34 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners runner-up spot. Ax Man is a half to champion 2-year-old and 4-MVR, Msw 6f, CHILLICOTHE, 6-1 champion female sprinter Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie, 4-MVR, Msw 6f, KETTLAGOGO, 15-1 MGISW, $2,595,420); Roman Threat (Roman Ruler), GSW, 4-MVR, Msw 6f, KETTLE CHROME, 8-1 $175,403; and Maker or Breaker (Empire Maker), SP, $281,671. $4,000 FTK OCT yrl This is the eighth winner out of Shameful, who is a half to GSP Little Matth Man (Matty G). She also has a juvenile colt by William's Kitten (Kitten's Joy), Diamond Eyes Farm, $1,000 Midnight Lute and a yearling colt by Bayern. Indian Blessing is 8 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners the dam of Ten Blessings (Smart Strike), third in the 2016 4-MVR, Msw 6f, GRAND KITTEN, 3-1 GI Malibu S. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Patti & Hal J. Earnhardt III,; B-Hal J Earnhardt (KY); T-Bob Baffert. © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the 2nd-SA, $54,690, Msw, 1-1, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.92, ft. American races, race results and earnings was obtained from BOOGALUTE (g, 4, Midnight Lute--Bridal Song, by Vicar), a results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services debut seventh at this track in June 2016, returned from 17 and utilized here with their permission. months on the sidelines to run fourth going 6 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar Nov. 1. The 6-1 shot contested the pace through fractions of :23.89 and :47.99. He kicked clear on the far turn and bounded home a 3 3/4-length winner. Momma=s Baby Boy (Giant Oak) was second and favored Ziconic (Tapit) was third. Boogalute was a $150,000 FTKOCT yearling. Purchased by breeder Doug Arnold for $8,200 at the 2008 Keeneland November sale, Bridal Song, with Boogalute in utero, RNA=d for $37,000 at the 2014 Keeneland January sale. Her Tizway filly sold for $2,000 as a short yearling at last year=s January sale. She produced a colt by Animal Kingdom in 2017 and was bred back to Conveyance. Boogalute=s third dam is Grade I winner Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk), who produced multiple Grade I winner Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, $35,865. O-Slugo Racing; B-Buck Pond Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Mike Puype.

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BREEDERS’ EDITION

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 3rd-FG, $45,000, (S), 1-1, (NW2X), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.33, ft. OURS TO RUN (f, 4, Half Ours--Brown Eyed Baby, by Mineshaft) Lifetime Record: 11-5-2-1, $69,792. O-Colonel Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Clifford Grum (LA); T-J. Larry Jones.

6th-GP, $44,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 1-1, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.24, fm. MARKITOFF (c, 4, Giant=s Causeway--Myriad {SP, $134,225}, by Ghostzapper) Lifetime Record: 10-2-1-2, $94,858. O-Three Diamonds Farm; B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. *$160,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. EQB yearling purchase • www.EQB.com

6th-FG, $44,000, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 1-1, 4yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.86, fm. CALAMITY JANE (m, 5, Cowboy Cal--Ringbang City, by Carson City) Lifetime Record: SW, 21-6-3-5, $234,097. O-Keith Plaisance; B-J. Adcock & Hume Wornall (LA); T-Edward J. Johnston. *$13,000 Ylg '14 OBSWIN; $22,000 Ylg '14 OBSAUG; $70,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSOPN.

SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Lipster, g, 3, Awesome Gambler--Sweet Lips Pooh, by Rio Verde. SA, 1-1, (S), (C), 6f, 1:12.12. B-Terry C. Lovingier (CA). Sunrise Journey, c, 3, Good Journey--Pleasing Sunrise (SP), by Speightstown. GG, 1-1, 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:03.14. B-SLO Racing Stable (CA). Raven Creek, c, 3, Old Fashioned--Trashi Diva, by More Than Ready. SA, 1-1, (S), 6 1/2fT, 1:13.96. B-William Jack Sims (CA). Zorzor, c, 4, Bodemeister--Spottswoode, by Master Command. FG, 1-1, 1mT, 1:37.88. B-JMJ Racing Stables, LLC (KY). *$180,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Consigned by BURLESON FARMS

Pretty Lady (Scat Daddy), a graduate of last year’s F-T Gulfstream sale, makes it two-for-two at Fair Grounds.