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SATURDAY, 23 MARCH 2019

STABLE TOUR: AIDAN LOOKS TO EMULATE SIRE IN by Alan Carasso O=BRIEN=S HOPE FOR 2019 One year after finishing a very close third, (Jpn) ( {Jpn}) made the 2013 G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen the third top-level victory of his standout career. He retired as one of the best sprinters in the history of the Japanese turf and seems to have transferred his considerable ability to his offspring, including Horse of the Year Almond Aye (Jpn), who returns to action in next Saturday=s G1 Dubai Turf at Meydan. Sunday afternoon at Chukyo Racecourse, Danox Ltd.s Danon Smash (Jpn), one of five black-type winners from his sire=s first crop to the races, will try to follow in his hoofprints as the likely favourite in the 1200-metre event. Produced by a half-sister to one-time GI Breeders= Cup Mile hero War Chant (), Danon Smash has won three from his last four, including the Jan. 27 G3 Silk Road S., a race also won by Lord Kanaloa prior to his defeat here in 2012. Aidan O=Brien | INPHO/Oisin Keniry AHe hasn=t done well racing to the left before, but in the condition he is now, I think the results will be different,@ his By Kevin Blake trainer Takayuki Yasuda said earlier in the week. ATo be honest, I Aidan O'Brien is simply a phenomenon in the world of racing. am a bit worried about the course, but , I think he can A record-breaking National Hunt trainer in the initial stages of handle it.@ Cont. p9 his career, his abundant talents didn't go unnoticed and he appointed as the trainer in the historic complex in 1996 at the age of just 26. He quickly established himself as a dominant force in Irish racing and since then has broken every record worth breaking and won every race worth winning in Europe and beyond. Most recently, he broke the world record for the number of Group/Grade 1 winners trained in a calendar year with 28 such victories in 2017. As always, O'Brien has an array of stars under his care for the new season, headlined by a strong team of older horses as well as an exciting clutch of Classic prospects. Here, the trainer outlines his thoughts for his stable's leading lights for the 2019 season.

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= Danon Smash | JRA photo 4 b c (Ire) - Gooseberry Fool (GB) ( Dancer {Ire}) Made it second-time lucky when winning a maiden at the IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Galway Festival in impressive style in 2017, but failed to make it GOES FOR ‘BIG EASY’ SWEEP to the track in 2018. Gary Barber’s French-sourced War of Will () looks to add Saturday’s GII to his previous victories in the GIII Lecomte S. and GII Risen Star S. Click or tap here to go straight to Cont. p2 TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

AOB Stable Tour B Amadeo Modigliani cont. BROOME (Ire) 3 b c (GB) - Sweepstake (Ire) (Accalamtion {GB}) "He's a horse we were really looking forward to last season, Rated 112, he won a maiden at the Galway Festival and ran but a sequence of small setbacks kept him off the track all year. well in defeat in Group company thereafter, most notably We are thinking of running him in the Devoy S. at Naas this finishing a neck second in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. Sunday. He's ready to start off and hopefully he'll run a nice race, but I'd expect him to improve a lot on whatever he does. He's a "He's a lovely laidback horse that we have always thought good-moving horse and I we think he'll be better on firmer would get further than a mile. He showed how versatile he can ground than he is likely to get on Sunday. He shows a lot of pace be when making the running when just getting touched off in the in his work and we aren't 100% sure if his best trip will end up Group 1 in , but I'd say he'll be better getting a lead off being a mile and a quarter or a mile. We've always liked him and something else with good pace in front of him. He's by Australia hopefully he'll show what we've seen from him at home on the and in general, we love everything about them. They have lovely track this season." minds, they are very clear winded and they look like middle-distance horses in the making. Broome fits all of that (Ire) description and we are looking forward to him. We haven't 3 b c Galileo (Ire) - Believe'N'Succeed (Aus) (Exceed And Excel decided if he'll go for the 2000 Guineas or a Derby trial yet." {Aus}) Rated 118, he won the Tyros S. at Leopardstown and the (Ire) Futurity S. at the Curragh prior to finishing in the frame in both 5 gr h Galileo (Ire) - Dialafara (Fr) (Anabaa) the National S. and the Dewhurst S. at Newmarket. Rated 120, he won the and the St Leger in 2017 and failed to win in an injury-interrupted campaign last season. "He is very well and I'm happy with how he did over the winter. We aren't sure if he'll start off in the 2000 Guineas or a Derby "We are going to go down the route with him trial just yet. Seven furlongs was sharp enough for him last this year and we'll probably start him off in the Vintage Crop season. Other than the maiden he won, he only had one run over Stakes at Navan at the end of April. Things just didn't work out a mile at the Breeders' Cup, but he had a poor draw and it was for him last year, he didn't get a clear run of it at all. Even the end of a long campaign, so I wouldn't judge him on that run. though he won over a mile and a quarter last year and went on We always thought he'd stay much further than a mile and even to run very well in the Stakes, he showed when if he starts off in the Guineas, he is likely to end up over longer winning the St Leger that he stays very well. You'd have to be trips. He has run on soft ground, but I'd good ground or hopeful that he can make up into a very good stayer." better would be ideal for him."

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CHABLIS (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= 3 b f Galileo (Ire) - Vadawina (Ire) (Unfuwain) A full-sister to The Pentagon (Ire), she made a winning debut in a seven-furlong maiden at Gowran Park in October.

"We were delighted with what she did at Gowran Park on her debut. We were surprised that she was able to do what she did Vice President, International Operations Gary King considering it was only over seven furlongs. She's a full-sister to Twitter: @garykingTDN The Pentagon, so we always thought she was a middle-distance [email protected] filly in the making. I'm not sure yet whether she will start off in a + 1.732.320.0975 Guineas trial or an Oaks trial, but she will end up over longer trips soon enough I'd imagine." International Editor Kelsey Riley CIRCUS MAXIMUS (Ire) Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN 3 b c Galileo (Ire) - Duntle (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) [email protected] Rated 110, he won a maiden at Gowran Park in September European Editor prior to running well in Group company, most notably when a Emma Berry close fourth in the G1 at . Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] "He's in good form and is doing everything right at the minute. He's another one that could start off in either a Guineas trial or Associate International Editor Derby trial, but we haven't made a decision yet. He seems to be Heather Anderson ground versatile and should certainly stay further than a mile." Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN

Marketing Manager CONSTANTINOPLE (Ire) Alayna Cullen 3 b c Galileo (Ire) - One Moment In Time (Ire) (Danehill) Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Rated 97, he made it third time lucky when winning a maiden [email protected] at Thurles by 10 lengths in October.

Contributing Editor "He's a lovely, big horse that looks like a middle-distance horse Alan Carasso in the making. He's one that you could see training on as a Twitter: @EquinealTDN 4-year-old too. He'll be one to start off in a Derby trial. He's a Cafe Racing good-moving horse and while he's handling softer ground at Sean Cronin home at the minute, I'd say he'll always appreciate better Tom Frary ground." [email protected] (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= Irish Correspondent 3 b f Kodiac (GB) - Queenofthefairies (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) Daithi Harvey Rated 112, she won four of her five starts last season including the G1 Cheveley Park S. Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield John Berry | Kevin Blake "Fairyland is in good form. We are happy with how she did over the winter and the work she has been doing of late. We haven't decided if she'll have a trial before it, but the plan is to run her in the 1000 Guineas. She has never run over further than six IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY furlongs, but we've always thought she would get further, so SUNLIGHT ALL THE WAY IN WILLIAM REID we'll give her a go at a mile in Guineas and see what happens. Sunlight (Aus) (Zoustar {Aus}) led every step to win Friday’s She has always been a very straightforward and uncomplicated G1 William Reid S. at Moonee Valley. Click or tap here to go filly." Cont. p4 straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

AOB Stable Tour cont. (Ire) 3 b f Galileo (Ire) - Beauty Is Truth (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) FLAG OF HONOUR (Ire) Rated 110, she won two of her seven starts last season and 4 b c Galileo (Ire) - Hawala (Ire) ( {GB}) finished in the frame in three Group 1 races. Rated 113, he won three Group races last season, mostly notably the Irish St Leger. "Hermosa is in good form and is doing everything right. We are looking at the 1000 Guineas for her at the minute and she's a "He had a very good season last year and he is in good form at filly that we have always thought would stay further than a mile. home. We know that he stays well, but we might start him off I think she is ground versatile." over a mile-and-a-quarter and work our way up from there as we need to." I CAN FLY (Ire) 4 b f Fastnet Rock (Aus) - Madonna Dell'Orto (Ire) ( {Ire}) FLEETING (Ire) Rated 116, she won the Boomerang S. on Irish Champions 3 b f Zoffany (Ire) - Azafata (Spa) ( {GB}) Weekend prior to finishing second to Roaring Lion in the Rated 106, she won two of her four starts including the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. She made a winning return to action a G2 May Hill S. at Doncaster in September. conditions race at Dundalk in March.

"She's a grand, straightforward filly that looks like she'll get "We were delighted with what she did at Dundalk and how she further than a mile. She might even end up getting further than a has been at home since. The plan is to run her in the Dubai Turf mile and a quarter. We'll make a decision in the next couple of at Meydan later this month. She has only run further than a mile weeks as to where she'll start off." on one occasion so far, but she ran very well over a mile on soft ground on , so that would give you GODDESS (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= encouragement that she will get further. She's out of a Montjeu 3 b f (GB) - Cherry Hinton (Ire) (Green Desert) mare, so you'd hope that she could be one to find some Rated 94, she won a maiden at Leopardstown by 10 lengths in improvement from three to four." July, but disappointed on her only other start of the season a fortnight later. (Ire) 3 b c Galileo (Ire) - Shastye (GB) (Medicean {GB}) "Goddess had a setback after her last run that ruled her out for Rated 108, he won a maiden at Listowel and followed up in the the rest of last season and she had another setback earlier this G2 Beresford S. year. She's back cantering now, but I don't think she'll be back in time for the Classics. We'll go gently with her." "He is very well at home and is doing everything right. Wayne [Lordan] rode him the first day and while he only finished mid-division, Wayne really liked him. We sent him down to Listowel for a seven-furlong maiden after that and he did well to win as that would be plenty sharp for him. The penny only really dropped with him late on. He came out of that run at Listowel very well, so we decided to let him take his chance in the at Naas. Seamie [Heffernan] rode him there and he won quite snugly. He looks one to start in the Derby Trial and the would be an option for him. He looks to be ground versatile and he's one to look forward to."

JUST WONDERFUL (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= 3 b f (GB) - Wading (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) Rated 107, she won three of her seven starts last season including the G2 Rockfel S. Goddess | Racing Post TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

Just Wonderful cont. LOST TREASURE (Ire) 4 b c War Front - Wading (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) "We are very happy with her. She's easy to get ready and is in a Rated 112, he won three of his eight starts last season as well good place at the moment. We are looking at the 1000 Guineas as finishing a close fifth in the Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp. for her and we always thought a mile wouldn't be a problem for her. She's very honest and we're looking forward to seeing her "The plan is to run him in the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Mar. out." 30. He's a horse with loads of ability. He likes fast ground and to be produced late in his races, as he doesn't do much when he (Ire) hits the front." 4 b c Galileo (Ire) - (Ire) (Desert King {Ire}) Rated 120, he won the Grand Prix de and the St Leger MAGICAL (Ire) last year. 4 b f Galileo (Ire) - Halfway To Heaven (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) Rated 115, she won the British Champions Fillies & Mares S. "We might have a look at aiming him towards the Coronation prior to finishing second to Enable in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Cup at Epsom and he might well have a run over a mile and a at Downs. quarter before that. We know he stays well and he has plenty of options over longer trips if we think that's what he wants to do." "We are thinking of starting her off fairly early, with her first big target likely to be the Gold Cup at the Curragh in May. We didn't get a clear run with her last year. We thought she was made for the Oaks, but she had a little setback that ruled her out of it. Considering the preparation she had, she did really well at the back end of the season and we were delighted with her three runs when she stepped up to a mile-and-a-half. She is ground versatile."

MAGIC WAND (Ire) 4 b f Galileo (Ire) - Prudenzia (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) Rated 113, she won the Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot and finished second in two Group 1 races last year. She was also runner-up in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S. at Gulfstream Park in January.

Kew Gardens | Horsephotos "We are aiming her at the Sheema Classic at Meydan. We think she gets a mile and a half and likes good ground. She is a big LE BRIVIDO (Fr) mare and there might be some more improvement in her." 5 b h Siyouni (Fr) - La Bugatty (Ire) (Dr Fong) Rated 120, he won the G3 Jersey S. at Royal Ascot for Andre (Ire) Fabre in 2017, but only got to the track once last season and was 3 b c Invincible Spirit (Ire) - Cabaret (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) switched to O'Brien at the back end of last year. Rated 113, he has won two of his three starts including the G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy. "He's been in Ballydoyle since before Christmas and everything has been going well with him so far. We are thinking about "We are looking towards the 2000 Guineas with him. I'm not starting him off in the Gladness Stakes at Naas in mid-April. He sure whether he'll run in the trial for it yet. He's a lovely, shows enough pace at home to suggest he'll be fine over six or uncomplicated horse to train. He has done well physically over seven furlongs, but he has run well over a mile too. We'll be the winter and he looks good and powerful. It probably all guided by what he shows at Naas as to which way to go with happened a bit quick for him last season, as it was the end of him in terms of trip." September by the time he made his debut. We brought him over to Newmarket a fortnight after his maiden as we thought that if he was going to be a Group 1 horse, he needed another run for TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019 experience. He ran very well there and came out of it well "He looks one that will be stepped up in trip and will probably enough to encourage us to go on to Doncaster a fortnight later. start off in a Derby trial. He made a lovely start when winning at While he won there, he was still babyish and you'd hope he'd Naas and we wanted to find out if he could be effective at seven improve from that again. He's by Invincible Spirit and while he furlongs at a higher level, so we ran him in two stakes races at got a mile well at Doncaster, you couldn't be too bullish as to that trip and he ran well without winning. I think he'll progress how far he'll stay. He's a horse you'd be excited about." over longer trips this season."

MOHAWK (Ire) 3 b c Galileo (Ire) - Empowering (Ire) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) Rated 109, he won the G2 Royal Lodge S. at Newmarket prior to disappointing in the Dewhurst S.

"He is in good form and is doing everything right. We'll look to start him back in a Derby trial. He's an honest, uncomplicated, solid horse that likes good ground. He was a bit below himself in the Dewhurst, but it was the end of the long season for him and maybe we shouldn't have run him in it. I'd expect him to leave that form well behind him this season."

MOUNT EVEREST (Ire) 3 b c Galileo (Ire) - Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic Swing {GB}) Old Glory | Racing Post Rated 107, he won a maiden at the Curragh prior to finishing a short-head second in the Beresford S. PINK DOGWOOD (Ire) 3 br f Camelot (GB) - Question Times (GB) () "We're very happy with what he's been doing this spring. He Rated 104, she won a maiden at Gowran Park prior to finish a progressed with every run last season and he's one we're looking close fifth in the at Longchamp. forward to. There's a chance he might start off over a mile, but I'd expect him to be stepped up to a mile and a quarter fairly "She's a filly we've always liked. She ran very well in the Prix soon. He'd have a chance of staying a mile and a half." Marcel Boussac when making the running. We think she stays well, which is why she ended up making the running that day, NORWAY (Ire) but I think she'll be better when getting a lead. We don't think 3 ch c Galileo (Ire) - Love Me True () she'll have any problem stepping up in trip this year. She's done Rated 104, he won a maiden at Naas and the Zetland Stakes at well over the winter and is doing everything right at home. We Newmarket. aren't sure where she'll start off yet, but a mile and a quarter and maybe further should suit her." "He has done well in physical terms over the winter. He's a fine, big horse with plenty of scope. We were happy with how he SECRET THOUGHTS progressed last season. I wouldn't judge him too harshly on his 3 b f War Front - (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) run at Saint-Cloud, as the ground was bad there and it was the Rated 95, she won a maiden at Naas prior to finishing third in end of a long year for him. We think he's better than that run. I'd the G3 Silver Flash S. in July. expect him to start off in a Derby trial and you'd hope that he'll stay a mile and a half." "She's a grand filly. She had a setback last season which is why she didn't run again after the Silver Flash, but she's been good OLD GLORY (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= this spring and is on track. She's a good traveller with plenty of 3 b c Frankel (GB) - Belesta (GB) (Xaar {GB}) ability and she might go to a Guineas trial." Rated 103, he won a maiden at Naas and went on to finish in the frame in two stakes races. Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

AOB Stable Tour cont. SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (GB) SERGEI PROKOFIEV >TDN Rising Star= 3 ch c Australia (GB) - Sitara (GB) () 3 bb c Scat Daddy - Orchard Beach (Can) (Tapit) Rated 106, he won a maiden at the Curragh in September and Rated 112, he won three of his eight starts last season was just touched off by a neck in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud including the G3 Cornwallis S. in October. the following month.

"He's a very fast horse. Five furlongs suits him really well, but "He ran a very good race in a Group 1 at Saint-Cloud in his last he might be ok at six furlongs this year. He is unusually quick, start of the year. He's a lovely straightforward horse with a very very naturally fast. You don't have to try to make him fast, he good mind. He's very uncomplicated and should have no just is. He'll run in 3-year-old sprints." problem getting middle distances. I'm very happy with him."

TEN SOVEREIGNS (Ire) >TDN Rising Star= 3 b c No Nay Never - Seeking Solace (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) Rated 120, he is unbeaten in three starts including the G1 Middle Park S.

"We are very happy with him. He's a lovely uncomplicated horse that is doing everything right. We have our eye on the 2000 Guineas with him and he hasn't shown us anything to suggest he won't stay a mile yet. He has the option of having a trial before the Guineas, but going straight there with him is an option, too. Looking back on last season with him, he didn't debut until late August and he ended up packing his three starts into a five-week period which was a tough ask of him. He won his first two races through raw ability, so it was understandable Sergei Prokofiev | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire that when he stepped up into a Group 1 that he looked a little bit SO PERFECT >TDN Rising Star= green in the Middle Park. That race will really stand to him and 3 bb f Scat Daddy - Hopeoverexperience (Songanadaprayer) he learned a lot from it. He's a horse that you'd have to be very Rated 110, she won the G3 Grangecon S. at the Curragh in July excited about." and went on to finish second in two Group 1 races. WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Ire) "She's a big, powerful filly that has done very well over the 3 ch c Australia (GB) - What A Treasure (Ire) ( winter. She has a lot of speed and you couldn't be sure about {GB}) how far she'll stay. We haven't decided which route to go down Rated 110, he won a maiden at Gowran Park in September and with her yet, but we might see can we stretch her to seven went on to finish a close third in the G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy. furlongs and maybe a mile. She has plenty of speed for sprinting He was second in a Listed race at Dundalk on his seasonal either way." reappearance.

SOUTHERN FRANCE (Ire) "He's a lovely uncomplicated horse. He's a middle-distance 4 b c Galileo (Ire) - Alta Anna (Fr) (Anabaa) horse. We started him off over a mile at Dundalk and he was a Rated 107, he won a Listed race at Naas in May and went on to little bit unlucky not to win. We haven't decided where he will go finish third in the St Leger at Doncaster. next, but I expect he will end up over a mile-and-a-quarter in the near future." "He's a grand, big horse. He was a big baby last year. He has done very well in physical terms over the winter and has a good ZAGITOVA (Ire) chance of staying two miles or even further this year. We'll go 3 ch f Galileo (Ire) - Penchant (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) gentle with him and he might be one to start off over a mile and Rated 104, she won a maiden at Cork and went on to run well three-quarters." without winning in group company. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

Zagitova cont. whose family features the GII Gulfstream Park Budweiser "She is a big, uncomplicated filly that could start off in a Breeders= Cup H. winner Passagere Du Soir (GB) (Rainbow Guineas trial. For much of last season we thought she was better Quest). Sales history: i56,000 Wlg >16 GOFNOV; 40,000gns Ylg than she was showing on the track and she might just have been >17 TATDEY. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $7,808. Video, sponsored a bit weak. We were particularly disappointed with her in the by Fasig-Tipton. Fillies' Mile and that might have just been a case of a long O-Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Gerry Flannery season telling on her. I think we'll learn more about her this Developments (IRE); T-James Tate. season and I'd be very hopeful she can show improvement."

Friday=s Results: 4th-Dundalk, i15,500, Novice, 3-22, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:39.14, st. SKY SEVEN (IRE) (c, 3, Helmet {Aus}--Ready When You Are {Ire}, Friday=s Results: by Royal Applause {GB}), runner-up to the subsequently 5th-Lingfield, ,5,800, Novice, 3-22, 3yo, 12f (AWT), 2:33.14, st. listed-placed Numerian (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) over TRAVEL ON (GB) (c, 3, Lope de Vega {Ire}--Teeky {GB}, by seven furlongs here Feb. 8, raced behind the leading pair early. Daylami {Ire}), runner-up over 10 furlongs on his juvenile finale Steadily working his way into the lead inside the last 100 yards, at Newmarket in October, had one behind early. Looming on the the 2-1 favourite asserted to score by a half length from front end before the four-furlong pole, the 1-4 favourite made Invasion Day (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}). The dam, who also his significant presence felt soon after and was impressive off has a 2-year-old filly by Dandy Man (Ire), is a full-sister to the home bend en route to a commanding five-length success Whatsthescript (Ire) (Royal Applause {GB}), winner of the GII Del from Autumn Pride (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). The dam is a daughter of Mar Mile H. and GII American H. who was also placed in the GI George Strawbridge=s Las Flores (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), who Eddie Read H. and GI Breeders= Cup Mile. Sales history: i12,000 finished second in the Listed Oaks Trial here before filling third Ylg '17 TIRSEP; i11,000 2yo '18 GBMBR. Lifetime Record: spot in the G1 Oaks d=Italia. Her six black-type winners include 4-2-2-0, $28,053. the G2 Challenge S.-winning seven-furlong specialist Sleeping O-Nasir Askar; B-Oghill House Stud & Jimmy Hyland (IRE); T-Mick Indian (GB) ( {Ire}) and the G3 Golden Daffodil S. Halford. scorer Felicity (Ire) (Selkirk), who in turn produced another smart performer in these famous silks in the G3 Geelong Cup 7th-Dundalk, i12,500, Mdn, 3-22, 3yo, 10f 150y (AWT), and G3 Prix de Reux winner Gatewood (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The 2:17.58, st. third dam is the G1 Prix de la Foret winner Producer (Nashua), MOURIYANI (c, 3, City Zip--Mouraniya {Ire}, by {Ire}), responsible for the classy duo Bach (Ire) (Caerleon) and Dancing sent off at 13-2, was off the bridle racing with more in front than Goddess ( II). Teeky=s 2-year-old filly by behind before the halfway point on this debut. Gradually getting (GB) is named Prismatic (Ire), while she also has a yearling filly the message heading out of the back straight, the homebred by Zoffany (IRE). Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $8,050. Video, outstayed Pearlman (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in the last 150 yards sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. to register a half-length success. The dam is a daughter of the O/B-George Strawbridge (GB); T-. G2 Prix de Royallieu winner Mouramara (Ire) ( {Ire}), whose sons Mourayan (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}) and Mourilyan (Ire) 3rd-Newcastle, ,5,800, Novice, 3-22, 3yo/up, f, 7f 14y (AWT), (Desert Prince {Ire}) made their mark at the highest level in 1:31.48, st. Australia, with the former taking the G1 Sydney Cup and the COASTLINE (IRE) (f, 3, Cape Cross {Ire}--Without Precedent {Fr} latter finishing third in the G1 Cup. Her 2-year-old {SP-Fr}, by Polish Precedent), runner-up over six furlongs at colt by Declaration of War is named Mourzouk (Ire). Lifetime Wolverhampton when last seen in October, was positioned Record: 1-1-0-0, $8,760. behind the leading duo early. Grinding her way to the front with O-H.H. Aga Khan; B-H. H. The Aga Khan Studs SC (KY); T-Dermot 150 yards remaining, the 9-4 second favourite stayed on to Weld. score by a half length from Zofelle (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}). The winner is currently the last foal out of the listed-placed dam, TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

HISTORY SET TO BE MADE AT CONGHUA by Alan Carasso The Hong Kong Jockey Club stages its first-ever meeting at its state-of-the-art Conghua Racecourse Saturday, some 200km north of Hong Kong, with five exhibition races set to offer full Takamatsunomiya Kinen cont. from p1 prize money, but no pari-mutuel wagering. Indeed, Danon Smash has made one appearance at Chukyo, The richest race of the afternoon, the Hong Kong Jockey Club when finishing a well-beaten seventh to Mr Melody (Scat Trophy (1800m), carries prize money of HK$2 million and is Daddy) in the G3 Falcon S. over 1400 metres last March. The restricted to graduates of the Hong Kong International Sale. latter cuts back a bit in distance off a pair off efforts over seven Having drawn a field of six, it will be contested at the distance of furlongs, including a close second in the G2 Hanshin Cup last 1200 metres, featuring a chute start that links up with the December ahead of a troubled seventh from the 16 hole in the course proper at the entrance to the turn. The rest of the G3 Hankyu Hai Feb. 24. He is neatly drawn in gate three this program consists of one race in Class 3, two in Class 4 and one in time. Class 5 at 1200, 1800m and 2200m, just over one circuit of the AIt looks like the last race has sharpened him up,@ commented 10-furlong turf oval. The event is being held in collaboration Nobuyuki Tashiro, assistant to trainer Hideaki Fujiwara. AHis with Conghua District Government and 16 of Hong Kong=s 21 balance has improved and he has matured as well. He has won a registered trainers will be represented at the meeting. at Chukyo before, so the change to a Michael Chang, who famously sent Rich Tapestry (Ire) (Holy lefthanded track is a plus.@ Roman Emperor {Ire}) to become the first Hong Kong horse to Fellow American-bred Mozu Superflare (Speightstown) enters win in the US, has taken an open-minded approach in sending in her first foray into Group 1 company in flying--and very fast- two horses for the meeting. form. Winner of six of her 14 career trips to the post, she AIt looks like it is a big track and both my horses are dropped a narrow decision to Daimei Fuji (Jpn) (Agnes Digital) in straightforward so I don=t think it will cause them any problems a listed race in December, but has since defeated Nac Venus at all,@ he told the HKJC=s David Morgan. AAll of the planning for (Jpn) ( {Jpn}) in two straight, including the G3 Ocean taking the horses there has gone smoothly, so it all should be S. Mar. 2 in which she covered 1200m in 1:07.1. fine.@ The field also includes Seiun Kosei (Jpn) (Admire Moon {Jpn}), winner of this in 2017; Let=s Go Donki (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), runner-up in each of the last two years; and 11-year-old Snow Dragon (Jpn) (Admire Cozzene {Jpn}), third in the 2014 renewal before winning that year=s G1 Sprinters= S. He makes the 61st start of his career Sunday.

Conghua Racecourse | HKJC photo

Mr Melody | JRA photo GROUP ENTRIES

Sunday, Chukyo, Japan, post time: 3.40 p.m. TAKAMATSUNOMIYA KINEN-G1, ¥215,400,000 (£1,485,374/€1,735,417/US$1,958,715), 4yo/up, 1200mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Snow Dragon (Jpn) Admire Cozzene (Jpn) Fujita Takagi 126 2 Rhein Spirit (Jpn) Swept Overboard Mori Matsunaga 126 3 Mr Melody K Scat Daddy Fukunaga Fujiwara 126 4 Seiun Kosei (Jpn) Admire Moon (Jpn) Miyuki Uehara 126 5 Teehaff (Jpn) Storming Home (GB) Kokubun Nishiura 126 6 Ares Barows (Jpn) (Jpn) Kawada Tsunoda 126 7 Shonan Anthem (Jpn) Jungle Pocket (Jpn) Fujioka Tanaka 126 8 Let’s Go Donki (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) Iwata Umeda 126 9 Nac Venus (Jpn) Daiwa Major (Jpn) Ono Sugiura 121 10 Love Kampf (Jpn) Shonan Kampf (Jpn) Sakai Morita 121 11 Hiruno Devaro (Jpn) Manhattan Café (Jpn) Yokoyama Kon 126 12 Logi Cry (Jpn) Heart’s Cry (Jpn) Lemaire Sugai 126 13 Danon Smash (Jpn) Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) Kitamura Yasuda 126 14 Peisha Felicita (Jpn) Heart’s Cry (Jpn) Matsuda Takagi 121 15 Mozu Superflare K Speightstown Take Otonashi 121 16 Dea Regalo (Jpn) Manhattan Café (Jpn) Ikezoe Otake 121 17 Daimei Fuji (Jpn) Agnes Digital Maruyama Morita 126 18 Daimei Princess (Jpn) King (Jpn) Demuro Morita 121

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Full of praise... SENSATIONAL SUNLIGHT Currie was full of praise for Sunlight to claim consecutive wins after beating an outstanding field of open-aged sprinters, under handicap conditions, in the G1 Newmarket H., down the 1200m straight at Flemington, at her previous start on March 9. AI wasn=t sure before the race whether to come off the speed or lead,@ Currie said. AShe must have read the newspaper because she jumped the fastest she ever has from the outside in gate nine. It is a big thrill for me, my family and my mates to win this race. They have supported me through the hard times and the good. AShe definitely has the X-Factor.@ Sunlight joins elite three-year-old fillies Virage De Fortune (2006), Miss Pennyweight (2000), Stella Cadente (1999), Grand Archway (1998) and Lady Jakeo (1994) to have won the William

Calvin and Tony McEvoy with Sunlight Reid since 1987. While the win was Currie=s eighth at the elite level, for trainer by Robert Edwards Tony McEvoy it pushed his Group 1 tally into double-figures at Star filly Sunlight (Zoustar) can challenge for favouritism for 10. Australia=s richest 1200m open-aged dash in the $2.5-million G1 AShe rises to the occasion each time,@ McEvoy said. AShe loves T J Smith S., following her sensational win in the Group 1 the pressure of these high-quality races." $500,000 William Reid S (1200m) at Moonee Valley. AI am so proud of her. Punters had strong faith in the Tony McEvoy-trained filly to APre-race the drums were beating that Written By would lead claim consecutive Group 1 wins, heavily backing her from $1.95 at all costs and Fell Swoop was going forward because he had no into a $1.65 favourite to become the sixth 3-year-old filly to win other option. the weight-for-age William Reid, since it gained Group 1 status AI could see us sitting three wide outside of them. Luke had a in 1987. two-pronged attack plan. If she flew the start, like she did, then Sunlight was at $9 with Shoals (Fastnet Rock) (scratched from he was going to take the race by the scruff of the neck. the William Reid) on the second line of betting behind AIf they were going to be kicking up, we were going to let them co-favourites Osborne Bulls (Street Cry {Ire}), Redzel (Snitzel) go. Luke has so much faith in her. He knows what he can and and Trapese Artist (Snitzel) at $7 for the T J Smith, before the can=t do on her. I have great confidence in the filly. running of the final Group 1 on the Victorian 2018-19 racing AThese are big-time races and there is so much more to come calendar. for her. She could be one of the best of the best.@ Cont. p2 Jockey Luke Currie was amazed at Sunlight=s speed to dash from her wide gate and prevent last year=s Blue Diamond S. winner Written By (Written Tycoon) from ascending to the lead. She rises to the occasion each time. She Currie gave the three-times Group 1 winner a breather between the 600m to the 400m, before putting down the pedal, loves the pressure of these hight- with her blazing away to lead by two lengths on entering the quality races. I am so proud of her. straight. --Tony McEvoy Sunlight was tiring on the line, but held a safe break over Spright (Hinchinbrook), who was storming home with the Western Australian mare Ellicazoom (Testa Rossa) snatching third place. TDN AUSTRALIA/ • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 23 MARCH 2019

William Reid S. cont. Margins: 0.8 len, 1.8 len, 1.9 len Sunlight has won 11 times and been placed on four occasions Also Ran: Dothraki, Fell Swoop, Written By, Embrace Me (NZ) , from her 16 starts. Battle Hero, Voodoo Lad. Friday night she made amends for her sole blemish at Moonee Click for the Racing Australia chart. Click for the free Valley last October, when she was bumped throughout before Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree. finishing a gallant seventh to Brave Smash (Jpn) (Tosen {Jpn}) in the Group 1 Manikato S. (1200m). Sunlight is from the Charge Forward mare Solar Charged, who won three times including twice at Group 3 level in the AJC Kindergarten S. and MRV Club S. She was sold at the 2017 Gold Coast Yearling Sale (Lot 471) for $300,000 to Aquis Racing, McEvoy/Mitchell Racing and Blue Sky Racing Bloodstock from the draft of Widden Stud. IN NEW ZEALAND: Trainer Garry Frazer was disappointed to be walking away with Anna Cecelia, f, 2, More Than Ready (USA)--Speedboat, by another minor placing at the top level with Spright. Commands. Avondale, 3-22, Maiden, 1200mT, 1:10.91. B-Mrs AShe was very good, but did not get a lot of luck in running,@ S Bissett, Mr I C Woodford-Smith (NSW). *$260,000 Ylg >18 Frazer said. ANot sure what we will do now. We will take her INGEAS. VIDEO back home and see. She is still in the TJ and in the Sapphire for Riding the Wave, g, 3, Malibu Moon (USA)--Rolling Sea (USA) the mares a week later." (MGSW-US, US$747,545), by Sefapiano (USA). Avondale, 3-22, The race was marred when top jockey Ben Melham crashed Maiden, 1400mT, 1:23.36. B-Spendthrift Australia Pty Ltd (Vic). hard to the ground when Group 1 winner Voodoo Lad (I Am *$50,000 Ylg >17 INGFEB. VIDEO Invincible) broke down badly in the straight and was sadly euthanised. IN SINGAPORE: Melham was taken to hospital with a suspected broken wrist. Atlantean, g, 3, Dick Turpin (Ire)--Dirty Vegas, by Lucky Owners The injury could sideline Melham for several weeks. (NZ). Kranji, 3-22, Maiden ($21k), 1200mT, 1:11.04. B-Mungrup Stud (WA). *$5,000 RNA Ylg >17 MGCFEB. VIDEO Friday, Moonee Valley WILLIAM REID S. (William Reid S.)-G1, A$504,000, MVRC, 3-22, IN MACAU: 3yo/up, Open Weight For Age, 1200mT, 1:09.77, Good. Roaring Fans, g, 3, Nicconi--Shegoeswell, by Shovhog. Taipa, 1--SUNLIGHT, 54.0, f, 3, by Zoustar 1st Dam: Solar Charged, by Charge Forward 3-22, Hcp. ($36k), 1050m (sand), 1:03.3. B-G & C 2nd Dam : Soul Singer, by Danehill (USA) (NSW). *Formerly Nicswell. VIDEO 3rd Dam: Aretha, by Sir Dapper (AUS) O-Mrs L Fung, Ms R C Parker, Mrs I E Mitchell, Mrs K L Thompson, Mrs R J Fletcher, Miss S R Fletcher, Miss J R Fletcher, Qatar Bloodstock (Mgr D Redvers) & G1g Racing & Breeding (Mgr; B-Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd NSW; T-Tony McEvoy; J-L Currie; A$304,000. Lifetime Record: 15-10-1-3, A$4,133,950. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for Princess Jenni Lives Up to Her Name the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Spright, 56.5, m, 5, Hinchinbrook--Dashoff, by Dash for Cash. Cosmic A Slipper Force to Be Reckoned With (A$100,000 Ylg 2015 WI Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale; A$12,000 Wlg 2014 WI Sydney Weanling & Bloodstock Sale) O-Mrs A B White, Mrs J M Frazer, T G N White, B G Jones & Group 1 Book for Avdulla Robrick Lodge (Mgr: G N White); B-Donnybrook Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd; T-G L Frazer; J-J R Collett; A$90,000. Japanese Hope Arrives for The Championships 3--Ellicazoom, 56.5, m, 5, Testa Rossa--Ellicorsam, by Fimiston. (A$180,000 Ylg 2015 MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale) O-Kitchwin First For Group 1 Hills (Mgr: S K Brown); B-Mr MAW Birchall; T-D & B Hayes & T Dabernig; J-Craig Williams; A$45,000.

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WAR OF WILL LOOKS FOR TAKING STOCK: WAR FRONT REEMERGES AS A DIRT SIRE By Sid Fernando NOLA SWEEP IN LA DERBY Last summer at Saratoga, I sat down one afternoon in the pavilion at Fasig-Tipton with Claiborne's Walker Hancock and Bernie Sams to discuss the belated emergence of Blame (Arch), who'd stood the 2018 breeding season for only $12,500 after starting out for $35,000 in 2011. They'd stayed the course with him and were finally seeing the results they'd expected all along, and Bernie hinted then that his stud fee would rise to $30,000 this year, as it did. After Blame, the conversation wandered to War Front (Danzig), Claiborne's flagship sire, and I mentioned in passing that he was a Apremier turf horse@ and Aan exceptional sire of turf milers,@ fully expecting they'd nod in unison and agree with me. I was surprised by their immediate and forceful responses. AHe's not a turf horse. He's both,@ Sams barked, with a lot of expression. AThe first couple of crops were dirt and turf. Nobody thought of breeding all turf to him back then.@ War of Will | Sarah Andrew AThe Factor was dirt from his first crop, and so was Soldat,@ by Joe Bianca Hancock said. APlus, he had [Claiborne and Adele Dilschneider's Gary Barber=s War of Will (War Front) will attempt to homebred] Departing on dirt from his third crop.@ complete a feat only accomplished by two horses in the past The Factor, now at stud at Lane's End, was a fast sprinter who 25 years--sweeping Fair Grounds=s trio of GI won the Gl Malibu S. at Santa Anita; Soldat won the Gll Fountain preps--when he goes postward as the favorite in Saturday=s of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park; and Departing won the Gll Super $1-million GII Louisiana Derby at the New Orleans oval. Already Derby at Louisiana Downs. a convincing winner of the track=s GIII Lecomte S. and GII Risen Cont. p4 Star S., the imposing bay will try to follow in the footsteps of International Star (Fusaichi Pegasus) in 2015 and Friesan Fire (A.P. Indy) in 2009 in his final dress rehearsal for the first IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Saturday in May. AIDAN O’BRIEN STABLE TOUR Third on debut over the Woodbine turf last August, War of Kevin Blake gets the rundown on all of Ballydoyle’s top Will=s lack of a diploma didn=t dissuade trainer Mark Casse from runners as the Flat season begins to rev up in Europe. trying him in top company after that, and the colt fared well. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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LA Derby cont. from p1 another shot at him. The second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh Second, beaten less than a length at 10-1, in the GI Summer S., runners from the Risen Star re-oppose, led by runner-up and he was then fourth, also beaten under a length, in the >TDN Rising Star= (Lookin At Lucky). Ninth in his GIII Bourbon S. and fifth in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf. career bow over the Belmont turf, the chestnut was second at Dropped back into maiden 49-1 Dec. 1 at Aqueduct and ran company to earn cap and gown in an eye-popping race to break his his dirt debut Nov. 24 at Churchill, maiden Jan. 17 at Gulfstream, the i250,000 Arqana May buy overcoming a disastrous start and has made the main track his new showing a devastating turn of home, scoring powerfully by four foot to win going away. Thrust lengths in the Lecomte and into the deep end in the Risen overcoming a wide draw in a Star, he once again broke 2 1/4-length annexing of the awkwardly and showed Risen Star. That effort, though greenness, but rallied from 12th two points lower than the to be a clear second. Lecomte on the Beyer scale, was A duo of new shooters rate elevated by the fact that the next upset glances. Wertheimer et four horses under the wire all Frere=s Spinoff (Hard Spun) came from well out of it, while graduated as the favorite last Country House | Sarah Andrew War of Will chased a strong pace summer at Gulfstream and from second. He tuned up for this assignment with a sharp half- followed up with a good third in the GII Saratoga Special S. Laid mile breeze in :47 3/5 (3/31) here Mar. 15. up for over six months, the homebred out of GISW Zaftig (Gone War of Will=s superiority in Fair Grounds=s first two preps West) returned with a dazzling 11 3/4-length romp in a Tampa hasn=t deterred his competition from those races from taking allowance Feb. 22. Cont. p4

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LA Derby cont. Spinoff returned to trainer Todd Pletcher=s Palm Beach Downs base afterward and most recently drilled five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 (1/4) Mar. 16. Silverton Hill=s steadily improving Sueno (Atreides) looks for his Cont. from p1 breakthrough score after a pair of good seconds. Graduating for an $80,000 tag last August at Del Mar, the $61,000 Keeneland September buy captured the Gold Rush S. off the bench Dec. 1 at Golden Gate and was runner-up at 18-1 in the GIII Sham S. Jan. 5 at Santa Anita. The dark bay then completed the exacta in the GIII Southwest S. Feb. 18 at Oaklawn, a result that was flattered by third-place finisher Long Range Toddy () returning to upset the first division of the GII Rebel S. last Saturday in Hot Springs.

Click the photo above to watch Lucas Marquardt=s recent visit DID YOU KNOW? with Walker Hancock and War Front at Copper Bullet (More Than Ready) All three, however, were also multiple surface graded winners was tabbed as a that showcased their sire's versatility from the beginning. The “TDN Rising Star” Factor was a Grade l winner on all-weather; Soldat was a Grade Visit the TDN Rising Stars section lll winner on turf; and Departing was a Grade ll winner on turf. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

Taking Stock cont.

War Front | Claiborne

The Coolmore group figured out War Front's quality early on when they raced his second-crop runner Declaration of War with breeder Joe Allen--also the owner and breeder of War Front--to successes in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Ascot and the G1 International at York, and they soon began buying his auction yearlings while patronizing the stallion with their Galileo and Sadler's Wells mares. Those purchases and matings have yielded impressive results for them, including such stallion prospects as G1 Dewhurst S. winner ; triple Group 1-winning juvenile Air Force Blue, also a Dewhurst winner; and , a three-time Group 1 winner at two and three, who also won the Dewhurst. Others raced by them or associates have landed at other farms, including Hit It A Bomb, winner of the Gl Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Keeneland, who is now at Spendthrift; and Lancaster Bomber, the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup winner at The Curragh, who stands at the National Stud in England and then on to South Africa later this year. AA bunch of those from the first few crops were out of dirt mares, but now everyone wants to make him a turf horse because Coolmore breeds a bunch of its Galileo mares to him and takes them over to race in Europe,@ Sams said. ASo, what we've tried to do the last couple of years is breed more American dirt mares to him. The better dirt mares. He's getting dirt horses, [like] the horse [who] won over here the other day by 10 on the dirt [War Value (from an A.P. Indy mare), who won a Saratoga maiden special weight at a mile and an eighth by 9 1/2 lengths Aug. 3, 2018].@ Of Claiborne itself, Hancock said, AWe've been breeding some of our better dirt mares to him.@ Cont. p6

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Taking Stock cont. Gary Barber's War of Will (out of Visions of Clarity {Ire}, by Both insisted that because of the European and domestic Sadler's Wells), who's trained by Mark Casse, is the 6-5 morning- success on turf, the War Fronts aren't getting fair opportunity on line favorite for the Gll Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Saturday dirt. off impressive wins in the Glll ANow, if you looked at the LeComte S. and Gll Risen Star S. biggest part of his crop, not this at the same track. Also, Fox Hill year, not last year, but three Farm's (out of years before, 70% were turf Charming, by Seeking the Gold), mares that were bred to him,@ trained by Richard Mandella, Sams said. ASo you look up and if won a division of the Gll Rebel S. there's 100 foals for easy math, at Oaklawn last Saturday over you got 30 dirt and 70 turf. And previously undefeated juvenile if a guy gets one here in the champion (Candy States and he's training good on Ride {Arg}). Omaha Beach was the dirt and he runs him on the placed three times in maiden dirt and he doesn't run any specials on turf at Del Mar and good, he's not giving him a Santa Anita before switching to second chance on the dirt. He's dirt, where his record is two going straight to turf.@ wins from three starts. War of War of Will | Sarah Andrew Fortuitously for War Front, two Will made four consecutive turf 3-year-old sons that began their careers on turf in this country starts at Woodbine, Keeneland, and and was have become revelations on dirt and are the new poster boys placed twice, including a second to Fog of War (War Front) in for their sire's dirt ability that Sams and Hancock steadfastly the Gl Summer S. at Woodbine, before he found success on dirt, believed in and spoke about last summer. on which he is now undefeated in three starts. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

Elite Sire... Unlike Blame, who entered stud in 2011 after the collapse of the industry in 2008 and was tied as one of the three most expensive new horses at $35,000 along with Quality Road and Lookin At Lucky, War Front started off modestly in 2007, on the eve of the global economic meltdown, at a fee of $12,500. By 2011, with his first 3-year-olds at the races, he was up to $15,000, but the next season, after the exploits of The Factor, Soldat and others, his fee took a big hike to $60,000, and from there it's kept rolling in big increments to $80,000 in 2013, $150,000 in 2014 and 2015, $200,000 in 2016, and $250,000 in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

War Front=s Omaha Beach | Sarah Andrew

War Front's trajectory was the opposite of Blame's: he hit right away and never looked back. With Tapit's fee dropping to $225,000 this year from $300,000, War Front is now the most expensive sire in North America, and he's the last top son of his illustrious sire Danzig (), who also stood at Claiborne and made a career of routinely getting high-class horses on dirt and turf. War Front is a lookalike son, and with more top dirt runners expected in the pipeline, he's looking every bit the chip off the old block in more ways than one. War Front's ability to sire dirt runners shouldn't be too surprising because he was a dirt sprinter who never raced on turf, and the same could be said for his sire. His grandsire, of course, won the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. Pedigree authority and turf historian Frances J. Karon covers all of this in a recent post at our blog at Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, AWar of Will's sire line: Made on dirt, successful on turf,@ and she details how this line transitioned to turf, which puts the case of War Front in perspective. She wrote, AAs it happens, Northern Dancer sired one of racing history's all-time greats, Nijinsky II, in his second crop. Trained out of Ballydoyle in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien, Nijinsky won the British Triple Crown.@ Cont. p8 MY CHOICE FOR TOP 2-YEAR-OLD“ FRESHMAN SIRE IS COMMISSIONER. There are so few sons of A. P. Indy that have failed at stud that this beautifully bred colt has a huge shot in my book. He was a MdSpWt winner at Saratoga in his

second start as a 2-year-old,

he comes from an incredible female family that is“ live on the track, and has monster sales in the ring.

– CARRIE BROGDEN of Machmer Hall, TDN 3/7

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Taking Stock cont. opportunity, Northern Dancer's sons were fully capable of siring good dirt horses. Take Nijinsky, for example--his 1983 crop of foals famously included two Derby winners: Ferdinand (Kentucky Derby on dirt) and ( and Irish Derby on turf)." Nijinsky also stood at Claiborne, and his story was as equally applicable to Danzig, whose international son Danehill was a game changer in Europe and Australia. With the recent successes of War of Will and Omaha Beach, it's a certainty that more War Fronts will be tried on dirt, and it's just as certain that more American buyers will now compete with the European-based stables for the stallion's progeny at the summer and fall yearling sales. Expect some fireworks in the ring, even explosions if War of Will or Omaha Beach manages to land a Classic along the way. And give due credit to the Claiborne brain trust (which War Front=s The Factor was a MGISW on dirt | Lee Thomas includes Walker Hancock's dad, Hancock) that was right all She continued, ABecause of Nijinsky, O'Brien and his partners along with Blame and right again with War Front's ability to get at Coolmore couldn't get enough of Northern Dancer's progeny, top-quality dirt horses. buying, and later breeding, a lot of the stallion's stock and Sid Fernando is president and CEO of Werk Thoroughbred importing them to Europe. Hence, Northern Dancer became a Consultants, Inc., originator of the Werk Nick Rating and sire of >turf horses,= and his most successful sons followed much eNicks. the same pattern, with their foals being sought after for European racing. But it must be noted that when given the TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires.com takes on TDN=s Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato as they handicap each prep race leading up to the GI Kentucky Derby. The three will make $100 Win/Place bets --highest bankroll after /Lexington day wins. By My Standards | Sarah Andrew

DiDonato: Rebel x2 - Improbable (+$120) endured a somewhat DeRosa: Rebel x2 - Corruze was a late scratch; Our Braintrust awkward trip and just missed. Jersey Agenda settled for fifth finished last of 10. Bankroll: $680. after failing to make the lead. Bankroll: $10,325. GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby - War of Will is a great GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby - I want the horse with the study in how much you trust your eyes over data. The War Front most upside in the race if I=m going to try and beat War of Will, colt has looked great winning all three of his starts on dirt, and I=m pretty sure that horse is Spinoff (no disrespect to including the Lecomte and Risen Star S. heading into the Country House, who also ran well last time). The well-bred TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby, but he has not registered fast Wertheimer homebred flashed in two juvenile tries, and numbers in doing so with a consistent string of mid 90s returned from a break to run up the score in a Tampa optional Brisnet.com Speed Ratings. That=s been faster than the rest to claimer last month. He dueled through fast splits with a horse date, but it doesn=t necessarily have to be fastest in the Lousiana who was also stretching out, and that foe stopped to be last. Derby, especially at odds on. We=ll take a shot with Bankit, who Trainer Todd Pletcher has successfully used an easy race at has a similar profile to stablemate Long Range Toddy in that he Tampa as a springboard to bigger and better in recent years (i.e. gets a jockey change for this test. Bankit flashed good talent at Always Dreaming, Outwork, etc.), and he already owns a record two that he seemed to be circling back to last out. If he busts four wins in this event. Plus Spinoff is obviously bred to be any through, he=s a player in this heat at 20-1 morning line. kind as a son and grandson of Grade I winners Zaftig and Zoftig. Selection: #9 Bankit (20-1). Selection: #10 Spinoff (8-1). Click here for Louisiana Derby Ultimate PPs from Brisnet.com. Sherack: Rebel x2 - Wide trip, layoff and all, it was still pretty surprising to see Improbable get run down late as the heavy chalk. Laughing Fox, meanwhile, never fired in round two of the Rebel. Bankroll: $1550.

GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby - War of Will is a very deserving favorite and the clear-cut horse to beat, but I=ll go for a longshot with some upside. By My Standards ran well enough in defeat in a trio of live-looking races to kick off his career, then posted a breakthrough maiden win, clocking his final three-eighths in a sharp :31.57 going two turns over this track last time. The bay will need another leap forward, but between the flashy worktab and favorable inside draw, the price will be right to see if he=s good enough. Selection: #5 By My Standards (12-1). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

>EMPRESS= SEEKS REPEAT WIN IN NOLA BRICKS AND MORTAR MAKES SURPRISE START IN MUNIZ by Joe Bianca One would have been forgiven if, after Bricks and Mortar (Giant=s Causeway)=s scintillating victory in the inaugural GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S., they assumed the next stop for the ultra-talented grass specialist would be in Dubai or even at Royal Ascot. Instead, the 5-year-old has popped up as a rare starter for trainer Chad Brown at Fair Grounds and will go off as a prohibitive favorite in Saturday=s GII Muniz Memorial H. on the GII Louisiana Derby undercard. Opening his career in 2017 with four consecutive victories, including conquests of the GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. and Manila S., the dark bay was picked off when third in the GIII Saranac S. and GIII Hill Prince S. Then the injury bug Serengeti Empress | Sarah Andrew struck, and Bricks and Mortar went unseen for over 14 months. Returning in a Gulfstream allowance Dec. 22, he showed no By Christie DeBernardis rust, unleashing his trademark closing kick to get up by a half- Serengeti Empress (Alternation) ran the field off their feet in length and earn a career-best 102 Beyer. He improved that the GII Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 16 and she looks to repeat that highwater mark to 106 when flying late to capture the Pegasus impressive effort in New Orleans Saturday in the GII Fair Turf Jan. 26. Since that big score, the Klaravich Stables and Bill Grounds Oaks. A stunning 19 1/2-length victress of Churchill Lawrence colorbearer has breezed six times at Brown=s Palm Downs=s GII Pocahontas S. in September, the dark bay finished Meadows base, capped by an easy half-mile spin in :49 1/5 seventh in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies back in Louisville (15/53) Mar. 16. Nov. 2. She returned to winning ways in her sophomore bow in While Bricks and Mortar is a likely winner, the field he meets NOLA, taking the Rachel Alexandra field from gate-to-wire for a contains some legitimate turf animals, headlined by horse-for- 4 1/2-length triumph and appears to have a strong chance to the-course and defending Muniz champion Synchrony (Tapit). repeat here over the same track and trip. Four-for-four over the New Orleans sod, the chestnut added the Liora (Candy Ride {Arg}), Eres Tu (Malibu Moon) and Street GIII Fair Grounds H., GIII Oceanport S. and GIII Red Bank S. to his Band (Istan), the second, third and fourth-place finishers from trophy case in addition to the Muniz last term. Finishing his the Rachel Alexandra, also return in this spot. Liora, winner of a campaign with a seventh in the GI Shadwell Turf Mile S. and a sloppy renewal of Churchill=s GII Golden Rod S. last fall, adds third in the GII Seabiscuit H., he returned from a brief freshening blinkers for this test, and Eres Tu gets a new rider in Jose Ortiz. to repeat in the Fair Grounds H. Feb. 16. Cont. p11 Slewgoodtobetrue (Jimmy Creed) is a new face in New Orleans and will be trying stakes company for the first time Saturday. Runner-up in her first two attempts sprinting at Del Mar this fall, the Peter Eurton trainee graduated by four lengths when extended to a mile at Santa Anita Jan. 10. She made it two in a row with an optional claimer victory going a 1 1/16 miles in the slop in Arcadia Feb. 3.

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Muniz cont. The Iowa-bred Topper T (Bellamy Road), well-beaten in eighth Inspector Lynley (Lemon Drop Kid) goes for his second straight in both the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile and GII Kentucky Club S. at graded stakes win in this local debut. Victor of the restricted Churchill, endured a rough trip while third in the GIII Swale S. S. last summer at Saratoga, the 6-year-old went winless in here Feb. 2. his next three starts, but resurfaced to annex the GIII Tampa Bay Lutsky (Yes It=s True), a smart debut winner for trainer Jason S. last out Feb. 9, an event he also captured in 2017. Divisidero Servis versus New York-breds last summer, returned from the (Kitten=s Joy) was second, beaten a half-length that day, and bench for new connections with a solid third after setting a hot looks to get back to the peak form that earned him back-to-back pace behind the talented Mucho (Blame) Mar. 1. scores in the GI Turf Classic S. in 2016 and 2017 at Churchill Downs. His lone success last term came in the GIII Arlington H., where he bested Synchrony. TRIO OF FL DERBY CONTENDERS BREEZE

FEDERAL CASE TURNS BACK FOR HUTCHESON

Bourbon War | Lauren King Bourbon War (Tapit), Hidden Scroll (Hard Spun) and Maximum Security (New Year=s Day) all breezed Friday morning in preparation for the Mar. 30 GI Xpressbet.com . Federal Case | Leslie Martin GII Fountain of Youth S. runner-up Bourbon War breezed a half-mile in :49.88 (19/30) at Gulfstream (video). Federal Case (Gemologist), a disappointing seventh after AHe did well,@ trainer Mark Hennig said. AHe came home in bobbling at the start in the GII Fasig-Tipton Holy Bull S. Feb. 2, :49.88, I think they caught him in. I was looking for a little turns back in distance to six furlongs for Saturday=s quicker than that, but the track was not real sharp this morning. GIII Hutcheson S. at Gulfstream Park. I told my rider I=d rather you err on the side of too slow than too Purchased by Robert and Lawana Low for $650,000 out of last fast. The horse is fit. We just want to get him safely over there year=s KEENOV Sale with a Keeneland debut victory already next Saturday.@ under his belt, he posted a hard-fought optional claiming win Over at Payson Park, >TDN Rising Star= Hidden Scroll worked in with an 88 Beyer Speed Figure in his first attempt for trainer company under exercise rider Neil Poznansky, covering five Todd Pletcher going a mile at Gulfstream Dec. 23. panels in a bullet 1:02.40 (1/7) (video). Working bullets at Pletcher=s Palm Beach Downs base since the AIt was a very nice work,@ said Hall of Famer Bill Mott. AHe Holy Bull, the bay, favored at 9-5 on the morning line for the worked with a stablemate. The time of 1:02, the way the Hutcheson, adds blinkers. racetrack was today, I think it was a very useful work. He sat off AI thought after watching him train a little bit, we decided to his company and he finished up and went by inside the back him up to six [furlongs] and regroup,@ Pletcher said. AI=m eighth-pole with a reasonably good gallop-out. He seemed very not saying we won=t try longer down the road, but right now good in the work. He was very manageable. We sat him in we=ll back up to this and see how he goes.@ behind a horse and he was real calm.@ Cont. p12 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

Trio of FL Derby Contenders Breeze cont. >18 FATALITY RATE SIMILAR YEAR-OVER- The trainer continued, AThey went off slow enough and he wasn=t anxious. He was content to follow another horse. He YEAR ACCORDING TO INJURY DATABASE approached the quarter-pole and got into the bridle and finished Data analysis from the Equine Injury Database for the year up well.@ 2018 resulted in an aggregate fatality rate of 1.68 per 1,000 The Juddmonte homebred was last seen finishing fourth as the starts, The Jockey Club announced Friday. Prof. Tim Parkin, favorite after setting the pace in the Fountain of Youth. veterinarian and epidemiologist from the University of Glasgow AI think it was a matter of learning for us,@ said Mott, who also and consultant to the EID, concluded that the year-over-year conditions fellow Juddmonte homebred and GII Tampa Bay difference from 1.6 fatalities per 1,000 starts was not Derby winner Tacitus (Tapit). AWe thought from the beginning statistically significant. we could do anything with him. The last work we sat him right in From 2009 to 2018, the fatal injury rates were as follows: 2.00, behind and ate a lot of dirt. He was fine doing that. Today we sat 1.88, 1.88, 1.92, 1.90, 1.89, 1.62, 1.54, 1.61, 1.68. Detailed him in behind, but we sat him off to the side, so he wasn=t graphs with statistics grouped by surface, distance and age can getting dirt. He saw daylight but he saw another horse in front be viewed here. of him and he seemed kind about that as well.@ AAnalysis of the EID has demonstrated that there are a multitude of factors that contribute to the risk of fatal injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses,@ said Prof. Parkin. AMoving forward, we should focus on the medications present in horses during racing and training, transparency of veterinary records for all starters and the collection of injury data from morning training hours.@ Two-year-olds had a significantly lower fatal injury rate of 1.28 per 1,000 compared 1.72 per 1,000 for older horses. Since the EID began in 2009, there has been a 16% drop in all fatal injuries, including an 11% drop in dirt races, 38% decrease in turf races and 17% drop on synthetic tracks. Since March of 2012, tracks have had the option to voluntarily publish their fatal injury rates--of the 25 self-reporting tracks for 2018, the aggregate rate was 1.51. On average, the lowest average rate (1.45) was seen among Hidden Scroll | Leslie Martin the following tracks that disclose their fatality rates and are Undefeated Maximum Security breezed a slow half-mile in accredited by the National Association=s :52.95 (63/63) at Palm Meadows Friday. The Gary and Mary Safety and Integrity Alliance: Aqueduct Racetrack, , West homebred is a perfect-three-for-three at Gulfstream, but Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Golden Gate Fields, Gulfstream takes a big jump up in class next weekend. Park, Indiana Grand Race Course, Keeneland, Laurel Park, AI thought he had a good breeze. He came home in :12,@ Pimlico Race Course, Santa Anita Park, , trainer Jason Servis said. AI would still like to not commit, but I Suffolk Downs, Turfway Park and . would say we are on schedule.@ Since it=s inception, 109 racetracks have provided data to the The Wests= Final Jeopardy (Street Sense) also breezed four EID--tracks hosting approximately 98% of all flat racing cards in furlongs in a soft :52.80 (59/63) and is being considered for 2019 are expected to contribute. either the Florida Derby or the Apr. 6 GII Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct. AWe=re looking at the Wood Memorial. It=s not a definite but we=re kind of looking at that,@ said Servis. AHe galloped out really good. That race is a mile and an eighth so I=m feeling a little HAVE A NEW FOAL? better about the work. But it=s not definite yet.@ Click here to submit your Foaling News for Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Mares for publication in the TDN. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

BELMONT INCREASES SPRING/SUMMER horses in his own name, which was very unusual to be an owner-trainer and last very long.@ MEET PURSES He added, AHe was a tall, handsome guy and rather quiet. I Maiden special weight races at Belmont Park for the knew him to speak to, and he lasted a long time. I always made spring/summer meet will see purses increase from $75,000 to a joke with him because my wife, the first time she saw him she $80,000, while similar $5,000 purse increases will be said, >My God, what a handsome man.= I used to bring it up to implemented for first-and-second-level allowance races. him, and he=d laugh. He was a nice, quiet guy and didn=t say First-level allowance purses will now be $82,000 and much. I didn=t get to know him too well, but he went about his second-level will be upped to $85,000. Third-level allowance business and did well.@ races will be worth $87,000, marking a $2,000 increase from Wolfendale won his first race as a trainer in 1966. Throughout 2018. his career, he saddled 1670 winners from 11,926 starters with The 48-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet, featuring 59 purse earnings of $6,856,183. He operated a small farm, and total stakes races worth $18.4 million, will start Friday, April 26 also worked as a jockey=s agent, groom and van driver in later and run through Sunday, July 7. years. NYRA will also continue the under-20 claiming challenge, implemented to boost trainers with stables of 20 or fewer horses, where points are accumulated based on placing in claiming races.

MARYLAND TRAINER WOLFENDALE DIES

NEW PROVIDER JOINS N.Y. WORK COMP MARKET New York=s trainers have a new option for securing workers= compensation insurance for their employees, excluding exercise riders. Insurance Office of America (IOA) has been approved to offer work comp policies to horsemen, effective immediately. AAnything that drives competition in the marketplace is good for the consumer,@ NYTHA President Joe Appelbaum said. AThis development builds upon the 14% reduction in costs that were announced last fall, and the decrease in the base rate for the Jockey Injury Compensation Fund.@ IOA will offer all the same amenities and protections currently available to stable employees, including AAll State Endorsements@ for those that need coverage in multiple states. William H. >Wolf' Wolfendale III | Maryland Jockey Club AWorkers= compensation has been a long and winding road in New York. With this opportunity, IOA offers New York horsemen Maryland-based veteran trainer William H. >Wolf= Wolfendale a chance to reduce their expenses with concern to their stable III died at his home Mar. 18. He was 74. A Pennsylvania native, staff,@ said Martin Panza, NYRA=s Senior Vice President of Racing Wolfendale first got involved as an owner at the age of 20 and Operations. ANYRA will continue to work with NYTHA and our later began training himself, moving from Waterford Park--now horsemen in ways to further reduce the cost of doing business Mountaineer Park--to the Maryland circuit in 1973, where he in New York.@ went toe-to-toe with Maryland=s ABig Four@ trainers: King Leatherbury, Dick Dutrow, Grover >Bud= Delp and John Tammaro. AI remember when [Wolfendale] came in from Waterford Park,@ Leatherbury said. AHe was down there and he had a big stable of horses. He shipped in to Maryland and had all his TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

TRAVERS DAY SPORTS BAR & PICNIC PADDOCK INJURED FORMER JOCK TO COMPETE IN HALF- TABLE LOTTERY STARTS MAR. 25 MARATHON The New York Racing Association will hold a special drawing Armando Rivera, 58, a paraplegic since a Northern California for the general public interested in purchasing a reserved table racing accident at 18, will race his wheelchair in the March 30 in the Fourstardave Sports Bar or the Miller Lite Picnic Paddock ARun The Bluegrass@ half-marathon in the area surrounding for the 150th GI Travers S. at Saratoga Aug. 24. Keeneland. Keeneland will be sponsoring Rivera who has Half of the reserved table seating inventory in the competed in over 40 such races around the country. Fourstardave Sports Bar and Miller Lite Picnic Paddock will be Rivera=s racing attire includes a shirt or cap with a Permanently assigned via the drawing. Guests interested in the opportunity Disabled Jockeys Fund logo and often uses the monthly stipend to purchase a reserved table in either location can enter the he receives from the PDJF to pay his racing entrance fees. drawing at www.NYRA.com/TraversTables beginning Monday, AI=m on a mission,@ he said. ARacing gives me a challenge and I March 25 at 10 a.m. The drawing will conclude Friday, April 12. have to keep pushing. I=m racing to raise awareness for my Additionally, reserved tables will be available through a fellow injured jockeys and that=s important to me.@ reserved table flex plan starting Apr. 11 at 10 a.m. by calling Rivera was one of the six catastrophically-injured jockeys 844-NYRA-TIX. The flex plan provides fans with the convenience honored at last summer=s Jockeys and Jeans Event at Canterbury of securing a reserved table on seven days of their choice during Park and will attend the group=s PDJF fundraiser at Santa Anita the 2019 season, including Travers Day. June 22. Personal coolers and outside food and beverage are not AAt the event last summer we all noted Armando had biceps permitted in the Fourstardave Sports Bar; on-track food and bigger than most jockeys= thighs,@ said Barry Pearl, the group=s beverage is allowed. The Miller Lite Picnic Paddock is the section president. AHe is a shining example of the overcoming spirit of the backyard, located adjacent to the paddock, where guests inherent in all the jockeys who suffered catastrophic injuries. may reserve picnic tables. Personal coolers are allowed in the We thank Keeneland and their President and CEO Bill Thomason reserved picnic area; coolers may contain plastic bottles or cans for making this possible and we hope a lot of folks come out to and are subject to search by NYRA security. Additional chairs, cheer for him. But in Armando=s case, no matter where he tents and umbrellas are prohibited. For a full list of restricted finishes, he=s still a winner.@ items, visit NYRA.com/Saratoga.

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Saturday, Fair Grounds, post time: 5:44 p.m. EDT TWINSPIRES.COM FAIR GROUNDS OAKS S.-GII, $400,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Speedette Oxbow Calumet Farm Desormeaux Lanerie 10-1 2 Serengeti Empress K Alternation Joel Politi Amoss Graham 6-5 3 Street Band Istan J. Larry & Cindy Jones & Ray Francis Jones Doyle 8-1 4 Sweet Diane K Stallionaire Enterprises LLC Stidham Bravo 8-1 5 Crescentcitypretty Bernardini Brittlyn Stable, Inc. Benoit Mena 15-1 6 Eres Tu Malibu Moon Seltzer, Edward A. and Anderson, Beverly S. Asmussen Ortiz 6-1 7 Slewgoodtobetrue Jimmy Creed Sharon Alesia, Ciaglia Racing, LLC, Eurton Geroux 8-1 ERJ Racing, LLC & Burns Racing, LLC 8 Liora K Candy Ride (Arg) Coffeepot Stables Catalano Hill 5-1 Breeders: 1-Calumet Farm & Merrill & Allene Dana, 2-Tri Eques Bloodstock, LLC, 3-Larry Jones, Cindy Jones & Ray Francis, 4-Eurowest Bloodstock Services, 5-Brittlyn, Inc., 6-Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson, 7-Jim Brinkley, 8-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC Saturday, Fair Grounds, post time: 5:10 p.m. EDT MUNIZ MEMORIAL H.-GII, $300,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Hot Springs K Uncle Mo Woodford Racing, LLC Asmussen Saez 15-1 2 Divisidero K Kitten's Joy Gunpowder Farms LLC & Brereton C. Jones Rubley Geroux 5-1 3 Synchrony Tapit Pin Oak Stable Stidham Bravo 3-1 4 Bandua K The Factor Calumet Farm Sisterson Beschizza 12-1 5 First Premio K Pure Prize Team Valor International Casse Velazquez 8-1 6 Markitoff K Giant's Causeway Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gaffalione 20-1 7 Bricks and Mortar K Giant's Causeway Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William H. Lawrence Brown Ortiz, Jr. 2-1 8 Inspector Lynley Lemon Drop Kid Stuart S. Janney, III & Phipps Stable McGaughey III Ortiz 6-1 9 Final Copy Malibu Moon Chiefswood Stables Ltd. Attfield Lanerie 20-1 10 Silver Dust K Tapit Tom R. Durant Calhoun Gilligan 12-1 Breeders: 1-Bo Hirsch LLC, 2-Hinkle Farms, 3-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 4-Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel, 5-Ronald G. McPeek, 6-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 7-George Strawbridge Jr., 8-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC. & PhippsStable, 9-Chiefswood Stables Limited, 10-Don Alberto Corporation

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 6:10 p.m. EDT HUTCHESON S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, 6f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 In the Loop K Super Saver Colts Neck Stables LLC Duarte, Jr. Toledo 3-1 2 Federal Case K Gemologist Low, Lawana L. and Robert E. Pletcher Castellano 9-5 3 Gladiator King K Curlin Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Reyes 10-1 4 Topper T Bellamy Road Barber, Gary, Wachtel Stable and Pantofel Stable Mott Jaramillo 2-1 5 Lutsky K Yes It's True Down Neck Stables and Lutsky, Jeffrey Magner Juarez 4-1 Breeders: 1-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 2-Kings Way Farm, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Blackoak Farm, 5-Pine Ridge Stables Ltd

Sunday, Sunland, post time: 7:30 p.m. EDT SUNLAND PARK DERBY-GIII, $800,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Mucho Gusto K Mucho Macho Man Michael Lund Petersen Baffert Talamo 8-5 2 Anothertwistafate Scat Daddy Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd. Wright Hernandez 3-1 3 Hustle Up Abstraction Dale F. Taylor Racing, McQueen, B & Kirby, S Fincher Laviolette 5-1 4 Wicked Indeed Tapit Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Asmussen Contreras 6-1 5 Cutting Humor K First Samurai Starlight Racing Pletcher Velazquez 8-1 6 Walker Stalker Stroll Gallegos Del Norte Racing Gonzalez, Jr. Medellin 15-1 7 Pasamonte Man K Strong Mandate Britt Marr Tohill 20-1 8 Collusionist Ez Effort Eli Diamant Martinez, Jr. Juarez, Jr. 25-1 9 Diamond Blitz K Munnings Dart, Ron and Gwendolyn L. Desormeaux Desormeaux 15-1 10 Eye Cloud Point of Entry Mike Powers Norris Enriquez 30-1 Breeders: 1-Teneri Farm Inc. &Bernardo Alvarez Calderon, 2-Pursuit of Success LLC, 3-Brad King & Fincher Todd, 4-Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC, 5-Dell Hancock & Bernie Sams, 6-Miguel L. Gallegos, 7-Eaton & Thorne, Inc, 8-William Matthews Family Trust, 9-BHMFR, LLC, 10-Steve M. DeMaiolo &Beechwood Racing Stable LLC SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

Leading Fifth-Crop Sires by Cumulative Winners for standing in North America through Thursday, Mar. 21 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2019 fees. Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Uncle Mo 44 73 21 43 6 16 379 245 5,189,200 34,751,250 (2008) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2013 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $125,000 Nyquist 2 Trappe Shot 8 26 4 9 -- 3 276 200 857,005 14,033,909 (2007) by Tapit FYR: 2013 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Untrapped 3 Gio Ponti 9 22 2 5 1 2 299 177 1,538,385 12,971,198 (2005) by Tale of the Cat FYR: 2013 Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Drefong 4 First 10 20 4 6 1 2 237 164 959,962 13,305,714 (2007) by Stephen Got Even FYR: 2013 Stands: Double Diamond Farm FL Fee: $10,000 Shamrock Rose 5 Twirling Candy 15 35 5 14 1 2 228 161 928,068 15,938,752 (2007) by Candy Ride (Arg) FYR: 2013 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Finley'sluckycharm 6 Wilburn 7 15 2 2 -- -- 236 154 570,312 8,833,151 (2008) by Bernardini FYR: 2013 Stands: River Oaks Farms Inc OK Fee: $3,500 Lovely Bernadette 7 Gone Astray 9 16 1 3 -- 1 165 121 967,850 7,926,221 (2006) by Dixie Union FYR: 2013 Stands: Northwest Stud FL Fee: $4,500 Three Rules 8 Court Vision 6 18 1 3 -- 1 178 112 591,386 8,122,736 (2005) by Gulch FYR: 2013 Stands: Acadiana Equine at Copper Crowne LA Fee: $3,500 Mr Havercamp 9 Lonhro (Aus) 9 19 6 11 -- 4 196 109 510,259 9,396,259 (1998) by Octagonal (Nz) FYR: 2013 Stands: Darley USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Isotherm 10 Adios Charlie 7 12 2 3 1 1 139 108 1,012,325 9,421,662 (2008) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2013 Stands: Ocala Stud FL Fee: $3,000 Patternrecognition 11 Friesan Fire 5 9 2 3 1 2 147 105 500,560 8,781,368 (2006) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2013 Stands: Country Life Farm MD Fee: $4,000 Fire Key 12 Regal Ransom 3 15 1 1 -- -- 150 104 1,352,749 7,049,761 (2006) by Distorted Humor FYR: 2013 Stands: Darley USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Strong Titan 13 Ice Box 2 4 -- 1 -- -- 193 98 542,300 4,492,824 (2007) by Pulpit FYR: 2013 Stands: Millennium Farms KY Fee: $7,500 Dubby Dubbie 14 Big Drama 4 12 ------141 94 323,247 5,929,433 (2006) by Montbrook FYR: 2013 Stands: Prestige Stallions FL Fee: $5,000 Mr. Kisses 15 Custom for Carlos 6 14 1 1 1 1 141 94 629,190 5,730,399 (2006) by More Than Ready FYR: 2013 Stands: Clear Creek Stud LA Fee: $3,500 Big World

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Saturday, March 23, 2019

SATURDAY=S RACING INSIGHTS: Also set to be unveiled here is homebred Meghan (Tapit). The Mike Stidham pupil is out of Tizaqueena (Tiznow), a GRASSY FG MSW FEATURES INTRIGUING speedy graded winner for these connections going two turns on FIRSTERS Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency both turf and synthetic. She was a close second in the 2009 GI First Lady S. at Keeneland. TJCIS PPs

IN ORDER OF PURSE: Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:09 p.m. ET GAZEBO S., $125,000, 3yo, 6f PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Keesawah Astrology Von Hemel Eramia 15-1 2 Nitrous Tapit Asmussen Santana 5-2 Gold Standard | Fasig-Tipton Photo 3 Hidden Ruler Gemologist Stewart Cohen 8-1 5th-Fair Grounds, $50k, Msw, 3yo, f, a1mT, post time: 1:54 pm ET 4 Oncwwrbrothers Cairo Prince DiVito Baze 5-2 A pair of high-profile fillies make their respective debuts in this 5 Gray Attempt Graydar Fires Court 8-5 race on the GII Louisiana Derby undercard. Stonestreet Stables 6 Six Shooter Trappe Shot Holthus Elliott 6-1 and LNJ Foxwoods=s GOLD STANDARD (Medaglia d=Oro) co-topped last year=s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale at $1.2 million. A $200,000 KEESEP yearling, she breezed in a powerful :10 flat before eventually being turned over to conditioner Brad Cox. Her stakes-placed dam is out of a stakes-winning full-sister to GISW Majestic Warrior (A.P. Indy), meaning her third dam is MGISW Dream Supreme (Seeking the Gold). Gold Standard earned the co-quickest four-furlong breeze time of :47.40 at Fair Grounds Mar. 17. That clocking matches up with fellow Cox trainee Break Even (Country Day), who has won both of her starts by open lengths.

Gray Attempt (pictured with trainer Jinks Fires alongside on his stable pony) is entered in Saturday=s Gazebo S. at Oaklawn | Sarah Andrew

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Saturday, Aqueduct Racetrack, post time: 5:37 p.m. ET Saratoga at twoBan impressive open daylight first out maiden CICADA S., $100,000, 3yo, f, 6f win July 20, good for >TDN Rising Star= status; but then PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY ML weakened badly as the 7-5 chalk in the GII Adirondack Aug. 11. 1 Fangirl Dialed In Terranova Lezcano 6-1 The freshening clearly did her good, as she broke alertly and led 2 Stonesintheroad Bustin Stones Englehart Maragh 2-1 the field on a merry chase. Fellow >TDN Rising Star= Brill 3 Forgotten Hero Mission Impazible Toscano Luzzi 8-1 (Medaglia d=Oro), who was favored and also coming in off a long 4 Gracetown Into Mischief Nevin Carmouche 8-1 layoff, chased in second throughout, but Lyrical Lady never 5 Workaholic Sky Mesa Wohlers Orm 15-1 6 Guacamole Flat Out Davis Pletcher 5-1 stopped and powered clear to a 2 1/2-length victory. The 7 Two Dozen Roses Super Saver Pletcher DeCarlo 12-1 winner=s dam also has a 2-year-old filly, Heir of Light (The 8 Miss Imperial Maclean’s Music Servis Franco 5-2 Factor), who sold for $100,000 to Deuce Greathouse, agent, at the OBS March Sale, as well as a Lea filly at her side. The Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 3:10 p.m. ET extended family includes GISW Currency Swap (High Cotton). ANY LIMIT S., $75,000, 3yo, f, 6f Sales History: $77,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; $625,000 2yo '18 PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY ML OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $109,350. Click for the 1 Miss Marcela Bodemeister Jaramillo Sano 10-1 Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 2 Smoken Deb Cairo Prince Thomas Castellano 6-5 O-Phoenix Thoroughbred III, Ltd; B-Centaur Farms, Inc. (KY); 3 Questionoftheday The Factor Trombetta Batista 12-1 T-Steven M. Asmussen. 4 Getting Warmer Algorithms Breen Juarez 3-1 Foaled, Raised & Sold by Greenfield Farm 5 Brunette Princess Bodemeister Delgado Landeros 8-5

9th-Gulfstream, $45,200, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 3-22, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:36.38, ft. DIAMOND KING (c, 4, Quality Road--Akron Moon {SP}, by Malibu Moon) won three of four, including Laurel=s Heft S., when trained by Robert E. Reid, Jr. as a 2-year-old in 2017. He IN ORDER OF PURSE: was transferred to John Servis and deeper waters when raced 7th-Oaklawn, $91,000, Alw (NW2L)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-22, exclusively in stakes company as a sophomore last year and 3yo, f, 6f, 1:09.29, ft. adding an ownership partner in D. J. Stable LLC. His only 2018 LYRICAL LADY (f, 3, More Than Ready--La Song {GSP, score was in Laurel=s Federico Tesio S., but he added three $138,936}, by Unbridled's Song) returned here with a flashy graded placings, including a second-place finish in the GIII victory off a seven-month layoff. She made two prior starts at Smarty Jones S. Aug. 25. Last seen when finishing a close third in the Sept. 30 GIII Oklahoma Derby, he broke here as the 2-1 favorite. Held in a stalking position, he let the speed go until engaging the leader on the turn. He straightened for home clearly and left the rest in his wake. Eye of a Jedi (Eye of the Leopard) closed late for second, finishing 3 3/4 lengths behind the winner. Diamond King is a full-brother to the better-known Bellafina (MGISW, $828,000), a two-time Grade I winner last year at two who was last seen Feb. 9 winning the GII Las Virgenes S. and is among the points leaders for the upcoming GI Kentucky Oaks. Bellafina was an $800,000 FTFMAR 2-year-old in training, while their now 2-year-old half-sister by Verrazano was a $480,000 RNA at KEESEP. The mare has another Quality Road colt at her side. Sales History: $55,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $235,000 2yo '17 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: MSW & MGSP, 11-5-1-2, $368,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-D. J. Stable LLC, Cash is King LLC and LC Racing; B-JSM Equine Lyrical Lady | Coady LLC (KY); T-John C. Servis. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

1st-Fair Grounds, $43,650, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-22, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.07, ft. MALPAIS (c, 3, Hard Spun--D' Elegance {SP}, by El Corredor), a good-looking maiden winner over track and trip Dec. 22, flashed speed and tired to a distant 11th when tried at two turns in the GIII Lecomte S. Jan. 19. He bounced back with a second-place finish in New Orleans Feb. 28 and was 2-1 in this four-horse field IN ORDER OF PURSE: to go one better. The dark bay was pressed by favored Distant 9th-Aqueduct, $60,000, (S), Msw, 3-22, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:20.21, Shore (Algorithms) through fractions of :22.32 and :45.24 and sy. took off impressively down the lane to score by 5 3/4 lengths BEHIND THE COUCH (f, 3, Awesome Again--Tapitbythesea, by over that rival in a very sharp final clocking. The stakes-placed D= Tapit) was unveiled Feb. 23 over this track at six furlongs. She Elegance is also represented by the 2-year-old filly Paterson missed the break and raced extremely wide that day before (Uncle Mo) ($210,000 KEESEP purchase by August Dawn) and a closing stoutly to nab the runner-up spot by a half-length. yearling colt by Wicked Strong. She was bred back to Into Favored at a touch over 6-5 here, she broke smoothly and Mischief. Sales history: $65,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime settled mid-pack in between horses. The chestnut began moving Record: 5-2-1-1, $68,200. up on the turn, swinging wide before barreling down the middle Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- of the track to reel in the leaders in deep stretch. She won going Tipton. away by 1 1/2 lengths over Cash Offer (Shackleford). Her dam, O-Richard & Connie Snyder & Brett and Billie Jo Setzer; B-Connie who has juvenile colt Driftwood (Courageous Cat), a yearling colt & Richard Snyder (KY); T-Joe Sharp. by Declaration of War, and was bred to Will Take Charge for this term, counts 2011 Broodmare of the Year Oatsee (Unbridled) as her granddam. Oatsee=s foals include GI Preakness winner Shackleford (Forestry), GI Alabama winner Lady Joanne 5th-Tampa Bay Downs, $20,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm (Orientate), and MGSWs Baghdaria (Royal Academy) and ($75,000), 3-22, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.31, fm. Afleeting Lady (Afleet Alex). Sales History: $100,000 Wlg '16 AUNT HATTIE (IRE) (f, 3, Camelot {GB}--Spring Star {Fr} KEENOV; $50,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, {MGSW-US & GSW-Fr, $320,336}, by Danehill) boldly captured $45,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored her debut Nov. 3 over a yielding Aqueduct turf course at by Fasig-Tipton. 1 1/16 miles and her connections thought enough of her to O-Blackwood Stables; B-Tammy Klimasewski & Robert sport her next out in the Wait A While S. Dec. 8 at Gulfstream. Klimasewski (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart. She was sixth there and fourth in a subsequent allowance Jan. 21 over the same course. Moved to Tampa, she got her feet back under her in a Feb. 10 event identical to this one, missing the win by only a neck. Supported at nearly 4-5 here, the dark bay broke from the extreme outside and was clearly and a bit rank, appearing resentful of rider Samy Camacho=s mid-pack restraint. Let loose on the last turn, she came three wide into upper stretch. She didn=t change leads until the final furlong when Warm (Flatter) looked her in the eye. The two battled gamely down the stretch with the winner prevailing by a neck. Aunt Hattie=s dam won graded/group events on two continents FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: SATURDAY, MARCH 23 and has since produced Mythomane (GB) (Dalakhani {IRE}), SP. She is by eight-time leading broodmare sire Danehill, whose Abstraction (Pulpit), Doubletree Farm, $3,000 daughters have produced 371 stakes winners to date. Sales 59 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner History: i30,000 Wlg '16 GOFNOV; i120,000 Ylg '17 ARAUG. 2-Sunland, Msw 1m, NEUTRALABSTRACTION, 15-1 Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $57,010. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Alpha (Bernardini), Darley/Sequel, $8,500 O-St. Elias Stable; B-Marengo Ltd,D. O'Loughlin & Knocknagow 95 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners Ltd (IRE); T-William I. Mott. 3-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, JUDGE STANTON, 3-1 Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm $14,000 OBS OCT yrl; $120,000 OBS APR 2yo TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

Amanecer de Oro (Afternoon Deelites), Holly Hill Farm, $1,250 Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 8 foals of racing age/1 winner/1 black-type winner 228 foals of racing age/29 winners/4 black-type winners 6-Fair Grounds, $75K Crescent City Derby, 1 1/16m, CABO'S 9-Oaklawn, $125K Gazebo S., 6f, ONCEWEWEREBROTHERS, 5-2 RUMOR, 20-1 $67,000 KEE NOV wnl; $220,000 OBS APR 2yo 6-Gulfstream, $75K Any Limit S., 6f, SMOKEN DEB, 6-5 Atreides (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $6,500 $90,000 FTK FEB yrl; $160,000 KEE SEP yrl 102 foals of racing age/13 winners/2 black-type winners 5-Gulfstream, Msw 6f, BLESSD BY THE BEST, 12-1 Central Banker (Speightstown), McMahon of Saratoga $100,000 OBS OPN 2yo Thoroughbreds, $7,500 1-Hawthorne, Msw 1m, ITSALLABOUTMEMEME, 4-5 135 foals of racing age/15 winners/2 black-type winners 5-Turfway, Msw 6f, KING BING HAWK, 15-1 13-Fair Grounds, $1000K GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby, $100,000 KEE JAN yrl 1 1/8m, BANKIT, 20-1 13-Fair Grounds, $1000K GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby, 1 $85,000 SAR AUG yrl; $260,000 OBS MAR 2yo 1/8m, SUENO, 8-1 $1,500 KEE NOV wnl; $61,000 KEE SEP yrl Drill (Lawyer Ron), Get Away Farm, $4,500 81 foals of racing age/16 winners/1 black-type winner Boisterous (Distorted Humor), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, 6-Mahoning Valley, $75K Southern Park S., 6f, DRILLIT, 8-5 $5,000 86 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner El Martillo (Tiznow) 5-Golden Gate Fields, Aoc 5 1/2f, LOUD MOUTH, 6-1 2 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 3-Mahoning Valley, Msw 1m, HAMMERS SON, 9-2 Brave Dave (Put It Back) 11 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Expect a Lot (Awesome Again), Eureka Thoroughbred Farm, 1-Fair Grounds, Msw 6f, QUEST FOR AVETTE, 20-1 $1,000 TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

8 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Haras de Corlay, $12,500 5-Sam Houston Race, $50K Bara Lass S., 6f, AWESOME SUNSET, 127 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners 8-1 7-Fair Grounds, Msw 1mT, MERLIN'S SONG, 20-1 $4,200 RNA TTA MIX yrl Moro Tap (Tapit), Double Infinity Ranch, $2,500 Flashback (Tapit), Diamond B Farm, $7,500 50 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners 175 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners 6-Sam Houston Race, $50K Groovy S., 6f, MORO CHIEF, 8-1 6-Laurel, Msw 6f, FAST MASTER, 3-1 $25,000 FTK JUL yrl; $275,000 EAS MAY 2yo Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Lane's End Farm, $25,000 1-Fair Grounds, Msw 6f, OUTLAW X., 6-1 151 foals of racing age/17 winners/1 black-type winner $10,000 ESL YRL yrl; $32,000 EQL 2YO 2yo 5-Turfway, Msw 6f, NOBLE DESCENDANT, 8-1 5-Fair Grounds, Msw 1mT, NOBLE FEVER, 8-1 Goldencents (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000 256 foals of racing age/38 winners/2 black-type winners Real Solution (Kitten's Joy), Blue Star Racing, $12,500 13-Fair Grounds, $1000K GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby, 61 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners 1 1/8m, BY MY STANDARDS, 12-1 6-Golden Gate Fields, Msw 6f, LOVE SOLUTION, 8-1 $150,000 OBS APR 2yo $35,000 BAR OCT yrl; $8,000 BAR JAN 2yo 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 1 1/16m, COWORKER, 30-1 $45,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl Vertiformer (Dynaformer), Poplar Creek Horse Center, $2,000 13-Fair Grounds, $1000K GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby, 14 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners 1 1/8m, MR. MONEY, 20-1 5-Mahoning Valley, Alw 1m, SAMMY DA BULL, 8-1 $130,000 KEE SEP yrl 8-Parx Racing, Aoc 1m, SHOELESS, 20-1 Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song), Three Chimneys Farm, $10,000 RNA FTK JUL yrl; $8,000 FTK OCT yrl; $47,000 RNA OBS $30,000 APR 2yo 207 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner 12-Fair Grounds, $400K GII Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks, Guilt Trip (Pulpit), Red River Farms, $2,500 1 1/16m, SWEET DIANE, 8-1 67 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner $130,000 KEE SEP yrl; $95,000 RNA OBS APR 2yo 2-Fair Grounds, $75K Crescent City Oaks, 1m, FUGITIVE LADY, 6-1 Winchill (Tapit), Timber Ridge Farm, $3,000 $2,000 RNA ESL YRL yrl 21 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 2-Fair Grounds, $75K Crescent City Oaks, 1m, GOODPROFIT, 3-1 3-Parx Racing, Msw 5 1/2f, COLONEL DAX, 3-1 6-Fair Grounds, $75K Crescent City Derby, 1 1/16m, MR. FOUR 3-Parx Racing, Msw 5 1/2f, ZEN ARCHER, 3-1 SEVENS, 20-1 $5,500 ESL MIX yrl

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IN THE UAE: Habah, f, 3, Twirling Candy--Dear Mama (Arg), by Mutakddim. Jebel Ali, 3-22, Alw, 1600m, 1:37.87. B-Kildare Stud (KY). *$60,000 2yo >18 OBSAPR. Gavroche, g, 8, Distorted Humor--Michita (GSW-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $288,590), by Dynaformer. Jebel Ali, 3-22, Hcp., 1950m, 1:58.41. B-Darley (KY). *AED70,000 HRA >15 ERADEC.

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Shamaal Nibras, g, 10, First Samurai--Sashay Away, by Farma TWO CHARLEY'S (g, 5, Hansen--Slewville {MSW, $124,747}, by Way. Jebel Ali, 3-22, Alw, 1400m, 1:23.45. B-Andrew Cohen & Petionville) Lifetime Record: SP, 18-4-5-4, $187,200. O-Charles Gary Tolchin (KY). *1/2 to New Edition (Stormy Atlantic), SW & L. Biggs; B- McLean, Marc McLean & Pope McLean Jr. (KY); GSP, $269,029; and Red Sashay (Big Brown), MSW, $136,145. T-Cathal A. Lynch. *$47,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $47,000 RNA Ylg **MGSW-UAE. ***$25,000 Ylg >10 KEESEP; 45,000gns 2yo >11 '15 OBSAUG; $30,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. TATAPR. Hidden Brook Sales Graduate

IN JAPAN: 8th-Fair Grounds, $47,000, (S), 3-22, (NW3L), 4yo/up, 1m 70y, Hiromi, c, 4, Overanalyze--Centerpiece, by Bertrando. Ohi, 1:43.63, ft. 3-22, Alw, 1200m. B-Windwood Farms & Phoenix Farm & MAGA MAN (g, 4, Musket Man--Lew's Gray, by Pulling Racing LLC (KY). *$37,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP; $315,000 2yo >17 Punches) Lifetime Record: 11-3-2-0, $108,400. O/B-Steven OBSAPR. **Took his current winning streak to four with a two- Renshaw (LA); T-Guy Smith. length victory as the 2-5 favorite. 4th-Golden Gate Fields, $43,002, (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-22, 3yo/up, 6f (AWT), 1:09.93, ft. GRECIAN FIRE (g, 5, Unusual Heat--Maddie's Odyssey {SP, $142,113}, by Kitten's Joy) Lifetime Record: SW, 21-4-2-4, $221,702. O/B-KMN Racing LLC (CA); T-Jerry Hollendorfer.

7th-Charles Town, $24,000, (S), 3-21, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:21.56, sy. ROCKET THUNDER (m, 6, Officer Rocket {GB}--Kitty's Thunder, by Thunder Gulch) Lifetime Record: 25-6-8-2, $92,560. O/B-Bybee Road Farm (WV); T-Victor M. Espinosa.

9th-Tampa Bay Downs, $22,750, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($32,000), 3-22, 4yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :55.83, fm. BAND OF ANGELS (m, 5, Awesome of Course--Military Affair, by Military) Lifetime Record: 15-8-0-2, $134,220. O-JN Racing ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Stables, Inc.; B-Cynthia Carol Harries (FL); T-Jorge Navarro. 8th-Aqueduct, $79,726, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 3-22, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.09, sy. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: SHORT KAKES (m, 5, Kodiak Kowboy--Sweet Kakes, by Roman Canarsie Princess, f, 3, Big Brown--Smartgabrielle, by Smart Ruler) Lifetime Record: SP, 29-6-7-6, $316,438. O/B-Two Tone Strike. Aqueduct, 3-22, (S), (C), 6f, 1:15.21. B-Golden Goose Farms (KY); T-David A. Cannizzo. Enterprises & Frank Lodato (NY). *1ST-TIME STARTER. Don't Blame Bertie, f, 3, Blame--Knockout Bertie (SP, $119,188), 7th-Laurel, $54,585, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 3-22, 4yo/up, by Distorted Humor. Penn National, 3-22, 5 1/2f, 1:06.59. 1 1/16m, 1:44.91, wf. B-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY). SUPER DUDE (g, 5, First Dude--Dark Rhythm {SP}, by Fit to Big Bennys Tribute, f, 3, Curlin--Adrina, by A.P. Indy. Aqueduct, Fight) Lifetime Record: SP, 7-3-2-2, $107,590. O-Lady Sheila 3-22, (C), 6f, 1:13.78. B-Courtlandt Farm (KY). *$110,000 Ylg Stable; B-Moreau Bloodstock International, Inc. (FL); T-Gary C. '17 KEESEP. **1ST-TIME STARTER. Contessa. *$40,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT; $200,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Out of Cents, c, 3, Goldencents--Out of Goodbyes (MSW, **1/2 to Lilly Fa Pootz (Gilded Time), SW & MGSP, $317,722. $113,100), by Out of Place. Charles Town, 3-21, (S), 7f, Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm 1:28.87. B-Schiano Racing Inc. (WV). *1ST-TIME STARTER. Moon Eyes, f, 3, Kantharos--French Politics (SP, $161,388), by Political Force. Gulfstream, 3-22, (S), 6f, 1:12.21. B-GDS Racing 8th-Laurel, $51,841, (NW3X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-22, 4yo/up, Stable (FL). *Won by 6 1/2 lengths. 6f, 1:10.49, wf.

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Julia Mae's Legacy, g, 3, Raison d'Etat--Mac N Mayo (SW, $373,439), by Meadow Monster. Penn National, 3-21, 1m 70y, 1:43.78. B-Calumet Farm (KY). *$1,200 Ylg '17 KEEJAN; $6,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Unruly Julie, f, 3, The Factor--Julie B (MSW, $890,030), by Eastover Court. Charles Town, 3-21, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:22.75. B-O'Sullivan Farms LLC & Funkhouser Associates, Inc. (WV). Bye Bye Man, c, 3, Union Rags--Shimmer, by Pulpit. Aqueduct, 3-22, (C), 1m, 1:40.27. B-Forging Oaks LLC (KY). *$285,000 Ylg '17 FTSAUG. **1/2 to Sister Moon (Dixie Union), GSP, $107,350. ***Won by 8 1/4 lengths. W W Fitzy, f, 3, Well Positioned--Stormy Fitz, by Stormy Atlantic. Hawthorne, 3-22, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:04.27. B-William P. Stiritz (IL). Palermo Style, g, 4, Animal Kingdom--House of Grace (SW, $227,859), by Limehouse. Golden Gate Fields, 3-21, 1m (AWT), 1:38.76. B-PT Syndicate #1, LLC (CA). *$30,000 Ylg '16 BAROCT. St. Denman, g, 4, Denman (Aus)--Moondancer, by Cuvee. Gulfstream, 3-22, 1mT, 1:34.65. B-Michael & Patricia Freeny (KY).

IN NEW ZEALAND: Anna Cecelia (Aus), f, 2, More Than Ready. See TDNAus/NZ insert Riding the Wave (Aus), g, 3, Malibu Moon. See TDNAus/NZ insert.

IN SOUTH KOREA: Seobu Cat (Kor), c, 3, Discreet Cat--Deville, by Petionville. Busan, 3-22, Hcp. ($35k), 1300m. B-Bu Gun Young. *1/2 to Puntsville (Cashel Castle), MSW, $455,012; and Devileye (Indygo Shiner), MSW, $241,055. **$15,000 in utero >15 KEENOV.

Malpais (Hard Spun) kicks off the Fair Grounds card with an impressive optional claiming tally. This is what $5,000 gets you:

Winner of the stallion-making Met Mile (G1) in 1:33.13

109 Beyer Speed — second-fastest by any horse at a mile in 2018

From the sire-producing family of A.P. Indy, Summer Squall, Lemon Drop Kid, etc.

Outstanding physical

Named a Bronze Medal Stallion on Chris McGrath’s Value Podium

Contact Ryan Norton: (859) 254-0424

www.DarbyDan.com JERSEY TOWN – BEES, BY RAHY | FEE: $5,000 S&N TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 23, 2019

MORE THAN READY, Lyrical Lady, f, 3, o/o La Song, by Unbridled's Song. AOC, 3-22, Oaklawn MUSKET MAN, Maga Man, g, 4, o/o Lew's Gray, by Pulling Punches. ALW, 3-22, Fair Grounds OFFICER ROCKET (GB), Rocket Thunder, m, 6, o/o Kitty's Thunder, by Thunder Gulch. ALW, 3-21, Charles Town ANIMAL KINGDOM, Palermo Style, g, 4, o/o House of Grace, by QUALITY ROAD, Diamond King, c, 4, o/o Akron Moon, by Malibu Limehouse. MSW, 3-21, Golden Gate Moon. AOC, 3-22, Gulfstream AWESOME AGAIN, Behind the Couch, f, 3, o/o Tapitbythesea, RAISON D'ETAT, Julia Mae's Legacy, g, 3, o/o Mac N Mayo, by by Tapit. MSW, 3-22, Aqueduct Meadow Monster. MSW, 3-21, Penn National AWESOME OF COURSE, Band of Angels, m, 5, o/o Military THE FACTOR, Unruly Julie, f, 3, o/o Julie B, by Eastover Court. Affair, by Military. AOC, 3-22, Tampa Bay MSW, 3-21, Charles Town BIG BROWN, Canarsie Princess, f, 3, o/o Smartgabrielle, by UNION RAGS, Bye Bye Man, c, 3, o/o Shimmer, by Pulpit. MCL, Smart Strike. MCL, 3-22, Aqueduct 3-22, Aqueduct BLAME, Don't Blame Bertie, f, 3, o/o Knockout Bertie, by UNUSUAL HEAT, Grecian Fire, g, 5, o/o Maddie's Odyssey, by Distorted Humor. MSW, 3-22, Penn National Kitten's Joy. AOC, 3-22, Golden Gate CAMELOT (GB), Aunt Hattie (Ire), f, 3, o/o Spring Star (Fr), by WELL POSITIONED, W W Fitzy, f, 3, o/o Stormy Fitz, by Stormy Danehill. AOC, 3-22, Tampa Bay Atlantic. MSW, 3-22, Hawthorne CURLIN, Big Bennys Tribute, f, 3, o/o Adrina, by A.P. Indy. MCL, 3-22, Aqueduct š › DENMAN (AUS), St. Denman, g, 4, o/o Moondancer, by Cuvee. MSW, 3-22, Gulfstream FIRST DUDE, Super Dude, g, 5, o/o Dark Rhythm, by Fit to Fight. AOC, 3-22, Laurel GOLDENCENTS, Out of Cents, c, 3, o/o Out of Goodbyes, by Out of Place. MSW, 3-21, Charles Town HANSEN, Two Charley's, g, 5, o/o Slewville, by Petionville. AOC, 3-22, Laurel HARD SPUN, Malpais, c, 3, o/o D' Elegance, by El Corredor. AOC, 3-22, Fair Grounds KANTHAROS, Moon Eyes, f, 3, o/o French Politics, by Political Force. MSW, 3-22, Gulfstream KODIAK KOWBOY, Short Kakes, m, 5, o/o Sweet Kakes, by Roman Ruler. AOC, 3-22, Aqueduct LOOKIN AT LUCKY, Lookin for Eight, g, 5, o/o Somalia, by Mineshaft. AOC, 3-22, Oaklawn