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Inevitably, many of the details of its past have been lost MONARCHS TO SAUSAGES: forever in the mists of time. But Jim has unearthed the results of 221 Town Plates, thus producing as comprehensive a list as is THE TOWN PLATE humanly possible. His detailed document makes riveting reading. The first thing which strikes one is that, while King Charles II's name is forever linked with the race, he was not the only monarch who targeted it in its early years. King Charles II rode the Plate winner on October 14, 1671, bringing 'His Majesty's Horse' home in front of his three rivals. (He also won a Plate at Newmarket in 1675, seemingly riding a horse named Blue Capp). Later in the 17th century, King William III was the winning owner, when 'King William III's Horse' beat his only rival to land the Plate in on October 9, 1695. The identity of the winning rider is not recorded--but is it too hard to believe that it may have been the horse's owner, a thoroughly competent horseman who was both nephew and nephew-in-law of King Charles II? Cont. p2

Miss Eileen Joel became the first female to ride a winner in Britain IN TDN AMERICA TODAY in the 1925 Town Plate aboard Hogier | Getty WEEK IN REVIEW: HOW GOOD IS OMAHA BEACH? By John Berry Bill Finley offers a closer look at Grade I-winning Omaha Beach The theory is that during the Christmas period one has some and reflects on what might have been had fate not intervened. 'time off', whether that be a few hours or a few days. Eating and Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. drinking traditionally become serious pastimes, and I always take the opportunity to do a bit of reading. This year I'll be buried primarily not in a book but in a wonderful treatise which I've just been given, the result of years of research by Jim Fuller. Jim is Newmarket-born and -bred and, although he didn't follow his late father (who worked for Bernard van Cutsem in Stanley House) into the racing game, he loves Newmarket's racing heritage and now, in retirement, is a regular fixture during Tattersalls sales, manning the gateway connecting the main Park Paddocks complex with Terrace House. Of all the aspects of Newmarket's history which Jim loves, its (and the world's) oldest race, the Town Plate, stands supreme. It is fair to say that he knows more about this historical oddity than any man alive. It is not just that the Newmarket Town Plate, which is run every year over a three-and-three-quarter-mile course which starts on the National Stud and finishes along the July Course, pre-dates the internet or living memory; it pre-dates the span of most history books, having been inaugurated in 1666. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2019

Monarchs To Sausages: The Town Plate cont. from p1 the United Kingdom, courtesy of the Act of Union (with Scotland) of 1707. He owned the winner of that year's Town Plate. Subsequently, his son Francis Godolphin, the Second Earl of Godolphin, made an even greater impact on turf history as owner of the breed-shaping stallion variously known as either the Godolphin Arabian or Godolphin Barb. In the 20th century, the Town Plate became more notable for the women on its roll of honour than for the men. Until the 1970s the Jockey Club resisted the idea that women should be allowed to ride in races. However, the Town Plate was not run under Jockey Club rules (because it has its own rules and they pre-date the formation of the Jockey Club by the better part of a century). When the Plate was instituted in the 17th century it never occurred to anyone that ladies might want to ride in a race, so no one thought to insert a clause in the rules barring their participation. The only stipulation was that "no serving Sheikh Fahad Al Thani & Almagest after winning the >16 Town Plate man or groom" might take part. Racing Post Consequently, women began to ride in the Town Plate decades The royal theme has continued much more recently when, in before they were allowed to do so in more conventional races. 2016, Qatar's Sheikh Fahad Al Thani won the 347th running of On October 15, 1925 Miss Eileen Joel became the first woman to the Town Plate in his own colours aboard Almagest. ride the winner of a race in Great Britain, winning the Town Another famous name to appear among the early Town Plate Plate on Hogier, owned by Mrs Walter Earl (and presumably results is Sidney Godolphin, the First Earl of Godolphin who, as trained by the owner's husband, although details of the winning First Lord of the Treasury, was responsible for the creation of trainer were not recorded). TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2019

Cont. The following year's Plate was won by Staphania, owned by Mr H. A. Armitage, trained by Walter Griggs and ridden by Griggs' sister-in-law Miss Iris Rickaby--who subsequently became known formally as Mrs Keith Piggott and informally as 'Lester's mum' (and was thus mother-in-law of the winning rider of the 1963 Town Plate, which was won by Susan Piggott on board the John Benstead-trained Bingo). Families have been a recurrent theme of the Town Plate. Eileen Joel's daughter Miss Valda Rogerson rode the winner (on Vulpes) 30 years after her mother's triumph; in turn her daughter Miss Alex Embiricos won the race in 1984, beating 18 rivals on her mother's Josh Gifford-trained Summons. Other members of Eileen Joel's family to ride the winner were her niece Solna Joel (in 1948, on her own horse Filius) and great-niece Miss Diana Thomson Jones, who won in 1964 on Stem Turn, owned by her grandfather Stanhope Joel and trained by her father Harry Thomson Jones. More recently, the mighty Sea Buck provided a happy family story. On October 8, 1994 Carolyn Poland's Sea Buck, trained by her brother-in-law Henry Candy, won the race by a short head, ridden by his owner. Sea Buck then won the race again in each of the next four years, scoring under Mrs Poland's niece Sophie Candy in 1995 and '96 and under Sophie's sister Emma in both '97 and '98. The Harwood family is another to have enjoyed success in the Town Plate. Guy Harwood trained the winner in both 1985 and '86, the first time with Velvet Touch ridden by one of his daughters (Amanda) and the second time with Bushido ridden by another (Gaye). The girls rode, incidentally, in famous colours: Velvet Touch was owned by Sheikh Mohammed and Bushido by Khalid Abdullah.

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I have always described Sea Buck as the ultimate Town Plate I'm hoping perhaps eventually to create another Town Plate horse, but Jim Fuller's research has shown that this is not the family story. I had the thrill in 2011 of collecting the traditional case. That honour is held (and almost certainly always will be and highly-coveted prize (three dozen Newmarket sausages) as held) by Prestonfield, winner of the race at least six times a result of winning the race as owner, trainer and rider with between 1899 and 1906. Jim has established that Prestonfield, Kadouchski. Afterwards I formed a vague ambition to win it as who was owned by the Waugh family and appears listed owner, trainer, rider and breeder. That ambition, however, is variously under the ownership of the brothers Thomas, James almost certainly going to remain unfulfilled because, if I ever and Robert Waugh, won the race in 1899, 1900, '03, '04, '05 and have another runner, I hope that my son Anthony, currently '06. It seems possible that he also won it in 1901 and '02, but Jim aged 16, might be in the saddle. I'd happily settle for making my has been unable to find details of those races. In his first two way into Jim Fuller's records in the triple roles of owner, trainer wins he was ridden by Thomas Waugh; in his final four he was and sire. ridden by Mr F. A. Simpson, a notable Newmarket horseman who (like Prestonfield) set Town Plate records which are likely to stand forever. Frank Simpson's Town Plate record is formidable: he rode the PHALARIS: AN UNLIKELY SUPER SIRE winner at least 16 times between 1903 and 1931. (I believe him to have ridden the winner 17 times, but only 16 appear on Jim's list--which leads me to hope that the seventeenth might have been the 1902 renewal on Prestonfield). Age did not weary Frank Simpson: he was aged 77 the final time he won the race (in 1931 on his own horse Bogus) and rode in the race again the following year, finishing second behind Mr Bertram, ridden by Audrey Bell. Another prolific rider of the time was Mr C. W. Stevens, who won the race six times between 1910 and '18, on five different horses for four different owners. His final two victories, in 1917 and '18, came on board Green Falcon and Tweedledum, both owned and trained by the legendary Robert Sievier, who is best known for winning four of the five Classics in 1902 with his great filly Sceptre. Sievier, the only owner/trainer ever to be champion trainer, had prepared Sceptre at Shrewton in Phalaris (GB) Wiltshire but during and immediately after the First World War By Ross Birkett he trained in Fitzroy House in Newmarket, now the base of A Classic flop produced from a moderate mare who was Michael Bell. herself out of a dam that never won-hardly the recipe for a legacy which now accounts for over 90% of the Thoroughbred population, is it? But this is Phalaris (GB) we are talking about, the most influential stallion of the last century and perhaps also the most unheralded. Born in Newmarket on May 16, 1913, the plain bay with a white star came into the world with little fanfare. Indeed, Lord Derby's son of Polymelus (GB) and the speedily-bred Bromus (GB) ran his first two races without a name but he would come to leave a dynasty which dominates modern-day bloodlines around the world. Sent by his owner-breeder to trainer George Lambton as a 2-year-old, Phalaris was beaten on his debut but soon made amends by winning his next two starts before being put away for the winter with a Classics campaign in mind. John Berry wins the 2011 Town Plate on Kadouchski | Emma Berry Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2019

That plan was soon shelved after he was a well-beaten third in champion sire in America in 1934 and 1938 and is the great the Craven S. in the spring of 1916, after which he was dropped grandsire of Native Dancer. in class to handicap company and duly won three consecutive Despite Lord Derby's initial hesitance to stand the champion races at Newmarket with ease. sprinter, the key to Phalaris's success appears to be that he It wasn't until his 4-year old season that Phalaris was seen at injected some much-needed pace into Lord Derby's stoutly-bred his best. Now campaigned as a (albeit classy) mares at a time sprinter, he won seven of his when popularity in the racing nine races that year which world was starting to shift from culminated with wins in the staying races to shorter events. Snailwell S. and the Challenge Speed was a sought-after S. over five and six furlongs commodity and Phalaris had plenty respectively, leading to him of it. being crowned champion By the time he died, while sprinter. covering a mare at the age of 16 in His 5-year old campaign was 1931, Phalaris's legacy was secured a similar story with some thanks to his "compact but back at remarkable weight-carrying the knee" son born in 1920. That performances to his credit: he colt was the aforementioned won the Lanwades Plate Pharos, who went on to sire carrying a pound over 10 Nearco (ITY), the sire of Nearctic stone, with the Horse of the Year Sunday Silence | Patricia McQueen (Can), who sired Northern Dancer bottom-weighted horses (Can). Now you can understand shouldering almost three stone less that day. the old boy's influence. By the time of his retirement later that season, Phalaris was At the time of his death, Phalaris was described as a widely considered a great weight carrier, if not a moderately successful stallion, but even his biggest fan could record-breaking speedster. He was unfortunate to be around at not have predicted the lasting impact he would have on the the same time, and indeed in the same yard, as the legendary Thoroughbred breed. Through the sirelines of Northern Dancer, sprinter Diadem (GB), who was the apple of trainer George Mr. Prospector and Sunday Silence, the Classic flop out of a Lambton's eye. Lord Derby was even open to offers in excess of mare who won just one race is now responsible for winners all 5,000 guineas (,150,000 today) for the colt but none came, so across the globe. he decided to stand him at Cheveley Park Stud in Newmarket for What set him apart? There have been stallions who have 200 guineas. The seemingly steep fee was little deterrent for produced faster racehorses but none have been able to pass on breeders as he soon had a full book, though 'full' in those days that ability with such longevity through the generations quite was rather different to today's norm: Phalaris's first crop like Phalaris. numbered 16 foals. The breeders' instincts were proven correct, however, as his offspring were well received at the sales, so much so that the stallion's fee was upped to 300 guineas and he was transferred FIRST-SEASON SIRES to Lord Derby's Side Hill Stud before his runners hit the track. WITH RUNNERS Some horses click in the breeding world and Phalaris did just that. He was the leading sire of 2-year olds from 1925 to 1927 and was overall champion sire in England twice, in 1925 and FRANCE 1928. Later he was thrice champion broodmare sire, all three Outstrip (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Dalham Hall Stud titles coming posthumously. 106 foals of racing age/22 winners/1 black-type winner Manna (GB), winner of the Derby and 2000 Guineas, tops the 1-MAR.P VIVAUX, 2000m, MISS ROAZHON (GB) list of Phalaris's runners. A number of his best offspring were out i1,500 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale 2017 - English of mares by another of Lord Derby's stallions, Chaucer (GB), a Version; 800gns RNA Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - son of St Simon (GB), and these include his influential stallion Book 3; ,5,500 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot 2yo Breeze Up Sale sons Pharos (GB) and Sickle (GB). The latter went on to be 2019 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2019

First Season Sires cont. Tattletime, f, 3, Orb--Miss Tattle Tale, by Tale of the Cat. UNITED KINGDOM Southwell, 12-29, 6f 16y (AWT), 1:17.09. B-Deborah R Hancock Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}), Dalham Hall Stud (KY). *$9,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP; ,15,000 2yo >18 GOFBRE. 78 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner 14:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 6f, DAZZLING DES (Ire) i33,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2018 Hot Streak (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Tweenhills Stud 79 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner 14:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 6f, WINNING STREAK (GB) ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: ,15,000 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sept. Yearling Sale 2018; Reux (GB), c, 2, Dansili (GB)--Neartica (Fr), by Sadler=s Wells. ,55,000 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot 2yo Breeze Up Sale 2019 Pornichet-La Baule, 12-28, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:43.36. B-Newsells Supplicant (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), Haras des Trois Chapelles Park Stud (GB). *87,000gns Ylg >18 TATOCT. 7 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners High River (Fr), g, 3, Stormy River (Fr)--High Perfection (Ire), by 14:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 6f, BAILEYS BLUES (Fr) High Chaparral (Ire). Pornichet-La Baule, 12-28, 15 1/2f (AWT), 15,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017 3:27.78. B-Antoine Fontaine (FR). *i12,000 Ylg >17 AROCT.

CONDITIONS RESULTS: 7th-Dortmund, i6,000, Cond, 12-29, 3yo, 9f 165y (AWT), 2:11.81, st. EYES ON FIRE (GER) (f, 3, Campanologist--Envollee {Fr}, by In the Wings {GB}) Lifetime Record: 11-2-4-3, i13,800. O-M&M Racing Stable; B-Laurenz Messmann (GER); T-Axel Kleinkorres. i9,500 RNA 2yo >18 BBAGM.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Sergeant (Fr), c, 2, Nutan (Ire)--Stella Marina (Ire), by Dylan Thomas (Ire). Dortmund, 12-29, 9f (AWT), 2:03.06. B-Ursula & Brazen Beau (Aus) | Darley Jurgen Imm (FR). *1ST-TIME STARTER.

CONDITIONS RESULTS: 5th-Southwell, i5,300, Cond, 12-29, 3yo/up, 7f 14y (AWT), 1:29.72, st. IN HONG KONG: PARALLEL WORLD (IRE) (g, 3, Morpheus {GB}--Miss Glitters Rich and Lucky (GB), g, 3, Kingman (GB)--Don=t Forget Faith {Ire}, by Chavalier {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, ,7,181. (GSP-Eng, $132,833), by Victory Gallop. Sha Tin, 12-29, Griffin O-Ontoawinner 14 & Mrs E Burke; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Karl Trophy (Restricted Cond.) (,196k/i230k), 1400mT, 1:22.73. Burke. *i15,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP. B-Highclere Stud. *110,000gns RNA Ylg >17 TATOCT; 45,000gns Ylg >17 TATDEC; i180,000 2yo >18 ARQMAY; HK$4,500,000 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: HRA >19 HKIS. VIDEO Astrozone (GB), f, 2, Fast Company (Ire)--Rhal (Ire), by Rahy. Glorious Artist (Ire), g, 5, Zoffany (Ire)--Queenie Keen (Ire), by Southwell, 12-29, 4f 214y (AWT), :59.54. B-Crossfields Refuse To Bend (Ire). Sha Tin, 12-29, Hcp. (,206k/i241k), Bloodstock Ltd (GB). *,22,000 Ylg >18 TASAYG. 1650m (AWT), 1:38.45. B-N Hartery. *i35,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV; 60,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT. VIDEO TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2019

Sunday, Oi, Japan TOKYO DAISHOTEN-G1, -136,000,000, Oi, 12-29, 3yo/up, 2000m, 2:04.90, yl. 1--OMEGA PERFUME (JPN), 126, c, 4, Swept Overboard OMEGA PERFUME SOARS IN DAISHOTEN 1st Dam: Omega Fragrance (Jpn), by Gold Allure (Jpn) 2nd Dam: Beauty Make (Jpn), by Real Shadai 3rd Dam: Sailing Beauty (Fr), by Lyphard (-16,200,000 2yo '17 CHI2YO). O-Reiko Hara; B-Shadai Farm; T-Shogo Yasuda; J-Mirco Demuro; -80,000,000. Lifetime Record: 15-7-3-2, -389,417,000. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* 2--Nonkono Yume (Jpn), 126, g, 7, Twining--Nonko (Jpn), by Agnes Tachyon (Jpn). O-Kotaro Yamada; B-Shadai Farm; -28,000,000. 3--Mogiana Flavor (Jpn), 126, c, 4, Battle Plan--Nasuken Iris (Jpn), by French Deputy. (-14,580,000 Ylg '16 HOKSUM). O-Nobuo Oda; B-Sakurai Farm; -16,000,000. Margins: 1, 2, HF; Odds: 1.80, 28.80, 15.40 Also Ran: Gold Dream (Jpn), Lord Golazo (Jpn), Sano Summer Omega Perfume (Jpn) | Horsephotos (Jpn), Baldassare (Jpn), K T Brave (Jpn), Apollo Tennessee, Sand Platina (Jpn), Umanojo (Jpn), Gaudy (Jpn), London Town (Jpn) Defending champion Omega Perfume (Jpn) (Swept Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Overboard) came from off the pace to annex his second VIDEO. consecutive victory in the G1 Tokyo Daishonten at Oi Sunday. Crowded slightly right after the start, the grey was eased back Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong off the early pace and remained two abreast in the second BAUHINIA SPRINT TROPHY H.-G3, HK$3,250,000 flight, about three lengths off the leading pack. Asked for more (,319,033/i373,485/A$597,932/US$417,321), Sha Tin, 12-29, and delivering turning for home, Omega Perfume was fanned 3yo/up, 1000mT, :55.71, gd. out several paths wide as he straightened at the top of the lane 1--BIG PARTY (AUS), 118, g, 4, by Exceed and Excel (Aus) and took dead aim at 13-10 favorite Gold Dream (Jpn) (Gold 1st Dam: De Groove (Aus), by Dehere Allure {Jpn}), who had fought his way to a narrow advantage. 2nd Dam: Tyrises (Aus), by Last Tycoon (Ire) Moving better than that rival late, Omega Perfume gradually 3rd Dam: Irises (Aus), by Tate Gallery overtook Gold Dream and had enough left in reserve to fend off 1ST STAKES WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (A$420,000 Ylg >17 the oncoming Nonkono Yume (Jpn) at the wire. Mogiana Flavor INGEAS). O-Ryan Wong Man Yeung & Roland Wong Ka Yeung; (Jpn) (Battle Plan) closed for third. Victorious in the G3 Sirius S. B-G S A Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Vic); T-Frankie Lor; J-Grant van last September, the grey subsequently closed out the season Niekerk; HK$1,852,500. Lifetime Record: 9-5-0-0, with a narrow score in this event. With a trio of placings from HK$6,301,100. *1/2 to General Groove (Aus) (General Nediym five prior starts this term, including a win in the Listed Teio Sho {Aus}), GSP-Aus, $235,373; full to Top Me Up (Aus), GSP-Aus, in June followed by and a runner-up effort in the JBC Classic in $241,846. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. November, the Shadai Farm bred finished sixth most recently in Werk Nick Rating: A+. the G1 Champions Cup Dec. 1. Omega Fragrance--a half-sister to 2--Big Time Baby (Ire), 123, g, 5, Dandy Man (Ire)--Royal Daiwa Gelato (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}), herself responsible for Majestic (GB), by Tobougg (Ire). (i33,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV; Group 3-winner Eterna Minoru (Jpn) (Empire Maker)--produced ,45,000 Ylg >15 DONAUG). O-Golden Era Syndicate; B-Paul & a colt by Roses In May this year and was among the first book of Billy McEnery; T-Manfred Man; HK$715,000. mares bred to multiple Grade I-winning sprinter Mind Your Biscuits. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 30 DECEMBER 2019

Bauhinia Sprint Trophy cont. half to MGSW and G1 The Galaxy S. runner-up Taikun (Aus) 3--Thanks Forever (Aus), 125, g, 4, Duporth (Aus)--Cinecitta (Anabaa). Also the 109th SW and 44th GSW out of a daughter of (Aus), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). (A$170,000 Ylg >17 Dehere, Big Party has a yearling full-brother that is to be MMGCYS). O-Patrick Ng Pak Hong, Albert Lee Wai Choi, Francis consigned by Bhima Thoroughbreds to the upcoming Magic Lee Lan Yee & Chan Wing Kwong; B-AC Lloyd Jones (NSW); Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. De Groove produced another T-John Moore; HK$373,750. Exceed and Excel colt this year and was bred back to Zoustar Margins: 1 3/4, 1, HF. Odds: 17-10, 85-10, 13-10. (Aus). Also Ran: Jolly Banner (Aus), Premiere (NZ), Regency Legend (NZ), California Whip. Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing. VIDEO. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. With the underrated Grant van Niekerk deputising for the flu- stricken Joao Moreira, Big Party took advantage of the handicap and came running late for a first pattern success in Sunday=s Bauhinia Sprint Trophy at a rainy Sha Tin Racecourse. Drawn stands= side, Big Party sat a good trip behind the early pace set by Premiere (NZ) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), was switched IN HONG KONG: out into the three path and struck the front with a half-furlong Big Party, g, 4, Exceed and Excel. See TDN Europe >Worldwide to race before striding home a comfortable winner. News= Big Party may have earned a shot at Hong Kong=s best sprinters in the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup in three weeks= time, but winning trainer Frankie Lor wasn=t fully committing to that just yet. AI need to look at the horse tomorrow morning to see how he is,@ the conditioner told HKJC=s David Morgan. AAfter his last run he came back and was eating okay and everything looked good, so I talked to Joao (Moreira) and we decided to race him IN HONG KONG: [Sunday]. It=s three weeks to the Group 1 so we need to see how Fortune Brilliant, g, 4, Pins (Aus)--Mon Beau Cheval (NZ), by the horse is tomorrow and then we can start to think.@ Montjeu (Ire). Sha Tin, 12-29, Hcp. (NZ$185k), 1200m, 1:10.59. B-Mrs C A & C C Chamberlain, Mrs H M & M J Moran. *1ST Pedigree Notes: TIME STARTER. **NZ$90,000 Ylg >17 NZBJAN. VIDEO Big Party is the 165th worldwide black-type winner and 84th Mighty Giant, g, 4, Power (GB)--Wanderov (NZ), by Ustinov group/graded winner for his outstanding sire and is out of an (Aus). Sha Tin, 12-29, Hcp. (NZ$185k), 1400m, 1:22.83. B-Mrs unraced full-sister to SW & GSP Super Groove (Aus) as well as a C & L R Beckett. VIDEO

UPCOMING JAPANESE GROUP RACES

Date Race Track

Jan. 5 Nakayama Kimpai (GB) Nakayama Kyoto Kimpai (G3) Kyoto Jan. 12 Shinzan Kinen (G3) Kyoto Jan. 18 Aichi Hai (G3) Chukyo Jan. 19 Keisei Hai (G3) Nakayama Nikkei Shinshun Hai (G2) Kyoto Jan. 26 American Jockey Club Cup (G2) Nakayama Tokai S. (G2) Chukyo

Big Party too strong in the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy | HKJC photo

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HOW GOOD IS OMAHA MO FORZA=S SUCCESS LEADS DAM BACK TO SALES RING by Jessica Martini BEACH? WE=LL NEVER When the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale catalogue was published, Inflamed (Unusual Heat)=s first foal was only an REALLY KNOW unplaced 3-year-old, but when the mare went through the sales ring last month, Mo Forza (Uncle Mo) was a graded stakes winner. The 9-year-old mare was purchased by Craig Bernick=s Glen Hill Farm for $170,000 and Bernick watched as the mare=s stock continued to rise when Mo Forza won the GI Hollywood Derby just weeks after the auction. Mo Forza=s Grade I win convinced Bernick to supplement Inflamed to the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale where she will be offered Jan. 14 as hip 795E as part of Glen Hill Farm=s first-ever consignment. Bernick was busy as both a buyer and seller at the November sale, which was dominated by the dispersal of his Elevage partnership with John Sikura=s Hill >n= Dale Farm. Cont. p6

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Omaha Beach | Benoit JOHN BERRY REFLECTS ON THE TOWN PLATE The Week in Review, By Bill Finley John Berry takes a closer look at Newmarket’s oldest race, It looks like Omaha Beach (War Front) is going to end up his the Town Plate, and its rich and diverse history. career on a high note before going off to stud. He romped in Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Saturday=s GI Runhappy Malibu S. at Santa Anita and will likely be favored in the GI Pegasus World Cup, his last stop before entering stallion duty at Spendthrift Farm. Should he win the Pegasus, his record will include four Grade I victories and over $3 million in earnings. That=s a very good career but not nearly as good as what he might have been able to accomplish had he simply been luckier. Whatever chance he had to fulfill his full potential was lost the moment trainer Richard Mandella discovered his horse had an entrapped epiglottis. Omaha Beach had already been entered in the GI Kentucky Derby and had to be scratched the Wednesday before the race. He also would not be ready for the GI Preakness S. or the GI Belmont S. But Mandella said at the time that Omaha Beach would only miss about three weeks of training, which meant that he should have been ready for the major 3-year-old stakes in the summer. Instead, Omaha Beach=s recovery was anything but smooth. He had a virus and a minor setback in his training and wasn=t able to get back to the races until Oct. 5 when showing up in the GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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The Week in Review (cont. from p1) hypothetical. As talented as Omaha Beach is, could he have won the Kentucky Derby or another Triple Crown race? Might he To the extent that he won and ran down the tough sprinter have won a Grade I race over the summer? If his training Shancelot (Shanghai Bobby) in schedule had not been filled with the process, it was a successful fits and starts, might he have comeback for Omaha Beach. won the Breeders= Cup Classic? But Mandella did not think he No one will ever know, but it=s could go from a six-furlong race hardly a stretch to speculate that to a mile-and-a-quarter in the this is a horse that is so talented GI Breeders= Cup Classic. that he was capable of putting Omaha Beach wound up in the together a career that would GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile, rank him among the best of his where he couldn=t catch Spun generation. Sometimes, talent to Run (Hard Spun), who had isn=t enough. gotten loose on the lead. Add the Classic to the mix and circumstances had kept Omaha Smith vs Bailey Beach out of what would have The win aboard Omaha Beach been the most important races Jerry Bailey prepares to get a leg up on Medaglia d=Oro from in the Runhappy Malibu S. gave for him had he had a healthy, trainer Bobby Frankel in 2003 | Horsephotos jockey Mike Smith his 217th uninterrupted campaign in Grade I win, moving him past 2019. No Triple Crown races. No GI Travers S. or GI Pacific Jerry Bailey and into first place in that category. Classic. No Breeders= Cup Classic. While both are among the greatest jockeys in the history of How he would have performed in those races is, of course, a the sport, it=s worth noting that Bailey needed a shorter window matter of conjecture. But there=s no harm in dealing with the to pile up all those Grade I wins than Smith did. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

Retiring in 2006, Bailey rode for 30 years and had 30,204 mounts. He won 663 graded stakes. Smith is in his 37th year of riding and has had 33,517 mounts. He has 606 graded stakes wins. Whichever of the two has had the better career is difficult to answer. But Smith has a chance now to put some distance between himself and Bailey and that=s because he=s among the most durable top riders in the sport=s history. Smith had a huge afternoon Saturday at Santa Anita, winning four races, all of them stakes. He may be 54, but he=s still riding at a top level and very much in demand. Bailey retired at age 49.

Should There Be Racing on Christmas? Obviously, there are reasons not to run on Christmas, none more important than giving employees the day off to be with their families. But racing, which shuts down throughout North America on Christmas, is definitely missing a golden opportunity to have what would be one of its bigger days of the year. It might be time to re-examine why no racetracks will run on Christmas. It=s not that the sport has always shut down on Christmas. It once was a staple of the racing season. The first day of racing ever at Santa Anita was held on Christmas Day 1934. The Fair Grounds and Tropical Park also raced that day. After a while, Florida was the only place left where you could find racing on Christmas, a day that usually attracted a huge crowd. At Tropical, the most attended day of racing during any year was often Dec. 25. After Tropical Park closed down in 1972, its dates went to Calder. Calder kept up the Christmas tradition up until 1996. In the many years since Tropical brought in big crowds on Christmas, American society has become a lot more tolerant of businesses staying open for the day. Several grocery chains stay open for the day and so does Starbucks. Need your prescription filled? It=s not hard to find an open Walgreens or CVS. The NBA has embraced Christmas and turned it into its biggest days. Every year since its current television deal began in 2002, the Christmas games have been the highest rated games of the regular season. NBA executives understand that a lot of basketball fans are looking for something to do on Christmas, that there=s plenty of time left over after accounting for a big meal and opening presents. The same holds true for horseplayers. Give them a signal to bet on on Christmas Day and they will flock to it, ready to drive the handle through the roof. Though racetracks can=t be faulted for looking out for their employees, at several, there=s a degree of hypocrisy involved. Many of the same places that can=t operate horse racing on Christmas Day don=t think twice about keeping their casinos open that day and asking those employees to show up to work.

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Racing on Christmas would not be for everyone, but if one ACandace Carmen Chew already knew what Square Peg was track tried it more would likely follow suit. If done the right way, doing,@ said Square Peg=s founder Joelle Dunlap. AThere was an horse racing could turn Christmas into what it is for the NBA, encounter at the track where a school visited and a child just one of the biggest days of the year. really attached to Fred. Candace gave the lead rope to the little boy and he started chatting with Fred and took him for a walk. Seabiscuit AActor@ Finds Wonderful Home According to the school, this was a child that barely talked at all. From that moment forward she knew that Fred really deserved There=s no better week for a heartwarming story than a quieter life and she started thinking about him living at Square Christmas Week and there aren=t too many stories better than Pegs.@ the one of Fighting Furrari (Momsfurrai). The horse, whose At Square Pegs, he has joined horses like Bruce=s Dream nickname is Fred, was just 1 for 16 during his career and made (Atticus), Cee=s for Clever (Cee=s Tizzy), Extra Fifty (Afleet Alex) $4,935, but, in a way, was as famous as any horse this century. and a handful of others. None were notable horses on the track, He was the main horse used to play the part of Seabiscuit in the but all are superstars in their second careers, helping children. movie. After the movie wrapped up, Fighting Furrari, now 21, served as a goodwill ambassador at Santa Anita under the eye of Candace Coder Chew, Santa Anita's director of print and graphics and the president of CARMA, the California Retirement Management Account. He worked well with all people, but after CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR an encounter with an autistic child, it was decided that there were ways that Fred could truly make an impact on society. It TDN BREAKING NEWS AND was decided that he would be sent to the Square Peg RACE RESULTS? Foundation in Half Moon Bay, Califorinia, an equine retirement Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts facility that uses horses as emotional support for autistic children. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

Mo Forza=s Success Leads Dam Back to Sales Mo Forza took six tries to break his maiden, but following his graduation at Santa Anita Sept. 29, he jumped right up to the Ring (cont. from p1) graded stakes ranks to win the Nov. 2 GII Twilight Derby on the AWe had done the Elevage dispersal and I had a number in Breeders= Cup undercard. mind of money that I wanted to spend,@ Bernick said. ASo we AIt was Book 5 and I just figured I would go over and look at were selling and then we were the mare,@ Bernick said of going to be bidding on horses, Inflamed, who is in foal to too. I got outbid on the mare I Tapiture. AShe was a very really wanted, [$1.5-million] attractive mare and, just Mei Ling (Empire Maker), so I handicapping, I didn=t think Mo had significant money left Forza had to improve to win the over.@ GI Hollywood Derby. I thought his That extra spending money Twilight Derby was good enough found a home with Inflamed, to win the Hollywood Derby, so thanks to an assist from unless a superstar horse shipped bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. out, I thought there was a really AI had flipped through the good chance that he would be a catalogue and didn=t really Grade I winner.@ notice the mare because Mo Mo Forza proved Bernick=s Forza was just placed at the handicapping was spot on when time, but the morning she was Mo Forza | Benoit he returned to win the selling, Donato Lanni called me Hollywood Derby Nov. 30, but he admitted he was surprised by and said, >Do you recognize that horse?=@ the mare=s $170,000 price tag. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

AI thought the mare would make $350,000,@ Bernick said. ABecause she was the dam of a Grade II winner and still very young, but obviously she didn=t. So I was very happy to buy her.@ Of the decision to supplement Inflamed to the January sale, Bernick explained, AI was on my way over to Tattersalls when Mo Forza won [the Hollywood Derby], but I saw [Keeneland Director of Sales Development] Mark Maronde at Tattersalls and he convinced me there would be enough people there in January and she would be a really unique mare. So we decided to sell her.@ Mo Forza continued to bolster his dam=s credentials, earning a third straight graded score in the GII Mathis Brothers Mile S. Saturday. For the past decade, Glen Hill Farm=s sales horses were offered through the Hill >n= Dale consignments, but the operation has catalogued eight horses under its own banner at the January sale. AWe were with Hill >n= Dale for 10 years and it was a great relationship and we=re still in the stallion business together,@ Bernick said. AI think they do a fantastic job and I had no thoughts of going to a different consignor, but having taken over the business in 2008 and going to all the sales, I just felt like I wanted to represent our horses myself. We are selling in January and we will continue to sell ourselves whenever we sell horses, as yearlings or in mixed sales, as well. I just feel like we can speak about our horses and represent them well. It was just something that I wanted to do.@

Craig Bernick | Keeneland photo The Glen Hill Farm consignment also includes the rising 4-year- old Confidently (War Front) (hip 595), who will be offered as a racing or broodmare prospect. Out of Playa Maya (Arch), the winning filly is a half-sister to champion Uncle Mo and a full- sister to last year=s G1 Irish 1000 Guineas runner-up Could It Be Love. Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

AShe=s a very good-looking filly,@ Bernick said. AShe=s a full- sister to a Classic filly and a half-sister to Uncle Mo. I think she is one of the best horses in the catalogue.@ Also in the consignment is Hassler (Ire) (War Front) (hip 676), a daughter of multiple Grade I winner Turbulent Descent (Congrats), who sells in foal to Violence. She will be followed into the sales ring by her yearling filly by Frosted. AHer Frosted foal is a very nice filly,@ Bernick said. AI think the Frosted filly will appeal to the pinhookers because they certainly sold well as yearlings turning two and I think the foal will really sell the mare.@ Since taking over the historic farm his grandfather Leonard Lavin started in 1966, Bernick has had plenty of experience as a buyer at the sales. Now he said he is ready to tackle the challenges of selling. AEverybody has been trying to sell to me my whole life, so I know all the sales pitch styles,@ he said. AI will be on the other side now.@ The Glen Hill Farm consignment will be something of a return to the sales arena for Bernick, who previously served as marketing executive at Alberto-Culver Company. AI had always been in sales in my career before the horse business,@ Bernick said. AI left all of that to get involved in horses. But I was able to sell shampoo and I=m balding, so I should be able to sell horses.@ AThere are so many back-up plans,@ he said. AI=ll get together with the Greens when we get his foot right. We can go to the LADDIE LIAM TO SKIP JEROME by Jessica Martini [Feb. 15] Miracle Wood [at Laurel], we can go to the [Feb. 8] Jimmy Winkfield [at Aqueduct]. Ultimately, we=d like to go to the Laddie Liam (Golden Lad), who topped the Fasig-Tipton [Mar. 7 GIII] Gotham. We can go to Tampa and run in the seven- Midlantic December Sale when purchased by the Green family=s eighths race [Jan. 18 Pasco S.] and then come back in the [Mar. D J Stable for $450,000 earlier this month, will miss an expected 7 GII] Tampa Bay Derby. It=s hard to say.@ start in Wednesday=s Jerome S. AHe shed a frog in his foot and he had a little bit of a tender frog and it=s just not going to happen,@ the colt=s new trainer Gary Contessa said. AI=ve only had him three weeks. That frog was a little bit questionable when I bought him and he finally shed it and it=s a little tender. So we=re not going to do that.@ Laddie Liam was purchased by Joe Besecker for $14,500 at the 2018 Midlantic December sale and won the Dec. 7 Maryland Juvenile Futurity just days before highlighting the Besecker dispersal at this year=s December sale. The bay colt has worked twice over the Belmont training track for Contessa. He turned in a bullet five-furlong drill in 1:02.02 Dec. 22 and worked four furlongs in :48.23 Saturday. AHe=s a big, neat horse,@ Contessa said of Laddie Liam. AHe has a very sound mind. He=s just a neat horse to be around and he does everything right.@ Contessa said there are plenty of options for the almost 3-year-old. Laddie Liam | MJC Photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

CHANCE IT TUNES UP FOR MUCHO MACHO While stablemate Chance It breezed for the Mucho Macho Man Sunday, Joseph scratched a scheduled work for GI MAN Pennsylvania Derby winner Math Wizard (Algorithms). Shooting Star Thoroughbreds= Chance It (Currency Swap) AHe spiked a temperature Thursday,@ Joseph said. AHe=s fine. turned in a bullet four-furlong work in :46.12 (1/112) at He=s going to breeze next week.@ Gulfstream Park Sunday ahead of a tilt at Saturday=s Mucho Math Wizard, most recently fifth in the GI Breeders= Cup Macho Man S. Classic, is being pointed to the $20-million Saudi Cup Feb. 29, AHe had a good work, sat off another horse, finished up well but the $3-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at and galloped out strong,@ trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. said. ATyler Gulfstream Jan. 25 is a possibility. Gaffalione was aboard. We=re happy with where we=re at. He AIt makes it a little bit more difficult, but he=s fit. He had a hard came back good, scoped good. We=re ready to go.@ campaign,@ Joseph said. AHe=s maintained his fitness well. The Chance It has made all five of his lifetime starts at Gulfstream goal is the Saudi Cup, but the Pegasus is in play.@ Park, winning two stakes in the Florida Sire series and finishing second in a third. He captured the six-furlong Aug. 3 Dr. Fager S. and was beaten just a head when second in the seven-furlong Affirmed S. Aug. 31. He stretched out to 1 1/16 miles and romped home a 7 1/4-length winner of the In Reality S. last time out Sept. 28. AHe looks really good in the flesh,@ Joseph said of the bay colt. AHe has a really good coat. The colder weather has helped him a lot. He=s really enjoying the cooler weather.@ The Mucho Macho Man, a $100,000 one-mile stakes for newly turned 3-year-olds, will be one of five stakes for sophomores on Saturday=s card. Also on the card will be the GIII Kitten=s Joy S. Wednesday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:00 p.m. EST JOE HERNANDEZ S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 5 1/2fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Tribalist Tribal Rule Abrams, Robert, Dutko, Mitchell and Paran, Michael Heap Fuentes 120 2 Double Touch (GB) Dutch Art (GB) Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Espinoza 120 3 Grinning Tiger Smiling Tiger Tyree J. Wolesensky Saavedra Valdivia, Jr. 120 4 Texas Wedge K Colonel John Altamira Racing Stable, Rafter JR Ranch LLC, Miller Prat 120 STD Racing Stable and Miller, A. 5 Oiseau de Guerre K War Front Head of Plains Partners LLC and Bligh, Jay W. McCarthy Franco 120 6 True Valour (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Simon Callaghan Callaghan Van Dyke 124 7 Captain Scotty Quality Road Wachtel Stable and Barber, Gary Miller Rosario 120 8 Legends of War Scat Daddy C T R Stables, Qatar Racing Limited & Keh, Steven O'Neill Cedillo 122 9 Blitzkrieg War Front R3 Racing LLC and Calara Farms O'Neill Bejarano 122 10 Carnivorous Square Eddie Thomsen Racing, LLC Knapp Gutierrez 120 11 Bay Muzik Maclean's Music Scott Herbertson Herbertson Baze 120

Breeders: 1-Dutko & Abrams, 2-Honeypuddle Stud, 3-Patrick Cosgrove, 4-Nancy Shuford, 5-Jay W. Bligh, 6-Mr P. O'Rourke, 7-John R. Mulholland &Martha Jane Mulholland, 8-DP Racing, 9-Ramona S. Bass, LLC., 10-Reddam Racing, LLC, 11-Barak Farm

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Miceli. AShe did everything we thought she would. I didn't think the mile and an eighth was a question for her. She has an idling speed where she can run long at a nice steady pace. That's probably her best go, and she was on cruise control most of the way. I knew it was close at the wire. On the slow-motion [replay] I saw her head go down and I thought we got her [Lucky Move]. IN ORDER OF PURSE: We try to place our horses in spots we think they can win and BAY RIDGE S., $102,475, Aqueduct, 12-29, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, they've been delivering, so we=re thankful.@ 1 1/8m, 1:56.14, ft. ATo be honest, I didn't think I got the photo. Luckily, I got the 1--MRS. ORB, 121, f, 4, Orb--Gypsy Angel, by Silver Train. bob,@ said winning rider Dylan Davis. AShe fought hard to the 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($30,000 2yo '17 OBSOPN). O-Ruggeri wire, and I just kept pushing past the wire, because I knew it was Stable, Richard Coburn, Script R Farm & Michael Miceli; close. AShe broke with her head in the air and I had to use her B-Rhapsody Farm LLC (NY); T-Michael Miceli; J-Dylan Davis. going into the first turn. I didn't like my position being last, so I $59,125. Lifetime Record: 16-5-3-3, $266,020. just wanted to get her into the race a little bit. It might have compromised the win margin, but we did what we had to do. Go to the Bank with Brocklebank She likes to be involved. She's not a deep closer at all, and today Dam Consigned by James B. Keogh (Grovendale) was her kind of track.@ 2--Lucky Move, 121, m, 5, Lookin At Lucky--Quiet Mover, by Dam Gypsy Angel has an unraced 2-year-old filly named Quiet American. ($57,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT). O-Ten Strike Quantitativbreezin (Central Banker), as well as a yearling colt by Racing; B-Maltese Cross Stables & Stonegate Stables LLC (NY); Anchor Down, and a weanling filly by Bird Song, the same sire T-Juan Carlos Guerrero. $20,000. she was bred to for 2020. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 3--Out of Orbit, 125, f, 4, Malibu Moon--Kibosh, by Discreet Cat. O/B-Chester & Mary R. Broman (NY); T-Philip M. Serpe. $12,600.

Margins: NO, 3 3/4, 1. Odds: 4.50, 9.10, 5.50. Also Ran: Our Super Nova, Cartwheel. Scratched: Fight On Lucy, Held Accountable. On fire since moving back to the dirt in October, Mrs. Orb picked up her fourth straight victory and first stakes triumph in the Bay Ridge S. Sunday at Aqueduct. Racking up two state-bred scores since October, she was last seen annexing an open allowance over a mile at Aqueduct Nov. 27 and was made the distant second choice here behind odds- on Our Super Nova (Boys At Tosconova). Breaking a bit flatfooted, the dark bay found herself trailing the tightly-packed field early. She moved up a spot to settle in fourth on the outside through pedestrian fractions of :25.43 and Mrs. Orb (inside) edges out Lucky Move | Chelsea Durand :52.30. Urged to improve her position on the turn, Mrs. Orb tackled the leaders and edged to the front down the lane, clearing all except the late-flying Lucky Move. The two hit the wire together in a desperate finish with the head bob giving Mrs. Orb the nod. AShe was training very well and coming in off three straight wins. If there was a time to try her in a stakes race, today was the day. She really came through,@ said winning trainer Michael TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

EDDIE LOGAN S., $83,604, Santa Anita, 12-29, 2yo, 1mT, age 98 in 2009. 1:34.14, gd. AI would like to mention Eddie Logan, who this race is named 1--ENCODER, 124, c, 2, by English Channel after,@ he said. AHe was the shoeshine guy for a hundred years 1st Dam: Nono Rose, by Hard Spun --great guy! So Eddie, I hope you are watching upstairs.@ 2nd Dam: Aspenelle, by Vice Regent The winner has a yearling half-brother by Dominus named 3rd Dam: Little to Do, by Dynastic Arranged. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, ($60,000 Ylg '18 FTKOCT). O-Hronis Racing LLC; B-Peter sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lamantia & Greg Ramsby (KY); T-John W. Sadler; J-Joel Rosario. $49,320. Lifetime Record: 6-3-0-0, $162,271. 2--Hariboux (GB), 120, g, 2, Havana Gold (Ire)--Royal Warranty (GB), by Sir Percy (GB). (16,000gns Ylg '18 TATFEB; 11,000gns Ylg '18 TAOCT). O-Red Baron's Barn LLC & Rancho Temescal LLC; B-Lady Gillian Brunton (GB); T-Jeff Mullins. $16,440. 3--Liar Liar (Ire), 120, c, 2, Dream Ahead--Rubileo (GB), by Galileo (Ire). (i26,000 RNA Wlg '17 GOFNOV; i32,000 Ylg '18 TIRSEP). O-Calvin Nguyen; B-Peter Reynolds & Robert Dore (Ire); T-Richard Baltas. $9,864. Margins: HF, 1HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 8.70, 34.40, 13.10. Also Ran: Smooth Like Strait, Royal Act, Kanderel, The Stiff, Goliad, Air Force Jet (GB). Encoder, who started his career two-for-two but was off the board in three subsequent stakes tries, got back on track to upset the Eddie Logan S. Sunday at Santa Anita. Encoder | Benoit Debuting with a sharp victory going five furlongs on the Del Mar lawn Aug. 7, the bay repeated at 3-5 in the Del Mar Juvenile BLUE NORTHER S., $83,604, Santa Anita, 12-29, 2yo, f, 1mT, Turf S. Sept. 1 before running fourth at odds-on in the course- 1:35.18, gd. and-distance Zuma Beach S. Oct. 6. Sixth in the GII Breeders= Cup 1--LAURA'S LIGHT, 120, f, 2, by Constitution Juvenile Turf Sprint Nov. 1, he was last seen finishing an even 1st Dam: Light of a Star (SP, $140,590), by Muqtarib seventh in the Cecil B. DeMille S. back oceanside Dec. 1. Off as 2nd Dam: Mia F Eighteen, by Tough Knight the fifth choice while being piloted by Joel Rosario for the first 3rd Dam: Lucky Mia, by Regal Bearing (GB) time here, the Hronis Racing colorbearer kicked away from the 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($95,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $25,000 stalls smoothly and found a cozy spot in a clear third behind RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-Gary Barber; B-Golden Pedigree LLC sharp fractions of :22.80 and :45.63. Nudged along by Rosario at (KY); T-Peter Miller; J-Abel Cedillo. $49,320. Lifetime Record: the top of the far turn, he sidled up to the leaders passing three 3-2-1-0, $87,320. *1/2 to Barry Lee (Violence), SW & MGSP, quarters in 1:09.64, took control soon after that and held on late $156,928; **Fifth SW for freshman sire (by Tapit). to best late-charging longshot Hariboux (GB) by a half-length. FOALED, RAISED & MATING BY MACHMER HALL FOR GOLDEN PEDIGREE, LLC AWe had a perfect trip,@ said Rosario. AIt looked like those two SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations horses on the lead were running pretty good and I just followed in behind them. John said to let this horse place himself, and that=s what he did. When I asked him, he picked it up really Hidden Brook Sales Graduate nice.@ 2--Croughavouke (Ire), 120, f, 2, Dandy Man (Ire)--Coin Case AHe=s been a little unlucky,@ added winning trainer John Sadler. (Ire), by Frozen Power (Ire). (i4,500 RNA Ylg '18 GOFSPT). AIn the Breeders= Cup he had to check on the backside, he got O-Red Baron's Barn LLC & Rancho Temescal LLC; B-Joe Fogarty beat a couple of lengths. Turf racing can go like that. Last time, (IRE); T-Jeff Mullins. $16,440. Johnny Velazquez said he didn=t have any room in the stretch. If 3--Blue Sky Baby, 120, f, 2, Pioneerof the Nile--Maggie d'Oro, by John Velazquez tells you that, you tend not to lose confidence Medaglia d'Oro. ($290,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP; $140,000 2yo and move forward.@ '19 OBSAPR). O-Michael V. Lombardi & Joey Platts; B-Breeze Sadler also gave a shoutout to the race=s namesake, Santa Easy, LLC (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. $9,864. Anita=s legendary shoeshine attendant Eddie Logan, who operated his stand from 1934 until shortly before his passing at Consigned by GAINESWAY TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

Margins: 3 1/4, HF, HD. Odds: 2.50, 4.60, 21.20. running Croughavouke (Ire). Also Ran: Parkour, Guitty (Fr), Little Bird (Ire), Lighthouse, Laura=s Light, the fifth black-type winner for her superstar Overjoyed, Madame Bourbon. freshman sire, has a yearling half-brother by Mineshaft and a Laura=s Light, a strong second to promising undefeated filly weanling Cairo Prince half-brother. Her dam was bred to Alms (City Zip) last out, found no such rival Sunday at Santa Violence this spring. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Anita and went wire to wire for a powerful score in the Blue sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Norther S. Debuting as a 7-5 chalk on the synthetic Nov. 2 at Golden Gate, the bay tallied a professional open-length victory and was privately purchased by Gary Barber from owner Scott Herbertson afterward. Debuting in her new colors for the Peter Miller barn in the GIII Jimmy Durante S. Nov. 30 at Del Mar, the $95,000 Keeneland November buy set a quick pace and couldn=t quite match Alms late while holding for the place at 24-1. Breaking alertly as a narrow favorite here, Laura=s Light quickly established command and was untested while tugging at Abel Cedillo a bit through easy splits of :23.73 and :47.54. Inching away from her nearest competitors bending into the far turn, she was challenged to her outside by longshot Blue Sky Baby passing six furlongs in 1:11.72, but made short work of that rival after straightening for home and spurted clear once more. Cruising past the eighth pole, the only question from there was Laura=s Light | Benoit how far, and she hit the wire four lengths to the good of late-

2019 in photos: August 31. Preservationist wins the GI Woodward S. at Saratoga. | Sarah Andrew TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

IN ORDER OF PURSE: IN ORDER OF PURSE: 6th-Aqueduct, $66,304, (S), Alw, 12-29, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 5th-Aqueduct, $60,000, (S), Msw, 12-29, 2yo, 1m, 1:42.15, ft. 1m, 1:41.40, ft. HELLBENDER (c, 2, Daredevil--Dorm Fever {SW, $173,972}, by AM IMPAZIBLE (f, 3, Mission Impazible--True Legend, by Gold Stormin Fever) finished third after setting the pace debuting on Legend) showed late interest to be fourth debuting at six the Belmont dirt Sept. 28 and was a close second in a pair of turf furlongs here Nov. 1 and graduated next out stretching out a routes Oct. 26 at Big Sandy and here Nov. 16. Off as the even- sixteenth Nov. 29. Made the 5-2 second choice in this initial money chalk in this return to the main track, the $205,000 OBS route try, the homebred ran in sixth off of a :24.17 quarter and April purchase broke a beat slowly and traveled in sixth behind a moved up a spot past a :48.18 half. Picking up the leaders three contested :23.84 quarter. Advancing four wide on the turn, he wide nearing the stretch, the gray took over outside the hooked up with Too Early (Distorted Humor) five sixteenths from home and gradually edged away from that foe in the sixteenth pole and edged clear to a 2 1/4-length success. Pace waning strides to score by three-quarters of a length. Too Early player Love and Love (Goldencents) did well to hold second over just held second. The winner, the 13th for his freshman sire (by odds-on The Great Johanna (Teuflesberg). The victress has a More Than Ready), has a yearling half-brother by Japan and his yearling half-brother by Emcee. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, dam was bred to Practical Joke this spring. Sales History: $73,020. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored $60,000 Wlg '17 FTNMIX; $100,000 Ylg '18 SARAUG; $205,000 by Fasig-Tipton. 2yo '19 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 4-1-2-1, $65,240. Click for the O/B-Richard J Troncone & Richard J. Troncone Jr. (NY); T-Kelly J. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Breen. O-Loudmouth Racing, LLC & Glenn Del Russo; B-Hidden Lake Farm LLC, 3C Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc., et al (NY); 2nd-Aqueduct, $62,080, (S), Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), T-Dermot Magner. 12-29, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:14.94, ft. PLAYTONE (f, 2, Tonalist--Theyplayingoursong {SP}, by Songandaprayer), runner-up in her first two outings, broke through with a six-length graduation Oct. 19 at Belmont and was runner-up as the favorite last out in the state-bred track-and- 4th-Santa Anita, $56,755, Msw, 12-29, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.63, gd. trip Key Cents S. Nov. 16. Backed as the 7-5 chalk in this quintet, CARPE VINUM (f, 2, Carpe Diem--Martita Sangrita {MSW, $236,433}, by Johar) finished third when unveiled going five the $150,000 Keeneland April pickup tracked the speed of furlongs on the Del Mar turf Nov. 17 and was made a 46-5 Violent Point (Violence) from second through a :23.99 quarter, proposition stretching out in this local bow. Breaking sharply, drew on even terms passing a :48.98 half-mile and won a the chestnut tracked a loose leader from second through splits stretch-long battle with that pacesetter to score by a neck. The of :23.15 and :47.19, overhauled the pacesetter approaching the victress has a yearling Constitution half-brother and a weanling furlong grounds and kicked clear before holding sway from half-brother by Bodemeister. Her dam visited Mastery this Broadbeach (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), favored in her Stateside season. Sales History: $75,000 Ylg '18 SARAUG; $150,000 2yo debut, by a length. The winner is the 16th for her freshman sire '19 KEEAPR. Lifetime Record: SP, 5-2-3-0, $117,300. Click for the (by Giant=s Causeway). Sales History: $140,000 Ylg '18 FTSAUG; Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. $200,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $39,240. O-Jim & Susan Hill; B-The New Hill Farm LLC (NY); T-George Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Weaver. Tipton. O-MyRacehorse.com & Joey Platts; B-Machmer Hall, Craig & Carrie Brogden (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. BORN AND RAISED AT MACHMER HALL SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations Purchased & Trained by Tristan & Valery de Meric Consigned by de Meric Sales

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7th-Santa Anita, $56,053, Msw, 12-29, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:15.60, and :49.27. She then found another gear, asserted herself ft. coming down the lane, and splashed home 2 1/4 lengths the VENETIAN HARBOR (f, 2, Munnings--Sounds of the City {MSP, best. Favored So Gracious (Speightstown) caught Candy Money $293,399}, by Street Cry {Ire}) was a narrow runner-up when in the final sixteenth for second. The winner=s dam, who is a half hammered down to even-money debuting Nov. 15 in a Del Mar to GSW & GISP Star Dabbler (Saint Ballado), hails from the same turf sprint and was made the same price switching to dirt here. family as leading sire Speightstown (Gone West). She had a colt Dictating terms through a :22.19 and :45.36 half, the bay shook by Upstart in 2018, who sold at Keeneland September for clear into the stretch and finished full of run to romp $25,000, and a filly by Connect this year. She was bred to impressively by 10 3/4 lengths. Princess Mo (Uncle Mo) American Pharoah for next term. Sales History: $90,000 Ylg '17 completed the exacta. The winner=s dam was bred to Oscar KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $22,800. Click for the Performance this term. Sales History: $110,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. $205,000 RNA 2yo '19 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, O-PTK, LLC; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Anthony J. Hamilton, Jr. $43,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored 1ST TIME OUT MSW BRED AND RAISED BY MACHMER HALL by Fasig-Tipton. SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations O-Ciaglia Racing LLC, River Oak Farm & Dominic Savides; B-Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY); T-Richard Baltas. Foaled & Raised at ASHVIEW FARM 1st-Gulfstream, $40,000, Msw, 12-29, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, COASTAL (Jesse Hoppel) Selected & Sold 1:42.39, gd. KISSING FROGS (f, 2, Cairo Prince--Kiss a Vet, by War Front) 3rd-Santa Anita, $55,351, Msw, 12-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.11, finished a distant fourth debuting over the Aqueduct main track ft. Nov. 15 and was given a 43-5 chance switching to turf here. AVA'S CHARM (f, 3, Maclean=s Music--Elusive Act, by Elusive Settling in sixth behind splits of :23.91 and :48.36, the gray drew Quality) carried high expectations when shipped to Churchill into contention passing three quarters in 1:12.15, was floated and backed down to 6-5 for her debut May 11, but faded to wide off the turn and kept to her task late to edge out favored finish last after contesting the pace. Co-favored at even-money Stunting (Daredevil) by a neck despite racing on her left lead for to make amends here, the $230,000 Fasig-Tipton July buy most of the final furlong. The winner has a yearling full-brother pressed the pace from a three-wide third through a :21.99 and a weanling full-sister. Her unraced dam visited Cairo Prince quarter and swept past the public=s other choice, Sunny Dale once more this term. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $28,200. Click for (Medaglia d=Oro), three furlongs out. Widening past the eighth the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. pole, the bay coasted home 3 1/4 lengths to the good of her O-Paradise Farms Corp., Umberto Ferri, Ira Keeperman & Harold aforementioned rival. The winner has an unraced juvenile Chubinsky; B-Harvey A Clarke (KY); T-William I. Mott. Tapiture half-sister named Reunite, a yearling half-sister by Declaration of War and a weanling Cupid half-sister. Her dam 3rd-Gulfstream, $40,000, Msw, 12-29, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.46, visited Nyquist this season. Sales History: $25,000 Wlg '16 gd. KEENOV; $230,000 Ylg '17 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, GUFO (c, 2, Declaration of War--Floy, by Petionville) finished $34,053. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored fast to be third debuting at this distance Nov. 17 at Aqueduct by Fasig-Tipton. and was sent off as the 3-2 favorite to go two better here. O-Cheyenne Stables LLC; B-Hunter Valley Farm, Jayne Johnson & Saving ground in seventh off of a :23.46 quarter, the chestnut John Wade (KY); T-Bob Baffert. dropped a spot past a :48.22 half. Still appearing one-paced Raised & Sold by Hunter Valley Farm going by six furlongs in 1:12.29, he found his best stride entering the final furlong and just tagged Voodoo Zip (City Zip) on the wire by a nose. The victor is a half to popular 19-time winner 7th-Laurel, $41,200, Msw, 12-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:27.66, sy. Hogy (Offlee Wild), MGSW, $1,339,782. He has a yearling BLACK KETTLE (f, 3, Take Charge Indy--Krispy Kritter, by Tourist half-sister named Sisi and his dam was paired with Cross Dunkirk) was dismissed at 27-2 as the lone first-time starter in Traffic this spring. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $32,400. Click for this group. Running in tight along the rail early to pressure the the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. pace set to her outside by Candy Money (Candy Ride {Arg}), the O-Otter Bend Stables, LLC; B-John Little & Stephen Cainelli (KY); gray took a breather around the turn after fractions of :24.36 T-Christophe Clement. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

8th-Fair Grounds, $40,000, Msw, 12-29, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:05.51, gd. CINDY'S PRAYER (f, 2, Constitution--Stormandaprayer {SP, $169,484}, by Songandaprayer) pressed the pace in her Sept. 14 Louisiana Downs lawn debut at five furlongs but couldn=t catch the top two and then set the pace before fading to eighth next out at six panels on the local dirt Nov. 30. Back on turf here, she FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 broke like a shot at 6-1 and was quickly a length in front. The Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro), Northview Stallion Station, $5,000 flashy chestnut continued to put daylight on the field, opening 68 foals of racing age/10 winners/2 black-type winners up by five in the stretch, and never let anyone close as she 5-Parx Racing, Msw 6f, DUBLIN MEGAN, 20-1 crossed the wire 1 3/4 lengths on top. First-time starter Jim=s $5,000 EAS DEC 2yo Bronze Star (Midshipman) nailed the runner-up spot. A half to Harlands Thunder (Harlan=s Holiday), GSP, $105,800; to a yearling colt by Frosted who RNA=d at Keeneland September for $70,000; and to a weanling colt by Classic Empire, Cindy=s Prayer marks the 29th winner for her freshman sire (by Tapit). Her dam was bred to Accelerate for next term and is out of 2000 GI Spinaway S. winner Stormy Pick (Storm Creek). Sales History: $25,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $82,000 2yo '19 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-1, $25,980. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Danny Bockmon; B-Lakland Farm (KY); T-Joseph M. Foster. Consigned by de Meric Sales L}KLAND FARM Graduate

5th-Delta Downs, $32,000, Msw, 12-28, 2yo, f, 5f, 1:00.95, ft. FASHIONABLY (f, 2, War Front--Don'tforgetaboutme, by Malibu Moon) chased the pace before finishing last of 12 on FTKOCT grad Encoder (English Channel) gets back on debut Sept. 5 at Kentucky Downs and was made the 31-10 track to capture the Eddie Logan S. at Santa Anita second choice off the bench in this move to dirt. Stumbling at the start, the $300,000 Keeneland November buy recovered to press the pace from a close-up third through a :22.57 quarter. Hooking up with favored Gray Haze (Graydar) approaching the stretch, the bay gradually wore that foe down to prevail by 1 1/2 lengths. The winner is the first foal out of a half to MGISW Beautician (Dehere) and recent GSWs Red Ruby (Tiznow) and Mo Tom (Uncle Mo) who sold for $675,000 at KEENOV in 2015. Her yearling Uncle Mo filly, named Mo Dean, hammered for STAKES RESULTS: $575,000 to Peter Brant at Keeneland September and she LOUISIANA FUTURITY, $99,300, Fair Grounds, 12-29, (S), 2yo, produced an Into Mischief colt this season before being bred to c/g, 6f, 1:13.88, gd. Curlin. Sales History: $300,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV. Lifetime 1--X CLOWN, 122, g, 2, by Jimmy Creed--Evening Muse, by Record: 2-1-0-0, $19,950. Click for the Equibase.com chart or Invasor (Arg). ($62,000 Ylg '18 ESLYRL). O-Set-Hut LLC; VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. B-Michael & Cynthia Villar (LA); T-Jerry Delhomme; J-Tyler O-Heider Family Stables LLC; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Woodley. $59,580. Lifetime Record: 6-3-2-0, $141,980. Asmussen. 2--Reach the Circle, 122, g, 2, Secret Circle--Sky Reach, by Glitterman. O-Maxie Wayne Kitchings, Jr.; B-Ronald P. Webb (LA); T-Donald Melancon. $19,860. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

3--Fast Verdict, 122, c, 2, Hampton Court (Aus)--Freedom Afleet, T-Peter Miller. by Northern Afleet. O-Brady Broussard; B-Morning Line Thoroughbreds LLC (LA); T-Carl J. Deville. $10,923. 9th-Gulfstream, $40,000, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), Margins: NK, HF, HF. Odds: 3.10, 51.90, 57.30. 12-29, 3yo/up, 1m (off turf), 1:36.35, ft. TAP THE MOJO (g, 4, Tapit--Pool Land {GISW, $529,776}, by LOUISIANA FUTURITY, $93,700, Fair Grounds, 12-29, (S), 2yo, f, Silver Deputy) Lifetime Record: 9-3-0-1, $71,216. O-Live Oak 6f, 1:13.25, gd. Plantation; B-Live Oak Stud (FL); T-Mark E. Casse. 1--OUR LOST LOVE, 122, f, 2, by Half Ours--Lost Love Baby, by Private Vow. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($16,000 RNA Ylg '18 9th-Delta Downs, $40,000, (S), 12-28, (NW2L), 2yo, f, 5f, ESLYRL). O/B-Tri-Star Racing LLC (LA); T-Joseph M. Foster; 1:00.55, ft. J-Mitchell Murrill. $56,220. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, SARAH'S PASSION (f, 2, Songandaprayer--My Holy Belle, by $114,820. Holy Bull) Lifetime Record: SW, 6-2-3-0, $100,000. O/B-Perform 2--Lizzy's Star, 122, f, 2, Star Guitar--Winters Blast, by Stables Inc. (LA); T-Ricky Courville. Commendable. ($15,000 Ylg '18 ESLYRL). O-Allied Racing Stable, LLC; B-Michelle LaVoice (LA); T-W. Bret Calhoun. 6th-Delta Downs, $35,600, 12-28, (NW1X), 2yo, 1m, 1:41.57, ft. $18,740. JERSEY CAT TALE (c, 2, Tale of Ekati--Jersey's Soul, by Perfect Soul {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $46,800. O-Bobby Dupre; 3--Vacherie Girl, 122, f, 2, Tapiture--Saucey Officer, by Officer. B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Carl J. Deville. *$95,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; ($60,000 Ylg '18 OBSWIN; $60,000 Ylg '18 FTKJUL; $87,000 2yo $42,000 RNA 2yo '19 EASMAY; $12,500 2yo '19 OBSOPN. '19 OBSOPN). O-L. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt; B-Georgia Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent Farms Inc (LA); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $10,307. 9th-Sunland, $35,100, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 12-29, Margins: 1, 3HF, 8 1/4. Odds: 3.30, 7.30, 0.50. 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:15.76, ft. BLAZING NAVARONE (g, 4, Song of Navarone--Carmen's B-CONNECTED S., $70,000, Delta Downs, 12-28, (C), 3yo/up, 7f, Delight, by Carmen's Glory) Lifetime Record: SW, 23-11-5-3, 1:26.45, ft. $561,316. O-Barbara M. Coleman; B-Lucky Six Inc. (NM); 1--BENDING SAINT, 118, g, 5, Saint Afleet--Bending Grass, by T-Martin Valdez-Cabral, Jr. Langfuhr. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($2,500 Ylg '15 BSCYRL). O-Craig Drago; B-Daniel Chicola (LA); T-Allen Landry; J-Timothy 4th-Tampa Bay Downs, $23,500, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($32,000), Thornton. $42,000. Lifetime Record: 31-8-8-7, $258,174. 12-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.12, ft. 2--Double Barrel Man, 118, g, 6, Musket Man--Double Points SUZIE'SSTEPPINOUT (f, 3, Two Step Salsa--Suzanne, by Officer) Day, by Storm Day. ($9,500 RNA Ylg '14 ESLYRL). O-GK Racing Lifetime Record: 21-6-8-2, $133,984. O-Martin Goodell; LLC; B-Michele Rodriguez (LA); T-Karl Broberg. $12,600. B-Martin & Emily Goodell (FL); T-Maria Bowersock. 3--Star Fitzstall, 119, g, 3, Star Guitar--Wild About Marie, by Wildcat Heir. O-Brittlyn Stable, Inc.; B-Brittlyn, Inc. (LA); T-Jose 7th-Tampa Bay Downs, $22,500, (C)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 12-29, M. Camejo. $7,000. 3yo/up, 1m 40y (off turf), 1:40.37, ft. Margins: 4, 3, 2 1/4. Odds: 2.50, 1.60, 2.90. ADMIRALTY PIER (g, 4, English Channel--Full Steam Ahead, by Kitten's Joy) Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt-Can, SW & MGSP, ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 17-4-1-2, $181,583. O-Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC & Bruce 7th-Aqueduct, $72,888, 12-29, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 7f, 1:24.99, ft. Lunsford; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Barbara J. Minshall. *$100,000 THE CARETAKER (h, 5, Speightstown--Safety Net, by A.P. Indy) Ylg '16 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 28-6-8-6, $386,389. O-Vincent S. Scuderi; B-Chester & Mary R. Broman (NY); T-Rudy R. Rodriguez. EQB yearling purchase • www.EQB.com

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 2nd-Santa Anita, $63,239, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 12-29, Hail to the Chief, c, 2, Danza--Caldwell, by Malibu Moon. 3yo/up, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.41, gd. Turfway, 12-28, 1m (AWT), 1:39.40. B-Spendthrift Farm LLC GHOUL (BRZ) (g, 4, Put It Back--Perfect Friday {Arg}, by Pure (KY). *$65,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP. **11th winner for freshman Prize) Lifetime Record: GSW-Brz, 14-6-0-0, $86,298. O-Wachtel sire (by Street Boss). Stable & Gary Barber; B-Haras Santa Maria de Araras (BRZ); EQB yearling purchase • www.EQB.com TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

Zamara, f, 2, Discreet Cat--Autumn Wedding, by Runaway DAREDEVIL, Hellbender, c, 2, o/o Dorm Fever, by Stormin Fever. Groom. Sunland, 12-29, 5 1/2f, 1:04.72. B-H & E Ranch (KY). MSW, 12-29, Aqueduct *$16,000 Ylg '18 ARZNOV. **1/2 to Wedding Blush (Pure DECLARATION OF WAR, Gufo, c, 2, o/o Floy, by Petionville. Prize), MSP, $229,465. MSW, 12-29, Gulfstream Include the Tax, c, 2, Include--Suchaprettygirl, by Mazel Trick. DECLARATION OF WAR, War Rose, f, 3, o/o Autumn Ash, by Santa Anita, 12-28, (S), (C), 6f, 1:12.74. B-Fleming Tapit. MSW, 12-29, Tampa Bay Thoroughbred Farm LLC (CA). *$50,000 Ylg '18 BARSEL. **1/2 DISCREET CAT, Zamara, f, 2, o/o Autumn Wedding, by Runaway to Pretty Perfection (Majesticperfection), MSW, $387,576. Groom. MSW, 12-29, Sunland Blood Moon, c, 2, Malibu Moon--Stormy Gigi, by Storm Boot. ENGLISH CHANNEL, Admiralty Pier, g, 4, o/o Full Steam Ahead, Gulfstream, 12-29, (C), 1m, 1:38.86. B-Stonestreet by Kitten's Joy. AOC, 12-29, Tampa Bay Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY). *$450,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP. ENGLISH CHANNEL, Encoder, c, 2, o/o Nono Rose, by Hard Spun. **1/2 to G. G. Ryder (Chhaya Dance), MGSW, $746,919. Eddie Logan S., 12-29, Santa Anita Palvera, g, 2, My Pal Charlie--Vera Belle (SP, $104,445), by Not HALF OURS, Our Lost Love, f, 2, o/o Lost Love Baby, by Private For Love. Fair Grounds, 12-29, (S), 5 1/2fT, 1:04.54. B-Virginia Vow. Louisiana Futurity, 12-29, Fair Grounds Lazenby Racing Stable LLC (LA). *1/2 to Ready Prospector INCLUDE, Include the Tax, c, 2, o/o Suchaprettygirl, by Mazel (Custom for Carlos), MSW, $156,825. Trick. MCL, 12-28, Santa Anita Red Dahlia, f, 2, Northern Causeway--Hollywood Affair, by JIMMY CREED, X Clown, g, 2, o/o Evening Muse, by Invasor Bertrando. Golden Gate Fields, 12-28, (S), 6f (AWT), 1:11.81. (Arg). Louisiana Futurity, 12-29, Fair Grounds B-Rozamund Barclay (CA). MACLEAN'S MUSIC, Ava's Charm, f, 3, o/o Elusive Act, by Elusive Forever Wicked, c, 2, Wicked Strong--Salty Farma (SW, Quality. MSW, 12-29, Santa Anita $355,095), by Salt Lake. Aqueduct, 12-29, (S), 1m, 1:41.84. MALIBU MOON, Blood Moon, c, 2, o/o Stormy Gigi, by Storm B-Christopher Shelli (NY). *$6,000 2yo '19 EASMAY. **26th Boot. MCL, 12-29, Gulfstream winner for freshman sire (by Hard Spun). MISSION IMPAZIBLE, Am Impazible, f, 3, o/o True Legend, by Gold Legend. ALW, 12-29, Aqueduct War Rose, f, 3, Declaration of War--Autumn Ash, by Tapit. MUCHO MACHO MAN, Muchacho, g, 3, o/o Scrumptious Girl, Tampa Bay Downs, 12-29, 1m 40y (off turf), 1:42.61. by Chapel Royal. WMC, 12-29, Laurel B-Crossed Sabres Farm (KY). *$37,000 RNA Ylg '17 FTKFEB; MUNNINGS, Venetian Harbor, f, 2, o/o Sounds of the City, by $47,000 RNA 2yo '18 EASMAY. Street Cry (Ire). MSW, 12-29, Santa Anita Muchacho, g, 3, Mucho Macho Man--Scrumptious Girl, by MY PAL CHARLIE, Palvera, g, 2, o/o Vera Belle, by Not For Love. Chapel Royal. Laurel, 12-29, (WC), 1m, 1:39.70. B-Sinatra MSW, 12-29, Fair Grounds Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding (MD). NORTHERN CAUSEWAY, Red Dahlia, f, 2, o/o Hollywood Affair, by Bertrando. MSW, 12-28, Golden Gate ORB, Mrs. Orb, f, 4, o/o Gypsy Angel, by Silver Train. Bay Ridge S., 12-29, Aqueduct PUT IT BACK, Ghoul (Brz), g, 4, o/o Perfect Friday (Arg), by Pure Prize. AOC, 12-29, Santa Anita SAINT AFLEET, Bending Saint, g, 5, o/o Bending Grass, by Langfuhr. B-Connected S., 12-28, Delta Downs SONG OF NAVARONE, Blazing Navarone, g, 4, o/o Carmen's Delight, by Carmen's Glory. AOC, 12-29, Sunland CAIRO PRINCE, Kissing Frogs, f, 2, o/o Kiss a Vet, by War Front. SONGANDAPRAYER, Sarah's Passion, f, 2, o/o My Holy Belle, by MSW, 12-29, Gulfstream Holy Bull. ALW, 12-28, Delta Downs CARPE DIEM, Carpe Vinum, f, 2, o/o Martita Sangrita, by Johar. SPEIGHTSTOWN, The Caretaker, h, 5, o/o Safety Net, by A.P. MSW, 12-29, Santa Anita Indy. ALW, 12-29, Aqueduct CONSTITUTION, Cindy's Prayer, f, 2, o/o Stormandaprayer, by TAKE CHARGE INDY, Black Kettle, f, 3, o/o Krispy Kritter, by Songandaprayer. MSW, 12-29, Fair Grounds Dunkirk. MSW, 12-29, Laurel CONSTITUTION, Laura's Light, f, 2, o/o Light of a Star, by TALE OF EKATI, Jersey Cat Tale, c, 2, o/o Jersey's Soul, by Perfect Muqtarib. Blue Norther S., 12-29, Santa Anita Soul (Ire). ALW, 12-28, Delta Downs DANZA, Hail to the Chief, c, 2, o/o Caldwell, by Malibu Moon. TAPIT, Tap the Mojo, g, 4, o/o Pool Land, by Silver Deputy. AOC, MSW, 12-28, Turfway 12-29, Gulfstream TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 30, 2019

TONALIST, Playtone, f, 2, o/o Theyplayingoursong, by Songandaprayer. AOC, 12-29, Aqueduct TWO STEP SALSA, Suzie'ssteppinout, f, 3, o/o Suzanne, by Officer. AOC, 12-29, Tampa Bay WAR FRONT, Fashionably, f, 2, o/o Don'tforgetaboutme, by Malibu Moon. MSW, 12-28, Delta Downs WICKED STRONG, Forever Wicked, c, 2, o/o Salty Farma, by Salt Lake. MSW, 12-29, Aqueduct

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