WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here PELLEGRINI LURES TWO DOZEN MATZ MAPS OUT PLAN FOR UNION RAGS A field of 24 was drawn yesterday for Saturday=s Given some time off in Wellington, Florida, following G1 Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini at San a narrow defeat in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile at Isidro Racetrack in Buenos Aires, and Charles Fipke=s Churchill Downs Nov. 5, Union Rags (Dixie Union) is Perfect Shirl (Perfect Soul expected to launch his 2012 campaign at Gulfstream {Ire}), last-out winner of the this winter, GI Breeders= Cup Filly and according to trainer Mare Turf, will leave from Michael Matz the nine hole. She is due to yesterday. AWe got arrive in Argentina late on his back Saturday today. Luis Bouza, who and just walked him represented Fipke at the draw, confirmed that John for about a half Velazquez will have the call. hour,@ said Matz. Perfect Shirl Horsephotos AIt is very good that John AStarting [tomorrow], can came to Argentina to he=s going to be ride her,@ he said. AHe knows her very well. I'm not ridden every day. Union Rags Adam Coglianese worried that she=s never run here, because it is an easy Then, after the first of the year, we=ll take him to Palm track with the 2400 meters around just one turn.@ Meadows to start some serious training.@ Matz Es Richard (Arg) (Espaciado), one of the local indicated the Feb. 26 GI Fountain of Youth S. followed candidates for the Pellegrini and a dual group winner in by the Mar. 31 GI Florida Derby will be on the bay=s 2011, will depart from gate 13, and trainer Julio Penna dance card early in the new year. AHe=s here and we was pleased with the result. AI like that draw,@ Penna don=t have to ship him around,@ said Matz, explaining said. AThe horse is in great shape and I think he will run the colt=s schedule. AIf something happens and we have well.@ Making his first start since annexing the G1 Gran a change of plans where we have to do something Premio Estrellas Classic in June is Star Runner (Arg) different, we=re going to nominate him to just about (Southern Halo). The horse is ok, confirmed trainer A @ everything.@ The Chadds Ford Stable runner captured Ernesto Romero. AHe had a problem in one of his feet his first three starts, including the Aug. 15 GII Sapling and was given some time off. It is true he hasn=t raced in six months, but we believe he will turn in a good S. and Oct. 8 GI Champagne S. A effort on Saturday.@ More on Charles Fipke, p2 Saturday, San Isidro (Buenos Aires), Argentina GRAN PREMIO CARLOS PELLEGRINI-G1, Ar$1,530,000 (US$357,682), 3yo/up, 2400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 7 Anakin (Brz) Dancer Man (Brz) Duarte Nahid 2 21 Aristocity (Arg) City West (Arg) Menendez Sosa 3 24 Blues For Me (Arg) Missionary Giannetti Perez 3a 1 Sin Respeto (Chi) Caesarion (Ire) Ortega Gaitan 4 23 Calidoscopio (Arg) Luhuk Falero Cafere 4A 2 Mustang Force (Arg) Sunray Spirit Blanco Martucci 5 5 Candidato Unico (Chi) Election Day (Ire) Betansos Gaitan 5a 4 Dubai Next (Arg) Easing Along Costa Gaitan 6 18 El Seriote (Arg) Missionary Diaz Pellegata 6a 10 Veni Veni K Suave Calvente J Etchchry 7 16 Equal Pomelo (Arg) Equal Stripes (Arg) Hahn Panadero 7a 17 Flying Floo (Uru) Quinze Quilates (Brz) Halier Paez 8 13 Es Richard (Arg) Espaciado (Arg) Villagra Penna 9 19 Expressive Halo (Arg) Halo Sunshine Noriega Brunel 10 3 Inter Milano (Per) Interprete (Arg) Trujillo Suarez 10a 8 Jaguar Star (Per) Jaguar on the Run Herrera Suarez 11 6 Jumbalaya (Arg) Pure Prize Mendez Paez 11a 22 Video Game (Arg) Orpen Domingos Paez 12 14 Lloyd (Arg) Val Royal (Arg) Zacarias Gaitan 13 9 Perfect Shirl Perfect Soul (Ire) Velazquez Attfield 14 20 Sal Grosso (Brz) Our Emblem Cardoso Nahid 14a 15 Veraneio (Brz) Signal Tap Fernandes Petrochnski 15 11 Star Runner (Arg) Southern Halo Mendez Romero 16 12 Val Champ (Arg) Val Royal (Fr) Talaverano Valdivieso P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/14/11 • PAGE 2 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Fipke's Been Doing It His Way... As a world-famous geologist, Charles Fipke reached the pinnacle of his profession--really, how many geologists have books written about them?--by seeing opportunity where others saw nothing. This path-less-traveled approach led him to, among other things, the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories in Canada. Fipke discovered the Fipke, right, at the BC with Bo Derek, Roger Attfield & jockey John Velazquez mine, one of the Horsephotos largest of its kind in the world, in 1991, and still owns a 10% interest in it. As an owner and breeder of Thoroughbreds, Fipke has often embraced the atypical, as well. When he retired his Grade I-winning homebred Perfect Soul (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) to the breeding shed at Darby Dan, Fipke aggressively went out and bought blue-blooded mares to support a horse that, truthfully, probably didn't have a lot of commercial appeal. The result of those purchases has been four Grade I winners: Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat), Internallyflawless (Giant's Causeway) and Jersey Town (Speightstown) were all bought in utero, while Perfect Shirl, a daughter of Perfect Soul, became her sire=s first Grade I winner when she upset this year's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Churchill Downs. Now, Fipke is again veering from the norm. This Saturday, he and Roger Attfield will send out Perfect Shirl in South America's biggest race, the G1 Gran Premio Carlos Pelligrini at San Isidro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 4-year-old filly is believed to be the first Breeders' Cup winner to make his or her next start in South America, and the only major North American-based runner to make the trip in recent memory. For Fipke, the reason to head south is simple. "She came out of the [Breeders' Fipke & Tale of Ekati Cup] great, and she's Horsephotos ready to run," he said. "It takes a while to bring horses up to racing speed, and sometimes you have to strike while the iron's hot. She's ready--why not race her?" cont. p3

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Charles Fipke cont. Fipke does admit that Argentina was the third choice of late-season international races. He and Attfield originally targeted last weekend's G1 Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin, but, according to published reports, were unable to complete the necessary bloodwork and paperwork in time. Next they considered the prestigious--and valuable--G1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama in Japan, a race worth Horsephotos roughly $4.9 million. "But we found out you needed to have entered two weeks before the Breeders' Cup," said Fipke. "Which seems a little unusual; I'm not sure they really want outsiders racing there for $4.9 million. Anyway, we didn't get in there. But going to Japan or Hong Kong is a long, tough trip. Argentina, on the other hand, is only six or seven hours from Miami, and the horse is near Miami. So the traveling is going to be a lot easier on her. The purse isn't that much--I think it's between $400,000 and $450,000--which still isn't terrible. But it's the most prestigious race in South America." Fipke, who himself plans to travel to take a flight to Argentina Thursday evening from Toronto, will be making his second trip to Carlos Pellegrini. He attended the event as a spectator two years ago, and is excited to be returning with a runner. "And I've heard they're pretty excited, too," said Fipke. "It's not often you would get a Breeders' Cup winner running down there, plus one who's going to take on the boys." Though he's best known for his North American runners--which also include the homebred champion and Queen=s Plate winner Not Bourbon, by Perfect Soul=s full-brother Not Impossible (Ire)-- Fipke has been expanding his international participation for several years. He has raced in South Africa, and has four youngsters in training in Australia Fipke & Perfect Soul Horsephotos with trainer Bart Cummings. "I have a few that bought with Bart as yearlings at New Zealand sales--mostly Zabeel (NZ)'s," he said. "I bought one last year, and three the year before that." Fipke also has four horses in training with John Oxx in Ireland. "I haven't been that successful over there--it's really, really competitive--but hopefully it will work out," he said.

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In North America, meanwhile, Fipke=s trainers include Attfield, Barclay Tagg, Dallas Stewart, Bob Baffert, Kelly Ackerman, Kenny McPeek and Tim McCanna. He also has broodmares in Canada and the U.S. Asked about how many horses he had in total, Fipke quipped, "I always say the more horses you have, the less intelligent you areBand I'm a moron." Fipke said he has reworked his breeding program over the last few years, and takes a hands-on approach when it comes to selecting matings. "You can't believe how much work is involved getting the right mating," he said. "I use a lot of science, and I have help, and we've developed our own methods. That's what I did in geology, and that's what I'm doing in racing." Fipke credits the late Jack Werk, as well as pedigree expert Sid Fernando, for playing a role in his success, and also gives kudos to Florida horseman J.B. McKathan. "All the yearlings go to him to be prepped, and when they're up to working quarters, then they go to the various trainers," he said. "He's a good friend, and I think he's one of the best horsemen there is out there." If Perfect Shirl's sojourn to Argentina proves successful, Fipke said he'll continue to look abroad for races for his standout filly. "Our next goal is Dubai," he said, noting the 2400-meter G1 Dubai Sheema Classic on turf as the probable target. "And if she did well in Dubai, who knows what we'd do with her? We might even try the Melbourne Cup!" It would be an atypical path, for sure, but for Fipke, perhaps one worth taking. -L Marquardt

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Tom Grossman is the owner of one of the top Standardbred outfits in the business--the Wallkill, New York-based Blue Chip Farms. The 45-year-old is also the founder of Union Avenue Advisors, an emerging- markets focused hedge fund. Blue Chip=s 680 acres are home to Standardbred royalty: 2011's top pacing sire, Bettor=s Delight; 2010 pacer and Horse of the Year, Rock N Roll Heaven; Credit Winner, the leading money- winning sire of 3YO trotters in 2010 and 2011; the World Champion trotter, Crazed; and this year=s pick of the crop among retiring stallions, Roll With Joe, who was 2011's leading money-winning Standardbred regardless of gait with $1.6 million in earnings.

The owner of Blue Chip since 2001, and a Thoroughbred fan since childhood, Grossman has dabbled in the breed, but with the slots-fueled incentives to breed New York-bred Thoroughbreds, he is now considering jumping in...if not with both feet, than at least with one. Grossman says he=s looking for a few good mares...and maybe a stallion or two as well. The TDN=s Sue Finley sat down with him to learn more about his plans.

Blue Chip’s Tom Grossman

What is your involvement with Thoroughbreds right now? At this point, I own three or four horses over in the U.K. that Richard Hannon trains, and I still have a mare or two on the farm, but beyond that, I=m just really a handicapper, bettor and big fan. Cont. p6 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/14/11 • PAGE 6 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

There=s a huge opportunity in New York right now. In a Beyond that, we have twice come very close to perfect world, how would you like to capitalize upon standing a stallion at Blue Chip, just through people I that? know at Coolmore and elsewhere. When the slots bill I think in the immediate, the easy task is that we do first passed, I bought 12 or 13 mares and started have some capacity for more boarders at Blue Chip, and breeding New York-breds and was really one of the first I think our staff and facility really does stack up very real people to do that. Then we sort of lost the plot well--as good or better than anything in New York, and somewhere along the way while everyone messed up we=d like to think we are as good as anything in Aqueduct for 10 years. Kentucky. The art of running a farm is that we have a But ultimately, the plan would be to stand a well- huge fixed-cost base, and an excellent labor force. pedigreed Thoroughbred stallion worthy of breeding While boarding horses generally is not all that your top mare back to. That=s obviously not an easy profitable, the incremental boarder is profitable. We=d proposition in the New York Thoroughbred market. We like to attract a couple of people with a handful of are a little spoiled in that we think we have the best mares and take care of everything for them in New stallions in the game in Standardbreds, and obviously York.. that=s not going to happen right off the bat in Thoroughbreds. We=re going to take our time because The insured value of our own Standardbred the right deal hasn=t come along. To be honest, it does broodmare band is approximately $4 million and we take a good deal of thought and investment on our take care of a like amount of value in our Standardbred part, in terms of live-cover insurance, staff, etc. But I and Sporthorse boarders. (Blue Chip also has a think we=ll be able to do live cover quite well. Sporthorse division, headed by their Olympic Grand Prix jumper, Sapphire.) You=ve raised a lot of standardbreds, and a few of your own Thoroughbreds. Are there differences? Ï Ò At Blue Chip, we have industry-high fertility rates, and two guys who have literally been in the foaling barn for 30-odd years. We have an onsite veterinarian, Herb Burns, who I think is as good as it gets. So in terms of our facility, it=s absolutely turn-key. Our horses generally grow up in groups in fields, with each field having raised several Standardbred champions. We have put out a group of Thoroughbred weanlings-to- yearlings alone, and have also mixed them in with the Standardbred population. We have tried it both ways and we have learned that the feed program has to be slightly different. But other than that, and other than the breeding shed itself, really, it is the same skill-set. As far as foaling, maintenance, care, and the preliminary handling of horses, I think we have the reputation in the Standardbred industry that our horses are well mannered and very comfortable with human Mares and foals roam Blue Chip’s 680 acres beings. I have the labor bill to prove it.

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Cont. We have a staff of 33 and the average tenure would shock youBI would bet it=s over 10 years. We have 15 houses on the farm, and that=s how you keep the staff. We helped a lot of people with immigration through the years and have really lost very few people along the way. Blue Chip can offer everything from getting your mare in foal to sale prep. Currently we prep 70+ yearlings per year for auction and have consigned Thoroughbred yearlings in Saratoga in prior years. Part of our success in raising top flight race horses, Thor- oughbred and Standardbred, is our nutrition program. Our fields get tested on a yearly basis and the hay we purchased is also tested so that we can Atweak@ our customized feed formula. And it is also important to constantly assess the individual condition of each horse.

How much capacity do you have to dedicate to Thoroughbreds? I think we=d be capable of taking up to 30 this year. I think the ultimate number is more, but I=d rather walk, crawl, run, and prove that we can do it with the same quality that we=re used to in Standardbreds.

From a stallion standpoint, what sort of transition would you need to make? We have an 11-stall stallion barn, and I think facility-wise, we=d be fine with a very minor investment. We=d have to change our insurance somewhat and you need the right personnel to physically manage the stallions on a daily basis. We already have that now for our present needs in the Standardbred staff, which are responsible for stallions worth in excess of $12 million in the Standardbred world. Interestingly, New York, in the Standardbred game, has a no-ship semen policy. It is sort of a hybrid between live cover and what all the other states are in Standardbred racing. I would likely at this point to go out and hire somebody who had been very involved at a good farm that does stand Thoroughbreds. I think it will enhance and refine our current services to include Thoroughbred stallion management. Blue Chip would be committed to making sure it is done to top, top standards.

In a perfect world, is the right opportunity a partnership with someone else, or a stallion you go out and purchase outright? Certainly at the beginning, I=d want to go in on a partnership with someone else. I think we=d want to have skin in the game and equity, but I think we want to play on a level where we would want a partner. Unless we got very lucky, I=m guessing it would be a stallion that has stood somewhere else, but who is an individual that someone would be excited to breed a good mare to. www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/14/11 • PAGE 8 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

How did you become interested in Thoroughbred Racing? So how did you end up in Standardbreds? I grew up in New York City, and was either at I grew up with the Kimelman family, who owned Blue Aqueduct or Belmont every Saturday from the age of 4 Chip prior to me. I was introduced to Standardbred to 14. I=ve been to Saratoga every summer since I was racing by them. As my other business got very good, five or six. I had the good fortune of buying what I there was an opportunity to purchase Blue Chip at at think is the best house in Saratoga; on Union Avenue, time where the Kimelmans weren=t willing to invest in right across the gate from the track. It=s a sacred place the mares and stallions to the degree the facility in my family, where my father loved to sit on the porch needed. The reality is that owning Standardbred and watch the world go by in August. That=s where the racehorses is a much better business than owning name of my company, Union Avenue Advisors, comes Thoroughbreds. I know some of the most blue-blooded from. Thoroughbred fans, mostly from London, where I had a big office for a while. They used to call us `racing in wheelchairs,= but they want to own Standardbeds now, because they can=t believe we race every week, or that I was in two or three million-dollar races this year, and they can=t believe that Roll With Joe earned $1.8 million lifetime, and he cost $100 grand. Yearling buyers can really make a return in Standardbred racing. Whatever I do, I try to do at the highest level, and it would have been very hard to do that in Thoroughbred racing from a standstill. I think we have a broodmare band that=s as high-quality as anyone in the business, and I think that our stallions, as a group, are the best in the business. And I=ve made money breeding and selling horses in the Standardbred game. Most people I=ve talked to the in Autumn at Blue Chip the Thoroughbred game wince when they do the math. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/14/11 • PAGE 9 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

And yet, you want to move into Thoroughbreds... I do. I won=t lie. My heart is still with the Thoroughbreds. My father was a Thoroughbred guy. I go to the Breeders= Cup every year, I go to Saratoga every year, and really, honestly, not being pushed, I have a 14-year-old son that is the world=s biggest Thoroughbred racing fan. He=s big into handicapping, big into breeding and bloodlines and crosses. He=s taken on a big project at our place--looking at a different way to pick the optimum breeding for our mares, which uses a lot of his statistics knowledge, etc. We were in Kentucky at the Breeders= Cup, with all the Europeans and he was happy as a clam. It has really become a family thing. We=re not arrogant and think we can do everything as well as everyone else, but we=re willing to invest and learn. I=m confident about our ability to take care of mares from day one, and I think we have the resources, facility and desire to do it the right way. For more information, visit www.bluechipfarms.com, o r call (845) 895-3930.

MARTIN MITCHELL

Blue skies at Blue Chip Martin Mitchell, Tattersalls' Director of Bloodstock Sales, will be retiring at the turn of the year after 40 years of dedicated service. TDN's Gary King recently caught up with the popular Englishman for a quick Q&A.

Forty years is an impressive achievement. How and where did it all begin? MM: I got interested in racing when I was 14, and it quickly became an obsession. I attended Cambridge University for four years, after some slight Horses and Hope: From Auction to Adoption encouragement from my family, and studied Italian, Teresa Genaro, Raceday 3 French and History of Art. It turned out to be a Horse slaughter makes quiet return fantastic experience, and worked out particularly well Paul Moran, ESPN.com 60 because of Cambridge=s close proximity to Newmarket. This really fueled my passion, and luckily a job opened Garcia has shot to cap year big-time up in Tattersalls soon after graduating. I=m fortunate to Steve Anderson, Daily Racing Form have been there ever since. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/14/11 • PAGE 10 of 10 • thoroughbreddailynews.com You must have witnessed some big changes over the THIS WEEK IN HISTORY... years. Any particular highlight? MM: The whole industry has December 15, 1973...Sandy Hawley became the first become so much more jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year when professional since the 1970s. The commercial studs and he rode Charlie Jr. to victory in the third race at Laurel consignors have gradually taken Racecourse. over, and the era of the hobby breeder is almost gone. December 17, 1936...Crooner Bing Crosby announced Professionalism has changed the plans to construct a new racetrack, to be called the Del industry in so many ways, which Mar Turf Club. is not necessarily a bad thing. You need to be constantly on December 17, 1970...Canonero II, winless in a pair of your toes these days. Jason Singh Photo starts at Del Mar in the summer, returned to Venezuela to earn a one-length decision in a H. at Rinconada. The colt The bloodstock industry is full of larger-than-life characters. I presume you have met a few? returned to the United States the following spring to win MM: For me, this is what makes the game so the Kentucky Derby and Preakness S., en route to being interesting. Apart from a few notable exceptions, named that year’s champion three-year-old colt. people tend to come and go all the time. I have met some extremely interesting characters, from the December 17, 1993...Fire destroyed the 122-year-old dodgy/borderline criminal to the aristocrats. It really grandstand of Fair Grounds, the nation’s third-oldest does attract people from all walks of life. racetrack.

Has anyone made a profound impact on your career? December 18, 1983...Hollywood Park held the first MM: I have admired a whole host of people at $1 million race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds, the Tattersalls over the years, probably too many to mention. Also, I met John Dunlop [UK-based trainer] in Hollywood Futurity, which was won by Fali Time, ridden the early days and have known him ever since. He is by Sandy Hawley. someone that I have a huge amount of respect for. TDN TODAY TDN columnist Bill Oppenheim is a frequent house Headline News...... 10 pages guest of yours. Does he ever overstay his welcome? MM: Never. How could he? Bill has been staying with me for around 25 years, and he is the easiest guest. He needs very little looking after, just as long as there is an ample supply of biscuits and crisps. Saying that, he does tend to hit me with some obscure stats after a long day at the sales. I might review my answer to this question upon retirement...

You will be wrapping up your duties at the turn of the year. Any specific plans for 2012? MM: I will continue as a Tatts= consultant, but we have not defined a specific role yet. However, the British Racing School will be my main focus. The school trains teenagers to be aspiring jockeys, but it does so much more than that. It=s truly amazing to see how it turns young people around and sets them on the right path. I will also spend more time with the Darley Flying Start students during their stint in Newmarket. After retiring, I will have more free time to watch my nags run around the country. That=s not necessarily a good thing, though...

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21 AND UP: RAPID REDUX DOES IT AGAIN On Nov. 20 at Mountaineer, Rapid Redux won his Robert Cole, Jr.’s Rapid Redux (Pleasantly Perfect) 20th consecutive race to break the consecutive wins did it again yesterday at Laurel Park, winning his 21st record previously held by Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) straight race in a wire-to-wire victory facing $5,000 and Peppers Pride (Desert God) starter allowance foes under jockey J.D. Acosta. The 5- Wells said Rapid Redux might start once more before year-old gelding was winning the end of the year. “I would his 19th race of the year, which love to squeeze one more out, ties the number of single- but it is up to the horse,” added season victories of both Wells. “It is amazing he has Citation and Roseben, who stayed sound so long. He trains accomplished in 1948 and well every day. He is always at 1905, respectively. But despite 80-plus percent. A lot of days published reports, he did not he is at 100. The reason we set a record for wins in a kept him sound is we picked season. That mark belongs to our spots really well, keeping Donald Macdonald, who won him in the $5,000 starters. You 22 of his 36 starts in 1913. run him in an allowance race or Sent off the 2-5 choice in the a stakes, he is tore up. We have Robert Cole MJC photo 1 1/16-mile main track event, turned down $35,000 a couple Rapid Redux was a bit reluctant of times, but he is not going to to load into post one, but win for more than that.” MJC photo nonetheless was away in good Wells said last week that he’d like to see Rapid Redux order as part of a six-horse field retired at the end of the year. “Why not let him go out and soon was in command. He carved out :24.36 and on top? That’s what I want to do,” he said. Cole added, :48.13 splits while moving comfortably and without “You want to win as many as you can, but you also much pressure. He got to three quarters in 1:13.05 and don’t want to blow one at the end. We would like to kicked away in the stretch, and while Awesome end on a good note and not see him get beat.” Click for Rhythm (Toccet) made a game late push, Rapid Redux race video or interview with connections. had enough in reserve to get the win by a half-length. “I love the horse,” Cole said. “The trainer [David Wells] has done an incredible job. I feel very blessed. It’s an incredible feat of luck and incredible skill by the horse. My dad talked about Citation all the time, and it’s amazing--here we are at 19 with Citation. There is no way you could ever imagine claiming a horse for $6,000 that would be mentioned in the same breath as Citation. It is more than a million to one. I know that and do not take it for granted.” Rapid Redux was haltered out of $6,250 claimer at Penn National in October of 2010 and has lost only one start–his third effort for Wells last November–in 24 subsequent starts. He has earned $256,384 during the stretch while winning at seven different tracks and racing from five furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. • ON THE WORKTAB • Acosta is one of seven jockeys to ride Rapid Redux during the streak. Yesterday was his seventh victory HOLLYWOOD aboard the gelding. “He is an athlete. He is like Michael Genius (Smart Strike), 4f, :47.80, 2/6 Phelps,” Acosta said. “This horse is trained to run. As soon as we turned for home he just started running so PALM MEADOWS hard. But he is slowing down some and might need a Dialed In (Mineshaft), 3f, •:36.12, 1/7 little break.” Travelin Man (Trippi), 4f, :49.30, 16/33 BLACK-TYPE STAKES CLOSINGS SANTA ANITA TOMORROW, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15: Stoney Fleece (Decarchy), 5f, 1:00.80, 2/6 12-26 $300,000 Malibu-I, SA, 3yo, 7f (375) 12-26 $150,000 Arcadia-II, SA, 3yo/up, 8fT (225) 12-26 $150,000 Sir Beaufort-II, SA, 3yo, 8fT (225) All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, www.stakesdigestweekly.com unless otherwise indicated TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 12/14/11 • PAGE 2 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com INDUSTRY INFO

Lasix Administration Tops RCI Model Rule Changes: Yesterday’s Results: The Association of Racing Commissioners 8th-PRX, $48,500, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($40,000), NW3X, International (RCI) Model Rules Committee met at the 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11 1/5, ft. Omni Tucson National Resort Dec. 8 in Arizona to 1--BOLD AFFAIR, 116, f, 3, Two Punch--Hunka Hunka adopt several changes to their Model Rules, including Lori Z (MSW, $266,533), by Colonial Affair. new limits on who can administer race-day furosemide, O/B-Charles J Reed & Michael Zanella (MD); commonly known as Lasix or Salix. The modified rules T-Howard E Wolfendale. Lifetime Record: SW, prohibit private veterinarians and veterinarian 6-4-0-2, $202,020. technicians from administering race-day furosemide, 2--Jealous Girl, 116, f, 3, Petionville--Isla Cozzene, by which officials believe will lead to increased protection Cozzene. ($45,000 yrl '09 KEESEP). of the betting public. The committee also reiterated its 3--Bandola, 116, f, 3, Pomeroy--Katie's Cure, by Cure opposition to the race-day use of adjunct bleeder the Blues. ($15,000 RNA yrl '09 OBSAUG; $54,000 medications. The only therapeutic treatment allowed on 2yo ‘10 OBSAPR). race day is furosemide under strictly regulated terms. Margins: NK, 6, 10. Odds: 1.60, 0.40, 8.70. This policy is currently under review at the request of Bold Affair got back to winning ways after missing several RCI member regulators. Also during the some time. The homebred Maryland-bred miss began meeting, Model Rules were adopted to place emphasis her career with easy wins at Pimlico in April and May, on the importance of racing officials reporting to the then finished a close-up third in her first stakes try in stewards or judges “any perceived issues” with a horse the Miss Preakness S. May 20. The fleet filly was up on that may significantly affect the running of the race.The the pace when they went :44 flat in the $200,000 committee also added changes that clarify the Jockey Jostle S. at Parx June 11 and showed her Scale of Weights which would allow for more flexibility determination by holding on to win by a length, but of the rules when 3-year-old horses are competing regressed a bit when a tired third in Monmouth’s Dearly against older horses. Additionally, jockey insurance was Precious S. Jule 10. Off since, she was the second covered, which would allow increased disclosure of on- choice here to the Anthony Dutrow-trained Jealous Girl. track jockey insurance policies. Representatives from 18 North American racing jurisdictions were in The latter, at 2-5 chalk, was quickest away and opened attendance, as were industry groups such as the a clear lead in the early going before Bold Affair turned Jockeys’ Guild, the National HBPA, the American the heat up on the far turn through a half in :45 3/5. Quarter Horse Association and the United States Jealous Girl maintained a narrow advantage into the Trotting Association. stretch, but Bold Affair kept on coming and asserted late for the narrow win. The race was essentially a four- DRF & Breeders’ Cup Co-Sponsor Eclipse Awards: horse affair when After the Applause (Lost Soldier) was The National Thoroughbred Racing Association left at the break. After an inquiry, she was declared a announced yesterday that Daily Racing Form and non-starter. Click for the brisnet.com chart or video Breeders’ Cup Limited will serve as Presenting Sponsors replay. of the Eclipse Awards. 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Calendar Raises $26,000 for Charity: "Horses and HopeYMy Year at the Auction," a 2012 calendar of photos taken by the TDN's own Sarah K. Andrew, has raised over $26,000 for charity. Andrew traveled from Yesterday=s Results: New Jersey to Pau, 14.35, Mdn, €15,000, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2f (AWT), Lexington last 1:33.73, stn. weekend to +LUCAYAN (FR) (c, 2, Turtle Bowl {Ire}--La Vltava present a check {Ire}, by Grand Lodge), sent off at just over 9-2, the to One Horse At half-brother to Karluv Most (Fr) (Della Francesca), Ch. A Time, Inc., an Stayer-Spa, SW-Spa, SP-Fr, was shuffled back to last equine advocacy racing greenly soon after the start. Picking up wide on group that raises the home turn, the €17,000 ARQDEC weanling and funds and awards €85,000 ARQMAY 2yo was launched on the front end grants to either with over a furlong remaining and surged clear under rescues or hand riding to record a convincing three-length success individuals in from Saimo (Fr) (Gold Away {Ire}). Lifetime Record: need. One Horse 1 start, 1 win, €7,500. Sarah Andrew, Penny Austin and Camelot at a Time also O-Ahmed Mouknass & Pandora Stud LLC; B-J P grad Charmed L Marquardt offers emergency Colombu; T-Francois Rohaut. feed and vet Purchased by MAB Agency (M-A Berghgracht) assistance, as well as the gelding grants. The operation's Penny Austin accepted the check. "One Horse at a Time is stunned--simply stunned--at Pau, 15.40, Mdn, €15,000, 2yo, f, 7 1/2f (AWT), the most incredible gift we have been blessed with," 1:33.67, stn. Austin said. "The amount of the donation from Sarah TRIBUNE (FR) (f, 2, Grand Slam--Tanguista {Fr} (SP-Fr), Andrew and Hoofprints= 'Horses and Hope' calendar is a by War Chant), third over this trip at Deauville on debut testament to the power of the individual doing just 'one Oct. 20, was up to lead from the outset. Striking for thing.'" One Horse at a Time is a Kentucky- registered home on the final turn, the 6-5 pick had no difficulty in non-profit and a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization. It carving out a five-length win from Belle de Lune (Fr) was founded in 2008. To learn more, visit (Ski Chief). Sales Info: €57,000 RNA yrl >10 ARQAUG. www.onehorseatatimeinc.org, or Lifetime Record: 2 starts, 1 win, 1 place, €11,100. www.facebook.com/OHAAT. O/B-Ecurie des Monceaux; T-Jean-Claude Rouget. Andrew, an award-winning equine photographer, took the photos at the Camelot horse auction in New EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Jersey. For the past two years, Andrew has worked with auction officials and a network of volunteers to IN HONG KONG: help find buyers for horses passing through the auction, Talley Close (GB), c, 3, Danbird (Aus)--No Candles horses that otherwise might wind up being sold to the Tonight (GB), by Star Appeal (GB). Sha Tin, 12-11, feedlot. Since the effort began in November 2009, no Hcp., 1200mT, 1:09.58. B-A B Phipps. horses have shipped to slaughter from the auction Majestic Falcon (GB), g, 4, Oasis Dream (GB)--Kerataka house, and well over 2,000 horses have been (Ire), by Doyoun (Ire). Sha Tin, 12-11, Hcp., 1200mT, purchased out of the feedlot. 1:09.47. B-H H the Aga Khan=s Studs SC. *Formerly The calendar was designed and published by Keredari (Ire). **SW & MGSP-Ire. Hoofprints.com, and 100% of the profits went to One Horse at a Time. The "Horses and Hope" calendar costs $14.95 and is available at TDN TODAY http://www.hoofprints.com/organizers.html. Around the World...... 4 pages

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7th-LRL, $31,000, NW1X, 3yo/up, a1 1/16m, 1:45, ft. TIZ RELEVANT (c, 3, Tiznow--Reverence, by West by West) Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-1, $45,313. O-Harry C & Tom O Meyerhoff. B-Peter Van Andel (KY). T-Michael J Trombetta. *$70,000 yrl '09 KEESEP. First-crop starters to watch: Wednesday, December 13 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2008 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ 8th-MNR, $23,000, 12-12, NW3L, 3yo/up, 5 1/2f, BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) 1:06 2/5, ft. CORINTHIAN (Pulpit), Gainesway, $40K, 135/17/1 SORDISA (g, 4, Kutsa--Soferrara, by Ferrara) Lifetime 8-LRL, Aoc, 1m, Allthewayyeah, $27K OBS APR 2yo, 8-1 Record: 15-3-2-2, $48,001. O/B-James C Bickett Jr ENGLISH CHANNEL (Smart Strike), Lane's End, $25K, 110/11/0 (KY). T-C Steve Larue. 6-HOL, Msw, 1 1/16mT, La Malaguena HIGH COTTON (Dixie Union), Ocala Stud, $5K, 44/14/1 2-CT, Msw, 6 1/2f, Almost a Valentine, 8-1 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: SAINT ANDDAN (A.P. Indy), Journeyman, $7K, 63/15/1 Respectful Ed, c, 2, Eddington--Respectful, by Honour 2-HOL, Aoc, 6fT, Woebegon, $125K OBS APR 2yo and Glory. LRL, 12-13, 1m, 1:40 1/5. B-Bowman & SILENT NAME (JPN) (Sunday Silence), Adena KY, $8K, 63/6/0 Higgins Stable (MD). *$22,000 2yo ‘11 FTMMAY. 2-CT, Msw, 6 1/2f, Silent Dancing, $2K EAS MAY 2yo, 9-2 STONESIDER (Giant's Causeway), Highcliff, $3K, 40/2/0 4-AQU, Msw, 1m, Stock Fund, $35K EAS DEC 2yo, 12-1 SUNRIVER (Saint Ballado), Empire Stud, $15K, 64/2/1 4-AQU, Msw, 1m, Hot Splash, 5-2 B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N WILD DESERT (Wild Rush), McMahon, $8K, 39/2/0 4-AQU, Msw, 1m, Rum Till I Die, 15-1 E UR OPE

First/Second-crop starters to watch: Wed., December 13 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2007 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ CONDITIONS RESULTS: BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) FRANCE, Marseille Pont-de-Vivaux, 16.40, €15,000, 2yo, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:31.94, stn. BERNARDINI (A.P. Indy), Darley, $100K, 219/55/10 PRINZ DAVID (FR) (c, 2, Blackdoun {Fr}--Lucia Nova 2-AQU, Msw, 6f, +Bernie's Love, 8-1 {Ger}, by Surumu {Ger}) Lifetime Record: 2 starts, 2 wins, €13,500. O-Ecurie Guedj & Boutin; B-Haras de Bernesq; T-D Rabhi. *€7,000 yrl ‘10 ARQOCT.

ITALY, Naples, 15.45, 12-12, €13,020, 2yo, 1mT, B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N time: n/a, hy. AME R ICA FACOLTOSO (GB) (c, 2, Refuse To Bend {Ire}--Fabulous Speed, by Silver Hawk) Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-2, €21,112. O/T-Raffaele Biondi; B-Elsdon Farms. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: *800gns yrl ‘10 TATOCT. *1/2 to Aspasia De Mileto 8th-LRL, $35,000, Opt. Clm. ($32,000-$28,000), (GB) (Hurricane Run {Ire}), SP-Fr & Spa NW3X, 3yo/up, a1 1/16m, 1:44 3/5, ft. THOMAS GOT EVEN (c, 4, Stephen Got Even– ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Tomisue's Pleasure, by Seeking the Gold) Lifetime Becqualye (Fr), f, 2, Slickly (Fr)--L’Etoile la Lune (Ire), by Record: 17-6-0-4, $147,047. O-Premier Stables Groom Dancer. Marseille Pont-de-Vivaux, France, Unlimited. B-Hilbert Thoroughbreds Inc & Menard 12-13, Mdn, 2yo, 1 1/4m (AWT). B-B Becquart. *1/2 Thoroughbreds, Inc (KY). T-Mark Shuman. *$19,000 to Bertranicus (Fr) (Take Risks) (Fr), SW & GSP-Fr, HRA 2011 KEENOV. **Full to Time To Get Even, GSW, $252,170; Becqu Adoree (Fr) (Nombre Premier (GB), $150,084. SW & GSP-Fr, $116,102.

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