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"It means there is more even grazing of the sward," explains LEADON A TRUE Leadon. "The cattle fertilise it for you, and they also have a great calming influence on the horses. We try to make our foals RENAISSANCE MAN civilised, used to being in and out, easily handled." When they first came here, 20 years ago, there was no water or electricity in the stableblock; no house; and nowhere to store feed, bedding and equipment. These are now in "the Sinndar barn," as Leadon calls it, auspiciously painted in the green and red livery of the Aga Khan. "Mariann and I met riding out for John Oxx," Leadon says. "Unlike me, she was a very good amateur rider; she once beat Johnny Reid in a photo. But I did ride out there for 26 years. And I took a real shine to Sinndar (Ire) (Grand Lodge). I was standing at the top of the gallops when [Johnny] Murtagh patted him down the neck and said: 'He'll stay.' And I thought, that'll do me. I had 40-1!" Cont. p2

Des Leadon and Mariann Klay | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY DEL MAR OPENS WITH STRONG FIELD SIZES By Chris McGrath Del Mar opens its doors for its 36-day summer meet How do you begin to describe the value of a man like Des Wednesday with large fields highlighting the opening day card. Leadon to the Thoroughbred industry? Well, since you can turn Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. to him in almost any other dilemma--whether you need someone to address the more calamitous implications, for breeding and racing, of Brexit; or to fly a priceless stallion across the world; or, with his wife Mariann Klay, simply to prepare a foal for sale--then we might as well borrow his help here, too. Because the way he describes his working environment could equally be applied to the range and diversity of his own accomplishments. "When I talk to people who are thinking about getting into our wonderful industry, I liken it to that marvellous French culinary creation: the gateau mille-feuille," he says. "Because there's a thousand layers to it. And that creates an endless fascination." Leadon wears his erudition lightly, the easiest and most gregarious of companions round Swordlestown Little, just in the lee of Punchestown racecourse, on a summer afternoon. They say that if you want something done, you ask a busy person. In the same way, it appears impossible to feel as though you are intruding on the time of a man who puts it to such fertile use. Mares and foals graze peacefully among cattle as the shadows begin to lengthen across the paddocks. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

Leadon A True Renaissance Man Cont. from p1 to break, but her win at Listowel would have given us as much That is as close as Leadon ever expects to come to a Derby pleasure as any of the big ones." winner. This is a boutique operation, the original 55 acres of But Ajman King's success at Epsom also had an extra frisson, Swordlestown Stud's isolation annex since expanded to 90--but sealing a very special visit to London for Leadon's father: for a still adhering to the old rule of reunion of his old flying buddies. one mare and her followers per Not many of them left, now, but 10 acres. then not many in his particular "I had no real idea what stud line of work had even survived farming is," Leadon admits. the war. As a Lancaster pilot, he "Nowadays I liken it to had limited life expectancy; but haemorrhage. There's two sorts as a pathfinder into the bargain- of haemorrhage: venous -marking and remarking the haemorrhage, where it sort of target with flares--he was really leaks out; and arterial sticking his neck out. "People haemorrhage, where it spurts have forgotten how many out. Stud farming is like arterial Irishmen fought with the Allies," haemorrhage, with one big his son notes. "To preserve the difference: in arterial freedoms that we now all take haemorrhage, at least you've got Lilbourne Lad | Racing Post for granted." the blood before it's gone!" Leadon Sr. was still performing That said, Swordlestown Little has been among Ireland's top barrel rolls and loops three years ago, 70 years after five vendors of foals in each of the last five years. Graduates crash-landing at RAF Wyton with a bomb on board. After the include Lilbourne Lad (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), now standing at war he continued with a career in aviation, but it was his other Rathbarry; Ajman King (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who completed passion that filtered through to his son. For between leading a four-timer in a valuable handicap at Epsom on Oaks day; and 1,000-bomber raids Leadon Sr. would race by motorbike from Spring Loaded (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), who confirmed himself a the Cambridgeshire airbases to ride out for Captain Cecil sprinter of group calibre when winning under a big weight at Boyd-Rochfort in Newmarket. Ascot last Saturday. He also trained a couple of point-to-pointers himself, alongside "We set out, quite deliberately, to be niche producers of very the airstrip. "He almost got himself court-martialled once," his nice foals," Leadon says. "Mariann does a wonderful job son smiles. "Because the ground was getting firm, he had a fire educating them, and they've practice so that they sprayed done us proud. When Lilbourne beside the runway." Lad won the Railway S., we IT’S A HUGE CHALLENGE TO THIS For young Leadon, then, the danced down the stairs of the ISLAND. THE UK REPRESENTS OUR unsurprising choice was vet grandstand. Like all those school or flying school. His father moments in racing, nobody can LAND BRIDGE TO EUROPE. THAT took him up for an hour in a wipe the smile off your face for a LANDLINE HAS GOT TO REMAIN OPEN. two-seater, showed him the full week. But the little ones can ropes, and then said: "Right, give enormous pleasure too." Des Leadon on Brexit we'll go home and you tell mum One such is My Snowdrop (Ire), your decision over lunch." When a daughter of none other than Leadon came down in favour of Lilbourne Lad, who recently won vet school, his father exclaimed: at Listowel for Oxx and a "Good! Because when I handed syndicate of friends. Her veteran dam, responsible for the farm's you the controls this morning, I formed the impression you had first black-type winner in 2007, delivered this filly in the middle the ability to kill us both." of a snowstorm. Sold as a foal, My Snowdrop returned to the As a student in Dublin, Leadon wrote to Twink Allen in ring as a yearling with a reputation as something of a lunatic. Newmarket and was invited for a six-month project exploring "But when she heard Mariann's voice, she came over and put prostaglandin as a means to control the breeding cycle of mares. her head in her arms," Leadon says. "After that, she wasn't going anywhere but home. I must say she was extraordinarily difficult Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

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Needless to say, Leadon was also riding out--for John Winter, who had a filly named Double Finesse (GB) in his yard at the time. Later noted as dam of Mr Brooks (GB) (Blazing Saddles {Aus}), she was owned by another legend among Newmarket veterinarians, Peter Rossdale. And though Leadon did return to Ireland once qualified, doing a stint in practice and a thesis back at Trinity College on heritability of heart size, he returned for 3 1/2 years with Rossdale. "Peter was the oracle," Leadon says. Vice President, International Operations "And still is. He would challenge you, not teach you, and see Gary King how you progressed." Twitter: @garykingTDN In the case of Leadon, the progress would be giddy. A [email protected] Fellowship of the RCVS, for research into equine prematurity. In + 1.732.320.0975 1984, appointment to the inaugural team at the Irish Equine International Editor Centre, as head of clinical pathology; he is still there today, as Kelsey Riley consultant clinician. And, in the interim, an alphabet soup in the Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN service of profession and industry alike. A cursory ample: [email protected] veterinary advisor and now vice-chairman of the ITBA; president of the British Equine Veterinary Association; and respectively European Editor president and international director of the global and American Emma Berry equivalents. Twitter: @collingsberry Difficult, then, to convey more than a fragment of his wisdom [email protected] on a panoply of vital challenges. Leadon was, for instance, a Associate International Editor natural choice as one of the envoys sent by the Irish industry to Heather Anderson Brussels this spring, in the hope of unravelling something of the Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Brexit tangle. "It's a huge challenge to this island," he stresses. "The UK Marketing Manager represents our land bridge to Europe, and more than 2,000 Alayna Cullen mares come here from continental Europe, using that bridge, Twitter: @AlaynaCullen every year. That landline has got to remain open. Because the [email protected] knock-on effects would go far beyond the TPA [the tripartite Contributing Editor agreement].@ Cont. p4 Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN

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Leadon A True Renaissance Man Cont. saw that in France only last year [when Jean-Claude Rouget lost "We pulled some figures from the sales companies that two horses], and it's also occurred in a major horse show in enabled us to show that Thoroughbred exports from the Ohio." European Union to third countries--the Middle East, North Another source of anxiety: the vaccine against Equine Viral America, the Far East, Australasia--totalled i1.3-billion over a Arteritis dried up last winter, which apart from anything else five-year period. That's a hell of a lot of money. And the created major headaches over the shipping status of shuttle argument we expounded was that this industry is bigger than stallions. That is a requirement Leadon understands perhaps the sum of its parts. Damage any one part of it, you damage the better than anyone on the planet, having first researched whole lot." equine aviation as long ago as the Seoul Olympics of 1988, Movement of breeding stock, post-Brexit, would lack the oiled before being enlisted commercially to assist Thoroughbred wheels available to racehorses through the "high health, high shipments for both breeding and competition. Asked to performance" system for competition animals. This permits a establish his credentials as an expert witness, in a court case 20 90-day sanitary bubble for horses whose point of departure is years ago, he was appalled to calculate that he had already certified as disease-free, provided they have no contact with spent two full years with horses at altitude. local horse populations. "In times gone by, between 6 and 11% of horses [shipping "That won't work for between continents] would have breeding," Leadon points out. some degree of respiratory "There's no way you're going to compromise," he recalls. get a mare from France or "Nowadays we can get that Germany to Ireland and back out down to about half of 1%. So it's again in 90 days, it's just not a real illustration of how practical. But we do have a bringing science and research to saving grace: the code of bear on clinical issues can yield practice for dealing with fruit for the industry." infectious diseases, which has The stakes can be daunting. stood the test of time in the Three years ago Leadon was breeding industry for 35 years. accompanying $400-million Uniquely among pre-Brexit worth of stallions from Australia agreements, it can remain in to the U.S. when one contracted place regardless of whether colic. A divert, with all the there's a soft or a hard Brexit." consequences in terms of But such lifeboats seem to be quarantine, would have cost few and far between. Leadon $750,000. Leadon's judgement, quotes a report anticipating a Spring Loaded | Racing Post offered to a global conference 10% hit on Ireland's GDP from a call in the cockpit, was that he "soft" Brexit; and a staggering 40%, from a "hard" one. That could control the colic. Luckily, he was right. could have a disastrous ripple effect on investment in The biggest single boon of veterinary science, during his Thoroughbreds across Europe. career, he reckons to be ultrasound. "It's transformed our ability "Remember it's international pedigrees that make the whole to diagnose and manage pregnancy and illnesses," he says. "But thing work," Leadon says. "Look at countries where the breeding from an industry perspective, the most important result has industry has stagnated: the racing industry all but disappears. been to allow us to reduce the number of times a stallion mates Germany would be a sad case in point, Italy another. That is not with any given mare. It's not that long ago we were regarding 55 a route we want to go down, so we must preserve that land mares as a good book, and were cross-covering everything. The bridge for the benefit of all." stallion was doing as much work for a fraction of the number of There are, moreover, extremely serious issues regarding the foals." supply and efficacy of vaccines. "My personal nightmare is an When it comes to genomics, however, Leadon is unabashed in outbreak of nervous form herpes virus at a major sale," Leadon cautioning against too credulous a faith in the advance of confides. "It would kill the industry. Sales companies must face science. that Domesday situation. Because this isn't some fantasy. We Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

half-sister was! And the family has really blossomed, with Spring IT’S A REAL ILLUSTRATION OF HOW Loaded in England, and Dinnozo (Ire), ironically by Lilbourne Lad, who has won the guts of a million in Hong Kong.@ BRINGING SCIENCE AND RESEARCH TO "But then there's Third Dimension (Fr) (Suave Dancer), the BEAR ON CLINICAL ISSUES CAN YIELD dam of Ajman King [and seven other winners]. We saw this mare walking past at Deauville, and she was just so beautifully FRUIT FOR THE INDUSTRY. elegant. And she has paid us back over and over. So that's the Des Leadon real joy of it: looking after these little family trees, and trying to get them the best deal in life. It's immensely rewarding."

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"When you're talking about genomics in cattle, sheep and pigs, LAUNCH ON AUG. 15 you're talking about millions of observations," he says. "With Thoroughbred Daily News Australia-New Zealand, a Thoroughbreds, you're talking about thousands. So there's a comprehensive website and eNewspaper, will debut on Aug. 15, difference in scale. And there's a great difference between the 2018. TDN AusNZ is co-founded and owned by Gary King, the qualities required of a racehorse to win a very good race against Vice President of International Operations of TDN, and Vicky a continually shifting standard, than there is about producing Leonard, formerly the Marketing and Projects Manager at milk or back fat.@ Arrowfield Stud. "We did it here, out of interest. And one of our best mares It will operate in partnership with the world-renowned would have gone straight down the tubes, she was classified as Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN) brand, but will be its own the slowest of the lot. She's actually the dam of sprinters. That's distinct entity and ownership structure. The company will be just an anecdote. The real issue is that there's huge overlap. The based in Sydney, Australia. tool is appropriate for populations of animals; not for the "I'm delighted to be launching TDNAusNZ with Vicky Leonard,@ individual, because you don't know where you are in that said King. AI have always wanted to develop a product for the cross-thatch between the categories.@ Australasian marketplace, and that time has arrived. Vicky's "Of course, the defence is that it is only used in conjunction reputation within the industry for creativity and forward with everything else. Unfortunately human nature hasn't thinking needs no introduction.@ operated like that. We're not trying to take away anyone's living. "The TDN has an excellent reputation as a customer-focused But we want people to go in with their eyes open." brand delivering quality bloodstock editorial. I am excited to To Leadon, the whole magic of bloodstock lies on the margin continue that mission with TDNAusNZ," said Leonard. "We will between science and art. Yes, things are less haphazard than launch with an interactive digital platform, designed for our they used to be. Being so deeply versed in the things we can do increasingly mobile lives and to provide innovative opportunities to assist the process, however, ultimately persuades Leadon for advertisers." Cont. p6 that the sport will always be sustained by some unknowable alchemy. Hence five months of debate on the farm, every year, on the right mating for each mare. "Sometimes we get it really right, other times--like everybody else--we get it quite spectacularly wrong," he says. "Same with mare selection. You buy the best you can, but that isn't always the one with the flashiest pedigree. I've always liked the Michael Caine principle: 'Not a lot of people know that.' It's nice to know something not everyone knows.@ "Our first really good mare was one I had ridden in races. Another we took because we knew her half-sister and thought she might be a black-type horse. We were wrong. But another TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

AI=m very excited to be apart of TDNAusNZ,@ said Riley. AI have made frequent trips to Australia the past five years to cover sales for the TDN, and have long felt that there was room in this thriving marketplace for a dynamic digital product like TDNAusNZ. I think users will find it to be a good blend of components that have traditionally served TDN readers well, and innovative new ideas.@ Click here to sign up for free to TDNAusNZ.

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King will continue in his current role with TDN as Vice-President of International Operations, but will also be a managing owner of TDNAusNZ. AWe plan on bringing many of the same qualities that has made TDN so successful, but we have some exciting new additions tailored for an Australian/New Zealand audience." Just as the TDN before it, and the popular TDN European edition which King oversees, TDNAusNZ will be aimed at the busy industry professional with the goal of delivering the information he or she needs in a comprehensive yet digestible offering. AIt's difficult to allocate time each day to filter through various media sources,@ said Leonard. AYet our roles depend on keeping up with the most essential industry news, stallion trends and pedigrees; plus up-to-date race and sales results. We need quality information at our fingertips, and we need to understand what it means for us, our business and our clients.@ TDNAusNZ will investigate, interpret and deliver the most TDN AusNZ co-founder and owner Vicky Leonard valuable content in an easy-to-read, palatable format. It will dissect and discuss important events, tell stories and analyse industry trends, and bring relevant ideas from the outside world FIRST-SEASON SIRES to help grow the readers= knowledge and help them in their WITH RUNNERS business. Breaking news will be covered and circulated immediately. The paper will be delivered in a mobile-optimised format that Wednesday, July 18, 2018: works in conjunction with the daily routine of readers. Over time UNITED KINGDOM the TDNAusNZ platform will develop additional interactive and Bungle Inthejungle (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Rathasker helpful tools, guided by feedback from readers and advertisers. Stud Kelsey Riley, TDN International Editor, will be a frequent 95 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner contributor to TDNAusNZ. TDNAusNZ has hired Paul Vettise and 17:50-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, JUNGLE JUICE (IRE) Brendan O'Brien as associate editors. The publication will also 16,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016; i32,000 Goffs use a global team of freelance journalists. Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2017 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

First-Season Sires With Runners Cont. Burwaaz (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Longford House Stud Dunaden (Fr) (Nicobar {GB}), Overbury Stud 14 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 60 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 3-FAIRYHOUSE, 6f, MID WINSTER (GB) 17:50-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, MIGHTY MIDJET (GB) Charm Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Haras de Bonneval Gregorian (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}), National Stud 105 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners 85 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners 3-FAIRYHOUSE, 6f, FULMINATE (GB) 17:50-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, GREGORIAN GIRL (GB) Slade Power (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}), Kildangan Stud 9,524gns Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sept. Yearling Sale 2017 99 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners Heeraat (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Mickley Stud 3-FAIRYHOUSE, 6f, TENAX (IRE) 72 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners i43,000 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2017 14:40-LINGFIELD PARK, 6f, STAR AT MIDNIGHT (GB) Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Banstead Manor Stud 116 foals of racing age/4 winners/1 black-type winner Tuesday=s Results: 18:10-YARMOUTH, 7f, MOTALAQQY (IRE) 1st-Beverley, ,6,400, Cond, 7-17, 2yo, 5fT, 1:03.76, g/f. 150,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 2 PRINCESS POWER (IRE) (f, 2, Slade Power {Ire}--Flurry of Hands Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), Haras de Bouquetot {Ire}, by Acclamation {GB}) went postward as a 20-1 outsider 119 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners after posting three off-the-board efforts including at Ripon last 18:10-YARMOUTH, 7f, ASTRONAUT (GB) time June 20. Tracking the leaders in fourth until nudged along ,55,000 RNA Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale 2017 to close at halfway, the bay came under sterner urging inside the final quarter mile and was driven out to prevail by 1 1/2 War Command (War Front), Coolmore Stud lengths from Diamonique (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), becoming the 112 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners fifth winner for her freshman sire (by Dutch Art {GB}). Half to a 14:40-LINGFIELD PARK, 6f, ISAAN QUEEN (IRE) yearling filly by Mukhadram (GB), she is also the first scorer i42,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2017 produced by a winning half-sister to G3 Prix Vanteaux victress 14:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 6f, SEDUCTIVE (IRE) and G1 Prix Saint-Alary runner-up Epic Love (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), IRELAND herself out of a stakes-placed daughter of GI Beverly Hills H. Alhebayeb (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Tara Stud heroine Alcando (Ire) (Alzao). Sales history: ,19,000 RNA 2yo >18 128 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners GOFBRE. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-0, $5,480. Video, sponsored by 3-FAIRYHOUSE, 6f, LORD RAPSCALLION (IRE) Fasig-Tipton. i10,500 Goffs February Mixed Sale 2017; 35,000gns Tattersalls O-A Killoran; B-Roundhill Stud (IRE); T-Nigel Tinkler. October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 3 1st-Chelmsford City, ,6,400, Mdn, 7-17, 3yo/up, 13f 66y (AWT), 2:48.70, st. SACRED PATH (GB) (f, 3, Galileo {Ire}--All=s Forgotten, by Darshaan {GB}), second when odds-on for a Haydock novice contest over an extended 11 furlongs June 8, raced close to the leader throughout the early stages. Sent to the front well before halfway, the 2-9 favourite had total control from there and outclassed her rivals as the betting suggested when scoring by 11 lengths. The dam, who was purchased at the 2007 Tattersalls December Mares Sale by Hugo Lascelles Bloodstock for 140,000gns, made an instant impact courtesy of Gan Amhras (Ire), a son of Galileo who was third in the G1 2000 Guineas. Her other trio of black-type winners by that sire are Shantaram (GB), who was successful in the G3 Bahrain Trophy, Forever Now (GB), who captured the Listed March S. and was also placed in the Bahrain Trophy and G3 Sagaro S., and To Eternity (GB) who took Alhebayeb is looking for winner number three at Fairyhouse on the Listed Chalice S. and was third in the G3 Princess Royal S. Wednesday. | Racing Post Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

1st-Chelmsford City Cont. A half to the SW and MGSP Parole Board (Dynaformer), she also has yearling and foal fillies by Gleneagles (Ire) and Golden Horn (GB) respectively. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $11,412. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Tuesday=s Results: O/B-Lady Bamford (GB); T-John Gosden. 1st-Killarney, i20,000, Cond, 7-17, 2yo, 8f 25yT, 1:45.47, gd. IRIDESSA (IRE) (f, 2, Ruler of the World {Ire}--Senta=s Dream CONDITIONS RESULTS: {GB}, by Danehill), sent off at 20-1, broke well and travelled 4th-Thirsk, ,7,000, 7-17, 3yo/up, 5fT, 1:00.26, gd. comfortably in fifth early before moving up to Ballydoyle=s well- SHARP STYLE (FR) (g, 3, Style Vendome {Fr}--Sloane de regarded Cardini (Magician {Ire}) in early straight. Seamie Borepair {Fr}, by Sevres Rose {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, Heffernan=s body language told the story there and he only $10,948. O-Champion Bloodstock Ltd; B-S.C.E.A. Des Prairies & needed to shake the rains for the homebred to brush aside that S.N.C. Ecurie De Castillon (FR); T-Mohamed Moubarak. 4-5 market-leader a furlong out and surge to a four-length *i24,000 Ylg >16 AROYRG; ,50,000 2yo >17 TATABR. success. AJoseph gave me the impression that he liked her and I=d be inclined to agree with him,@ the jockey said. AAidan=s is a 3rd-Chelmsford City, ,6,400, 7-17, 2yo, 6f (AWT), 1:11.71, st. lovely horse, but he=s still immature and she=s real nice.@ QUIET ENDEAVOUR (IRE) (c, 2, Society Rock {Ire}--My Eurydice Iridessa, who becomes the second winner for her G1 Epsom {GB}, by Exceed and Excel {Aus}) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, Derby-winning first-season sire and first in Britain and Ireland, is $11,648. O-Ontoawinner & Partners; B-Colm McEvoy (IRE); a granddaughter of Starine (Fr) (Mendocino), who captured the T-Archie Watson. *i37,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP. GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf, GI Matriarch S. and GII Diana H. The dam also has a yearling colt by Australia (GB). Lifetime ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Record: 1-1-0-0, $14,429. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Done Deal (Ire), g, 3, Azamour (Ire)--Dundel=s Spirit (Ire), by O-Mrs A. M. O=Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Joseph Invincible Spirit (Ire). *1ST-TIME STARTER. Chelmsford City, O=Brien. 7-17, 8f (AWT), 1:38.74. B-Con Harrington (IRE). *52,000gns Ylg >16 TAOCT. Perisher (GB), g, 3, Pivotal (GB)--Winter Snow (Ire), by Raven=s Pass. Thirsk, 7-17, 7f 218yT, 1:40.07. B-Godolphin (GB). Acclafrith (Ire), c, 3, Planteur (Ire)--Mary Frith (GB), by Acclamation (GB). Wolverhampton, 7-16, 9f 104y (AWT), 2:01.15. B-Mubarak Al Naemi (IRE).

TATIRE ASCOT JULY SALE POSTS STRONG CLEARANCE The one-day Tattersalls Ireland Ascot July Sale was conducted on Tuesday, with a strong clearance rate of 88% for 119 lots sold. The gross was £501,700, with an average of £4,216 and a median of £2,200. Topping proceedings was Tralong Bay (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) (lot 68) from the consignment of Baroda & Colbinstown Stud. The unraced daughter of Group 3-placed Alexander Youth (Ire) Iridessa | Racing Post (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) brought £37,000 from Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock. © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. AWe were very pleased with today=s clearance rate of 88%, This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any which saw a wide buyer base active from start to finish,@ said means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission Tattersalls Ireland Director of Horses in Training Sales Richard of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the Pugh. AFlat and National Hunt trainers along with overseas and American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services domestic purchasers all contributed to one of the highest and utilized here with their permission. clearance rates ever recorded at Ascot in recent times.@ TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

Irish Report Cont. NEW PHASE OF GALWAY RENOVATION

3rd-Killarney, i17,500, Cond, 7-17, 3yo/up, 8f 25yT, 1:44.63, PLAN UNVEILED gd. The Galway Racecourse Committee is looking for tenders for a RIONACH (GB) (f, 3, Sea the Stars {Ire}--Forest Crown {GB} design team to tackle the next phase of the €12-million Galway {MSP-Eng}, by Royal Applause {GB}), who had opened her Racecouse redevelopment, the course announced on Tuesday. account at Tipperary 12 days previously, broke well and relaxed The latest €6-million redevelopment, the Wilson Lynch Building, back in fifth three deep. Given her cue entering the straight, the is completed and will be unveiled at the 2018 Summer Festival 3-1 shot collared frontrunner Aussie Valentine (Ire) (Aussie on Monday, July 30. Part of the upcoming €12-million Rules) before powering clear to win by 4 1/2 lengths. AShe was renovation will include a completely revamped and modernised probably a bit raw last year, but she=s found her groove now and parade ring, as well as a pre-parade ring, directly adjacent to the is a lovely filly we=ve liked since the day we got her,@ trainer main parade ring. New hospitality venues positioned to the Michael O=Callaghan said. AShe has strengthened this spring and north and south of the parade ring are planned and the first done nothing but improve. Nice ground is the key to her and floor of the existing Millennium Grandstand will be refurbished, although she=s not over-big, she has scope. The hood helps her as well. Finally, a new racecourse administrative building will be relax, as she can be enthusiastic. [Jockey] Colin [Keane] says he built, while the existing building turned into welfare facilities for feels she=s improved since last time and feels like a stakes filly both male and female jockeys and enhanced hospitality facilities now. There is a listed at Galway [the Aug. 2 Corrib S.] and if they for winning connections. have nice ground there she could go--we=ll probably go hunting for a bit of black-type now.@ The useful dam, whose unraced 2- year-old colt Forest of Dean (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) was bought by Godolphin for 450,000gns at Tattersalls October, also has a yearling filly by Siyouni (Fr) and a filly foal also by Iffraaj. She is one of five black-type performers out of Wiener Wald (Woodman), with the best being the G1 Racing Post Trophy hero and GI Pacific Classic runner-up Crowded House (GB) (Rainbow Quest). This prestigious family of Storm Cat also features the top-level scorers Ticker Tape (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), Brando (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Reckless Abandon (GB) (Exchange Rate). Sales history: 125,000gns Ylg >16 TAOCT; i140,000 2yo >17 GOFHIT. Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0, $28,398. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Robert J W Moran; B-Car Colston Hall Stud (GB); T-Michael The view from the grandstand at Galway Racecourse | Racing Post O=Callaghan.

2nd-Killarney, i14,500, Mdn, 7-17, 3yo/up, 8f 25yT, 1:44.19, AWe are delighted to be in a position to progress the next gd. phase of development at Galway Racecourse as we are always DREAM ASCOT (GB) (f, 3, Oasis Dream {GB}--World Class {GB}, striving to improve the facilities on course and to enhance the by Galileo {Ire}), sent off at 6-1, missed the kick and raced in last experience for both the customer and the participants which is throughout the opening stages. Delivered wide in the straight, paramount to maintaining Galway=s position as one of the the bay got to Tremendous Leap (GB) (Shamardal) 100 yards out highlights of the summer racing calendar,@ said Peter Allen, and stayed on to secure a half-length success. The unraced dam Chairman of the Galway Race Committee. AEach year, the is a half-sister to the G1 Epsom Derby-winning sire Motivator Summer Festival puts Galway on the front pages and provides (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), the G2 Hardwicke S. scorer Macarthur (GB) an extraordinary i54-million boost to the local economy.@ (Montjeu {Ire}) and two other black-type performers. Her 2- year-old filly by Kingman (GB) is named Cocobonds (GB). Sales history: 100,000gns Ylg >16 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $10,459. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. FIND US ON FACEBOOK O-P J Magnier; B-Deerfield Farm (GB); T-Fozzy Stack. www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

Hermiona (far right) came calling late to don cap and gown at first asking at Vichy on Tuesday. | Scoop Dyga

Republic, opened his French chapter with a win at Deauville in November and returned this term to run fourth at Lyon-Parilly Apr. 13 and third in the May 24 Listed Prix Bedel there once more last time. Detached in rear until gaining touch with the Tuesday=s Results: field at halfway, he made picked off rivals going well in the PRIX HUBERT BAGUENAULT DE PUCHESSE-Listed, i52,000, straight and surged clear once quickening to the fore Vichy, 7-17, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:28.30, hy. approaching the eighth pole to claim a career high by daylight. 1--NAGANO GOLD (GB), 126, c, 4, Sixties Icon (GB)--Never Nagano Gold, kin to the 3-year-old filly Bellmaid (GB) (Champs Enough (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). Elysees {GB}), is the second stakes out of Never Enough (Ger) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (3,500gns Wlg >14 TATFOA). O-Syndikat (Monsun {Ger}) and follows G3 Abu Dhabi Championship victor V3J; B-J Knight & Eric J Cantillon (GB); T-Vaclav Luka; J-Theo Jamr (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}). Never Enough is an unraced half to a Bachelot; i26,000. Lifetime Record: 12-5-3-1, i64,338. *1/2 trio of black-type performers which includes stakes-winning G3 to Jamr (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), GSW-UAE, $310,237. Premio Sergio Cumani runner-up Night Sun (Ger) (Big Shuffle) 2--Master=s Spirit (Ire), 126, h, 7, Mastercraftsman (Ire)-- and Listed Ittlingen-Pokal winner Nevermore (Ger) (Sternkonig Lavayssiere (Fr), by Sicyos. (i120,000 RNA Ylg >12 ARAUG). {Ire}). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by O-Haras de la Gousserie. i10,400. Fasig-Tipton. 3--Octoking (Fr), 126, h, 6, Kingsalsa--Marie Octobre (Fr), by Daylami (Ire). O-Serge Francois. i7,800. 4th-Vichy, i18,000, Mdn, 7-17, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:31.21, hy. Margins: 4HF, 2, 3/4. Odds: 4.80, 3.40, 11.00. HERMIONA (f, 2, Kitten=s Joy--Darajah, by Hard Spun) broke Also Ran: San Salvador (Ger), Tilly=s Chilli (Ire), Rashkani (Fr), well from an outer gate and was steadied in fourth following Caravagio (Fr), Magnun Bareliere (Fr). Scratced: Spotify (Fr). extended opening exchanges. Nagano Gold, who annexed three events in the Czech Cont. p11 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018

4th-Vichy Cont. OBSERVATIONS Looming large passing the two pole, the 77-1 longshot was on the European racing scene shaken up soon after and ran on well under continued rousting to outpoint Saga Daydream (Fr) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) by a neck. Kin to a yearling colt by Kitten=s Joy and a colt foal by 6.10 Yarmouth, Cond, ,7,400, 2yo, 7f 3yT Creative Cause, she is the first scorer out of an unraced half- PREJUDICE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is one bred to need time and sister to Listed Prix Policeman winner and GII Bernard Baruch H. distance, but has obviously shown trainer Luca Cumani enough runner-up Paris Vegas (Maria=s Mon), themselves produced by a to warrant this early a debut. St Albans Bloodstock=s full-brother half-sister to a quintet of stakes performers headed by GI to Postponed (Ire), who won the G1 King George VI and Queen Haskell Invitational runner-up and sire Dr. Caton (Seattle Slew) Elizabeth S. for this stable, and a half to his current MGSW and Listed Rosemary H. second Confidante (Dayjur). The latter barnmate God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), meets five rivals produced G1 Prix de Diane heroine Confidential Lady (GB) including Shadwell=s fellow newcomer Motalaqqy (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}) and is from a family featuring dual US Horse of (Kingman {GB}), a 150,000gns TATOCT Roger Varian-trained son the Year and Triple Crown-winning sire Affirmed (Exclusive of the G3 Prix de Cabourg winner and G1 Prix Morny third Native). Sales history: i80,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG. Lifetime Record: Pontenuovo (Fr) (Green Tune). 1-1-0-0, i9,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1ST-TIME STARTER. O-DS Pegas; B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey (KY); T-Dalibor Torok. EQB cardio client • www.EQB.com

2nd-Vichy, i18,000, Mdn, 7-17, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:31.41, hy. Tuesday=s Result: PAPPALINO (FR) (c, 2, Makfi {GB}--Bartira {GB}, by Cape Cross MERCURY CUP-Listed, -34,500,000, Morioka, 7-16, 3yo/up, {Ire}), a June 23 debut second at Marseille-Pont de-Vivaux last 2000m, 2:03.50, gd. time, broke well and raced on the front end from the outset of 1--MITSUBA (JPN), 121, h, 6, Kane Hekili (Jpn)--Saint Christmas this return. Shaken up at the two pole, the 23-5 third choice (Jpn), by Commander in Chief (GB). O-Kyoei Inc.; B-Tabata kept on strongly under continued urging inside the final quarter Farm; T-Tadashi Kayo; J-Kohei Matsuyama; -23,000,000. mile to comfortably best Vysotsky (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}) by 2 Lifetime Record: GSP-Jpn, 38-10-6-5. 1/2 lengths. Half-brother to a yearling colt by Wootton Bassett 2--Yoshio (Jpn), 119, h, 5, Johannesburg--Floral Home (Jpn), by (GB), he is the first foal and scorer produced by a winning half- Came Home. O-Yoshio Nakayama; B-Japan Racing Association; sister to GSW German highweight Brisanto (GB) (Dansili {GB}). -5,290,000. His G2 German 1000 Guineas-winning second dam Briseida (GB) 3--Phoenix Mark (Jpn), 119, c, 4, Sinister Minister--Eternal (Pivotal {GB}) is kin to three black-type performers headed by Romance (Jpn), by Symboli Kris S. O-Junichi Ito; B-Tatsuya MGSW sire Titus Livius (Fr) (Machiavellian). Sales history: Farm; -2,990,000. i18,000 Ylg >17 AROCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, i12,200. Margins: 1, 4, 2HF. Odds: 1.20, 7.70, 1.20. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Gerald Laroche & Jean-Louis Quiniou; B-Stud RDI (FR); JAPANESE GROUP 1 RACES B 2018 T-Jerome Reynier. Date Race Track CONDITIONS RESULTS: Sept. 30 Sprinters= S. Nakayama 6th-Vichy, i22,000, Cond, 7-17, 3yo, 12fT, 2:39.91, Oct. 14 Shuka Sho Kyoto hy. Oct. 21 Kikuka Sho (St Leger) Kyoto MONDURA (FR) (f, 3, Manduro {Ger}--Morning Glory {Ger}, by Oct. 28 Tenno Sho (Autumn) Tokyo Pentire {GB}) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, i20,500. O-Mme Nov. 11 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Kyoto Georges Sandor; B-Georges Sandor (FR); T-Frederic Rossi. Nov. 18 Mile Championship S. Kyoto GROUP ENTRIES

Wednesday, Vichy, France, post time: 9.10 p.m. GRAND PRIX DE VICHY-G3, €80,000, 3yo/up, 10fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 5 Noor Al Hawa (Fr) Makfi (GB) Bachelot Mikhalides 129 2 8 Subway Dancer (Ire) Shamardal R Koplik Z Koplik 129 3 2 Sajjad (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) Hamelin Vermeulen 129 4 9 Soleil d'Octobre (Fr) Great Journey (Jpn) Blondel Martens 129 5 7 Glen Shiel (GB) Pivotal (GB) Barzalona Fabre 129 6 1 Potemkin (Ger) New Approach (Ire) Pedroza Wohler 129 7 4 Dallas Affair (GB) Soldier Hollow (GB) Lemaitre Head 128 8 3 Wajnah (Fr) Redoute's Choice (Aus) Benoist Rohaut 126 9 6 Golden Legend (Fr) Doctor Dino (Fr) Auge Devin 126 *Posts displayed in local time.

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DEL MAR OPENS WITH KHBPA >EXCITED= OVER PENDING ELLIS SALE; SMOOTH TRANSITION EXPECTED by T.D. Thornton STRONG FIELD SIZES The weeks-long rumored sale of Ellis Park got a step closer to reality on Tuesday, when the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) approved the transfer of Ron Geary=s 70% ownership to Saratoga Casino and Hospitality Group (SCHG). With the deal expected to close within days, the message to the Ellis backstretch community from leadership in the Kentucky Horsemen=s Benevolent and Protective Association is to expect an untroubled management transition, largely because SCHG is a known entity. The gaming and hospitality company, based in Saratoga Springs, New York, has owned a 30% minority stake in Ellis since 2012. AWe=re excited with the sale. We worked with Saratoga in the past when they purchased a portion of Ellis Park, so it would seem like this is the most seamless way to continue on a pretty good meet,@ Marty Maline, the KHBPA executive director, told Del Mar | Benoit photo TDN via phone shortly after the commission meeting concluded. Cont. p5 Del Mar opens its doors for its 36-day summer meet Wednesday with large fields highlighting the opening day card. IN TDN EUROPE TODAY While the first three races on the card are claiming events with LEADON A TRUE RENASSIANCE MAN nine horses signed on for each, the back end of the day features Des Leadon, a man with a foot in many facets of the industry, ample quality--including an overflow field of 16 entered for the weighs in on breeding racehorses, veterinary advances, Brexit and grassy Oceanside S. for 3-year-olds, which goes as race eight. more. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. While in years past the Oceanside would often be split into two smaller divisions due to the over-subscription, the track has opted to run the popular race in one larger division in recent seasons. In total, Del Mar will run 41 stakes races during the meet, which runs until Labor Day Sept. 3, highlighted by the $1-million GI TVG Pacific Classic Aug. 18. An emphasis on turf racing is evident from the outset, with four grass races--including the Oceanside--carded on opening day.

Competitive Bunch in Oceanside The morning line odds board tells the story in Wednesday=s Oceanside, with Desert Stone (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) established as the slight 4-1 favorite. The colt carries a two-race winning streak into the opening day feature. Due to the race=s restriction for sophomores who have not won a $50,000 stakes purse at a distance over a mile in 2018, a number of the top contenders must answer questions about the two-turn trip. Cont. p3 Into Mischief – Golden Works, by Banker’s Gold PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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Del Mar cont. from p1 Don Alberto Stable=s Unique Bella (Tapit) will get her share of Holly and David Wilson=s Calexman (Midshipman) was a the spotlight as well with an expected appearance in the July 29 course-and-distance winner last November, but recently has GI Clement Hirsch S. The ultra-talented >TDN Rising Star= was last enjoyed success sprinting down the hill at Santa Anita. Rail- seen notching a decisive victory in the GI Beholder Mile S. at drawn Arawak (Uncle Mo) shortens up in distance off an even Santa Anita June 2. third-place finish in Santa Anita=s nine-furlong Rainbow S. and could be dangerous if able to replicate his close fourth-place Cont. p4 finish in the GII American Turf S. at Churchill Downs May 5. The race also features an appearance by Faversham (Lucky Pulpit), a California-bred full-brother to 2014 and 2016 Horse of the Year California Chrome.

Accelerate=s Turn to Take the Spotlight? While North America=s all-time richest Thoroughbred Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song) was undoubtedly the talk of the town heading into the 2017 summer meet, Hronis Racing=s Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky)--the horse who defeated him in last year=s GII San Diego H.--has inherited the throne as the headliner of the 2018 meet. Accelerate has seemingly taken his game to a new level this year, capturing the GI Santa Anita H. and the GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita, and is expected to follow a similar path to 2017, with a start in this Saturday=s San Diego as a springboard to a tilt in the Pacific Classic. Accelerate | Benoit photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Del Mar cont. Mutuel Tellers= Strike Averted According to a Tuesday release from Del Mar officials, the Bonuses for Horsemen and Bettors Alike track has reached an agreement in principle with the Pari- If the robust opening day entry box was any indicator, the Del Mutuel Employees Guild of California, Union Local 280, for a Mar team=s efforts to bolster the quality and quantity of the new collective bargaining agreement that will extend through racing product are off to a successful start. Most notably, the the 2019 summer season at Del Mar. The two sides had reached track=s AShip and Win@ program seeks to incentivize participation an impasse over staffing levels. Wagering locations on from out-of-town barns that send horses to Southern California Wednesday=s opening day program will be staffed at maximum for the summer months. levels. AWe=ve enhanced our Ship And Win program so that it=s now $2,000 for the initial start,@ said Del Mar racing secretary David Jerkens. ALast year it was $1,500, two years ago $1,000. Plus a 30% purse bonus. We aggressively put the word out everywhere that we could. The [2017] Breeders= Cup exposure helped with a lot of people seeing Del Mar for the first time. Ian Wilkes, I think Follow the TDN staff on Twitter especially attributes that partly to his being here.@ Thoroughbred Daily News Bettors focusing on the Del Mar meet will also feature a new late Pick 5 wager on the day=s final five races that offers a @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN Abonus@ payout to any gambler holding the lone winning ticket @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN on the bet. With a bonus of $1 million on weekends and @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley $500,000 on weekdays, the move puts Del Mar in line with a number of other tracks who have moved to offer Ajackpot@ @MKane49 @thorntontd @garykingTDN payouts in recent years. Del Mar will also feature a new early @SarahKAndrew @theTDN @JBiancaTDN Pick 4 that begins on race two every day. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Geary Sells Stake in Ellis Park cont. from p1 AAny time you have any kind of situation where you get new [racetrack] management, you can kind of be a little bit disjointed and lose your continuity,@ Maline said. ABut with them already being familiar with Ellis Park, I think it will be a smooth transition. We understand it will be fairly soon, and I think it will work very well. I think it will be business as usual.@ When TDN attempted to contact Ellis general manager Jeff Hall to discuss short-term expectations, he said he was involved in a meeting with attorneys about the pending sale and would not be able to speak on the record. SCHG officials in New York could not be reached for comment prior to deadline for this story.

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But Geary, Ellis=s outgoing owner, said via press release that it is his understanding that SCHG=s intent is to keep the current Ellis management team intact. AThat=s what I recommended,@ Geary said. As for his reason for selling, Geary said this: AIt=s been 12 years, and I just turned 71. My wife and my two kids and my nine grandkids for years have asked me to slow down. I think it=s time. I=ve enjoyed working with Saratoga over the years. It=s been a really fun and fast-moving 12 years. I feel like we=ve had some great successes and we=ve brought it a long ways with so many people=s help. I know Saratoga will be focused on continuing the progress.@ When Geary teamed with SCHG in 2012, the 30% stake cost $4 million. Geary then invested that money into the launch of historical race gaming at Ellis. The terms of the pending deal for the remaining 70% stake were not disclosed. Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Geary Selling Stake in Ellis Park cont. In addition, according to a July 16 CDI press release, CDI has been granted Aexclusive rights to operate internet real-money This year Ellis is offering a record $230,000 a day in purses, sports betting and real-money iGaming@ on behalf of the made possible in part because of a relationship with Kentucky Saratoga company=s properties in New York and Colorado for a Downs in which the KHBPA facilitated the transfer of $2.9 period of 15 years from the date of the agreement if sports million in purses from Kentucky Downs to Ellis to bolster purses betting is legalized in those states. and encourage horsemen to stay in Kentucky for the summer. The release continued: ACDI has entered into a tax-efficient AWith the extra purse money that we were able to provide partial liquidation agreementYwith Saratoga Harness Racing, from Kentucky Downs, we=ve been able to entice more Inc., to liquidate CDI=s 25% equity stake in SCH in exchange for horsemen from areas such as Churchill and even Chicago in the remaining 50% interest in Ocean Downs held by SCH. CDI is, maiden-allowance and allowance races,@ Maline said. AEven our in effect, acquiring 37.5% of Ocean Downs because it has claiming purses have allowed us to have a better body of horse, indirectly owned an additional 12.5% of Ocean Downs through and obviously with the fuller fields, the race meeting is going its 25% ownership interest in SCH. Upon closing of this very well.@ transaction, CDI will own 100% of Ocean Downs and will have no equity interest or management involvement in Saratoga New York or Saratoga Colorado.@ The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year.

CHURCHILL DOWNS, INC. TO ACQUIRE OCEAN DOWNS HARNESS TRACK NEW BRENTWOOD HOTEL EMBRACES SARATOGA=S TIMELESS TRADITION by Mike Kane When the four partners in Studio Tack embarked on their Brentwood Hotel project two years ago, they used the less-is-more approach rather than a raze-and-start-over strategy. They kept the name, the sign, since repainted, and the bare bones of the single-story motel across the street from the entrance to the backstretch at Saratoga Race Course--and little else. The makeover of a gritty, forgettable property in a terrific location on the corner of Gridley Street and Nelson Avenue yielded a distinctive, high-quality, 12-room hotel that blends the past--oh, so important in Saratoga Springs--with current tastes. Ocean Downs | Laura Truitt photo Now featuring a small bar with distinctive cocktails and craft by T.D. Thornton beer, it is open all year. The summer rates start at $249 a night Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has announced an assets and they move to $125 in the off-season. swap that will give it full ownership of the Ocean Downs harness Studio Tack, an award-winning Brooklyn-based design and track and casino in Maryland in exchange for CDI=s 25% equity development group, was formed in 2012 and has collaborated interest in Saratoga Casino Holdings, LLC (SCH), which is the on the renovation of inimitable hospitality businesses across the parent company of Saratoga Casino Hotel in New York and country, but the Brentwood is the first property it has Saratoga Casino Black Hawk in Colorado. purchased, rehabbed and operated. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Brentwood Hotel cont. community that they are visiting, versus some bigger box hotel While Saratoga Springs and its historic racetrack have an brands that have a design that is sort of plugged into every international reputation, the connection to the region was very market that they're in with less consideration. The timing is right personal, through one of the Studio Tack partners, Ruben for this level of attention to the experience and tying it to where Caldwell, who grew up 36 miles to the north in Bolton Landing, a the hotel is going up." tiny resort village on Lake George. To that end, the Studio Tack group--three friends who met studying architecture at Columbia University and Chou with a strong background in the hospitality industry--serve up at the Brentwood what they say is a building "that has been completely overhauled and updated with the comfort of modern amenities and designed to balance classic architecture and equine motifs of Saratoga--with just enough irreverence to make you look twice."

Brentwood Hotel | Studio Tack "We always look for properties that are geographically significant or architecturally significant as the basis for what we explore for development and design and our work as a whole," said Studio Tack partner Jou-Yie Chou. "This one clearly wasn't architecturally significant, in the sense that it was a run-down motel, but its proximity to the country's oldest sporting venue, A room in the Brentwood Hotel | Studio Tack Saratoga Race Course, seemed irreplaceable. That's what initially caught our interest." The rooms have painted plywood floors, decorative wood trim Chou said that he and his partners learned that Saratoga and custom brass fixtures. Made of solid clear pine, the beds Springs, which used to go into a Rip Van Winkle-type hibernation were designed by Studio Tack and handmade by a local the day after the track closed for the season, has become a woodworker. The beds are outfitted with Mascioni 100% Italian vibrant, year-round destination and, to many, the cultural and cotton sheets, down pillows and comforters, hand-dyed French recreation center of the Capital Region. linen blankets from the Brooklyn textile purveyors Sharktooth. "It really checked a few boxes in terms of being a viable The rooms also feature cast-iron marble bistro tables, antique potential business," he said, "as well as being an interesting wooden chairs, a custom sideboard refreshment bar, flat screen design project, being so close to such an iconic location as the televisions and high-speed WiFi. The bathrooms have solid brass race course." fixtures, rain showers, chamfered mirrors and bath products Saratoga's renaissance during the past 40 years has attracted from C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries. several national hotel chains to the city, ending what was once a Office space in the old Brentwood Motel was turned into the chronic shortage of rooms during the racing season. Chou said lobby/cafe/bar area of the new Brentwood Hotel. It was that the Brentwood is a part of a growing trend to offer a unique designed to feel like a classic parlor with reclaimed white oak setting. flooring, antique gilded mirrors and vintage oil paintings. The "On a personal level, it's a more challenging and rewarding bar is topped with rounded honed Carrera marble. design process," he said. "People today are more interested in Saratoga Springs native Molly Reed is the hotel general going to hotels and locales for the experience and they want manager and has helped the partners develop relationships with that to run through where they are staying. They really want to restaurants and other business in the city and area, such as the stay in places that speak to and have the feel of the culture and Saratoga Performing Arts Center and Cafe Lena. Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Brentwood Hotel cont. and hopefully they are happy with what we've done with it. In The Brentwood is pretty much surrounded by the horse and general, most towns are pretty happy with anyone coming in racing culture of Saratoga. Across Nelson Avenue is Saratoga and investing in to refurbishing and renovating something that Race Course, which opened for business on that site in 1864 and was not necessarily a sight to be seen." is the oldest Thoroughbred track in the country. The starting The Brentwood name remains, but much has changed on the gate in the seven-furlong chute is located about 100 yards from corner of Gridley and Nelson with the great view of the Saratoga the hotel. The barn area for the harness racing track that is the Race Course. foundation for what is now the Saratoga Casino Hotel is behind "It's always fun to do a fully transformative project, where you the Brentwood. Across Gridley is the Horseshoe Inn Bar and can really see the fruits of your labor," Chou said. "I don't know Grill, which is a popular post-race scene. To the west on Gridley that much about horse racing, nor do many of our close friends, Street are the private barns of several Thoroughbred trainers. but we always hold this as sort of a romantic sport. Clearly it is Horses are walked down Gridley and across the Nelson--yes, fabled and historic, so hopefully we are drawing a different traffic stops and autos defer to horses in Saratoga--to the track clientele to experience it, experience Saratoga and see it in the morning for training and in the afternoon to compete. through new eyes." Chou and his partners realized that the daily parade of horses set the property apart and why a public space was important.

HALL OF FAME JOCKEY YCAZA DIES Panamanian-born Hall of Fame jockey Manuel (Manny) Ycaza, who laid the groundwork for jockeys of Latin American origin in finding success in the United States, passed away July 15 in New York. He was 80 years old. According to biographical information from the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Ycaza began riding horses as early as age six and was riding professionally in his native Panama already as a 14-year-old. He also rode for a time in Mexico before shifting his tack to the U.S. The first two-time winner of the prestigious D. C. International in 1959 and 1960--both times with the Cain Hoy Stable-owned and Woody Stephens-trained Bald EagleBYcaza was The bar at Brentwood Hotel | Studio Tack subsequently hired by owner E. P. Taylor of Windfields Farm to ride Canebora and the duo teamed to take the 1963 Queen=s "We wanted to create an area where our guests could hang Plate. Ycaza added an American Classic to his resume the out and feel at home, grab a drink and take a look at the horses following season, guiding Rokeby Stables= Quadrangle to victory walking down Gridley Street," he said. "My understanding is that in the Belmont S. to short-circuit the Triple Crown bid of Saratoga is the only course in America where you see the race Northern Dancer, owned, ironically, by Windfields. Ycaza tasted horses walk on a public street to access the track. It's sort of a further success in New York in 1968, piloting Dark Mirage to the unique experience, whether you have a cocktail or a coffee in first Filly Triple Tiara, then consisting of the Acorn S., the Mother hand to see these horses proceed. We want to take advantage Goose S. and the Coaching Club American Oaks. of that experience and have people have reason to lounge and Ycaza won four riding titles at Saratoga and in 1959, posted 41 hang out. We wanted to create a property that was tied to why wins, a record that stood for 38 years. Though his aggressive that property was there in the first place." riding style landed him in frequent hot water with stewards, Studio Tack purchased the property in April 2016, missed its Ycaza was selected by his peers as winner of the George Woolf ambitious goal of being ready for the racing season and opened Memorial Award in 1964, retired from the saddle in 1971 due to for business that fall. Chou and his partners said they were injuries and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977. welcomed to the city. "People say to me that I must be rich by now,@ Ycaza said in a "I think in general everyone was excited for us to revive an June 1960 Sports Illustrated article. AI say, 'No, to be rich is not eyesore on a corner that is becoming more and more prominent to have only money. To be rich is to be warm in here, in the in town," he said. "We were very well received by all groupsY heart. If you have five friends, you are the millionaire.'@ Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Manny Ycaza Dies cont. Having shuttled to Australia and later to South America, According to Daily Racing Form, visitation will be held Friday, Honour and Glory sired 71 black-type winners, of which 29 were July 20, from 2-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. at the Fox Funeral group/graded winners, including Put It Back, Keyed Entry, Battle Home, 98-07 Ascan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY. A funeral mass is to Won and One and Twenty. Caressing was his lone top-level be held Saturday, July 21, at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady Queen of winner in the Northern Hemisphere, but he was responsible for Martyrs with burial in the Mt. St. Mary cemetery in Flushing, another half-dozen Group 1 winners in Argentina and Peru. In Queens. addition to West Coast, Honour and Glory figured as broodmare sire of eight G1/GI winners, including Buster=s Ready (More Than Ready) and Bigger Picture (Badge of Silver) in the U.S. Honour and Glory covered 63 mares in 2017 at Haras Rapetti in Uruguay, about an hour north of Montevideo, and had 60 mares booked to him for the upcoming breeding season.

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HONOUR AND GLORY DIES IN URUGUAY Honour and Glory (Relaunch--Fair To All, by Al Nasr {Fr}), who posted a stunning victory in the 1996 GI Metropolitan H. (video) just weeks after finishing well up the track behind Grindstone (Unbridled) in that year=s GI Kentucky Derby, has passed away in Honour and Glory at Woodbine in 1996 | Patricia McQueen Uruguay after suffering a broken femur while on his way to his paddock. He was 25 years old. A $125,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $410,000 Barretts March juvenile, the bay graduated by better than 10 lengths at first asking at Saratoga for trainer D. Wayne Lukas and Michael Tabor and won the GII Breeders= Futurity at Keeneland before closing the season with a fourth behind Unbridled=s Song as the favorite in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile at Belmont Park. Eighteenth after setting a strong pace in the Run for the Roses, FINGER LAKES BARN QUARANTINED FOR STRANGLES the Overbrook Farm-bred sat just off wicked fractions in the Met By T.D. Thornton and posted a one-length victory. Also successful in the 1996 A confirmed case of strangles has led to a state-imposed GII San Vicente S. and in the GII King=s Bishop (video) S.-- quarantine of Barn 19 at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack and defeating Elusive Quality and Distorted Humor--Honour and at a separate off-track training stable in Ontario County. Glory was retired after making 17 starts and earning $1.2 million The national Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) over two years at the races. database reported Tuesday that the precautionary quarantine Retired originally to Ashford Stud, Honour and Glory=s first was mandated by the New York State Department of Agriculture crop included Carl Pollard=s Caressing, upset winner of the 2000 and Markets after a horse (that was not identified) became GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies and the dam of 2017 Eclipse clinically ill July 10 after leaving the track July 8. Cont. p10 Award-winning 3-year-old West Coast (Flatter). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

Finger Lakes Quarantine cont. AHe exemplifies the characteristics of an outstanding equine ABoth quarantined premises have biosecurity procedures in athlete who suffered a health issue, returned to elite place,@ the EDCC reported. AHorses in Barn 19 will not be competition and continued his winning ways.@ allowed to race until July 29 but will be allowed to train under Previous winners of the Comeback Award include multiple certain restrictions. If there are any confirmed cases or signs horse of the year Wise Dan and the World Champion Fine consistent with strangles found, the quarantine may be Harness Saddlebred mare Tempt Me. extended. Officials will continue to monitor the situation.@ Strangles, also known as Aequine distemper,@ is a contagious upper respiratory tract bacterial infection that can produce coughing, nasal discharge and fever while causing lymph nodes HALSTROM NAMED VP OPERATIONS AT LA DOWNS to swell. Left untreated, the swelling can cause airway Eric Halstrom has been named the new Vice President of obstruction leading to death (thus the name Astrangles@). Operations for Harrahs Louisiana Downs, pending all regulatory approvals, officials at the track announced Tuesday. A graduate of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program, Halstrom has a long history in track management, SEQUEL MARES AND FOALS DIE IN VAN FIRE having served as vice president of Canterbury Park (1997-2008) Three mares and their accompanying foals died Tuesday in a and as the vice president and general manager of racing van that caught fire in an accident on the way from Kentucky to operations at the Fair Grounds for five years. Most recently, New York, Sequel Stallions New York announced Tuesday Halstrom has worked as the assistant director of racing at Prairie afternoon. Among the horses who died were Red Diamond Meadows in Iowa. Stables=s La Java (Medaglia d=Oro) and her colt by Constitution; AI am looking forward to returning to Louisiana and this Starship Stables=s Starship Voodoo (Roar) and her colt by Macho tremendous opportunity at Harrah=s Louisiana Downs,@ said Uno; and Sequel=s own Southern Sunshine (High Cotton) and her Halstrom. AThere is a great team in place and very loyal filly by Orb. horsemen as well as enthusiastic racing fans. I know the AThese were not just any mares, as they were foremost in our excitement is building for the GIII $300,0000 Super Derby, which hearts,@ read a post on Sequel New York=s website. AWe send is coming up on Sept. 2.@ our condolences to all the connections that are sharing in this Halstrom, a native of Minneapolis, will relocate to Bossier City loss.@ and will work closely with David Heitzmann, who was recently promoted to the position of director of racing at Louisiana Downs.

>CHROME= THE COMEBACK AWARD RECIPIENT The 2018 Rood & Riddle Comeback Award, presented to a horse who Ahas performed at the highest levels of competition, IN OTHER NEWS... A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Non-Industry Media faced a medical/ surgical issue, received veterinary care by a Rood & Riddle veterinarian, and subsequently returned to Belinda Stronach wants to bring horse racing into the modern compete at his/ her previous performance level@ has been world Stronach, who does not grant many media interviews, sat awarded to California Chrome. down with The Times for 30 minutes recently at Pimlico Race Winner of the 2014 GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S., Course in Baltimore to discuss the future of Santa Anita and the flashy chestnut was aimed for an English campaign following horse racing. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times his runner-up effort in the G1 Dubai World Cup, but was subsequently sidelined and was treated by Dr. Larry Bramlage, A Second Life for a Saratoga Springs Showpiece The Adelphi who decided to treat California Chrome medically and give him a Hotel in upstate New York first opened in 1877. A recent break. Returned to trainer Art Sherman in late 2015, the renovation took five years and $28 millionBand the appeal California-bred won the 2016 World Cup to assume the mantle endures. Danny Hakim, New York Times of world=s richest horse at the time. California Chrome now stands stud at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky. AWe are extremely pleased to present the 2018 Rood & Riddle Comeback Award to California Chrome,@ said Dr. Tom Riddle. Friday, Saratoga, post time: 5:02 p.m. EDT SCHUYLERVILLE S.-GIII, $150,000, 2yo, f, 6f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Catherinethegreat Uncaptured John C. Oxley Casse Ortiz 119 2 Nonna Madeline K Candy Ride (Arg) St. Elias Stable and MeB Racing Stables LLC Pletcher Velazquez 119 3 Congrats Gal Congrats Charles L. Biggs Lynch Acosta 119 4 Fightress K Tapizar Glencrest Farm LLC and Masterson, Robert E. Casse Leparoux 119 5 Lonely Road Quality Road Robert S. Evans Clement Franco 119 6 Tapping Pearl K Tapit Stonestreet Stables LLC Casse Geroux 119 7 Serengeti Empress K Alternation Joel Politi Amoss Castellano 119 8 Eyeinthesky Sky Mesa Gary Barber Casse Gaffalione 119 9 Lady Apple K Curlin Phoenix Thoroughbred III and KatieRich Stables Asmussen Ortiz, Jr. 117 10 Blame the Frog Blame Hugh Bishop Colebrook Saez 119

Breeders: 1-Wendy Christ & Kathie Haines, 2-WinStar Farm, LLC, 3-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 4-Clearsky Farms, 5-R. S. Evans, 6-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 7-Tri Eques Bloodstock, LLC, 8-Rusty Kindratiw, 9-KatieRich Farms, 10-Hugh Bishop

Friday, Saratoga, post time: 5:40 p.m. EDT LAKE GEORGE S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Punked (Ire) So You Think (NZ) e Five Racing Thoroughbreds Brown Castellano 118 2 Going Out Tapit Augustin Stable Matz Saez 118 3 Daddy Is a Legend K Scat Daddy Hill, Jim and Susan Weaver Franco 122 4 Nootka Sound K Lonhro (Aus) Hat Creek Racing Ward Davis 116 5 Goodthingstaketime (Ire) Canford Cliffs (Ire) Madaket Stables LLC, Tim & Anna Cambron Abreu Ortiz 116 and Bradley Thoroughbreds 6 Andina Del Sur Giant's Causeway Don Alberto Stable Albertrani Leparoux 124 7 Altea (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc., Madaket Stables LLC Brown Ortiz, Jr. 116 and Doheny Racing Stable 8 Heavenly Love Malibu Moon Debby M. Oxley Casse Velazquez 122

Breeders: 1-Danny Coogan, 2-Augustin Stable, 3-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC, 4-KatieRich Farms, 5-David Keoghan & Casey McLiney, 6-Don Alberto Corporation, 7-Carlos Vazquez Gonzalez, 8-Debby Oxley SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

2018 Leading Turf Sires for stallions standing in North America through Monday, July 16 Earnings and Black-type represents North American/European figures & stud fees are for 2018 Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Kitten's Joy 8 15 6 10 2 3 217 63 $964,810 $4,850,775 (2001) by El Prado (Ire) Crops: 10 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farm KY Fee: $60,000 Roaring Lion 2 War Front 10 15 4 11 2 5 107 35 $487,875 $3,086,778 (2002) by Danzig Crops: 9 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $250,000 U S Navy Flag 3 Scat Daddy 10 22 6 14 -- -- 165 55 $212,206 $3,002,861 (2004) by Johannesburg Crops: 8 Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Conquest Sandman 4 More Than Ready 8 13 5 8 2 4 118 32 $770,000 $2,549,281 (1997) by Southern Halo Crops: 15 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $60,000 Catholic Boy 5 English Channel 5 10 1 8 1 2 130 42 $442,420 $2,548,576 (2002) by Smart Strike Crops: 8 Stands: Calumet Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Heart to Heart 6 Artie Schiller 5 9 2 4 1 1 94 28 $387,700 $1,816,270 (2001) by El Prado (Ire) Crops: 9 Stands: Stockwell Thoroughbreds Aus Fee: $13,200 Hawkish 7 Quality Road 3 5 2 3 1 1 76 27 $565,000 $1,718,807 (2006) by Elusive Quality Crops: 5 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $70,000 Spring Quality 8 Blame 5 10 3 5 -- -- 79 22 $326,820 $1,622,665 (2006) by Arch Crops: 5 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Maraud 9 Tapit 2 7 1 3 -- 1 98 21 $328,450 $1,606,983 (2001) by Pulpit Crops: 11 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $300,000 Synchrony 10 Giant's Causeway 3 8 2 4 -- -- 113 31 $110,100 $1,422,965 (1997) by Storm Cat Crops: 15 Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Andina Del Sur 11 Freud 3 4 1 2 -- 1 65 14 $520,000 $1,410,348 (1998) by Storm Cat Crops: 14 Stands: Sequel Stallions NY Fee: $7,500 Fourstar Crook 12 Lemon Drop Kid 1 8 1 4 -- 1 103 22 $114,802 $1,393,583 (1996) by Kingmambo Crops: 15 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Red Verdon 13 Medaglia d'Oro 3 12 1 5 -- 1 90 20 $166,389 $1,353,346 (1999) by El Prado (Ire) Crops: 11 Stands: Jonabell Farm KY Fee: $250,000 Wren's Day 14 Ghostzapper 3 6 2 4 -- 1 68 15 $346,007 $1,334,197 (2000) by Awesome Again Crops: 10 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $85,000 Proctor's Ledge 15 City Zip 2 5 1 1 -- -- 105 27 $147,721 $1,190,307 (1998) by Carson City Crops: 14 Stands: Lane's End Farm USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Caribou Club

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ Wednesday, Del Mar, post time: 8:30 p.m. ET OCEANSIDE S., $100,000, 3yo, 1mT IN ORDER OF PURSE: PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ODDS 6th-Indiana Grand, $42,160, Msw, 7-17, 2yo, 5fT, :58.85, fm. 1 Arawak Uncle Mo Stevens O’Neill 6-1 S S TROOPER (g, 2, Strong Contender--Sami's Song, by Kissin 2 Texas Wedge Colonel John Prat Miller 9-2 Kris), let go at 9-1, chased freewheeling Del La Hoya 3 Pepe Tono Bodemeister Quinonez Garcia 20-1 (Courageous Cat) through a quarter in :22.26 and a half :46.15. 4 Artie B Good Artie Schiller Elliott Morey 20-1 He struck quickly when the pacesetter faltered in deep stretch 5 Desert Stone (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Nakatani Baltas 4-1 and surged to a one-length victory. Gio Pantera (Gio Ponti) was 6 Shane Zain Medaglia d’Oro Gutierrez O’Neill 20-1 7 Restrainedvengence Hold Me Back Roman Brinkerhoff 20-1 second. Del La Hoya faded to fourth. Click for the Equibase.com 8 Faversham Lucky Pulpit Pereira Sherman 15-1 chart. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $26,040. 9 Move Over (GB) Acclamation (GB) T Baze Sadler 6-1 O-Marvin A. Johnson LLC & Douglas A. Schmuecker; B-Marvin A. 10 Calexman Midshipman Franco Cerin 6-1 Johnson & Doug A. Schmuecker (IN); T-Marvin A. Johnson. 11 Heartfullofstars Astrology Gonzalez D’Amato 12-1 12 Soltero Blame Talamo D’Amato 20-1 4th-Presque Isle Downs, $27,130, Msw, 7-16, 2yo, 5 1/2f 13 Afleet Ascent Northern Afleet Desormeaux Hollendorfer 8-1 (AWT), 1:06.11, ft. 14 Respect the Hustle Colonel John Conner McLean 30-1 SAPPHIRE SHILLING (c, 2, Old Fashioned--Silver Shekel, by A. P. Also Eligible: Warrior), the tepid 5-2 favorite, contested the pace through 15 More Honor More Than Ready Pereira Glatt 20-1 fractions of :23.38 and :47.70. Briefly headed by 16 Risky Proposition Bodemeister Talamo Glatt 20-1 Landofthepharaohs (Cairo Prince) in deep stretch, he battled back bravely to record a 3/4-length victory. Silver Shekel, a daughter of graded stakes winner Ruby Rubles (Scarlet Ibis), produced a colt by Seville (Ger) last year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $16,200. O/B-The Elkstone Group LLC (MD); T-Ron G. Potts. IN ORDER OF PURSE: 6th-Parx Racing, $57,040, Alw, 7-17, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:05.33, gd. SMOKIN NITRO (g, 3, More Smoke--Keep Your Day Job {SP, $104,316}, by Abaginone) defeated $30,000 maiden claimers to win his Apr. 17 debut at this oval and romped by 10 1/2 lengths in a May 14 optional claimer. Seventh in the Danzig S. at Penn National June 2, the gray gelding missed by just a neck when second in a July 7 Parx allowance. The 4-5 favorite was hustled to the early lead from his outside post, skipped clear into the Smokin Nitro (More Smoke) dominated at Parx. stretch and bound home a 6 3/4-length winner. Share the Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) was second. Keep Your Day Job produced a colt by Red Vine this year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $106,280. O/B-Michael R. Cox (PA); T-Jamie Ness. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 4 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JULY 18, 2018

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IN PERU: Valient Bird, c, 3, Birdstone--Saint Emilia (Per) (GSW & G1SP- 7th-Del Mar, $60,000, 2yo, f, 5f, post time: 8:00 p.m. ET Per), by Saint Ballado. Monterrico, 7-13, Cond., 1000m, :57.90. OXO Equine=s BRILL (Medaglia d=Oro) makes her debut for B-Teneri Farm Inc & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon (KY). *1/2 to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. The filly was a $1-million purchase at Thundering Emilia (Thunder Gulch), GSW & G1SP-Per, SW-US, last year=s Fasig-Tipton July Yearling Sale. She is the first foal out $140,963). VIDEO of stakes winner Hung the Moon (Malibu Moon). Larry Best=s OXO Equine and Hollendorfer also team up in the IN PANAMA: 10th race with Goren (More Than Ready). A $1-million Fasig- Hello Kid, c, 3, Lemon Drop Kid--Kulik Cat, by Giant=s Causeway. Tipton Gulfstream graduate last year, the bay colt moves to the Presidente Remon, 7-14, Maiden, 1200m. B-Stonestreet turf and stretches out to 1 1/16 miles after a sixth-place debut Thoroughbred Holdings (KY). *1ST TIME STARTER. **$40,000 effort at Santa Anita June 9. TJCIS PPs Ylg >16 KEESEP. VIDEO

Tropical, f, 3, Violence--Island Runner, by Cherokee Run. Presidente Remon, 7-14, Maiden, 1200m. B-Pope McLean & Valeri & David Blethen (KY). *$18,000 RNA Ylg >16 KEESEP. VIDEO

IN RUSSIA: Stay First, c, 2, Stay Thirsty--First Quality, by Elusive Quality. Rostov-On-Don, 7-15, Cond., 1200m. B-Johnson & Flounders (KY). *Won by 10 lengths. **$45,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. Winning Surprise, c, 3, Discreet Cat--Well Related, by Quiet American. Kazan, 7-13, G2 Stakes (NB), 2000m. B-Godolphin (KY). *Remained perfect in four career appearances. **$8,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP. Crazy Road, c, 3, Quality Road--Dad=s Crazy (SW, $118,698), by Langfuhr. Rostov-On-Don, 7-15, Stakes (NB), 2000m. B-Thomas G McClay (PA). *$35,000 Ylg >16 FTKOCT. IN SOUTH KOREA: Useung Teukki, c, 3, Eskendereya--Cosmic Queen (MSP, Conard Lord, h, 6, Congrats--Remoulade, by Lemon Drop Kid. $182,002), by Stormy Atlantic. Seoul, 7-14, Hcp. ($67k), Krasnodar, 7-14, Ministry of Agriculture RF S. (NB), 3200m. 1200m. B-Douglas Arnold & Austin & Jane Musselman (KY). B-Stuart E Huston & Helen C Alexander (KY). *$55,000 Ylg >13 *Won by four lengths as the 9-5 favorite. *$40,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP. **Won for the 12th time in his last 13 starts and for FTKOCT: $20,000 2yo >17 FTMMAY. VIDEO the 17th time from 28 career outings. Panorama Show, g, 3, Yes It=s True--War Eagle Lady, by War Consigned by GAINESWAY Chant. Seoul, 7-14, Hcp. ($67k), 1200m. B-Pattons Creek Farm (KY). *$7,500 Ylg >16 KEESEP; $40,000 2yo >17 OBSAPR. VIDEO

Useung Line, g, 5, Congrats--Glenarcy, by Forestry. Busan, 7-15, Hcp. ($98k), 1200m. B-Aaron & Marie Jones (KY). *$47,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP; $50,000 2yo >15 OBSMAR. VIDEO Broken & Trained at SBM Training & Sales (Susan Montanye)

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Holiday Promise (Harlan's Holiday), Stonewall Dominion Farm 13 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner 7-Indiana Grand, $100K Ellen's Lucky Star S., 1mT, BLACK NOVA, 9-2

Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor), Spendthrift Farm, $12,000 FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 183 foals of racing age/41 winners/5 black-type winners Boisterous (Distorted Humor), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, 7-Del Mar, Msw 5f, DEL MAR MAY, 20-1 $5,000 $55,000 KEE SEP yrl 49 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 4-Del Mar, Msw 5f, FLYING TO THE LINE, 3-1 Keep Up (Unbridled's Song), Mill Ridge Farm, $5,000 28 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song), Spendthrift Farm, $12,500 8-Indiana Grand, $100K Snack S., 1mT, IN A FOG, 15-1 89 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners $1,000 RNA KEE JAN yrl 5-Delaware, Msw 7 1/2fT, QUEENOFTHEHIGHWAY, 10-1 $10,000 FTK OCT yrl Violence (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $15,000 248 foals of racing age/68 winners/7 black-type winners Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $12,500 5-Indiana Grand, Msw 5fT, LIZZIE B, 8-1 103 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners $210,000 FTS AUG yrl 7-Del Mar, Msw 5f, BIZWHACKS, 4-1 7-Del Mar, Msw 5f, PALM D'ORO, 20-1 $105,000 KEE SEP yrl; $200,000 OBS APR 2yo $72,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl

Fighting Hussar (Rockport Harbor), Bg Thoroughbred Farm, private 4 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 4-Del Mar, Msw 5f, BLUEBERRY PRINCESS, 8-1

Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Ashford Stud, $12,500 78 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 5-Indiana Grand, Msw 5fT, ROBBED IN RIO, 8-1 $9,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $10,000 FTK OCT yrl

Seville (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}), Heritage Stallions, $6,000 60 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Delaware, Msw 7 1/2fT, SEVILLE'S PRINCESS, 10-1 $5,000 EAS OCT yrl

Uncaptured (Lion Heart), Ocala Stud, $6,000 77 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 7-Del Mar, Msw 5f, DIOSA, 20-1 $45,000 OBS OCT yrl; $87,000 BAR APR 2yo ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-Parx Racing, $63,416, (C)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 7-17, 3yo/up, SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 f/m, 6f, 1:12.03, sy. Champ Pegasus (Fusaichi Pegasus), Barton Thoroughbreds, RISQUE'S DIAMOND (f, 4, Weigelia--Diamonds No More, by $3,500 Diamond) Lifetime Record: 24-6-2-8, $320,118. O-Club Risque 138 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners Stable; B-Wynoaks Farm, LLC & St.Omer's Farm (PA); T-Randy 4-Del Mar, Msw 5f, ATHLEISURE, 12-1 Allen. *$3,000 Ylg '15 EASOCT; $27,000 2yo '16 EASMAY.

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9th-Parx Racing, $58,040, 7-17, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1m (off turf), ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 1:39.96, sy. Mr Wrench It, c, 2, Lookin At Lucky--Candle Maker, by Tapit. DEVINE DENTAL (g, 4, Silver Train--Sundays On the Bay, by Thistledown, 7-17, 5 1/2f, 1:07.44. B-Kinsman Farm (FL). Disco Rico) Lifetime Record: 23-5-4-4, $208,578. O-Wire To *$37,000 Ylg '17 OBSOCT. Wire Stable, Inc.; B-Glenn E. Brok LLC (PA); T-Blane Servis. *$25,000 RNA 2yo '16 EASMAY. Little Kansas, g, 3, El Kingdom--Green Eyed Cat, by Tale of the Cat. Indiana Grand, 7-17, (S), 6f, 1:11.74. B-Ledgelands Farm, 5th-Parx Racing, $40,000, (S), 7-17, (C), 3yo/up, 7 1/2fT, LLC, Andrew Ritter & Jose Luis Espinoza (IN). 1:32.26, fm. MISSIN THE BIG DOG (c, 3, Archarcharch--Merry Princess {MSW, $319,164}, by Polish Numbers) Lifetime Record: 10-2-4-4, $132,160. O-Ultra Championship Racing LLC; B-Pewter Stable (PA); T-Juan Carlos Guerrero. *$16,000 Ylg '16 EASJAN; $27,000 Ylg '16 EASOCT. **1/2 to Merry=s Honor (Congressionalhonor), SW, $292,693; Zensational Merry (Zensational), SP, $208,888. ARCHARCHARCH, Missin the Big Dog, c, 3, o/o Merry Princess, 1st-Indiana Grand, $37,500, (S), 7-17, (NW3L), 3yo/up, 6f, by Polish Numbers. ALW, 7-17, Parx Racing 1:09.89, ft. EL KINGDOM, Little Kansas, g, 3, o/o Green Eyed Cat, by Tale of HERE COMES DOC (g, 4, Silver Mountain--White Lamb, by the Cat. MSW, 7-17, Indiana Grand Trippi) Lifetime Record: 14-3-1-1, $73,099. O-Michael B Neafus; FROST GIANT, Frostie Anne, m, 5, o/o Lake Toccet, by Toccet. B-South Fork Creek Stables, Inc. (IN); T-Randy Matthews. ALW, 7-17, Finger Lakes LEROIDESANIMAUX (BRZ), Too Bad Chu, m, 5, o/o Too Bad Fu, 3rd-Indiana Grand, $37,500, (S), 7-17, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, by Fusaichi Pegasus. ALW, 7-17, Louisiana Downs 1:11.95, ft. LOOKIN AT LUCKY, Mr Wrench It, c, 2, o/o Candle Maker, by IDEAL SKY (f, 3, Skylord--Idealhouse, by Limehouse) Lifetime Tapit. MSW, 7-17, Thistledown Record: 7-3-1-1, $84,745. O-Carmela & Ty Biggs; B-Ty Biggs (IN); MORE SMOKE, Smokin Nitro, g, 3, o/o Keep Your Day Job, by T-Wayne D. Mogge. Abaginone. ALW, 7-17, Parx Racing OLD FASHIONED, Sapphire Shilling, c, 2, o/o Silver Shekel, by A. 7th-Indiana Grand, $35,500, (S), 7-17, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, P. Warrior. MSW, 7-16, Presque Isle Downs 1:11.25, ft. SILVER MOUNTAIN, Here Comes Doc, g, 4, o/o White Lamb, by BAND OF THIEVES (g, 3, Skylord--Stormin Bandini, by Bandini) Trippi. ALW, 7-17, Indiana Grand Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-0, $54,690. O-Patrick & Donald Donahoe; SILVER TRAIN, Devine Dental, g, 4, o/o Sundays On the Bay, by B-Patrick D. Donahoe (IN); T-Wayne D. Mogge. Disco Rico. ALW, 7-17, Parx Racing SKYLORD, Band of Thieves, g, 3, o/o Stormin Bandini, by 3rd-Finger Lakes, $26,000, (S), 7-17, 3/up, f/m, 1m, 1:40.56, ft. Bandini. ALW, 7-17, Indiana Grand FROSTIE ANNE (m, 5, Frost Giant--Lake Toccet, by Toccet) SKYLORD, Ideal Sky, f, 3, o/o Idealhouse, by Limehouse. ALW, Lifetime Record: 29-11-3-2, $336,148. O-R Rodriguez & Michael 7-17, Indiana Grand Imperio; B-Grant Whitmer (NY); T-Rudy Rodriguez. *$18,000 Ylg STRONG CONTENDER, S S Trooper, g, 2, o/o Sami's Song, by '14 FTNMIX. **1/2 to Freudie Anne (Freud), MSW, $394,053. Kissin Kris. MSW, 7-17, Indiana Grand WEIGELIA, Risque's Diamond, f, 4, o/o Diamonds No More, by Hip 478: Half-bro sells at SARAUG with VINERY SALES Diamond. AOC, 7-17, Parx Racing 3rd-Louisiana Downs, $22,070, 7-17, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 7 1/2fT, 1:32.00, fm. TOO BAD CHU (m, 5, Leroidesanimaux {Brz}--Too Bad Fu, by Fusaichi Pegasus) Lifetime Record: 29-5-3-3, $57,020. O/T-Charlie Rosier; B-4 M Ranch & Riopelle Ranch (LA). *$10,000 Ylg '14 ESLYRL; $11,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN.