SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019 WEST OFFERS $500,000 FOR DERBY STUDY RISING STARS TRY TO By Sid Fernando STOP >GREEN LIGHT= Gary West lives in Rancho Santa Fe in San Diego, but he was back at Keeneland in Lexington last month to buy potential IN CHAMPAGNE classic colts; or, to be specific, to try to buy a colt for the Gl Kentucky Derby--a race he's wanted to win more than any other. Inconspicuously dressed in a long-sleeved t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, he sat alone behind the desk in Room H, one of several private rooms in the sales pavilion for big spenders, but he had more on his mind than buying yearlings. West and his team of racing manager Ben Glass, veterinarian Dr. Doug Brunk, Dell Ridge Farm manager Des Ryan, and Jeff Kirk, who breaks and trains his young stock, assemble daily in Room H to systematically scrutinize the day's short-listed candidates. [Disclosure: Gary and Mary West and Ben Glass are retained clients of Werk Thoroughbred Consultants.] Cont. p15 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY BOUNTIFUL DELIGHTS IN TATTERSALLS OCTOBER SALE Green Light Go | Coglianese Emma Berry provides a preview of the high-quality lots slated to sell during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Stronach Stables= Green Light Go (Hard Spun) has found no on Oct. 8-10. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. equal in two outings thus far, but will have his hooves full with a trio of >TDN Rising Stars= and an additional impressive debut winner when he goes postward in Saturday=s GI Champagne S. at Belmont, a AWin and You=re In@ qualifier for the GI TVG Breeders= Cup Juvenile. Debuting at Big Sandy July 4, the homebred showed surprising speed and ran away from subsequent stakes winner Another Miracle (American Pharoah) in the stretch to score by 3 1/4 lengths. Favored off of that effort in the GII Saratoga Special S. Aug. 10, the bay impressed once more, settling professionally off the speed and kicking clear to a wrapped-up 3 3/4-length score. The Jimmy Jerkens trainee has worked six times going as long as seven furlongs since that try, finishing preparations with a half-mile breeze over the local training tack in :48 flat (4/14) Oct. 1. August Dawn Farm=s Three Technique (Mr Speaker) was runner-up as the favorite in his first two outings, including behind subsequent GI Runhappy Hopeful S. romper Basin (Liam=s Map) July 21 at Saratoga. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Saturday, October 5, 2019 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN News and Features Editor Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Bring your friends. 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Hammered down to 13-10 favoritism in the Hopeful, he retreated to finish a well-beaten third. The chestnut bounced back to record a five-panel bullet in 1:00 4/5 (1/13) Sept. 22 over the Oklahoma training track. Paul Pompa, Jr.=s Alpha Sixty Six (Liam=s Map) was also strongly supported first out, getting pounded down to a nickel above even-money going 6 1/2 furlongs here Sept. 7. Hung wide on the turn, he appeared beaten by rail-skimming Hemlock (Into Mischief) through much of the stretch, but found another gear in deep stretch to get up for a >Rising Star=-earning graduation. The top Beyer in the field belongs to Sackatoga Stable=s Tiz the Law (Constitution), who earned a 90 when easily annexing a New York-bred spot Aug. 8 at the Spa for Barclay Tagg. The bay has done nothing in the mornings since to suggest that was a fluke, recording a pair of bullets including a half-mile spin in :46 4/5 (1/16) here Sept. 19. VALID POINT TACKLES ELDERS IN 14-HORSE SHADWELL MILE Valid Point | Coady Photography by Joe Bianca With seven figures and a GI Breeders= Cup Mile spot up for grabs, a diverse field of 14 horses are set to do battle in TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 23 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 5, 2019 Saturday=s GI Shadwell Turf Mile S. at Keeneland, headed by e CONSTITUTION RISING STAR DRAWS WIDE Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Mike Ryan=s undefeated sophomore Valid Point (Scat Daddy), who takes on elders for IN BREEDERS= FUTURITY the first time in the million-dollar, AWin and You=re In@ event. A well-bet debut winner Feb. 10 at Gulfstream, the $140,000 Keeneland September graduate had to be sidelined for a few months, but came back running with a 3 1/2-length allowance score at Belmont, stopping the clock in a sizzling 1:33.09 to earn >Rising Star= status. Venturing into deeper waters Aug. 10 at Arlington, the bay put in a strong late rally to capture the GI Secretariat S. over Coolmore and Aidan O=Brien=s re-opposing Van Beethoven (Scat Daddy). A trio of Euro invaders spice things up, headlined by 2017 Shadwell hero Suedois (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). Running a solid fourth in the Breeders= Cup Mile after that conquest, he returns to American shores having won just once in 14 starts since. That victory came two starts back, when the 8-year-old conquered the G3 Weatherbys Supreme S. at Goodwood before running Gouverneur Morris | Sarah Andrew fourth last out in the G2 Clipper Logistics Solonaway S. Sept. 14 at Leopardstown. The other two pond jumpers are Godolphin=s by Joe Bianca ascending Vintager (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), coming in off Team Valor International and WinStar Farm=s Gouverneur scores in the G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil at Chantilly and Morris (Constitution)=s reputation preceded him when he made Germany=s G2 Oettingen-Rennen, and Haven=t A Pot and Richard his debut last month at Saratoga, and he didn=t disappoint Foden=s Robin of Navan (Fr) (American Post {GB}), who annexed despite the obstacle of a sloppy track. Saturday, he faces the G2 Meilen Trophy at Dusseldorf two back before running another hurdle after drawing the outermost stall as a likely seventh in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Sept. 8. heavy favorite in Keeneland=s GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity, a Last year=s winner, Next Shares (Archarcharch), returns to AWin and You=re In@ qualifier for the GI TVG Breeders= Cup defend his crown as one of two West Coast shippers. Bought for Juvenile. $190,000 at KEENOV in 2017, the gelding was beaten a half- Bought for $600,000 at Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream after breezing length in the GI Frank E.