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>MO= , >MANDATE= KELLY LEADING CHARGE FOR HARMONIZATION OF PROTEST RULES COLT TOP OBSMAR FINALE by Alan Carasso To be sure, stewarding is an imperfect science. The only consistent thing about stewarding is, a lot of times, the inconsistency. A pair of recent disqualifications, including the much-discussed demotion of McKinzie (Street Sense) in the GII San Felipe S. Mar. 10, have only served to amplify that notion. But Kim Kelly, chief stipendiary steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the chairman of the International Harmonization of Raceday Rules committee of the International Federation of Horseracing has, for the last decade or so, been doing his part to normalize and standardize stewarding practices. Cont. p12

Hip 459 | Photos by Z IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Brian DiDonato & Steve Sherack ALTIOR SETS UP TREBLE CHALLENGE The seemingly ever-recent market trend of strength at the After Altior’s win in Wednesday’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, trainer Nicky Henderson is two-thirds of the way to an top and hit-or-miss results in the middle and lower segments important Cheltenham triple. = = continued during the Ocala Breeders Sales Company s March Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, which concluded Wednesday. Gross receipts for the two-day auction were $42,592,000 compared to $56,510,000 in 2017 when a catalogue with 104 more saw 47 more sell. The 2018 cumulative average was $167,685, down 10.7% from last year=s record of $187,741, while the median rose by 15.8% to $110,000 from $95,000. The RNA rate was 30% for the sale, compared to 27.3% last year after all post-sale transactions were added into the 2017 numbers. Because of OBS=s policy of updating statistics to include subsequent private sales, the RNA rate and other statistics are something of a moving target and are therefore somewhat inexact to compare year over year. Tuesday=s buyback rate, for example, had already dropped from 38% to 30% since the prior evening. The average price Wednesday was $174,444 and the median was $120,000. The RNA rate was 29.2%. A pair of $775,000 juveniles were tied for Wednesday=s priciest: a Strong Mandate colt consigned by Wavertree Stables, Agent V, and purchased by Carolyn Wilson; and an filly picked up by agents Solis and Litt on behalf of LNJ Foxwoods out of the Eddie Woods consignment. Cont. p3

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OBSMAR cont. from p1 horses were received especially well and sold especially well. The overall sale topper was a Scat Daddy filly who sold There were some horses that weren=t that bad, but they just Tuesday for $875,000 to Phoenix . The :9 4/5 co- missed, and that=s not what they=re looking for. They=re looking bullet earner was consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo for nothing to miss." Thoroughbreds. This was the first year since 2012 that no horse As for the middle market Woods added, "It=s just not there." broke through the million-dollar threshold at March. For complete results and more, visit www.obssales.com. AI think we had a good sale,@ OBS President Tom Ventura said. AThere was a lot of activity at the upper end and it was spread out with different buyers at that level. We didn=t have a breakout horse, but I don=t know if you can gauge the success of a sale by the number of million-dollar horses you have. Short of that, it was very good. The lack of the million-dollar horses impacted our average, but on the other side of the coin, the median was up, and higher than it has been since we opened up the March Sale. So, overall I thought we had a difficult sale to OBS MARCH SALE match up to when we had records last year." Phoenix Thoroughbreds was leading buyer with three WEDNESDAY=S TOP COLTS purchases for $1.9 million. Hip Sire Dam Price ($) Eddie Woods led all consignors during the two-day sale with 447 Strong Mandate Magestic Stinger 775,000 15 sold for $4,915,000. ($25,000 i/u >16 KEEJAN; $37,000 wnlg >16 KEENOV; "Well, it=s just groundhog day," Woods said at the conclusion $47,000 RNA yrl >17 OBSWIN) of the sale. "Only probably a hair more exaggerated again as we B-Golden Pedigree (Ky) go on." Consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent V Woods continued, "The obvious horses and the very nice Purchased by Carolyn Wilson TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

479 Real Solution Money Huntress 675,000 504 Street Sense Ouchy Night 420,000 ($32,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) ($75,000 yrl >17 SARAUG) B-Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey (Ky) B-Edition Farm (NY) Consigned by Hoppel=s Horse & Cattle Co., Inc., agent Consigned by Crupi=s New Castle Farm, Agent X Purchased by Mark Casse, agent Purchased by L.E.B. 289 Awesome Again El Prado Essence 650,000 368 Kantharos Home in Time 410,000 ($120,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) B-Tom McCrocklin (Fl) B-A & G Racing Stables (ON) Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent I Purchased by Rockingham Ranch Purchased by Live Oak Plantation 369 Candy Ride (Arg) Hondo=s Way 410,000 460 Malibu Moon Mamma Kimbo 500,000 ($125,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) ($50,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) B-Diamond A Racing (Ky) B-Aaron & Marie Jones (Ky) Consigned by Hoby & Layna Kight, agent Consigned by King=s Equine, Agent V Purchased by Spendthrift Farm & Town & Country Racing Purchased by Eclipse Partners & Repole Stable 507 Will Take Charge Painted Woman 410,000 367 Violence Holy Princess 470,000 ($170,000 RNA yrl >17 KEESEP) ($90,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) B-Jim R & Janie Wells (KY) B-Nancy L. Terhune and Ernest C. Frohboese (WV) Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent V Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent II Purchased by John Oxley Purchased by Steven W. Young, agent 418 Strong Mandate Lantern 450,000 ($95,000 yrl >17 KEEJAN; $210,000 RNA yrl >17 KEESEP) Want to send a “LETTER TO THE EDITOR” B-Hartmut H. Malluche and Silesia Farm (KY) of the Thoroughbred Daily News? Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent II Purchased by China Horse Club/WinStar Farm LLC Send an e-mail to: [email protected] Leading Second Crop Sire in 2018 An Important Sire in the Making OBS MARCH $470,000 $425,000

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WEDNESDAY=S TOP Wilson, Rivelli Hoping to be BC-Bound Again Hip Sire Dam Price ($) 459 Uncle Mo Mama Tia 775,000 ($200,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) B-Atlas Farm and Conor Doyle (KY) Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XLV Purchased by Solis/Litt 439 Quality Road Love this Kitty 750,000 ($175,000 RNA yrl >17 KEESEP) B-Three Chimneys Farm (Ky) Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XVI Purchased by White Birch Farm, Inc. 420 More Than Ready La Song 625,000 ($77,000 RNA yrl >17 KEESEP) B-Centaur Farms (KY) Consigned by Ocala Stud, agent Purchased by Phoenix Thoroughbreds III 428 Speightstown Light from Above 410,000 Carolyn Wilson & Larry Rivelli | Photos Z ($225,000 yrl >17 KEESEP) Owner Carolyn Wilson and trainer Larry Rivelli=s trips to OBS in B-Hargus and Sandra Sexton (KY) 2016 and 2017 translated into starts in the Breeders= Cup, and Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent XVII they=re hoping to be heading to Churchill for the 2018 world Purchased by Fiona Shaw, agent for Marc Keller championships with hip 447. Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

Wilson, Rivelli Hoping to be BC-Bound Again cont. can win one.@ The member of Grade I-winning juvenile Strong Mandate Hip 447 was a $37,000 Keeneland November weanling and (Tiznow)=s first crop was consigned by Ciaran Dunne=s Wavertree $47,000 OBS Winter Mixed Sale buy-back. His four-time-winning Stables, Agent V and cost $775,000 Majestic Warrior dam is half to after a very flashy :9 4/5 co- juvenile stakes winner Tiz Blessed bullet breeze (Click for ThoroStride (Tiznow). video). Of paying that much for a horse by a Wavertree also sold Wilson her prior popular, but still unproven sire, Rivelli Breeders= Cup starters: >TDN Rising said, AHe=s a son of Tiznow, so you=re Star= Wellabled (), a hoping that some of that rubs off. If $340,000 OBS April grad who took the you had to pick out an individual in 2016 GIII Arlington-Washington terms of looks--I=ve seen a million Futurity S. and competed in that horses in my time--[hip 447] was a year=s GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf; beauty. He looks like a 3-year-old.@ and The Tabulator (Dialed In), who Rivelli noted the number of RNAs at cost $460,000 last March and went this sale overall, and hypothesized three-for-three in the GIII Iroquois S. that it could have been due to how before most recently finishing fifth in Hip 447 | Photos Z much pinhookers had to spend for the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile. yearlings last year. AHe was the best-looking horse in the sale, In my opinion, no AIt=s kind of the same at this sale,@ he said. AThe good ones go doubt,@ Rivelli said. AIt was the most athletic breeze--it looked for a lot of money and the other ones kind of fall through the like he did it about as easy as you could do it. These past two cracks. There have been a lot of buy-backs, too. I think that the years we=ve made the Breeders= Cup with two that we picked sales were nuts last year with what they were giving for who were pretty nice-priced horses, so we=re hoping now we horses.@ -@BDiDonatoTDN $15,000 Stands and Nurses :20.3 $410,000

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OBS MARCH SALE SESSION TOTALS 2018 2017 $ Catalogued 287 339 $ No. Offered 178 206 $ No. Sold 126 153 $ RNAs 52 53 $ % RNAs 29.2% *25.7% $ No. $500K+ 7 18 $ High Price $775,000 $1,700,000 $ Gross $21,980,000 $29,743,500 $ Average (% change) $174,444 (-10.3%) $194,402 $ Median (% change) $120,000 (+37.1%) $87,500

CUMULATIVE 2018 2017 $ Catalogued 573 677 $ No. Offered 363 414 $ No. Sold 254 301 $ RNAs 109 113 $ % RNAs 30% *27.3% $ No. $500K+ 17 30 $ High Price $875,000 $1,700,000 $ Gross $42,592,000 $56,510,000 $ Average (% change) $167,685 (-10.7%) $187,741 $ Median (% change) $110,000 (+15.8%) $95,000 AShe had a nice update in McKinzie,@ Solis said. AI watched her *Buy-back rate includes post-sale transactions. The second session work on the farm and she worked phenomenal on the dirt. figure at the close of the 2017 sale was 26.2% and cumulatively for = = = the auction was 27.5%. We re excited. She s a May --I think she ll grow up a lot. She=s a nice filly.@ LNJ Back for >Mo= A decision on a trainer will be made later, per Solis. -@SteveSherackTDN A day after selling an $850,000 colt by Pioneerof the Nile (Hip 151), the Roth family=s LNJ Foxwoods brought home a 2-year-old filly by Uncle Mo for a session co-topping $775,000 at OBS March. Purchased by Expo Racing for $200,000 as a KEESEP yearling, the bay was consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XLV, as Hip 459. She worked a quarter in :21 2/5 at the breeze show. Agents Alex Solis II and Jason Litt did their bidding while standing by the wall on the left side of the ring. AShe worked fantastic,@ Solis said. AEddie=s had her all winter and he kept on telling us how good of a filly she was.@ Hip 459 was bred in Kentucky by Atlas Farm and Conor Doyle. The half-sister to GSW Southern Honey (Colonel John) and MSW Cali Thirty Seven (Eskendereya) is out of the unraced Carson City Mama Tia. >TDN Rising Star= and last term=s GI Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity winner McKinzie (Street Sense), disqualified from first and placed second in a wild renewal of last weekend=s GII San Felipe S., appears on the page under the Alex Solis | Photos by Z second dam. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

White Birch Adds>Quality= to the Stable More Than Ready Filly Heading to Asmussen A More Than Ready filly (hip 420) consigned by Ocala Stud will be heading to Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen=s barn after the Phoenix Thoroughbreds team scooped her up for $625,000. The :20 3/5 breezer was bred by the Heath family=s Centaur Farm and bought back for $77,000 as a Keeneland September yearling. AWe know a little bit about [More Than Ready], Steve loved him and he=s trained about a hundred of them,@ said Phoenix=s U.S. director of operations Tom Ludt, who was president of Vinery when More Than Ready stood there. AShe=s very racey and we=re hoping to get lucky.@ Out of graded stakes-placed juvenile La Song (Unbridled=s Song), who Centaur purchased for $225,000 in foal to Animal Kingdom at KEENOV >14, hip 420 hails from the female family of Grade I-winning 2-year-old Currency Swap. The More Than Ready--Unbridled=s Song cross has produced the likes of Asmussen trainee and >TDN Rising Star= Copper Bullet, who won Peter Brant inspecting Hip 439 | Photos by Z last year=s GII Saratoga Special S. Ludt said that he hadn=t paid much attention to the market Peter Brant of White Birch Farm, back in the game in a big way overall, but was pleased with how Phoenix had fared: AWe after a long hiatus, continued his recent shopping spree at OBS stopped on one, so we=re three for four. We=re happy.@ March Wednesday, landing a Quality Road filly for $750,000. The Dubai-based Thoroughbred investment fund picked up Brant, of course, campaigned 1988 homebred champion two other fillies Tuesday for an overall outlay of $1.9 million to sprinter Gulch before shifting his attention to polo. He bought be top buyer. -@BDiDonatoTDN 13 yearlings at Keeneland September alone for gross receipts of $6.46 million in 2017, including a $1-million colt by the >Real= Big Pinhook Score for Hoppel aforementioned Lane=s End in partnership with Patrick Hoppel of Hoppel=s Horse & Cattle Co. enjoyed one of Coolmore. the biggest pinhook scores of the OBS March Sale when trainer AThat was going to be our absolute max--she=s quite a nice Mark Casse went to $675,000 to acquire hip 479, a big-striding filly,@ said trainer Chad Brown after signing the ticket out back. :21 2/5 breezer from the first crop of multiple Grade I-winning Hip 439 was consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XVI, on behalf grasser Real Solution (Kitten=s Joy). Hoppel purchased the Ken of Bradley Thoroughbreds. Bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys and Sarah Ramsey-bred May 4 foal for just $32,000 at Farm, the :20 4/5 breezer RNA=d for $175,000 at KEESEP. Hip Keeneland September. The bay is a half to GSW Noble Beauty (Kitten=s Joy) and MSW Adorable Miss (Kitten=s Joy). His second 439 is the first foal out of the winning Not For Love mare Love dam is Grade I winner Favorite Funtime (Seeking the Gold). This Kitty, a half-sister to GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile turf hero Cont. p9 Hootenanny (Quality Road). This Edward P. Evans family also includes GI Prioress S. heroine Cat Moves (Tale of the Cat). Recent impressive 3-year-old filly debut winner at Santa Anita Well Hello is also by Quality Road out of a Not For Love mare. AWe=ve had a lot of luck getting horses off Eddie [Woods] last year,@ Brown said. AMr. Brant bought a nice filly named Significant Form [winner of last year=s GIII Miss Grillo S.] off him [for $575,000] at OBS April. We really liked this horse and Eddie has a lot of confidence in her. She=s going to fit right in with what Mr. Brant is looking to do--race at a high level and also build a really good broodmare band for the future.@

-@SteveSherackTDN $400,000 colt purchased Wednesday by Winchell Thoroughbreds 1 after breezing a quarter-mile in :20 /5 , equaling the fastest time ever at the distance for an OBS under tack show.

Breeder: Pollock Farms

Consignor: Hoby & Layna Kight If more Goldencents’ are this fast, “ Also, “ everybody is going to want one. $340,000 colt –Hoby Kight $290,000 colt TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

>Real= Big Pinhook Score for Hoppel cont. had originally entered her in the Keeneland September sale. She was immature, she didn=t get sold, she came to the farm, and from that day forward she went the right way. She=s blossomed into a nice filly and she can just flat out run.@ Like hip 420, hip 385 is also out of an Unbridled=s Song mare in Peter Blum=s multiple stakes-winning turf sprinter Inspired. Already named Picasso, the colt was bought back by Blum for $735,000 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. AIt was disappointing,@ said David O=Farrell. AHere=s a horse who was bred really well by Peter Blum. He got an outstanding individual who had a solid work, a super gallop-out and a perfect set of X-rays. Peter bred everything on the page. He believes in the horse. He didn=t want to give him away and he=s happy to take him and go racing. The horse means more to him than anyone else. He tested the market, the market spoke, and hopefully he proves them wrong.@ Hip 479 | Photos by Z O=Farrell, like plenty of others on both the buy and sell side, AHe=d gotten a lot of action--we thought he=d sell well--but to noted that market dynamics seemed to be a bit off at March. say we expected that, no. We thought he=d be in the $300,000 AIt=s been a little bit of a tricky market,@ he said. A[Hip 420] was range,@ said Hoppel. AHe was just all frame and a raw horse [as a a really nice sale and we sold a nice City Zip yesterday [hip 2, for yearling]. I knew there was a lot of run there. If we could keep $250,000]. It=s kind of an all-or-nothing deal. People are him in one piece, he could do that.@ enthusiastic and looking for the better horses, but the reality is Real Solution began his stud career in Kentucky at Calumet it takes a really good horse and the good Lord has only put so Farm, but was leased out for the 2018 breeding season by Blue many on this earth.@ Star Racing in Louisiana, where he=s commanding a $5,000 fee. The March sale was switched from a select to more open Real Solution=s 2017 yearling average was just $18,733, but he format for 2015, while the larger OBS April sale has risen in wasn=t a one-hit wonder at OBS March. Hip 285, another colt popularity and prominence during that same span. who breezed in a snappy :20 3/5, was purchased by Klaravich AThe April sale is the sale that everyone really wants to be in,@ Stable for $325,000 during Tuesday=s first session. That Top O=Farrell said. AIt gives you more time. When we enter these Line-consigned, $60,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Sale pick-up by Zayat horses in the March sale it=s December. You really don=t know Stables is kin to another Kitten=s Joy graded stakes winner in what you have. You know what you think you like, but you really Kitten Kaboodle. don=t know what you=ve got.@ Cont. p10 AIt made me know that at least they were looking at the sire,@ Hoppel said when asked if seeing how hip 285 sold gave him added confidence. ANo doubt this was a surprise, but he=s real special, that horse. We=ve always known that. My son Cody trained him most of the winter.@ -@BDiDonatoTDN

Mixed Results for Ocala Stud, Among Others While Ocala Stud sold the aforementioned hip 420 for $625,000, the O=Farrell family=s operation saw hip 385--a Tapit colt who covered a quarter mile in :21 2/5--fail to meet his reserve at $725,000. AThe market carried her,@ David O=Farrell said after hip 420 sold. AShe=s a really nice filly. She breezed exceptionally well, showed herself with class, vetted. A lot of the elite buyers who are here were interested in her. We set a low reserve and the market carried her from there. We=re very happy with the result. We sold her for some of our best long-term clients. They Hip 385 | Photos Z TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

Mixed Results for Ocala Stud, Among Others cont. anomalies. I also watch for any behavioral things that might be O=Farrell continued, AThey=re just galloping at that point, and negatives, too. We look at the videos and head back to the barn you=re taking a wild guess. They=ve got to have sire power, to see what we think of the physicals. I saw plenty of nice horses enough pedigree on the bottom side, and they=ve got to be a here.@ nice physical, but you don=t know if they can run or not yet. Boden concluded, AWhen I get done here, I=ll head back to These horses were entered early on in their training career and Kentucky, then flip it around and come back to Miami [for Fasig- you don=t find out what you have until the weeks leading up to Tipton Gulfstream] and OBS April.@ -@SteveSherackTDN the sale. So you better bring a horse you think can cater to the top end of the market. That=s why the April sale is so popular, because not only do you get a broader depth of buyers, but you get another six weeks to train your horses.... It=s just a safer sale. They had to de-select the March sale to attract more entries, but if you look around here, these are buyers here for the $250,000 - half-million-dollar horse and there=s a small percentage that can achieve that type of figure.@ -@BDiDonatoTDN

>Mar= to Come from Boden Thoroughbreds... Charlie Boden--the longtime former Head of Sales at Darley-- received a timely update for his fledgling bloodstock company when Maraud (Blame) delivered a narrow tally in Gulfstream=s GIII Palm Beach S. earlier this month. He signed the slip on the Treadway Racing Stable colorbearer for $375,000 at last year=s Each sales day, we ask one buyer to look at the day=s results, Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. and choose the horse he or she thinks was the Buy of the Day. Boden was back at it during the two-day OBS March Sale, Hip 368: c, KantharosBHome in Time, by purchasing five juveniles for a total of $1.325 million ($265,000 Buyer: Rockingham Ranch. Price: $410,000. average) on behalf of undisclosed clients. Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent AThings are good,@ Boden said. AWe=ve had some early success and I really think the world of Maraud--he=s done everything right.@ Boden=s OBS March purchases include: ! Hip 45, f, Munnings--Spring Breeze (:10 1/5), consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent VIII. Price: $160,000. ! Hip 58, f, El Padrino--Stuttgart (:10), consigned by Julie Davies, Agent II. Price: $310,000. ! Hip 99, c, Fed Biz--Tulipmania (:21 1/5), consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent VIII. Price: $375,000. ! Hip 465, c, City Zip--Meiann (:9 4/5), consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds LLC, agent. Price: $360,000. ! Hip 555, c, Dialed In--Red White and Blue (:10 1/5), consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent VIII. Price: $120,000. After a year at Calumet Farm as racing manager and stallion director, Charles H. Boden Thoroughbreds was launched in THT Bloodstock: Kerry M. Thomas (right) 2016. & Pete Denk at OBS March | Photos by Z AThere is plenty of money at this sale,@ Boden said. AThis isn=t a "He cost a premium price, but he was our top pick in the entire one-man job--Gary Young and I are working together. He clocks sale. His breeze was a thing of beauty in terms of physical horses on the frontside and I=m on the backside watching these athleticism and sensory efficiency. Cont. p11 horses come on and off the racetrack and also listening for any BY TIZNOW OBS March 2YOs $775,000 Purchased by Carolyn Wilson $450,000 China Horse Club / WinStar Farm, LLC

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Buy of the Day cont. One of our specialties is judging if a horse has the mental and behavioral traits to maximize its body. This colt is a great mental-physical match. He worked two furlongs in :20-3 and galloped out in :24-flat, for a half mile in :44-3! He came back from that work still forward-minded with good body control and a strong emotional energy. At the barn we loved his eye, confidence and presence. He shares many traits with his stallion Kantharos, who is imparting some serious athletic ability into otherwise mundane . This colt's psychology was consistently efficient and athletic at every step of the sale process, from the moment he entered the chute to the racetrack to when he stepped into the sales ring. He has the Herd Dynamic profile of a potential top-level athlete." -THT Bloodstock (Kerry M. Thomas & Pete Denk).

Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) 360 colt Into Mischief Heidi Maria 350,000 294 colt Hard Spun Enthused 430,000 Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent VI Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent XX Purchased by L.E.B., Agent for West Point Purchased by D.J. Stable 367 colt Violence Holy Princess 470,000 Merites Stable purchased this colt for $150,000 at last year=s Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent II Keeneland September sale and received a well-deserved reward Purchased by Steve W. Young, agent Wednesday in Ocala. 431 colt Dominus Lil Cora Tee 400,000 Consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent I 298 colt Jimmy Creed Evangelical 300,000 Purchased by Dennis O=Neill Consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent X Brad Grady=s Grand Oaks bought this bay colt by Into Mischief Purchased by St. Elias Stable for $165,000 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton July sale. Just seven hips This chestnut, who zipped a furlong last week in a co-bullet later, Grady and Bobby Dodd teamed up for an even bigger :9 4/5, was purchased by Ciaran Dunne for $195,000 at last score when the Violence colt they purchased for $90,000 at year=s Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Yearlings sale. Just a few hips Keeneland September caught the eye of bloodstock agent Steve later, Wavertree sold a colt by Tapizar (hip 304) for $155,000 to Young. Later in the session, the Dominus colt they purchased for Larry Rivelli, agent. Waves Bloodstock had purchased the bay $85,000 at Keeneland September was scooped up by Dennis colt for $47,000 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton July sale. O=Neill.

325 colt Super Saver Frolic=s Revenge 100,000 369 colt Candy Ride (Arg) Hondo=s Way 410,000 Consigned by Ends Well, agent Consigned by Hoby & Layna Kight, agent Purchased by Eli Diamant, agent for Chris Hartman Purchased by Spendthrift Farm/Town & Country Racing Ends Well=s Penny Lopez was able to snatch up this colt for Consignors Hoby and Layna Kight acquired this bay colt for $3,500 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale. $125,000 at last year=s Keeneland September sale. Cont. p12 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

Nothing But Nets cont. Marion Montanari purchased Royal Promise, in foal to 375 colt Broken Vow How She Rolls 180,000 Kantharos, for $18,000 at the 2015 OBS Winter sale. The mare=s Consigned by SGV Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa), agent Kantharos colt sold for $315,000 at last year=s OBS March sale Purchased by Sallusto & Albina, Agent for Loudmouth Racing and her Uncaptured ($6k stud fee) colt was almost as popular at Steve Venosa secured this bay colt for $32,000 at last year=s this year=s auction. Keeneland September sale. CORRECTION: Wednesday=s TDN incorrectly listed the breeder 383 colt Goldencents Inceptive 340,000 of hip 147, a colt by Violence who sold for $425,000 at Consigned by Southern Chase Farm, Inc. Tuesday=s first session of the OBS March sale. The juvenile was (Greg & Karen Dodd), agent bred by Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Lloyd and was sold through their Purchased by Steve Weston Village View Stables to Ciaran Dunne=s Wave=s Bloodstock for Greg and Karen Dodd=s Southern Chase Farm and Webb Carroll $180,000 at Keeneland six months ago. We regret the error. Training Center purchased this youngster for $95,000 at last year=s Keeneland September sale. Kelly Leading Charge for Harmonization of Protest 408 colt Drill Kenzie=s Charm 235,000 Rules cont. from p1 Consigned by Advanced Thoroughbreds LLC, agent Previously the deputy chairman of stewards in Sydney, Kelly Purchased by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing joined the Hong Kong Jockey Club in 2002 and was appointed to Small Batch Thoroughbreds acquired this dark bay as a the role of chief steward in 2009. Since then he has chaired the weanling for $17,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November sale. harmonization of raceday rules committee, has also been chairman of two international stewards= conferences in 460 colt Malibu Moon Mamma Kimbo 500,000 conjunction with the Asian Racing Conference and will do so Consigned by King=s Equine, Agent V again when this year=s ARC convenes in South Korea. And he has Purchased by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Repole Stable accomplished much in his short time at the helm. King=s Equine=s Raul Reyes signed the ticket at $50,000 to Most of the world=s major racing jurisdictions abide by the so- acquire this colt at last year=s Keeneland September sale. called Category 1 philosophy as it relates to protests, i.e. claims of foul (see box). In 2013, the Japan Racing Association adopted 514 colt Sky Mesa Patriot Miss 300,000 Category 1 and beginning with this year, France and Germany Consigned by Pick View LLC, Agent II will align with the rest of Europe, while the majority of South Purchased by James Divito, agent American countries will abandon the >old= way of thinking. Paul Schaffer signed the ticket at $87,000 to bring home this colt from last year=s OBS October sale. IFHA Model Rule Relating to Protests/Objections (Category 1 rule) If, in the opinion of the Staging Authority=s relevant judicial 536 colt Jimmy Creed Promise to Peg 225,000 body, a horse or its rider causes interference and finishes in Consigned by Whitman Sales LLC, Agent VI front of the horse interfered with but irrespective of the Purchased by Cutair Racing, Oracle Bloodstock, agent incident(s) the sufferer would not have finished ahead of the Strong Racing signed the ticket at $5,000 to secure this colt at horse causing the interference, the judge=s placings will remain the 2017 Keeneland January sale. unaltered. If, in the opinion of the Staging Authority=s relevant judicial 567 colt Goldencents Royale Paradise 400,000 body, a horse or its rider causes interference and finishes in Consigned by Hoby & Layna Kight, Agent I front of the horse interfered with and if not for the incident(s) Purchased by Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC the sufferer would have finished ahead of the horse causing the Beryl Stokes, Jr. secured this colt for $115,000 and watched his interference, the interferer will be placed immediately behind value soar after a blistering quarter-mile breeze in :20 1/5 last the sufferer. Saturday. Racing Authorities may, within their Rules, provide for the disqualification of a horse from a race in circumstances in 569 colt Uncaptured Royal Promise 210,000 which the Staging Authority=s relevant judicial body deems that Consigned by Boutte Sales, Agent I the rider has ridden in a dangerous manner. (Adopted 10/17) Purchased by E Plesa, agent for Karl & Cathi Glassman $3,924,648 First Crop 2YOs at OBS March $525,000

Hip #152 was consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent III $410,000

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Kelly Leading Charge for Harmonization of Protest Rules cont. He continues, ABut that=s not the case any longer. Horses are North American racing jurisdictions continue to employ the traveling regularly from overseas to other jurisdictions to take Category 2 philosophy, a broader standard, allowing for greater part in races, more than ever before, and it=s almost become interpretation and guided by a subjective assessment of part of the every day for horses to travel for races. But even whether or not a horse was cost a placing as the result of more significant than that is the commingling aspect of racing interference. and the international betting on races. Punters in Hong Kong can The United States and Canada represent the missing piece in bet on a number of jurisdictions from all over the world, the harmonization of rules puzzle, but it is not an obstacle that whether it be a Breeders= Cup, a Royal Ascot, a Melbourne Cup, cannot be overcome, in Kelly=s estimation. the Durban July in South Africa. It is critical for punters that are betting on overseas races to have the confidence that the rules that are applied at Royal Ascot or Hong Kong are the same that are going to be applied at the Breeders= Cup.@ Kelly agrees with the notion that Category 1 thinking affords racing officials the opportunity to deal with rules that are far more black and white and consistent, reducing the chances of causing disillusionment or even deeper dissatisfaction among racing=s customers. AThere is nothing more galling to a punter to lose his money in one set of circumstances one day and to lose his money in another set of circumstances the next day when a week before he would have gotten paid out. That disenfranchises punters,@ he said. AIf the owners or jockeys or trainers lose a race because of a set of circumstances that doesn=t occur anywhere else in the world, they are more reluctant to take and campaign horses Hong Kong Jockey Club Chief Stipendiary Steward Kim Kelly HKJC photo overseas if they are not working under the same set of rules and the same set of policies that are in operation in every other AI am a born optimist,@ Kelly said by phone from Hong Kong. major racing jurisdiction around the world. ATo be honest with you, if you had said to me five years ago that AI think punters around the world would prefer the across-the- Europe, and France in particular, would change to the Category line placings to stand because that, in the most cases, is the 1 philosophy, I=d have been very pessimistic about that. Yet here result of the best horse winning the race,@ he continued. AIf you we are in 2018 and by the end of this year, all of Europe will be apply the situation of, >Was there interference between horse operating under Category 1 philosophy. Between 2013 and >A= and horse >B= and they finish first and second, if you establish 2018, Japan and the whole of Europe have changed over, so that that, yes, there was interference between the two horses, then gives me valid reason to be optimistic, because whilst I the only question that has to be answered from that point appreciate that it will be a long journey, it is one that can be onward, is >If that interference did not take place, would the completed and if I wasn=t optimistic about that, there wouldn=t second place-getter have beaten the winner?= They=re two very be any point in pressing on.@ simple questions. The first one is very easy, because, usually, Kelly admits that neither solution to the protest question is a you can work out simple enough whether there=s been perfect one, but that Category 1 is Amore perfect@ and that interference. Once you=ve ticked that box, it becomes a very North America aligning itself with the rest of the world is a simple process. You get away from the situation where a horse critical next step. will roll in on the home turn or something like that and cause ABecause of the internationalization of racing,@ he replies when interference and then go on to win by four lengths. But because asked why harmonization is so important. AIf we were still living there is a nose margin between the second and the third and in the 70s where there were very few horses traveling from the horse that was interfered with was the third horse, in a jurisdiction to jurisdiction to race, if we were in a time where we situation where a horse that wins by four lengths-- weren=t betting on each others= races--if it was just Americans understanding that the third place-getter wouldn=t have beaten betting on their own races, if it was just Hong Kong people who the winner even if he had a head start--is taken down, that were betting on Hong Kong races--that would be a case of each disenfranchises punters and horsepeople. Clearly the best horse for their own. in the race won, but has been taken down.@ Cont. p14

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Kelly Leading Charge for Harmonization of Protest Rules cont. divergence in how those incidents would have been treated. The The 2015 GI Beverly D. S. is a perfect example of how the two harmonization committee will continue to work very closely sets of rules diverge. In the race, Secret Gesture appeared on with the Racing Officials Accreditation Program (ROAP) and with her way to victory in the final sixteenth of a mile when she came The Jockey Club to see whether there is an appetite for change out on Stephanie=s Kitten. The latter crossed the line in third as and if there is, how that change can be affected and how the Watsdachances rallied late into second. Stewards ruled that the policy can be applied. The application is critical. But nothing is interference caused by Secret Gesture had cost Stephanie=s too challenging that it can=t be taken on.@ Kitten the chance for a better placing and therefore demoted Kelly again cites the example of Japan, where he says there Secret Gesture to third (video). Despite never looking a winner, has not been a single disqualification since the switch to Watsdachances was awarded the race. Under the Category 1 Category 1 at the beginning of 2013. Additionally, he said the philosophy, Secret Gesture would have kept the victory, as she number of inquiries have also dropped dramatically--from 143 was clearly best, and penalties could have been leveled against in 3400 races in 2012 to a grand total of nine in 2017. jockey Jamie Spencer. A simple Google search of reports in the AJapan had one year of education of putting things on their aftermath of the race yields story after story critical of the website, putting videos on their website, explaining the two decision, particularly from overseas scribes. A subsequent philosophies,@ he explained. ASo they would have an incident on appeal of the demotion was the website and they=d explain, >OK, unsuccessful. this is how it would be in Category 2, Kelly appreciates and is mindful of this is what the situation would be the work involved with an ideological under Category 1 and these are the and procedural shift of this variety, but two differences in the way they are he said that inroads have been and are approached. It=s very big education being made at events like last year=s process that is required. We had Pan-American Conference in worked very closely with Japan in the Washington, D.C. lead-up. We traveled over to Japan on ACategory 2 is what their customers a number of occasions to have know, it=s what their horsemen know, Secret Gesture (left) was controversially disqualified discussions with their stewards as to it=s what their officials know,@ he said. from an apparent victory in the 2015 GI Beverly D. S. | how the philosophy works, what are AWhen a country goes from Category 2 Four Footed Fotos the principles behind it, what=s the to Category 1, it is a significant move application of it and on raceday, how because it is cultural as far as the way that the rules are applied does the philosophy apply to racing. It really is cultural, but and the way that interference is approached. It=s not just a case certainly Japan has shown and France and Germany and the rest of we=ll be Category 2 one day and Category 1 the next. It does of Europe are about to show that it can be done if there is an take the people that are associated with the sport--the trainers, appetite to do it.@ the jockeys, the owners, the punters--some time to understand Even as he admits that instituting this type of change in North how the philosophy is going to be applied and how it=s going to America won=t be easy, Kelly is embracing the task and work in operation. It=s not insignificant to move over. welcoming the challenge. He added, AWe have had a harmonization committee meeting AUniversal harmonization is still very much a goal and we=ll in New York and we had one in Washington in conjunction with continue to work very hard at that for the benefit of racing the Pan-Am Conference. At those meetings, we were able to sit around the world,@ he offered. AAs I said earlier, I don=t think down with the stewards and explain the reason for the anything disenfranchises punters more. I often use the analogy philosophy--how it works, how it is applied, why we believe, of a restaurant. If you go and spend US$100 on a meal and you and, indeed, every other major racing jurisdiction believes, don=t get value for money, you won=t go back to that restaurant. that=s it is a fairer application of the interference rule than You=ll go to one of the 20 other restaurants on the street. It=s Category 2. Those discussions, I have to say, have been terrific. the same with racing--if a punter walks off the track and he did There were 20-plus stewards at the New York conference, there not get a fair run for his money, he won=t come back to that were equally as many in Washington and what we were able to restaurant, he=ll go to another one. Racing needs the confidence do was show different videos from different jurisdictions and of horseplayers, owners, jockeys and trainers to continue and to say, >this is what happens under Category 1 and these are the thrive. reasons for it= and then they would explain how it would be AWithout that, the sport is simply marking time.@ interpreted in Category 2. There was some significant TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

ELUSIVE QUALITY EUTHANIZED S. hero Smarty Jones and GI Breeders= Cup F/M Sprint winner Maryfield. Elusive Quality=s other top offspring include Darley stallion and GI Breeders= Cup Classic hero Raven=s Pass; champions Elusive Kate and Certify; and four-time Grade I winner Quality Road, who has proven to be a talented sire in his own right with 2017 champions Abel Tasman and Caledonia Road to his credit. The Jonabell stalwart shuttled to Australia from 2003 to 2008, where he was represented by champion and successful young sire Sepoy and Group 1 winner Camarilla. He also traveled to Brazil from 2009 to 2011, siring two champions and several Group 1 winners. Overall, Elusive Quality sired 130 black-type winners and 52 graded or group winners, with 14 of those winning at the Grade I/Group 1 level. As a broodmare sire, he has 73 black-type winners with 29 graded/group winners and six top-level scorers, including champion and GI Breeders= Cup Sprint victory Roy H Elusive Quality | Darley (More Than Ready). AI think we=ll continue to see Elusive Quality=s influence felt for Top Darley sire Elusive Quality (Gone West--Touch of quite some time especially through the likes of successful sons Greatness, by Hero=s Honor), who was pensioned from stud like Quality Road as well as through his stakes-producing duties in June 2017, was euthanized Wednesday due to the daughters,@ Pride said. infirmities of old age. He was 25. Bred in Kentucky by Silver Springs Stud Farm and Mrs. J. AElusive Quality represented so many things to so many Costelloe, Elusive Quality is a half-brother to Irish Highweight people,@ said Dan Pride, COO of Godolphin America. AHe was Rossini (Miswaki). His second dam is GSW and MGISP Ivory one of Sheikh Mohammed=s early racing successes here in the Wand (Sir Ivor), who produced German and Italian champion U.S. and he then was the second stallion to stand for him in and MG1SW Gold and Ivory (Key to the Mint). America, with Quiet American being the first. His son Smarty Jones won the Derby and captured the hearts of a nation. And to the team here at Jonabell, he was just a pleasure to be around and he=s going to be greatly missed.@ Runner-up in the 1996 GII King=s Bishop S., Elusive Quality broke the track record at Gulfstream when winning a seven- furlong allowance on the main track in 1:20 flat in 1997. The following year he broke the world record for a mile on the turf, stopping the clock in 1:31.63 in the 1998 GIII Poker H. at Belmont, which he won by six lengths in front-running fashion. The Bill Mott trainee also won that year=s GIII Jaipur H. and retired at the end of his 5-year-old season with a record of 20-9-3-2 and earnings of $413,284. Standing his first season for Sheikh Mohammed at Gainsborough Farm in 1999, Elusive Quality was relocated to Jonabell in 2006 when Sheikh Mohammed=s brother Sheikh Maktoum, who owned Gainsborough, passed away. The bay proved his worth as a sire right away, producing French Group 1 winner and champion Elusive City in his first crop. His second crop proved just as talented thanks to a pair of American champions in 2004: popular GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness Elusive Quality with longtime groom Steve Clark | Darley

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>SONG= SIGNS OFF ON THE RIGHT NOTE Breeders' Cup time. In terms of ratios of stakes winners to , he may well have been in the bottom half of our champion sires list, headed by A. P. Indy (12.7%) and Storm Cat (12.1%)--who both benefitted from smaller, more select books of mares--but none of the 12 has ever sired one so good as Unbridled's Song did.

SPORTS BETTING A HOT TOPIC AT NATIONAL HBPA CONVENTION by Jennie Rees NEW ORLEANS, La.--Horsemen and racetracks should be acting now to prepare for the advent of sports betting in America. But just because racetracks understand parimutuel wagering, taking bets at fixed odds on sports requires completely different expertise. Unbridled=s Song | Taylor Made photo Those were major takeaways from the sports betting panel that kicked off the National Horsemen=s Benevolent and by John Boyce Protective Association Convention at the Astor Crowne Plaza Since the turn of the century, 12 sires have become champion Hotel in the famed French Quarter Wednesday. After three days sire in North America. The title is bestowed for the most of sessions on issues and developments facing horse racing, the progeny earnings worldwide by a North American stallion during convention wraps up Saturday morning with a meeting of the the calendar year. The apposite phrase here is worldwide National HBPA board. earnings. For had it been based on North American earnings Joe Asher, chief executive officer of Hill US, urged only, four of the titles during the period would have ended up racing to follow the lead of Monmouth Park in pushing to with different winners altogether. Remarkably, Giant's legalize betting on sports. Monmouth is leased by the Causeway--the title winner in 2009, 2010 and 2012--would be horsemen, who have partnered with William Hill on the left with none whatsoever. Smart Strike (2009), Malibu Moon sports-betting initiative. (2010) and Empire Maker (2012) were the three that AUntil Congress gets involved, it=s going to be a state issue,@ accumulated the most North American earnings in the three Asher said. AAnd among the most critical decisions at the state years in question. level is who gets the license, who gets the right to offer the product. Certainly under the old legislation in New Jersey and one would think under the new legislation, the racetracks will get that right. That may not be the case in all states. Clearly, in my mind, the number one thing is to be involved in the legislative process in trying to get some form of either getting the licenses or some entree into it.@ Alex Waldrop, president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, offered another top priority. AThe number one thing you should do is be on the phone with a William Hill or somebody else who does know this business. Because this is not our business,@ Waldrop said. AIt=s vastly more The other title that relied heavily upon foreign earnings was complicated and risky than parimutuel horse racing. You should the most recent, won by the deceased Unbridled's Song, whose not go down this road thinking this is just another case where outstanding son Arrogate landed the G1 Dubai World Cup in you=re going to divvy up purse money. If you=re not 2017, thus helping his sire bypass Candy Ride (Arg) for the 2017 well-advised, you could be left behind.@ title. No one would begrudge Unbridled's Song his day in the The panelists, which also included industry consultant Dr. sun. He was a hugely important sire, siring--in addition to the Jennifer Durenberger and moderator Michele Fischer of great Arrogate--Liam's Map, Will Take Charge and host of Sportech Racing and Digital, agreed that it=s just a matter of time top-class fillies and mares that had a knack of peaking at before sports betting proliferates around the country. Cont. p17 Share this job

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HBPA Convention cont. industry supports the rural economy, as opposed to a handful of The United States Supreme Court is expected to rule this franchise owners and leagues.@ spring on New Jersey=s challenge to the constitutionality of the The convention=s keynote speaker was Clay Whitham, who Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which runs Whitham Thoroughbreds with his mother, Janis. Whitham for the last quarter-century effectively has made sports betting Thoroughbreds and its broodmare band of about 10 mares illegal except in Nevada and a few other states. stands as a testament to patience. Their great Hall of Famer Bayakoa only had four foals--only two of which raced, only one winning a single race. AMaybe there=s something about leaving it all on the racetrack,@ Whitham said. AShe was a great race mare but as a broodmare she wasn=t successful as a dam. But out of the two fillies that she had that we kept, they have both produced Grade I stakes winners.@ One of those was Fort Larned, the 2012 GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner out of the Broad Brush mare Arlucea. Trinity Place, Bayakoa=s other daughter in the Whitham broodmare band, was sired by Strawberry Road and produced multiple Grade I winner Affluent. Alex Waldrop, Joe Asher, Dr. Jennifer Durenberger and moderator ABroad Brush and Strawberry Road both had a lot of starts and Michelle Fischer | Denis Blake/National HBPA were really good racehorses,@ Whitham said. AThey weren=t the AIn 2012, the idea of sports wagering throughout the United most fashionable commercial sires, but they were good tough States was just a long shot,@ said Fischer, vice president of sales racehorses. We try to remember that. It=s easy to get excited and business development for Sportech. AThe sports leagues about the latest 2-year-old champion that got retired and forget sued the state of New Jersey to block sports wagering in Atlantic about the good, tough racehorses. But I think that=s important.@ City casinos and the state=s racetracks. They called it a clear J. Curtis Linnell, executive vice president of the Thoroughbred violation of the federal ban on state-sponsored sports betting Racing Protective Bureau, told the audience that the TRPB and threatened their integrityYNow we wait for the United digital tattoo should replace lip tattoos starting in 2020. The States Supreme Court to potentially strike down the 25-year-old horse identifier will scan horses= microchips to bring up their statute. During the six-year battle the momentum has changed. digital tattoos. We=ve got 18 states and three governors now supporting the New Jersey caseYThere are close to two dozen states considering bills to legalize sports betting.@ The National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball have come out in favor of sports betting and are lobbying various states to receive a piece of the revenue, Fischer said. The American Gaming Association estimates that $150 billion is bet on sports by Americans each year, most of that through offshore bookmakers. Durenberger noted that while the push for sports betting has GULFSTREAM INSTITUTES NEW INCENTIVE similarities to racetracks= pursuit of expanding gaming, while PROGRAM FOR SPRING/SUMMER MEETS observing that racing brings something extra to the table that Gulfstream Park plans to build on the success of Florida=s resonates with lawmakers. year-round racing program during the upcoming spring/summer AYou are thousands of small-business owners, and you have meets through incentives for both Florida-bred and the privilege and the blessing to work in an industry that has open-company horses. The track is instituting a $1 million economic impact for your states in very large numbers,@ she incentive program that will further enhance the purses during said. AIn my state of New York, it=s over $4 billion--with a >b.= the spring and summer months. Even in small states, it=s tens of millions of dollars. Your small The incentive program is the result of an agreement between businesses sustain green space. You have all of the tax base, all Gulfstream Park, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders= and the ancillary things that go into the agribusiness. That Owners= Association and Florida Horsemen=s Benevolent and economic-impact argument is still very, very relevant...Your Protective Association. Cont. p18 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 18 OF 18 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 15, 2018

Gulfstream Incentive Program cont. O=CONNELL HONORED BY FTBOA The incentives include: Trainer Kathleen O=Connell was among those honored at $ Daily purses with the potential of reaching $300,000 Monday=s Florida Thoroughbred Breeders= and Owners= $ Purses for 2-year-old Florida-breds running in open maiden Association Awards banquet. She was recognized as the leading special weight that could reach $65,000 trainer of Florida-breds by wins for the 10th time and as the $ Entry-level allowance purses worth $47,000 leading trainer of Florida-breds by stakes wins for the second $ Purses of $25,000 for $12,500 open claiming races time. The Michigan native, who has won two training titles at $ Purses of $24,000 for $16,000 claimers in non-winners of Tampa Bay, is atop this year=s standings with 31 victories. two or three races AIt=s something that is always very special, because I am a $ Purses for 2-year-old Florida-breds & open maiden Florida transplant and the Florida-bred industry has been very claimers of $25,000 as high as $33,500 good to me,@ O=Connell said. AThis is the first time I=ve had that $ Purses raised 10% for any 1 1/16-mile dirt race when many stakes wins, which is marvelous, and they=ve been for a seven or more horses leave the paddock. variety of owners. But the thing I am most proud of is that we $ Purses raised 10% for races taken off the turf and eight have continuously over the last 10 years cranked out a solid, horses leave the paddock blue-collar operation that has won races with the hard-knocking AThis is just the latest example of The Stronach Group=s horses, so to speak. I=m very proud of my help, who do an commitment to nurturing a strong Thoroughbred racing outstanding job.@ program in Florida,@ said Gulfstream General Manager Bill Badgett. AWhen Gulfstream started its year-round program in 2013, the spring and summer product was lacking in depth and 2017 Florida-Bred Champions quality. We now have a program that is getting stronger each Horse of the Year, Older Male, World Approval year and many of the top horsemen who participate in our Turf Horse & Sprinter Championship Meet are now leaving horses year-round in Older Female Starship Jubilee 2yo Filly Caledonia Road Florida to support our program. This spring and summer 2yo Colt Firenze Fire promises to be our best. We want to thank the fans and 3yo filly & Female Sprinter Faypien horsemen for supporting our program as well as the FHBPA and 3yo Colt Three Rules FTBOA.@ Owner Live Oak Plantation Breeder Live Oak Stud Broodmare of the Year Win Approval NEW CBA BOARD MEMBERS ANNOUNCED The new Board for the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association (CBA) was installed at its most recent Board meeting. The newly appointed Board members are Conrad Bandoroff, Denali Stud; Liz Crow, Elite Sales; Ben Henley, Airdrie Stud; Adrian Regan, Hunter Valley Farm and Sean Tugel, WinStar Farm. The remaining board members are as follows. Directors from the top 20 consignors are: Brian Graves, Gainesway Farm; Walker Hancock, Claiborne Farm; Matt Lyons, Woodford Thoroughbreds; Allaire Ryan, Lanes End; Joe Seitz, Brookdale Farm. Directors who are other consignors and commercial breeders are: Jody Alexander, Sumaya Farm; Terry Arnold, Matt Koch, Shawhan Place; Gray Lyster, Ashview Farm and Lee McMillan, Amende Place. The board consists of 15 members: eight from the top 20 consignors and seven from other consignors and commercial breeders. Each year a portion of the board rotates off and new members are appointed to fill those positions.

Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EDT SANTA MARGARITA S.-GI, $400,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 La Force (Ger) Power (GB) Roberta & Ward Williford & Charles Winner Gallagher Smith 120 2 Turkish Tabby K Eskendereya KMN Racing LLC Hollendorfer Maragh 120 3 Mended K Broken Vow Troy & Maritza Onorato Martin Gonzalez 120 4 Dalsaros K Unbridled's Song Keith Brackpool Gaines Baze 120 5 Mistressofthenight K Midnight Lute Beerman Family Trust, Greg Hall & Sayjay Racing Baltas Desormeaux 120 6 Majestic Heat Unusual Heat M. Auerbach LLC, Bardy Farm and McCauley, Ron Mandella Nakatani 120 7 Bishop's Pond K Curlin Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables & Servis Espinoza 120 The Elkstone Group 8 Eccentric Spinster K Distorted Humor Dan Hoefflin, Jerry Hollendorfer & George Todaro Hollendorfer Rosario 120 9 Mopotism K Uncle Mo Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 120 10 Fault K Blame Agave Racing Stable and Little Red Feather Racing D'Amato Franco 120 Breeders: 1-Gestut Karlshof, 2-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 3-Sheltowee Farm, Mariah ThoroughbredsLLC & Pin Oak Stud LLC, 4-SF Bloodstock, 5-George Krikorian, 6-Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams, 7-Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Kaster, 8-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 9-Frank T Batten, 10-Claiborne Farm

Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 7:09 p.m. EDT REBEL S.-GII, $900,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Title Ready More Than Ready Charles E. Fipke Asmussen Ortiz 117 2 Curlin's Honor Curlin Oxley, John C. and Breeze Easy, LLC Casse Geroux 115 3 Solomini K Curlin Zayat Stables, LLC, Mrs. John Magnier, Baffert Prat 115 Michael B. Tabor and Derrick Smith 4 Magnum Moon K Malibu Moon Lawana L. and Robert E. Low Pletcher Saez 115 5 Higher Power Medaglia d'Oro Pin Oak Stable Von Hemel Eramia 117 6 Pryor K Paynter Alex and JoAnn Lieblong Moquett Albarado 115 7 Sporting Chance K Tiznow Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack Lukas Velazquez 117 8 High North K Midnight Lute Shortleaf Stable, Inc. Cox Stevens 115 9 Zing Zang K Tapit Jackpot Ranch Asmussen Lanerie 115 10 Combatant K Scat Daddy Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing Asmussen Santana, Jr. 115 11 Bode's Maker K Keene Thoroughbreds LLC Milligan Loveberry 115

Breeders: 1-Charles Fipke, 2-Miller Racing LLC, 3-Glenna R. Salyer DVM, 4-Ramona S. Bass, LLC., 5-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 6-WinStar Farm, LLC, 7-Hunter Valley, 8-Mercedes Stables LLC, 9-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 10-Paget Bloodstock, 11-Stride Rite Racing Stable, Inc.

Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:32 p.m. EDT AZERI S.-GII, $350,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Actress Tapit Gary and Mary West Servis Ortiz 119 2 Farrell Malibu Moon Coffeepot Stables Catalano Hill 119 3 Terra Promessa Curlin Stonestreet Stables LLC Asmussen Santana, Jr. 117 4 Tiger Moth Street Sense John D. Gunther Cox Geroux 119 5 Sandy's Surprise K Drosselmeyer STD Racing Stable, John Fuller & Neil Haymes O'Neill Prat 119 6 Streamline Straight Line Nancy A. Vanier and Cartwright Thoroughbreds V LLC Williamson Stevens 119 7 Martini Glass Kitalpha Campanella, Vince and Nation's Racing Stable LLC Nations Lopez 122 8 Blue Prize (Arg) Pure Prize Merriebelle Stable LLC Correas, IV Graham 119

Breeders: 1-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc, 2-Coffee Pot Stable, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-John D. Gunther, 5-WinStar Farm, LLC, 6-Nancy Vanier, 7-Aschinger Bloodstock LLC, 8-Bioart S. A. Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:04 p.m. EDT INSIDE INFORMATION S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Ivy Bell K Archarcharch Mathis Stable LLC and Madaket Stables LLC Pletcher Castellano 119 2 Just Be Kind K Sky Mesa Reade Baker Baker Jaramillo 121 3 Moonlit Promise Malibu Moon Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings & Windsor Boys Racing Carroll Boulanger 123 4 Jordan's Henny Henny Hughes Woolsey, E. Ervine and Kinder, Ralph Tomlinson Albarado 123 5 Blue Collar K Majestic Warrior Damara Farm Kenneally Leparoux 117 6 Rich Mommy K Algorithms Winds of Change Racing Stable Corp Barboza, Jr. Ortiz, Jr. 123 7 Mines and Magic Mineshaft G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. Oliver Lezcano 117 Breeders: 1-T/C Stable, LLC, 2-John C. Oxley, 3-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc, 4-Erv Woolsey & Ralph Kinder, 5-William B. Harrigan & Mike Pietrangelo, 6-Lantern Hill Farm LLC, 7-G. Watts Humphrey Jr., Susie Keller,Vicki Oliver & G. Watts Humphrey III

Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 6:00 p.m. EDT JEFF RUBY STEAKS S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Sky Promise Sky Mesa Stephen R. Baker McPeek Gilligan 123 2 Cash Call Kitten Kitten's Joy Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey Maker Gaffalione 123 3 Archaggelos K Temple City Monticule LLC Dickinson Hernandez 123 4 Pony Up Aikenite Calumet Farm Pletcher Jimenez 123 5 Magicalmeister K Bodemeister Christopher J. Meyer, Stanley Ichiro Uragami & Chapman McKee 123 James Chapman 6 Mugaritz Dialed In Alejandro Mercado Wong Juarez 123 7 Hazit K War Front Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Magnier, Tabor & Smith Pletcher Van Dyke 123 8 Blended Citizen K Proud Citizen Greg Hall and Sayjay Racing, LLC O'Neill Frey 123 9 Dreamer's Point K Shackleford Six Column Stables, LLC, Randall Bloch & John Seiler Wilkes Landeros 123 10 Zanesville K Tiznow Rosemont Farm LLC Amoss Franklin 123 11 Ride a Comet K Candy Ride (Arg) John C. Oxley and My Meadowview Farm LLC Casse Saez 123 12 Arawak Uncle Mo R3 Racing LLC, Steven Keh and C T R Stables LLC Ward Garcia 123

Breeders: 1-Normandy Farm LLC, 2-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 3-Monticule, 4-Calumet Farm, 5-Fred W. Hertrich III, 6-Sean Speck & Barbara Speck, 7-Raydelz Stable, 8-Ray Hanson, 9-Lantern Hill Farm/Bloch Racing/SeilerRacing/Traits LLC, 10-Rosemont Farm LLC, 11-My Meadowview LLC, 12-Parrish Hill Farm & Ashford Stud

Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 5:14 p.m. EDT DRF BETS BOURBONETTE OAKS-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Classy Music K Maclean's Music Fern Circle Stables McPeek Garcia 118 2 Consolida (GB) Sir Percy (GB) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gallagher Van Dyke 124 Green Lantern Stables 3 Queen's Fate K Artie Schiller Maxis Stable & Michael J. Maker Maker Hernandez 118 4 Child's Play Freedom Child Ronald Clark Brooks Gilligan 118 5 In the Mood Eskendereya Stephen S. & Brenda Sandy Sandy McKee 118 6 Hey Negrita Langfuhr Allied Racing Stable, LLC Godsey, Jr. Murrill 118 7 Mauk's Tuff K Overanalyze Mauk One Racing Stable Mauk Pusac 118 8 Mo Flash K Uncle Mo Quintessential Racing Casse Saez 118 9 Homemade Salsa Two Step Salsa Get Away Farm Maker Landeros 124 10 Bet She Wins K First Samurai Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Block Jimenez 118 11 Go Noni Go K Get Stormy Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gaffalione 118

Breeders: 1-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc., 2-J. A. Khan, 3-Josham Farms Limited & Yvonne SchwabeThoroughbreds, 4-Ken Lowe, 5-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 6-T Enterprises, LLC, 7-Pope McLean, Marc McLean & Pope McLeanJr., 8-Susan Chu, 9-Manuel Andrade, 10-Gunpowder Farms, LLC, 11-David E. Hager, II

7th-GP, $49,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-14, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.23, fm. CHANNEL CAT (c, 3, --Carnival Kitten, by First-/second-crop starters to watch: Thursday, Mar. 15 Kitten's Joy) graduated at third asking via disqualification over Farm and fee represent current information next-out SW and >TDN Rising Star= Speed Franco (Declaration of Alternation (Distorted Humor), Pin Oak Stud, $7,500 War) and was third over course and distance Jan. 13 before 143 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners running fourth behind Speed Franco in the GIII Dania Beach S. 8-OP, Aoc 1 1/16m, FIRST ALTERNATE, 4-1 Feb. 3. Backed to 3-5 favoritism here, the homebred was a Graydar (Unbridled's Song), Taylor Made , $15,000 touch keen while tracking the pace from the outside in fourth 193 foals of racing age/28 winners/1 black-type winner through splits of :24.45 and :49.04. Pushed on to pounce 8-OP, Aoc 1 1/16m, CARAMEL CREAM, 15-1 midway around the far bend, he forged to the lead in the final sixteenth and edged out Sand Dancer (Eskendereya) by a half- Our Entourage (Street Cry {Ire}), O'Sullivan Farms LLC, $2,000 length. The victor is the first foal out of a dam who sold to 21 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners Calumet for $30,000 at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed 5-CT, Alw 4 1/2f, MISS BLUE DOT, 2-1 Sale. Her subsequent produce is a juvenile full-sister to the $3,000 EAS OCT yrl; $15,000 OBS OPN 2yo winner and colt by Americain foaled Feb. 7. Lifetime Record: Smiling Tiger (Hold That Tiger), Harris Farms, $5,000 6-2-1-1, $74,792. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, 125 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 6-SA, Alw 6f, SMILING TIGRESS, 4-1 O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $20,000 BAR OCT yrl Wrote (IRE) (High Chaparral {Ire}), Northwest Stud, $4,000 9th-GP, $49,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-14, 3yo, f, 45 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 1 1/16mT, 1:43.09, fm. 5-GP, Msw 5fT, SCRIBE, 2-1 CAMILA PRINCESS (f, 3, Animal Kingdom--Putyourdreamsaway $7,000 OBS OCT wnl; $12,000 OBS AUG yrl {SW, $153,050}, by Put It Back) scored second out and first time turf for a $50,000 tag Nov. 3 at Gulfstream West and repeated in a starter allowance here Jan. 4 before running third at this level last out Jan. 28. Taking a lot of early play before drifting up to 59-10 by post, the $100,000 KEESEP grad caboosed the field through fractions of :22.85 and :47.67, was held up while saving ground on the far turn, found clear sailing entering the final furlong and ran down pacesetter Mitchell Road (English ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Channel) a few jumps from the wire for a half-length success. 6th-WRD, $25,080, (S), 3-14, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:39.86, ft. The victress=s dam sold for $65,000 at KEENOV in 2014 with her GOSPEL CARLO (g, 4, Laptop Computer--Establishmentcreek, in utero and is responsible for a juvenile Cairo Prince colt named by Mt. Livermore) Lifetime Record: 11-1-3-2, $47,067. Absolute Royalty. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-1, $69,430. Click for O/T-Steve F. Williams; B-Peter Hladky (OK). the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Grupo 7C Racing Stable; B-Hunter Valley Farm, Golden Acorn, 7th-HOU, $21,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 3-14, 3yo/up, Adrian Regan & Keith Lazarz (KY); T-Oscar M. Gonzalez. 1mT, 1:39.09, fm. Foaled, Raised & Sold by Hunter Valley Farm P MILLERS CLOCK (g, 8, Etesaal--Class Approval, by With Approval) Lifetime Record: MSP, 58-16-12-10, $206,890.

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O-Isaac G. Duhon; B-Bradford Thoroughbred Farm (TX); T-Paul Duhon. *1/2 to Cat=s Classy Rider (Day of the Cat), MSP, $188,279.

4th-HOU, $20,500, 3-14, (NW2L), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.15, ft. SOLILOQUY (f, 4, Exchange Rate--Richer by Love, by Clever Trick) Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-2, $29,929. O/B-Stonecrest Farm (KY); T-Paul M. Pearson. *1/2 to Dyani (Dynaformer), SP, $168,342.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Girlswannahavefun, f, 4, Angliana--Sunset Sail, by Petionville. HOU, 3-14, 1 1/16mT, 1:46.13. B-Eureka Thoroughbred Farm (TX). Chris Cove Town, f, 4, Jersey Town--Christmas Cove, by More Than Ready. HOU, 3-14, 7f, 1:25.73. B-Charles Fipke (KY). *$250,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Tornado Man, g, 4, Unbridled's Heart--Red Moon Cat, by Malibu Moon. HOU, 3-14, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.92. B-Ian Yarnot (TX).

ANGLIANA, Girlswannahavefun, f, 4, o/o Sunset Sail, by Petionville. MSW, 3-14, Sam Houston ANIMAL KINGDOM, Camila Princess, f, 3, o/o Putyourdreamsaway, by Put It Back. AOC, 3-14, Gulfstream Park ENGLISH CHANNEL, Channel Cat, c, 3, o/o Carnival Kitten, by Kitten's Joy. AOC, 3-14, Gulfstream Park ETESAAL, P Millers Clock, g, 8, o/o Class Approval, by With Approval. AOC, 3-14, Sam Houston EXCHANGE RATE, Soliloquy, f, 4, o/o Richer by Love, by Clever Trick. ALW, 3-14, Sam Houston JERSEY TOWN, Chris Cove Town, f, 4, o/o Christmas Cove, by More Than Ready. MSW, 3-14, Sam Houston LAPTOP COMPUTER, Gospel Carlo, g, 4, o/o Establishmentcreek, by Mt. Livermore. ALW, 3-14, Will Rogers UNBRIDLED'S HEART, Tornado Man, g, 4, o/o Red Moon Cat, by Malibu Moon. MSW, 3-14, Sam Houston

Camila Princess (Animal Kingdom) scores for the third time in four starts over the Gulfstream turf

THURSDAY, 15 MARCH, 2018

When asked to go on and seal his third consecutive victory at ALTIOR SETS UP the Festival, he made a decisive surge between the final two fences, seeing off a determined challenge from the Willie TREBLE CHALLENGE Mullins-trained Min (Fr), to land over the last in front and increase his advantage with every stride up the hilly home straight. ATo find those gears in that ground off that pace, you have to be pretty good. It was a great race on paper. We've been lucky enough to be down this road many times and it's 90% relief and 10% joy,@ said Henderson, who has won four Champion Chases in the last seven years with three different horses. Following the second success of Henderson=s outstanding champion chaser Sprinter Sacre (Fr) in 2016, Altior=s win was another important marker on the ever-improving CV of his cool-headed rider Nico de Boinville. In inheriting the coveted position of stable jockey at Henderson=s Seven Barrows stable after Barry Geraghty was retained by owner JP McManus, the 28-year-old has barely faltered when given plenty of chances to repay his boss=s faith in him. Cont. p2

Nicky Henderson and Altior | Racing Post photo IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Emma Berry CO-HEADLINERS AT OBSMAR FINALE CHELTENHAM, UKCNicky Henderson inched a step closer to A colt from the first crop of Strong Mandate and a filly by Uncle Mo each brought $775,000 to share top honours Wednesday at collecting an unprecedented triple crown of Cheltenham OBS March. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. championship races when Patricia Pugh=s Altior (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) continued his unbeaten run over fences with a seven-length triumph in the G1 Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. With Buveur d=Air (Fr) having already delivered in Tuesday=s G1 Unibet Champion Hurdle, the Festival=s all-time leading trainer also has the co-favourite for tomorrow=s G1 Timico Gold Cup in Might Bite (Ire). While the latter=s talent is peppered with bouts of unpredictability, Altior=s calling card is sheer ability. The discovery of a foot abscess on Monday threw the 8-year-old=s challenge into temporary doubt and even once the Champion Chase was underway and Altior had been sent off as evens-favourite, he appeared not to be travelling with his usual pizzazz as he tucked in behind the changing early leaders which included Special Tiara (GB), Politologue (Fr) and the luckless Douvan (Fr), who fell four fences out. But one thing that has never been in doubt is that Altior is a jumper of rare quality, and one who has already proved that he=s more than equal to the challenges of Prestbury Park. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

Altior Sets Up Treble Challenge cont. from p1 Sprinter was such a show-off and a swank, and he won this ANico was great because they were going a good gallop and he race by a distance, although I'm not sure he beat horses as good kept calm,@ Henderson added. ATo watch the horse do thatChe as the runners in today's race.@ was electric. In behind he wasn't doing that much, but getting De Boinville, who will also partner Might Bite in the Gold Cup, lots of cover and getting a very cool ride. For a second he looked was reluctant to compare Sprinter Sacre and Altior, pointing to in trouble and I thought 'This isn't going to happen', but as soon the latter=s killer finishing kick as his real strength. He said, AYou as he saw daylight he knew where he was going.@ can afford to hold on a bit longer with him. But I just love the way he goes straight to the line there. It's quite hard to peg WE’VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE them back in ground like this but with his turn of foot, he's done it like a hot knife through butter.@ DOWN THIS ROAD MANY TIMES AND AThat was a sensational performance. I was in serious trouble IT’S 90% RELIEF AND 10% JOY. the whole way round. He was hating the ground. This ground would be the worst he has ever had, it is dead and tacky. Nicky Henderson They've gone a true gallop and it was a true test. His jumping kept him in the race and I know that he has those gears at the end of a race.@ With High Chaparral siring the feature race winner, it was a day to look to Epsom for a guide to Cheltenham success. No He continued, AIt's strange that Altior has come around so fewer than three Derby heroes were responsible for winners on soon after Sprinter Sacre. This horse is very, very good, and I the dayCall three of them multiple Festival winnersCwith always said he had very big shoes to fill, but each time he wins Presenting Percy (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}) following up his Pertemps he gets closer to doing that. We will never forget Sprinter, who Final victory 12 months ago with his first top-flight win in the G1 tugged at heartstrings in a way this horse might never do, but if RSA Novices= Chase and Tiger Roll (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) he wins again he might. displaying admirable versatility with an enjoyable romp around TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018 the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase. He first won the G1 JCB Reynolds can perhaps look forward to another return visit as Triumph Hurdle over two miles four years ago and then last year Presenting Percy is now as short as 8/1 for next year=s Gold Cup. claimed the four-mile National Hunt Chase. The winner was congratulated in the enclosure by his proud Presenting Percy, ridden to glory by Davy Russell, has been a breeder Johnny Weatherby, who is awaiting another Sir Percy terrific advertisement for the skills of Galway-based Patrick foal from Presenting Percy=s dam Hunca Munca (Ire) (Presenting Kelly. From limited {GB}). ammunition the trainer has AKelly Morgan, who manages the claimed a trophy at the last stud for me, was a bit nervous three Cheltenham Festivals about coming today as she should with the 7-year-old and his foal any day now. That was stablemate Mall Dini (Ire), fantastic,@ he said. who is also owned by Philip A first-day treble augmented by a Reynolds and is set to run in Wednesday double means that Thursday=s Fulke Walwyn Kim Willie Mullins is still out in front at Muir Challenge Cup. this year=s Festival, and his APat Kelly is an absolute dominance was exemplified by him genius,@ said the delighted saddling the first three home in the owner. ADavy Russell had a G1 Weatherbys Champion very, very hard decision to BumperCnot including his favourite make. He could have ridden Presenting Percy | Racing Post photo Blackbow (GB)Cwhich was won by Monalee (Ire) and the two of them were lying up upside each 25/1 shot Relegate (Ire) (Flemensfirth). other coming to the last. I owe my life to those two guys and it's fantastic.@ Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

Cheltenham Day Two cont. But his main rival for the Irish trainers= championship, Gordon Elliott, also played a strong hand on Wednesday, with Tiger Roll=s win coming between an impressive opening victory for fellow Gigginstown House Stud colour-bearer Samcro (Ire) (Germany) in the G1 Ballymore Novices= Hurdle and followed up by Veneer Of Charm (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) in the G3 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. One man=s luck often comes on the back of another=s bad luck and for Mark Walsh, who rode his first Festival winner for Willie Mullins on Berry Bleu (Fr) (Special Kaldoun {Ire} in the G3 Coral Vice President, International Operations Gary King Cup, it was at the expense of Paul Townend, who had been Twitter: @garykingTDN booked for the ride only to be switched to better-fancied [email protected] stablemate Max Dynamite (Fr), who started favourite and + 1.732.320.0975 finished last. The last-minute change of riders came about after Ruby Walsh International Editor took a crashing last-fence fall from Al Boum Photo (Fr) in the RSA Kelsey Riley Novices= Chase. The jockey, who was taken to the Royal Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Gloucester hospital for x-rays, has aggravated a recently healed [email protected] broken leg which was originally sustained in a fall last autumn. European Editor Having been the leading rider at Cheltenham for nine of the last Emma Berry 10 years, he returned to race-riding last week and won two Twitter: @collingsberry races on the opening day of the Festival. [email protected]

Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN The Cheltenham Festival may provide the highlight of British Marketing Manager National Hunt racing season, but a major part of the thrill Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen involved has traditionally been the rivalry between the home [email protected] team and raiders from across the Irish Sea. The influx of French-bred jumpers to both Britain and Ireland, particularly Contributing Editor over the last decade, has meant that the competition is now Alan Carasso fierce between all three nations. Twitter: @EquinealTDN National honour is at stake, and that rivalry filters through to the desks of the TDN offices. This week, our correspondents from Cafe Racing Britain, Ireland and France--all three passionate jumping fans Sean Cronin Tom Frary and small National Hunt breeders--will take each other on in a [email protected] daily tipping contest. Here are their selections for day three.

Irish Correspondent Emma Berry B Britain Daithi Harvey In just nine starts, SAM SPINNER (GB) has never finished out of the first two and, though relatively inexperienced, I=m expecting Regular Columnists him to continue on his swift upward trajectory with victory in Andrew Caulfield the G1 Sun Bets Stayers= Hurdle despite being up against one of John Berry the most competitive fields in recent years. The son of Black Sam Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Bellamy could face the stiffest challenge from Supasundae (GB), by his sire=s full-brother (Ire). Cont. p5 TOD MARKS PHOTO

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Cheltenham Day Three Throwdown cont. I=m a big fan of trainer Fergal O=Brien, whose enthusiasm for the game is infectious, and I=ve enjoyed following his game mare CAP SOLEIL (FR), who has been admirably consistent in her short career to date and has an excellent chance in the G2 Trull House Stud Mares= Novices= Hurdle. She=s been off the track since winning a listed hurdle just before Christmas so comes here fresh with solid soft-ground form. Following the good riders is key to success in the amateurs= events, and any horse ridden by Jamie Codd or Derek O=Connor is always given close scrutiny. In the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, Codd rides favourite Squouateur (Fr), while O=Connor is on the JP McManus second string, Pendra (GB). My each-way selection is AUBUSSON (FR), trained by Nick Williams and ridden by his son Chester, who, like his elder half-sister Lizzie Kelly, looks to be a young jockey to follow. Runner-up in his last two starts, Aubusson should cope with both the trip and the soft ground and has a chance to add to a memorable week for the Williams family after the success of Coo Star Sivola (Fr) on Tuesday.

Daithi Harvey B Ireland I'll try to get the day off to a flyer and go for INVITATION ONLY (IRE) in the first race, the G1 JLT Novices' Chase. This year's crop of Irish novice chasers seem high class and I'm happy to put my trust in this uncomplicated sort to continue the good work for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh The dogs have been barking about Laurina (Fr) in the G2 Trull House Stud Mares= Novices= Hurdle for a good while now and as a result she will probably go off at prohibitive odds, so for that reason I will side with MARIA=S BENEFIT (IRE) instead. She is a prolific winner who is actually rated higher than the favourite so I will take a chance that the handicapper has got this right, though I suspect Willie Mullins may again have the final say. I like the look of the Paul Nicholls-trained MOVEWITHTHETIMES (IRE) in the G3 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Festival Plate, despite the fact he has yet to win over fences. A novice won this race last year and with three runs over fences already at Cheltenham I think that track experience should stand him in good stead. He finished just behind Tuesday's winner Coo Star Sivola (Fr) on his last run there and while his jumping could be smartened up he is Barry Geraghty's pick of the JP McManus runners and I think he will go close.

Emmanuel Roussel B France I read on Twitter that people argue about the nationality of the horses competing at Cheltenham. I have had this issue for ages myself and as far as I can see, what allows one to say that a certain horse is British, for instance, is the place where it is TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018 trained, even if the horse was born in France, is owned by an side with CAP SOLEIL (FR), who hasn=t done anything wrong and Irishman and ridden by a Czech. That=s fine, but that doesn=t bar is probably able to seize her day if the favourites fail to sparkle me from having a soft spot for a horse whose breeder is a close as much as anticipated. And that happens at the Festival, friend of mine, whose dam I have seen chasing at Auteuil, or doesn=t it? even because its name sounds Gallic. However, I will try to stick to French-breds, even though most are no longer trained in France. TERREFORT (FR), for instance, was bred in France and started his career there with Guillaume Macaire, whose yard is EBF AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF the Amazon of French jumping stables. Out of the very good SELF-HELP By Emma Berry mare Vie De Reine (Fr), he has won both his races in Britain, a The racing industry has a colourful history of self-help Grade 1 at Sandown last time beating a subsequent Kempton schemes, and one which has stood the test of time more winner, and is now going for the G1 JLT Novices= Chase. French robustly than most is the European Breeders' Fund (EBF), which imports are well respected in novice chases and Nicky is now in its 35th year. Henderson, who is definitely English, knows that better than Like the European Pattern, the EBF has the fingerprints of the anyone. late journalist, bloodstock advisor and former TBA president ROMAIN DE SENAM (FR) looks like everything is falling into Peter Willett all over it. Willett's vision in establishing, in the place at the right time. He was dropped 3lbs in the ratings after early 1970s as part of the Norfolk Committee, a system by which two fifth-place finishes at Cheltenham, won at Chepstow before the best Thoroughbreds are tested and graded each season is and has done well at Prestbury Park in the past. I won=t be now the accepted norm as we talk of black-type races and group surprised to see him run very well in the G3 Brown Advisory & winners. Just as we can rely on pattern races to establish an Merriebelle Stable Plate. equine hierarchy, so we have we come almost to take for In the G2 Trull House Stud Mares= Novices= Chase, Laurina (Fr) granted the huge financial boost to the sport on a near-daily could be anything but her price is far too short for me. I=d rather basis from the EBF. Cont. p7

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EBF cont. "When we had the cross-registration link with the Breeders' Cup prior to 2011 we actually had more stallions--there were The scheme funded by contributions from stallion owners is over 700 back then--but when that Common Fund Agreement not an original concept. In Willett's initial notes on the EBF from ended the number reduced," Murphy added. 1983, he was keen to give credit where it was due, writing, "It is vital to appreciate that the EBF drew its inspiration from the American Breeders' Cup scheme, whose inception preceded it." THE MAJORITY OF STALLIONS ARE Indeed, the Breeders' Cup and EBF were happy bedfellows COVERING FEWER THAN 65 MARES, BUT until 2011 when the longstanding cross-registration agreement ended. Since then, American-based stallions, and others from THOSE NOW COVERING MORE THAN 120 outside the EBF member countries, have been allowed to be HAS GONE UP FROM 50 TO 83. nominated to the scheme, meaning that any of their progeny Kerry Murphy which end up running in Europe will be eligible for the myriad races which receive support from the EBF. Individuals by sires which are not currently EBF-registered can be signed up by a one-off payment from their owner. "Overall we have around 650 stallions registered and the pool Studs participating in the scheme from America include Lane's generally sits at around i5-million per year. We're also bringing End Farm, Calumet, Juddmonte, Shadwell, Ramsey Farm, in about $1.4-million from Japan and America--and that's a mix Gainesway and Adena Springs, while Hill 'N Dale Farms has of stallion registrations and nominated horses," says Kerry recently added Flintshire (GB) to the list. Deep Impact (Jpn) has Murphy, who became chief executive of the EBF at the been among those registered by Shadai Stallion Station since beginning of 2013 on the retirement of Sam Sheppard, who had 2014, and he heads a list of 17 Japanese stallions with held the post since the EBF began. EBF-eligible status. In total, the number of 'international' sires now stands at 40, a rise from just 12 in 2013. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

EBF cont.

Murphy notes, "The change we have really noticed is in the number of stallions covering an increased number of mares. We set the fees for each stallion on a graduated payment scheme. The majority of stallions--around 400 in Europe--are covering fewer than 65 mares, but those now covering more than 120 mares has gone up from 50 to 83." From these yearly payments into a rolling fund, the EBF has now committed more than i120-million to prize-money through race sponsorship in Europe. The Irish wing of the EBF is in fact the biggest sponsor of racing in Ireland, while its British counterpart (BEBF) is the third-largest sponsor of British racing. With Philip Freedman as chairman, the co-ordinating committee of the EBF, whose member countries are Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and Switzerland, meets three times annually. Italy is temporarily suspended from the EBF owing to ongoing governance and funding issues within the country's racing programme.

EBF Chief Executive Kerry Murphy | Emma Berry

Murphy explains, "It's a really strong committee of people from within the industry and we are grateful for all the knowledge and experience that they bring with them. In France we have Criquette Head-Maarek and Henri Pouret, who is the director of racing at France Galop and a very dynamic new member of the committee. From Ireland we have John O'Connor and Joe Foley, from Britain we have Philip Mitchell and Julian Richmond-Watson, and we also have representatives from Germany and Switzerland." She continues, "Outside the member countries, we invite any country in Europe to have their stallions signed up, so we currently have horses nominated from the Czech Republic, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Turkey. There are many more stallions who are signed up at the minimum fee than the higher TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018 fee and they are all important to us. The key to the success of And a glimpse of the attitude that made Willett such a revered the EBF is keeping everyone in and the member countries all member of the racing community he served so well is found in agreeing and working together to spend the fund well. That way, his later statement: "The authors of the EBF are not so foolish as stallion owners will have the faith to remain involved." to claim that they have achieved perfection at a stroke, or to The BEBF recently published its first annual review, detailing deny that modifications may be necessary in the light of allocation of ,1.6-million to Flat racing across 636 races in 2017 experience." as well as ,125,000 for 84 National Hunt races. In addition to Slight changes have indeed been incorporated over the 'ring-fenced' funds for veterinary research and development, the decades, such as a stallion's contribution reflecting not just his BEBF also lends its support to a valuable series of 20 fillies' races average nomination price, as was once the case, but also the first launched in 2016 in association with the TBA and BHA, as number of mares covered. Yet the fundamental premise remains well as stallion parades and an annual National Hunt foal show. intact. "We work closely with all the racing authorities in the various "There is no doubt that this has proved to be a great self-help countries," says Murphy. "The British EBF spend has changed initiative," says Murphy. "We like to think that every stallion quite dramatically over the last few years. Because we have so owner who pays into the scheme feels recognised and feels that many maiden races in this country, the money was being the money is being well spent. We run things as tightly as we watered down a little bit too much. So it has been concentrated possibly can and distribute the funds in what we hope is the best it in certain areas. Feedback has been really good on the fillies' way to help each individual member country's racing." series. There are four ,50,000 handicaps on finals' day but the races through the series are all valuable too. The first race at Ascot in May is worth over ,40,000, which is partly EBF money but also thanks to Ascot putting up a really good pot." She adds, "Because we're quite lightly resourced--just three of us here in Newmarket, one person in Ireland, and the STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS committees all working for nothing, we do rely on and use research documents from the various TBAs. I must give credit to AWTAAD the BHA and TBA for the fillies' series, which is a great example Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), Sheikh Hamdan=s 2016 G1 Irish of teamwork." 2000 Guineas winner, has his first foals on the ground, including In Ireland, a new Flat auction race series, a project initiated by a filly born on Jan. 18 at Castlebridge Stud. She is out of the the IEBF and backed by commercial sponsor Foran, is about to stakes-placed Harmonic Note (GB) (Nayef) from the family of enter its second term. Grecian Dancer (GB) ( {GB}) and Wunders Dream (Ire) "The Irish EBF is very innovative and tends to support the (Averti {Ire}). Awtaad stands at Derrinstown Stud for i15,000. lower market. This is now a i120,000 series based on sales prices of the individual to help smaller owners and smaller trainers. The IEBF has also devised an auction hurdle series and really got behind the start of the Irish Champions Series," Murphy says. Of course, the introduction of any new scheme within racing and breeding will always invoke criticism as well as support from the industry. That was no different back in 1983. John Hislop, Willett's fellow bloodstock journalist and owner-breeder of Brigadier Gerard (GB), described the EBF as "unethical, impracticable", while the former Home Secretary William Whitelaw was among many who viewed it as "an outstanding example of self-help." Highlighting a theme which has persisted in the intervening years, Willett wrote at the time. "The idea appealed strongly to all sections of the British racing community because the industry Awtaad filly out of Harmonic Note had been plunged into financial crisis as a result of the cutbacks, both actual and forecast, in the Levy Board's contributions to prize-money." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

Thursday, Chantilly, post time: 3.25 p.m. PRIX PRIX RONDE DE NUIT-Listed, i55,000, 3yo, 6fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Wednesday=s Result: 1 5 Fastidious (Fr) Zanzibari Boudot Baudron 128 2 1 Leonio (Fr) Myboycharlie (Ire) Demuro Marcialis 128 4th-WOL, ,5,800, Cond, 3-14, 3yo, 9f 104y (AWT), 2:00.95, st. 3 9 Forza Capitano (Fr) Captain Marvelous (Ire) Barzalona Pantall 128 BOWDITCH (IRE) (c, 3, Nathaniel {Ire}--Kate the Great {GB}, by 4 2 Diamond Vendome (Fr) Style Vendome (Fr) Auge Ferland 128 Xaar {GB}), off the mark when last seen at Lingfield in October, 5 8 Gold Earth (Ire) Muhtathir (GB) Peslier Pantall 125 was 3-10 to follow up and soon led. Never seriously troubled on 6 4 Over Reacted (Fr) Planteur (Ire) Piccone Chappet 125 the front end, the 75,000gns TATOCT yearling was kept up to his 7 6 Penny Luz (Fr) Penny’s Picnic (Ire) Mendizabal Guillemin 125 work to register a 1 1/4-length verdict over Billy Ray (GB) (Sixties 8 7 Absolute City (Fr) Elusive City Perret Gauvin 125 Icon {GB}). The winner is a half-brother to the G3 Bengough S.- 9 3 Parigote (Fr) Dream Ahead Maillot Rob Collet 125 winning sprinter Eastern Impact (Ire) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), CONDITIONS RESULT: who was also third in the G1 July Cup, GSW & G1SP-Eng, GSP-Ire, 5th-AMN, i16,000, 3-14, 4yo, 14 1/2fT, 3:45.03, vhy. $414,743, and to the Alywow S. scorer and G3 Anglesey S. GAROPABA (IRE) (f, 4, Pour Moi {Ire}--Zigarra {GB}, by Halling) runner-up Miss Katie Mae (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), SW-Can, GSP- Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, i16,600. O-Michael Motschmann, Ire & MSP-US, $166,139. The dam, who also has a yearling full- Mikel Delzangles, Patrice Renaudin, M & Mme Philippe Jousset; brother to the latter, hails from the family of Deep Impact (Jpn). B-Kildaragh Stud (IRE); T-Mikel Delzangles. *i60,000 Ylg >15 Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, $11,437. Video, sponsored by ARAUG. **1/2 to Battalion (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), MSW & Fasig-Tipton. MGSP-Eng, GSP-Ire & SP-Fr, $273,964. O-H. R. H. Princess Haya of Jordan; B-Airlie Stud (IRE); T-John Gosden. OBSERVATIONS CONDITIONS RESULT: on the European racing scene 3rd-SOU, ,6,000, 3-14, 3yo/up, 7f 14y (AWT), 1:29.93, st. LINE HOUSE (GB) (f, 3, Kheleyf--Wood Fairy {GB}, by Haafhd 2.55 CHY, Debutantes, i25,000, 3yo, f, 8f (AWT) {GB}) Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-1, $16,252. O-Nick Bradley Racing LUNCH LADY (GB) () is a half-sister to the prolific top- 28; B-Worksop Manor Stud (GB); T-Karl Richard Burke. flight winner Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) who starts out in the *2,200gns Ylg >16 TAOCT; 27,000gns 2yo >17 TATAHI. same Wertheimer silks for the Freddy Head stable which masterminded the career of her esteemed half-brother. The ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: homebred, who is bred to be a slowburner, meets eight rivals on Belated Breath (GB), f, 3, Bated Breath (GB)--Daffydowndilly the Polytrack. (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). WOL, 3-14, 6f 20y (AWT), 1:14.81. B-Lemington Grange Stud (GB).

Thursday, Chantilly, post time: 2.20 p.m. PRIX MONTENICA-Listed, i55,000, 3yo, 6 1/2f (AWT) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 2 Mon Ami L’Ecossais (Fr) Orpen Bachelot Wattel 128 2 5 Beyond My Dreams (Ire) Dream Ahead Boudot Pantall 128 3 11 Drummore (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Barzalona Fabre 128 4 10 Beau Massagot (Fr) Panis Blondel Escuder 128 5 4 Corinthia Knight (Ire) Society Rock (Ire) Murphy Watson 128 6 7 Batwan (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Crastus Sogorb 128 7 3 Teckwin (Fr) French Fifteen (Fr) Lemaitre Toux 128 8 6 Gheryaf (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Benoist Rohaut 125 9 9 River Cannes (Fr) Orpen Lecoeuvre Castanheira125 10 1 Fou Rire (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Pasquier Chappet 125 11 8 Hergame (GB) Motivator (GB) Guyon Head 125 Lunch Lady, a half-sister to Solow (pictured), debuts on Thursday | Racing Post photo TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

beaten less than a half-length, this season: in the G2 Rubiton S. on Feb. 10 and in last weekend=s G1 Newmarket H. His closing 600 metre split (:32.09) of the Newmarket was the fastest recorded by any horse on the card. JOCKEY CLUB OFFERS MOBILE TICKETING O=Brien has enjoyed past Royal Ascot successes with Australian transplants Starspangledbanner (Aus), Haradasun (Aus) and So The Jockey Club has introduced app-based mobile tickets for You Think (NZ). general admissions this week at Cheltenham as part of its new AI am very excited by Merchant Navy,@ said O=Brien. AI was very Race On app. The app, for use at the Jockey Club=s 15 interested to see his run on Saturday and I thought he was racecourses, also offers live race cards and instant results, unlucky not to win. I love that he can produce a long, sustained competitions against fellow racegoers, maps and facilities and burst of speed and the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot looks the prizes including visits to the parade ring and presenting trophies. perfect race for him.@ Paul Fisher, chief executive of Jockey Club Racecourses, said, ASo Ciaron Maher trained Merchant Navy at two, but the colt was much of what we do is about listening to how we can make a transferred to Aaron Purcell thereafter while Maher served a person=s raceday experience even better and we=re constantly suspension. Maher said, AMerchant Navy was an outstanding innovating to do so. I=m very proud The Jockey Club has achieved yearling and I have rated him as something special ever since the another first in sport by introducing mobile ticketing through our day he first cantered. He is a brilliant colt with an incredible app, along with its many other launch features, from at-a-glance constitution and I look forward to him showcasing his talent at runners and riders information to competitions to play with your Royal Ascot. Aidan has invited me to visit Ballydoyle to discuss friends or family and against other racegoers. And because we=re the horse in the coming days and I am very much looking always in listening mode, the features on the app today are just forward to that. I have no doubt that he is a horse capable of the start. We are already working with our partners Monterosa excelling on the world stage.@ on future developments as part of a long-term relationship, so the plan is for Race On to keep getting better.@

EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS

IN HONG KONG: Litterateur (Ire), g, 6, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Lake Moon (GB), by Tiger Hill (Ire). Happy Valley, 3-14, Hcp. (,120k/i135k), 1650mT, 1:39.80. B-Richard Ahern. *Formerly Meteoric (Ire). **SW-Fr. ***i24,000 Ylg >13 GOFORB; i120,000 HRA >14 GOFLON. VIDEO

Merchant Navy | Bronwen Healy

MERCHANT NAVY TO O=BRIEN ZOUSTAR COLT TOPS ADELAIDE CLOSER The two-day Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale ended on Leading Australian 3-year-old sprinter Merchant Navy (Aus) Tuesday with figures up on last year=s strong sale. Book 1 saw (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) will join the Ballydoyle stable of trainer 252 yearlings change hands for A$11,117,000, compared to two Aidan O=Brien for his tilt at Royal Ascot=s G1 Diamond Jubilee S. fewer sold for A$10,279,500 last year. The clearance rate also in June. improved to 84% from 82%, while the average climbed 7.5% to An unbeaten stakes winner at two, Merchant Navy won the G3 A$44,115 and the median rose 16.7% to A$35,000. A small Book McNeil S. first-up in the spring before losing his unbeaten record 2 session at the end of day two yielded A$1,463,000 for 123 sold in the G1 Golden Rose S. He bounced back with a victory in the at a 90% clearance rate. Cont. p12 G1 Coolmore Stud S. and has been twice third, both times TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 12 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

Magic Millions Adelaide Yearlings cont. THEY’RE ATHLETIC HORSES AND ONE "We had our best-ever buying bench here--the international buyers as well as the return of good friends of past years THING I’VE NOTICED ABOUT THEM IS ensured for a really gratifying result," Magic Millions Managing THEY HAVE WONDERFUL Director Barry Bowditch said. "The market probably strengthened today and we have a clearance rate of 84%, which TEMPERAMENTS. is fantastic. Vendors are extremely pleased and the results John Chalmers on the Spirit of Booms showed that buyers had great confidence in the sale. The new two-day format worked extremely well with strong prices continuing through to the Book 2 sale late in the afternoon."

Zebedee, a useful sire of sprinters in Europe, has his first Southern Hemisphere-bred yearlings this year and one of those (a colt, lot 274) found favour yesterday when selling to Ryan Balfour for A$130,000. Both the Spirit of Boom filly and the Zebedee colt were sold by Willow Grove Stud. Bel Esprit (Aus), best known as the sire of the great unbeaten Black Caviar (Aus), a short time later put up the second-highest price of the day when a colt from Maluka Thoroughbreds was sold to New Zealand Bloodstock as agent for A$140,000 (lot 280). Galileo=s Irish-bred, G1 Cox Plate-winning son, the appropriately named Adelaide (Aus), is represented by his first yearlings this year from his base at Coolmore Stud, and he provided a six-figure sale on Wednesday in the form of lot 324, a A$115,000 colt also from Maluka purchased by Greg McFarlane Leading first-crop sire Zoustar | Widden Stud Racing and Feale Park Training. That one is a half-brother to the dual Group 3 winner Moment In Time (Aus) (Archway {Aus}). While a colt by buzz first-crop sire Spirit of Boom (Aus) topped Tuesday=s opening session, on Wednesday it was the turn of Spirit of Boom=s rival Zoustar (Aus), who provided the session topping colt at A$190,000. Lot 269, from the family of Hong Kong star Vengeance of Rain (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), G1 Australian Oaks winner Dizelle (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and her G1 VRC Oaks- winning daughter Pinot (Aus) (Pierro {Aus}), was bought by Perth-based agent John Chalmers. Chalmers a short time later bought a Spirit of Boom (Aus) filly (lot 275) for A$100,000, and said of the sire, "He has certainly come from nowhere, but the MAGIC MILLIONS ADELAIDE YEARLING SALE thing is he's throwing really good types and that's helped them Book 1 to run. They're athletic horses and one thing I have noticed CUMULATIVE 2018 2017 about them is that they have wonderful temperaments." $ Catalogued 331 333 Zoustar leads the first-season sires= table by earnings, much of $ Number Offered 301 304 that attributable to his Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner and G1 $ Number Sold 252 250 Golden Slipper favourite Sunlight (Aus), while Spirit of Boom is $ Not Sold 49 54 $ Clearance Rate 84% 82% the leader by winners with 10 to Zoustar=s four (joint second $ High Price A$300,000 A$190,000 with Sizzling). $ Gross A$11,117,000 A$10,279,500 $ Average (% change) A$44,115 (+7.5%) A$41,026 $ Median (% change) A$35,000 (+16.7%) A$30,000 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 13 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 15 MARCH, 2018

The catalogue includes mares in foal to the likes of Lonhro SESSION TOPPERS (Aus), Medaglia d=Oro, More Than Ready, Vancouver, Choisir and Hinchinbrook (Aus) as well as first-crop covering sires like Winning Rupert (Aus), Maurice (Jpn) and Extreme Choice (Aus). MAGIC MILLIONS ADELAIDE YEARLING SALE SESSION TWO Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (A$) 269 c Zoustar (Aus) Amalienborg (Aus) 190,000 B-G Harvey (NSW) AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS Consigned by Baramul Stud Purchased by John Chalmers 280 c Bel Esprit (Aus) Arisma (Aus) 140,000 IN SOUTH AFRICA: (A$40,000 wnl >17 MMNWNL) Zinzara (Aus), m, 5, Husson (Arg)--Overspeed (Aus), by Fastnet B-M W J Wooldridge, Teneal Hocking (Qld) Rock (Aus). Greyville, 3-14, Hcp., 1200mT, 1:11.17. O/T-Paul Consigned by Maluka Thoroughbreds Lafferty; B-Patinack Farm (NSW). *A$18,000 Wlg >14 Purchased by New Zealand Bloodstock MMNWNL. 274 c Zebedee (GB) Angel Of Hope (Aus) 130,000 B-R B Satchell (SA) AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2017/2018 Consigned by Willow Grove Stud Date Race Track Purchased by Ryan Balfour Mar. 17 Coolmore Classic Rosehill Mar. 23 William Reid S. Moonee Valley INGLIS BROODMARE CATALOGUE ONLINE Mar. 24 Golden Slipper S. Rosehill George Ryder S. Rosehill Ranvet S. Rosehill The Galaxy Rosehill Rosehill Guineas Rosehill Mar. 31 The BMW Rosehill Vinery Stud S. Rosehill

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Apr. 7 Doncaster H. Randwick T J Smith S. Randwick ATC Australian Derby Randwick ATC Sires= Produce S. Randwick Apr. 14 Queen Elizabeth S. Randwick Sydney Cup Randwick First-crop foals of Vancouver will be offered at Inglis | Coolmore ATC Oaks Randwick Inglis=s Broodmare and Weanling Sale, which will bring to a close its April lineup of sales also including the Easter yearling Apr. 21 All Aged S. Randwick sale and Chairman=s sales, has 649 lots catalogued, comprised of Champagne S. Randwick 483 broodmares and 166 weanlings. The sale takes place Apr. 15 Queen of the Turf S. Randwick to 17 at Riverside Stables. May 5 Schweppes Oaks Morphettville The weanlings include offerings by leading sires like I Am UBET Classic Morphettville Invincible (Aus) and Written Tycoon (Aus), as well as the progeny May 12 Doomben 10,000 S. Doomben of accomplished sires Choisir (Aus), So You Think and Star SA Derby Morphettville Witness. The sale also provides an opportunity to see how the market reacts to the first-crop foals of horses like Horse of the Year Criterion (NZ), G1 Doncaster H. winner Kermadec (NZ), FIND US ON FACEBOOK Group 1-winning 2-year-old Press Statement (Aus) and www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews champion 2-year-old Vancouver (Aus). GROUP ENTRIES

Saturday, Rosehill, Australia, post time: 4:10 p.m. COOLMORE CLASSIC-G1, A$600,000 ($472,620/£338,604/€382,104) 3yo/up, 1500mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Dixie Blossoms (Aus) Street Sense Brown Quinton 127 2 7 Silent Sedition (Aus) War Chant Williams Noblet 127 3 14 Daysee Doom (Aus) Domesday (Aus) Adkins Quinton 125 4 9 Heavens Above (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Angland Martin 124 5 10 Prompt Response (Aus) Beneteau (Aus) Shinn Waterhouse & Bott 124 6 17 Zanbagh (Aus) Bernardini Reith Thompson 123 7 3 Egg Tart (Aus) Sebring (Aus) McEvoy Waller 122 8 15 Alizee (Aus) Sepoy (Aus) Schofield Cummings 119 9 5 Aide Memoire (NZ) Remind Collett Lees 119 10 11 Danish Twist (Aus) Dane Shadow (Aus) Clark Lees 117 11 12 Eckstein (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Avdulla Goldman 117 12 16 Flippant (Aus) Hinchinbrook (Aus) No rider Snowdens 117 13 1 Raiment (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Walker Cummings 116 14 2 Francaletta (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Baster Baker/Forsman 114 15 8 Bring Me Roses (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Yendall McEvoy 112 16 19 Slightly Sweet (Aus) Charge Forward (Aus) Taylor Coyle 112 17 13 Just Dreaming (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) King Lees 112 18 6 Oregon’s Day (Aus) Domesday (Aus) Newitt Price 112 19 18 Shumookh (Aus) Dream Ahead SCR SCR SCR

Saturday, Trentham, New Zealand, post time: 4:58 p.m. AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI NEW ZEALAND OAKS-G1, NZ$400,000 ($293,080/£209,992/€236,892) 3yo, f, 2400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 11 Hasahalo (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Spratt McKee 124 2 13 Savvy Coup (Aus) Savabeel (Aus) Johnson M & M Pitman 124 3 16 Contessa Vanessa (NZ) Bullbars (Aus) Parkes Team Rogerson 124 4 2 Belle du Nord (NZ) Reliable Man (GB) Colgan E & D Browne 124 5 1 Gold Spice (NZ) Rock ‘n’ Pop (Aus) Bayliss Richardson & Parker 124 6 5 Milseain (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Waddell Baker & Forsman 124 7 14 Mark Two (NZ) Pins (Aus) Johnson Marsh 124 8 9 Marcellina (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Cameron Baker & Forsman 124 9 17 Caricature (NZ) Power (GB) Innes Pike 124 10 4 Treasure (NZ) Mastercraftsman (Ire) McNab Pike 124 11 15 Blanco Belle (NZ) Cape Blanco (Ire) Collett Rainford 124 12 10 Swing Note (Aus) Encosta de Lago (Aus) Bosson Autridge & Richards 124 13 18 Cead Mile Failte (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Myers Benner & Wynyard 124 14 6 Hot Fuss (NZ) Pins (Aus) Bradley K & P Hughes 124 15 8 Lincoln Melody (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Du Plessis Latta 124 16 7 Terra Sancta (NZ) Pierro (Aus) Collett Pike 124 17 3 Le Sablier (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Andrew Fursdon 124 18 12 Misstumut (NZ) Azamour (Ire) Hannam Ropiha 124

Saturday, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, post time: 5:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT/1:30 p.m. GMT) ABU DHABI CHAMPIONSHIP-G3, AED380,000 (£74,027/€83,485/US$103,472), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2200mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 2 Basateen (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Watson Crowley 126 2 4 Brass Ring (GB) Rail Link (GB) Mohammed Avranche 126 3 1 Carbon Dating (Ire) The Carbon Unit Seemar O’Shea 126 4 11 Earnshaw Medaglia d’Oro bin Ghadayer Ziani 126 5 6 Empoli (Ger) Halling Watson Dobbs 126 6 7 Jaaref (Ire) Sea the Stars (Ire) Al Rayhi O’Neill 126 7 9 Light the Lights (SAf) Western Winter de Kock de Vries 126 8 12 Proposed (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Ramadhan Doyle 126 9 5 Sharpalo (Fr) Shamardal bin Harmash Bentley 126 10 13 Treasury Notes (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) bin Harmash Jara 126 11 14 Zamaam (GB) Muhatahir (GB) Charpy Fresu 126 12 10 Janszoon (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Al Rayhi Mullen 125 13 8 Jupiter Light (GB) Lonhro (Aus) bin Ghadayer Hitchcott 125 14 3 Syphax K Arch bin Ghadayer Cosgrave 125

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