City of Light to Stand at Lane=S End Upon Retirement
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2018 CITY OF LIGHT TO STAND PHOENIX THOROUGHBREDS ACQUIRES ANOTHER POTENTIAL STAR AT LANE=S END UPON by Bill Finley On a buying spree, Phoenix Thoroughbreds has privately RETIREMENT purchased the 2-year-old filly Honeyfromthesouth (Fed BizBBrilliant Autumn, by Yes It=s True), who finished second behind >TDN Rising Star= Chasing Yesterday (Tapit) in her debut for trainer David Hofmans at Del Mar July 28. Chasing Yesterday is a highly regarded half-sister to American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile). Honeyfromthesouth will join Chasing Yesterday in the barn of Bob Baffert. AIn her first race she finished second behind a very good horse,@ said Phoenix Thoroughbreds CEO Amer Abdulaziz. AShe has a lot of potential and Bob Baffert really likes her as well. On his recommendation, we decided to acquire her.@ Cont. p3 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY City of Light GODOLPHIN PURCHASE DARK VISION G2 Vintage S. winner Dark Vision (Ire) (Dream Ahead) has been purchased by Godolphin and will remain with Mark MGISW millionaire City of Light (Quality Road--Paris Notion, by Johnston. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Dehere) will join his sire Quality Road at Lane=s End Farm upon the conclusion of his racing career, it was announced Friday. AWe are thrilled to have the best son by our top young stallion join our roster,@ said Lane=s End=s Will Farish. ACity of Light has a tremendous amount of speed from a fantastic female family and is clearly the best son to date by one of the elite stallions in America, Quality Road.@ In his stakes debut, City of Light wired the GI Malibu S. going seven furlongs at Santa Anita Dec. 26 and added the GI Triple Bend S. in his next start Mar. 10. The Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren colorbearer continued his stakes-winning streak with a rallying victory in the G2 Oaklawn H. stretching out to 1 1/8 miles Apr. 14. He earned a career-best 107 Beyer and -3 3/4 Thoro-Graph number for his Oaklawn victory. ACity of Light is an unbelievable physical,@ trainer Michael McCarthy noted. AWith the kind of tactical speed that wins races in America, he has all of the attributes of a successful stallion.@ City of Light is a son of Lane=s End Farms= leading fifth-crop sire Quality Road. Quality Road has amassed over $29 million in progeny earnings and is currently the hottest stallion in America. 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His sire and brilliance, coupled with his looks, make him a very exciting prospect.@ The colt was sold by Lane=s End for $710,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September Sale and bred in Kentucky by Ann Marie Farm. His dam Paris Notion is a 3/4-sibling to GI Test S. victress Fabulously Fast, both out of Grade I winner Fabulous Notion. This is the family of Grade I-winning millionaires Cacoethes, Subordination, and Careless Jewel. City of Light is slated to make his next start in the GI Forego S. at Saratoga Aug. 25. A stud fee will be announced upon retirement. Phoenix Thoroughbreds cont. from p1 Amer Abdulaziz | Fasig-Tipton Honeyfromthesouth, a $150,000 KEESEP yearling, carried the colors of Five Star Racing Stables first out. The news comes just two days after Phoenix announced that it had bought Mia Mento (Ire) (Casamento {Ire}), who won a maiden race in Ireland at Leopardstown July 19. The original plan was to run her in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. Sunday at The Curragh, but she was not entered. Instead, Phoenix will be represented by Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), who is coming off a win in the G2 Arqana July S. at Newmarket. Abdulaziz said Mia Mento may or may not have a start in Europe, but will eventually be shipped to the U.S. and be trained by Graham Motion. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • AUGUST 11, 2018 The Phoenix business model involves both buying and selling camp. Nonetheless, he is going to try. horses, but it has clearly been in a buying mode of late. They AHe is an amazing owner and I think our relationship with him bought seven yearlings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, is going to grow,@ Abdulaziz said of Gronkowski. AWe=re trying to including a $1.3-million Medaglia d=Oro filly. Out of the mare get him to Saratoga. It=s in the middle of training camp, but Dawn Raid (Vindication), she was the second most expensive we=re trying to charter a plane so he can come back and forth, horse to go through the ring and the most expensive filly. She watch the race and probably not miss more than two hours or will be trained by Steve Asmussen. so of camp.@ Abdulaziz said his group plans to be even more aggressive at the Keeneland September Sale, where, he says, they will be spending Ahuge money.@ While Phoenix races in Europe and Australia, as well as in the THERE=S NO PLACE LIKE HOME U.S., Abdulaziz said that the U.S. will become their biggest by Alan Carasso market. They have lined up an all-star team of trainers to work ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. B No, I didn=t click my heels three for them that consists of Baffert, Asmussen, Motion, Todd times and magically transport myself from South Jersey to Pletcher and Chad Brown. Arlington Heights, but here we are. Born and raised not far from The next big race for Phoenix in the U.S. will be the GI Travers Arlington Park, it=s home and it=s great to be on hand for S., where it will be represented by GI Belmont S. runner-up Arlington Million number 36 (should be 38, but the race wasn=t Gronkowski (Lonhro {Aus}). run in 1998 and 1999). AThe horse is doing very well and we think he has a big shot of Much as I enjoy going racing, the best memories I have from winning the Travers,@ Abdulaziz said. my time here were railbirding with some close friends and other The colt is named after the New England Patriots star tight end acquaintances, and it was really nice to wake at the crack of Rob Gronkowski, who is also a part-owner. Gronkowski dawn to make the short drive from the hotel to watch attended the Belmont S., but it is going to be a little trickier for >trackwork= (please forgive me). him to make the Travers as it takes place during Pats training The >IC= saddletowels for Ignacio Correas were prominent all Japan Cup (G1) November 25 2018 Tokyo Racecourse 1½miles Turf 3yo & up Free Nomination Close: October 9 2018 Purse: JPY 648,000,000/ USD 5,890,000* Champions Cup (G1) December 2 2018 Chukyo Racecourse 1 8 miles Dirt 3yo & up Free Nomination Close: October 9 2018 Purse: JPY 216,000,000/ USD 1,963,000* Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) Mile Championship (G1) November 11 2018 Kyoto Racecourse November 18 2018 Kyoto Racecourse 1 3 8 miles Turf 3yo & up Fillies & Mares 1mile Turf 3yo & up Free Nomination Close: September 25 2018 Free Nomination Close: September 25 2018 Purse: JPY 226,800,000/ USD 2,061,000* Purse: JPY 238,600,000/ USD 2,169,000* *Exchange rate: USD1.00=JPY110 (As of June 2018) Japan Racing Association New York Office 203-973-0661 [email protected] japanracing.jp TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • AUGUST 11, 2018 morning long and no horse made a greater impression on me off, but he=s the kind of horse that seems to take a while to hit than Dona Bruja (Arg) (Storm Embrujado {Arg}).