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OTTB MAKES GIRL=S DREAM COME TRUE MANY POTENTIAL TWISTS By Bill Finley IN THIS SPIRAL Barefoot Mailman (Silver Train) didn=t accomplish much on the racetrack, but the now 8-year-old seems ready to do something far more important than winning a horse race-- bringing joy and hope to a 15-year-old girl who has been battling bone cancer. Converted to a show horse and renamed Cos (Cosnochta is the Gaelic word for barefoot), he was given to Madison White as part of the Make-A-Wish Southern Florida program. White has been riding for years but wanted a horse of her own and picked Barefoot Mailman out of a small group of horses that Make-A- Wish said might be available to her. AHe=s like a big puppy dog,@ White said after her wish came true. AHe likes to lick you on the head and ears. He=s really energetic and fun to ride and he really makes me happy.@ Cont. p7
Kitten=s Cat winning the Kitten=s Joy | Adam Coglianese IN TDN EUROPE TODAY A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR BLUE DIAMOND by Joe Bianca Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar of Blue Diamond Stud run A diverse group of 12 sophomores, coming from all different their first homebred Group 1 winner, Decorated Knight (GB) directions, will hook up in the GIII JACK Cincinnati Casino Spiral (Galileo {Ire}), in Saturday’s G1 Dubai Turf. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. S., with Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Kitten's Cat (Kitten's Joy) made a lukewarm morning-line favorite to give the couple a second straight Spiral crown. Making his synthetic track debut after seven grass outings, the homebred captured the Juvenile Turf Sprint S. on the Breeders' Cup undercard last fall and annexed the stake named for his sire Feb. 4 at Gulfstream before running a good second in the GIII Palm Beach S. last out Mar. 4. The Ramseys' Oscar Nominated (Kitten's Joy), pulled a 23-1 upset in last year's Spiral, and they also took home the hardware in 2010 and 2014. Anderson Thoroughbreds' 'TDN Rising Star' Parlor (Lonhro {Aus}) is an intriguing prospect who also will try synthetic for the first time. The dark bay colt was a very impressive maiden winner last August on the Ellis Park turf and ran an unlucky second in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile, beaten just a neck after a troubled trip. Parlor made his seasonal debut with an easy allowance/optional claiming score Feb. 22 over the Tampa lawn, an effort that earned him the 'Rising Star' nod.
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Spiral S. cont. AHe has plenty of ability and he=s a little unlucky to not be undefeated,@ trained Eddie Kenneally told the TDN earlier this week, adding, AHe hasn't done anything wrong so far. We don=t know who=s going to love that track at Turfway, it=s a different track for almost all of the horses that are running in there. He hasn=t trained on [synthetic] at all, so it=s a little bit of an unknown.@ Owner Brad Anderson commented to the Turfway notes team, AAll three of his races have had very slow paces, and I don=t think he=s ever really gotten to run. I think he=s sitting on a big race.@ Ashbrook Farm's progressive Convict Pike (Broken Vow) responded with aplomb to his first synthetic test, JACK CINCINNATI CASINO SPIRAL running a good S.-GIII, 3yo, 1 1/8m second to G2 UAE PP Horse Sire Derby entrant 1. Blueridge Traveler To Honor and Serve 2. Soglio K Scat Daddy Master Plan 3. Fast and Accurate K Hansen (Twirling Candy) in 4. Convict Pike K Broken Vow the OBS 5. Colonel Samsen K Colonel John Championship S. 6. Giant Payday K Giant’s Causeway Jan. 24 in Ocala. 7. Shiraz Tale of the Cat That was the Rusty 8. Kitten’s Cat Kitten’s Joy Arnold trainee's 9. Parlor K Lonhro (Aus) initial try against 10. Bronson K Medaglia d’Oro winners, and he has 11. King and His Court Court Vision drilled sharply since, 12. En Hanse Hansen (see Graded Stakes Entries) most recently going a half-mile on the Palm Meadows dirt in :47 4/5 (2/23) Mar. 16. Flaxman Holdings homebred Soglio (Scat Daddy) will try to give trainer Graham Motion his fourth career win in the Spiral. The 52-year-old trainer won the race in 2008, 2011 and 2012, with 2011 winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) going on to don roses as the GI Kentucky Derby winner later that spring. Soglio, second in the Eddie Logan S. at Santa Anita Dec. 30, closed into a slow pace to be third last out Feb. 5. Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber's King and His Court (Court Vision), who captured the Coronation Futurity and Display S. in the fall at Woodbine, will look to rebound after running last of nine in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. in his sophomore debut Feb. 11 at Tampa. Kendall Hansen and Bode Miller=s En Hanse (Hansen) is the only horse with multiple wins at Turfway, including a sharp score in the WEBN S. Feb. 11. The gray finished a distant second in the John Battaglia Memorial Mar. 4.
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Ed DeRosa of TwinSpires .com takes on TDN's Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato as they handicap each prep race leading up to the GI Kentucky Derby. The three will make $100 Win/Place bets--highest bankroll after the Lexington S. wins.
DeRosa: GII Rebel S. - Turning for home in the Rebel, I was feeling pretty good about my selection of Malagacy--not only because he looked like a winner, but also because he was a decent price as the 3.3-1 second choice with 8-5 favorite American Anthem nowhere to be found. Glory is as fleeting as my lead in TDN=s Throwdown contest, however, as any joy of adding 760 Apoints@ to my mythical bankroll quickly dissipated after 112.3-1 Sonneteer won the photo for second to give Steve Sherack 2,910 points--more than I=ve earned all year--and a good lead among the handicapping trio. Bankroll: $2480.
G2 UAE Derby - The good news is, there=s plenty of racing left, including three events this weekend beginning with the first 170-point race (with 100 to the winner): The UAE Derby. Is a challenging puzzle of horses coming from all over the world at different interims. Some are making their seasonal debuts, others have raced locally, etc. I=m going to go to the same angle as Classic Empire in the Breeders= Futurity and bet the horse who threw his jock in his last start after showing promise in his first two starts: Fawree. His form on Bee Jersey puts him in the mix enough against likely favorite Thunder Snow to take a shot at a bigger price. Selection: #6 Fawree (8-1).
GIII Spiral S. - The impulse with the Spiral S. is to reach for a price, but I can=t make a good enough case for any one horse not to take Kitten=s Cat, who has both the speed and class edge here and should get a good trip behind the Maker pair (Fast And Accurate and En Hanse who both figure to be on the front end). The Awide open@ nature of the race might help us get the morning line of 4-1. This horse is worth an actual bet (i.e. not just a mythical contest play) at 3-1 or better. Selection: #8 Kitten=s Cat (4-1).
Cont. p5 Daredevil’s brilliance at two reminded me
“of Uncle Mo, and More Than Ready, and a lot of the better juveniles I’ve been fortunate to be around. I have “ always thought the really talented two-year-olds went on to make the best stallions.
— TODD PLETCHER
More Than Ready – Chasethewildwind, by Forty Niner $7,500 S&N
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Road to the Triple Crown Throwdown cont. GIII Spiral S. - This may be the right time to give four-time DiDonato: GII Rebel S. - Well, I guess this thing=s over... at least beaten favorite Soglio another chance. His come-from-behind for me. Great job by Steve and Ed to land on the 112-1 runner- maiden win at Del Mar and closing second in the Eddie Logan up and winner, respectively. Silver Dust didn=t run terribly, but I put him right in the mix if his turf form translates to synthetic for expected him to step forward a little more than he did. Guess the always dangerous Graham Motion. Like the inside post, too. it=s time to start swinging for the fences. Bankroll: $1330. Selection: #2 Soglio (6-1). Brisnet.com PPs: UAE Derby & Spiral. G2 UAE Derby - He=s clearly got some mental stuff to work out, but Fawree seems pretty talented. The son of Kentucky Oaks and Spinster winner Keeper Hill was dominant when breaking his maiden here in January, and was favored against a couple of these in the Mar. 4 Al Bastakiya, but he reared up when the assistant starter took off his blindfold in the gate and dropped his rider. Fawree has reportedly been working with ASouth Africa=s leading equine behavioral therapist@ since that debacle, and it sounds like he=s much more comfortable in the gate now. If he breaks ok, I expect him to give a very good account of himself. Selection: #6 Fawree (8-1).
GIII Spiral S. - Considering how much his near miss in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile S. last year cost me, I can=t not take Parlor here. The Eddie Kenneally trainee was super impressive WARD, HOLLENDORFER CLASH IN breaking his maiden first out on the Ellis lawn last summer, and BOURBONETTE OAKS by Joe Bianca I=m pretty sure he had trouble or something at Kentucky Downs- One was bought for $510,000, the other for $17,000, but they -I can=t actually bring myself to watch that replay, though. His appear to be evenly matched and equally promising, as Wesley >TDN Rising Star=-garnering comebacker over the Tampa turf Ward trainee Delphinia (The Factor) is set to knock heads with was excellent. He was practically never asked, but got his final Jerry Hollendorfer pupil Darkwingsoverdubai (Raven's Pass), quarter in just :23.12, according to Trakus. Synthetic is the along with 10 other 3-year-old fillies, in Saturday's obvious question mark, but not enough to scare me off. GIII Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park. Selection: #9 Parlor (5-1). Bought by Stonestreet Stables for over 20 times her sire's stud fee after breezing a quarter-mile in :21 3/5 at last year's Sherack: GII Rebel S. - Sonneteer put in the kind of effort I was Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale, Delphinia was second as the favorite hoping he had in him and won a wild photo for second at 112-1 in her debut last fall at Keeneland before breaking her maiden (?!) to put me back on top here... Come and catch me fellas. sprinting on the Gulfstream turf Dec. 17. Making her local debut Bankroll: $4390. Feb. 4, the gray aired by seven lengths in the Cincinnati Trophy S. The Bourbonette Oaks will be the first two-turn try for the G2 UAE Derby - Will take my best guess with Fawree. Trainer speedy filly, who shows a strong local interim worktab, including Mike de Kock has done extremely well in this race and Fawree, an eye-popping six-furlong breeze in 1:11 flat (1/3) Feb. 27. an impressive local maiden winner two back, deserves another KMN Racing's Darkwingsoverdubai was off last in her career shot after his Al Bastakiya debacle. Candy Ride (Arg) colt out of bow Jan. 20 at Golden Gate, but passed every horse to get up GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Keeper Hill still has plenty of upside. late. Cont. p6 Selection: #6 Fawree (8-1). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
Bourbonette Oaks cont. Mike Maker sends out Tracy Farmer's Gilded Lily The chestnut leapt forward in her first try against winners (Speightstown), a $210,000 Keeneland November buy who has Feb. 16, again breaking last, but showing more tactical speed won her first two starts, both at Turfway, by open lengths. Greg and unleashing a huge, wide sweep on the turn to score going James's Jenna J (Archarcharch) is also two-for-two and will try to away by 4 1/2 lengths. The Fasig-Tipton October grad, who also stretch out her speed after a pair of local front-running sprint will be attempting tallies for trainer Jason Cook. Ken McPeek, who captured this BOURBONETTE OAKS.-GIII, 3yo, f, 1m two turns for the event last year with Wonderment (Cosmonaut), will be PP Horse Sire first time, got a feel represented by Living the Dream Racing 2015's Purely a Dream 1. Northwest Bourbon Not Bourbon for the Turfway (Pure Prize). 2. Jenna J K Archarcharch polytrack with an 3. Darkwingsoverdubai Raven’s Pass easy half-mile 4. On Her Honor To Honor and Serve breeze in :49 flat 5. China Grove City Zip (4/10) Mar. 21. 6. Delphinia The Factor Slight morning-line K 7. Fun Harlan’s Holiday favoritism lies with K 8. Gilded Lily Speightstown Katherine Ball's 9. Awesome Boss Street Boss China Grove (City 10. Purely a Dream K Pure Prize 11. I’mluckysgirl K Lookin At Lucky Zip), who earned her 12. Miss O’Hara Colonel John first stakes victory in (see Graded Stakes Entries) the Wide Country S. Feb. 18 at Laurel. The bay will make her synthetic-track debut in the Bourbonette for trainer Ben Colebrook. She was off the board in a pair of turf tries last summer. Delphinia winning the Cincinnati Trophy | Coady TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
OTTB Makes Girl=s Dream Come True cont. from p1 These kids have been through hell and we=re going to bring hope, strength and joy to their lives.@ Under normal circumstances, McGreevy never would have sold Cos, a horse who had a special place in her heart. AIn some respects, this was heartbreaking to me,@ she said. AI didn=t want to sell because he was too special to me. He got me back. With him, I started riding again after 33 years, back in the saddle and competing again. He is just the sweetest thing.@ But she understood the happiness of a sick child was more important than her own happiness and she agreed to sell the horse to Make-A-Wish. She would not say how much Make-A- Wish paid her for the horse, but said it was a Atoken@ amount and less than what the horse was worth. To be eligible for the Make-A-Wish program, a child must have a life-threatening condition. That can mean many things, including that they will make a full recovery. Opperman said that Madison White and Cos | Make-A-Wish Southern Florida White has concluded her chemotherapy treatments and that the The story begins where Barefoot Mailman=s career ended. In outlook for her future is positive. his second career start, he won a Mar. 8, 2012 maiden special AIt=s about the now for her, what this wish means for her, the weight race at Oaklawn Park for Rick Porter=s Fox Hill Farm, but impact,@ Opperman said. ran dismally next out in an allowance race. Porter and trainer McGreevey will miss Barefoot Mailman, but she doesn=t regret Steve Hobby concluded that the horse didn=t have much of a for a minute her decision to let him go. future on the racetrack and it is Porter=s policy not to drop his AI had him about three years and he became a big puppy dog third stringers into claiming races. He would rather make sure for me,@ she said. AWe did really well together. Now he lives on they are guaranteed a good home. for another job, to work with a little girl and give her hope and Enter Cinthia McGreevy, whose husband, Tom, is the the fight to battle cancer and to be able to come back and show bloodstock agent for Fox Hill. and compete.@ AAny time they say they=re not going to race one anymore, Rick always makes sure they go to a good home,@ she said. AI put my hands up and say >I will take them.= I get them ready to start a new career. We=ll try dressage, we=ll try jumping, we try to figure out what is the best next discipline for the horse.@ Cos was good at his second career. With McGreevy as his rider, he joined the Take2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program. Take2 was launched by the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen=s Association to find homes for retired horses. The program has competitions restricted to off-the-track Thoroughbreds and Cos became a circuit champion. Before being turned over to White, he was in fourth place in the standings for the Take2 Thoroughbred League-Jumper Division. With his notoriety, he came across White=s radar screen and she asked Make-A-Wish if there were any way he could become hers. White was told to come to a horse show in Plantation, Florida, on Mar. 18, but was not told why. The show was stopped and Madison was presented with a priceless gift. AThis is a testament to Make-A-Wish,@ said the organization=s spokesperson Stu Opperman. AThey make dreams come true. Make-A-Wish Southern Florida It=s not a matter of dollars or how big the wish is or any other factors. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
MO TOWN PREPS FOR WOOD MEMORIAL ILIAD WORKS TOWARDS SANTA ANITA DERBY >TDN Rising Star= Mo Town (Uncle Mo), who turned in an Kaleem Shah=s Iliad (Ghostzapper), most recently a distant uncharacteristically dull performance when only fifth in the GII second to >TDN Rising Star= Mastery (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the GII Risen Star S. at the Fair Grounds Feb. 22, breezed five furlongs in San Felipe S. at Santa Anita Mar. 11, drilled five-eighths of a mile 1:02 Friday morning at Payson Park (video). Tony Dutrow, who in 1:01.40 over the main track Friday morning as he prepares for conditions the son of Grazie Mille (Bernardini) for his Team D, his next start in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 8. Also working for Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs. John Magnier, confirmed the Santa Anita Derby was stablemate Term of Art (Tiznow), that the bay colt will make his next start in the GII Wood who covered the same distance in 1:01.80 Memorial S. at Aqueduct Apr. 8. ABoth horses went real well,@ commented trainer Doug O=Neill, AI thought things went very good today. He was pretty who watched the drills with Shah. AIliad finished up great and consistent all the way around there,@ Dutrow told XBTV.com. both Kaleem and I thought he showed great energy.@ Mo Town earned his Rising Star tag with a seven-length romp through the Belmont mud Sept. 24, was forced to miss the GIII Nashua S. with a minor ailment and closed the season with a 2 1/2-length success in the GII Remsen S. over the Wood Memorial course and distance Nov. 26. The $200,000 Keeneland September purchase was made the 3-2 favorite to pick up where he left off, but he weakened out to finish fifth, beaten over 10 lengths, after racing close to the early pace. Dutrow and his team are willing to draw a line through the effort.
Iliad (inside) | Benoit
Iliad followed a second-out graduation at Los Alamitos with a smooth victory in the GII San Vicente S. going seven panels Feb. 12. He sat right up on the decent pace in the San Felipe S. and looked dangerous for a stride or two turning for home, but Mastery had something left and Iliad was forced to settle for second. Mo Town | Sarah K Andrew photo
AWhen we took him to the Fair Grounds, our horse did not perform very well over it,@ he told XBTV.com. A[Jockey] Johnny Velazquez felt very strongly that the horse didn=t like the surface IRISH WAR CRY EXPECTED TO WORK there and consequently didn=t run as well as he had in the past.@ SATURDAY By Bill Finley Mo Town subsequently returned to South Florida and worked Irish War Cry (Curlin) has not had a workout since his six furlongs in 1:13.24 Mar. 16 over the Gulfstream Park main disappointing effort in the March 4 GII Fountain of Youth S., but track. While Dutrow and Velazquez were satisfied that he that is about to change. Trainer Graham Motion said that handled that particular surface, Dutrow is inclined to stick with weather permitting, the New Jersey-bred will work five furlongs the known over the unknown. Saturday morning at Palm Meadows. AUltimately I felt that he=s proven over the Aqueduct surface AEverybody is freaking out because the horse hasn=t worked, and Mo Town does not get any more chances at the Derby trail but I don=t work my horses every two weeks,@ Motion said. AI=ve from here, so he must perform very well in his next start,@ the never done that, even with [future GI Kentucky Derby winner] trainer told XBTV.com. AI felt our best chance was in the Wood Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}). I always work my Memorial.@ horses three weeks after a race. This is no different than with anyone else.@ Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
Irish War Cry cont.
Motion said that Irish War Cry=s next start will probably come in the GII Wood Memorial S. Aqueduct Apr. 8. AMost likely I will ship him home to Fair Hill on Sunday and point for the Wood,@ he said. AI=m not completely committed to it, but that=s the way I am leaning. He=ll have one work at Palm Meadows and one more at Fair Hill before his next race. So far as not running in the [GI] Florida Derby, I like the idea of having an extra week. I=m also worried about running him on that track [at Gulfstream] when he=s coming off a Oaklawn Park | Coady photography very disappointing race. Of all the Bobby Geiger, Oaklawn=s director of gaming and wagering, preps, the Florida said that off-track wagering last weekend was bolstered by the Derby should be track=s new Pick 5 wager, which replaced the CLASSIX (6-race Irish War Cry | Adam Coglianese the toughest prep sequence) this year. Pick 5 wagering was reported as $301,092, being that it=s the of which better than $280,000 was wagered off-track. Pick 6 only Grade I in the East.@ wagering on Million Dollar Saturday, which included the Apple As the 11-10 favorite, Irish War Cry was seventh in the Blossom, but not the Oaklawn H., was a shade over $13,000. Fountain of Youth, beaten 21 3/4 lengths. He looked nothing like AThat=s your margin,@ Geiger said. the horse who had won the GII Holy Bull S. by 3 3/4 lengths. Rebel day has fast become the second-biggest day of racing at AIt=s still a mystery.@ Motion said of the Fountain of Youth. AThe Oaklawn, as last Saturday=s card yielded meet-high attendance only thing I can think of is that it was a perfect storm of of 36,0000 and on-track handle ($2,208,272). WPS wagering bouncing, laying too close to the pace on cuppy, drying-out alone on the Rebel totaled $1,292,653, marginally lower than track. It was very windy that weekend and anyone not there the record set in 2015. wouldn=t realize how dry it was. I know I=m reaching, but that=s ARebel Day has become huge,@ Geiger said. AThey were good the only thing I can come up with. He certainly seems fine now. wagering races, the stakes were. And the Pick-5 has performed He hasn=t missed a beat since then.@ magnificently.@ Attendance and on-track mutuel handle increased 2.9% and 4.1%, respectively, over last year. Off-track handle and total handle were up 22% and 17.8%, respectively, over 2016. REBEL DAY HANDLE SETS RECORDS Estimated attendance for last year=s Rebel Day was 35,000. Total handle was $9,124,971.68, with $7,002,869.98 wagered A non-Derby day record total of $10,752,315.15 was put off track. through the windows on last Saturday=s 11-race card Oaklawn Oaklawn=s daily record handle of $14,536,965 was set April 15, Park, anchored by the GII Rebel S. won by TDN Rising Star 2000 (Arkansas Derby Day). Malagacy (Shackleford) and two other black-type events. Of that amount, $8.54 million was bet off-track. The previous record for a non-Derby program at Oaklawn was set Apr. 5, 2003, when bettors wagered just over $10.4 million 60 Broad St. on a 12-race program called AMillion Dollar Saturday,@ featuring Suite 100 an appearance by the reigning Horse of the Year Azeri in the GI Red Bank, NJ 07701 Apple Blossom H. and Medaglia d=Oro in the GI Oaklawn H. Fax (732) 747-8955 Those two marquee names accounted for a large amount of Phone (732) 747-8060 show betting, especially off-track, as Oaklawn still offered a [email protected] minimum payout of 1-10 on show bets at the time. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
HUBBARD GETS HER SAY AI learned everything from Dennis, as far as how to get around by Jessica Martini the sales and how to ask the consignors where their bottom line For Brooke Hubbard, who serves as racing manager for Steve is and where they think the horse is going to be before the sale,@ Young=s Sayjay Racing, the past three years have been a crash Hubbard explained. AHe=s been a very big instrument in helping course in the racing business and she=ll be hoping for an A+ me move on by myself. I=ve learned a lot from him.@ when the stable looks to pinhook a colt by Astrology during Hubbard continued, AHe=s helped me a lot with looking at the Wednesday=s Barretts Select 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Del bigger picture. I used to go to the sale and pick apart the horses Mar. Hubbard selected the colt (hip 99) for $70,000 at last year=s on little things that I didn=t like. He showed me that you can kind Keeneland September Yearling Sale. of go with a couple of faults if the overall body of the horse is Brooke, a 27-year-old Californian, is a lifelong horsewoman decent. We both like the same type of horse--we kind of like the who found herself in the racing game almost by accident. nice shoulder, bigger hip, a little bit more together, not such a long body.@ Their similar tastes can sometimes be a pitfall at the sales. AI=ll go up and ask him what his short list is and we=ll have a lot of the same horses,@ Hubbard admitted. AI know I cannot compete with him, so I just mark those horses off my list if he=s on them. His budget is a little stronger than mine,@ she laughed. While Sayjay Racing=s primary focus is racing, the stable has pinhooked a handful of yearlings-to-2-year-olds in the last two years and will reoffer three juveniles this spring.
Astrology--Glamorous Lady | Louise Reinagel
AI=ve grown up with horses--I got my first horse when I was seven and it=s all been downhill from there,@ she laughed. AI was showing, I did three-day eventing and I did dressage for a couple of years. Then college struck and I didn=t ride much, but I got back into riding probably about 2012. I literally just started in the racing circle in 2014. Steve Young, who owns recycling companies, has a stable of 22 horses as a hobby and he asked me if I wanted to manage his horses. I purchase all of his horses for him.@ Hubbard with Brookes All Mine Young is chairman and founder of the California-based recycling company Allan Company. He campaigned 2013 GIII AWe=re more into buying to race, not necessarily to pinhook,@ Affirmed H. winner Tiz a Minster (Ministers Wild Cat). Hubbard said. ABasically, with these pinhooks, if they don=t bring While Hubbard admits learning Thoroughbred pedigrees has what [Young] wants, then he just keeps them to race. The goal is taken some time, her background in the show world has to make money, of course.@ transferred quickly when it comes to conformation. Sayjay=s Barretts offering, consigned by Eddie Woods, is a May AI=m still learning sires and bloodlines, that is something that is coming a little slower to me, but I was in horse judging in high foal by Astrology out of Glamorous Lady (Kingdom of Spain). He school,@ she said. AI judged horses on conformation depending is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner and multiple graded on what discipline they were doing. That helps me with looking placed Da Stoops (Distorted Humor). at horses at the sales.@ APhysically, he looked very athletic,@ Hubbard said of the dark Hubbard has also had the assistance of a high-power teacher bay=s appeal at last year=s September sale. AHe was a bigger colt, in bloodstock agent Dennis O=Neill, whose brother Doug trains with a good shoulder and a nice hip and he was really balanced. horses for Sayjay Racing. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
Brooke Hubbard cont. The training preview for the Barretts March sale will be held Monday at Del Mar, beginning at 10 a.m. PT. The auction begins She added, ANormally with yearlings, in the price range that I Wednesday at 2 p.m. PT. can buy in, it=s hard to find a physically attractive, really balanced yearling. I just felt like he was really nice and moved well. And he had a good head.@ In addition to the Astrology colt, Sayjay will be offering a colt by More Than Ready (hip 410) at the OBS April Sale and a filly by UPCOMING MAJOR Blame at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale. NORTH AMERICAN STAKES Date Race Track 3/25 GII San Luis Rey S. SA GIII Skip Away S. GP GIII Bourbonette Oaks TP GIII Spiral S. TP 3/26 GIII Sunland Derby SUN 4/1 GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby GP GII TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby FG GII Mervin Muniz Memorial H. FG GII New Orleans H. FG GII TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks FG GII Gulfstream Park Oaks GP GII Pan American S. GP GII Honey Fox S. GP GIII Orchid S. GP GIII Appleton S. GP 4/2 GIII Top Flight Invitational H. AQU GIII Tokyo City Cup SA Brooke Hubbard 4/8 GI Carter H. AQU GI Madison S. KEE Sayjay Racing has plenty to look forward to on the racetrack, GI Central Bank Ashland S. KEE as well. The stable=s What=sontheagenda (Dialed In), a $75,000 GI Santa Anita Derby SA purchase at OBS last April and co-owned with Beerman Family GI Santa Anita Oaks SA Trust, makes his third trip to the post Saturday afternoon in GII Toyota Blue Grass S. KEE Santa Anita=s seventh race. GII Wood Memorial S. AQU GII Gazelle S. AQU ADoug O=Neill has him and he really likes him,@ Hubbard GII Shakertown S. KEE revealed. GII Royal Heroine S. SA The Richard Baltas-trained Mistressofthenight (Midnight GIII Commonwealth S. KEE Lute), purchased for $60,000 last April, was recently fourth GIII Bay Shore S. AQU behind budding superstar Unique Bella (Tapit) in the Mar. 4 GIII GIII Excelsior S. AQU GIII Providencia S. SA Santa Ysabel S. Those two sophomores will soon be joined by a trio of juveniles Hubbard purchased at the OBS March sale; a Majesticperfection colt (hip 281) and a Tiznow filly (hip 302), both purchased for $75,000; and a colt by Proud Citizen (hip 651) acquired for $85,000. Hubbard, who has gained plenty of experience in a short amount of time, said of her future plans in the industry, AI hope to keep doing the bloodstock side. I=m actually really active on the racing side, too. All of the horses that I buy, I put them with trainers and I talk to them about how they=re doing and what races they should be going in. It=s cool to see both sides, but I enjoy the bloodstock side a little bit more.@ Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:30 p.m. EDT SAN LUIS REY S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Inordinate K Harlan's Holiday Paymaster Racing, LLC Baltas Nakatani 8-1 2 Power Foot Powerscourt (GB) Stepaside Farms, LLC Drysdale Desormeaux 15-1 3 Flamboyant (Fr) Peer Gynt (Jpn) Bienstock or Winner Gallagher Blanc 6-1 4 Ashleyluvssugar Game Plan S. Alesia, Bran Jam Stable or Ciaglia Racing, LLC Eurton Stevens 5-2 5 Liam the Charmer K Smart Strike Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Warren, Jr. McCarthy Espinoza 12-1 6 Syntax (Ire) Haatef Matthew Schera D'Amato Bejarano 15-1 7 Buster Douglas (Brz) Yagli Quick Road Stable or Haras Interlagos Lobo Gonzalez 30-1 8 Papacoolpapacool K Temple City Nilforushan or Nilforushan or Snedegar D'Amato Maldonado 10-1 9 Texas Ryano Curlin Warren B. Williamson Gaines Talamo 7-2 10 Itsinthepost (Fr) American Post (GB) Red Baron's Barn, LLC Mullins Baze 5-1 11 Some in Tieme (Brz) Shirocco (Ger) Some In Time, Inc Lobo Pereira 30-1 12 Site Read K Tizdejavu Head of Plains Partners, LLC, Ballis or Lewis McCarthy Elliott 30-1
Breeders: 1-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 2-Schow Family Trust, 3-SNC Regnier & San Gabriel Inv. Inc., 4-Estate of Alesia, BranJam Stables &Ciaglia Racing, LLC, 5-Ron McAnally & Deborah McAnally, 6-Ringfort Stud, 7-Haras Interlagos Ltda., 8-Chesapeake Farm & Gianca Stables, 9-Williamson Racing, LLC, 10-Julien Leaunes, 11-Haras Santa Maria de Araras, 12-Columbiana Farm
Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 5:55 p.m. EDT JACK CINCINNATI CASINO SPIRAL S.-GIII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Blueridge Traveler To Honor and Serve Horizon Stables McPeek Hill 15-1 2 Soglio K Scat Daddy Flaxman Holdings, Ltd. Motion McCarthy 6-1 3 Fast and Accurate K Hansen Kendall E. Hansen Maker Gaffalione 15-1 4 Convict Pike K Broken Vow Ashbrook Farm Arnold, II Cruz 8-1 5 Colonel Samsen K Colonel John Casner Racing, Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber & Corey Johnsen Harty Lezcano 12-1 6 Giant Payday K Giant's Causeway Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Wilkes Landeros 8-1 7 Shiraz Tale of the Cat Three Diamonds Farm Maker Hernandez 15-1 8 Kitten's Cat Kitten's Joy Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey Sharp Saez 4-1 9 Parlor K Lonhro (Aus) Anderson Thoroughbreds Kenneally Castanon 5-1 10 Bronson K Medaglia d'Oro Mathis Stable, LLC Pletcher Franco 10-1 11 King and His Court Court Vision Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber Casse Boulanger 5-1 12 En Hanse Hansen Kendall E. Hansen and Bode Miller Maker Albarado 15-1
Breeders: 1-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 2-Flaxman Holdings Limited, 3-John R. Penn, 4-Rosemont Farm LLC, 5-CJ Thoroughbreds & Casner Racing LP, 6-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 7-Lambholm, 8-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 9-KatieRich Farms, 10-Ran Jan Racing, Inc., 11-Patricia Weber & Robert Weber, 12-Kendall E. Hansen, M.D. Racing, LLC
Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 6:02 p.m. EDT SKIP AWAY S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Hy Riverside K Macho Uno Mar Racing Stable Inc. Sano Panici 10-1 2 Flashy Jewel K Flashy Bull Eddie Kenneally Kenneally Bravo 3-1 3 Fear the Cowboy Cowboy Cal Kathleen Amaya and Raffaele Centofanti Loza, Jr. Rios 4-1 4 Zulu K Bernardini Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith Pletcher Ortiz 2-1 and Stonestreet Stables LLC 5 Joshua's Comprise Comprise Rose Family Stable Rose Dominguez 30-1 6 Team Colors Street Cry (Ire) Joseph Allen LLC Jerkens Lopez 5-2
Breeders: 1-Amy Dunne, 2-Brereton C. Jones, 3-University of Kentucky, 4-Ron Magers & Robert Marcocchio, 5-Rose Family Stable Ltd, 6-Joseph Allen
Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 5:09 p.m. EDT BOURBONETTE OAKS-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Northwest Bourbon Not Bourbon Charles E. Fipke Stewart Lanerie 30-1 2 Jenna J K Archarcharch Greg James Cook Prescott 12-1 3 Darkwingsoverdubai Raven's Pass KMN Racing, LLC Hollendorfer Alvarado 7-2 4 On Her Honor To Honor and Serve Alexander Levengood and Greg Kadel Santangelo Quinonez 20-1 5 China Grove City Zip Katherine G. Ball Colebrook Leparoux 3-1 6 Delphinia The Factor Stonestreet Stables, LLC and Fog City Stables Ward Garcia 7-2 7 Fun K Harlan's Holiday Dennis Farkas Wilkes Landeros 10-1 8 Gilded Lily K Speightstown Tracy Farmer Maker Gaffalione 8-1 9 Awesome Boss Street Boss Peter J. Callahan McPeek Hill 8-1 10 Purely a Dream K Pure Prize Living the Dream Racing 2015, LLC McPeek Albarado 15-1 11 I'mluckysgirl K Lookin At Lucky James T. Spicer Spicer Prentice Jr. 50-1 12 Miss O'Hara Colonel John Ashbrook Farm Arnold, II Cruz 12-1
Breeders: 1-Charles Fipke, 2-William Snowden, 3-Rabbah Bloodstock LLC, 4-White Fox Farm, 5-Mike Ball & Katherine Ball, 6-Morris B. Floyd & Gary Layman, 7-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 8-Hill 'N' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. &N.E.T.P., 9-Haymarket Farm LLC, 10-James Bredin, 11-Sean Curtin, Anna Curtin & Ashford Stud, 12-Eagle Oak Ranch LLC
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Leading General Sires by YTD Earnings for stallions standing in the Northern Hemisphere through Thursday, Mar. 23 Earnings represent worldwide figures for 2017 Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Deep Impact (Jpn) 4 18 3 15 -- 1 314 67 $600,499 $10,485,171 (2002) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2008 Crops: 8 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-30,000,000) Satono Diamond (JPN) 2 King Kamehameha (Jpn) 9 14 7 11 -- -- 280 67 $590,392 $9,518,458 (2001) by Kingmambo FYR: 2006 Crops: 10 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-10,000,000) Mikki Rocket (JPN) 3 Unbridled's Song 3 3 3 3 1 1 91 26 $7,000,000 $7,834,454 (1993) by Unbridled FYR: 1998 Crops: 17 Stands: Taylor Made Stallions USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Arrogate 4 Stay Gold (Jpn) 2 3 2 3 -- -- 265 46 $576,171 $5,616,027 (1994) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2003 Crops: 13 Stands: Big Red Farm JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) Win Bright (JPN) 5 Heart's Cry (Jpn) 3 10 2 7 -- -- 258 48 $339,125 $5,492,081 (2001) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2008 Crops: 8 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-8,000,000) Suave Richard (JPN) 6 Daiwa Major (Jpn) 1 9 -- 6 -- -- 297 59 $433,304 $5,400,924 (2001) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2009 Crops: 7 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-5,000,000) Lord Vent d'Or (JPN) 7 Gold Allure (Jpn) 4 5 1 1 1 1 242 57 $890,678 $4,575,343 (1999) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2005 Crops: 11 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-3,000,000) Gold Dream (JPN) 8 Manhattan Cafe (Jpn) 1 6 1 6 -- -- 196 40 $340,113 $4,421,933 (1998) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2004 Crops: 12 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) America's Cup (JPN) 9 Neo Universe (Jpn) 2 3 2 2 -- -- 221 41 $560,033 $4,399,580 (2000) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2006 Crops: 10 Stands: Lex Stud Jpn (private) Neorealism (JPN) 10 South Vigorous 1 1 ------253 71 $266,259 $3,669,211 (1996) by End Sweep FYR: 2005 Crops: 11 Stands: Arrow Stud Jpn (private) South Star Man (JPN) 11 Street Boss 2 3 ------76 26 $2,790,378 $3,644,141 (2004) by Street Cry (Ire) FYR: 2010 Crops: 6 Stands: Darley KY ($17,500) Street Rapper (AUS) 12 Kurofune -- 4 -- 3 -- -- 264 50 $246,240 $3,555,014 (1998) by French Deputy FYR: 2003 Crops: 13 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-2,000,000) Aerolithe (JPN) 13 Ghostzapper 3 4 3 4 1 1 97 32 $2,200,000 $3,482,994 (2000) by Awesome Again FYR: 2007 Crops: 9 Stands: Adena Springs KY ($75,000) Shaman Ghost 14 Empire Maker 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 234 52 $245,114 $3,063,682 (2000) by Unbridled FYR: 2005 Crops: 11 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY ($85,000) Susan Joy (JPN) 15 Harbinger (GB) 1 5 1 2 -- -- 185 27 $424,687 $2,962,821 (2006) by Dansili (GB) FYR: 2012 Crops: 4 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-2,500,000) Persian Knight (JPN)
FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ 4th-AQU, $60,000, Msw, 3-24, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:13.31, ft. FORGET IT (f, 3, Distorted Humor--Remember, by Forest Wildcat) tired to fourth in her Gulfstream Park unveiling Jan. 8 Friday=s Results: and filled that spot again next out Feb. 26. The 2-1 chalk broke 5th-AQU, $57,000, (S), Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-24, on top, set a moderate early tempo and kept on finding late to 3yo, 6f, 1:11.64, ft. win by 1 1/4 lengths. Pray for Bourbon (Harlan=s Holiday) BOBBY ON FLEEK (c, 3, Frost Giant--Bema=s Gold, by Out of completed the exacta. The winner is a full-sister to ATDN Rising Place) was tabbed a ATDN Rising Star@ after romping by six Star@ and $650,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase Wrath of lengths in his Belmont Park unveiling July 9 and finished second Ruthie. Her 2-year-old half-brother by Orb was the second- to a ATDN Rising Star@ worthy performance from Syndergaard highest priced offering at the OBS March sale after selling for (Majesticperfection) next out in a muddy renewal of the state- $1.25-million to bloodstock agents Alex Solis and Jason Litt, who bred Funny Cide S. at Saratoga Aug. 26. Benched since that were bidding on behalf of a partnership that includes Wrath of effort, the homebred was hammered down to 1-2 favoritism to Ruthie=s owner LNJ Foxwoods. Forget It=s dam Remember, a return to winning ways in this NY-bred test. Pressing Tribecca half-sister to GISW Dancing Forever (Rahy) produced a Will Take (Bustin Stones) from second through an opening quarter in Charge colt last year and was bred back to Pioneerof the Nile. :23.09, the chestnut drew alongside the leader turning for home This is also the extended female family of champion Heavenly and spurted clear in the stretch to win by 3 1/4 lengths. The Price (Seeking the Gold); MGISW Good Reward (Storm Cat); winner has a 2-year-old half-brother by Regal Ransom and GISW Persistently (Smoke Glacken); and GSWs Pure Prize (Storm newborn half-sister by Rule by Night. Lifetime Record: SP, Cat), Carrumba (Bernardini) and Stays in Vegas (City Zip). 3-2-1-0, $125,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, $39,800. Click for the Equibase.com sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-Louis Lazzinaro (NY); T-Chad Brown. O-DATTT Stable; B-Dattt Farm LLC (KY); T-William I. Mott. Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm Started at SILVER SPRINGS STUD, LLC
Bobby on Fleek | A. Coglianese Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 2:20 p.m. EDT CICADA S., $100,000, 3yo, f, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Wilburnmoney Wilburn Arroyo Gullo 4-1 2 Heavenly Score Even the Score Maragh Terranova 5-1 3 Tiz Rae Anna Tiz Wonderful Montanez Toscano 15-1 4 Sounds Delicious Yes It’s True Velasquez Rice 1-1 5 Bluegrass Flag Bluegrass Cat Carmouche Morley 3-1 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
7th-GP, $38,000, (S), Msw, 3-24, 3yo, 1mT, 1:34.79, fm. +CAUGHT (g, 3, Put It Back--Tapitsdontlie, by Tapit), overlooked at 10-1 in this debut, was a step slow from the gate, Friday=s Results: but quickly recovered and settled in a ground-saving fourth, well 9th-GP, $41,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 3-24, 4yo/up, back off opening splits of :22.82 and :46.75. Advancing up the f/m, 6f, 1:10.98, ft. rail on the backstretch, the chestnut tipped out two wide in the KINSLEY KISSES (f, 4, Congrats--Winter Forest, by Forestry) lane and collared Happy Wanderer (War Chant) in the final opened her account with a pair of decisive victories in Florida strides to win by a neck. The winner=s dam Tapitsdontlie has a and finished third when stepped up to stakes company for 2-year-old filly named Sol Dat Sugar (Soldat); a yearling colt by Keeneland=s GIII Beaumont S. Apr. 17. Completing the trifecta in Justin Phillip; and a Maclean=s Music filly born earlier this term. both the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. and GIII Delaware Oaks, she Sales history: $57,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: was last seen finishing a non-factor seventh in the GI Test S. at 1-1-0-0, $22,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Saratoga Aug. 6. Removing blinkers for this 2017 debut, the 1-5 sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. chalk stumbled at the break, but quickly got her hooves beneath O-West Point Thoroughbreds; B-Northwind Thoroughbreds, LLC her and sprinted up to seize control. Clocking moderate early (FL); T-George Weaver. splits while running two wide, the chestnut showed the way into the lane and repelled a bid from Miss Away (Run Away and Hide) to win by 1 1/4 lengths. The winner is a half-sister to Spooky Woods (Ghostzapper), GSP, $78,945; a 2-year-old filly by Astrology; and a yearling colt by Curlin. Sales history: $200,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: MGSP, 7-3-0-3, $138,600. Click Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 4:33 p.m. EDT for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. RUSHAWAY S., $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m O-Cheyenne Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. 1 Capture the Glory Scat Daddy Cardenas Gallagher 30-1 Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw 2 Hansenation Hansen Lezcano Maker 15-1 3 Montu Dialed In Prescott Deegan 12-1 4 Cool Arrow Into Mischief Saez Sharp 3-1 Elm Tree Farm Sales Graduate 5 Royal by Nature (Ire) Myboycharlie (Ire) Albarado Cox 9-2 Dam Bred & Sold by Mulholland Springs 6 Gorgeous Kitten Kitten’s Joy Hernandez Maker 5-1 7 Sailing Home Mast Track Leparoux Casse 5-2 9th-TAM, $20,000, Alw, 3-24, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 8 Hey Mike Cape Blanco (Ire) Gaffalione Maker 6-1 1:35.79, fm. 9 Willamazing Tizway Hill Gorder 12-1 UNFAZED (f, 4, Elusive Quality--Valbenny {Ire} {MGSW & MGISP, $589,453}, by Val Royal {Fr}) completed the exacta in her career bow in a sloppy off-the-turfer here a day short of a year ago and broke her maiden on the grass at Laurel last April. Subsequently shelved, she returned with a runner-up effort over Friday=s Results: this course and distance Feb. 11 and was installed as the 2-1 3rd-FG, $41,000, Msw, 3-24, 3yo, 6f, 1:11.53, ft. favorite while adding Lasix for the first time here. Racing in a HYKA (c, 3, Proud Citizen--Santina Dond {SW, $112,755}, by El two-wide fourth early, the bay moved into a joint second Prado {Ire}) faded to eighth last time over this track and trip approaching the bend, collared the pacesetter in the lane and Feb. 25 and was given a 5-2 chance to improve here. Glued to held off Realistic (Tapit) by a half-length at the line. The winner=s favored Class Won (Caleb=s Posse)=s outside hip through a sharp dam Valbenny was purchased by Roy and Gretchen Jackson=s first quarter in :21.89, the chestnut drew even with that rival on Lael Stable for $1.2-million at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton November the far turn and the pair exchanged a few light bumps in the sale after concluding her sophomore campaign with three lane before Hyka drew off to score by 2 1/4 lengths. Mono (First graded victories and a pair of Grade I placings. She is responsible Samurai), a 28-1 shot, beat out Class Won for second. The for the 2-year-old filly Palsy Walsy (Lonhro {Aus}) and a yearling winner=s dam has a juvenile filly by Creative Cause and produced filly by Curlin. Valbenny was bred back to English Channel last a colt by that Airdrie sire earlier this year. Sales history: $47,000 year. Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, $42,800. Click for the RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $24,600. Click for Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Lael Stables; B-M. Roy Jackson (KY); T-Arnaud Delacour. O/B-Brereton C. & Bret Jones (KY); T-J. Larry Jones. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:09 p.m. EDT 2nd-SA, $54,000, Msw, 3-24, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:17.29, ft. PURPLE MOUNTAIN S., $150,000, 3yo, f, 6f +CHARLATANA (f, 3, Harlan=s Holiday--Chattertown {SP, PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML $104,332}, by Speightstown), a half-sister to last term=s GII Jim 1 Vertical Oak Giant Oak Contreras Asmussen 4-1 Dandy S. upsetter Laoban (Uncle Mo), $526,250, was sent off at 2 Our Majesty Majesticperfection Santana Moquett 5-2 generous 7-2 odds for a Bob Baffert-trained firster. Quickest 3 Golden Mischief Into Mischief Franco Asmussen 2-1 away from the stalls, the bay was hounded by favored Danuska=s 4 Country Candy Intimidator Vazquez Creighton 12-1 5 Chanel’s Legacy Dominus Birzer Chleborad 7-2 My Girl (Shackleford) through a swift opening quarter in :22.55. 6 Whistle Stop Into Mischief Cannon Lauer 20-1 Given a bit of a breather through a half in :46.01, she was 7 Hotshot Anna Trappe Shot Canchari Robertson 8-1 rejoined by the chalk turning for home and two more rivals swarmed Charlatana on each side in the lane, but she dug deep to score a neck success. Utana (Curlin) was second and the favorite stayed on for third. Don Alberto purchased the winner=s dam Chattertown for $240,000 with this foal in utero at the Friday=s Results: 2013 Keeneland November sale. Chattertown is also responsible 3rd-SA, $58,361, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-24, 3yo, for the 2-year-old filly Charladora (Scat Daddy), a yearling colt by 6 1/2fT, 1:12.72, fm. Pioneerof the Nile and an Empire Maker colt born earlier this LAW ABIDIN CITIZEN (g, 3, Twirling Candy--Honest Answer year. Charlatana also hails from the extended female family of {GSP, $182,020}, by Tale of the Cat) broke his maiden with a MGISW and multi-millionaire I=m a Chatterbox (Munnings). decisive 5 1/4-length victory at fifth asking here Jan. 29 and Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com checked in second to Iliad (Ghostzapper) in this venue=s GII San chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Vicente S. next out Feb. 12. Dispatched at 5-2 for this turf bow, O/B-Don Alberto Stable (KY); T-Bob Baffert. the dark bay kept tabs on the leaders from third through swift early splits of :21.78 and :43.89. Swung way out to the center of the track on the far turn, the gelding moved in to the three path in the lane and edged ahead late for a head success. Rockin Rudy (Midshipman) filled the place spot. "I thought he'd take to 8th-SA, $55,725, Msw, 3-24, 3yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 1:14.19, fm. the grass," said Jamie Theriot."The idea today was to keep him SABURAI (f, 3, First Samurai--Ms Isadorable, by Royal relaxed early and keep him within striking distance. He's the Academy), off the board in two turf tries for previous trainer type of horse that when he makes the lead, he'll shut it down a Mary Lightner, checked in third in a muddy sprint test here Jan. little, so I kept him engaged. He's a nice horse." The winner is a 6 and was fourth next out behind a ATDN Rising Star@ half-brother to Sweet Singin (Street Sense), GSP, $118,370; a 2- performance from Deliteful Lady (Dialed In), a race that was year-old colt by Violence; and a yearling filly by the same Hill >n= further flattered when runner-up Paradise Woods (Union Rags) Dale sire. His dam Honest Answer, who visited Street Sense last went on to earn her own ATDN Rising Star@ moniker next out. year, is a half-sister to Canadian champion Truth of it All (Proud Switched back to the sod next out Mar. 3, she finished fourth = Truth) and MGISW I Ain t Bluffing (Pine Bluff). Sales history: over this course and distance and was dispatched at 4-1 here. $100,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSP, 7-2-2-2, Away alertly, the chestnut was on the outside of a three-horse $134,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, duel for control through a quick first quarter in :21.95. Favored sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Line (War Front) edged clear with Saburai pressing from second O-Dan Agnew, Gerry Schneider & John Xitco; B-Hill 'n' Dale through a half in :44.40. Collaring the leader in early stretch, Equine Holdings, Inc (KY); T-Mark Glatt. Saburai kicked clear and held off Kenda (Bodemeister) for a neck Hill ‘n’ Dale Bred, Raised and Sold success. The winner is a half to Major Marvel (Bernstein), MSW, $762,941; and Arctic North (North Light {Ire}), GSP, $288,435. Her produced a Temple City filly in 2016 and was bred back to that sire. Saburai=s third dam is MGSIW Ms. Eloise (Nasty and Bold). Sales history: $100,000 yrl >15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 6-1-0-1, $45,960. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. “TDN Rising Star” Bobby on Fleek (Frost Giant) O-Holly & David Wilson; B-Richard Shultz (KY); T-Vladimir Cerin. returns to winning ways at Aqueduct. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
COIL (Point Given), Magali Farms, $5K, 90/9/0 9-GG, Msw 6f, +C. R. Golden Queen, 10-1 CREATIVE CAUSE (Giant's Causeway), Airdrie Stud, $15K, 174/24/2 7-MVR, $75K Southern Park S., 6f, Nikki My Darling, $100K OBS MAR 2yo, 9-5 DIALED IN (Mineshaft), Darby Dan Farm, $7.5K, 174/24/4 8-TP, $100K Rushaway S., 1 1/16m, Montu, $35K OBS APR 2yo, 12-1 7-SA, Msw 5 1/2f, What'sontheagenda, $75K OBS APR 2yo, 3-1 11-GP, $75K Any Limit S., 6f, Truge, $20K KEE NOV wnl, 9-2 IN BRITAIN: DOMINUS (Smart Strike), Spendthrift Farm, $6.5K, 85/11/2 +Voski, c, 3, Medaglia d=Oro. See ABritain.@ 11-TP, Msw 1m, Ingadore, $12K KEE SEP yrl, 15-1 9-OP, $150K Purple Martin S., 6f, Chanel's Legacy, 7-2 GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15K, 205/25/3 IN AUSTRALIA: 7-TP, Msw 6f, +Twinsanity, $22K KEE SEP yrl, 10-1 Green Sweet, g, 5, Smart Strike--Only Green (Ire) (MSW & GSP- GET STORMY (Stormy Atlantic), Crestwood Farm, $5K, 141/13/1 Fr, $165,007), by Green Desert. Albury, 3-24, Albury Gold Cup- 5-GP, Msw 5fT, King Stormy, $10K RNA FTK OCT yrl, 20-1 Listed ($137k), 2000mT, 2:03.04. B-Wertheimer et Frere (KY). HANSEN (Tapit), KOR, $12.5K, 129/29/2 *i55,000 HRA >16 ARQJUL. **SW-Fr. ***Winner of the Listed 8-TP, $100K Rushaway S., 1 1/16m, Hansenation, 15-1 Prix Omnium II in France when trained by Freddy Head for the 10-TP, $500K GIII Jack Cincinnati Casino Spiral S., 1 1/8m, En Hanse, 15-1 Wertheimer Brothers, Green Sweet improved for a narrow 10-TP, $500K GIII Jack Cincinnati Casino Spiral S., 1 1/8m, Fast and Accurate, $85K OBS APR 2yo, 15-1 defeat on his Australian debut at Rosehill Mar. 11 to scoop this 7-TP, Msw 6f, The Hans Sum One, $60K KEE SEP yrl, 9-2 valuable prize. Settled mid-field through the middle stages, INDIAN FIREWATER (Indian Charlie), Doubletree Farm, $3K, 52/7/0 Green Sweet peeled out wide entering the final 400 meters 2-SUN, Msw 1m, Fancy Firewater, 4-1 and got up late to score by a half-lengths. VIDEO MACHEN (Distorted Humor), Il Cavallo Farm, 47/1/0 8-CT, Msw 7f, +Just a Lil Lukey, 15-1 IN SOUTH KOREA: MCKENNA'S JUSTICE (Medaglia d'Oro), 13/2/0 2-SUN, Msw 1m, McFirst, 4-1 +King of Ace, c, 3, Malibu Moon--Cintarosa (SW, $177,730), by MIDAS TOUCH (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Rockridge Stud, $10K, 24/0/0 Grand Slam. Busan, 3-24, Hcp. ($67k), 1400m. B-Jack 8-CT, Msw 7f, Touch of Midas, 20-1 Grunwald (KY). *Won by six lengths. **$200,000 RNA Ylg >15 OVERDRIVEN (Tale of the Cat), Ocala Stud Farm, $3K, 114/18/0 FTSAUG; $28,000 2yo >16 OBSMAR; $85,000 2yo >16 OBSJUN; 11-GP, $75K Any Limit S., 6f, Faith N Hope, $3K OBS AUG yrl, 6-1 $50,000 2yo >16 FTKNOV. SHACKLEFORD (Forestry), Darby Dan Farm, $20K, 208/27/2 7-SA, Msw 5 1/2f, +Thataboyroy, $16K FTK OCT yrl, 6-1 10-OP, Msw 1 1/16m, Grandpa's Dream, $25K FTK OCT yrl, 15-1 10-OP, Msw 1 1/16m, +Ford'spowerstroke, $22K OKC YRL yrl, 20-1 7-MVR, $75K Southern Park S., 6f, My Ticket Home, $47K RNA OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE) (Tamayuz {GB}), Tally-Ho Stud, $6K, 147/41/2 11-TP, Msw 1m, Knight's Dream (IRE), $87K GOY HIT yrl, 9-5 STAR GUITAR (Quiet American), Clear Creek Stud, $4K, 80/8/0 9-FG, Aoc 6f, Shamrock Star, $45K EQL 2YO 2yo, 6-5 STAY THIRSTY (Bernardini), Ashford Stud, $17.5K, 160/33/2 7-TP, Msw 6f, +Professor Snape, $170K KEE SEP yrl, 5-2 TAPIZAR (Tapit), Gainesway Farm, $15K, 181/27/2 3-HAW, Msw 6f, Go Beeja, $180K OBS MAR 2yo, 9-5 Second-crop starters to watch: Saturday, March 25 THE FACTOR (War Front), Lane's End Farm, $15K, 218/28/3 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ 2-FG, Aoc 1 1/16mT, Zinger, $285K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 7-2 BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) 7-SA, Msw 5 1/2f, The Party Factor, $125K OBS APR 2yo, 4-1 AIKENITE (Yes It's True), Calumet Farm, $7.5K, 26/2/0 13-GP, Msw 7 1/2fT, Game Factor, $300K EAS MAY 2yo, 9-5 2-FG, Aoc 1 1/16mT, Hotfoot, 9-2 9-TP, $100K GIII Bourbonette Oaks, 1m, Delphinia, $510K EAS MAY 2yo, 7-2 AMERICAIN (Dynaformer), Calumet Farm, $20K, 69/2/0 THREE CHOPT ROAD (Rock Slide), 9/0/0 6-SA, Msw 1 1/8mT, +My Audubon, $100K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1 8-CT, Msw 7f, Prince of the Road, 10-1 ASTROLOGY (A.P. Indy), Taylor Made Stallions, $7.5K, 156/22/2 8-CT, Msw 7f, Prospector Road, 12-1 2-CT, Msw 7f, Starlight Flight, 2-1 TO HONOR AND SERVE (Bernardini), Gainesway Farm, $30K, 172/23/1 5-HAW, Alw 6f, Spinning Star, 15-1 10-TP, $500K GIII Jack Cincinnati Casino Spiral S., 1 1/8m, Blueridge Traveler, BODEMEISTER (Empire Maker), WinStar Farm, $30K, 262/23/2 $100K FTK JUL yrl, 15-1 10-GP, Msw 7 1/2fT, Chesapeake City, $100K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 15-1 9-TP, $100K GIII Bourbonette Oaks, 1m, On Her Honor, $30K OBS OPN 2yo, 20-1 6-SA, Msw 1 1/8mT, Lizmeister, $80K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 11-TP, Msw 1m, Enhanced Edition, 10-1 REMINDER Any breeder who breeds this year will be eligible for this type of check To refresh your memory on the Team West Bonus Program, CLICK HERE TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 5 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 25, 2017
1st-PEN, $33,040, 3-24, (NW1X), 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.71, ft. BREEDERS’ EDITION IANTHE (f, 3, Sky Mesa--Bellflower {SP}, by Cherokee Run) Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-1, $94,193. O-Tom Coulter; B-Arrowwood Farm, Inc. (PA); T-Rodrigo Madrigal, Sr. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-OP, $82,000, 3-24, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.50, ft. 6th-TAM, $23,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($32,000), 3-24, 3yo/up, PROFOUND MOMENT (f, 4, Haynesfield--Moment of Honour, 1m 40y, 1:39.86, ft. by Honour and Glory) Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $81,738. EPIC JOURNEY (g, 4, J P's Gusto--Golden Horseshoe, by Belong O-Mark DeDomenico LLC; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Jack C. to Me) Lifetime Record: MSP, 15-3-4-3, $112,187. O-Joseph N. Silich; B-Brent & Crystal Fernung (FL); T-Anthony J. Granitz. Van Berg. *$70,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. *$55,000 2yo '15 OBSAPR. 8th-AQU, $67,000, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 3-24, 4yo/up, ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 1 1/16m, 1:45.67, ft. Horoscope, g, 3, Astrology--Roxie Dancer, by Successful Appeal. VIRTUAL MACHINE (c, 4, Drosselmeyer--Critikal Reason {SP}, AQU, 3-24, (S), 6f, 1:11.48. B-Apache Farm Llc (NY). *$15,000 by Aptitude) Lifetime Record: SP, 9-2-3-2, $131,030. O-Serjeant Ylg '15 SARAUG; $75,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Equine; B-Farfellow Farms Ltd. (KY); T-David A. Cannizzo. *$100,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV; $65,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. **1/2 to +Remy's Rocket, f, 3, Fiber Sonde--Remy Doodles, by Grand Bajan (Speightstown), MSW & GISP, $229,525. ***Won by 9 1/2 Slam. CT, 3-24, (S), 4 1/2f, :53.99. B-Timothy & Judith Grams (WV). lengths. Moonlight Blue, g, 3, Gio Ponti--Moonlit Malibu (MSW, $256,288), by Malibu Moon. SA, 3-24, (C), 1m, 1:39.41. B-Alberta Davies (KY). *$27,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $80,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. 6th-SA, $57,380, (S), 3-24, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 6 1/2fT, 1:13.55, Dixie Flyer, f, 3, Redding Colliery--Sweetheartofdixie, by Mr. fm. Greeley. OP, 3-24, (S), 1 1/16m, 1:51.19. B-David & Daniel DAVID'S MEMORY (g, 5, Vronsky--Judge's Pegasus, by Unusual Rogers (AR). Heat) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0, $79,346. O-Nu Wave Stables Wicked Zar, c, 3, Tapizar--Wicked Deed (SW), by Harlan's LLC; B-David Nelson (CA); T-Hector O. Palma. *$2,700 3yo '15 Holiday. OP, 3-24, (C), 1 1/16m, 1:47.78. B-Winchell BAROCT. Thoroughbreds LLC (KY). *1/2 to Just Wicked (Tapit), GSW, $208,460. 8th-FG, $43,000, (S), (NW2L)/Opt. Clm ($30,000), 3-24, 3yo, 6f, Cataphract, c, 3, Vaquero--Tropical Angel, by Tropical Storm. 1:10.95, ft. MVR, 3-24, (S), 6f, 1:15.08. B-Roger S. Braugh (OH). Richie Rocks, g, 4, Awesome of Course--Jasmine and Daisys, by RESILIENCE OF LOVE (g, 3, Private Vow--Marquise, by Cape Lite the Fuse. HAW, 3-24, (S), 6f, 1:10.49. B-Richard Ravin & Town) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $57,220. O-Drop 23, LLC; B-Carl Larry Rivelli (IL). Raabe & Loretta Romero (LA); T-Henry B. Johnson, Jr. UPCOMING MAJOR 8th-LRL, $41,160, 3-24, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:38.63, ft. NORTH AMERICAN STAKES WINNER'S DREAM (f, 4, Drosselmeyer--Storm Front, by A.P. Date Race Track Indy) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $42,420. O-Sagamore Farm; 3/25 GII San Luis Rey S. SA B-Pleasant Hill Partners (KY); T-Horacio DePaz. *$75,000 Wlg '13 GIII Skip Away S. GP KEENOV; $130,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. **1/2 to Stormy Regatta GIII Bourbonette Oaks TP (Midshipman), MSW & GSP, $160,310. GIII Spiral S. TP 3/26 GIII Sunland Derby SUN RECOMMENDED BY BOBFELD BLOODSTOCK 4/1 GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby GP GII TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby FG 4th-PEN, $33,300, (S), 3-23, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, GII Mervin Muniz Memorial H. FG 1:46.31, ft. GII New Orleans H. FG TALENTEDLOVEAFFAIR (f, 4, Talent Search--Surpriseloveaffair, GII TwinSpires.com Fair Grounds Oaks FG GII Gulfstream Park Oaks GP by Not For Love) Lifetime Record: 11-3-3-0, $68,656. O-Paul E. GII Pan American S. GP Labe, Jr.; B-Paul E. Labe (PA); T-T. Bernard Houghton. GII Honey Fox S. GP
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A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER ARROGATE TAKES ON THE WORLD What Juddmonte Farms=s Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song) has FOR BLUE DIAMOND TEAM achieved in his seven-race career thus far has been nothing short of phenomenal, and the 4-year-old looks to have more records within his reach as he lines up as the heavy 1-3 international favourite for Saturday=s $10-million G1 Dubai World Cup. Arrogate announced himself as a likely superstar with a 13 1/2-length demolition of the GI Travers S. at Saratoga last summer, and the grey built on that promise when defeating last year=s World Cup winner, California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit), in the $6-million GI Breeders= Cup Classic. Arrogate has made one start this season: a 4 3/4-length romp in the inaugural $12- million GI Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 28, and a win on Saturday would see him surpass California Chrome as the richest-ever North American-trained Thoroughbred. It would also make him the second-richest horse in the world, behind only Japanese Triple Crown winner Orfevre (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}). Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar with advisor Tony Nerses in Dubai Arrogate=s trainer, Bob Baffert, knows what it takes to win the Emma Berry 1 1/4-mile race, his two previous winners Captain Steve and By Emma Berry Silver Charm placing him second only to Saeed bin Suroor for Dubai, UAE--Given adequate financial backing, the pursuit of number of wins in the race. breeding the best to the best should be easy. But for every Baffert has not won the race since Captain Steve in 2001, and occasion that this has been a roaring success, there have been he also saddles last-out G2 San Antonio S. winner Hoppertunity so many more examples of well-bred failures. After all, the (Any Given Saturday), who was third in last year=s World Cup second part of the saying requires one simply to hope for the and carries the same colours as Captain Steve. best, and with hope, every breeder also requires luck. ABoth my horses are happy and healthy,@ said Baffert. AIt is Having bought Pearling (Storm Cat), a sister to Giant's very exciting to be here with two such good horses and it would Causeway and You'resothrilling, for 1.3-million guineas and sent be great if they could run first and second.@ her to Galileo (Ire), the team of Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Despite his previous experience in Dubai, Baffert admitted his Sagar gave their fledgling breeding operation at Blue Diamond nerves can still get the best of him. Stud the best possible chance of making its name on the world AUntil [Arrogate] gets in the gate and gets the job done in the stage. race, I=m going to be a nervous wreck,@ he said. Just over five years ago, Pearling delivered her first foal, a colt, Arrogate and Hoppertunity head a strong Team USA, which and he was followed by another colt by Dubawi (Ire), then a filly also includes Grade I winner Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) and from the first crop of Frankel (GB). So far, so good. But disaster Pegasus third and fourth Neolithic (Candy Ride {Arg}) and Keen was to strike when the farm lost Pearling's 2015 Dansili (GB) colt Ice (Curlin). cont. p5 as a yearling in a paddock accident, while the following year the mare produced a dead colt by Galileo. So, by the time her first foal, now named Decorated Knight (GB), became a Group 1 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY winner in the Jebel Hatta on Super Saturday, it was as much a Many Potential Twists in This Spiral feeling of compensation and relief as one of delight. The Roger The road to the Kentucky Derby makes a stop in Florence, Charlton-trained 5-year-old is now aiming to build on that Kentucky Saturday where a diverse group of 12 lines up for top-level win with a further triumph in today's G1 Dubai Turf, Turfway Park’s GIII JACK Cincinnati Casino Spiral S. one of eight contests for Thoroughbreds on the Dubai World Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Cup card worth $29-million. cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
A Knight To Remember For Blue Diamond Team cont. from p1 "Of course having a Group 1 winner is what every breeder dreams of and especially for the age of our breeding operation-- it's not been so long that we have owned the stud," says Saleh Al Homaizi, who began owning horses in his native Kuwait 20 years ago, always in partnership with his friend and countryman Imad Al Sagar, before spreading his wings to Britain. The duo has been well advised on the racing and breeding front by manager Tony Nerses, who aided them to strike at the highest level early in their British ownership days, first with Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Araafa (Ire) (Mull Of Kintyre {Ire}) and then the following year, even more gratifyingly, with Derby winner Authorized (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). While both Classic winners were sold to stand at stud, the partners have more recently retained ownership of Group 2 winner Sayif (Ire) (Kheleyf), who stands at Llety Farms, and have this season retired homebred G2 Gimcrack S. winner Ajaya (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) to Rathbarry Stud. While not currently standing stallions themselves, they have bought two farms on the outskirts of Newmarket at which to base their breeding operation. Al Homaizi explains, "After the early success we had with Araafa and Authorized and many others, we felt that the best way to go forward and to be able to get the best bloodlines was to breed our own, because long term that potentially gives you a better chance of getting Group horses, and that's what "I don't just get nervous on race day, the nerves start for me happened with Ajaya--we bought his dam in foal, carrying him. now," he says. The sales are very tough and getting tougher--you have to pay The friends have been champion owners in Kuwait but after a so much money for the better pedigrees." break in having horses in their homeland have recently Instead of continuing to invest solely in yearlings, the pair reinvested in a runner in the country, where Al Homaizi has opted instead to make a significant play for some decent recently been put in charge of racing. broodmares. "It was Saleh who got me into racing," recalls Al Sagar. "He has "I remember when we bought Pearling, Tony was at the sale loved horses all his life and we've been friends for a long time so and he rang me to say this is the only mare we should buy. It he pulled me along with him." Cont. p3 was good advice," says Al Homaizi with a smile. "We paid a lot of money for Pearling of course but now she's worth so much more." What the 11-year-old mare has given her two owners cannot be measured solely in bloodstock valuations, however. Speaking from his hotel in Dubai two days ahead of the biggest meeting in the UAE, Al Homaizi--who has made the short trip from his home country--says, "It's a really proud moment for us to have a runner at the Dubai World Cup meeting. It's a real sense of achievement and satisfaction. Maybe it doesn't have the same history as Royal Ascot, but it is still a very young meeting and it is now very important, with more than 80% of the guests who will be attending coming from outside Dubai." As our discussion is taking place, Imad Al Sagar arrives at the hotel and immediately admits that he is very nervous ahead of the big night. Decorated Knight training towards the Dubai Turf | Emma Berry TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
With Decorated Knight set to return to Roger Charlton's Beckhampton stable next week ahead of a European summer campaign, which could potentially include appearances in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, G1 Prince Of Wales's S. or G1 Coral-Eclipse S., the team is also looking forward to seeing his 3-year-old sister Ambrosia (GB) continue her racing career under the guidance of Roger Varian. "She is by Frankel and she ran only twice last year so we hope VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS she will be a good filly this year," says Al Homaizi. Gary King Meanwhile, Pearling is set to produce a brother or sister to Twitter: @garykingTDN Decorated Knight in the coming weeks, a foal whose arrival will [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 certainly be the most eagerly awaited among the Blue Diamond Stud newcomers. The farm's broodmare band currently International Editor numbers 57, but is likely to be reduced in the coming years. Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN "Saleh is keen to cut down to 35 mares and I agree with him," [email protected] explains Nerses. "We currently board some mares at other studs but it would be nice to scale down slightly. The problem is we European Editor Emma Berry also have stallions to support so we can't cut back too Twitter: @collingsberry much--we're sending 18 to 20 mares to Ajaya at Rathbarry Stud." [email protected] With Decorated Knight being very closely related to the 2,000 Contributing Editors Guineas winner Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and a Group 1 Heather Anderson winner himself, he has every right to be considered as the Alan Carasso partnership's next stallion prospect, not that they have any Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing immediate desire to stand a stallion at Blue Diamond. Sean Cronin "Right now I don't think we are equipped to stand our own Tom Frary stallion but it is a possibility for the future," says Al Homaizi. [email protected] "The studs which stand stallions are very specialised and well Irish Correspondent qualified after doing it for many years. At Rathbarry they know Daithi Harvey the industry very well and have a good client base." Regular Columnists In the meantime, it is clear that the sporting owners are simply Bill Oppenheim enjoying the prospect of what this year might bring for the horse Andrew Caulfield who has already delivered one dream. Al Homaizi adds, "We John Berry Kevin Blake know Decorated Knight will have to improve again to win a very Tom Peacock strong race but for us it is exciting to be here with a good chance in a Group 1 race at the Dubai World Cup meeting. We are just Send Press Releases to: so proud of him." [email protected]
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Like the champion Lammtarra and the dam of the G1 Prix Jean Prat hero Aesop=s Fables (Distorted Humor), she is out of Snow Bride (Blushing Groom {Fr}) who was awarded the 1989 G1 Epsom Oaks. She has a 2-year-old full-brother to the winner and was bred to Street Sense for 2017. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $3,645. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. INVINCIBLE SPIRIT BREEDING RIGHT RNAS O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Darley (KY); T-Mark Johnston. A breeding right to leading sire Invincible Spirit (Ire) offered on Arqana Online Mar. 23 to 24 failed to meet the meet the reserve set by the vendor. Thirteen bidders from across Europe and America bid the breeding right up to i210,000, but it ultimately went unsold. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: +Melonade (GB), f, 3, Mayson (GB)--Cambridge Duchess (GB), by Singspiel (Ire). NC, 3-24, 5f (AWT), 1:01.28. B-Theakston Stud (GB). Friday=s Results: 4th-NC, ,5,000, Mdn, 3-24, 3yo, 8f 5y (AWT), 1:41.67, st. MUSIKEL (IRE) (g, 3, Frankel {GB}--Musical Treat {Ire} {MSP- Eng, $116,609}, by Royal Academy), a half-brother to the CONDITIONS RESULT: brilliant G1 English and Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Finsceal Beo 4th-DUN, i25,000, 3-24, 3yo/up, 6f (AWT), 1:12.37, st. (Ire) (Mr. Greeley), Ch. 2-y-o Filly-Eur, Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eng, Ire & SIGN OF THE KODIAC (IRE) (c, 4, Kodiac {GB}--Summer Magic Fr, Hwt. 3yo Filly-Ire at 7-9f, Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 6 1/2-9 1/2f, {Ire}, by Desert Sun {GB}) Lifetime Record: 29-5-5-3, $133,914. Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 9 1/2-10 1/2f, G1SW-Ire, Eng & Fr, O-The Cool Silk Partnership; B-Mrs Claire Doyle (IRE); T-James $1,478,232, had been gelded and moved to his current stable Given. *,50,000 Ylg >14 DNPRM. from Jim Bolger since his debut fifth over this trip at Leopardstown in October and raced in the front line before taking a slight lead ahead of the halfway mark. Keeping up the gallop despite a flurry of challenges, the 5-2 second favourite ground it out to win by a length from Globetrotter (Ire) (Helmet Friday=s Results: {Aus}). Finsceal Beo, Bolger=s Aliving legend@, is also the dam of 3rd-LTS, i18,000, Debutantes, 3-24, 2yo, 5fT, 1:01.01, vs. Ol= Man River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) who captured the G2 +MARTHA JANE (FR) (f, 2, Cockney Rebel {Ire}--Artistic Light Beresford S., while her half-brother Frozen Power (Ire), GSW- {GB}, by Fantastic Light), sent off at 6-1, broke smartly against Ger, SW-Fr & GSP-UAE, $404,391, was also a Classic winner in the rail to dispute the early lead. Gradually asserting from the the G2 Mehl Mulhens-Rennen, or German 2000 Guineas. Musical i Treat has a 2-year-old filly by Acclamation (GB) still to come. furlong pole, the 5,000 OSASEP yearling hit the line with 4 1/2 Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $4,318. Video, sponsored by lengths to spare over So Sora (Fr) (Desert Blanc {GB}). The dam, Fasig-Tipton. who is a half-sister to the G1 Hong Kong Vase hero and triple G1 O-Mrs Elaine M. Burke; B-Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Karl Burke. Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), has a yearling filly by Planteur (Ire). The fourth 5th-LIN, ,4,500, Mdn, 3-24, 3yo, 12f (AWT), 2:33.04, st. dam is the Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Al Bahathri (Blushing +VOSKI (c, 3, Medaglia d=Oro--Say You Will {Ire} {MGSP-US, Groom {Fr}), while her daughter Almaaseh (Ire) (Dancing Brave) $183,403}, by A.P. Indy), sent off at 2-1, was notably green in produced the Hong Kong Horse of the Year and champion front throughout the early stages but always appeared to be Military Attack (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}), sprinting sire Almaty (Ire) well within his comfort zone. Sent clear from the top of the and the dam of the dual G2 Goodwood Cup winner Big Orange straight, the homebred was not extended to record a six-length (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, success from Ulysses (Ger) (Sinndar {Ire}). The dam, who was i9,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. runner-up in the GII La Canada S., is out of the G3 Prix d=Aumale O-Vincent Lechenault, Louis Clair Crane & Guy-Roger Petit; B- winner Saytarra (Seeking the Gold). Mme M Campbell Andenaes (FR); T-Bruno de Montzey.
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CONDITIONS RESULTS: The 14-horse World Cup lineup features a pair of horses that 6th-LTS, i40,000, 3-24, 4yo/up, 10fT, 2:05.41, vs. have tasted success on this card before, in the 2015 and 2016 CHIVERNY (FR) (g, 5, Whipper--Courances {Fr} by Simon du G2 UAE Derby winners Mubtaahij (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Lani Desert {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 16-8-0-2, i129,570. O-Eddir (Tapit). Mubtaahij split California Chrome and Hoppertunity in Loungar & Ecurie Loungar Racing; B-Bloodstock Agency Ltd & last year=s World Cup before enduring a three-start campaign M-F Mathet (FR); T-Fabrice Chappet. with trainer Kiaran McLaughlin in the U.S., which included a head second in the GI Woodward H. and a fourth behind 1st-SSB, i20,000, 3-24, 3yo, 10fT, 2:18.64, hy. Hoppertunity in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. Mubtaahij was an ONE ONE ONE (FR) (c, 3, Le Havre {Ire}--Acola {Fr}, by encouraging second first-up in a track-and-trip handicap on Feb. Acatenango {Ger) Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, i23,300. O-Rashid 23, but the draw was not kind to the 5-year-old. Mohammed Al Jehani; B-SARL Jedburgh Stud & C Humphris (FR); AWe were pleased with his one run this year and he has come T-Henri-Alex Pantall. *i9,000 Ylg >15 OSASEP; i45,000 2yo >16 on a lot for that outing,@ said trainer Mike de Kock. AWe were ARQMAY. pretty happy until the draw; 14 is not good but it is what we have and we will need to deal with it.@ ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: Japan, which saw its flag flown in the 2011 World Cup winner=s Vert Diamand (Fr), g, 3, Diamond Green (Fr)--Valprime (Fr), by enclosure courtesy the win of Victoire Pisa (Jpn) (Neo Universe Nombre Premier (GB). LTS, 3-24, 9fT, 1:56.97. B-M and Mme Y {Jpn}), sends a four-pronged attack, headed by Lani=s Group 1- Fremiot (FR). winning elder brother Awardee (Jungle Pocket {Jpn}) and his Dec. 29 G1 Tokyo Daishoten conqueror Apollo Kentucky EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS (Langfuhr). The World Cup sees the return of the top four finishers of the key local prep, the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3. Staged on IN AUSTRALIA: Super Saturday Mar. 4, the race threw up a longshot winner in Handsome Thief (Ire), c, 4, Shamardal--Insoumise (Ire), by Long River (A.P. Indy), who defeated defending winner and last Galileo (Ire). Moonee Valley, 3-24, Hcp. (,31k/i35k), 1200mT, year=s World Cup fourth Special Fighter (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). 1:11.64. B-Waratah Thoroughbreds.
Arrogate Takes On The World cont. from p1 Gun Runner, who won last year=s GI Clark H. and started 2017 with a 5 3/4-length victory in the GIII Razorback H. at Oaklawn on Feb. 20, is also trained by a former World Cup winner in Steve Asmussen, who saddled Curlin to victory in 2008. Ron Winchell, principal of majority owner Winchell Thoroughbreds, was at Meydan on Thursday morning and he said, AHe is doing absolutely fantastic and everyone is very happy with where we=re at. He=s bigger and stronger and more of a filled-out racehorse than he was last year. He hasn=t been tested in his last couple of races, but we=ll see here and we=ll see about the 2000m. The distance is always a worry in the back of your mind Arrogate and Baffert assistants Jimmy and Dana Barnes when they haven=t won yet at it, but there=s nothing that tells us DRC/Neville Hopwood that as a stronger and better horse that he shouldn=t be able to get it.@ TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
A CLASSIC SHEEMA IN STORE He is a model of consistency and forms a strong Ballydoyle challenge along with his Classic- winning stablemate Seventh A small but select field of seven runners tog out for the G1 Heaven (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). She ended last season when doing Longines Dubai Sheema Classic as Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) her best work at the finish in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare bids to follow up on his victory in last year's renewal. This time Turf having previously shown her class to win both the G1 12 months ago Roger Varian's top class 6-year-old had come Darley Irish Oaks and G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks. Further intrigue smoothly through his prep race in the G2 Dubai City Of Gold, in this tight contest is added with the re-appearance of the something that wasn't replicated this time around when he got lightly raced Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling). The 2015 G1 Dubai Duty beaten into second by the re-opposing Prize Money (GB) Free Irish Derby winner had a truncated campaign in 2016, (Authorized {Ire}) on Super Saturday. That Saeed Bin Suroor pulling up with a pelvic injury on his seasonal debut in April trained gelding benefitted from a fine ride from Adrie De Vries before running a fine race after a six month absence when and it will be a surprise if Postponed isn't a bit sharper for the finishing third to Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the G1 experience and also if he doesn't turn the tables on Godolphin's QIPCO Champion S. at Ascot in October. John Gosden appears progressive 4-year-old. "I could not be happier with Postponed's to have had a clearer run with 5-year-old this time around and condition," said Roger Varian. "He looks hard-fit, his coat is he commented, "We are happy with him. He seems in good gleaming and he appears to have thrived for having some sun on order right now, but we are perfectly aware we are third or his back. He's in just the place we want him." fourth in the ratings. He needs to improve and I hope he can--it Bin Suroor's runner should not be underestimated, however, is a small, but elite field." and the trainer commented, "Prize Money is improving all the time and won nicely last time. A mile-and-a-half is his best trip, although this is another tough contest. If he can get into a nice ZARAK OUT TO LIVE UP TO PEDIGREE position in the race, I hope that he can run well again." Whether Previously known as the Dubai Duty Free, the G1 Dubai Turf Postponed can also deal with the rest of the field is another boasts an international roll of honour which includes Solow debate. He has been beaten in his last two starts and he will (GB), Just A Way (Jpn), Elvstroem (Aus), Paolini (Ger) and Ipi have to be at his best to account for some top-class middle Tombe (Zim), and this year's renewal features a similarly global distance runners. cast with runners from Ireland, France, Britain, Japan, Dubai and Singapore. The race has been denied the reappearance of last year's winner Real Steel (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who was ruled out earlier this week when found to have bled from both nostrils during exercise. At the head of the market sits the well-bred >TDN Rising Star= Zarak (Fr), a 4-year-old son of Dubawi (Ire) and the Aga Khan's outstanding racemare Zarkava (Fr) (Zamindar), who won the G3 Dubai Millennium S. at Meydan on Feb. 16. This was his first start since a third-place finish in the G2 Qatar Prix Dollar at the beginning of October and he was previously second to Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in both the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano. If breeding and beauty were the only guide required then Zarak, who has looked imperious if a little hot during trackwork this week, would be a surefire Postponed winning last year=s Sheema Classic | DRC/Andrew Watkins winner. With $6-million at stake, however, there is strength in depth to Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) has danced nearly every the field which also includes Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo dance at this stage and he was prolific in 2016, winning the G1 {Ire}), who will aim to maintain his trainer Roger Charlton's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. and the GI Breeders' Cup 100% record in the race following his victory five years ago with Turf. He also finished second in the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Cityscape (GB) (Selkirk). The 5-year-old became a first homebred Triomphe and culminated the season by going down only to Group 1 winner for his Kuwaiti owners Saleh Al Homaizi and Satono Crown (Jpn) (Marju {Ire}) in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Imad Al Sagar in the Jebel Hatta on Super Saturday, and looks to Vase at Sha Tin in December. have come on well for that run a fortnight ago. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
Sheikh Hamdan's representative is the William Haggas-trained "The Arlington race was a 'win and you're in' for the Breeders' Mutakayyef (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a Group 2 winner at Cup and he was probably over-travelled when he got to Santa Ascot last summer who swerved his intended seasonal debut in Anita," he explained. "His pedigree suggested he might stay a the G3 Winter Derby at Lingfield with a bruised foot, but has mile-and-a-half but now we think he will always be best at a been pleasing the trainer's wife Maureen since his arrival in mile to 10 furlongs." Dubai. Heshem (Ire) (Footsepsinthesand {Ire}) represents the team of Godolphin's Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), who has remained Christophe Ferland and Al Shaqab Racing and the 4-year-old is with trainer Richard Fahey since his purchase at the beginning of making his first start outside his home country, where he won last year, holds solid Group 1 form, having won the Prix Jacques the G2 Prix Eugene Adam last year and was second on his return le Marois and finished just half-a-length in second behind to racing in the Prix Darshaan on Mar. 2 at Chantilly. Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when signing off last season in the Australian jockey Michael Rodd takes the ride on the QIPCO Queen Elizabeth II S. Singapore-based Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park {Aus}) for trainer Cliff Brown, while Joao Moreira teams up with Japanese trainer Yasuo Tomomichi, who will saddle the G1 Shuka Sho winner Vivlos (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The 4-year-old is one of three fillies in the race along with the Mick Channon-trained Opal Tiara (Ire) (Thousand Words {GB}), whose trip to Dubai has already proved profitable following her win in the G2 Balanchine on Feb. 16. Godolphin's Very Special (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is also a Group 2 winner at Meydan this season, having landed the Cape Verdi on Jan. 26 and then being beaten two lengths by Opal Tiara when fifth in the Balanchine.
>TDN Rising Star= Zarak at Meydan | Emma Berry
Deauville (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), winner of last year's GI Belmont Derby over 10 furlongs, appears to be the pick of the Ballydoyle trio, which is completed by Long Island Sound (War Front), runner-up in the 2016 GI Secretariat S. at Arlington, and Cougar Mountain (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who enjoyed a good seasonal pipe-opener when second to Sovereign Debt (Ire) in Qatar's Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup at the end of February. Mondialiste (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), whose globetrotting exploits Champion Zarkava, the dam of Dubai Turf entrant Zarak, recently for owners Geoff and Sandra Turnbull of Elwick Stud have produced a filly by Siyouni. Zarkava is due to visit included wins in the GI Arlington Million last year and the 2015 Sea The Stars this year | Zuzanna Lupa GI Woodbine Mile, is now seven and was last seen finishing last in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf over the extended trip of a mile and a half. Trainer David O'Meara feels he will be happier back over nine furlongs today. On my list of top five things in the world (following my two children, of course), I am fairly certain that France, the beach and racing would run 3-4-5. So you can only imagine how exciting it is to present Jocelyn Targett’s whimsical tale about a winter respite at Cagnes-sur-Mer, a race- track in France. On the beach. With wine (#6). Dive on in. We also give you a guide to the birthday celebration for Man o’ War, who turns 100 this month; introduce you to McCracken, Kansas, population 190, which is about to become famous for its Ken- tucky Derby namesake and give 85-year- old Janis Whitham the thrill of a lifetime; show you what’s new in Dubai (it’s always something!) and let Australian trainer Chris Waller have the last word. Hint: we’re all going to want that sleeping app of his…
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LENGTHENED AL QUOZ AN OPEN AFFAIR AHis owner, Paul Jacobs, and I watched him on the track on Wednesday and when he worked earlier in the week and he by Alan Carasso @ = Contested as a six-furlong listed race for its first two runnings looks in great shape, offered Limato s regular rider Harry Bentley. with a dirt crossing at Nad Al Sheba, the Al Quoz Sprint, Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) looks another who might upgraded to Group 1 status in 2012, has been run over the prefer the five-furlong dash, though he ran with credit when minimum 1000-metre trip since its switch to Meydan in 2010. third in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and when Officials at the Dubai Racing Club took the decision to lengthen fifth behind Limato in the July Cup. Runner-up in the G1 Prix de the Al Quoz back out to the 1200m, making this year=s event an l=Abbaye on Arc weekend at Chantilly, he was most recently an interesting exercise in handicapping. even seventh at 6-1 in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint. There has been no more dominant turf sprinter at the Carnival Hong Kong has been represented by two Al Quoz winners at the last two seasons than Ertijaal (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who Meydan--Joy and Fun (NZ) (Cullen {Aus}, 2010) and the is five for six since focusing on trips up to 1200m, his lone defeat speedball Amber Sky (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}, 2014). coming in a tough 3/4-length defeat at the hands of Australian Amazing Kids (NZ) (Falkirk {NZ}) enters this year=s running as raider Buffering (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}) in last year=s Al Quoz. something of an unknown with some subtle things in his favor. The bay carried 132 pounds and gave his rivals a 1 3/4-length The Southern Hemisphere 5-year-old is perfect in two recent beating in a Jan. 5 handicap over five panels and shot clear to tries down the 1000-metre straight at Sha Tin, having best Jungle Cat (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) by 2 3/4 lengths in the shouldered 132 pounds en route to an easy win in the G3 Meydan Sprint Feb. 16. The form was franked when the G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Jan. 8. Less effective around a bend, latter defeated his stablemate Baccarat (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) he was fourth to multiple Al Quoz placegetter Peniaphobia (Ire) and The Right Man (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the Nad al Sheba (Dandy Man {Ire}) in the G2 Centenary Sprint Cup Jan. 30. He Turf Sprint, a course-and-distance conditions prep for the Al has since trialled well and this trip, without having to negotiate a Quoz on Super Saturday Mar. 4. The chief query as regards turn, figures to hit him right between the eyes. Ertijaal is his aptitude over this slightly longer trip, but jockey Jim Crowley doesn=t see it as an issue. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN The G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen is a wide-open affair and a truly international Group 1 with challengers from Britain, Ireland, the U.S., Japan and Hong Kong taking on the home team of UAE runners. American trainers hold a strong hand in this dirt contest fielding three of the runners, and it would appear each holds strong credentials. Chief among them may be Mind Your Biscuits (Posse), who brings Group 1 form to the table courtesy of his penultimate start when he beat Sharp Azteca (Freud) in the GI Malibu S. over seven furlongs at Santa Anita last December. He has since run second in a Grade III at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 25, and has adapted well to his new surroundings according to his trainer Chad Summers, who commented earlier in the week, "He shipped well and is very good right now. I Ertijaal winning the Meydan Sprint | Andrew Watkins photo couldn't be happier. I wish the race was tomorrow and I feel AHe has won over 1400m, both in England and Abu Dhabi,@ very confident." said Crowley. AHe was still galloping strongly at the line on his Drawn widest of all in stall 14 won't make life easy for him and latest 1000m victory and I do not see the extra 200m being any on the other end of the draw spectrum is fellow U.S. challenger problem, but it is a stronger race.@ Stallwalkin' Dude (City Place). The 7-year-old doesn't seem to Limato (Ire) (Tagula {GB}) returns to six furlongs for the first know how to run a bad race and he has posted some solid time since validating 9-2 favoritism in last year=s G1 Darley July efforts at the top level without winning. His trainer David Cup at Newmarket. Winner two starts later of the G1 Qatar Prix Jacobson's son and assistant Howard is also keen on his chances, de la Foret (1400m) at Longchamp, the bay was a latest sixth as and said, "I really like how he's training and we haven't really the somewhat surprising favorite in the GI Breeders= Cup Mile at changed any of his routine here. We've kept him comfortable Santa Anita last November. and he is doing as well as you can ask for." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
The American trio is completed by St Joe Bay (Saint Anddan) SNOW FORECAST FOR DUBAI who comes into the race having rattled off three wins in This looks a particularly strong renewal of the G2 UAE Derby succession, most recently when he took the GII Palos Verdes S. with a couple of genuine Group 1 performers set to take part at Santa Anita on Feb 4. among a field of 16. One who has already scored at the top level The home team does mount a strong defense, and the UAE's is Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}), who was a first Group 1 leading trainer Doug Watson fields two leading contenders in winner for his sire when he handed out a five-length beating to My Catch (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) and Cool Cowboy (Kodiak South Seas (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) in the G1 Criterium Kowboy). The former hasn't seen competitive action since International at Saint-Cloud last October. The Godolphin colt, beating 2016 Golden Shaheen winner Muarrab (GB) (Oasis who has been recently nominated for the American Triple Dream {GB}) and Morawij (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) in a Crown, showed he had not only trained on into a very smart listed race at Meydan last December, while Cool Cowbay also 3-year-old but also a versatile one when he won on his seasonal ties into that form by way of his head defeat to Morawij in the reappearance in the G3 UAE 2000 Guineas on dirt at Meydan G3 Mahab Al Shimal on Super Saturday. Commenting on his pair on Feb. 11. That was over a mile and while his sire doesn't Doug Watson said, "My Catch has terrific early speed which we scream this 1900m trip will suit, his dam Eastern Joy (GB) (Dubai hope he can utilise. Cool Cowboy is a bit more versatile tactically Destination) offers plenty of encouragement on that score. but both are in great shape." Despite his advancing years it would be unwise to rule out the 11-year-old Reynaldothewizard (Speightstown). It would be a tremendous achievement for trainer Satish Seemar if the gelding could improve three places from last year's fourth position in the race and judging from his latest winning performance when he beat Muarrab in the Listed Dubawi S. on Jan. 12 that is not impossible. Assessing his chances Satish Seemar said, "He always gives his best and has been a great servant to the yard who we expect another big effort from under conditions that really suit him."
Thunder Snow winning the Criterium International | Scoop Dyga
A number of today's contenders were behind Thunder Snow last time including Qatar Man (Ire) (Archarcharch) and the Doug Watson trained pair of Cosmo Charlie (Stay Thirsty) and Bee Jersey (Jersey Town). Bee Jersey got closest to Thunder Snow on that occasion, albeit beaten five lengths, while the other two clashed again in the Listed Al Bastikaya Mar. 4 when Cosmo Charlie made all the running to beat Qatar Man by a length. Lucie Botti, whose husband Marco trains the Mubarak Al Naemi- owned Qatar Man, is expecting further progress from their representative and commented, "He didn't have a great prep Veteran gelding and former Shaheen winner Reynaldothewizard going into his last start in the Al Bastakiya and he has improved racingfotos.com for that run, which he obviously needs to do. He handles the dirt, has a good cruising speed and if he gets a similar trip to the Al Bastakiya then I think he can be competitive." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
Aidan O'Brien sends over a strong team for World Cup night Heavy Metal completed the superfecta in the Firebreak, but this year and he has an interesting runner in Lancaster Bomber has rebounded in solid fashion, adding a brace of 1600-metre (War Front). Used as a pacemaker for his stablemate Churchill affairs, including the Mar. 4 G3 Burj Nahaar. (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) on a number of occasions last year, he posted American invader and GISP Sharp Azteca (Freud) enters on the a sound effort to finish runner-up to 2016's champion juvenile in back of a 4 1/2-length victory in the GII Gulfstream Park H. Feb. the G1 Dubai Dewhurst S. at Newmarket in October. He showed 11 and is the most highly ranked horse at a mark of 115. what he was capable of when utilising more conventional tactics AWe were delighted when we saw the draw as six is about in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita in November where we would have picked,@ said trainer Jorge Navarro. AHe is when he ran a fine race to finish second to Oscar Performance really bouncing, seems in great form and is ready to run a big (Kitten's Joy). However, it will be his first competitive taste of a race on Saturday.@ dirt surface and the trip may also stretch him. Japanese Group 3 winner Kafuji Take (Jpn) (Precise End) is an intriguing prospect after a solid third in Tokyo=s Feb. 19 G1 February S., while two-time G2 Al Maktoum Challenge R1 hero WATSON AIMS FOR CONSECUTIVE MILES Le Bernardin (Bernardini) could make an impact if he rounds back into form after two unplaced efforts. Recently crowned six-time UAE champion trainer Doug Watson saddled the trifecta in the 2016 $1-million G2 Godolphin Mile and he sends out a pair of runners in the 2017 edition--GII California S. hero Second Summer (Summer Bird) and Feb. 23 DOUBLE ON THE CARDS FOR VAZIRABAD 2000-metre Curlin H. victor Etijaah (Daaher). The former was Having had four months away from the track since his victory only a nose shy of Furia Cruzada (Chi) (Newfoundland) in the G2 in the G1 Prix Royal Oak, Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}) had a Al Maktoum Challenge R2 in his Meydan debut Feb. 2 before decent prep run in second behind Beautiful Romance (GB) (New dropping to seventh in the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 on Approach {Ire}) in the G3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy and is now a Super Saturday Mar. 4. warm favourite to repeat his 2016 G2 Dubai Gold Cup triumph. AIdeally both would prefer further,@ Watson said. AHopefully Five of the first six home in that Feb. 23 contest will line up there will be plenty of pace on to give them something to aim at.@ again today, including the third-placed Sheikhzayedroad (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who signed off his 2016 campaign with a flourish, twice narrowly beating Quest For More (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the G2 Doncaster Cup and G2 QIPCO Long Distance Cup on British Champions' Day. The Gold Cup field has been significantly bolstered by the arrival in Dubai of last year's runner-up Big Orange (GB) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}), as well as Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}) and Quest For More--the trio that filled the first three places in the 2015 G2 Goodwood Cup.
Etijaah | DRC/Andrew Watkins
North America (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has been a revelation since transferring to Meydan, breaking his maiden by eight lengths over track and trip Nov. 17 and doubling up in a handicap locally Dec. 29. The Satish Seemar trainee bested GSW Heavy Metal (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) in another handicap Jan. 12 and romped in the G3 Firebreak S. Feb. 11. AHe has been a real star and just kept on improving,@ commented Seemar. AWe expect another big run from him.@ Ascot Gold Cup winner Trip To Paris | Emma Berry TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
With two Goodwood Cups, an Ascot Gold Cup and a Prix du it would take a Afairly big offer@ to secure the colt, who was a Cadran between them, all three join Sheikzayedroad in boasting A$210,000 purchase from Milburn Creek from last June=s Magic rock-solid form in the top European staying contests and should Millions National Yearling Sale. present serious threats to Vazirabad's bid to retain his crown. Doubt I=m Dreaming is the eighth foal out of Dreaming Of You, Throw into the mix last year's G1 Emirates Melbourne Cup who is a half-sister to American stakes winner Nash Terrace (Ire) runner-up Heartbreak City (Fr) (Lando {Ger}), who will be (Nashwan) as well as the dam of G1 Metropolitan S. winner Sir partnered by the exceptional Joao Moreira and is a first runner John Hawkwood (Ire) (Sir Percy {GB}) and Group 3 winner Greek on World Cup night for shrewd Irish dual-purpose trainer Tony Renaissance (Ire) (Machiavellian). The colt=s third dam is G1 Irish Martin, and the Dubai Gold Cup is a proper Group 1 contest in 1000 Guineas winner Gaily (Sir Gaylord), whose dynasty has all but name. grown to include stakes winners in France, Germany, Japan, An intriguing element is the reappearance of the Aidan Italy, the U.S., England, Dubai, Ireland and Hong Kong, such as O'Brien-trained Kingfisher (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has been Japanese champions Tamuro Cherry (Jpn) (Secreto) and Fine absent from the racecourse since finishing down the field in the Motion (Ire) (Danehill); and Pulsudski (Ire) (Polish Precedent), a 2015 Melbourne Cup. Previously a runner-up in both the G1 Grade/Group 1 winner in four countries. Dreaming Of You has a Ascot Gold Cup and G1 Irish Derby, the 6-year-old had a year off yearling colt by Hinchinbrook (Aus) and was barren last year while recovering from a leg injury and will have Ryan Moore in after being covered by Rubick (Aus). the saddle as he returns to action at Meydan.
Friday=s Result VALLEY PEARL S.-Listed, A$120,000, Moonee Valley, 3-24, 2yo, 1200mT, 1:10.76, gd. 1B+#DOUBT I=M DREAMING (AUS), 57, c, 2, by Not A Single Doubt (Aus) NO DOUBTING RISING STAR=S ABILITY 1st Dam: Dreaming Of You (Ire), by Spectrum (Ire) 2nd Dam: Gay Hellene, by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire) Friday evening=s Listed Valley Pearl S. at Moonee Valley 3rd Dam: Gaily, by Sir Gaylord boasted a handful of well-credentialed juveniles, including (A$210,000 yrl >16 MGLJUN) O-Redgum 2016 (Mgr: B J A$1.1-million yearling and G2 Silver Slipper S.-third Showtime Clayton), P M Allen, Mrs N Clayton, C H Clayton, I W Clayton, P (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}); >TDN Rising Star= and Group 3-placed G Dwyer, F Gerdtz, Mrs S L Grace, D Grace, S W Hackney, D E Muraaqeb (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}); and stakes-placed filly Oates, V M Stackhouse, C Tabone, D C Tabone, C G Wheeler, Pageantry (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}), but it was first-time M S Poole, D J Mann, The Ghygt (Mgr: P R McArdle); B-Milburn starter Doubt I=m Dreaming (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) Creek Stud; T-John McArdle; J-Jamie Mott; A$72,000. Lifetime who indeed set his connections dreaming with a scintillating Record: 1-1-0-0, A$72,000. victory in class-record time. Breaking well, Doubt I=m Dreaming 2BShowtime (Aus), 57, c, 2, Snitzel (Aus)BFlidais (Aus), by dropped back to last early as Muraaqeb and Coruscate (Aus) Timber Country. (A$1,100,000 yrl >16 MMLJAN) O-Arrowfield (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) dueled for the lead with Showtime Pastoral Syndicate (Mgr: J M Messara), K Yoshida, Belford keeping close order. Working his way up closer as they ran down Productions Syndicate (Mgr: A B Jones), Pinecliff Racing the side of the course, the bay moved three-wide for room Syndicate (Mgr: J B Munz), Koundouris Bloodstock Syndicate rounding the final bend and responded with an explosive kick (Mgr: A E Koundouris), J G Moore & G P I Racing Syndicate when pushed by Jamie Mott. He swept past the frontrunners as (Mgr: G P Ingham); B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd; T-Michael, Showtime chased in vain, and ultimately won by 2 3/4 lengths Wayne & John Hawkes; A$21,600. eased at the wire. 3BMuraaqeb (Aus), 57, c, 2, Snitzel (Aus)BTafseel (Aus), Veteran rider Mott told Racing.com, AObviously I haven=t >TDN Rising Star= by Starcraft (NZ). O-Shadwell Stud Australasia ridden a Group 1 winner yet but I=ve had a lot to do with Group Ltd Synd (Mgr: G M Kelly); B-Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd; T- 1 horses through trackwork and he=s definitely the best horse David A & B Hayes & Tom Dabernig; A$10,800. I=ve ridden since I=ve been riding. He put them away pretty Margins: 2.8 len, 4.3 len, 5 len. Odds: 12.00, 1.90, 1.70. easily. I think he could get to the top level.@ Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Trainer John McArdle said he was already fielding offers for Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. the juvenile after he won a barrier trial a week ago, but said that TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 12 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
Silent Sedition has been knocking on the door of a Group 1 victory for the better part of a year, and the 4-year-old fillyBa A$45,000 yearling purchase who has now bankrolled nearly A$1-millionBat last achieved that feat in Friday evening=s G1 William Reid S. at Moonee Valley. It was also the maiden Group 1 win for Silent Sedition=s rider Katelyn Mallyon and trainer Andrew Noblet. Dropping back to fifth, 2 1/2 lengths off the lead, as the G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Sheidel (Aus) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) took up the running and Star Turn saved ground on the fence, Silent Sedition was three-wide around the first bend. She began to make up ground traveling down the side of the course approaching the second turn, and was one of four horses across the track as they straightened for home. Star Turn on the inside grabbed the lead, but was run down by Silent Doubt I=m Dreaming is the second >TDN Rising Star= for Arrowfield sire Sedition passing the 50 metre mark with Hellbent unrelenting Not A Single Doubt | Bronwen Healy on her outside. The 22-year-old Mallyon, who became the first woman to ride Friday, Moonee Valley, Australia a Group 1 winner at Moonee Valley and comes from a family of WILLIAM REID S.-G1, A$504,000, MVRC, 3-24, 3yo/up, Open jockeys, said, "I just can't believe it. I'm just so thrilled. I'm just Weight For Age, 1200mT, 1:10.11, Good. so glad I've been able to win a Group 1 for the Mallyon name-- 1B&SILENT SEDITION, 56.5, f, 4, by War Chant (USA) one so rich in racing history. She is such a wonderful ride--she 1st Dam: Fiorentina, by Dubai Destination (USA) fights like a tiger. She doesn't want to get beaten and there's big 2nd Dam: Porto Roca, by Barathea (IRE) things in store for her." 3rd Dam: Antelliere, by Salieri (USA) Silent Sedition has not been off the board in over two (A$45,000 Ylg 2014 MM Perth Yearling Sale) O-Aqua Trained yearsBthe worst finish of her career, coincidentally, coming over Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (Mgr: T F Curnow); B-Ms EE Giles WA; this track in the 2015 G2 Fillies Classic S. when fourth--and she T-Andrew Noblet; J-Katelyn Mallyon; A$304,000. Lifetime notched her first Group 1-placing when second in last May=s Record: 16-6-6-3, A$961,650. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for Schweppes Oaks. She won the G3 Summoned S. over 1500 the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. metres last November, and had built back up to that trip this 2--Hellbent, 58.5, c, 4, I Am Invincible--Volkaspray (NZ), by campaign when a last-out second, beaten a short head, in Volksraad (GB). (A$95,000 Ylg 2014 WI Classic Yearling Sale) Rosehill=s G1 Coolmore Classic on Mar. 11. Noblet said that, O-A Cardy, P Green, M Wiener, J Hilton, F Mitchell, H Mitchell, because of the drop back in trip, he wasn=t expecting a win on A Mitchell, Dr C G Lawler, Yarraman Park Stud, Poidevin Friday. Paradice Racing (Mgr: S P Poidevin) & McEnnis Racing Pty Ltd; B-Dr R McClenahan NSW; T-D K Weir; J-Damian Lane; A$90,000. 3--Star Turn, 56.0, c, 3, Star Witness--Golden Delicious, by Made of Gold (USA). (A$400,000 Ylg 2015 MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale) O-A R Bell & Vinery Stud (Mgr: P C Orton); B-Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd NSW; T-M, W & J Hawkes; J-D Dunn; A$45,000. Margins: 0.1 len, 1.4 len, 1.5 len. Odds: 6.50, 7.00, 3.00. Also Ran: Rock Magic, Japonisme, Sheidel, Kaepernick, Flamberge, Rebel Dane, Hooked, Illustrious Lad, The Quarterback. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. Silent Sedition holds off Hellbent in the William Reid S. Magic Millions photo TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 13 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 25 MARCH, 2017
"She's an absolute ripper," Noblet said. "I didn't expect too SPRINT CHALLENGE MOVES TO JAPAN much tonight to be honest, coming back from a mile and coming Sunday=s renewal of the G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo back from Sydney so to do that is quite unbelievable. After she Racecourse, the third leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, is a came home she'd done so well I said to the owner she would wide-open affair, with 18 signed on to take up the challenge. need another run and this looked the only suitable race to fit. Red Falx (Jpn) (Swept Overboard) looks to notch a second Group She'd only been to the Valley once before and ran fourth and 1 win, having taken the Sprinters S. last October when riding a she's never finished worse than fourth in her life--she's an three-race win streak, but the 6-year-old will have to bounce unbelievable talent this mare." back from a disappointing effort when beating just one home in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint when last seen on Dec. 11. Pedigree Notes... Trainer Tomohito Ozeki expressed confidence, however, saying, Silent Sedition is the best of six foals produced by her unraced AI thought he would give us a solid run in the Hong Kong Sprint, dam Fiorentina, who is herself a half-sister to G1 Dubai World but he mustn=t have been fully recovered from the Sprinters S. Cup winner Monterosso (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). They are out of the Since then, we haven=t overworked him and we=re going straight G1 Coolmore Filly & Mare Classic winner Porto Roca (Aus) into this race. On Mar. 16 I gave him a long workout and his (Barathea {Ire}), who is a half-sister to another top-level winner movement was good. He=s had a nice bit of time off and his in Bluebird The Word (Aus) (Bluebird). Fiorentina has a yearling recovery has gone well. He is very well suited to Chukyo and I=m colt by Gingerbread Man (Aus) and produced a colt foal by looking forward to the race.@ Snippetson (Aus) last year. Let=s Go Donki (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) recorded her first win since taking the 2015 G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) last time in the G3 Kyoto Himba S. on Feb. 18. She will MOQUEEN SHARE IN CHAIRMAN=S SALE have to improve on her previous record at this 1200-metre The owners of stakes-winning 3-year-old filly Moqueen (Aus) distance, which has resulted in two second-place finishes. (Uncle Mo) will offer a 26.25% share in the filly at the Melagrana (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) indicated she could be a Chairman=s Sale - Elite Racing Prospects session on Mar. 30 at mare on the rise with two straight victories most recently, Inglis. Moqueen runs in Saturday=s G1 Vinery Stud S. at Rosehill including a class jump to the G3 Ocean S. last time on Mar. 4. and also holds an entry for the G1 Australian Oaks on day two of jockey Keita Tosaki said after that win, ARiding her again after The Championships at Randwick on Apr. 8. Moqueen won the three months, I feel she has matured even more from her Listed Dulcify S. at Randwick in October. previous race. She=s a clever horse and I think she can handle "Her stakes win against the colts in the Dulcify over the any kind of race.@ Randwick mile in the spring spoke to her true ability,@ said trainer and co-owner Anthony Cummings. AShe runs [Saturday] in the Vinery en route to the Oaks, and we hope a break in the weather will see her return to her best form, which is top of the ground.@ Moqueen is out of the Group 3-placed Money Begets Money AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS (Aus) (Bite The Bullet), herself a full-sister to Mica=s Pride (Aus), the dam of four-time Group 1 winner Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}). IN SINGAPORE: Winning Express (Aus), g, 4, Easy Rocking (Aus)--Wimpel (Aus), by St Covet (Aus). Kranji, 3-24, Initiation Race (A$61k), 1200m © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any (AWT), 1:12.08. B-Gainsborough Lodge (Qld). VIDEO means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission Grand Cross (Aus), g, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Defiant Dame (Aus) of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the (SW-Aus), by More Than Ready. Kranji, 3-24, Hcp. (A$75k), American races, race results and earnings was obtained from 1200mT, 1:09.77. B-Roncon, China Horse Club (HK) Investment results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services Holdings Ltd (NSW). A*$1,300,000 Ylg >14 INGAPR. VIDEO and utilized here with their permission. GROUP ENTRIES
Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 8:45 p.m. (12:45 p.m. EST), NBC/TVG DUBAI WORLD CUP SPONSORED BY EMIRATES AIRLINE-G1, $10,000,000, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 2000m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Apollo Kentucky K Langfuhr Apollo Thoroughbred Club Yamauchi Lemaire 126 2 Long River A. P. Indy Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum bin Ghadayer Barzalona 126 3 Gold Dream (Jpn) Gold Allure (Jpn) Katsumi Yoshida Hirata Moreira 126 4 Lani Tapit Miss Yoko Maeda Matsunaga Moore 126 5 Gun Runner Candy Ride (Arg) Winchell T’breds LLC & Three Chimneys Farm Asmussen Geroux 126 6 Move Up (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Godolphin bin Suroor de Vries 126 7 Awardee Jungle Pocket (Jpn) Koji Maeda Matsunaga Take 126 8 Furia Cruzada (Chi) Newfoundland Avaz Ismollov Charpy Fresu 121 9 Arrogate K Unbridled’s Song Juddmonte Farms Inc. Baffert Smith 126 10 Keen Ice K Curlin Donegal Racing, J & R Frankel & Calumet Farm Pletcher Castellano 126 11 Neolithic K Harlan’s Holiday Qatar Racing & Starlight Racing Pletcher Velazquez 126 12 Hoppertunity K Any Given Saturday Mike Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman Baffert Prat 126 13 Special Fighter (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed al Maktoum Ritchie Jara 126 14 Mubtaahij (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum de Kock Soumillon 126
Breeders: 1-Doug Branham (KY); 2-Darley (KY); 3-Northern Farm; 4-North Hills Co Ltd (KY); 5-Besilu Stables LLC (KY); 6-Lavington Stud; 7-North Hills Management (KY); 8-Haras Dadinco; 9-Clearsky Farms (KY); 10-Glencrest Farm (KY); 11-Edwin Anthony (KY); 12-Betz/D J Stable/Kidder/J Betz/Robenault (KY); 13-Darley; 14-Dunmore Stud Ltd
Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 7:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. EST), NBC/TVG DUBAI TURF SPONSORED BY DP WORLD-G1, $6,000,000, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 1800mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Ribchester (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Godolphin Fahey Buick 126 2 Zarak (Fr) Dubawi (Ire) HH the Aga Khan de Ryr-Dupre Soumillon 126 3 Heshem (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Al Shaqab Racing Ferland Benoist 126 4 Decorated Knight (GB) Galileo (Ire) Saleh al Homaizi & Imad al Sagar Charlton Atzeni 126 5 Opal Tiara (Ire) Thousand Words (GB) The Filly Folly & Sweet Partnership Channon Murphy 121 6 Mutakayyef (GB) Sea the Stars (Ire) Sheikh Hamadan bin Rashid al Maktoum Haggas Crowley 126 7 Mondialiste (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Geoff & Sandra Turnbull O’Meara Tudhope 126 8 Very Special (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Godolphin bin Suroor de Sousa 121 9 Vivlos (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Kazuhiro Sasaki Tomomichi Moreira 121 10 Debt Collector (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Barree Stud Brown Rodd 126 11 Cougar Mountain (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) M Tabor, D Smith & Mrs John Magnier A O’Brien D O’Brien 126 12 Deauville (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Mrs F Hay, M Tabor, D Smith & Mrs J Magnier A O’Brien Moore 126 13 Long Island Sound K War Front D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor & J Allen A O’Brien Heffernan 126
Breeders: 1-A Thompson & M O’Brien; 2-SA Aga Khan; 3-Yeguada de Milagro SA; 4-Saleh al Homaizi & Imad al Sagar; 5-MCB Ltd & Mrs G Hedley; 6- Cheveley Park Stud Ltd; 7-Wertheimer & Frere; 8-Ballylinch Stud; 9-Northern Racing; 10-Windsor Park Stud Ltd; 11-Whisperview Trading Ltd; 12-Mrs F H Hay; 13-Edward A Cox Jr
Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 8:05 p.m. (12:05 p.m. EST), NBC/TVG LONGINES DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC-G1, $6,000,000, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 2410mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Earnshaw Medaglia d’Oro Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum bin Ghadayer Barzalona 126 2 Jack Hobbs (GB) Halling Godolphin & Partners Gosden Buick 126 3 Highland Reel (Ire) Galileo (Ire) D Smith, Mrs J Magnier & M Tabor O’Brien Moore 126 4 Sounds of Earth (Jpn) Neo Universe (Jpn) Teruya Yoshida Fujioka Soumillon 126 5 Prize Money (GB) Authorized (Ire) Godolphin bin Suroor de Vries 125 6 Seventh Heaven (Ire) Galileo (Ire) D Smith, Mrs J Magnier & M Tabor O’Brien Heffernan 120 7 Postponed (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Sheikh Mohammed Obaid al Maktoum Varian Atzeni 126
Breeders: 1-Darley (KY); 2-Minster Stud; 3-Hveger Syndicate; 4-Shadai Farm; 5-Darley; 6-La Traviata Syndicate; 7-St Albans Bloodstock LP
Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 6:35 p.m. (10:35 a.m. EST), NBC/TVG DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN SPONSORED BY GULF NEWS-G1, $2,000,000, NH/SH3yo/up, 1200m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Stallwalkin’ Dude City Place David Jacobson & Head of Plains Jacobson Geroux 132 2 Morawij (GB) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid al Maktoum Selvaratnam Hayes 132 3 Wild Dude Wildcat Heir Yu Long & Team Cheval Halford Moreira 132 4 Dundonnell First Defence Mrs Elizabeth Lee Ho Ling Fownes Soumillon 132 5 Cool Cowboy K Kodiak Kowboy Zaur Sekrekov Watson Dobbs 132 6 Muarrab (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum Al Rayhi Crowley 132 7 Dios Corrida (Jpn) Kane Hekili (Jpn) Shoji Nojima Foley Takahashi 123 8 My Catch (Ire) Camacho (GB) Valentin Bukhtoyarov & Evgeny Kappushev Watson Hitchcott 132 9 High On Life (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum bin Ghadayer Ffrench 132 10 Not Listenin’tome (Aus) Dylan Thomas (Ire) Matthew Wong Leung Pak Moore Berry 132 11 St Joe Bay Saint Anddan Altimira Racing Stable & David A Bernsen Miller Arroyo 132 12 Reynaldothewizard K Speightstown Zabeel Racing International Corp. Seemar Mullen 132 13 Comicas Distorted Humor Godolphin Appleby Buick 132 14 Mind Your Biscuits K Posse J Stables LLC, Head of Plains Partners LLC Summers Rosario 132 Summers, Summers, Kisber & Summers
Breeders: 1-Marla M Haire (FL); 2-Dunchurch Lodge Stud Co; 3-Versatile Thoroughbreds LLC (FL); 4-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); 5-Columbiana Farm (KY); 6-Stratford Place Stud; 7-Kazuyoshi Yamagami; 8-D Noonan & Loughphilip Bloodstock; 9-Moyns Park Estate & Stud Ltd; 10-M A Pitt & M Read (NSW); 11- Bonnie Heath Farm LLC (FL); 12-Gibraltar Group LP (KY); 13-Darley (KY); 14-Jumping Jack Racing LLC (NY)
Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 6:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EST), TVG AL QUOZ SPRINT SPONSORED BY AZIZI DEVELOPMENTS-G1, $1,000,000, NH/SH3yo/up, 1200mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Amazing Kids (NZ) Falkirk (NZ) Ricky Tsoi Kee Kwong Size Moreira 126 2 Medicean Man (GB) Medicean (GB) Stuart & Miss Kate Dobb Gask de Vries 126 3 The Right Man (GB) Lope de Vega (Ire) Pegase Bloodstock Guillemin Bertras 126 4 Final Venture (GB) Equiano (Fr) Taylors Bloodstock Ltd Midgley Dobbs 126 5 Jungle Cat (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Godolphin Appleby Buick 126 6 Ertijaal (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum Al Rayhi Crowley 126 7 Long On Value Value Plus Wachtel Stable, George Kerr & Gary Barber Mott Rosario 126 8 Finsbury Square (Ire) Siyouni (Fr) Berend van Dalfsen Van Dalfsen Soumillon 126 9 Richard’s Boy Idiot Proof Rockngham Ranch Miller Arroyo 126 10 Washington DC (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor & D Smith O’Brien Moore 126 11 Limato (Ire) Tagula (Ire) Paul G Jacobs Candy Bentley 126 12 Baccarat (Ire) Dutch Art (GB) Godolphin Appleby O’Donoghue126
Breeders: 1-Colyton Road Holdings Ltd; 2-Barry Taylor; 3-Mrs James Wigan; 4-Newsells Park Stud; 5-Darley; 6-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd; 7-Snow Lantern Thoroughbreds (VA); 8-Berend van Dalfsen; 9-Harold & Pamela Tillema (CA); 10-P Hyland & C & J McHale; 11-Seamus Phelan; 12-Twelve Oaks Stud Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 3:45 p.m. (7:45 a.m. ET), TVG GODOLPHIN MILE SPONSORED BY MEYDAN SOBHA-G2, $1,000,000 (£809,563/€930,901), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1600m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Ross (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Atzeni Schiergen 125 2 Farrier K Tapit Cosgrave Seemar 125 3 Le Bernardin Bernardini O’Shea Al Rayhi 125 4 Gifted Master (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Moore Palmer 125 5 Second Summer K Summer Bird Dobbs Watson 125 6 Sharp Azteca Freud Zayas Navarro 125 7 North America (GB) Dubawi (GB) Mullen Seemar 125 8 Heavy Metal (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Barzalona bin Bhadayer 125 9 Stormardal (Ire) Shamardal De Vries Mohammed 125 10 Etijaah Daaher Crowley Watson 125 11 Triple Nine (Kor) Ecton Park Rodd Kim 125 12 Fitzgerald Elusive Quality O’Donoghue bin Harmash 125 13 Kafuji Take (Jpn) Precise End Fukunaga Yukubo 125
Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 4:50 p.m. (8:50 a.m. ET), TVG DUBAI GOLD CUP SPONSORED BY AL TAYER MOTORS-G2, $1,000,000 (£809,563/€930,901), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 3200mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Sheikhzayedroad (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Harley Simcock 127 2 Famous Kid Street Cry (Ire) De Sousa bin Suroor 127 3 Vazirabad (Fr) Manduro (Ger) Soumillon De Royer-Dupre 127 4 Wall of Fire (Ire) Canford Cliffs (Ire) Buick Palmer 121 5 Zamaam (GB) Muhtathir (GB) Crowley Charpy 127 6 Quest For More (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Spencer Charlton 127 7 Big Orange (GB) Duke of Marmalade (Ire) Dettori Bell 127 8 Kingfisher (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Moore O’Brien 127 9 Rembrandt Van Rijn (Ire) Peintre Celebre Barzalona bin Ghadayer 127 10 Quechua (Arg) Pure Prize Vorster Le Grange 127 11 Beautiful Romance (GB) New Approach (Ire) Murphy bin Suroor 122 12 Heartbreak City (Fr) Lando (Ger) Moreira Martin 127 13 Basateen (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) O’Neill Watson 127 14 Trip to Paris (Ire) Champs Elysees (GB) Atzeni Dunlop 127
Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 5:25 p.m. (9:25 a.m. ET), TVG UAE DERBY SPONSORED BY THE SAEED & MOHAMMED AL NABOODAH GROUP-G2, $2,000,000 (£1,619,210/€1,861,846), NH & SH 3yo, 1900mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Qatar Man (Ire) Archarcharch O’Donoghue Botti 121 2 Master Plan K Twirling Candy Velazquez Pletcher 121 3 Lancaster Bomber War Front Moore O’Brien 121 4 Midnight Chica K Midnight Lute Hayes Selvaratnam 117 5 Top Score (GB) Hard Spun De Vries bin Suroor 121 6 Fawree K Candy Ride (Arg) Fayd’Herbe de Kock 121 7 Bee Jersey K Jersey Town Hitchcott Watson 121 8 Vettori Kin (Brz) Vettori (Ire) Rosario McPeek 131 9 Fly At Dawn Discreet Cat Buick Appleby 121 10 Epicharis (Jpn) Gold Allure (Jpn) Lemaire Hagiwara 121 11 He Runs Away (Arg) Heliostatic (Ire) De Sousa Colombo 131 12 Spirit of Valor K War Front Heffernan O’Brien 121 13 Thunder Snow (Ire) Helmet (Aus) Soumillon bin Suroor 121 14 Nomorerichblondes Hard Spun Fresu bin Harmash 117 15 Cosmo Charlie Stay Thirsty Dobbs Watson 121 16 Adirato (Jpn) Rulership (Jpn) Take Sugai 121