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SALVAGED VEQUIST PUTS PLUM DRAWS FOR AMERICAN SAUDI CUP CHALLENGERS By Emma Berry SWILCAN ON FAIRWAY RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--GI Pegasus World Cup and GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner Knicks Go (Paynter) will jump from gate five in Saturday's $20-million Saudi Cup, with key rival Charlatan (Speightstown) also drawn well in nine. Splitting the two in gate seven is Tacitus (Tapit), one of two horses in the 14-runner field to be starting in the world's richest race for the second time. Commenting on the first international runner for the Brad Cox stable, the trainer's assistant and Knicks Go's track rider Dustin Dugas, said, "We like it, it's right in the middle. He's a speed horse, it's a long way until they get to the turn. Joel [Rosario, jockey] will have a lot of ground to work at before he gets to the turn." Bob Baffert's assistant Jimmy Barnes was similarly pleased with Charlatan's position. Cont. p8

Vequist | Breeders' Cup/Eclipse Sportswire IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Chris McGrath It's remarkable what people can do nowadays. The company WIDE OPEN ZABEEL MILE ANCHORS CARNIVAL CARD co-founded by Tom McGrath converts glass bottles into Meydan's seven-race Thursday card included six black-type lightweight construction aggregate. This stuff starts out as races, five at the group level led by the G2 Zabeel Mile. Click or curbside recycling, your emptied beers and so on, and ends up tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. supporting you as you drive over a bridge. But then there's nothing like raising and racing to show the latent capacities lurking in refuse material. Because Vequist (Nyquist), the juvenile filly homebred by McGrath's Swilcan Stable, was rejected in the ring twice over. The first time, she was in utero when her dam Vero Amore (Mineshaft) was offered at the Keeneland November Sale of 2017. Still only six, and having run a neck second in the GII Black Eyed Susan S., Vero Amore was valued higher by her owner than by the market and was led away unsold at $135,000. Then McGrath offered Vequist herself back in the same ring, as a September yearling, but again couldn't drum up adequate interest and took her home at $120,000. "I don't think she even got vetted," McGrath remembers. "But I'll take good luck any day, you know? The vast majority of people that do this, breeding on a smaller scale, have to be able to turn over in order to have the cash flow. And we're no different. So we just got really fortunate that they both RNA'd when they went through. And then when we sent Vequist down to Barry Eisaman's, he loved her. I was just trying to figure out what other people didn't see that we saw." Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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Salvaged Vequist Puts Swilcan on Fairway cont. from p1

Tom McGrath with Butch Reid | Courtesy of Tom McGrath But then Vero Amore had herself confounded the market, found by trainer Robert E. "Butch" Reid, Jr. as a Timonium 2-year-old for just $15,000. "Butch liked her, it seemed like she was going to be a steal, so he picked her up for me," McGrath says. "She was only a little peanut, but she has a heart of gold. Small but mighty. She was such a tough competitor, always put a solid effort in." Vero Amore made nearly half her career starts at Parx, and it was at McGrath's hometown track that Vequist started out, too. "Butch always tries to temper my expectations," says McGrath with a laugh. "So I'm not sure he was giving me the full story the whole time! But I could tell he was excited about her." Sure enough, Vequist was beaten only a nose on debut while pulling a city block clear of the third. Promising though that effort was, McGrath was amazed how alertly even Parx maidens are dredged by the sharpest prospectors. After the speed figures came out, Reid called and told McGrath he had been approached about the filly by Gary Barber and Adam Wachtel. "I have friends that are heavy into those Ragozins, and all the rest of it, but I'd be lost trying to figure them out," confesses McGrath. "Anyway I guess she put up a really good number in that race, and that got the attention of Adam and Gary. They were really fair, with the offer they made, and it was an easy negotiation. I was thrilled: just based on everything that was happening beyond the racetrack in 2020, it made a lot of sense for us to lay off and open up some of the value. But it was fantastic also to be able to maintain 25% ownership. I really am appreciative of that, and it's been a great partnership with Gary and Adam. It's been a win across the board." McGrath's one condition was that the filly stay in Reid's barn. His new partners were wise enough to be agreeable to that, too. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Salvaged Vequist Puts Swilcan on Fairway cont. Among the first horses in which he partnered was a $90,000 After all, here was a guy who has been training for 35 years, Speightstown colt, purchased by Chuck Zacney at the same closing on 800 wins from nearly 5,000 starts. There won't be Timonium sale that would produce Vero Amore three years many mornings when Reid meets a challenge in the shedrow later. In Reid's care, Poseidon's Warrior matured into one of the that he won't have seen before. top sprinters in the land, And when he has had the winning the GI Alfred G. chance, he has seized it. He Vanderbilt H. in 2012. knows what a good juvenile Needless to say, he had started looks like--he won the out winning at what was then GII Remsen S. with Spendthrift's still known as Philadelphia Park. rookie Maximus Mischief (Into With Vequist, however, Reid has Mischief)--but can also reel out taken McGrath to another level. the spool to win a GII Breeders' "Butch gets a lot of credit for Cup Marathon with a mature all of this," he says. "He's doing stayer like Afleet Again (Afleet the day to day, him and [wife Alex). and assistant] Ginny and their Actually it had been the sire of crew, they do all the heavy that horse that hooked McGrath lifting. I get the fun job, pop in into the sport. His Bucks County once in a while and only have to neighbor at the time, Joe Lerro, Poseidon's Warrior | Coglianese nod and agree. So I'm absolutely was an owner of Afleet Alex and after following the spectacular thrilled for them. With Butch, what you see is what you get. He ups and downs of his Triple Crown campaign (or, more literally, will always give you an honest answer. And he cares for the the downs and ups), McGrath asked to be told next time there horses, always puts them first. He and Ginny have been lifelong might be an opportunity to get involved. in this, and deserve all the accolades." Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Salvaged Vequist Puts Swilcan on Fairway cont. One thing is for sure: without his new partners, McGrath would never have been pressing to fast-track Vequist to Grade I company for her second start. "Gary and Adam had been looking at those numbers, and knew better than I did what the potential was," McGrath says. "It was a good move." It most certainly was. Vequist won the Spinaway S. at Saratoga by a jaw-dropping 9 1/2 lengths and, while just given the slip in the GI Frizette S., she confirmed herself class leader on the day that mattered. Clinging to the rail as a gap obligingly opened into the stretch, she became the third Breeders' Cup winner out of Parx in three years--following Jaywalk (Cross Traffic) and Spun to Run (Hard Spun)--when scoring decisively in the GI Juvenile Fillies.

Vero Amore at two | Equi-Photo "What a day," McGrath says. "It was my daughter's 16th birthday, and there was the traveling back and forth with the COVID going on, but my wife was just like, 'This doesn't happen often. You have to go.' And even though it had to be a little quieter than other years, Keeneland did a fantastic job and there was still a good atmosphere. The whole experience was tremendous. It's hard to describe the feeling of being there at the finish line in the Breeders' Cup, watching the horse that you bred go across the line like that. I had two fists high in the air. It was one of those moments you'll remember forever." The newly anointed champion put in a bullet :59.65 workout at Palm Meadows last weekend as she prepares for her resumption, and hopefully a crack at the GI Kentucky Oaks, in the GII Davona Dale S. next Saturday. In the meantime, however, a no less important appointment looms: any day now, Vero Amore is due to deliver an Accelerate foal at Brookdale Farm, Versailles.

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Salvaged Vequist Puts Swilcan on Fairway cont. out as we go along." All going well, she will then be bred back to Nyquist--not a Indeed, Swilcan Stable has pretty much been a story of one hard choice, in the circumstances. Since her last visit to the thing leading to another. Once that little nugget Vero Amore Darley sire she has produced two daughters, a Daredevil had run as well as she did on Preakness eve, for instance, it just yearling and an Astern (Aus) looked like it could only be fun juvenile, offering flexibility to to develop her second career, Swilcan's breeding operation too. And then there was the whatever the future may hold decision to buy out the other for Vequist and indeed her dam, partners in Poseidon's Warrior, who is still only 10. and support him at stud with a "We've had some interest, for few homebreds. sure," McGrath admits. "But if Poseidon's Warrior scored a there's one thing I've learned Grade I success from his debut over the years, it's that while crop in Firenze Fire, homebred things are exciting, you don't by Mr. Amore Stable and still as want to make quick decisions. So tough and classy as ever in his we're just settling back and fourth campaign last year. After seeing how this year starts to stints in Florida and Kentucky, play out. The Astern filly will be however, Poseidon's Warrior has coming up from Florida to start Vequist dominated the Spinaway | Sarah Andrew now come "home" to Equistar training with Butch in late March or April: I made a deal with a Training and Breeding at Annville, Pennsylvania. friend of mine, Glenn Bennett from LC Racing, so he and I are "Unfortunately, we got the deal done pretty late last year, so partners on her. We've been fortunate that Vero Amore has had he came up here pretty much at the last minute," McGrath says. these fillies, that gives us lots of options and we can just figure it Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Salvaged Vequist Puts Swilcan on Fairway cont. Strictly as a golfer, however, he disowns any eligibility for that "And then COVID hit. So hopefully this year will be easier to august connection. "I have a wife and five kids, and everybody's organize. He was champion freshman in Florida, and has done a a golfer, and I'm the worst in the family," he confides. "If the lot without a ton of support. We had him at Darby Dan, and I dog could play golf, too, I'd be worse than the dog." love those guys, but Kentucky just wasn't the spot for him. So As it happens, despite having supported Poseidon's Warrior now we're just trying to get some awareness about him up here. with a handful mares, Swilcan was pretty well down to Vero With the loss of Jump Start, I think he's a good option for folks Amore and her daughters when Vequist started to soar. "We'd looking for stallions that have bred Grade I winners. only ever been making a claim here, going to a sale there, and Pennsylvania has fantastic program and, living here like we do, we had reduced," McGrath says. "It was a very uncertain time, it'll be great to go to the races and see his state-bred runners." and unfortunately we lost a mare over the winter. Now we'll see McGrath is also doing his what the future holds. bit for the local economy We've been lucky the way as President of the we've done it so far, mostly expanding AeroAggregates, breeding to race, so I think based at a former we're going to continue locomotive works in along and see how that all Eddystone and now plays out. After this great recycling the equivalent of experience with Gary and over 140 million glass Adam, I think I'll be more bottles per annum. The open to having partners resulting low-density than in the past. But we're product is around 85% excited. Vequist just seems lighter than most quarried to find another gear. And if equivalents, and also you can run long and run serves the growing fast, the world's your imperatives of the oyster, right?" environment. Like everyone who "We take 100% curbside McGrath and connections celebrate | Breeders' Cup/Eclipse Sportswire understands this business, recycled glass, clean it, mill McGrath knows you have it into a fine powder, put it through a process, and it comes out to work to improve the odds but that you will always still need about 15 pound a cubic foot," McGrath explains. "So it's a the breaks. fraction of the weight of stone and perfect for bridge "While I'd love to pretend that all this makes me smart, approaches, tunnels, foundations, a multitude of infrastructure actually I've just had to be smart enough to say 'yes' a lot of the applications. Actually we never pitched it as being green. In time," he reflects. "The bits of luck, though, like those RNAs: construction, when you talk about having this great new they're incredible, part of the mystery of the sport. No question recycled material, people just say, 'You know what? It's going to about it, we've been blessed. We've always been competitive, be more expensive and it's not going to work as well.' So we just small as we are, we had the Grade I early on. But then the last pitched it on its merits the first five years, and only after getting year has been just unbelievable. To make it through 2020, such jobs would we say, 'By the way, if you're interested, this is a tough year on everybody, and walk away in the way we didY extremely green.' So it's really starting to ramp up now." it's not lost on me how big that is. I'm just very grateful for how Exciting times, then, whether he's going into work Monday it all transpired." morning or to the races at the weekend--a more fulfilling pastime, by the sound of it, than the one that gave his stable its name. McGrath remembers his attorney calling to press him for a name, so that he could finalize the LLC before going on vacation. He looked at the office wall, where he had hung a picture of the famous stone bridge linking the first and final fairways at St. Andrews, and blurted: "Swilcan Stable." TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Saudi Cup Draw cont. from p1 every start but he would have to run the race of his life to be "I spoke to Bob earlier and he said anything, six, seven, eight competitive. It is an honor to be involved. The two winners for or nine would be perfect," Barnes commented. "The one-turn Bahrain at last year's Saudi Cup was the highlight of my racing mile and an eighth would just be perfect." life so far." Bill Mott's assistant Neil Poznansky is the daily rider of Tacitus, Completing the quintet of American-trained runners in the who was fifth in the inaugural Saudi Cup. race, Steve Asmussen's representative Max Player (Honor Code) He said of the 5-year-old, "He doesn't run a bad race. He has was handed gate four, while Sleepy Eyes Todd (Paddy O'Prado) Johnny V [Velazquez] on him and he has the whole backside to is in stall eight. work a trip on him." The sole Japanese runner, the Ryuji Okubo-trained Chuwa Last year's G1 winner (Ire) (Make Wizard (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) has the inside draw, one Believe {GB}) leads the European challengers and he will jump in from King Power Racing's Bangkok (Ire) (Australia {GB}) for from stall 11 under David Egan, one outside the Bahrain Trophy the Andrew Balding stable. At the other end of row and widest winner Simsir (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), trained in Bahrain by Fawzi Nass. of all is Imad Al Sagar's runner Extra Elusive (GB) Thady Gosden, assistant trainer to his father John, said of (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). Trained by Roger Charlton, the Mishriff (Ire), who was runner-up in last year's Saudi Derby 6-year-old is the partner of Hollie Doyle, who becomes the first before his French Classic success, "It's fantastic to be here at the woman to ride in the Saudi Cup. Saudi Cup meeting and to bring him back here for the second Saudi trainer Abdullah Mushrif has two chances in the race: time. It's a really top-class race this year. We were hoping for a Great Scot (GB) (Requinto {Ire}) lines up for the second time in fairly wide draw. The American horses have far more gate speed stall three, and reserve Derevo (GB) (Dansili {GB}) is in 13. The than ours, so we're very happy with that." Musabbah Al Mheiri-trained Military Law (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) Gosden will also saddle Global Giant (GB) (Shamardal), drawn completes the set in gate 10. six, for Isa Salman Al Khalifa of Al Adiyat Racing. Speaking at the draw, the Bahraini owner said "He has been improving with

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THE TDN OAKS TOP 10 FOR FEBRUARY 18 nice stepping stone and we expect her to run well." by Bill Finley Last week's major development was the win by Clairiere 2) CLAIRIERE (Curlin--Cavorting, by Bernardini) (Curlin) in the GII Rachel Alexandra S. presented by Fasig- O/B-Stonestreet Stables (KY). T-Steve Asmussen. Lifetime Tipton, where she won a hard-fought decision over Travel Record: GSW, 3-2-1-0, $270,492. Column (Frosted). With the victory, she has jumped up to the Last Start: 1st GII Rachel Alexandra S. presented by Fasig-Tipton, FG, Feb. 13 No. 2 spot in our rankings. She also becomes the third Accomplishments Include: 2nd GII Golden Rod S., CD, Nov. 28 daughter of Curlin to make it into the Top 10 and a fourth, Next Start: Possible for GII Fair Grounds Oaks, FG, Mar. 20 Millefeuille (Curlin), is knocking on the door for the Bill Mott Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 54 stable. The other big change this week is that Dayoutoftheoffice (Into Mischief) drops out. While the connections say that the GI Kentucky Oaks is still in their plans, it's noteworthy that the Daughter of Curlin moved way up with her win in the Rachel filly has not had a published work since Jan. 24. Once she Alexandra, which has been a productive prep for the Kentucky returns to the worktab, we'll put her back on the list. Oaks. Three Rachel Alexandra winners have gone on to win the Oaks since 2014. The top Oaks threat from the powerful Steve 1) VEQUIST (Nyquist--Vero Amore, by Mineshaft) Asmussen barn, she didn't get her career started until winning O-Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable & Swilcan Stable. B-Swilcan an Oct. 25 maiden at Churchill Downs and followed that up with Stables (KY). T-Robert E. Reid, Jr. Sales History: $120,000 RNA a second-place finish in the GII Golden Rod S., where she was ylg >19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Filly & MGISW, beaten by Travel Column. Having turned the tables on her rival, 4-2-2-0,$1,235,500. she looks best of the Fair Grounds-based horses heading to the Last Start: 1st GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, KEE, Nov. 6 Kentucky Oaks. She is the first foal out of Cavorting, winner of Accomplishments Include: 1st GI Spinaway S., SAR, Sept. 6, the GI Ogden Phipps S., the GI Personal Ensign S. and the GI Test S. 2nd GI Frizette S., BEL, Oct. 10 Next Start: GII Davona Dale S., GP, Feb. 27 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 24

The clear leader of this division until proven otherwise. Trainer Butch Reid says that all systems are go as he prepares for her 3-year-old debut in the GII Davona Dale S. Feb. 27 at Gulfstream. "She's doing real well and I'm really happy with her," he said. "She came out of that last breeze [five furlongs in :59.65] good. It was a little faster than I wanted her to go but she handled it well and has been eating up since. All the major work is done, she's where I want her and we're ready to go for the race. We have kept it light with her. We have had three five-eighths works. She can be a bit of a finicky eater so we've been trying to keep her in her feed tub and keep the weight on her because she has a long, tough road ahead of her. This first race will be a Clairiere | Hodges TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

3) MALATHAAT (Curlin--Dreaming of Julia, by A.P. Indy) >TDN Rising Star= O-Shadwell Stable. B-Stonestreet Holdings (KY). T-Todd Pletcher. Sales History: $1,050,000 ylg >19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW, 3-2-0-0, $172,150. Last Start: 1st GII Demoiselle S., AQU, Dec. 5 Accomplishments Include: 1st Tempted S., AQU, Nov. 6 Next Start: GII Davona Dale S., GP, Feb. 27 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 10

The Davona Dale will be a big test for the undefeated daughter of Curlin, who reeled off wins late last year in the Tempted and the GII Demoiselle S. There is a lot to like with her, starting with her breeding and the fact she comes from the Todd Pletcher stable. But she definitely has something to prove, as she has yet to post a particularly fast Beyer number and probably hasn't faced Grade I-level competition as of yet. Her dam Dreaming of Julia was runner-up in the 2013 Davona Dale before winning the GII Gulfstream Oaks by 21 3/4 lengths (video).

4) ZAAJEL (--Asiya, by Daaher) O/B-Shadwell Stable (KY). T-Todd Pletcher. Lifetime Record: GSW, 2-2-0-0, $84,140. Last Start: 1st GIII Forward Gal S., GP, Jan. 31 Next Start: Uncommitted Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 10 Like Malathaat, a product of the potent Pletcher-Shadwell Stable team. She broke her maiden at first asking in December, winning by 7 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream and followed that up with a win in the Forward Gal S. at seven furlongs. Appears to have a world of ability but has plenty to prove, starting with her ability to go two turns. With two top 3-year-old fillies from the same owner, Pletcher will need to figure out a way to keep them apart. Shadwell is well positioned to win its first Kentucky Oaks. Pletcher will be after his fourth win in the race.

5) TRAVEL COLUMN (Frosted--Swingit, by Victory Gallop) >TDN Rising Star= O-OXO Equine. B-Mr. & Mrs. Bayne Welker, Jr. & Denali Stud (KY). T-Brad Cox. Sales History: $850,000 ylg >19 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, 4-2-1-1, $269,184. Last Start: 2nd GII Rachel Alexandra S. presented by Fasig-Tipton, FG, Feb. 13 Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Golden Rod S., CD, Nov. 28, 3rd GI Darley Alcibiades S., KEE, Oct. 2 Next Start: Possible for the GII Fair Grounds Oaks, FG, Mar. 20 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 32 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Travel Column cont. 7) KALYPSO (Brody=s Cause--Malibu Cove, by Malibu Moon) After finishing second in the Rachel Alexandra, she slips down O-David A. Bernsen, Ranch & Chad Littlefield. a few notches on the list. Then again, there was nothing B-Spendthrift Farm (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: particularly disappointing about her performance. She was $240,000 ylg >19 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, beaten by a good one in Clairiere, and that filly got a perfect 5-2-2-1, $245,600. ground-saving trip under Joe Talamo. An $850,000 yearling Last Start: 2nd GIII Las Virgenes S., SA, Feb. 6 purchase at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, she is by Frosted out of a Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Santa Ynez S., SA, Jan. 3, 1st Victory Gallop mare and should have no problem getting the Anoakia S., SA, Oct. 18, 2nd GI Starlet S., LRC, Dec. 5 Oaks distance of nine furlongs. Can Brad Cox win his third Oaks Next Start: Possible for GIII Santa Ysabel S., SA, Mar. 7 over the last four years? Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 18

6) SIMPLY RAVISHING (Laoban--Four Wishes, by More Than Ready) O-Harold Lerner, Magdalena Racing & Nehoc Stables. The California contingent isn't holding up well. None of them B-Meg Levy (NY). T-Ken McPeek. Sales History: $50,000 have turned in fast Beyer numbers and Las Virgenes S. winner ylg >19 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: GISW, 5-3-0-0, Moonlight d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro) has been sent to the sidelines $414,200. with a minor problem. The group also lost Grade I winner Last Start: 4th GII Golden Rod S., CD, Nov. 28 Princess Noor (Not This Time). Bob Baffert has a couple of Accomplishments Include: 1st GI Darley Alcibiades S., KEE, contenders in this division and it looks like Kalypso is the best of Oct. 2, 1st P.G. Johnson S., SAR, Sept. 3 this bunch. She picked up a graded stakes win in the GII Santa Next Start: Uncommitted Ynez S. and ran creditably when second in the Las Virgenes. Is Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 13 0-for-2 around two turns.

8) SLUMBER PARTY (Malibu Moon--Devilish Lady, by Through Feb. 17, she has had just two half-mile breezes this Sweetsouthernsaint) year for trainer Kenny McPeek. That could mean she won't have 'TDN Rising Star' O/B-Gary and Mary West Stables (KY). T-Kelly her first race for a couple of weeks, but McPeek should have Breen. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,800. plenty of time to get her ready for the Oaks. She was last seen Last Start: 1st MSW, GP, Jan. 24 running fourth in the Golden Rod behind Travel Column and Next Start: Uncommitted Clairiere, a race that looks better now that those two have Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 0 jumped up and run well this year. Coach (Commissioner), the The >TDN Rising Star' has a lot of potential, but also has some third-place finisher in that race, also ran well in her 2021 debut, catching up to do after her impressive maiden win in her debut. finishing second in the Martha Washington S. Simply Ravishing's Trainer Kelly Breen has yet to lay out a schedule to get her to best performance came when she won the GI Darley Alcibiades S. the Oaks and says that the Davona Dale is not in the plans. But he's certainly high on the homebred owned by Gary and Mary West. "The sky is the limit for this filly," Breen said. "She's a nice, fast horse." Her dam, Devilish Lady (Sweetsouthernsaint) was claimed for $16,000 but went on to win the GIII Azalea S.

9) CURLIN'S CATCH (Curlin--Catch the Thrill, by A.P. Indy) O-Breeze Easy, Inc. B-Sam-Son Farm (ON). T-Mark E Casse. Sales History: $180,000 yrl '19 KEESEP; $430,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: SW, 4-2-1-0, $103,454. Last Start: 1st Suncoast S., TAM, Feb. 6 Next Start: GII Davona Dale S., GP, Feb. 27 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 10

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Curlin's Catch cont. NTRA CEO ALEX WALDROP JOINS TDN The third Curlin on the list and an Ontario-bred, Curlin's Catch made the list after winning the Suncoast S. at Tampa Bay Downs WRITERS' ROOM for trainer Mark Casse. Casse could have kept her at Tampa Bay but has decided instead to give her what will be a serious test in the Davona Dale. Casse has another possible starter in the Oaks. Also a daughter of Curlin, Souper Sensational will look to get back on track after finishing sixth in the Rachel Alexandra.

There's plenty to talk about in racing these days, and NTRA CEO Alex Waldrop joined the TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland Wednesday morning to dig into a good deal of the sport's most pressing topics. Calling in via Zoom as the Green Group Guest of the Week, Waldrop talked about how to Curlin's Catch | Ryan Thompson capitalize and sustain the positive handle trends of the past year, how to pay for the groundbreaking Horseracing Integrity 10) THE GRASS IS BLUE (Broken Vow--Shine Softly, by and Safety Act, what movement he expects on H-2B visas with a Adebaran) new administration and more. O-Louis Lazzinnaro LLC. B-Phillips Racing Partnership (KY). T- ALooking back over the last quarter and even the last half of Chad Brown. Sales History: $20,000 yrl '19 KEESEP. Lifetime last year, we were trending five, six, seven percent up over the Record: SW, 5-3-0-1, $121,978. prior year,@ Waldrop said of the increase in handle the sport has Last Start: 1st Busanda S., Aqu, Jan. 24 seen. ASo those trends are very positive. I do think they are Accomplishments Include: 3rd Anne Arundel County S., Lrl, related to the fact that new people are coming into the Dec. 26 business. They're seeing as a viable option for the Next Start: Possible for Busher Invitational S., AQU, Mar. 6 first time. I think that is attributable to a lot of the marketing Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 10 dollars that were spent in 2020 to get eyeballs on our racing for the first time. And I think that's the way we keep this going. We continue to show our races on television, get more people in front of TV sets, mobile screens, all the distribution channels that we have out there, which are many now and are growing. That's the way to continue to grow.@ Romped in her first start, a $20,000 maiden claimer at AAnother way that I think we have to look at in 2021 is to get Monmouth, for trainer John Stephens before showing up in the on more sports betting platforms,@ he continued. ASports betting Chad Brown barn in her next start. She won that day, as well, in is spreading across the country. It's a huge and growing a Keeneland allowance race. She continues to improve and did business. If we can just get 5% of the number of people who are her best running to date when winning the Busanda S. at now betting on these mobile sports betting apps, that would be Aqueduct. Remains in New York and will likely take that route to a huge win for horse racing. And I think in 2021, this is the year the Kentucky Oaks. Blinkers seemed to have helped her in the to really focus on what we can do to to piggyback on the success Busanda. of sports betting in this country. To grow our visibility even greater.@ Cont. p13 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Podcast cont. to the weekend of Feb. 27-28. Asked about the tricky issue of funding HISA, Waldrop said that A total of 27 races have been added to the schedule as well as replacing the inefficiencies of racing's current patchwork two additional race days Wednesday, Mar. 31 and Wednesday, regulation system will lead to savings on its own. Apr. 28. The track is also increasing purses for all overnight races AHISA and the Authority, is all about centralizing the by as much as $4,000 per race. These increases will go into administration of medication control and racing safety matters. effect when racing resumes Thursday, Feb. 25. Putting it into one office. There will be significant savings. The purse increases will average 5% per overnight race, There'll be efficiencies when you compare costs that we now meaning maiden special weights will be increased from $82,000 have for 30 state agencies,@ he said. AI think 10 years ago we to $86,000 and top allowance races will increase from $88,000 were spending almost $30 million a year on post race drug to as much as $92,000. testing. That's an astronomical number. I don't think people The GIII Southwest S., GIII Razorback H. and the Spring Fever S. realized we were spending that much money on drug testing. will now take place Saturday, Feb. 27. The GIII Bayakoa S., Dixie We're spending more than that now under the 30 state Belle S. and Downthedustyroad S. will be held Sunday, Feb. 28. agencies. The second thing to remember is that HISA Nominations for all stakes were reopened and will close Friday, contemplates a broader-based and more equitable contribution Feb. 19. from all industry participants, so not just one group or one tax AThere=s no fighting Mother Nature, especially when our will be paying for the costs of regulation.@ priority is safety,@ Oaklawn President Louis Cella said. AHowever, Elsewhere on the show, the writers reacted to a strong we feel these changes will greatly benefit our horsemen and our weekend of stakes at Fair Grounds, highlighted some key points fans by creating a huge weekend of racing to kick off the rest of from last week's exclusive interview with USADA CEO Travis the season.@ Tygart and, in the West Point Thoroughbreds news segment, Due to Arkansas restrictions on crowd size, attendance at analyzed the passage of a historical horse racing legalization bill Oaklawn for live racing is limited to box holders, Oaklawn Jockey in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Click here to watch Club members, and patrons with dining/simulcast reservations. the podcast; click here for the audio-only version. However, Oaklawn General Manager Wayne Smith anticipates being able to open the Oaklawn infield and other outdoor areas to fans in the coming weeks. Reservations can be made by calling 501-363-4660, Mon-Sat, for that week=s races only. OAKLAWN TO ADD RACES AND DAYS AQUEDUCT CANCELS THURSDAY CARD DUE TO WINTER STORM The New York Racing Association has canceled Thursday=s eight-race card at Aqueduct due to a winter storm scheduled to impact the New York area throughout the day. The National Weather Service has placed New York City under a winter storm watch beginning Thursday morning and extending through Friday afternoon. The NWS forecast, which aligns with NYRA=s independent weather services, is calling for up to eight inches of snow causing hazardous conditions throughout the region. Live racing at Aqueduct will resume Friday, Feb. 19 with an eight-race card. First post is 1:20 p.m. Oaklawn | Sarah Andrew After losing eight days of racing due to record-breaking winter weather, Oaklawn has added both races and extra race days to make up for canceled days last week and this coming weekend. BOOKMARK In addition, the Hot Springs oval previously announced the http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/getLatest.php further postponement of their President's Day weekend stakes to download the latest edition of the TDN each day. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

KEENELAND TO ALLOW LIMITED TAMPA ANNOUNCES THIRD PURSE SPECTATORS IN APRIL INCREASE Tampa Bay Downs announced its third purse increase this season, which will go into effect with Saturday=s card. Ongoing gains in simulcast revenue have led to another 10% boost, with an additional $2,500 for all allowance races and maiden special weights and $1,250 claiming and starter races. The increase amounts to approximately $15,000 more per day in total purse money. Tampa Bay Downs previously increased purses by 10% Dec. 16 and again on Feb. 3. Officials further the track=s annual Turf Sprint Showcase Day from Sunday to next Wednesday, Feb. 24. Both races had been pushed back from Saturday to Sunday earlier because of the soaked condition of the turf course, which last saw action Friday. With more rain forecast later this week, the decision was made to give the turf course plenty of time to dry out and create Coady conditions as equitable as possible for all runners. The upcoming Keeneland Spring Meet, to be held April 2-23, will allow a limited number of spectators. Pre-sold ticket packages will be available Monday, Mar. 1, and will include dining, reserved grandstand seating, and general admission. Race participants, sponsors, box holders, and Club members will also be given limited access. AThe enthusiasm and loyalty of our fans are what make Keeneland so special,@ said Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin. AWe have missed their presence on race days CLAIMING CHALLENGE RETURNS TO BELMONT and we are excited to welcome them, albeit in limited number, The Under 20's Claiming Challenge, which allows smaller back to Keeneland. We appreciate the support of the Central stables the chance to compete for cash prizes, will return to Kentucky community this past year, and we hope this step is the for the spring/summer meet. The program, first toward somewhat normal operations in the fall. launched in 2018, is open to all trainers stabled at New York AWhile our team has worked diligently on a plan for expanded Racing Association facilities with 20 or fewer horses in their care attendance this spring, the safety of our guests and employees nationwide. The top eight trainers in the contest will share a remains our top priority,@ continued Arvin. AAs such, our prize pool of $80,000, with the winner receiving $16,000. Stall COVID-19 protocols remain in place and will be strictly enforced allotments for the Belmont spring/summer will be used to during the Spring Meet.@ All attendees will be required to undergo health screenings determine eligible trainers. Trainers earn points based on their and temperature checks on entrance. Face masks and social horses' performances in all winners' claiming races from distancing while on Keeneland property are mandatory. Due to Opening Day Apr. 22 through the conclusion of the Belmont the COVID-19 pandemic, Keeneland cancelled the 2020 Spring spring/summer meet July 11. Meet and held a five-day Summer Meet in July. Keeneland's Fall Meet and Breeders' Cup cards were held without spectators. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 18, 2021

WOODBINE TO HOST 2021 CTHS YEARLING SALE pandemic, this year's edition will allow limited spectators. Ticket AND WINTER MIXED SALE packages are being sold on a first-come, first-served basis with regular space reservations reverting to tradition in 2022. The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) AIt=s important to run these races so that we can continue to (CTHS), Ontario Racing Management (ORM) and Woodbine help out the equine industry and provide some income,@ said Dr. Entertainment have reached an agreement which includes the Allison, chairman of the Virginia Gold Cup Association. CTHS forming an industry relations sub-committee of its Board ASo many jockeys, trainers, and industry employees are of Directors. dependent on these races.@ This new CTHS Industry Relations Sub-Committee (IRSC), will

include representation from the CTHS, ORM and Woodbine with a mandate to work together for the betterment of the entire industry. Initial members of IRSC include Peter Berringer (President (Ont) and National Vice President, CTHS), members of the CTHS Board of Directors, Tom Via (Chief Operating Officer, Woodbine Entertainment) and Jonathan Zammit (Executive Director, Ontario Racing Management). As part of the agreement, the CTHS will be provided administrative office space that has been relocated to the paddock at the west-end of Woodbine Racetrack. The 2021 CTHS Yearling and Winter Mixed Sale will be held in the Sales Pavilion on the Woodbine Backstretch (subject to the latest government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic) later this year.

WANAMAKER'S RELEASES FEBRUARY CATALOGUE Wanamaker's has released the catalogue for its Feb. 25 online auction. Highlights from the catalogue include Don=t Blame Judy (Blame), a multiple stakes-placed racing or broodmare prospect and Newyearsblockparty (New Year=s Day), a 3-year-old colt who was most recently second behind Nova Rags (Union Rags) in the Pasco S. at Tampa Bay Downs. The catalogue also contains a number of horses who are being offered by Maccabee Farm, marking the beginning of the dispersal of the majority of the farm's bloodstock. 'Mattress Mack opens stores for Houstonians amid dangerous The remainder of the catalogue can be found at winter storm: 'We're here for them' As winter weather wanamakers.com. pummels Texas with snow, ice and freezing temperatures, Live bidding will open at 8 a.m. ET Feb. 25 and the first listing Houston businessman "Mattress Mack" is opening his doors to will close at 5 p.m., with subsequent listings ending in those in need once more. Sasha Pezenik andEmily Shapiro, ABC three-minute increments. Detailed buying information can be found at wanamakers.com/buy. Legalizing horse racing aired in Georgia Senate committee Legalizing pari-mutuel betting on horse racing in Georgia would generate commercial investment and create jobs without using VIRGINIA GOLD CUP MOVED TO MAY 29 WITH tax dollars, state Sen. Brandon Beach said Tuesday. Beach, SPECTATORS R-Alpharetta, pitched a proposed constitutional amendment The Virginia Gold Cup, one of the country's oldest steeplechase calling for a statewide referendum on horse racing and a races and traditionally held on the first Saturday in May, will be separate bill specifying how the industry would operate in moved for 2020 to Saturday, May 29. Contested last year in June Georgia at a hearing held by the Senate Regulated Industries and livestreamed without spectators due to the COVID-19 and Utilities Committee. Dave Williams, The Moultrie Observer Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:30 p.m. EST BUENA VISTA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Bohemian K Midshipman MyRacehorse McCarthy Valdivia, Jr. 120 2 Mucho Unusual K Mucho Macho Man George Krikorian Yakteen Cedillo 124 3 Warren's Showtime Clubhouse Ride Warren, Benjamin C. and Sally Lewis Hernandez 122 4 Nasty K Street Sense LNJ Foxwoods Baltas Gonzalez 120 5 Red Lark (Ire) Epaulette (Aus) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Gallagher Van Dyke 122 6 Sedamar Richard's Kid Ruis Racing LLC Ruis Fuentes 120 7 Going to Vegas Goldencents Bederian,Harry, Kamberian, Harout, Nakkashian, Hagop and Baltas Gutierrez 120 Baltas, Richard 8 Charmaine's Mia K The Factor Agave Racing Stable and Rockin Robin Racing Stables D'Amato Prat 120 9 Sloane Garden (GB) Iffraaj (GB) Charles, Ronald L. and Gordon, Samuel Badilla Pereira 120 10 Heathers Grey K The Factor Sayjay Racing LLC McCarthy Pyfer 120

Breeders: 1-Fedai Kahraman, 2-George Krikorian, 3-Benjamin C. Warren, 4-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 5-Mrs S. M. Rogers & Sir Thomas Pilkington, 6-Mick Ruis, 7-J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison, 8-Gunpowder Farms LLC, 9-Jupiter Bloodstock Ltd, 10-Frederick C. Wieting

Saturday, Laurel, post time: 3:46 p.m. EST RUNHAPPY BARBARA FRITCHIE S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Sharp Starr Munnings Barry K. Schwartz DePaz Cintron 120 2 Club Car K Malibu Moon Ball, Michael and Katherine G. Colebrook Carrasco 120 3 Dontletsweetfoolya K Stay Thirsty Five Hellions Farm Gaudet Toledo 120 4 Estilo Talentoso Maclean's Music Juan Arriagada Arriagada Crispin 120 5 Suggestive Honor (Arg) Suggestive Boy (Arg) Juan Oscar Llobell Salazar Ruiz 120 6 Hibiscus Punch Into Mischief Seltzer, Edward A. and Anderson, Beverly S. Nixon Karamanos 120 7 Needs Supervision K Paynter Howling Pigeon Farms, Barber, Gary, Wachtel Stable & O'Dwyer Lynch 120 Madaket Stables LLC 8 Hello Beautiful Golden Lad Madaket Stables LLC, Frassetto, Albert, Parkinson, Mark, Russell Russell 120 K-Mac Stable and Magic City Stables, LLC

Breeders: 1-Stonewall Farm, 2-Brett A. Brinkman & P. Dale Ladner, 3-BHMFR, LLC, 4-Mile High Bloodstock LLC, 5-La Esperanza, 6-Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson, 7-Mike Abraham, 8-Hillwood Stables, LCC Saturday, Laurel, post time: 4:19 p.m. EST GENERAL GEORGE S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Laki Cuba Hillside Equestrian Meadows Dilodovico Karamanos 122 2 Funny Guy Big Brown Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill Stable and Swick Stable Terranova II Russell 120 3 Lebda Raison d'Etat Euro Stable Gonzalez Cintron 120 4 Majestic Dunhill K Majesticperfection R. A. Hill Stable Weaver Lynch 120 5 Fortunate Friends J P's Gusto William D. McCarty Morrow Toledo 120 6 Share the Ride K Candy Ride (Arg) Silvino Ramirez Penaloza Carrasco 120 7 Informative K Bodemeister Trin-Brook Stables, Inc. St. Lewis Chirinos 120 8 Arthur's Hope K Smart Bid Raul DelValle Salazar Cortez 120 9 Chilly in Charge Take Charge Indy Newtown Anner Stud Farm Vera Acosta 120 10 Tattooed Etched Holt, Kenneth, Montuori, & Palumbo Racing Stable Keefe Cruz 120

Breeders: 1-Tom Michaels & Lorna Baker, 2-Hibiscus Stables, 3-, 4-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton &Silver Fern Farm, LLC, 5-Nicholas J. Downes, 6-Dixiana Farms LLC, 7-Rose Hill Farm & John Trumbulovic, 8-Monhill Farm, LLC, 9-Horseshoe Valley Equine Center LLC, 10-Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Holt, Theodore Montuori & Mr. & Mrs. Richard Palumbo SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

2021 Leading Dirt Sires of 3-Year-Olds for stallions standing in North America through Tuesday, February 16 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2021 fees. Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Into Mischief 3 6 2 2 -- -- 45 12 260,000 852,069 (2005) by Harlan's Holiday Crops: 10 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Mandaloun 2 Curlin 2 5 1 2 -- -- 21 4 183,000 506,267 (2004) by Smart Strike Crops: 10 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $175,000 Clairiere 3 Street Sense 3 3 2 3 -- -- 23 5 156,600 462,049 (2004) by (Ire) Crops: 11 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $60,000 Concert Tour 4 Union Rags 2 2 -- 1 -- -- 29 6 70,000 406,604 (2009) by Dixie Union Crops: 6 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Nova Rags 5 Tapit 1 3 1 2 -- -- 20 4 120,000 398,116 (2001) by Pulpit Crops: 14 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $185,000 Proxy 6 Medaglia d'Oro 2 2 2 2 -- -- 16 3 137,500 336,917 (1999) by El Prado (Ire) Crops: 14 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $150,000 Risk Taking 7 Maclean's Music 1 1 1 1 -- -- 22 6 106,950 327,732 (2008) by Distorted Humor Crops: 6 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $25,000 Drain the Clock 8 Orb -- 1 ------29 7 61,372 322,563 (2010) by Malibu Moon Crops: 5 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: Private Excellorator 9 Frosted -- 2 -- 2 -- -- 34 4 60,000 320,657 (2012) by Tapit Crops: 2 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $25,000 Travel Column 10 Tapiture -- 1 ------34 8 63,600 302,072 (2011) by Tapit Crops: 3 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Li'l Tootsie 11 Candy Ride (Arg) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 20 5 144,000 283,948 (1999) by Ride the Rails Crops: 14 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $75,000 Candy Man Rocket 12 I'll Have Another ------25 5 57,820 281,705 (2009) by Flower Alley Crops: 6 Stands: Ocean Breeze Ranch CA Fee: $10,000 Meisho Kushinada (JPN) 13 Constitution -- 2 -- 1 -- -- 22 7 44,000 277,406 (2011) by Tapit Crops: 3 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $85,000 Just Read It 14 Runhappy 1 2 ------23 6 55,000 252,527 (2012) by Super Saver Crops: 2 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Nicky the Vest 15 Quality Road -- 3 -- 3 -- -- 25 6 44,400 250,283 (2006) by Elusive Quality Crops: 8 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Atlantic Road

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ IN ORDER OF PURSE: IN BRITAIN: 3rd-Gulfstream, $40,000, Msw, 2-17, 3yo, 1m (off turf), Moraaheq, c, 3, Speightstown. See ABritain@. 1:37.28, ft, 4 3/4 lengths. CAXAMBAS CANDY (c, 3, Twirling Candy--Probably Thursday, by Gio Ponti) propped slightly at the start, placing him at the back of the pack exiting the chute. Sliding up along the inside and into third through a pedestrian half mile in :47.37, the 17-1 chance was breathing down the throat of favored Shaftesbury (Uncle Mo) as the front-running Dream Keeper (Super Saver) headed the field by just over a length. Urged on by Joe Bravo nearing the quarter-pole marker but in need of racing room, the longshot darted through a seam left by Dream Keeper, who drifted outward on the home turn, and spurted away late to score by 4 3/4 lengths over the one-paced Shaftesbury. Si Como No (First Samurai) came on for third. Caxambas Candy is the first foal out of Probably Thursday, also the dam of a 2-year-old filly by Moonshine Mullin and a yearling filly by Street Strategy. She was bred back to Mor Spirit. This is the family of Grade I winner Summer Colony (Summer Squall). Sales history: $67,000 Ylg '19 SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, FEB. 18 FTKOCT; $175,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, 2020 Stud Fees Listed $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored Air Force Blue (War Front), Ashford Stud, $10,000 by Fasig-Tipton. 178 foals of racing age/23 winners/0 black-type winners O-Jay and Joan Jansen; B-Cedar Run Farm LLC (KY); T-D Fawkes. 5-Charles Town, Msw 6 1/2f, Blue Abbi Road, 10-1 $21,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl Big Blue Kitten (Kitten's Joy), Calumet Farm, $5,000 73 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Turfway, Msw 1m, Kindofbluekitten, 20-1 $2,500 KEE SEP yrl Protonico (Giant's Causeway), Castleton Lyons, $5,000 49 foals of racing age/3 winners/1 black-type winner 3-Turfway, Alw 6 1/2f, El Sobreviviente, 15-1 $7,500 RNA KEE SEP yrl Shalaa (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Haras de Bouquetot, $15,000 218 foals of racing age/22 winners/1 black-type winner 7-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, Semble Juste (Ire), 5-1 i160,000 ARA UG yrl $15,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl

Twirling Candy, sire of Caxambas Candy | Lane's End

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Second-Crop Runners cont. 10th-Parx Racing, $42,010, 2-17, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:16.50, gd, 6 lengths. Speightster (Speightstown), WinStar Farm, $10,000 LA WAUN (g, 6, The Pamplemousse--Lucky Leah, by Kentucky 228 foals of racing age/20 winners/2 black-type winners Lucky) Lifetime Record: 43-13-8-3, $205,765. O-John E. Parker & 9-Sam Houston Race, Msw 5 1/2f, Texas Tidelands, 6-1 Mike Pimentel; B-Remmah Racing Inc. (CA); T-Ernesto Tourist (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $5,000 Padilla-Preciado. 156 foals of racing age/18 winners/0 black-type winners 7-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, World Tour, 9-2 4th-Mahoning Valley, $22,500, 2-17, (NW3X)/Opt. Clm $67,000 KEE SEP yrl; $130,000 OBS APR 2yo ($25,000), 2-17, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:41.13, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. Upstart (Flatter), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 MAXIMIZER (g, 4, Silver Max--Be Glorious, by Red Bullet) 167 foals of racing age/23 winners/1 black-type winner Lifetime Record: 22-6-4-3, $81,770. O-Ricardo Bailey; 7-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, Deemed Essential, 4-1 B-TCR Ranch (KY); T-Ricardo Bailey. *$7,500 Ylg '18 KEESEP. $125,000 FTK JUL yrl 5th-Mahoning Valley, $29,000, (S), 2-17, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:14.58, ft, 1/2 length. HAKMAN (g, 3, Hakassan {Chi}--Antique Silver, by Silver Train) Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-3, $50,850. O-Marion F. Gorham; B/T-Robert M. Gorham (OH).

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Who Can Win, c, 3, Indian Express--Who On First, by Dance Brightly. Mahoning Valley, 2-17, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:08.77. B-Daniel W. Myers (OH).

GREAT NOTION, Breezy Gust, g, 4, o/o Takenbythebreeze, by ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Shore Breeze. AOC, 2-17, Parx Racing 9th-Parx Racing, $54,870, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 2-17, HAKASSAN (CHI), Hakman, g, 3, o/o Antique Silver, by Silver 4yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:03.37, gd, 5 lengths. Train. ALW, 2-17, Mahoning Valley BREEZY GUST (g, 4, Great Notion--Takenbythebreeze, by Shore INDIAN EXPRESS, Who Can Win, c, 3, o/o Who On First, by Breeze) Lifetime Record: 9-4-1-1, $113,270. O-John Fanelli & Dance Brightly. MSW, 2-17, Mahoning Valley Long Ball Stable LLC; B-Michael Anspach (PA); T-Daniel SILVER MAX, Maximizer, g, 4, o/o Be Glorious, by Red Bullet. Velazquez. AOC, 2-17, Mahoning Valley THE PAMPLEMOUSSE, La Waun, g, 6, o/o Lucky Leah, by Kentucky Lucky. ALW, 2-17, Parx Racing TWIRLING CANDY, Caxambas Candy, c, 3, o/o Probably Thursday, by Gio Ponti. MSW, 2-17, Gulfstream

17-1 longshot Caxambas Candy (Twirling Candy) wins career debut at Gulfstream Park.

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LEON PENATE HOPING TO REIGN FOR SPAIN WIDE OPEN ZABEEL MILE By Emma Berry ANCHORS CARNIVAL CARD RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--At the inaugural Saudi Cup meeting 12 months ago, the International Jockeys' Challenge broke new ground in allowing female jockeys to compete against their male counterparts. Hollie Doyle will notch another milestone on Saturday when she becomes the first female to ride in the Saudi Cup aboard Extra Elusive (GB), fulfilling her obligation as the retained rider for Arab owner Imad Al Sagar. That spirit of inclusivity has been extended further this year by the introduction of the Al Rajhi Bank Saudi International Handicap. Run over 2100 metres for 4-year-olds and up, the $500,000 race on Friday's card is specifically for horses trained in countries outside Part One of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, which incorporates the major racing nations. Ten of the 13 runners hail from either Saudi or its neighbour Bahrain, but three European horses have made the Bedouin's Story | Erika Rasmussen/DRC trip--two from Spain and one from the Czech Republic. The Spanish raiders, Noray (Fr) (Naaqoos {GB}) and Federico (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) are both trained by Enrique Leon The Carnival continues at Meydan on Penate, who has already done his bit to advertise the racing of Thursday, and the seven-race card is loaded with six stakes his home nation to a wider audience. Cont. p5 racesBfive at group levelBa little over two weeks in advance of the Mar. 6 Super Saturday card. The G2 Zabeel Mile has been won the past two years by trainer Charlie Appleby. Per usual, the royal blue is well represented, and the 110-rated D'Bai (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) leads the foursome. The 2019 G2 Al Fahidi Fort victor was only three-quarters of a length back in second when defending his title on Jan. 21. Another Appleby runner is listed hero Art du Val (GB) (No Nay Never), who was a running-on fourth in the G2 Singspiel S. on Jan. 21. sends out the Jan. 28 course and distance winner Bedouin's Story (GB) (Farhh {GB}). AD=Bai ran a very good race in the Al Fahidi Fort and the return to 1600m is not a concern as he won over the trip as a young horse,@ said Appleby. AThe 1800m looked slightly too far for Art Du Val in the Singspiel, so the drop back 200m should be in his Spanish trainer Enrique Leon Penate | Emma Berry favour.@ Said bin Suroor of Bedouin's Story, AThis is a big step up in IN TDN AMERICA TODAY class, but we are looking forward to seeing how he copes with SALVAGED VEQUIST PUTS SWILCAN ON FAIRWAY it.@ Chris McGrath speaks with successful owner/breeder Tom The MGSW Epic Hero (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) is aiming to bounce McGrath of Swilcan Stable on champion Vequist (Nyquist). Click back after a rough-passage third in a listed race at Newmarket or tap here to go straight to TDN America. on Halloween. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

UAE 1000 Guineas,@ said bin Suroor. AThe 1800m should really suit her and she is in great form.@ One of Althiqa's chief rivals is Cape Verdi second Stylistique (GB) (Dansili {GB}) for Roger Varian. An allowance winner at Deauville last November, the GSP filly has Andrea Atzeni in the irons. It will be just 11 days short of a year since G3 UAE Oaks victress Down on Da Bayou (Super Saver) ran off the board in the inaugural Saudi Derby, but she makes her long awaited 2021 and grass bow in the Balanchine. Mozzarella (Fr) (Power {GB}), MGSP in France last summer, was a last out fourth at listed level at ParisLongchamp in September. The G2 Meydan Sprint kicks off the group action at Meydan on Thursday and MGSW A'Ali (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) carries top Althiqa | Erika Rasmussen/DRC weight of 134 pounds. The five-time group winner's most recent tally was in the G2 Sapphire S. at The Curragh in July, but he ran Meydan Thursday Previews Cont. from p1 fourth in York's G1 Nunthorpe S. a month later and trailed home The Simon Crisford runner was also third a start prior in the G3 14th in the G1 Flying Five S. on Sept. 13. has the Darley S. at HQ earlier that month. call for Simon Crisford. Similarly to the Zabeel Mile, the 1800-metre G2 Balanchine on Last out Listed Dubai Dash victor Equilateral (GB) (Equiano grass attracted another Godolphin quartet, led by Jan. 28 Cape {Fr}) will not make A'Ali's task an easy one over the grassy 1000- Verdi heroine Althiqa (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). If she salutes on metre trip; nor will Dubai Dash third and G3 World Trophy S. Thursday, she will give her connections their third consecutive hero Lazuli (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) representing Godolphin. Cont. p3 Balanchine. The roan, carrying three more pounds than her rivals, will also attempt to complete the Cape Verdi/Balanchine double for the third time in three years. Another from the same yard is Group 3 heroine Summer Romance (Ire) ( {GB}), who ran fifth in the Cape Verdi after setting the pace. AWe had slight doubts about the 1600m before the Cape Verdi, but she saw it out well,@ said Appleby. AShe now has an extra 200m, under a penalty, so that is a new question, but she is in great form. That was a bit disappointing from Summer Romance in the Cape Verdi, but she has worked well since and we will race her in a hood.@ Saeed bin Suroor's duo of 2020 UAE 1000 Guineas winner and MGSP Cape Verdi third Dubai Love (GB) ( {Ire}) returns for another try against Althiqa. ADubai Love is a tough filly with a touch of class as she displayed winning last year=s Waady | Erika Rasmussen/DRC TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

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Sheikh Hamdan's Waady (Ire) (Approve {Ire}), successful in this event in 2020, reported home second in the 1200-metre G3 Dubawi S. on dirt when last seen on Jan 21. "It's really good to be back on grass with him and he's definitely better on it, even though he ran great last out in the Dubawi,@ said trainer Doug Senior Vice President Gary King Watson. AHe's in great form and everything about him at the Twitter: @garykingTDN moment is positive." [email protected] Watson's Mnasek (Empire Maker) mauled her opposition by 6 + 1.732.320.0975 3/4 lengths when unveiled over 1400 metres locally on Dec. 17, and she heads the field for the G3 UAE Oaks on Thursday. She International Editor lost her unbeaten tag after breaking poorly in the Listed UAE Kelsey Riley 1000 Guineas to Godolphin's Soft Whisper (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN but as that rival is contesting the Feb. 20 $1.5-million Saudi [email protected] Derby in Riyadh instead, she looks to have a clear playing field. European Editor "She's doing really well and we broke her out of the gate twice Emma Berry with Pat [Dobbs, jockey]," Watson said. "I'm happy with him Twitter: @collingsberry being on her this time. She has a lot of and if you stay out [email protected] of her mouth--because she's touchy with that--at the start, she will break a lot better. I think she and Super Chianti are in great Associate International Editor shape for the run." Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN

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Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Mnasek | Erika Rasmussen/DRC Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Her winning stablemate Super Chianti (Super Saver) was several lengths back in third in the 1000 Guineas and gains Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake blinkers. Godolphin's Last Sunset (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) played Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele bridesmaid to Soft Whisper in the UAE 1000 Guineas Trial at Meydan on Jan. 7, and Saeed bin Suroor sends her back into the fray with Frankie Dettori on board. She was second most recently in the Feb. 4 Meydan Classic Trial versus males on the IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY grass. Bin Suroor said, AThe step up to 1900m should really suit her THE BUILDING OF A BOSS [Last Sunset] and she ran well on dirt in the trial for the UAE Street Boss (Street Cry {Ire}) is going from strength to strength 1000 Guineas, so we have no qualms about the surface.@ Cont. p4 in Australia. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

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Meydan Thursday Previews Cont. American expat Gladiator King (Curlin) towers over his rivals on form in the G3 Al Shindagha Sprint. A winner of both the G3 Dubawi S. and the 2020 Al Shindagha at Meydan last January, the GIII Hutcheson S. hero ran third in the first edition of the Saudia Sprint at Riyadh on Feb. 29. Warming up for a defense of his title in this contest, the 5-year-old entire tired to third in the 1200m Dubawi S. on Jan. 21. "He's in great form," said assistant trainer Bhupat Seemar. "He ran third in his first run against fitter horses. He's a big, strong horse and you can only do so much galloping with him to get him in shape enough to compete with those types, so he definitely needed the run. He's definitely tightened up and improved from then." Feb. 5 Listed Jebel Ali Sprint winner Al Tariq (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}) returns, and he represents trainer Doug Watson. Second in a Jebel Ali handicap last March, he finished in midfield when reappearing in a Meydan handicap on Jan. 21. AThat was very rewarding at Jebel Ali and this is the obvious next target,@ said Watson. AWe think he can at least be competitive in a strong renewal.@ The lightly raced SP The Perfect Crown (Ire) (Hallowed Crown {Aus}) tests the waters at Meydan and at group level for the first time. Third in a Chelmsford conditions affair in September and fourth over a 1500-metre Deauville trip on Dec. 12, he is now trained by Salem bin Ghadayer. Bin Ghadayer said, AWe have only had The Perfect Crown about three weeks, so this is a learning mission with him.@ Also on the seven-race card is the 2000-metre Listed Curlin S. The lightly raced Real World (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is one of three in the race for Godolphin. Hailing from the Saeed bin Suroor yard, the 4-year-old colt graduated at Chelmsford in October, and was second in a Meydan conditions head over 1900 metres on Dec. 17. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

Meydan Thursday Previews Cont. The trainer appears to have several bases covered. In the 9-year-old Noray and 8-year-old Federico he brings two horses He was third after an awkward break over the same distance with opposing running styles who between them have won 25 in a handicap on Jan. 14. Charlie Appleby's two-time winner races. The front-running Noray, whom the trainer also owns, Desert Peace, by this stake's namesake, is making his first won four of his six starts last season, all at the country's premier Meydan start after saluting in a Kempton synthetic test all the racecourse, La Zarzuela in Madrid. He will be ridden by Spain's way back on June 21. leading jockey, the Czech-born Vavlav Janacek. The ultra-consistent Tailor's Row (Street Cry {Ire}) enters off Leon Penate says, "Noray is one of the top horses in Spain. He of a career-best runner-up finish in the Listed Jebel Ali S. on Jan. has been competing at the top level since he was three, and at 5. A winner of three-straight two-turn handicaps prior to that his distance he is one of the best horses in the country. He has a run beginning last December, the Salem bin Ghadayer runner is big heart and he is a horse who really enjoys his training. Our joined by stablemate and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero season started late last year because of Covid and he finished (Fr) ( {GB}), ninth in that same Jebel Ali contest. the year very well with three wins. He keeps himself in good Twelfthofneverland (Istan) has won two straight here for Satish form." SeemarBa 2000-metre handicap on Jan. 16 and another Four of the gelding's wins have come in France, where his handicap, this time going a mile, on Jan. 30. trainer was based for a while and which is still a relatively easy journey from Leon Penate's new stable in the Navarra region. The trip to Riyadh is by far the biggest of his life but the Spanish Reign in the Cards Cont. from p1 seasoned campaigner, with 45 starts under his belt, has taken it in his stride. In 2013 he took his erstwhile stable star Noozhoh Canarias "He handled the travelling really well and hasn't missed a (Spa) (Caradak {Ire}) to compete first at France's Arc meeting, meal. He's taken everything calmly. He's very professional and where he finished runner-up to Karakontie in the G1 Prix this is why he can compete at this type of meeting," Leon Penate Jean-Luc Lagardere, then on the following spring to run sixth in adds. the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Cont. p6 "This is the first race I have seen with these kind of conditions and it is a fantastic opportunity for us," says the 38-year-old, who trains 36 horses in Milagro in northern Spain, roughly an hour from the border with France. "We started speaking about this back in September and hoped we would have the chance to bring a horse."

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Spanish Reign in the Cards Cont. While Noray has one style of running--"He will lead," declares the trainer--his stablemate Federico is likely to act as the whipper-in. The latter will be one of Hollie Doyle's mounts on the day which also features the International Jockeys' Challenge. "Federico is a totally different horse to Noray," he continues. GOFFS TO HOLD ONLINE SALE ON MAR. 24 "He is a bit more one-paced but he likes to make his run from Following on from the Goffs UK Online January Sale, which the back. It's good to have horses with two different chances in sold horses for up to ,300,000 in the timed online format, Goffs the race. If they go too fast from the start it will suit Federico." will host a new Online March Sale on Mar. 24 in the same A year younger but still a veteran by Flat racing standards, fashion. The sale will largely focus on horses in training but will William Ermitage's Federico has made 40 starts, winning 10 also be open to breeding stock, and entries can be made times, including his most recent outing in Madrid at the end of through the Goffs UK website. The sale will be conducted in October. He was also runner-up in the prestigious Gran Premio pounds sterling. de San Sebastian. Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, AThe Goffs "This is very important to us," says Leon Penate, whose former Online platform has proved a key addition to our service over major flag-bearer Noozhoh Canarias is now at stud at Spain's the last year with close to i8-million worth of business being Yeguada Torreduero. "Noozhoh was very competitive in one of conducted via the medium. Last month=s January Sale was very the strongest 2000 Guineas in many years," he recalls. "How well supported and clearly illustrated the growing appetite for lucky we were to have the chance to run with Kingman (GB) and online sales in the current climate as it produced the three Night Of Thunder (Ire). We were very pleased with his run and highest prices achieved by any online sale in the UK and Ireland over time we have looked back and only felt more proud." in 2021, so illustrating its ability to sell elite bloodstock with Noozhoh Canarias is not the only top-class horse with whom three six-figure lots and a ,300,000 top price.@ he has been associated as Leon Penate also served a stint in Britain working for James Fanshawe and David Loder. Cont. p7 He says, "My years in Newmarket were the happiest times of my life, especially as I rode Soviet Song (Ire) every day for James Fanshawe." There may well be more happy days to come this week. With the Spanish turf season already underway, Friday's meeting at La Zarzuela will feature a live broadcast of the Saudi races, with the eyes of Spain's racing fraternity fixed on the Leon Penate team. "For us it is a pleasure but also a responsibility, but I know everybody will be cheering for us. There has been a lot of attention on these horses coming out here," says the trainer. "Just to come here and enjoy the moment is fantastic. All I am worried about is focusing on making sure my horses are in 100% form."

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New Goffs Online Sale Cont. He added, AVendors have expressed plenty of positive feedback selling through Goffs Online as it can bring significant savings with a lower entry fee of only ,195 + VAT, no travel and sale staffing costs as well as an assurance that the sale will take by Andrea Branchini place regardless of the COVID restrictions at the time.@ There is a lot of learning and incredible subtlety in the name of ABuyers have also voiced positive sentiments, in particular that 2-16-2021 Chantilly winner Buridan (Fr) (g, 6, Choisir {Aus}--Lady with all lots sold with a veterinary certificate, which buyers can McKell {Ire}, by Raven=s Pass). The sire=s name is French for Ato vet against following the sale, there is an extra level of security choose@ and not for nothing, the great Australian sprinter was which provides confidence when bidding on horses. out of Great Selection (Aus) (Lunchtime {GB}), who was out of AWe have proven that Goffs Online provides a strong Pensive Mood (Aus) (Biscay {Aus}). The namesake of our horse is marketplace for horses-in-training in particular and that will be none other than a 14th century French philosopher, who our focus for the new March Sale. Like the online January Sale, explored the problems of choice and indecision with the help of the catalogue will only be available to view on the Goffs Online a not-so-noble but endearing animal. website, it will not be printed, and it will be released on Friday, A=Buridan's Ass= is an illustration of a paradox (unexpected Mar. 12.@ statement, for the man in the street) in philosophy in the conception of free will,@ as Wikipedia puts it. AIt refers to a hypothetical situation wherein a donkey that is equally hungry © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. and thirsty is placed precisely midway between a stack of hay This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any and a pail of water. Since the paradox assumes the ass will means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission always go to whichever is closer, it dies of both hunger and of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the thirst since it cannot make any rational decision between the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from hay and water. A variant of the paradox substitutes results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here with their permission. two identical piles of hay for the hay and water; the ass, unable to choose between the two, dies of hunger.@ Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

out of the dam, who is a daughter of the G3 Prix d=Arenberg scorer Starlit Sands (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) who was also second in the G2 Queen Mary S. and third in the G2 Goldene Peitsche. Also connected to Kirsten Rausing=s smart half-siblings Souvenance (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) and Songerie (GB) (Hernando {Fr}), her 2-year-old filly Sandrine (GB) is by Bobby=s Kitten while she also has a rarity, a 2020 colt by Roaring Lion. Sales history: 40,000gns Ylg >19 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,767. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Teme Valley 2; B-Miss K Rausing (GB); T-Mark Johnston.

1st-Kempton, ,5,300, Mdn, 2-17, 3yo/up, 7f (AWT), 1:27.30, st/sl. MORAAHEQ (c, 3, Speightstown--Takrees {SW & GSP-US, Buridan | Scoop Dyga $248,740}, by Daaher), not seen since finishing fifth over this trip at Newcastle in October, was able to establish himself on What's in A Name Cont. the lead without any trouble. Seeing off Fiordland (Ire) The best minds in the history of philosophy--Spinoza, Leibniz, (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) inside the final furlong, the even-money Voltaire, and many others--have crossed swords on the story of favourite asserted to score by 1 3/4 lengths. There was a further Buridan=s Ass and it is simply wonderful to see that name now four lengths back to the newcomer Regent (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in associated with a noble and remarkable animal. third, with Denford Stud=s half-sister to the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and G1 heroine (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) making eyecatching late progress having dived left exiting the stalls and forfeiting several lengths. The winner is the first foal out of the stakes-winning dam, who was also third in the GII Prioress S. and who is a descendant of the rightly- Wednesday=s Results: revered Height of Fashion (Fr). Also connected to the 3rd-Wolverhampton, ,5,300, Novice, 2-17, 3yo, 9f 104y (AWT), GIII Sycamore Breeders= Cup and GIII Lexington S.-winning sire 2:03.59, st. Mustanfar (Unbridled) and the G2 Temple S.-winning sire Hot SEA THE SHELLS (GB) (c, 3, Sea the Stars {Ire}--Seychelloise Streak (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), her 2-year-old filly is by Frosted, while {GB}, by Pivotal {GB}), who traded as the 2-1 favourite on this she also has a yearling filly by Quality Road and was bred to Into debut, ran green throughout the early stages behind the Mischief for 2021. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, $5,153. leaders. Given couple of slaps with the whip before the home O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm, LLC turn, the bay came alive and after surging to the front with 1 1/2 (KY); T-Roger Varian. furlongs remaining was heavily eased to score impressively by 6 1/2 lengths from Reverential (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). AWe=re 2nd-Kempton, ,5,300, Mdn, 2-17, 3yo/up, 7f (AWT), 1:27.75, st/sl. very pleased,@ said Charlie Johnston, assistant to his father. AHe ROGUE FORCE (IRE) (c, 3, Iffraaj {GB}--Lonely Rock {GB}, by was due to run at Chelmsford on Friday, but that was Fastnet Rock {Aus}), runner-up on debut over this trip at abandoned so that=s why he got rerouted here. He=s always a Chelmsford Jan. 22, shadowed the leader Hemsworth (Ire) (New horse we=ve liked. He=s from a good pedigree and had the Approach {Ire}) throughout the early stages. Getting the better physique, so it was good to see him deliver on the racecourse. of that rival with 1 1/2 furlongs to race, the 4-1 shot drew away AI=m surprised it wasn=t a false start, but it was far from ideal to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Rogue Force is the first foal out of the circumstances the race was started in. There was a moment unraced dam, who is a half-sister to the listed scorer and G1 Prix three [furlongs] out to two out where he was quite green and Jean Romanet runner-up Princess Loulou (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). Her came under quite stern pressure and probably looked in trouble 2-year-old filly is by Australia (GB), while she also has a yearling briefly. Then the penny dropped and he really powered away. filly by Sea the Moon (Ger). Sales history: 62,000gns Ylg >19 That would maybe make us lean towards getting a bit more TATOCT; 38,000gns 2yo >20 TATBRE. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, experience in a similar kind of race at some point in March, and $6,618. then hopefully he can be ready to step up into better company O-The Rogues Gallery; B-Mr & Mrs David Brown (IRE); T-Tom when the turf comes around in April.@ The winner is the first foal Clover. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

No Kiseki (Aus). Plumania=s 2018 progeny is an unraced full- sister to Starmaniac named Urbania (GB), while she also has the 2-year-old filly Plumage (Fr) who is a full-sister to Plumatic. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, i27,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig- Forbearance (Ire), f, 4, Galileo (Ire)--Nechita (Aus) (G1SW-Aus, Tipton. $469,493), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). Dundalk, 2-17, 8f (AWT), O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (IRE); T-Christophe Ferland. 1:38.90. B-Coolmore (IRE). CONDITIONS RESULT: 4th-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i19,000, 2-17, 4yo, 10f (AWT), 2:05.58, st. MRS UPJOHN (FR) (f, 4, Dabirsim {Fr}--Zamiria {Fr}, by Zanzibari) Lifetime Record: 11-3-3-0, i28,394. O-William Nash; B-Ecurie Normandie Pur Sang (FR); T-Edouard Monfort. Wednesday=s Result: *i40,000 Ylg >18 ARAUG. 6th-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i19,000, Cond, 2-17, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:51.65, hy. CASTLE (IRE) (c, 4, Frankel {GB}--Plumania {GB} {G1SW-Fr, $838,738}, by Anabaa), who returned with a win over this trip on the all-weather at Pau Jan. 15, raced with enthusiasm behind the leading trio throughout the early stages. Reeling in Just a Formality (Fr) (Spirit One {Fr}) approaching the furlong marker, the 9-10 favourite asserted to score by two lengths. The winner IN HONG KONG: is a half-brother to the G2 Prix du Muguet and G3 Sovereign S. Charity Fun (Ire), g, 4, War Command--Patuca (GB), by Teofilo scorer Plumatic (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), GSW-Eng & Fr, $288,134, to (Ire). Happy Valley, 2-17, Hcp. (C3) (,140k/i161k), 2200mT, the Listed Prix Vulcain scorer and G3 Prix d=Harcourt Maniaco 2:16.48. B-Michael Downey & Kildaragh Stud. *Formerly (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and to the G2 Prix Greffulhe third Starmaniac Pontchateau (Ire). **55,000gns RNA Ylg '18 TATOCT. (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}). Plumania, who is also the second dam VIDEO of last year=s G1 Prix Saint Alary third Solsticia (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}), was a high-class individual who captured the G1 Prix IN AUSTRALIA: Vermeille and G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and was placed in Shepard (GB), g, 5, Sea The Moon (Ger)--Funseeker (UAE), by the G1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks). Halling. Sandown (Hillside), 2-17, Hcp. (,28k/i32k), 2400mT, 2:32.16. B-Ed's Stud Ltd. *30,000gns Wlg '16 TATDEF.

Thursday, Meydan, post time: 7:40 p.m. CURLIN S. SPONSORED BY NEW JAGUAR F-PACE, $88,000, 3yo, 2000m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 5 Tailor's Row Street Cry (Ire) Barzalona bin Ghadayer 132 2 10 Just a Penny (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Dobbs Watson 130 3 1 New Trails Medaglia d'Oro Jara bin Harmash 127 4 8 Dubai Icon (Ire) New Approach (Ire) Dettori bin Suroor 126 Castle | Scoop Dyga 5 3 MkFancy (Fr) Makfi (GB) Ziani bin Ghadayer 124 6 2 Sanad Libya Tapiture Mullen Seemar 124 Her G2 Prix de Royallieu-winning half-sister Balladeuse (Fr) 7 9 Grand Argentier (Fr) Palace Episode O'Neill Watson 122 8 4 Real World (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 121 (Singspiel {Ire}) is the dam of Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) who 9 7 Desert Peace Curlin Buick Appleby 120 was also successful in the Vermeille, while this is the star- 10 6 Twelfthofneverland Istan O'Shea Seemar 119 studded family of the sires Groom Dancer, Falco and Kinshasa TDN EUROPE • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

Sunday, Abu Dhabi, post time: 8:00 p.m. HH THE PRESIDENT CUP, AED380,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Ajwad (GB) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Veron Bouresly 128 2 15 Boerhan (GB) Sea The Stars (Ire) Curatolo Bachalard 128 3 7 Cardsharp (GB) Lonhro (Aus) Ziani bin Ghadayer 128 4 16 Kilfrush Memories (Fr) Shakespearean (Ire) Lecoeuvre Charpy 128 5 9 King Ragnar (GB) Hot Streak (Ire) Cosgrave de Kock 128 6 3 Laieth (GB) Dubawi (Ire) de Vries Nass 128 7 8 Medahim (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Mullen Hashish 128 8 6 Melicertes (GB) Poet's Voice (GB) O'Shea Salem Elhrari 128 9 11 Moqtarreb (GB) Kingman (GB) Paiva Al Rayhi 128 10 1 Mukalal (GB) Mawatheeq O'Neill Charpy 128 11 14 Mutamaasik (GB) Dubawi (Ire) SCR SCR 128 12 13 Nayslayer (Ire) No Nay Never Fresu Ramadhan 128 13 10 Noivado (Ire) Casamento (Ire) Hitchcott Rahman 128 14 2 Vale of Kent (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Ffrench bin Ghadayer 128 15 5 Wings of Time (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Jara bin Harmash 128 16 12 Yaalail (Ire) Intello (Ger) Mazur Al Rayhi 128 17 14 Hakeem (GB) Exceed & Excel (Aus) Bentley Al Rayhi 128

Reserves: 18 -- Speed Chance (Ire) Born to Sea (Ire) No Rider bin Harmash 128 19 -- Way fo Wisdom (GB) Lonhro (Aus) No Rider Seemar 128 20 -- Moshaher Goldencents No rider Seemar 128

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Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 8:50 p.m. ZABEEL MILE SPONSORED BY AL TAYER MOTORS-G2, $163,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1600mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 11 Art du Val (GB) No Nay Never Doyle Appleby 125 2 2 Bedouin's Story (GB) Farhh (GB) Dettori bin Suroor 125 3 3 Bless Him (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Cosgrave Simcock 125 4 1 Count of Amazonia (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Bentley Botti 125 5 8 D'Bai (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 125 6 9 Epic Hero (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) Atzeni Crisford 125 7 10 Eqtiraan (Ire) Helmet (Aus) Crowley Al Rayhi 125 8 7 Escobar (Ire) Famous Name (GB) Tudhope O'Meara 125 9 6 First Contact (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) O'Shea Seemar 125 10 5 Lucius Tiberius (Ire) Camelot (GB) Mullen Hussain 125 11 4 Velorum (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Barzalona Appleby 125

Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 9:25 p.m. BALANCHINE SPONSORED BY RANGE ROVER-G2, $163,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, f/m, 1800mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 1 Althiqa (GB) Dark Angel (Ire) Buick Appleby 129 2 2 Down on Da Bayou K Super Saver Barzalona bin Ghadayer 125 3 6 Dubai Love (GB) Night of Thunder (Ire) Dettori bin Suroor 125 4 10 Last Look (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Crouch bin Suroor 125 5 5 Mozzarella (Fr) Power (GB) Lecoeuvre Caullery 125 6 9 Perfect Inch (GB) Dark Angel (Ire) Tudhope Fellowes 125 7 8 Quiet Times (Ger) Reliable Man (GB) Veron Brandt 125 8 4 Silent Night (Swe) Night of Thunder (Ire) Chaves Wahl 125 9 7 Stylistique (GB) Dansili (GB) Atzeni Varian 125 10 3 Summer Romance (Ire) Kingman (GB) Doyle Appleby 125

Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 7:05 p.m. MEYDAN SPRINT SPONSORED BY LAND ROVER-G2, $163,000, NH/SH 3yo/up, 1000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 A'Ali (Ire) Society Rock (Ire) Dettori Crisford 134 2 7 Caspian Prince (Ire) Dylan Thomas (Ire) Tudhope M. Appleby 131 3 5 Equilateral (GB) Equiano (Fr) Atzeni Hills 131 4 1 Good Effort (Ire) Shamardal SCR SCR 131 5 3 Lazuli (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick C. Appleby 131 6 6 Waady (Ire) Approve (Ire) Crowley Watson 131 7 2 Acklam Express (Ire) Mehmas (Ire) Scott Tinkler 122 Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 8:15 p.m. UAE OAKS SPONSORED BY NEW JAGUAR F-TYPE-G3, $125,000, NH/SH 3yo, f, 1900m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 7 Al Maroom Awesome Again O'Shea Seemar 125 2 6 Jumeirah Beach (Ire) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Barzalona bin Ghadayer 125 3 5 Khatun (GB) French Navy (GB) Chaves Danehilde 125 4 2 Last Sunset (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Dettori bin Suroor 125 5 1 Mnasek K Empire Maker Dobbs Watson 125 6 4 Nayefah K Super Saver Curatolo Bachalard 125 7 3 Super Chianti Super Saver Hitchcott Watson 125

Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 10:00 p.m. AL SHINDAGHA SPRINT SPONSORED BY NEW LAND ROVER DEFENDER-G3, $125,000, NH/SH 3yo/up, 1200m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 7 Al Tariq (Fr) Oasis Dream (GB) Dobbs Watson 125 2 2 Alkaraama K War Front Crowley Al Mheiri 125 3 5 Almoradi (Brz) Top Hat (Brz) Jara Cintra Pereira 125 4 8 Behavioral Bias K Shackleford O'Shea Seemar 125 5 4 Bochart (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Mullen Seemar 125 6 6 Gladiator King K Curlin Buick Seemar 125 7 1 Important Mission K More Than Ready Barzalona bin Ghadayer 125 8 9 The Perfect Crown (Ire) Hallowed Crown (Ire) Ffrench bin Ghadayer 125 9 3 Upper Class (Brz) Tiger Heart Leal Cintra Pereira 122 Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 8:40 p.m. SAUDI CUP (Cond.), $20,000,000, 3yo/up, 1800m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 -- Alzahzaah (KSA) Worldly SCR SCR SCR 2 2 Bangkok (Ire) Australia (GB) Moore A Balding 126 3 9 Charlatan K Speightstown Smith Baffert 126 4 1 Chuwa Wizard (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) Tosaki Okubo 126 5 14 Extra Elusive (GB) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Doyle Charlton 126 6 6 Global Giant (GB) Shamardal Dettori Gosden 126 7 3 Great Scot (GB) Requinto (Ire) Alfouraidi Al Kahtani 126 8 5 Knicks Go K Paynter Rosario Cox 126 9 4 Max Player K Honor Code Rispoli Asmussen 126 10 10 Military Law (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Fresu Al Mheri 126 11 12 Mishriff (Ire) (GB) Egan Gosden 126 12 11 Simsir (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) de Vries Nass 126 13 8 Sleepy Eyes Todd K Paddy O'Prado Moreno Silva 126 14 7 Tacitus Tapit Velazquez Mott 126 15 13 Derevo (GB) Dansili (GB) Demuro Al Kahtani 126 Reserve: 16 -- Cariblanco (Chi) Awesome Patriot No Rider Saad 126

Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 5:10 p.m. RED SEA TURF CUP H., $2,500,000, 3yo/up, 3000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 2 Call The Wind (GB) Frankel (GB) Peslier Head 136 2 4 Prince of Arran (GB) Shirocco (Ger) Dettori Fellowes 132 3 7 Secret Advisor (Fr) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 132 4 6 Mirinaque (Arg) Hurricane Cat Goncalves Munoz 130 5 1 Mildenberger (GB) Teofilo (Ire) Fanning Johnston 130 6 13 Barbados (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Foley Harrington 129 7 10 Mekong (GB) Frankel (GB) Spencer Osborne 129 8 11 Spanish Mission K Noble Mission Moore A Balding 128 9 5 Gifts Of Gold (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 128 10 12 New Show (Ire) New Approach (Ire) Egan Nass 127 11 8 Red Verdon K Lemon Drop Kid Doyle Dunlop 127 12 3 Making Miracles (GB) Pivotal (GB) Morales Alazma 122 13 9 Arctic Sound (GB) Poet's Voice (GB) Ospina Alghareeban 119

Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 7:10 p.m. AL RAJHI BANK SAUDI DERBY (Cond.), $1,500,000, 3yo, 1600m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 12 Albadri (Ire) Dandy Man (Ire) Doyle Chapple-Hyam 126 2 5 Cowan K Kantharos Rispoli Asmussen 126 3 9 Emblem Road K Quality Road SCR SCR SCR 4 2 Homeryan (Fr) Sea The Stars (Ire) Demuro Graffard 126 5 4 Meshakel (Ire) Shamardal Barzalona bin Ghadayer 126 6 10 New Treasure (Ire) New Approach (Ire) Dettori Gosden 126 7 8 Pink Kamehameha (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) Rosario Mori 126 8 11 Rebel's Romance (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 126 9 3 Round Six (Ire) Buratino (Ire) Alenazi Almuteb 126 10 13 Shibl Lat'taam (KSA) Lataam Alfiraidy Alghaith 126 11 6 Hatm (KSA) (f) Worldly Ramos Aladhayani 121 12 1 Magbootah (KSA) (f) Premium Tap Castro Rezaiq 121 13 7 Soft Whisper (Ire) (f) Dubawi (Ire) Smith bin Suroor 121 Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 4:00 p.m. NEOM TURF CUP (Cond.), $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 2100mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 2 Al Hamdany (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Demuro Saad 126 2 3 Channel Maker K English Channel Rosario Mott 126 3 10 Emirates Knight (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Moreno Alshoieb 126 4 11 For The Top (Arg) Equal Stripes (Arg) Barzalona bin Ghadayer 126 5 7 Gronkowski K Lonhro (Aus) Peslier Khalid 126 6 5 Kuwait Currency K Kitten's Joy Castro Almutairi 126 7 1 Saltonstall (GB) Pivotal (GB) Ryan Guiness 126 8 8 Star of Wins (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Ospina Alghareeban 126 9 4 Staunch (GB) Pivotal (GB) Ramos Almindeel 126 10 12 Tilsit First Defence Moore C Hills 126 11 6 Four White Socks (GB) (m) Lope de Vega (Ire) Wanas Haif 121 12 9 True Self (Ire) (m) Oscar (Ire) Doyle Mullins 121

Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 4:35 p.m. STC 1351 TURF SPRINT (Cond.), $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1351mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Captain Von Trapp K Trappe Shot Alfayrouz Almutairi 126 2 5 Dark Power (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Dettori Smith 126 3 9 Glorious Journey (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Doyle Appleby 126 4 7 Krispen (Ire) (GB) Moreno Alkhulifi 126 5 3 Land of Legends (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) de Vries bin Suroor 126 6 6 Larchmont Lad (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Aleniezi Saad 126 7 11 Momkin (Ire) Bated Breath (GB) Demuro Al Kahtani 126 8 1 Royal Dornoch (Ire) Gleneagles (Ire) Fresu Al Mheri 126 9 2 (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 126 10 8 Urban Icon (GB) Cityscape (GB) Velazquez Saad 126 11 10 Avalina K Tale of Ekati Morales Khalid 121 Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 7:50 p.m. SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES RIYADH DIRT SPRINT (Cond.), $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1200m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 7 Brad the Brief (GB) Dutch Art (GB) Doyle Dascombe 126 2 12 Copano Kicking K Spring At Last Buick Murayama 126 3 10 Faz Zae (KSA) Mizzen Mast Ramos Al Kahtani 126 4 3 Harry's Bar (GB) Exceed and Excel Ryan Guiness 126 5 6 Justin (Jpn) Orfevre (Jpn) Sakai Yahagi 126 6 1 Matera Sky K Speightstown Tosaki Mori 126 7 13 Maypole (GB) Mayson (GB) Moreno Almindeel 126 8 2 New York Central K Tapit Velazquez Saad 126 9 11 Oxted (GB) Mayson (GB) Fallon Teal 126 10 8 Raaed (Ire) Dark Angel (GB) Aldaham Alsubaie 126 11 14 Raucous (GB) Dream Ahead Morales Almetawae 126 12 9 Roman River (GB) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Rodriguez Smith 126 13 5 Switzerland K Speightstown Barzalona Seemar 126 14 4 Rajee Allah (KSA) Official Flame Ospina Rizaiq 126

Saturday, Al Rayyan, Qatar, post time: 4:15 p.m. H.H. THE AMIR TROPHY-Listed, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 2400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 8 Aspetar (Fr) (GB) Guyon Smart 128 2 6 Masterpiece (Fr) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Forest Mohsen 128 3 1 Noor Al Hawa (Fr) Makfi (GB) Sanna Mikhalides 128 4 2 Off He Goes (Aus) Casino Prince (Aus) Lukasek Smart 128 5 4 Otwo K Medaglia d’Oro Bughanaim Al-Jehani 128 6 10 Pedro Cara (Fr) Pedro The Great Saadi Ghazali 128 7 9 Quelindo (Ger) Aussie Rules Rossi Kobeissi 128 8 7 Standard Deviation K Curlin Curatolo Malki 128 9 3 Berkshire Rocco (Fr) Sir Percy (GB) Watson Balding 128 10 5 Hellenistique (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Thomas Mohsen 128 *All post times are local time. THURSDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2021

Having debuted at Northwood Park in 2009, Street Boss would THE BUILDING OF A BOSS miss shuttling in 2010 with a leg injury. "That put him back a bit. To have a smallish first crop (46 foals) and no second crop, he had to do it the hard way. But out of that first crop, he did get (G1 Newmarket H. winner) The Quarterback, which got things ticking," he said. "He produced a really consistent type, which made a big difference. They were good-topped horses like him, always had good hindquarters, plenty of strength and bone. They were horses that looked like they would suit this part of the world." The emergence of his sire Street Cry as a sire of significance in Australia through the deeds of early flagbearers Whobegotyou and , and then later , also helped boost the prospects of his son as a stallion. "The Street Cry story got them really rolling in Australia as well. So from that slowish initial start, albeit with a Group 1 winner from that first crop, and then no second crop, he then he got Petits Filous from this third crop and we thought, there's a stallion that can get a runner," Makiv said. "They are fast horses which are good types. We thought we should start supporting Street Boss | Darley him and since we started sending him those groups of 10-15 by Bren O'Brien mares, it made a big difference." A decision to boost support for shuttle stallion Street Boss (USA) with quality mares is delivering dividends for Godolphin, Reward for Street Support which has two representatives by the stallion in Saturday's G1 The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained colt, Hanseatic, Blue Diamond S. at Caulfield in Anamoe and Arcaded. became the first Australian stakes winner by Street Boss raced Having just completed his 11th season standing at Northwood by Godolphin when he won the Listed Merson Cooper S. in late Park in Victoria, Street Boss' stocks have never been higher and 2019 and then won both the Blue Diamond Preview and G3 Blue he has delivered 42 winners this season, including the two Diamond Prelude for the colts and geldings, before running above mentioned 2-year-olds, both trained by James Cummings, second in the G1 Blue Diamond S. as well as his second Australian-bred Group 1 winner, Elite Velaquenta emerged as a twice metropolitan winner for Street, who claimed the G1 Winterbottom S. for WA trainer Godolphin at the same time, strengthening the case for Street Daniel Morton. Boss to receive ongoing support from the better credentialled With Street Boss currently 34th on the Australian Sires' list for Godolphin mares. this season, it shapes as the most successful campaign yet for "Our first real go, we got Hanseatic and Valaquenta and a few the multiple Grade 1-winning sprinting son of Street Cry (Ire). others. The second crops, we got Arcaded, Anamoe, plus Sliders, Andy Makiv, who has just assumed the role of Darley who is a half to Flit, and Naples as well. Those are the ones that Australia's Head Of Sales, has worked closely with Street Boss have shown us a bit. There is also a half to Pierro (Backstreets) through his time in Victoria, and has seen the benefit of the to come through from that same crop," Makiv said. "I feel the better support of quality mares he has got in the past few years. story is just starting with him and it’s only going to get a lot "He's a stallion that we probably didn't support a lot in the better. In the yearling crop, we have halves to Osborne Bulls and early days. We were really taken by what he was throwing Epaulette. And then there's the foal crop which is also strong. physically. When he came over the first year, he was a really There is another 18 or 20 in utero to Godolphin mares as well. exciting horse. He was a good-looking son of Street Cry, which The Street Boss story is only going to get bigger and better over was something we really looked to stand in Victoria," Makiv told the next few years." TDN AusNZ. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

In terms of the external breeders that have supported Street Boss, they are getting rewarded as well, with a near continuous increase in his average yearling price in Australia over the past five years. In 2016, he averaged $38,118, but that jumped to $64,500 in 2017 and to $79,333 in 2018. It levelled off at $73,655 in 2019, but jumped again to $87,347 last year. The Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale has traditionally been his strongest Sale and he has 13 lots catalogued to sell at Oaklands Junction later this month. "It's all correlated. He gets a very good type and what he is now getting through his deeds on the track is a better mare quality, and not only that, he is getting better performances on the track. It’s all marrying up and things are looking very good for him going forward," Makiv said. "He's been very popular for us the past few years for the Arcaded | TDN AusNZ nominations team selling nominations to him, and this year he's going to be busy again. We use him internally with Godolphin It could get better as soon as Saturday, with Anamoe, who and externally our clients are having luck using him as well." won the Listed Merson Cooper S. in November and was a fast-finishing second in the G3 Blue Diamond Preview (colts and A Quick Return geldings), and Arcaded, an easy last-start winner in the G2 Blue Makiv, meanwhile, is settling into his new role, having briefly Diamond Prelude (Fillies) afforded excellent chances in Victoria's left Darley at the end of last year before having a change of richest 2-year-old race. Hanseatic also features in the G1 heart. Oakleigh Plate for the Freedmans and Valaquenta for Cummings "It was a quick departure and back. I obviously love the in the G3 Zeditave S. industry and it was sad. In the end I've been fortunate enough to poke my head back in. It’s great to be back," he said. Quality Mares Make for Quality Foals "Essentially, it's a little bit more of an expanded role. I was more Both the Blue Diamond contenders are the result of matings focussed on Victoria in my previous role, and my new job takes with Godolphin mares with big pedigrees. Anamoe is out of the in both New South Wales and Victoria in a sales capacity. The Group 1-winning Redoute's Choice mare Anamato, already a nominations team is essentially the same, but I’ll have more of stakes producer through the listed winner Anamba (GB). an involvement in New South Wales. It’s more of a national role Arcaded is the first foal out of Gloriette (Lonhro), who was and I'm delighted and excited to be back in the fray." Group 3-placed and is out of Viennese (Redoute's Choice), a Makiv is anticipating a busy 2021, with several new faces, one-time $1.4-million broodmare who is the full sister to Snitzel including some new shuttle stallions, set to be confirmed for the and half-sister to Hinchinbrook. Darley roster in the next month or so. The nicking statistics say Street Boss matches well with a lot of Australia's leading stallions of the past 15 years. He has produced 10 winners, including four stakes winners to mares by Exceed And Excel, seven winners, including a stakes winner, Anamoe, to Redoute's Choice, while Arcaded is the first stakes winner out of a daughter of a stallion that Godolphin has a plentiful supply of mares by, Lonhro. "We've got a lot of Lonhro mares and a lot of Exceed mares. The Street Cry-Lonhro mix has worked well, so in turn the Street Boss-Lonhro is working well, having produced a filly like Arcaded. We have got a lot of Exceed mares as well and he is working well with them too," Makiv said. Andy Makiv | TDN AusNZ TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 18 FEBRUARY 2021

"It's an exciting time ahead with some great horses joining the Igniting, g, 4, Starspangledbanner--Sell In May (NZ), by Starcraft roster, including Bivoauc in the near future and some exciting (NZ). Happy Valley, 2-17, Hcp. (C3) ($250k), 1200m, 1:09.26. overseas prospects. Who knows with horses like Hanseatic as B-T Corstens (Vic). *$180,000 Ylg '18 INGFEB. VIDEO well," he said. "It's an exciting time for the stallion roster and it’s a credit to the whole racing team that the stable is on fire as well."

IN HONG KONG: Savaquin, g, 4, Savabeel (Aus)--Sequin, by Pins (Aus). Happy Valley, 2-17, Hcp. (C3) (NZ$270k), 1650m, 1:39.09. B-Waikato IN HONG KONG: Stud Ltd. *NZ$320,000 Ylg '18 NZBJAN. VIDEO A La King, g, 3, Denman--Red Magnum, by Domesday. Happy Valley, 2-17, Hcp. (C4) ($167k), 1200m, 1:09.76. B-D North (NSW). *1ST-TIME STARTER. **$115,000 Ylg '19 INGMAR; $170,000 2yo '19 MMOCT. VIDEO Mercurial, g, 4, Hussonet (USA)--Danzeround The Sun, by Bourbon Flyer Wins Impressively Danzero. Happy Valley, 2-17, Hcp. (C4) ($167k), 1200m, 1:10.15. B-O Inglis (SA). *$20,000 Ylg '18 MGMMAR. VIDEO Race Analysis: Weekend Recap Scores Of Fun, g, 4, Reward For Effort--Montana Hilton, by Sean Buckley Denies Any Wrongdoing Brahms (USA). Happy Valley, 2-17, Hcp. (C3) ($250k), 1200m, Swan Hill Jockey Club Defend Surface 1:09.97. B-D Fradd & Jeremy McGrath (WA). *$15,000 Wlg '17 Crowds to Return for Diamond Day INGJUN; $100,000 Ylg '18 INGMAR. VIDEO