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MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 >HANDSOME= JOINS WARD LAYS OUT PLANS FOR ROYAL ASCOT CONTINGENT by Bill Finley BELMONT; >LEE= WORKS Wesley Ward will put his Royal Ascot-bound horses through their final round of serious preparations Monday morning at Keeneland, where several will show up on the work tab. A few could be added or dropped from the list of his Royal Ascot runners depending on how they work, but for the most part, Ward has all his plans in line. AI am very strong in all the categories with the horses I=m coming in with,@ Ward said on this week=s TDN podcast. AI know the races now, I know what it takes to win. All the horses I am bringing are going to be very competitive.@ Who=s In: Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy): A winner last year at Royal Ascot in the G2 Queen Mary S., the 3-year-old filly will take on males in the G1 King=s Stand S. June 20. She is coming off a win in the April 15 Giant=s Causeway S. at Keeneland. Cont. p3 Hollywood Handsome | Coady Photography IN TDN EUROPE TODAY BRAMETOT PREVAILS IN FRENCH DERBY Mark Stanley=s Hollywood Handsome (Tapizar) has been Jean Caude Rouget’s Brametot (Fr) (Rajsaman {Fr}) clinched a added to the GI Belmont S. line-up, according to trainer Dallas second Classic when winning the G1 Prix Du Jockey Club at Stewart Sunday. Chantilly. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. AI=m so excited to get this horse to the Belmont,@ Stewart said. AWe originally toyed with the idea of keeping him at Churchill prior to the [May 6 GI] Kentucky Derby to see if we could sneak in with 10 points. We eventually decided to run in the [Apr. 22, GIII] Illinois Derby and forego the Kentucky Derby.@ Hollywood Handsome, fifth in the Illinois Derby, returned to score in an allowance at Churchill Downs May 14. AIn hindsight it wouldn=t have worked out with the [Kentucky] Derby,@ Stewart said. AI=m glad we got back to the winner=s circle the other week in the allowance race.@ In his latest breeze in advance of the Belmont, Hollywood Handsome covered five furlongs in 1:00.60 at his homebase of Churchill Downs. Jockey Florent Geroux, who was aboard for the bay=s latest victory, is expected to be back aboard Saturday. Posting his final major move before the Belmont, Kentucky Derby runner-up Lookin At Lee (Lookin At Lucky) breezed a half-mile in :48.33 on Belmont=s main track Sunday. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Lookin At Lee's four-furlong move was the eighth-fastest of 51 at the distance. Cont. p3 BELMONT — JULY $100,000 2YO stakes SARATOGA — AUGUST $200,000 2YO stakes BELMONT — SEPTEMBER $150,000 2YO stakes FINGER LAKES — SEPTEMBER $100,000 & $200,000 2YO stakes BELMONT — OCTOBER $250,000 2YO stakes AQUEDUCT — NOVEMBER $125,000 2YO stakes AQUEDUCT — DECEMBER $150,000 2YO stakes Click here to view 76 NY-bred nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 2-year-olds offered at OBS June > Visit our website or call 518.388.0174 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. 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Andrew @SarahKAndrew Mohaymen (Tapit), who will attempt to give his sire his second [email protected] straight GI Met Mile win Saturday, turned in a bullet work at Belmont Park Sunday morning. Social Media Strategist Justina Severni Director of Customer Service THE WEEK IN REVIEW 5 Vicki Forbes Bill Finley recaps the week in racing--from Belmont to Santa Anita [email protected] and from Penn National to Gulfstream Park. Director of Information Technology Ray Villa CODE WARRIOR WINS HENDRIE STAKES 8 [email protected] Code Warrior (Society’s Chairman) earns first graded tally WORLDWIDE INFORMATION in the GIII Hendrie S. at Woodbine Sunday. International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • JUNE 5, 2017 Handsome Joins Belmont, Lee Works (cont. from p1) AHe came back great and I thought it went perfect,@ said Toby Sheets, assistant to Asmussen, said of Lookin At Lee=s work. AHe seems to really like Belmont. We got great weather this morning, so that always helps.@ According to Sheets, the L and N Racing representative, who finished fourth last out in the May 20 GI Preakness S., is scheduled to paddock school Thursday. Epicharis (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) made his first appearance on Belmont's main track Sunday morning since his arrival in the U.S. Under regular rider Masa Aki, the colt galloped 1 2 miles before heading to the paddock to school, while still under tack. With trainer Kiyoshi Hagiwara overseeing final preparations, the colt was led back through the tunnel and stood for almost a minute before returning to the barn. Epicharis is expected to school in the starting gate Monday morning. Ward Lays out Plans for Royal Ascot Contingent (cont. from p1) AShe will be in against the older horses and she is a 3-year-old filly,@ Ward noted. AWe get a weight concession. Still, it will be tough race for a 3-year-old filly. She is the favorite for the race right now, which tells us we=re in the right spot, and she likes the Arawak (Uncle Mo): He will go June 20 in the G2 Coventry S. course. She is doing great and our fingers are crossed. I=m not The 2-year-old broke his maiden by seven lengths May 26 at worried about taking on males. Over there, the fillies race Belmont in a maiden race on the dirt. against the colts all the time and if you have a fast filly, why not? AUnfortunately, that race came off the grass at Belmont, but You get a weight break and many times when I have run fillies he won convincingly,@ Ward said. AAlthough by Uncle Mo, I=ve against boys and thought they=d win they have.@ breezed him numerous times on the grass and I believe he=s way better on the grass.@ Happy Like A Fool (Distorted Humor): A horse Ward also bred, the 2-year-old filly won a 4 1/2-furlong maiden at Keeneland Apr. 9. She will run in the G2 Queen Mary S. June 21. Con Te Partiro (Scat Daddy): Will go in the June 21 Sandringham S. after kicking off her 2017 campaign with a fourth-place finish in the Soaring Softly S. at Belmont. AShe came from way, way back, came charging (in the Soaring Softly) and just got beat three-quarters of a length and was fourth. That was her race since Frankie [Dettori] rode her against the boys going down the hill on Breeders= Cup Day [in the GI Juvenile Turf Sprint]. She=s also a stakes winner on grass at two in Saratoga in the Bolton Landing S.@ McErin (Trappe Shot): After breaking his maiden at Keeneland, he was third, beaten a neck, in the Kentucky Juvenile at Lady Aurelia=s connections in Keeneland winner=s circle Churchill Downs. He will go June 22 in the G2 Norfolk. Coady Photography Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • JUNE 5, 2017 AHe is a Trappe Shot, but he really likes the grass more than On the Bubble: the dirt,@ Ward said. AI=ve breezed him many times in Florida on Elizabeth Darcy (Ire) (Camacho (GB) and Nootka Sound the dirt and on the turf at Palm Meadows. He was lengths better (Lonhro {Aus}): Both are 2-year-olds who won at first asking. on the grass. I=m really looking forward to this colt=s race. He Ward said they will work against one another Monday and should be very, very tough in the Norfolk.@ whichever one is more impressive will be headed to the Bound For Nowhere (The Factor): The 3-year-old, who is two- Windsor Castle S. on opening day. for-two, was an easy winner of an Apr. 20 allowance at Keeneland. He BULLET WORK FOR MOHAYMEN will go in the G1 Shadwell Stable=s Mohaymen (Tapit) worked a bullet five Commonwealth furlongs in 1:00.22 (1/16) Sunday morning at Belmont Park in S. June 23. preparation for Saturday=s GI Mohegan Sun Metropolitan H. AThis is a very ADid you see him work? Wow, he worked great,@ trainer Kiaran nice colt who is McLaughlin said. AThat=s what we were looking for. He did it well undefeated,@ within himself, he worked great and galloped out well, so we=re Ward said.