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AT DEL MAR, BREEDERS= CUP MEETS, DECIDES AGAINST SPLIT EVENT PROGRESS THROUGH The Breeders= Cup board of directors met Thursday in Lexington to discuss the possibility of dividing its event into two SAFETY INITIATIVES separate race days in November and December, but ultimately the idea was dropped, according to a statement released by the Breeders= Cup Thursday afternoon. According to a Wednesday report in the Daily Racing Form, the suggested concept would have moved four races--including the GI Breeders= Cup Classic-- to a card on a later-than-usual date in December. AThe Breeders= Cup Board of Directors met today and among the items under discussion was a >bifurcation= concept generated by the Company=s Innovation Committee,@ read the statement issued by Breeders= Cup Limited.

Cont. p7 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Del Mar | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire O’LEARY FLYING HIGH ON FIVE by Dan Ross Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O’Leary at last won the Using the information fed into the Jockey Club's Equine Injury Cheltenham race that carries his company’s name with Balko Database (EID) concerning race-day equine fatalities, the Des Flos on Thursday. numbers nationwide appear to have declined over the past few Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. years, from a rate of two every 1000 starters back in 2009, to a little over 1.5 in 2016. The latest EID figures for 2017 are due to be published next week. This trend hasn't been uniform, however. Some jurisdictions and individual racetracks have come under fire for equine fatality rates that have been higher than this national average-- few more so than Del Mar, where their boutique summer meet always sits beneath a harsh media glare. But last year, the track boasted a marked decrease in racehorse fatalities during both morning training and racing--five during the 2017 summer meet, compared to the summer prior, when 17 horses died. Which means that, with this year's summer meet only months away and as preparations step up, track management aren't experiencing quite the same eye-watering pressure compared to years past, and are hopeful that the myriad changes instituted before last year's summer meet will have an enduring, positive effect. "What a difference a year makes," said Tom Robbins, Del Mar's executive vice president of racing and industry relations. "Things started fitting into place." Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected]

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Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes MAKER, RAMSEY TO STABLE AT WOODBINE 7 [email protected] Trainer Mike Maker will stable a string of horses for chief client Ken Ramsey in 2018, reports Perry Lefko. Maker trained Sir Dudley Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen Digges (Gio Ponti) to win the 2016 Queen’s Plate for the Ramseys.

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Del Mar cont. from p1 So, how was this managed? The approach was multi-pronged, with some changes designed to have direct and immediate effect. For one, racing at Del Mar started a week later than usual, to give management longer to ready the tracks. And, in order to alleviate the pressure-cooker intensity of a morning, 10% less horses were stabled on the property, while a 10-minute window after each renovation was left open only to horses working. But other measures were designed to have a more indirect, but no less potent, impact. "You want people to self-regulate," said California Board (CHRB) equine medical director, Rick Arthur. To achieve this, the CHRB, in cooperation with Del Mar, flagged certain horses deemed at relative risk of catastrophic injury. And two additional state veterinarians were drafted in to assist the usual team of official veterinarians to routinely monitor these horses, so that, by the time any flagged horse made it to the usual pre-race examination, they had been seen--typically multiple times--in the preceding weeks and months. The Jockey Club's InCompass system provided a daily itinerary of horses that fell within two broad parameters: horses that hadn't raced for a period of 120 days or more, and those that hadn't started before four years of age or older. That same list also included other important information points for context, like whether the horse had previously been on the vet's and Steward's lists, as well as the date of its last two workouts, the distances and times. As an additional layer of scrutiny, the past performances were pulled on entry day, to identify other horses not included on the daily InCompass list, but whose profiles set off alarm bells nonetheless, including horses being dropped in claiming price, and those shipping in from Northern California or out-of-state.

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Del Mar cont. At the same time, he altered the banking of the turns, raising them about a foot to "pretty much" match the geometric shape "It was a monumental effort," Robbins said. "But I think it paid of Santa Anita's main track. When satisfied, he re-laid the pretty good dividends in preventing something potentially surface and, with a maintenance routine that mirrored the one catastrophic." at Santa Anita, set about perfecting the techniques used when On top of that, those out on the track routinely every morning, the racehorses would arrive that summer. along with a state veterinarian and safety steward posted on the "We had a little extra time this year, and what we did was we grounds seven days a week, were asked to keep their eyes simulated race-days," he said. "We would water and harrow, peeled for any warning signs during training, said Robbins. But, water and harrow, just like if we'd have ten races for the day, 20 as he sees it, Santa Anita track superintendent, Dennis Moore, minutes apart. We did it enough times where we were set up who early last year assumed responsibility over Del Mar's main where we wanted to be." track, played a vital role in reducing catastrophic injury It's not just Del Mar's main track that has endured heightened numbers. scrutiny in recent years. Between 2013 and 2014, Del Mar's turf "He saw a few things that concerned him," said Robbins. course was widened, the banking was raised slightly, and a new One of the problems Moore immediately noticed was that the Bermuda grass surface was laid on top of new soil and a new "grading"--i.e., the level-of the surface--was wrong in places. irrigation system. But the bespoke course suffered initial "There were inconsistencies," he said. teething problems when a number of horses were After conducting an initial survey of the track, he dug it up catastrophically injured during its first couple weeks of official entirely, and re-surveyed and re-graded the base, which is a use, prompting a temporary suspension of turf racing that material of decomposed granite. As a fail-safe in the event of summer. technological glitches with the equipment used, Moore hired a certified surveyor to "check behind" the original company charged with grading the base. Cont. p5 $575,000 The HIGHEST PRICE of the opening session by a freshman sire at OBS March sold to 4 OXO Equine LLC after breezing :20 /5

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Del Mar cont. "We're always trying to speed things up and create conditions Currently, while the grass is on the patchy and short side, the that are beneficial to horse racing," said turf course track is being aerated to promote drainage. This means little superintendent, Leif Dickinson. holes are punched into the soil and filled with "Turface"--small And it's due to these sorts of routine, every-day procedures pellets of high-fired calcined clay, while "cores" of thicker turf the surface has been getting progressively more forgiving, said are removed from the outside of the track and plugged into the Dickinson, pointing to the positive reviews received at the thinner patches near the inside. To help the Bermuda grass Breeders' Cup last year. sprout as quickly as possible during this slow-growing season--its "Every year since we've built this track, we've been seeing how most fertile months are August through the start of much softer we can get this thing," he said. "It was softer this October--the roughest patches are covered in blankets that act year than it was last year. It was softer last year than the year like greenhouses. before that. Soft is good. But if it's too soft it tears up. It's a balance." The superintendents at both tracks feed information like track moisture content, compaction and shear strength--shear strength influences the slide and penetration of the hoof in the track surface--to Mick Peterson's Maintenance Quality System Horsephotos

| program, with an eye to maintaining consistency. "There's so many things that have to go right with a year like we've had at Del Mar, that you hate to get confident," Peterson said, stressing how multiple variables weigh in on any one single catastrophic event. Turf racing at Del Mar Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 3, 2018

Del Mar cont. year were the stakeholder meetings comprising individual But where variables can be identified, trends appear. This groups of trainers, vets, and jockeys at the end of the summer notion has been borne out by people like Tim Parkin, a clinical 2016 meet to discuss candidly their thoughts on the rash of epidemiologist with the University of Glasgow, whose research racehorse deaths, said CHRB executive director Rick Baedeker. has been pivotal in identifying a data-driven correlation "We let people just speak their mind," he said. "And we came between certain specific factors--like speed and race out of their realizing that something had to change." distance--and an increased chance of catastrophic injury Some of these developments weren't confined to just Del Mar. occurring. The same more intensive pre-race-day monitoring program Of all racehorse fatalities during both training and racing over continued at Santa Anita, and the intention is to expand it to Los the last five years in California, for example, 113 horses had Alamitos when racing moves there in a few months. Baedeker been off for 120 days or more, while 49 of those had been on believes this to be one important contributing factor behind the the vet's list at least once during their career. Honing in overall fatality-rate decline last year in California--114 horses specifically on Del Mar, of the 17 horses fatally injured in 2016, were fatally injured during racing and training, as compared to five had gaps in training of 60 days or more prior to the 152 in 2016. catastrophic incident. "We hope that's not an anomaly," he said. "It's nice when you But Peterson said that none of the five horses fatally injured can come up with a plan and believe that it has made a last summer--not including a horse, it should be noted, that also difference." died as a result of an incident in the barn area--there were no Among the horsemen, some complained Del Mar's slower over-arching trends to explain their deaths. main-track contributed to a perceived increase in other "When you get the numbers down to five, we can't draw any non-fatal injuries. But according to Jim Cassidy, president of the conclusions," he said. "But one thing we really are beginning to California Trainers, the sorts of injuries typically get confidence about is what the process needs to be to get the seen were "recoverable and manageable." And he believes that track ready for the race-meet." that the changes made to the main-track primarily explain the An important trigger in the processes adopted at Del Mar last reduction in equine fatalities last year. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 3, 2018

"I think almost everyone was pleased," he said. "Better too MAKER, RAMSEY TO STABLE AT WOODBINE slow than too fast, right?" What's more, overall field sizes were up last year at Del Mar, IN 2018 by Perry Lefko from the year prior. And so, with all this in mind, it's hardly surprising that the same protocols established last summer will remain in place again this summer at the track. "I don't think there's anything we'll eliminate with what we did last summer," said Tom Robbins. "And if anybody has any new ideas, we'll be listening."

Breeders= Cup cont. from p1 AWhile the Board determined not to proceed with the concept under consideration, we continue to welcome and encourage the consideration of new ideas and affirm that healthy debate on those ideas will be a positive for both the Breeders= Cup and international Thoroughbred racing. Breeders= Cup will have no further comment on this matter.@ Mike Maker | Coady photo In addition to the Classic, the Racing Form reported that the pair of dirt races for juveniles would have joined the Classic on Trainer Mike Maker is planning to run a string of horses at the December card. Previous reports indicated that the Classic Woodbine for the first time in 2018, and his principal owner Ken would have also become a follow-up race to a possible Ramsey is hoping it results in another Queen's Plate victory. $3-million ABreeders= Cup Derby@ restricted to 3-year-olds. Maker plans to stable about 20-25 horses, about a third of them owned by Ramsey and his wife, Sarah, at Woodbine. Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 3, 2018

Maker, Ramsey to Stable at Woodbine cont. In addition to Sir Dudley Digges, the Ramseys and Maker have had some success in other prominent Canadian races. They won The trio celebrated a win in the 2016 Queen's Plate with Sir the 2016 E.P. Taylor with Al's Gal (English Channel) and finished Dudley Digges (Gio Ponti), who was victorious in the recent second last year in the race with Kitten's Roar (Kitten's Joy). Barbados Gold Cup with stablemate Shining Copper (Aragorn They also placed second in the GI Pattison Canadian {Ire}) second. It was the third win in the race for the Ramseys, International S. with Oscar Nominated (Kitten's Joy). who also have two seconds. The Ramseys placed fourth in the 2014 Plate with We Miss Many of the horses that will be shipped are Canadian-breds. Artie (Artie Schiller), the pre-race favorite who was done in by a The Ramseys have four horses eligible for the Plate, the top one poor start. We Miss Artie stood in Canada as a stallion for a time being Hemp Hemp Hurray (Artie Schiller), trained by Wesley and is now based at the Ramseys' farm in Kentucky. Ward and listed at 25-1 in the Queen's Plate theoretical "We enjoy winning a race like the Queen's Plate," he said. winterbook odds. Ward will train the horse in the U.S. and ship "They treated me well when I won it. I got to go in the room to Canada for the Plate. where [Queen's Elizabeth II] goes when she attends the races up Maker trainee Queen's Fate (Artie Schiller), owned by Maxis there. I got to say a few thousand words about E.P. Taylor and Stable, is being pointed to the Woodbine Oaks. because the Northern Dancer mares fit really "We've had some good luck [at Woodbine] the last couple of well with Kitten's Joy, so we've had great success with that nick. years and I felt rather than ship every couple weeks with a horse "I probably don't have the horse to [win] this year, but we're I figured I might as well stay with some horses there and going up there to give it a try. I've been looking to buy a few hopefully pick us some business with some Canadian clients and yearlings or 2-year-olds in training, so I always check the so forth," Maker said. "Our stable is unbalanced as far as grass Canadian-breds to see if I could pick one to get the job done for horses and poly [synthetic] horses go, so I figured it would be a me the second time." good fit." The horses are expected to be shipped in the next few weeks. Ken Ramsey said when Maker approached him about his plan Woodbine's season opens April 21. to run a string at Woodbine, he supported the move, thinking Sir Maker's assistant, Nolan Ramsey, grandson of Ken and Sarah, Dudley Digges would likely have a shot to win a stakes or two. will oversee the Woodbine division. Maker has about a handful "I've got a whole lot of horses by my sire Kitten's Joy and they of divisions running at the same time at different tracks from his run really well on the synthetic surface and they also run well on overall stable of 150 horses. the turf course, so I think the Kitten's Joys will run well at Ramsey said he had a secondary reason to support Maker's Woodbine," Ramsey said. "I enjoy trying to win on an plan. Nolan Ramsey is engaged to former rider, Katie Clawson, international basis. We've on races in [many countries]. To me, who was runnerup for the 2017 Eclipse Award for Apprentice it's a challenge to go up and try to win the Queen's Plate and Jockey. She had to retire from racing because of concussion [GI] E.P. Taylor and whatever they have up there that would be issues. a challenge for us. Mike wants to go, so I threw my hat in and "They're going to be up the entire meet, so I've got to support said I'll be glad to send some horses with him." them a little bit," he said.

Ken Ramsey with Oscar Nominated | Annette Jasko CAN THE MAN: GOLDENCENTS: INTO MISCHIEF: FIRST FIRST 2YOs $230,000 2YOs $400,000 $350,000 $340,000 $290,000 DOMINUS: $290,000 $290,000 $400,000 etc. $280,000 $275,000 etc.

ITSMYLUCKYDAY: MALIBU MOON: TEMPLE CITY: FIRST 2YOs $525,000 $500,000 $200,000 $170,000 etc. JIMMY CREED: $400,000 SHAKIN IT UP: FIRST $300,000 2YOs $150,000 $225,000 etc.

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>BOLT= TO RETAIN CASTELLANO FOR SANTA Castellano and Bolt d=Oro crossed the wire a head short of McKinzie (Street Sense) and pilot Mike Smith in the San Felipe, ANITA DERBY but Bolt d=Oro was promoted to first after McKinzie was disqualified for interference in deep stretch. ABolt is doing fantastic,@ Ruis said. AHe=s eating everything up, he=s 100% sound and he=s as healthy as he was going in [to the San Felipe], which was 100%. Hopefully, he=ll move up off that race because he really needed it. He was about 80% [fit] for the San Felipe--everybody knows that.@

TOM BENSON, SAINTS, PELICANS AND HORSE OWNER, DIES AT 90 Tom Benson, the owner of the National Basketball Association=s New Orleans Pelicans, and the New Orleans Saints Bolt d=Oro and Javier Castellano (left) | Benoit photo of the National Football League and who late in life tasted Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, who earned a victory via success as a Thoroughbred owner, passed away peacefully disqualification in a dramatic running of the GII San Felipe S. Thursday, Mar. 15, at Ochsner Medical Center with his wife aboard Bolt d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro), will return to Santa Anita to Gayle Marie Benson at his bedside. He was 90 years old. ride the colt in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 7, owner/trainer Mick Ruis said Thursday. Cont. p10 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 3, 2018

Tom Benson Dies cont. FOCUS TURNS TO AFTERCARE AT HBPA Born July 12, 1927 in New Orleans, Benson enrolled at Loyola University (New Orleans) and interrupted his business and CONVENTION by Jennie Rees accounting education, to enlist in the U.S. Navy, where he was NEW ORLEANS, La.--The National HBPA Convention=s panel assigned to the USS Dakota. He returned home following the addressing Thoroughbred aftercare Thursday was charged with conclusion of World War II to continue his studies. discussing solutions. It could not have been more timely, with the Horsemen=s Benevolent and Protective Association confab occurring in a jurisdiction that has been reeling from the social-media uproar stoked by horses that have gone from racing at Louisiana=s Delta Downs and Evangeline Downs to kill pens that sell horses for slaughter. ANow everything is connected,@ said Patrick Richmond, president of Louisiana Horse Rescue Association. ASomething that happens in some remote corner of the state, all of a sudden it=s all over the nation. Because everyone has a video camera, everyone is on Facebook, on Youtube. It takes only one horse to bring just the huge load of bad publicity down on the industry. The publicity falls on the breeder, falls on the owner, on the racetrack. And it really is only one individual causing all of this. But the general public doesn=t really know much about our industry. They just know there=s a horse that=s abused.@ And that=s where the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance comes Gayle and Tom Benson | Getty Images in. The industry-wide program, launched in 2013, accredits Having accepted a job in 1948 as a bookkeeper for the Cathey aftercare facilities that rehab and retrain racehorses for second Chevrolet Co., Benson was well on his way to manage a careers. TAA also provides funding to its affiliates, now nearly $3 Chevrolet dealership before he had turned 30. In 1962, he took million a year to 64 accredited organizations. The Louisiana full control of the company, establishing outlets throughout the Horse Rescue isn=t one, but hasn=t applied. Stacie Clark, the New Orleans area and extending into South Texas. In 1972, operations consultant who oversees the TAA, said that=s going Benson entered the banking business, ultimately taking his to change and Louisiana Horse Rescue will be mentored through company public as Benson Financial World. the process with hopes of becoming the 65th organization. When the Saints were on the verge of being sold to parties Richmond said racetracks need to partner with the TAA and an interested in possible relocation of the franchise, Benson organization such as Louisiana Horse Rescue to send the stepped in to purchase the team May 31, 1985. He became one message, AWe=re opposed to this happening to horses. We=re of the league=s most respected owners while serving as the actively trying to find places for horses to have homes and Chairman of the league=s finance committee. New Orleans also successful careers after racing.@ became a five-time host of the Super Bowl after his purchase. AI do think the racetracks are coming around,@ said Michele In 2012, Benson purchased the NBA franchise, then known as Rodriguez, founder and president of Elite in the Hornets, and rebranded and renamed it the New Orleans Folsom and first vice president of Louisiana Horse Rescue. Pelicans. Benson is also well respected for his philanthropic ABecause they=re seeking us, as opposed to us going to them. undertakings, routinely putting significant sums of money back There=s been so much bad publicity about the outcome of some into local communities. of the horses in the state that they don=t want that stigma According to Equibase statistics, Benson, racing under his GMB attached to the tracks. Boyd [Gaming], which controls two of the Racing banner, won 16 races from 95 starters and earned better tracks in Delta and Evangeline, has asked requested Pat and I than $2.1 million in purse money. His top runners were 2016 GII visit with them. They=re going to try to work with us, and the Woody Stephens S. winner Tom=s Ready (More Than Ready) and racing commission is putting together a task force [including] the Mo Tom (Uncle Mo), victorious in the 2016 GIII Lecomte S. His other two tracks [Louisiana Downs and Fair Grounds], and horses were trained primarily by Tom Amoss and Dallas Stewart. hopefully the department of agriculture. So we can hopefully Details regarding a public visitation and funeral arrangements shut down some of the kill pens, and they=re going to help fund are forthcoming. us.@ Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 3, 2018

HBPA Convention cont. AMost of our horsemen want to retire their horses safely, and a lot of people successfully retire their racehorses to good Boyd Gaming has a policy that permanently revokes stall second careers without a program,@ said Beyond the Wire privileges at its tracks if a trainer=s horse is sold for slaughter. program administrator Jessica Hammond. ABut there are some However some of the horses who thought they were getting going to kill pens aren=t stabled good homes, and it turned out two stable at a track, it was pointed weeks or a month later that they out. weren=t. Working with the TAA Moderating the panel at the gives us an extra security netY.We Astor Crowne Plaza, Clark want to show the public that our suggested that Beyond the Wire, industry cares for our horses. That=s Maryland racing=s aftercare a huge deal nowadays, and it should initiative launched last year, be. This is not only ethical--that=s could provide a blue print for the main reason--but it=s also a Louisiana and other states. marketing issue.@ Beyond the Wire--funded by the Louisiana HBPA president Benard Maryland Jockey Club, the Chatters vowed to Acommit our Maryland Thoroughbred lobby effort to come up with a Horsemen=s Association and the funding mechanism to help with Maryland Horse Breeders Thoroughbred Aftercare Solutions panel: (l to r) Patrick Richmond, Thoroughbred aftercare.@ He Michelle Rodriguez, Benard Chatters, Jessica Hammond Association, as well as per-start added, AThere=s no one size fits all and Stacie Clark | Suzie Picou-Oldham photo contributions from owners and to this problem@ and that horsemen jockeys--serves as a conduit, sending retired racehorses to TAA also must be protected from being unfairly sanctioned if a horse facilities in the state. once in their care is sold for slaughter by someone else. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • MARCH 3, 2018

HBPA Convention cont. AThat=s why it=s important to have a >first exit= (from racing) and working with accredited groups,@ Clark said. AIf you have that first exit, you don=t have that. Because you know the trainer put the horse in the right spot.@ One problem surfacing in Louisiana--and elsewhere--are people whose business plan involves trying to resell horses to SPENDTHRIFT FARM TO SPONSOR IRON HORSE previous owners to keep it from going to slaughter. Eric CHALLENGE Hamelback, the National HBPA=s chief executive officer, also Spendthrift Farm is partnering with the Grayson-Jockey Club urged caution to get the facts, to make sure a horse portrayed Research Foundation to sponsor The Iron Horse Challenge April on social media as a racehorse sent to a kill pen is actually a 26, which is known as National Help a Horse Day. Spendthrift Thoroughbred or an active racehorse. will offer 50 tickets for $25 each for fans to visit the farm on AYou have to be real careful with some of these folks who are April 26 and meet three-time Grade I winner Lord Nelson, who trying to get you to help by sending more money, because it recovered from laminitis. Fans will also be able to see top sometimes just exacerbates the problem...You can=t put right or stallions such as Into Mischief and Malibu Moon. wrong on emotion. You just have to remember we=re trying to AEveryone at Spendthrift was distraught when Lord Nelson get it at that first step. We need to do our due diligence and just developed laminitis from a leg infection,@ said Ned Toffey, educate the Thoroughbred side of the world. We can=t worry general manager of Spendthrift. AHowever, his veterinarians about the other side.@ were able to save his life using treatments based in part on the research funded by Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, and he is now enjoying a successful first year at stud. FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Cont. p13 Share this job

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News Roundup cont. Featured jockeys include Pat Day, Gary Stevens, and Craig AWe are so grateful for the contributions that Grayson-funded Perret. The day will also feature a handicapping seminar projects have made toward improving equine health, and we directed by AAt the Races@ host Steve Byk and clocker and are proud to sponsor The Iron Horse Challenge and invite fans to bloodstock agent Gary Young. visit us to support a great cause. As a farm that breeds and races, we recognize the significance and benefits of cutting-edge equine research in all aspects of the Thoroughbred industry.@ UPCOMING MAJOR As part of the sponsorship, Spendthrift will offer a lead gift of NORTH AMERICAN STAKES $25,000 to Grayson, and individuals who buy a ticket to visit the farm or donate $25 or more to the foundation starting today Date Race Track through April 26 will be entered in a raffle to win one of five 3/17 GI Santa Margarita S. SA V.I.P. tours of Spendthrift over the summer. The V.I.P. tour GII Inside Information S. GP includes a meeting with four-time champion mare Beholder. GII Azeri S. OP GII Rebel S. OP Tickets for the event can be purchased here, and donations to GIII Bourbonette Oaks TP Grayson can be made here. GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks S. TP 3/18 GII Santa Ana S. SA 3/24 GII Louisiana Derby FG GII Fair Grounds Oaks FG GII New Orleans H. FG GULFSTREAM TO HOST FLORIDA TRAC DAY GII Muniz Memorial H. FG MAR. 24 GII San Luis Rey S. SA Gulfstream Park will celebrate Thoroughbred Aftercare on GII Santa Monica S. SA GIII Hutcheson S. GP Saturday, March 24 when it plays host to Florida TRAC Day, 3/25 GIII Sunland Derby SUN featuring retired horses, meet-and-greets with jockeys, 3/31 GI Florida Derby GP dachshund races and an online auction. Florida Thoroughbred GII Gulfstream Park Oaks GP Retirement and Adoptive Care (TRAC) was created in 2009 to GII Gulfstream Park Mile GP find Aforever@ homes for retired Thoroughbreds. The inaugural GII Pan American S. GP GIII Honey Fox S. GP Florida TRAC Day will begin at 8 a.m. with Breakfast at GIII San Francisco Mile GG Gulfstream and continue during live racing beginning at noon. 4/6 GIII Distaff H. AQU AThe Stronach Group has been a leader and innovator in GIII Transylvania S. KEE Thoroughbred Aftercare and Gulfstream Park has been an avid 4/7 GI Central Bank Ashland S. KEE GI Madison S. KEE supporter of Florida TRAC,@ said P.J. Campo, Vice President of GI Carter H. AQU Racing for Gulfstream and The Stronach Group and President of GII Toyota Blue Grass S. KEE Florida TRAC. AWe want to thank The Stronach Group and the GII Shakertown S. KEE Florida Horsemen=s Benevolent and Protective Association for GII Wood Memorial S. AQU supporting Thoroughbred aftercare and their help in Florida GII Gazelle S. AQU GIII Commonwealth S. KEE TRAC being accredited by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. 4/8 GIII Beaumont S. KEE We hope this celebration of aftercare raises awareness and 4/13 GI Makers 46 Mile KEE funds for Florida TRAC and is a great family-friendly day for GI Aplle Blossom H. OP everyone in South Florida.@ GIII Fantasy S. OP 4/14 GI Coolmore Jenny Wiley S. KEE GIII Ben Ali S. KEE CHAMPIONS DAY SCHEDULED FOR GIII Stonestreet Lexington S. KEE TUESDAY DERBY WEEK GI Arkansas Derby OP GII Oaklawn H. OP Churchill Downs=s inaugural Champions Day presented by GIIzi Count Fleet Sprint H. OP Twinspires.com will be held Tuesday, May 1, 2018, it was GIII Commonwealth S. KEE announced Thursday. The event will celebrate the greatest moments in the sport=s history while honoring famed jockeys and trainers. Gates open at 11:00 a.m., with first post slated for 12:45 p.m. Tickets start at $10 and can be found at KentuckyDerbyWeek.com. SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

Leading Second-Crop Sires by Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Wednesday, March 14 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2018 fees.

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Violence 2 5 1 2 -- -- 54 13 $132,500 $713,200 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $25,000 Cosmic Burst 2 Graydar 1 2 1 1 -- -- 45 14 $129,225 $507,680 (2009) by Unbridled's Song Stands: Taylor Made Stallions KY Fee: $7,500 Lombo 3 Jimmy Creed 2 2 1 1 -- -- 31 9 $168,000 $501,071 (2009) by Distorted Humor Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Kanthaka 4 Flat Out ------34 15 $45,600 $410,917 (2006) by Flatter Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $7,000 Cheponera 5 Alternation -- 2 ------32 10 $46,200 $403,108 (2008) by Distorted Humor Stands: Pin Oak Stud KY Fee: $6,000 First Alternate 6 Justin Phillip -- 2 ------27 7 $177,569 $402,710 (2008) by First Samurai Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Ryono Tesoro 7 Paynter -- 3 ------44 9 $54,300 $377,941 (2009) by Awesome Again Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Pryor 8 Overanalyze 1 3 ------55 13 $48,600 $376,828 (2010) by Dixie Union Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Saints' Girl 9 Shanghai Bobby -- 3 -- 1 -- -- 42 5 $54,650 $307,195 (2010) by Harlan's Holiday Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $15,000 Shanghai Tariff 10 Poseidon's Warrior 1 1 -- 1 -- -- 26 6 $155,000 $296,152 (2008) by Speightstown Stands: Pleasant Acres Stallions FL Fee: $6,500 Firenze Fire 11 Morning Line 1 4 ------26 8 $70,000 $290,194 (2007) by Tiznow Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Empire Line 12 Oxbow -- 1 ------30 9 $46,800 $265,388 (2010) by Awesome Again Stands: Calumet Farm KY Fee: $20,000 Proximus 13 Orb ------30 5 $73,044 $248,494 (2010) by Malibu Moon Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Princess Nonko (JPN) 14 Data Link ------26 6 $67,080 $229,752 (2008) by War Front Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $5,000 Masked 15 Animal Kingdom -- 2 -- 1 -- -- 30 5 $53,400 $223,781 (2008) by Leroidesanimaux (Brz) Stands: Jonabell Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Camila Princess

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

Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 7:09 p.m. EDT REBEL S.-GII, $900,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Title Ready More Than Ready Charles E. Fipke Asmussen Ortiz 117 2 Curlin's Honor Curlin Oxley, John C. and Breeze Easy, LLC Casse Geroux 115 3 Solomini K Curlin Zayat Stables, LLC, Mrs. , Baffert Prat 115 Michael B. Tabor and Derrick Smith 4 Magnum Moon K Malibu Moon Lawana L. and Robert E. Low Pletcher Saez 115 5 Higher Power Medaglia d'Oro Pin Oak Stable Von Hemel Eramia 117 6 Pryor K Paynter Alex and JoAnn Lieblong Moquett Albarado 115 7 Sporting Chance K Tiznow Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack Lukas Velazquez 117 8 High North K Midnight Lute Shortleaf Stable, Inc. Cox Stevens 115 9 Zing Zang K Tapit Jackpot Ranch Asmussen Lanerie 115 10 Combatant K Scat Daddy Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing Asmussen Santana, Jr. 115 11 Bode's Maker K Bodemeister Keene Thoroughbreds LLC Milligan Loveberry 115 Breeders: 1-Charles Fipke, 2-Miller Racing LLC, 3-Glenna R. Salyer DVM, 4-Ramona S. Bass, LLC., 5-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 6-WinStar Farm, LLC, 7-Hunter Valley, 8-Mercedes Stables LLC, 9-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 10-Paget Bloodstock, 11-Stride Rite Racing Stable, Inc. Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:32 p.m. EDT AZERI S.-GII, $350,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Actress Tapit Gary and Mary West Servis Ortiz 119 2 Farrell Malibu Moon Coffeepot Stables Catalano Hill 119 3 Terra Promessa Curlin Stonestreet Stables LLC Asmussen Santana, Jr. 117 4 Tiger Moth Street Sense John D. Gunther Cox Geroux 119 5 Sandy's Surprise K Drosselmeyer STD Racing Stable, John Fuller & Neil Haymes O'Neill Prat 119 6 Streamline Straight Line Nancy A. Vanier and Cartwright Thoroughbreds V LLC Williamson Stevens 119 7 Martini Glass Kitalpha Campanella, Vince and Nation's Racing Stable LLC Nations Lopez 122 8 Blue Prize (Arg) Pure Prize Merriebelle Stable LLC Correas, IV Graham 119

Breeders: 1-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc, 2-Coffee Pot Stable, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-John D. Gunther, 5-WinStar Farm, LLC, 6-Nancy Vanier, 7-Aschinger Bloodstock LLC, 8-Bioart S. A.

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

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

Breeders: 1-Normandy Farm LLC, 2-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 3-Monticule, 4-Calumet Farm, 5-Fred W. Hertrich III, 6-Sean Speck & Barbara Speck, 7-Raydelz Stable, 8-Ray Hanson, 9-Lantern Hill Farm/Bloch Racing/SeilerRacing/Traits LLC, 10-Rosemont Farm LLC, 11-My Meadowview LLC, 12-Parrish Hill Farm & Ashford Stud Saturday, Turfway Park, post time: 5:14 p.m. EDT DRF BETS BOURBONETTE OAKS-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 1m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Classy Music K Maclean's Music Fern Circle Stables McPeek Garcia 118 2 Consolida (GB) Sir Percy (GB) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gallagher Van Dyke 124 Green Lantern Stables 3 Queen's Fate K Artie Schiller Maxis Stable & Michael J. Maker Maker Hernandez 118 4 Child's Play Freedom Child Ronald Clark Brooks Gilligan 118 5 In the Mood Eskendereya Stephen S. & Brenda Sandy Sandy McKee 118 6 Hey Negrita Langfuhr Allied Racing Stable, LLC Godsey, Jr. Murrill 118 7 Mauk's Tuff K Overanalyze Mauk One Racing Stable Mauk Pusac 118 8 Mo Flash K Uncle Mo Quintessential Racing Casse Saez 118 9 Homemade Salsa Two Step Salsa Get Away Farm Maker Landeros 124 10 Bet She Wins K First Samurai Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Block Jimenez 118 11 Go Noni Go K Get Stormy Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gaffalione 118

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

Sunday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:00 p.m. EDT SANTA ANA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Madam Dancealot (Ire) Sir Prancealot (Ire) Slam Dunk Racing Baltas Nakatani 122 2 Fault K Blame Agave Racing Stable and Little Red Feather Racing D'Amato Franco 124 3 Laseen (Ire) Dylan Thomas (Ire) D P Racing Cassidy Desormeaux 120 4 Majestic Angel K Majestic Warrior Jerry Jamgotchian Reed Gutierrez 120 5 Evo Campo (Ire) Approve (Ire) Day, David, Day, Michael and DiPietro, Mary Gallagher Bejarano 122 6 Lucy De Decarchy GGG Stables Baltas Van Dyke 120 7 How Unusual Unusual Heat Pender Racing LLC, Fetkin, Bob, Sill, Hunter and Pender Rosario 122 St. Hilaire, Christopher 8 Midnight Crossing (Ire) K Dark Angel (Ire) Abbondanza Racing, LLC and Medallion Racing Baltas Blanc 122 9 Sassy Little Lila K Artie Schiller Drown, Jeff and Ryan, Michael J. Mandella Prat 120

Breeders: 1-Tally-Ho Stud, 2-Claiborne Farm, 3-Stilvi Compania Financiera SA, 4-Hargus & Sandra Sexton and Silver FernFarm, 5-Richard O'Hara, 6-GGG Stables and Magali Farms, LLC, 7-Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams, 8-Tom & Geraldine Molan, 9-Dr. John A. Chandler 9th-GP, $50,000, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 3-15, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.99, fm. BLETCHLEY (GB) (f, 4, {GB}--An Ghalanta {Ire} {SW & GSP-Ire}, by Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) broke her maiden at first asking before running second in the G3 Albany S. at Royal IN ORDER OF PURSE: Ascot as a juvenile. She made her final start in Great Britain for 8th-OP, $79,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 3-15, 3yo, f, 1 Ralph M. Beckett in the October S. Oct. 7 and rallied to grab 1/16m, 1:44.90, ft. second. Making her first start in the States for Mark Casse and HARBOR LIGHTS (f, 3, Shackleford--Harbor Blues {SW & GSP, first start with Keystone Racing as a co-owner, the 11-10 favorite $182,036}, by Petionville) scored on her first attempt at Ellis sat the perfect stalking trip in fourth, just two lengths off the Park before a seventh-place effort in the GII Pocahontas S. at leaders down the backside. She had to travel three wide around Churchill Downs Sept. 16. She was last seen finishing fifth the far turn and got locked in a stretch duel with Magical Sky against allowance company at Keeneland Oct. 20. The 7-1 shot (Sky Mesa). Neither gave an inch nearing the wire before traveled three wide around the clubhouse turn and stalked a Bletchey (GB) got her head down first at the line for the victory. pair of early leaders in the two path down the backstretch. She Her dam has a juvenile and yearling colts by Harbour Watch ranged alongside the pacesetters while four wide at the quarter (Ire). Sales history: 320,000gns 3yo '17 TATMA. Lifetime Record: pole before being set down for the drive and pulling away in the GSP-Ire, 9-3-3-0, $92,512. Click for the Equibase.com chart or final furlong for a 4 1/2-length score. First Alternate VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. (Alternation) ran on for second. Harbor Light is a half to Lady O-Keystone Racing LLC & Qatar Racing, Ltd.; B-Qatar Bloodstock Lumberjack (Forestry), MGSP, $205,200; and Aqsaam Ltd (GB); T-Mark E. Casse. (Dynaformer), GSP, $129,220. Their dam has a juvenile full- brother to the winner and was bred to Twinspired last year. Sales history: $32,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEEJAN. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $75,410. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 8th-FG, $43,000, Alw, 3-15, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.86, ft. O-Michael Lauffer & Gregory McDonald; B-Mike Lauffer & Black ALWAYS ENUFF (f, 4, Tiz Wonderful--Witchy Meeting, by Diamond Management LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. General Meeting) dominated her competition on debut by 10 lengths at Emerald Downs Apr. 15 before switching from Tim McCanna=s barn to the Grant Forster stable. She was last seen returning off a eight-month layoff here Jan. 26 and grabbed third against allowance foes. The 9-10 broke sharply and stalked just less than two lengths off the leaders through a :22.02 opening quarter. He avoided incident when the frontrunner broke down leaving the backstretch and obtained the lead at the quarter pole before kicking clear for a 5 3/4-length victory. Thirteen Songs (Congrats) rallied for second. The winner=s dam also has a juvenile filly named Magical Spell (Include) and a weanling colt by Atta Boy Roy. Sales history: $77,000 Ylg '15 WASSEP. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $40,705. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-Ten Broeck Farm, Inc.; B-Patricia Murphy & Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst (WA); T-Grant T. Forster.

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IN ORDER OF PURSE: 4th-SA, $54,345, (S), Msw, 3-15, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f (off turf), IN DUBAI: 1:18.90, gd. Gundgodu, g, 3, Bernardini--Cloud Jumper, by Street Cry (Ire). EASYDOES IT PLEASE (f, 3, Ministers Wild Cat--Big Easy {MSP, MEY, 3-15, Mdn, 1400m. B-Brushwood Stable. *$70,000 yrl $217,134}, by Gulch), fifth on debut here Feb. 24, the 7-2 third >16KEESEP; $50,000 2yo >17 OBSMAR. choice sat four lengths off the dueling pacesetters through a Pilgrim=s Treasure, c, 4, Dubawi (Ire)--La Pelegrina, by :22.24 opening quarter. She saved all the ground around the far Redoute=s Choice (Aus). MEY, 3-15, Hcp, 1400m. B-Darley. turn and gradually gained on the leaders, taking the lead at the *$108,920 >17 DUBSEP. sixteenth pole and kicked clear to score by 1 1/2 lengths. First- Tailor=s Row, c, 4, Street Cry (Ire)--Raw Silk (GSW, $201,958), by time starter Whoa Nessie (Square Eddie) held on to complete Malibu Moon. MEY, 3-15, Hcp, 2200m. B-Darley. *$11,158 the exacta. This victorious homebred hails from the same family HRA >17 TATNOV. as MGSWs Recoup The Cash (Copelan) and Summer Applause Nathr, h, 7, Dixie Union--Sweet Rider, by Seeking the Gold. (Harlan=s Holiday). Big Easy has a juvenile colt named Do MEY, 3-15, Hcp, 1600m. B-Courtlandt Farm. *$108,920 >17 Something Easy (Kafwain), a yearling filly by Boisterous and a DUBSEP. weanling filly by Old Topper. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $33,480. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. O/B-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA); T-Steven Miyadi.

5th-GP, $49,400, Msw, 3-15, 3yo/up, 5fT, :56.45, fm. AMERICAN GURU (c, 4, Unbridled's Song--Camargue, by Mineshaft) entered Thursday off a sharp four-furlong gate work Saturday, March 17, 2018 in :48 flat (2/50) at Palm Meadows Mar. 9. The 9-2 shot broke 4th-NKY, -13,720,000 ($129k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m alertly and hugged the rail while tucked in behind favored SWING BEAT (c, 3, Tapit--Backseat Rhythm, by El Corredor) pacesetter Teak (Broken Vow) through a :22.74 opening quarter. defeated next-out maiden winner Battle Meister (Bodemeister) The homebred was patiently handled by Luis Saez and waited to break his maiden at first asking at Tokyo Nov. 11 (video, gate for an opening inside the quarter pole before splitting horses 6) and was a decent fourth to SP and G2 UAE Derby-bound Taiki inside the furlong marker and cruising home to a 2 1/4-length Ferveur (Jpn) (Furioso {Jpn}) in his first start against winners in graduation. Scribe (Wrote {Ire}) rallied to grab second from Teak December. His dam was victorious in the grassy GI Garden City at the wire. American Guru hails from a strong family, which S. in 2008. B-Shadai Farm (KY) includes three-time champion, MGISW and 2018 Hall of Fame finalist Royal Delta (Empire Maker) and Champion Older Mare 5th-HSN, -9,550,000 ($90k), Maiden, 3yo, 2000mT Proud Delta. His unraced dam, who is a half to G1SW Biondetti RANDONNEE (f, 3, Blame--Loure, by A.P. Indy) was sent off at (Bernardini) and MGSW Delta Princess (A.P. Indy), has produced odds of 10-1 for her 1800-meter debut at Tokyo and was caught is also responsible for a juvenile filly named Awesome Tiara late to drop a neck decision (video, gate 1). A half-sister to SW (Awesome Again) and visited Empire Maker last season. Lifetime Do the Dance (Discreet Cat) and to five-time Japanese winner Record: 1-1-0-0, $28,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or Kettenstoet (Kitten=s Joy), the April foal is a maternal VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. granddaughter of French Group 3 winner Loving Pride (Quiet O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (KY); T-James A. Jerkens. American). B-Winchester Farm (KY)

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11th-CKO, Falcon S.-G3, -72m ($678k), 3yo, 1400mT Currency Swap (High Cotton), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $3,500 The well-related ASAKUSA GENKI c, 3, Stormy -- 45 foals of racing age/3 winners/1 black-type winner Amelia, by Dixieland Band), a $210K KEESEP yearling, 6-GP, Msw 1mT, MONEY PURSE, 10-1 graduated at third asking last August, then carried Yutaka Take $4,000 OBS OCT wnl; $7,500 RNA OBS AUG yrl to a 6-1 upset of the G3 Kokura Nisai S. the following month (video, gate 17) to become a fifth graded stakes winner for his Flat Out (Flatter), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 dam. Take has a return call on the colt, who is also a half-brother 230 foals of racing age/29 winners/1 black-type winner to GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile runner-up and Woodford 8-HOU, Alw 6f, FLAT OUT GITTIN IT, 15-1 Thoroughbreds He=s Had Enough (Tapit). B-Alexander-Groves- $19,000 FTK FEB yrl; $55,000 RNA FTK JUL yrl; $7,000 OBS MAR Matz LLC (KY) 2yo

MR MELODY (c, 3, Scat Daddy--Trusty Lady, by Deputy Fort Larned (E Dubai), Adena Springs, $15,000 Minister) has a pair of wins and two seconds from four starts, 97 foals of racing age/4 winners/1 black-type winner including a record-setting performance on debut last November 8-GG, Msw 1 1/16m, FORT COURAGE, 2-1 (video, gate 1) and a latest success over a muddy Tokyo strip $15,000 KEE SEP yrl Feb. 3 (video, gate 13). The bay, a $75K KEENOV buyback, fetched $100K as a KEESEP yearling and $400K as an OBSAPR Graydar (Unbridled's Song), Taylor Made Stallions, $15,000 breezer last spring. He tries the turf for the first time here. B-Bell 193 foals of racing age/28 winners/1 black-type winner Tower Thoroughbreds (KY) 5-MVR, Alw 1m, ROCKET WARRIOR, 12-1 $15,000 FTK FEB yrl MOZU SUPERFLARE (f, 3, Speightstown--Christies Treasure, by Belong to Me), a maiden winner at first asking last August Hidden Blessing (Orientate), "Blue Diamond Horseshoe, LLC", (video, gate 11), was out of the frame in her next four runs $1,500 before returning to winning ways over 1200m at Kokura Mar 4 8 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners (video, gate 8). A half-sister to GSW Sacristy (Pulpit) from the 8-HOU, Alw 6f, BRAVE DAISEY, 5-1 family of GISW Purge (Pulpit), the chestnut was a $125K KEESEP acquisition. B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY) Indian Evening (Indian Charlie), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, $3,000 36 foals of racing age/5 winners/1 black-type winner 8-GG, Msw 1 1/16m, LORD RAYLEIGH, 3-1 5-GG, Aoc 6f, SIZZLING EVENING, 10-1

Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor), Spendthrift Farm, $12,500 183 foals of racing age/27 winners/4 black-type winners 6-MVR, Msw 6f, CREED, 10-1

Justin Phillip (First Samurai), Castleton Lyons, $12,500 124 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner First-/second-crop starters to watch: Friday, Mar. 16 7-FG, Aoc 1m, UPSET BREWING, 9-2 Farm and fee represent current information $30,000 KEE SEP yrl Alternation (Distorted Humor), Pin Oak Stud, $7,500 143 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners Orb (Malibu Moon), Claiborne Farm, $25,000 8-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, DREAM NATION, 8-1 195 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner $27,000 OBS MAR 2yo 7-FG, Aoc 1m, LUNA, 3-1

Champ Pegasus (Fusaichi Pegasus), Barton Thoroughbreds, Passion for Gold (Medaglia d'Oro), Haras Penalolen, $5,000 $3,500 20 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 138 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners 6-GP, Msw 1mT, TROPICALITY, 7-2 8-GG, Msw 1 1/16m, PEGASUS FLYIN HIGH, 15-1 $17,000 OBS APR 2yo $4,500 RNA BAR OCT yrl TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 16, 2018

Paynter (Awesome Again), WinStar Farm, $25,000 6th-SA, $57,035, (S), 3-15, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.94, ft. 218 foals of racing age/22 winners/1 black-type winner SMILING TIGRESS (f, 3, Smiling Tiger--Spun Clear, by Hard 7-SA, Aoc 1mT, MS PEINTOUR, 6-1 Spun) Lifetime Record: 9-2-3-0, $107,585. O-Naseer Mohammed $24,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $24,000 RNA OBS APR 2yo; $20,000 Fasihuddin & Madiha Sarwar; B-Premier Thoroughbreds LLC RNA OBS OPN 2yo (CA); T-David Bernstein. *$20,000 Ylg '16 BAROCT.

Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Adena Springs, $25,000 9th-FG, $42,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 3-15, 4yo/up, f/m, 147 foals of racing age/17 winners/2 black-type winners 1 1/16mT, 1:45.71, fm. 8-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, POINT OF AMERICA, 6-1 BLASTED BOSS (f, 4, Street Boss--Blasted, by Dynaformer) $90,000 FTS AUG yrl; $300,000 OBS APR 2yo Lifetime Record: 11-5-2-0, $110,673. O-Myrna & Robert Luttrell,; B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC & J.V. Shields Jr. (KY); T-W. Bret Power Broker (Pulpit), SAU, $10,000 Calhoun. *$22,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. 136 foals of racing age/19 winners/0 black-type winners 6-LRL, Aoc 5 1/2f, AMERICAN POWER, 7-2 6th-CT, $24,000, (S), 3-14, (NW3L), 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:22.14, ft. Shanghai Bobby (Harlan's Holiday), Ashford Stud, $20,000 B'S WILD CORK (f, 3, Denis of Cork--B's Wild Rush {MSW, 237 foals of racing age/20 winners/3 black-type winners $163,365}, by Wild Rush) Lifetime Record: SP, 9-2-3-2, $58,010. 8-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, BOBBY JACK, 10-1 O/B-Taylor Mountain Farm (WV); T-James W. Casey. $12,000 FTK OCT yrl; $30,000 OBS APR 2yo 6-GP, Msw 1mT, SHANGHAI STARLET, 5-1 7th-CT, $24,000, 3-14, (NW2X), 3yo/up, f/m, 4 1/2f, :53.47, ft. $80,000 OBS AUG yrl MINING FOR CANDY (f, 4, Mineshaft--Candy d'Oro, by Johannesburg) Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-2, $36,725. Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), Kor, $20,000 O-John P. Casey & Larry F. Curtis; B-Magalen O. Bryant (KY); 202 foals of racing age/37 winners/3 black-type winners T-Larry F. Curtis. 5-PEN, Msw 1m, HASHTAG WINNING, 2-1 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Violence (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $15,000 Eight Minute Ellie, f, 3, Paynter--Tzawonderfulspring, by Tiz 248 foals of racing age/40 winners/5 black-type winners Wonderful. GP, 3-15, (C), 1 1/16m, 1:45.76. B-Hubert H. Vester 7-SA, Aoc 1mT, MS DUPREE, 4-1 (KY). *$40,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. $80,000 KEE NOV wnl Foaled and Sold by Blandford Stud for Hubert Vester Jr. 5-MVR, Alw 1m, SLANTED TRUTH, 8-1 $35,000 FTK OCT yrl Wishful, f, 3, Storm Wolf--Lake Marina, by Meadowlake. SA, 3-15, (S), 6 1/2f (off turf), 1:17.80. B-Liberty Road Stables (CA). Wrote (IRE) ( {Ire}), Northwest Stud, $4,000 *$2,500 Ylg '16 BAROCT. 45 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners Ribbon of Jewels, f, 4, Distorted Humor--Trusty Temper (SW, 8-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, KATIE'S COWBOY, 4-1 $188,374), by Successful Appeal. GG, 3-15, 5 1/2f (AWT), 6-GP, Msw 1mT, PLAY THAT TONE, 20-1 1:04.87. B-Larry D. Williams (KY). *$45,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP.

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 9th-OP, $79,000, (S), 3-15, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.21, ft. MISS BARHAM (m, 5, Cinnamon Creek--Alice de Rodashay, by American Guru (Unbridled’s Song) kicked clear late for a Ferrara) Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-0, $70,637. O/B-Ernie Witt (AR); professional debut win Thursday at Gulfstream Park T-Ernie Witt II.

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CINNAMON CREEK, Miss Barham, m, 5, o/o Alice de Rodashay, by Ferrara. ALW, 3-15, Oaklawn Park DENIS OF CORK, B's Wild Cork, f, 3, o/o B's Wild Rush, by Wild Rush. ALW, 3-14, Charles Town DISTORTED HUMOR, Ribbon of Jewels, f, 4, o/o Trusty Temper, by Successful Appeal. MSW, 3-15, Golden Gate MAKFI (GB), Bletchley (GB), f, 4, o/o An Ghalanta (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire). AOC, 3-15, Gulfstream Park MINESHAFT, Mining for Candy, f, 4, o/o Candy d'Oro, by Johannesburg. ALW, 3-14, Charles Town MINISTERS WILD CAT, Easydoes It Please, f, 3, o/o Big Easy, by Gulch. MSW, 3-15, Santa Anita PAYNTER, Eight Minute Ellie, f, 3, o/o Tzawonderfulspring, by Tiz Wonderful. MCL, 3-15, Gulfstream Park SHACKLEFORD, Harbor Lights, f, 3, o/o Harbor Blues, by Petionville. AOC, 3-15, Oaklawn Park SMILING TIGER, Smiling Tigress, f, 3, o/o Spun Clear, by Hard Spun. ALW, 3-15, Santa Anita STORM WOLF, Wishful, f, 3, o/o Lake Marina, by Meadowlake. MSW, 3-15, Santa Anita STREET BOSS, Blasted Boss, f, 4, o/o Blasted, by Dynaformer. AOC, 3-15, Fair Grounds TIZ WONDERFUL, Always Enuff, f, 4, o/o Witchy Meeting, by General Meeting. ALW, 3-15, Fair Grounds UNBRIDLED'S SONG, American Guru, c, 4, o/o Camargue, by Mineshaft. MSW, 3-15, Gulfstream Park

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CAPITALIST AUSTRALIA=S BUSIEST SIRE O=LEARY FLYING By Kelsey Riley HIGH ON FIVE Newgate=s first-season sire Capitalist (Aus) was Australia=s busiest covering sire of 2017, serving 229 mares, according to Australian Stud Book statistics updated up to Mar. 1. The Golden Slipper winner stands for A$55,000. His own sire, Written Tycoon (Aus), covered 166 mares at a fee of A$88,000. Capitalist was one of three unproven Newgate sires among the top 10; the others were Dissident (Aus), whose first yearlings are currently being sold and who covered 197 at A$33,000, and first-season covering sire Flying Artie (Aus) (Artie Schiller), who stands for A$38,500 and covered 185. Dissident=s sire, Sebring (Aus), was fourth-busiest in 2017, covering 204, followed by his Widden barnmate Nicconi (Aus) with 208 mates. Current reigning champion sire Snitzel (Aus) sits second with 216 covered at the country=s highest advertised fee, A$176,000. Cont. in Worldwide News p10

Michael O=Leary plants one on Balko Des Flos | Racing Post photo By Emma Berry IN TDN AMERICA TODAY CHELTENHAM, UK--Bizarrely billed as St Patrick=s Thursday 48 BREEDERS’ CUP DECIDES AGAINST SPLIT EVENTS hours early, the day nevertheless belonged to Ireland. To The BC board voted against splitting the championships into C = Patrick, add Gordon, Davy and Michael that s Messrs Elliott, two separate race days in November and December. Click or Russell and O=Leary, trainer, jockey and owner, all going home tap here to go straight to TDN America. with huge grins after each enjoying trebles of different permutations. For Ryanair boss Michael O=Leary, who races his horses in association with brother Eddie under the Gigginstown House Stud banner, claiming the Grade 1 steeplechase which has borne the name of his airline since 2006 was the icing on a multi-tiered cake which had already seen wins for his Samcro (Ire) and (Ire) on Wednesday. Thursday=s first two races went the same way, with the Elliott-trained mare Shattered Love (Ire) (Yeats {Ire}) continuing her excellent season with victory in the G1 JLT Novices= Chase-- her fifth success in six starts this season over fences and a third win of the week for her teenage jockey Jack Kennedy. But Kennedy doesn=t have sole rights to the Gigginstown silks, and Davy Russell donned them for the competitive Pertemps Network Final, driving Delta Work (Fr) (Network {Ger}) clear of his 23 rivals, with Russell himself collecting the prize for the third year running after winning the same race aboard Mall Dini (Ire) and Presenting Percy (GB) in the previous two seasons. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

O=Leary Flying High On Five cont. from p1 It was the third contest of the day that mattered most to O=Leary, however. This time Russell teamed up with the -trained Balko Des Flos (Fr) (Balko {Fr}) to ride another perfectly judged race, stalking the exuberant front-running favourite (Fr) before jumping to the lead at the third-last fence and maintaining the advantage by 4 1/2 lengths. AIt has cost me a fortune trying to win this race. I think I=ve had a runner every year since we have sponsored and we=ve had so many seconds and thirds so this is very special,@ said O=Leary, who has had four different horses finish runner-up in previous years. AIt=s great for Henry because he has hit the bar a couple of times with seconds and thirds. It is great to see him have a winner of a Grade 1 here. Today was our day and I am going to enjoy this. You obviously want to win the Gold Cup and , but outside those if I could have picked one this year, it would have been the Ryanair.@

Michael and Anita O=Leary | Racing Post photo

Before collecting the trophy from his wife Anita, O=Leary added, AI=m very emotionally attached to the race and it=s the one opportunity that I get for my wife to give me some jewelleryCit=s normally the other way around. The children are all watching on television at home so it=s a very special day.@ The winning jockey, who later added victory in the G3 Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate on Elliott=s The Storyteller (Ire) (Shantou) to his rapidly expanding Festival portfolio, said, AOnce my horse was travelling well, I let him quicken and go forward on his terms and I was happy to do that as I didn=t want him to slow down--I was going the one speed the whole way. It=s an awful shame that Michael doesn=t lose any money but I get some of it, which is great! He is a marvellous man for our sport.@

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O=Leary Flying High On Five cont. Consecutive trebles will have ensured two extremely satisfying days for Gordon Elliott but his great rival still eludes him, with seven wins on the board so far this week, another two coming on Thursday via the tearaway G2 Trull House Stud Mares= Novices= Hurdle winner Laurina (Fr) (Spanish Moon) and also in the race which can still be viewed as the feature of Thursday, the G1 Sun Bets Stayers= Hurdle. This Grade 1 contest was fought out by two Flat-bred geldings who spent their foal days frolicking in the paddocks of Newsells Park Stud in consecutive years. (GB) ( Vice President, International Operations Gary King {GB}) and Supasundae (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) were both winners at Twitter: @garykingTDN last year=s Festival, but it was the 7-year-old Penhill, making his [email protected] first appearance this season, who got the upper hand over his + 1.732.320.0975 year-older rival when the two were pitched into opposition, continuing the Mullins dominance and giving jockey Paul International Editor Townend the first of his two wins on the day. Kelsey Riley Despite ending the day by pushing past as Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN the most successful Festival trainer on 61 wins, Mullins was [email protected] quick to deflect praise to a member of his team for the victory of the infrequently seen Penhill. He said, AA lot of credit has to go European Editor Emma Berry to Holly Conte who leads him up, rides him and does everything Twitter: @collingsberry with him. She has virtually trained this horse herself I think. She [email protected] minds him because he is fairly fragile. I will attribute this to Holly.@ Associate International Editor Mullins added, AI would like to put him away now for Heather Anderson Cheltenham next year. I don=t know what will happen when I say Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN that to connections, but he is not suited to training for the Flat. I was hoping to get a run into him, but coming here without a Marketing Manager prep race to win a championship race is a huge achievement to Alayna Cullen the horse. He is able to do this job so well, so we might just try a Twitter: @AlaynaCullen = [email protected] whole different plan. If he doesn t go Flat racing, we might be able to have a better winter racing programme.@ Contributing Editor Owner Tony Bloom is unlikely to mind too much as he has Alan Carasso other classy horses to look forward to for the Flat season, Twitter: @EquinealTDN including another Newsells Park-bred son of Mount Nelson, Librisa Breeze (GB), who won last year=s G1 QIPCO British Cafe Racing Champions Sprint. He said of Penhill=s triumphant return, ABack Sean Cronin in the summer, we were worried as to whether he would run Tom Frary again, but a few months ago I was told he was getting better [email protected] and fit, but to be able to come back from all that time out and Irish Correspondent win a Grade 1 championship race was brilliant. He has done it Daithi Harvey with absolute style. I was concerned two hurdles out whether he would get up the hill after such a long time out, but he has Regular Columnists won it going away.@ Andrew Caulfield Standing in the winner=s enclosure watching the horse he has John Berry known since birth was Newsells Park Stud manager Julian Dollar, Kevin Blake who said with a smile, AWe nearly had the Champion Hurdle too Tom Peacock with [runner-up] Melon. It=s been quite a week.@ Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

O=Leary Flying High On Five cont. thought about himChe=s produced a top-class sprinter and a Dollar continued, AIt=s wonderful that Supasundae has found classy hurdler like Penhill. He can do both jobs.@ his niche and Penhill was a good horse for James Bethell and has Boutique post-race sales of young jumpers have become very gone on to be really good for Willie Mullins. We don=t set out popular in Britain and the fifth Sale took our stall to be National Hunt breeders but this is an extra bonus place after racing on Thursday. The auction of 27 horses, staged and we have to be proud of it--it=s great fun.@ in the parade ring by Ireland, raised a total of Supasundae, winner of the G1 Irish ,3,165,000 from 20 sold, with two Champion Hurdle in February, is closely 4-year-old geldings being sold for the related to Newsells Park=s joint-top price of ,330,000. (Ire), being out of that stallion=s Lot 10, Andy Dufresne (Ire) (Doyen half-sister Distinctive Look (Ire) {GB}), the winner of his sole start in a () and also by Galileo. His dam point-to-point on March 9, was offered has been sold to the Wertheimers and by Camilla Sharples and sold to Gordon she has an (Fr) colt foal this Elliott. His co-topper, lot 13, Feel My year. Pulse (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}), is also one Penhill=s dam Serrenia (Ire) (High win for one run, his victory achieved Chaparral {Ire}) was also sold, to Aiden the very next day in Lismore for Murphy=s Warren Chase Stud in Donnchadh Doyle of Monbeg Stables. December 2012, and was covered again The half-brother to the listed-winning last year by Mount Nelson after he left hurdler Myska (Ire) (Presenting {GB}) Newsells Park Stud for Ireland. will also be trained by Elliott having Penhill (left) and Supasundae | Racing Post photo Dollar added, AI think Mount Nelson been bought by Mags O=Toole, a regular must be Tony Bloom=s favourite stallion. I=m genuinely delighted buyer for Gigginstown House Stud. for Boardsmill Stud, where he stands now. We=re not in the The average price was ,158,250, up by 11% on last year, while business of standing dual-purpose horses but I always loved the median of ,147,500 rose by 23%. Mount Nelson and to a certain degree it vindicates what we TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

Daithi Harvey B Ireland With conditions looking like they will be borderline unraceable, stamina is going to be at a premium on the final day The Cheltenham Festival may provide the highlight of British of the Festival and my first selection CHRIS=S DREAM (IRE) in the season, but a major part of the thrill G1 Albert Bartlett Novices= Hurdle appears to have that staying involved has traditionally been the rivalry between the home quality in spades. Henry de Bromhead=s gelding handled team and raiders from across the Irish Sea. The influx of desperate ground conditions when winning a listed hurdle at French-bred jumpers to both Britain and Ireland, particularly Clonmel by a staggering 64 lengths and having had only three over the last decade, has meant that the competition is now runs over hurdles he remains quite unexposed. fierce between all three nations. National honour is at stake, I have long been a (IRE) fan and I think his and that rivalry filters through to the desks of the TDN offices. ability to shine over an extreme distance can prove the key to a This week, our correspondents from Britain, Ireland and France-- fascinating renewal of the G1 . A field of all three passionate jumping fans and small National Hunt 18 makes this one of the largest in recent years and while Might breeders--will take each other on in a daily tipping contest. Here Bite (Ire) bids to give Nicky Henderson a brilliant treble at the are their selections for day four. meeting and is a worthy favourite I think Native River is best equipped to deal with the unique challenge that the race Emma Berry B Britain presents. Our Duke (Ire)=s last-out beating of Presenting Percy He may be trained in Ireland by the country=s most upwardly (GB) reads particularly well now and if his jumping holds up he mobile young trainer but EDWULF (GB) was bred in Britain by shouldn=t be far away also. Ivor Valentine and I=m siding with him to uphold a fine recent The County Hurdle looks fiendishly competitive as usual and I record for the GB suffix in the G1 Timico Gold Cup, following give an each-way chance to the Willie Mullins-trained (GB) in 2015 and (GB) last year. Victory in LAGOSTOVEGAS (IRE). The daughter of (GB) steeplechasing=s blue riband would represent a Lazarus-like has good form on heavy ground and warmed up for this with a Cheltenham comeback for the 9-year-old son of Kayf Tara, who decent effort after a break when third at Gowran recently. was close to death on the course last year after collapsing in the Despite having a career-high mark to contend with I think she National Hunt Chase. Prolonged life-saving treatment by the can find the necessary progression to be competitive. on-course vets returned his heartbeat to its normal rhythm and, after being pulled up on his comeback run at Christmas, Edwulf Emmanuel Roussel B France returned triumphant at Leopardstown on Feb. 4 to win the Irish I guess everyone expects us to pick something in the Gold Cup Gold CupCa first Grade 1 win over jumps for Melbourne and I will actually focus on two horses. The first one is MIGHT Cup-winning trainer Joseph O=Brien. BITE (IRE). His King George win at Kempton was a freakish REDICEAN (GB) was bred by David and Patricia Thompson=s performance plus, having won last year=s RSA Novices= Chase, his Cheveley Park Stud, sold as a foal, yearling and 3-year-old before ability to score here is obvious. He=s a sound favourite to me. again changing hands, this time in a recent private sale back to For an each-way chance, I=d look at (Fr) at 33/1. He David Thompson, who has always enjoyed running the odd loves the mud and his price is very attractive since he was one of jumper as a sideline to his Flat breeding interests. His colours the favourites for this race only a year ago. He finished fourth have been carried to glory by Party Politics (GB) that day and I think there=s enough left in him to make it to the in 1992 and this slick homebred son of the retired Cheveley Park podium once again. stalwart Medicean (GB)Cnow unbeaten in three starts over APPLE=S SHAKIRA (FR) should win the G1 JCB . hurdles since switching from David O=Meara to Alan KingChas a She was a monster before she left France for Nicky Henderson=s great chance of adding a Cheltenham Festival win to stable and she=s scored three times on this very course since Thompson=s portfolio in the G1 JCB Triumph Hurdle. then. A classy individual in his day, VALDEZ (GB) was off the track for DORTMUND PARK (FR) was very highly regarded in France more than three years before making his comeback on Feb. 10 before moving to Gordon Elliott=s yard in Ireland. He at Newbury, running third of three behind (Ire) and disappointed last time out in a Grade 1 at Leopardstown over (Fr). The 11-year-old certainly wasn=t disgraced 2m6f and subsequently underwent wind surgery. If he=s back in when asked to take on two of the best young bucks of the full swing, 25/1 is a decent price for the G1 Albert Bartlett two-mile chasing scene and he=s an intriguing each-way Novices= Hurdle. prospect for the G3 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase, which brings the curtain down on the 2018 Cheltenham Festival. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

the one previous, with many horses within a pedigree racing and YOUNG GUNS breeding abroad, so it is important that the information on a catalogue page is correct. MICHELLE FOGARTY Young Guns is a series where we endeavour to find out more about some of the young professionals in the industry. Today we speak with Michelle Fogarty, pedigree researcher in the bloodstock department at Weatherbys.

TDN: What was your path into the industry?

MF: My interest in Thoroughbreds didn't begin until after I had left school, so compared to many people, I am relatively new to the industry. I began an Equine Management course in Kildare and from there I moved on to study Equine Science at the University of , followed by time working at Lane=s End Farm in Kentucky and Kiltinan Stud. The experience I gained, the people I have met along the way and the animals I have worked Michelle Fogarty with throughout have led me to my present role in Weatherbys.

TDN: Who has been the biggest influence on your career? TDN: What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?

MF: Working on farms such has Kiltinan has certainly MF: Work hard and don't be afraid to push yourself in the encouraged me to get to where I am now. Donna Vowles and direction you want to take. As they say, 'what's for you, won't the team were fantastic to work with, and to be involved with pass you by.= mares such as Attraction and Seal of Approval was incredible. And of course, the bloodstock team here at Weatherbys have TDN: What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the endless knowledge in regards to breeding and racing, so to learn industry and how would you solve it? from people who have spent years within the industry has had an important impact on my career development. MF: The bloodstock sales market is stronger than ever at the moment and continues to grow. Personally, I think it is difficult TDN: What does your role involve? for people who are operating on a smaller scale or are new to the industry looking to produce, buy or sell Thoroughbreds. MF: The main part of my role involves producing sales catalogue Ways in which we can help support existing and new individuals pedigrees for auction houses such as Tattersalls, Goffs, is important. The EBF funding for owners, Plus 10 and the Goresbridge and BBAG, to name but a few. Together with a Tattersalls bonus scheme are great ways to attract people to database and library which stores books such as racing calendars join or maintain their position within the industry and more of these initiatives should be encouraged. and international stud books that date back to the late 1800s, we compile private pedigrees and bespoke private stud books TDN: What do you think horse racing's perception is among for many large bloodstock operations. From my involvement in the general public? the publication of the Weatherbys Stallion Book to the Global Stallions App, the list goes on. MF: There is a huge social aspect to racing. Many people look forward to a good day out and a chance to back a winner. Seeing TDN: What challenges do you face in your role? racecourses host events such as Newmarket nights is a fantastic way of getting more people interested in enjoying racing with MF: Pedigree research is a specific role that involves the added extra of getting to see a concert afterwards. Events concentration and attention to detail when it comes to like this can help the public's perception of racing and make it a producing pedigree pages to a high standard and on a tight more accessible sport. schedule. Each pedigree we look at is completely different to Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

TDN: How would you attract more young people into the TDN: What would you like to achieve in the next five years? workforce? MF: It is incredible to have the amount of information MF: It's a great industry to be apart of and the people involved Weatherbys have at your fingertips, so I look forward to in it are there because of the animal. That said, it is important to continuing with researching pedigrees and increasing my skills actively run seminars, where younger people can be encouraged within bloodstock. and influenced to work and stay within the industry. Events such as The Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards provide a great incentive for recognition and rewards within the workforce.

TDN: Who is your favourite racehorse of all time and why?

MF: As I said earlier, I am relatively new to the industry, but I Thursday=s Results: have followed Lethal Force throughout his racing career. I i remember watching him beat in the July Cup and PRIX MONTENICA-Listed, 55,000, CHY, 3-15, 3yo, 6 1/2f S. Now as a stallion, I have seen some of his (AWT), 1:17.59, st. stock at the sales and they have been well received. I'm looking 1--CORINTHIA KNIGHT (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Society Rock (Ire) forward to seeing how his first crop of 3-year-olds perform this 1st Dam: Victoria Lodge (Ire), by Grand Lodge year. 2nd Dam: Lake Victoria (Ire), by Lake Coniston (Ire) 3rd Dam: Amazer, by Vaguely Noble (Ire) TDN: Tell us something about yourself that not many people 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN (i15,000 Ylg >16 TIRSEP). would know. O-Ontoawinner & Partner; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-Archie Watson; J-Oisin Murphy. i27,500. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, MF: Honestly, what you see is what you get with me. 12-6-2-1, i121,659. Cont. p8

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Prix Montenica cont. PRIX PRIX RONDE DE NUIT-Listed, i55,000, CHY, 3-15, 3yo, 6fT, 2--Drummore (Ire), 128, c, 3, Dubawi (Ire)--Rahiyah, by Rahy. 1:14.38, hy. O-Godolphin SNC. i11,000. 1--FORZA CAPITANO (FR), 128, c, 3, by Captain Marvelous (Ire) 3--Teckwin (Fr), 128, French Fifteen (Fr)--Ammia (Ire), by 1st Dam: Fantasia (Ger), by Monsun (Ger) Medicean (GB). O-Jean-Vincent Toux. i8,250. 2nd Dam: Fatal Attraction (Ger), by Czaravich Margins: 1 1/4, HD, HF. Odds: 1.50, 10.00, 26.00. 3rd Dam: Fruhlingserwachen, by Irish River (Fr) Also Ran: Batwan (Fr), Beyond My Dreams (Ire), Beau Massagot 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN O/B-Georg Kern (FR); T-Henri-Alex (Fr), Fou Rire (Ire), Mon Ami L=Ecossais (Fr), River Cannes (Fr), Pantall; J-Mickael Barzalona. i27,500. Lifetime Record: Hergame (GB), Gheryaf (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. 6-2-0-2, i53,320. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 2--Absolute City (Fr), 125, f, 3, Elusive City--Absolutely True (GB), by Westerner (GB). O-Jean-Claude Seroul. i11,000. 3--Leonio (Fr), 128, c, 3, Myboycharlie (Ire)--Katelyns Kiss, by Rahy. (i18,000 Ylg >16 ARAU2). O-Genets Srl. i8,250. Margins: 4, HD, 3. Odds: 13.40, 1.70, 7.00. Also Ran: Fastidious (Fr), Penny Luz (Fr), Over Reacted (Fr), Gold Earth (Ire), Diamond Vendome (Fr). Scratched: Parigote (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lightly-raced at two, Forza Capitano was only seventh trying black-type in the seven-furlong Listed Prix Herod here in November but returned a different proposition to suggest he can play a leading role in the country=s pattern-race sprints. Quickly away from the widest stall, the dark bay turned the screw inside the final quarter mile and stretched away for an Corinthia Knight | Scoop Dyga emphatic success. The dam=s family includes the G2 Euro-Cup winner Fruhlingssturm (GB) (Unfuwain) and the sires Running Runner-up in the six-furlong G3 Sirenia S. at Kempton in Stag and Street Boss. She has a 2-year-old full-sister to the September, Corinthia Knight ended a busy juvenile campaign winner named Flaming Star (Fr) and a yearling filly by Stormy with a fourth in the Juvenile Turf Sprint over five at Del Mar in River (Fr) named Follow Your Heart (Fr). November and a third in a conditions race at Wolverhampton the following month. Not rested, the chestnut scored over six at 2nd-CHY, i25,000, Debutantes, 3-15, 3yo, c/g, 8f (AWT), Kempton on Jan. 16 before following up reverting to five again 1:48.53, st. at Newcastle on Feb. 21. Enjoying the perfect stalking trip in RASHKE (GB) (c, 3, Redoute=s Choice {Aus}--Silkwood {GB} third, the visitor overwhelmed Drummore inside the last 75 {GSW-Eng, $182,701}, by Singspiel {Ire}), sent off the 11-10 metres en route to a decisive first black-type success. favourite, was a touch slowly away but quickly recovered to race Trainer Archie Watson was celebrating a breakthrough success in a close-up second with the pace only moderate. In front and has his sights set firmly on Lingfield=s All-Weather turning for home, the homebred was shaken up to assert from the 300-metre marker and responded to surge clear for a 3 1/2- Championships now. AThis is our first win in France and this length success from Nizaal (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Silkwood, who horse is a nice sprinter who we were concerned wouldn=t stay was the impressive winner of the G2 Ribblesdale S. in 2007, is a the trip,@ he said. AFive or six on a straight course is ideal for him. half-sister to another to carry Sheikh Mohammed=s famed silks He ran a lot last year with no break, but he enjoys his racing and with distinction in Silent Honor (Ire) (Sunday Silence), who training. He=ll go to Lingfield now and then we=ll aim him at the captured the G2 Cherry Hinton S. From the family of the @ nice turf sprints. The dam, who also threw the listed-placed legendary Miesque, the dam--who is also connected to the ill- North Ireland (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), has a 2-year-old son of Sir fated G2 King Edward VII S. and G2 Dante S. hero Permian (Ire) Prancealot (Ire) named Sir Victor (Ire) and a yearling colt by (Teofilo {Ire}) and the G1 English and Irish Oaks and G1 Preis der Baltic King (GB). She descends from the G3 Prix de Royallieu and Diana-placed Architecture (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire})--also has a 2-year- Yellow Ribbon heroine Amazer, who was also placed in the old colt by Oasis Dream (GB) and a yearling filly by Shamardal. Canadian International and Prix Vermeille. A sister to the G1 Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Video, sponsored by Futurity S.-winning sire Sporting Yankee, she produced another Fasig-Tipton. who captured the Yellow Ribbon in Delighter (Lypheor {GB}). O-Godolphin; B-Godolphin SNC (GB); T-Andre Fabre. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

2nd-CHY, i25,000, Debutantes, 3-15, 3yo, f, 8f (AWT), 1:41.78, st. LUNCH LADY (GB) (f, 3, Shamardal--High Maintenance {Fr} {GSP-Fr, $115,823}, by Highest Honor {Fr}), a half-sister to Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) (Hwt. Older Horse-Eur/Fr/UAE at 7-9 CONDITIONS RESULT: 1/2f, MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr & UAE, $6,287,999) was sent off the 4th-CHD, ,8,400, 3-15, 3yo/up, 7f (AWT), 1:24.97, st. 13-10 favourite and proved difficult to load before breaking well AQUARIUM (GB) (c, 3, Leroidesanimaux {Brz}--Caribana {GB}, to travel easily in fourth. Sent to the lead approaching the by Hernando {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, ,10,233. O-Kingsley furlong pole, the homebred stayed on strongly to win with Park Owners Club; B-Miss K. Rausing (GB); T-Mark Johnston. authority by 4 1/2 lengths from Ghabnah (Fr) (Equiano {Fr}). *16,000gns Ylg >16 TATDEY. **1/2 to Cubanita (GB) (), Solow was the first foal out of the dam, who had the stamina to MGSW-Eng, GSP-Ire & G1SP-Ger, $247,395. finish third in the G3 Prix , and it was no surprise that he was initially campaigned over middle distances by this stable. It was only when Freddy Head dropped him to around this trip that he turned himself inside out, memorably winning the G1 EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Prix d=Ispahan, G1 Dubai Turf, G1 Queen Elizabeth II S., G1 Sussex S. and G1 Queen Anne S. Under the G2 Prix de Royallieu- winning second dam Fabulous Hostess (Fabulous Dancer) are IN AUSTRALIA: the likes of the GIII Northern Dancer S. winner Colizeo (Distorted Inspirante (Fr), f, 3, Champs Elysees (GB)--Insan Mala (Ire) (SW- Humor), while the family features last year=s Listed Rose Bowl S. US, $123,141), by Bahhare. Warrnambool, 3-15, Hcp., winner and G2 Lowther S. and G1 Cheveley Park S.-placed 1700mT, 1:44.23. B-Jan Krauze. *Won by 5 3/4 lengths as the Madeline (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and Thistle Bird (GB) (Selkirk), who 1-2 favourite. **1/2 to Courcy (Fr) (Mizzen Mast), SW-Fr, took the G1 Pretty Polly S. Next to come from High Maintenance $135,583. ***i35,000 Wlg >15 ARQDEC. is the 2-year-old filly High Profile (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and a yearling colt by Dubawi (Ire) named Salesman (Ire). Lifetime IN DUBAI: Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Cachao (GB), g, 5, New Approach (Ire)BMambo Halo, by O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (GB); T-Freddy Head. Southern Halo. MEY, 3-15, Hcp, NH & SH 3yo/up, 1600m. B-Highclere Stud & Mr & Mrs G Middlebrook. *1/2 to Earl of Leitrim (Ire) (Johannesburg), SW-Eng. **120,000gns yrl >14 TAOOCT.

Almanaara (Ire), h, 5, ShamardalBMidnight Angel (GB), by Machiavellian. MEY, 3-15, Hcp, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1200m. B-Malih L Al Basti. *1/2 to Dark Angel (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), G1SW-Eng, $685,840; and Angel=s Pursuit (Ire) (Pastoral Pursuits {GB}), SW & GSP-Eng, SP-Fr, $128,748. **370,000gns yrl >14 TAOOCT. Dubawi=s Thunder (GB), g, 7, Dubawi (Ire)BEclaircie (Ire), by Thunder Gulch. MEY, 3-15, Mdn, NH4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2000m. B-Mrs C F Van Straubenzee and Partners.

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Follow the TDN staff on Twitter CONDITIONS RESULT: Thoroughbred Daily News 4th-MPV, i30,000, 3-14, 3yo, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:30.37, st. MISVA (FR) (f, 3, Evasive {GB}--Cousine {Fr}, by Slickly {Fr}) @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry Lifetime Record: 9-2-0-1, i37,350. O-Mme Laurence Samoun & Georges Duca; B-/T-Georges Duca. @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

WINX JOINT TOP-RATED

Capitalist Australia=s Busiest Sire cont. from p1

Winx is the world=s joint top-rated horse with Gun Runner | Bronwen Healy

Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) is joint top-rated at 129 with American Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) for Capitalist covered 229 mares last season | Bronwen Healy the first edition of the Longines World=s Best Racehorse Rankings of 2018. Winx earned that mark for her seven-length Snitzel=s sire Redoute=s Choice (Aus) stands alongside him at win in the G1 Chipping Norton S. on Mar. 3, while the now- Arrowfield for the second-highest fee of A$137,500, and he retired Gun Runner was assigned the same mark for his career- served 73 mares last year. Another Redoute=s Choice-sired closing victory in the GI Pegasus World Cup in January. The Arrowfield resident, Not A Single Doubt (Aus), covered 146 Pegasus second and U.S. champion 3-year-old colt, West Coast mares. (Flatter), is third on 124 while Happy Clapper (Aus) (Teofilo I Am Invincible (Aus), who has thus far rivaled Snitzel for sales {Ire}) and Redkirk Warrior (GB) (Notnowcato {GB}), who both ring dominance this year, stood for A$110,000 last season and won Group 1s in Australia last weekend, are a joint fourth on was visited by 200 mares. That same price was commanded by 121. both Exceed and Excel (Aus) (Danehill) and Medaglia d=Oro (El Prado {Ire}) at Darley, and they covered 131 and 81 apiece. Zoustar (Aus) (Northern {Aus}) and Spirit of Boom (Aus) (Sequalo {Aus}) are currently battling it out atop the first- season sire standings, with the former leading by earnings and DAYSEE DOOM FOR CLASSIC RIVALS the latter by winners, and they served 181 and 191 mares, The lone Group 1 on Saturday=s nine-race Rosehill card, the respectively, last year. Pierro (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), well out in $600,000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) for fillies and mares, sees a front as leading second-season sire, was the busiest stallion at field of 18 with a substantial portion of the runners holding Coolmore Australia last season with 192 covered. some chance. Coolmore=s American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah With the top four from last year=s race renewing their rivalry (Pioneerof the Nile) led all first-season shuttlers with 158 bred at here, it=s the Ron Quinton-trained Daysee Doom (Aus) Coolmore and European champion 2-year-old Air Force Blue (Domesday {Aus}), fourth 12 months prior, who heads into the (War Front), who joined him on the trip from Ashford Stud in race off an impressive win in the G2 Millie Fox S. (1300) on Feb. Kentucky to Jerry=s Plains, served 119. Shalaa (Ire), like I Am 24. Having never finished further back that fourth in eight starts Invincible a son of Invincible Spirit (Ire), covered 155 in his first at the track, the 5-year-old mare has an undeniable chance. season Down Under at Arrowfield, while Godolphin=s fast miler Impressive in the G2 Breeders Classic first-up on Feb. 10 before Frosted (Tapit) covered 103. First-season Japanese shuttlers a narrow fourth behind Daysee Doom last start, the Gai Maurice (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}) and Mikki Isle (Jpn) (Deep Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Prompt Response (Aus) Impact {Jpn}) covered 121 and 96, respectively, at Arrowfield. (Beneteau {Aus}) has threatened to win a Group 1 in the past and Saturday=s race looks well within her grasp. Cont. p11

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Successful at her last two starts highlighted by an impressive performance in the G3 Sunline Vase (2100m), the Team Rogerson-trained Contessa Vanessa (NZ) (Bullbars {Aus}) has the form on the board, but the concern is barrier 16 of 18 especially as the filly has raced handy at her past few starts. The Michael and Matthew Pittman-trained Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}) is nothing but consistent and after her dominant last-start victory in the Lowland, the well-bred filly is surely capable of taking the prize. Third behind Savvy Coup in the Lowland, the China Horse Club-raced Caricature (Aus) (Power {GB}) doesn=t really have a pedigree that screams 2400m Oaks winner, but the form of the Tony Pike-trained filly clearly highlights that she has a leading chance. Splitting Savvy Coup and Caricature last start was the Graham Richardson and Gavin Parker-trained Gold Spice (NZ) (Rock >N= Group 1 winner Alizee looks to bounce back to form Pop {Aus}), who heads into the Oaks at just her fifth start, in the Coolmore Classic | Bronwen Healy looking to give her Waikato Stud-based sire his first stakes winner. Set to carry only 51 kilos, last-start G1 Australian Guineas third Bring Me Roses (Aus) (High Chaparral {Ire}) has recorded two elite-level placed efforts from her last three starts and if the drop back in trip holds no issue, the filly looks a strong contender. AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS Last year=s winner Heavens Above (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) hasn=t finishing in the top three in seven runs since her win, but her last start sixth behind Daysee Doom, beaten less than two IN SOUTH AFRICA: lengths, sees her with a chance here over the 1500m. My Favourite Brown (Aus), g, 5, Big Brown--Collodi (Aus), by Chris Waller=s dual Group 1 winner Egg Tart (Aus) (Sebring Testa Rossa (Aus). Vaal, 3-15, Hcp., 2000mT, 2:03.46. O-Messrs {Aus}) returned in final style in the G3 Liverpool City Cup on J F & L M F Wernars; B-L Tall (NSW); T-J A Janse van Vuuren. Mar. 3, working home very well from back in the field to take *A$60,000 Ylg >14 INGMEL. third, beaten a length. While she hasn=t delivered on her Classic season form, with Kerrin McEvoy in the saddle, the mare should Thursday=s Result: be charging late. DIOLITE KINEN-Listed, -54,400,000, Funabashi, 3-14, 4yo/up, Group 1-winning 3-year-old Alizee (Aus) (Sepoy {Aus}) was 2400m, 2:34.80, yg. slightly disappointing last time out when beaten as the race 1--K T BRAVE (JPN), 123, h, 5, Admire Max (Jpn)--K T Laurel favourite in the G1 Surround S. behind Shoals (Aus) (Fastnet (Jpn), by Sakura Laurel (Jpn). O-Kazuyoshi Takimoto; B-Okano Rock {Aus}), but the Godolphin raced half-sister to Group 1 Farm; T-Haruki Sugiyama; J-Yuichi Fukunaga; -32,000,000. winner Astern (Aus) (Medaglia d=Oro {USA}) should acquit Lifetime Record: G1SP-Jpn, 28-9-6-5. herself well here on just 54 kilos. 2--Apollo Kentucky, 123, h, 6, Langfuhr--Dixiana Delight, by Gone West. ($55,000 Ylg >13 KEESEP). O-Apollo Thoroughbred Club; B-Doug Branham (KY); -11,200,000.

NEW ZEALAND OAKS TREASURE Tony Pike=s Treasure (NZ) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) was impressive two starts back in the Listed Oaks Prelude (1800m) at 3--Meiner Basara (Jpn), 123, h, 5, Sinister Minister--Southern New Plymouth before nothing went to plan next time out in the Ray Star (Jpn), by Southern Halo. O-Thoroughbred Club G3 Lowland S. (2100m), where she finished down the track, but Ruffian; B-Hamaguchi Farm; -6,400,000. her ability is evident and Saturday=s G1 New Zealand Oaks Margins: 1HF, 2, 13. Odds: 0.80, 0.90, 6.80. (2400m) appears to be well within her capabilities. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 12 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

ADVANTAGE >SLING= FOLLOWING HK DERBY The Size-trained Ping Hai Star (NZ) (Nom de Jeu {NZ}) should prove to be the wiseguy selection and will go in search of four DRAW by Alan Carasso straight wins with Ryan Moore in to call the shots. Post positions were drawn Thursday morning in the Sha Tin AWe need him to switch off and do everything right, but I think parade ring for Sunday=s HK$18-million BMW Hong Kong Derby he probably needs a horse to be able to follow,@ Size said. AWe (2000mT), with the winners of each of the first two legs of the want him to be able to settle and then track into it, and that 4-year-old lead-ups experiencing very different fates. gate should allow him to get dragged into the race.@ Sling (SAf) (Philanthropist) emerged the clear winner when all was said and done. Runner-up to Nothingilikemore (Aus) (Husson {Arg}) in the Hong Kong Classic Mile in January before going one better in the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), the South African Grade 2 winner landed a plum barrier in three. He should be able to find a cosy spot at the HK INT=L SALE FEATURES THE FAMILIAR AND fence behind the likes of The Golden Age (Fr) (My Risk {Fr}), THE LESS FAMILIAR by Alan Carasso who figures to be ridden for speed by Matt Chadwick from Barrring any 11th-hour scratchings, a total of 28 ready-to run gate 11. horses from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres will go under the hammer Friday evening in a makeshift sales ring in the Sha Tin parade ring in the first of two sales to be conducted over the next few months by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The horses were acquired at auction houses in Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland and France and were all broken at home prior to their export to Hong Kong. The progeny of and Danehill and their sons at stud have always excelled in Hong Kong, and of the 28 horses cataloged for the sale, fully 15 of them are by Danzig-line stallions, including one of the sale=s most-fashionably bred offerings. Lot 17 is a 3-year-old son of Holy Roman Emperor (Ire), sire of Hong Kong legend Designs on Rome (Ire) and other Group 1 winners Beauty Only (Ire) and the history-making Rich Tapestry (Ire). The grey gelding is out of Ysoldina (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}) making him a Bev Millard, wife of trainer Tony Millard, selects gate three for half-brother to 2017 G1 Investec Derby hero Wings of Eagles (Fr) HK Classic Cup hero Singapore Sling | HKJC photo (Pour Moi {Ire}) and two other black-type performers. Bred by AI couldn=t have asked for a better gate. It=s exactly where we Mme Aliette Forien, the April foal was purchased by the HKJC wanted to be and it means he should get the run of the race,@ for i130,000 from the Montaigu consignment at the 2016 said trainer Tony Millard, who sent out the legendary Ambitious Arqana August Yearling Sale. Exceed and Excel (Aus), the sire of Dragon (NZ) (Pins {Aus}) to win the 2011 Derby. G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint hero Mr Stunning (Aus) and As for Nothingilikemore, fourth after a slow beginning in the Snitzel (Aus), whose son Sun Jewellery (Aus) won the first two Classic Cup, gates one and 13 were left, but longshot Good legs of the 4YO series in 2016, are also represented by horses in Omen (GB) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) drew the inside alley, the sale. leaving connections with the second-widest gate. Trainer John While purchasing horses with big pedigrees is typically cost- Size was taking the result in his stride. prohibitive, the HKJC struck for another such animal when AI don=t see it as that much of a negative, horses have won laying out a whopping i450,000 for lot 15 from the draft of from out in the wide gates before and it is what it is,@ said Size, Horse Park Stud at the 2016 Arqana August sale. Bred by who conditioned Luger (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) to a spectacular Sabena Power, the March 22 foal is a son of Dutch Art (GB) victory in 2014. and Girl Power (Ire) (Key of Luck), making him a full-brother to Tony Cruz, a three-time winner of the Derby as a jockey and champion European sprinter and dual Group 1 winner Slade twice as a trainer, has four entered for this year=s race, led by Power (Ire). Classic Cup runner-up Exultant (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). He drew just to the outside of The Golden Age in barrier 12, but his get-back, Cont. p13 run-on style renders his draw somewhat irrelevant. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 13 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 16 MARCH, 2018

HK Intl Sale cont.

Holy Roman Emperor=s lot 17 | HKJC photo

The Dubawi (Ire) shuttler Poet=s Voice (GB) is having increasing success abroad and his first progeny to be imported to Hong Kong is cataloged as lot 6. An A$280,000 purchase from Amarina Farm at the 2016 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the August-foaled brown gelding is a 3/4-sibling to the MGSW & MG1SP Catkins (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}), a winner of 16 races overall for earnings in excess of A$2 million. Other sires with their first horses to be brought into the former British colony include dual Derby hero (GB), Havana Gold (Ire), Harbour Watch (Ire) and Bated Breath (GB). Lawman (Fr) and Casino Prince (Aus) have had success in Hong Kong from limited runners. The Hong Kong International Sale is expected to begin around 7:45pm local time following a cocktail reception, with Tattersalls= John O=Kelly at the rostrum. Click here for the live webcast and for the full catalogue.

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

Saturday, Trentham, New Zealand, post time: 4:58 p.m. AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI NEW ZEALAND OAKS-G1, NZ$400,000 ($293,080/£209,992/€236,892) 3yo, f, 2400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 11 Hasahalo (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Spratt McKee 124 2 13 Savvy Coup (Aus) Savabeel (Aus) Johnson M & M Pitman 124 3 16 Contessa Vanessa (NZ) Bullbars (Aus) Parkes Team Rogerson 124 4 2 Belle du Nord (NZ) Reliable Man (GB) Colgan E & D Browne 124 5 1 Gold Spice (NZ) Rock ‘n’ Pop (Aus) Bayliss Richardson & Parker 124 6 5 Milseain (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Waddell Baker & Forsman 124 7 14 Mark Two (NZ) Pins (Aus) Johnson Marsh 124 8 9 Marcellina (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Cameron Baker & Forsman 124 9 17 Caricature (NZ) Power (GB) Innes Pike 124 10 4 Treasure (NZ) Mastercraftsman (Ire) McNab Pike 124 11 15 Blanco Belle (NZ) Cape Blanco (Ire) Collett Rainford 124 12 10 Swing Note (Aus) Encosta de Lago (Aus) Bosson Autridge & Richards 124 13 18 Cead Mile Failte (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Myers Benner & Wynyard 124 14 6 Hot Fuss (NZ) Pins (Aus) Bradley K & P Hughes 124 15 8 Lincoln Melody (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Du Plessis Latta 124 16 7 Terra Sancta (NZ) Pierro (Aus) Collett Pike 124 17 3 Le Sablier (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Andrew Fursdon 124 18 12 Misstumut (NZ) Azamour (Ire) Hannam Ropiha 124 Saturday, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, post time: 5:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT/1:30 p.m. GMT) ABU DHABI CHAMPIONSHIP-G3, AED380,000 (£74,027/€83,485/US$103,472), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2200mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 2 Basateen (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Watson Crowley 126 2 4 Brass Ring (GB) Rail Link (GB) Mohammed Avranche 126 3 1 Carbon Dating (Ire) The Carbon Unit Seemar O’Shea 126 4 11 Earnshaw Medaglia d’Oro bin Ghadayer Ziani 126 5 6 Empoli (Ger) Halling Watson Dobbs 126 6 7 Jaaref (Ire) (Ire) Al Rayhi O’Neill 126 7 9 Light the Lights (SAf) Western Winter de Kock de Vries 126 8 12 Proposed (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Ramadhan Doyle 126 9 5 Sharpalo (Fr) Shamardal bin Harmash Bentley 126 10 13 Treasury Notes (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) bin Harmash Jara 126 11 14 Zamaam (GB) Muhatahir (GB) Charpy Fresu 126 12 10 Janszoon (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Al Rayhi Mullen 125 13 8 Jupiter Light (GB) Lonhro (Aus) bin Ghadayer Hitchcott 125 14 3 Syphax K Arch bin Ghadayer Cosgrave 125

Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:35 p.m (4:35 a.m. EDT/8:35 a.m. GMT/7:35 p.m AEST) BMW HONG KONG DERBY-LR, HK$18,000,000 (£1,645,569/€1,863,601/A$2,941,747/US$2,295,386), NH/SH4yo, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 13 Nothingilikemore (Aus) Husson (Arg) Size Moreira 126 2 3 Singapore Sling (SAf) Philanthropist Millard Schofield 126 3 9 Ping Hai Star (NZ) Nom de Jeu (NZ) Size Moore 126 4 12 Exultant (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) A Cruz Purton 126 (ex Irishcorrespondent {Ire}) 5 11 The Golden Age (Fr) My Risk (Fr) A Cruz Chadwick 126 (ex Kontrastat {Fr}) 6 8 Ruthven (Aus) Domesday (Aus) Moore Oliver 126 7 6 Rivet (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Moore Clipperton 126 8 7 Rocketeer (Aus) Smart Missile (Aus) Moore Berry 126 9 14 Doctor Geoff (Ire) Fast Company (Ire) A Cruz Prebble 126 10 4 Rattan (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Gibson Callan 126 11 10 Lockheed (GB) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Shum Rawiller 126 12 2 Savvy Six (Ger) Pour Moi (Ire) A Cruz Sanna 126 (ex Rosenpurpur {Ger}) 13 1 Good Omen (GB) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Yip Whyte 126 14 5 Patriot Hero (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Ferraris Mosse 126 Emergencies Cheerful Giggles (Aus) Rebel Raider (Aus) Freedman No Rider 126 (ex Rockstar Rebel {Aus}) Circuit Glory (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Moore No Rider 126 (ex Tavidream {NZ})

Breeders: 1-S Smith (NSW); 2-Drakenstein Stud (Nom: Mrs G A Rupert); 3-G B & Mrs L A Morton; 4-Ballygallon Stud Limited; 5-Bruno Plainfosse; 6-P Roach (Vic); 7-Des Scott; 8-Rothwell Park (NSW); 9-DDE Syndicate; 10-M H S & S H R Davison & Mrs M P Schick; 11-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd; 12-Gestut Wittkindshof; 13-Hascombe and Valiant Studs; 14-Allevamento La Nuova Sbarra; E1-B R Broomhead (NSW); E2-R S Tomlinson