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GUEST SUITE ENTERS LATEST TDN DERBY 12 CHROME, by T.D. Thornton BOOKEND PEGASUS FIELD The TDN Derby Top 12 shows a nice pyramid-shaped symmetry at this early stage of the season. The division champion sits atop the apex; the tier below him is occupied by a pair of undefeated horses (one a speedster, the other a closer), and the base fans out from there with an interesting cast of up-and-comers and proven juvenile stakes winners. From a bloodstock perspective, there is considerable diversity within the ranks, as the Derby Top 12 sophomores on this week's list are sired by a dozen different stallions. 1. CLASSIC EMPIRE (c, --Sambuca Classica, by Cat Thief) O-John C. Oxley. B-Steven & Brandi Nicholson (KY). T-Mark E. Casse. Sales History: $475,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. Last Start: 1st, GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Juvenile, SA, Nov. 5 Arrogate narrowly defeats Cont. p7 in the Breeders= Cup Classic | Eclipse Sportswire by Ben Massam IN TDN EUROPE TODAY HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - The field for Saturday=s inaugural YOUNG PRETENDER MAKING BIG STRIDES running of the $12-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational Tom Peacock chats to Henri-Francois Devin, a young French was set Monday afternoon at Frankey=s Sports Bar at Gulfstream trainer making a big impression. Click or tap here to go Park, with 6-5 morning-line favorite California Chrome (Lucky straight to TDN Europe. Pulpit) drawn in post 12 and 7-5 second choice and >TDN Rising Star= Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song) posted on the rail for Farms. With a large group of media, horsemen and owners in attendance, the crowd reacted noticeably when the two headliners drew post positions that demand some level of racing luck. AOutside, inside, you can=t make any excuses,@ said California Chrome=s trainer Art Sherman. AThe good thing I thought about is he won=t have to be in the gate long...He=s got natural speed.@ A large contingent of Starlight Racing partners, including Pegasus World Cup CEO Jack Wolf, was on hand to view the draw, and gave a cheer of approval when their 30-1 shot Neolithic (Harlan=s Holiday) drew post three. Norman Casse, assistant to his father, trainer Mark Casse, seemed pleased with speedy Noble Bird (Birdstone)=s post in stall four at odds of 25-1. Dean Reeves of Reeves Racing, who recently acquired a share of GI Clark H. runner-up Breaking Lucky (), deemed the chestnut=s spot in post 10 Agood but not great,@ consistent with a prevailing sentiment that outside posts are not ideal over the Pegasus=s trip and track. Cont. p3 Bred-On Fee Average LEADING 2016 1 War Front $200,000 $1,930,000 COVERING SIRES 2 Tapit $300,000 $1,700,000 by AVERAGE 3 Curlin $100,000 $834,375 4 Medaglia d’Oro $150,000 $697,308 5 Pioneerof the Nile $125,000 $596,250 6 CONSTITUTION $25,000 $508,143 7 $200,000 $440,000 8 Bernardini $100,000 $436,111 9 Speightstown $100,000 $417,857 10 Uncle Mo $75,000 $352,000

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Newly crowned 2016 Horse of the Year California Chrome had FEATURE PRESENTATION a light session of exercise over the wet surface, jogging a circuit GRADE I PEGASUS WORLD CUP around the track beneath regular morning companion Dihigi Gladney just before daybreak. Upon his return to PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL the barn, >Chrome= S.-GI, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m was met by a large PP Horse Sire group of spectators- 1. Arrogate K Unbridled's Song -namely members of 2. Prayer for Relief K Jump Start K the U.S. Polo Team 3. Neolithic Harlan's Holiday 4. Noble Bird Birdstone who journeyed to Chrome, Arrogate Bookend Pegasus Field 5. War Story K Northern Afleet the track to raise 6. War Envoy War Front Meanwhile 2015 GI Travers S. upsetter Keen Ice (Curlin) was awareness for the 7. Shaman Ghost Ghostzapper installed as the 12-1 morning-line third choice from post nine. importance of off- 8. Semper Fortis K Distorted Humor The draw was hosted by track announcer Pete Aiello and K track Thoroughbreds 9. Keen Ice Curlin included an appearance from Pegasus World Cup Frank 10. Breaking Lucky K Lookin At Lucky with members of Stronach, who holds a spot of his own in the race with Shaman 11. Eragon (Arg) Offlee Wild the Thoroughbred 12. California Chrome Lucky Pulpit Ghost (Ghostzapper), set to break from slot seven. Stronach Aftercare Alliance. Alternates: inaugurated Pegasus week by welcoming all Ahorse lovers@ to Belinda Stronach of 13. Stanford K Malibu Moon Gulfstream Park. The Stronach Group 14. Sea Raven Mineshaft Earlier in the day, Pegasus week quite literally began with a 15. Madefromlucky K Lookin At Lucky was on hand to bang after thunderstorms brought heavy rain and wind to South meet with the guests as California Chrome cooled out in front of Florida in the early morning hours, rendering the Gulfstream the shedrow. Park main track sloppy for training. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

One day after working five furlongs at the Hallandale oval, James McIngvale=s South American import Eragon (Arg) (Offlee Wild) jogged a mile shortly after the first renovation break as the sun emerged from behind a layer of clouds. It was an otherwise quiet morning at Gulfstream, but activity is expected to pick up in the coming days with trainer Bob Baffert=s champion Arrogate slated to arrive from California Tuesday.

TAYLOR REFLECTIVE ON PEGASUS WEEK by Ben Massam Duncan Taylor, CEO and president of Taylor Made Sales, has spent much of his life honing in on the sales sector of the Thoroughbred industry, striving to raise his family business to the top. But when Taylor Made was able to acquire a share of champion California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in July 2015, Taylor was granted the unique opportunity to compete >Chrome,= the racehorse, at the highest level of the game while simultaneously building his resume as an in-house stallion prospect. That duality AI am feeling nervous,@ Taylor admitted. AWe=re getting ready becomes a bit to face Arrogate and all these other horses. Any horse can jump more real for up and run a great race. We don=t know what Eragon (Arg) Taylor this week, as Duncan Taylor | Fasig-Tipton photo (Offlee Wild) is, Noble Bird (Birdstone) has a lot of speed and he newly crowned can get loose on the 2016 Horse of the Year and all-time leading North American front end, and then earnings leader California Chrome will compete in Gulfstream Arrogate--nobody Park=s $12-million knows just how good GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational Saturday before shipping to this horse is. The other Kentucky to begin his next career Sunday. night, when we won AIt=s been a very good situation with California Chrome,@ Taylor the , it said. AWe got him so early that we=ve been able to think about may go down as one of his pedigree and look at what mares we think will cross well, and our greatest we=ve been able to buy some of those mares. We=ve been able accomplishments to bring some very good breeders along that joined in and are California Chrome | Horsephotos winning Horse of the able to have a lot of fun...It=s really been a great experience, one Year because we know how great he is. He=s going to be a very that I=ve shared with my brothers. My whole life, I=ve been tough foe. Juddmonte is at the top of the game, they know what thinking about how to sell quality horses better and try to be the they=re doing; and then you have Bob Baffert, and you can=t do leader at the sales, but never once did I ever set a goal to have a any better than that.@ Horse of the Year. So this is a blessing.@ Win or lose, California Chrome will travel to Kentucky Sunday When asked about his mindset in the days leading up to the to begin settling in at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville. Taylor Pegasus, Taylor confirmed that he is understandably anxious to noted that the close proximity of the chestnut=s final race to his see California Chrome compete, acknowledging the challenge first day as a stallion creates a demanding, but manageable, task posed by a more-than-worthy opponent in GI Breeders= Cup for the Taylor Made Stallions team. Cont. p5 Classic winner Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song). 2017 Fee: $15,000 Stands and Nurses

“ should be a very exciting sire prospect, he had the speed of a world class sprinter and the durability to carry it over a distance of ground. His natural talent is only outdone by his amazing good looks. I bred to him last year and am breeding to him again this year.”

- Leading Pinhooker Eddie Woods who sold Bayern as a two-year-old

Breeders’ Cup Classic Champion and Horse of the Year Finalist Bayern defeated California Chrome on two separate occasions. California Chrome was one of 14 Grade 1 winners defeated by Bayern during his racing career.

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AIt=s going to be a challenge after the race,@ Taylor said. Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)=s presence at Ashford Stud, and AGilberto Terrazas and his crew, and my brother Ben and Travis Taylor believes his farm will see a similar response coinciding [White] will give him a day or two off when he comes back, but with the introduction of fan favorite >Chrome.= then we=ll test breed him--probably two or four times--before AWe can=t thank the media and the fans of Chrome enough,@ we collect the semen and analyze that. We=re hoping to be said Taylor. AA lot of people say, >Does that bother you?= No, we ready for the opening of the breeding shed around Feb. 14.@ love having fans interested in the horse and wanting to come As far as California Chrome=s commercial appeal, Taylor see him. We=re all about letting them have that thrill.@ stressed that there isn=t necessarily an automatic connection With first-hand experience meeting California Chrome=s between breeders= recognition of his accomplishments on the supporters, Taylor also said that the emphasis on the racetrack and his potential as a stallion prospect. horseplayer at Saturday=s Eclipse Awards resonated with him as AAs a superstar, he takes care of himself, but people something that needs to be prioritized by the industry as a understanding his pedigree is something we=ve been working whole. on,@ Taylor explained. AWe want people to look, for lack of a AIt=s sad to me that we have the best handicapper up there better analogy, under the hood to see what=s under there. He=s getting an award, and he=s almost apologizing for what he=s line-bred to Numbered Account, who was Ogden Phipps=s best doing,@ Taylor observed. AWe need to change that and we need female, and [the Phipps Family] is known as the best breeder in to put the people betting on the horses at the forefront of the America. So the breeding is good, but he doesn=t have the brand sport. The NTRA is doing a good job with their handicapping name with Lucky Pulpit. If he had Pulpit there, it would be a tournaments, but I=m trying to encourage them to have a totally different story.@ handicapping tournament end at the . And we Contemplating California Chrome=s impact on a broader scale, ought to be able to calculate who won right then, and the Taylor said he believes that the horse=s presence at Taylor Made handicapper can go out to the winner=s circle and get a will bolster public interest in the one-year-old Horse Country $1-million check. That way, when we have this huge audience Tours network, and by association, strengthen interest in the watching, it gets people to start wondering and thinking, >How sport as a whole in Kentucky. Horse Country has already do I learn to do it? How can I do that?=@ attracted great interest in 2015 Triple Crown winner American Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

In an ideal situation, Taylor added that the industry can take AHe=s definitely going to be missed in the barn,@ Sherman further steps to provide handicapping resources and tutorials for asserted. AWe=ve spent a long time with that horse now, and the general public. Such a strategy would likely coincide with he=s been really good to us. I=m growing Thoroughbred racing as a self-sustaining entity apart glad he=s going on to his job as from casinos and external purse supplements. a stallion. I think he=s going to be a good stallion, and he=s got >Bittersweet= Week for Sherman some really nice mares to breed to. It=s bittersweet, but Alan Sherman, assistant trainer to his father, Art Sherman, said he deserves to go out and get that California those mares now.@ Chrome=s According to Sherman, departure California Chrome will gallop following the up to Saturday=s race, and Pegasus will possibly school in the undoubtedly Gulfstream paddock during his leave a void in the Wednesday morning training shedrow. session. Nevertheless, the AIt=s just been a privilege and horseman Alan Sherman | Horsephotos an honor to train a horse like recognized that this,@ Sherman concluded. AI thank everyone in California his stable star is Art and Alan Sherman | Horsephotos Chrome LLC for having him one more year. It=s been great.@ well-supported in his future career at stud.

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1. CLASSIC EMPIRE (cont. from p1) S. at Gulfstream. The two emerging storylines with the champ Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity, are: 1) Will his KEE, Oct. 8; 1st, GIII Bashford Manor S., CD, July 2. aggressive, tightly Next start: GII Holy Bull S., GP, Feb. 4 wound ferocity be what Equineline PPs, Caulfield on Classic Empire separates him from the KY Derby Points: 30. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 1 pack or will it be his The only thing that=s changed for the Derby Top 12 undoing as the Derby frontrunner since last week=s ranking is that we can now drop pressure ratchets up? the Apresumptive@ from his newly minted Eclipse Award title as And 2) Will he couple champion 2-year-old colt. Now it=s back to work, and a Jan. 21 his early-career five-eighths breeze in 1:00.75 (3/18) at Palm Meadows Training precocity with the Classic Empire | Horsephotos Center led trainer Casse to declare Aall systems are go@ for the upward development $475,000 KEESEP colt to make his 2017 debut in the GII Holy Bull arc that is required to excel in Triple Crown-caliber races? TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

Classic Empire won the GIII Bashford Manor S. back on July 2, and history shows that horses who have won that Churchill juvenile stakes in the past (it has previously been run as early as mid-May) don=t fare too well in the sophomore Classics: Black Gold (1923-24) and Worth (1911-12) are the only two to have captured the Bashford Manor/Derby double.

2. MCCRAKEN (c, Ghostzapper--Ivory Empress, by Seeking the Gold) >TDN Rising Star= O/B-Whitham Thoroughbreds (KY). T-I Wilkes. Last Start: 1st, GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., CD, Nov. 26 Accomplishments Include: 1st, Street Sense S., CD, Oct. 30 Next start: Possible for either GII Holy Bull S. or GII Swale S., both at GP, Feb. 4 Equineline PPs KY Derby Points: 10 Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 2 Undefeated >TDN Rising Star= McCraken holds firm at number two, working five furlongs in 1:02.20 (9/11) on Jan. 19 at Palm Meadows, where he is building a foundation of breezes in anticipation of trainer Wilkes=s pick of several Gulfstream stakes spots in early February. Falling in love with a deep closer as one of your top Derby picks can be a risky endeavor because a late mover will, to some degree, always be at the McCraken | Coady Photography mercy of the pace and traffic in a 20-horse Derby field. But this Whitham Thoroughbreds homebred has an athletic (not plodding) way of picking his way through the pack, and Wilkes reported last month that the colt has filled out a little bit too, so it will be interesting to see him with a touch more muscle on his physique. The fact that all three of his wins were over the Churchill strip might not matter that much at this early juncture of the season, but it will be an obvious advantage should he continue to progress toward a Derby start.

3. MASTERY (c, Candy Ride (Arg)--Steady Course, by Old Trieste) >TDN Rising Star= O-Cheyenne Stables, LLC. B-Stone Farm (KY). T- Bob Baffert. Sales History: $425,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. Last Start: 1st, GI Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity, LRC, Dec. 10 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII Bob Hope S., DMR, Nov. 19 Next start: Either GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 11, or GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 18 Equineline PPs, Caulfield on Mastery KY Derby Points: 10. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 3 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

>TDN Rising Star= Mastery worked a :47.60 (10/115) half mile at Santa Anita Jan. 18, the undefeated colt=s first published workout of the year in what has been a rain-hampered 2017 for southern California trainees. In a phone interview after the move, trainer Baffert outlined the game plan for his tall, long-striding $425,000 KEESEP yearling, who won the Dec. 10 GI in his most recent outing. AI=m just going to give him two starts, if all goes well, before the Derby. So he=ll run in March, either the San Felipe or the Rebel; one of those, I won=t know until we get closer.@ In Mastery | Benoit Photo terms of prep race scheduling, Ahe and American Anthem (Bodemeister) are sort of in the same boat,@ Baffert added, comparing the >TDN Rising Star= to the promising sophomore stablemate who is ranked at number five on this list. It=s quite possible that whichever one stays in California, the other will venture to Arkansas. Raw speed is Mastery=s key asset; blinkers have kept him focused.

4. MO TOWN (c, Uncle Mo--Grazie Mille, by Bernardini) >TDN Rising Star= O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Team D. B-John D. Gunther & Eurowest Bloodstock (KY). T-Anthony W. Dutrow. Sales History: $200,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. Last Start: 1st, GII Remsen S., AQU, Nov. 26 Next start: Possible for GII Gotham S., Aqu, Mar. 4 Equineline PPs, Caulfield on Mo Town KY Derby Points: 10. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 4 Right after >TDN Rising Star= Mo Town won the GII Remsen S. at Aqueduct in November, trainer Dutrow revealed that he had been conditioning him with longer-range goals in mind. AI wanted the horse fresh and happy going into his 3-year-old year. I didn=t use this horse. I didn=t pressure this horse in getting him ready for [the Remsen]. I feel strongly that we have not seen what this horse is capable of yet.@ So far, Dutrow has been true to those patient intentions, giving his Uncle Mo () colt the month of December off and putting only three breezes into him so far at Payson Park in Florida. Considering that he might be idle until early March, the only way he can lose ground in the TDN Top 12 rankings is by being leapfrogged by an eye-opening performer. But where Mo Town stands in pre-Derby media rankings means little to the colt=s connections at this point in the season, so long as they can bring to fruition their conservative plan of having a fresh horse ready for the first Saturday in May. PHBA’s 7th Annual Stallion Auction

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5. AMERICAN ANTHEM (c, Bodemeister--Indy=s Windy, by A.P. 6. GORMLEY (c, Malibu Moon--Race to Urga, by Bernstein) Indy) O-Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Moss. B-Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate O-WinStar Farm, LLC, S F Bloodstock, LLC & China Horse Club. (KY). T-John A. Shirreffs. Sales History: $150,000 RNA Ylg =15 B-WinStar Farm (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $180,000 Ylg KEESEP. >15 KEESEP; $435,000 2yo >16 OBSMAR. Last Start: 1st, GIII Sham S., SA, Jan. 7. Last Start: 2nd, GIII Sham S., SA, Jan. 7. Next start: Uncommitted Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI FrontRunner S., SA, Oct. 6 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 4. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 5 Next start: Possible for GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 11 American Anthem is the highest-ranked horse on this week=s Equineline PPs, Caulfield on Gormley edition of the TDN Derby Top 12 to have lost his last race. But KY Derby Points: 20. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 6 his runner-up effort in the GIII Sham S. at Santa Anita made such an impression from a Atest of toughness@ standpoint that it whets the appetite to see what he=ll do next. Interviewed nearly Chances are Gormley will draw another tough assignment if he two weeks after that Jan. 7 try, trainer Baffert reported he likes goes in the GII San Felipe S., because at least one of trainer Bob how American Anthem has bounced out of the effort: AHe was Baffert=s talented sophomores (see Mastery, American Anthem really game in the way he fought back. He could have easily above and the Aon the bubble@ horses below) appears headed in given it up [when challenged]. I know Mike Smith was pretty that direction. But the $150,000 KEESEP RNA hasn=t ducked top impressed the way he fought back, and he you can actually tell competition in his last two starts, and he bounced back from a he=s progressed, he looks better since that race. He=s learning trip-troubled seventh in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile to win the how to run; first time two turns, you never know if they can go bob in a gritty Sham S. victory while spotting the runner-up five that far. He set some serious fractions and kept going. He=s a big pounds. AHe=s quick. He starts quick, he gets away quickly,@ horse. You can tell he=s not a sprinter, he wants to go long. I=m trainer Shirreffs said after the race. ABut then he checks himself really happy the way he ran and the way he came out of it. He=s as he gets into the race and he relaxes.@ Eleven days after that progressing in the right direction.@ Although Baffert did not want Sham win, the Malibu Moon colt returned to the worktab for an to commit to a specific race, he suggested that the $435,000 easy, leg-stretching, half-mile maintenance move. Bodemeister (Empire Maker) colt will likely pursue a Cont. p11 two-prep-race path to the Derby. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

7. PRACTICAL JOKE (c, Into Mischief--Halo Humor, by Distorted That=s because a talented cast of characters, including Humor) top-ranked champ Classic Empire, are also aiming for the Holy O-Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William H. Lawrence. B-Whispering Bull, and it also has a lot to do with Gunnevera, a $16,000 Oaks (KY). T-Chad C. Brown. Sales History: $135,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP steal, being an overachiever who must prove his Grade KEEJAN; $240,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. III stakes wins in the Saratoga Special S. and Delta Downs Last Start: 3rd, GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Juvenile, SA, Nov. 5. Jackpot were not juvenile flukes. The colt breezed five furlongs Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI Hopeful S., SAR, Sept. 5; 1st, GI in 1:00.85 at Gulfstream Park West on Jan. 21 in preparation for Champagne S., BEL, Oct. 8. his 2017 unveiling. Next start: Uncommitted. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 14. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 7 9. EL AREEB (c, Exchange Rate--Feathered Diamond, by A.P. Don=t expect to see Practical Joke in the entries in the Indy) immediate future, but the Into Mischief (Harlan=s Holiday) colt >TDN Rising Star= O-M M G Stables, LLC. B-Dixiana Farms, LLC belongs on this list because he was three-for-three last season (KY). T-Cathal A. Lynch. Sales History: $100,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP; with Grade I wins in the $340,000 2yo >16 OBSMAR. Hopeful and Champagne Last Start: 1st, GIII Jerome S., AQU, Jan. 2 S. before enduring trip Accomplishments Include: 1st, James F. Lewis III S., LRL, Nov. 19 woes en route to a Next start: GIII Withers S., Aqu, Feb. 4 better-than-it-looks third Equineline PPs in the Breeders= Cup KY Derby Points: 10. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 9 Juvenile behind champion El Areeb has recorded two breezes at Laurel since his 11 colt Classic Empire. The 1/4-length shellacking of the GIII Jerome S. field at Aqueduct $240,000 KEESEP yearling Jan. 2. His Maryland form was flattered when High Roller (High shows only one published Practical Joke | Sarah K. Andrew Cotton), the horse who was favored when third behind El Areeb three-furlong breeze so in the James F. Lewis III S. last November, subsequently won the far in 2017 at Palm Meadows in Florida, but has the potential to $75,000 Frank arrive on the scene fresh in late winter, just as things start to get Whiteley Jr. S. on Jan interesting and the top guns have already knocked heads on the 21 at Laurel. This Derby trail. >TDN Rising Star= has the tools to be a 8. GUNNEVERA (c, Dialed In--Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled) front-end force in O-Peacock Racing Stables, LLC. B-Brandywine Farm & Stephen the New York series Upchurch (KY). T-Antonio Sano. Sales History: $16,000 Ylg =15 of Derby preps, but KEESEP. trainer Lynch said Last Start: 1st, GIII Delta Downs Jackpot S., DED, Nov. 19. after the Jerome that Accomplishments Include: 1st, GII Saratoga Special, SAR, Aug. 14 his this $340,000 El Areeb | Coglianese Photography Next start: GII Holy Bull S., GP, Feb. 4 OBSMAR grad is not Equineline PPs, Caulfield on Gunnevera the one-dimensional, needs-the-lead type of horse he might KY Derby Points: 10. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 8 appear to be on paper: AHe can rate. He=s shown a lot of speed Back in 2011, Gunnevera=s sire, Dialed In (Mineshaft), was the last two times and everyone thought he had to be on the hammered to just under 3-1 lead, but he=s rateable.YWe=ve worked him long and we when he won the Holy Bull S., expected him to go long sooner, we just didn=t get the despite coming into that race opportunity. The races at Laurel come up three-quarters and off nothing more than a debut that=s our home track.@ maiden victory. Yet his son, a MGSW who has bankrolled $771,000 in purses, is likely to be a significantly higher price when he tries to win that same Gunnevera | Coady Photography stakes Feb. 4 at Gulfstream. NEW YEAR • NEW AWARDS JANUARY 1, 2017 PA-SIRED PA-BREDS EARN 40% BREEDER AWARDS REGARDLESS OF FOALING DATE! FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT PABRED.COM/WHYPA

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10. LOOKIN AT LEE (c, Lookin At Lucky--Langara Lass, by Takeoff cracked in the final sixteenth, fading to third, while Langfuhr) Guest Suite smartly repelled a fresh challenge from >TDN Rising O-L and N Racing. B-Ray Hanson (KY). T-Steven M. Asmussen. Star= Untrapped (Trappe Shot). Guest Suite isn=t the flashy, Sales History: $70,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. eye-catching sort, but he has the makings of the trustworthy Last Start: 4th, GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Juvenile, SA, Nov. 5 type of Triple Crown contender who shows up and does his job Accomplishments Include: 1st, Ellis Park Juvenile S., ELP, Aug. 6 consistently and capably. Next start: Possible for GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 25 Equineline PPs 12. UNCONTESTED (c, Tiz Wonderful--Galileo=s Star, by Lil E. KY Derby Points: 10. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 10 Tee) This $70,000 KEESEP colt has been quietly building a nice >TDN Rising Star= O-Robert V. LaPenta & Harry T. Rosenblum. foundation of Fair Grounds breezes, each spaced almost a week B-Richard Forbush (KY). T-Wayne M. Catalano. Sales History: apart and incrementally faster each time out, since Dec. 24 for $20,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. his next expected start. Last Start: 1st, Smarty Jones S., OP, Jan. 16 If it comes in the Feb. 25 Next start: Likely for GIII Southwest S., OP, Feb. 20 GII Risen Star S., trainer Equineline PPs Steve Asmussen will get KY Derby Points: 11. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: 12 to see where how his When one says that most of the horses on this list were bred colt matches up against or bought with Athe Derby@ in mind, it=s safe to assume that the Louisiana-based means the Kentucky Derby. But Uncontested=s co-owner, Harry hopefuls who ran in the Rosenblum of Little Rock, Ark., purchased this >TDN Rising Star= Jan. 21 GIII Lecomte S., a with the specific goal of winning the GI , a race prep in which the only Lookin At Lee | Coady Photography he was third in last year with Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect) and serious players were the top three finishers. Lookin at Lee raced second in 2015 with Far Right (Notional). AAs a 2-year-old before six times as a 2-year-old, and has already proven he has the [Uncontested=s Jan. 16 win in the Smarty Jones S.], I felt that this ability to finish second and fourth behind the division=s top horse was a better horse than either one of them,@ Rosenblum horse, Classic Empire. said of his $20,000 KEESEP bargain. ANot knocking either one of them because I still own part of both of them. But his numbers 11. GUEST SUITE (g, Quality Road--Guest House, by are better. I think he=s got a much longer stride, and he=s got a Ghostzapper) very, very mature mind for a horse of his age. He=s easy to O-W. S. Farish & Lora Jean Kilroy. B-W. S. Farish & Kilroy handle. Nothing bothers him.@ Thoroughbred Partnership (KY). T-Neil J. Howard. Last Start: 1st, GIII Lecomte S., FG, Jan. 21 Next start: Likely for GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 25 Equineline PPs KY Derby Points: 10. Jan. 17 TDN Top 12 Rank: unranked Trainer Howard said after Guest Suite=s proficient 1 1/4-length annexation of the Lecomte S. that the gelded son of Quality Road (Elusive Quality) will pursue a GII path to Louisville, with the GII Guest Suite | Lou Hodges Risen Star S., his likely next start. Rating comfortably midpack behind dueling pacemakers over a muddy track, Guest Suite advanced at will on the far turn and leveled off nicely when set down for a long stretch battle to engage perfect-trip stalker Takeoff (Arch). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

On the Bubble: Baffert updated the status of several After caving as the fave in the Jerome S., >TDN Rising Star= in-the-pipeline sophomores: Dabster (Curlin) Ais undefeated, Takaful (Bernardini) rebounded with a sharp half-mile breeze 2-for-2, but he got DQ=d the first time out. He=s always been a Jan. 19 that could lead to an allowance confidence rebuilder or a real lazy type of horse, just does enough to get by, but he=s shot in the Holy Bull S. AWe=re trying to figure out what improved off of that first race. He came back, grinded it out; he=s happened last time and whether it was the track,@ trainer Kiaran the kind of horse that he=s just figuring it out. There=s a lot of McLaughlin said Y Trainer Todd Pletcher has four Florida-based talent there. He showed a lot of grit [in his Jan. 16 maiden win], >TDN Rising Stars= that might show up in stakes company for took a lot of heat and kept going. He=s definitely one that=s going their next starts: Fact Finding (The Factor), Battalion Runner the right way at this time of year. We could go allowance or (Unbridled=s Song), Faja (Bodemeister) and Malagacy stakes with him; he could run back in the [GIII] Bob Lewis [S. at () Y Trainer H. Graham Motion=s New Jersey-bred Santa Anita Mar. 4].@ As for Jan. 13 debut winner Aquamarine >Rising Star= Irish War Cry (Curlin) posted his first workout Jan. (Gemologist), Awe=re going to point toward the San Vicente with 22 since arriving in South Florida from Motion=s northern base at him. It looks like a good spot.@ Baffert expressed confidence that the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland. $975,000 KEESEP grad Reach the World (Tapit), third on debut behind stablemate Dabster, will break his maiden next time out and will have a future going long. He added >TDN Rising Star= Beach Bum (Arch) is off the Derby trail because of a Aslight setback@ that will keep him out of training for 60 days. The Dec. 26 maiden affair in which Dabster got disqualified got a little bit more intriguing on Jan. 21 when the horse who was moved up to first place, So Conflated (Eskendereya), showed FINEST CITY good fight when winning the California Derby at Golden Gate While I=m not sure I totally subscribe to the Fields. The roan ridgling, owned and trained by the same theory that the market never lies, it is always connections as 2016 Derby winner Nyquist (Uncle Mo), was illuminating to chart the changes in the fees boxed and blocked at the top of the stretch before kicking free charged for the higher-priced stallions. Among and accelerating quickly while slightly green late in the lane Y the many changes made between the 2016 and Two-time Woodbine stales winner King and his Court (Court =17 seasons, the reductions included such notable sires as Vision), perhaps the top Canadian-bred sophomore right now, Pioneerof the Nile, Empire Maker, Distorted Humor, Giant=s might attempt a synth-to-dirt transition in either the Withers S. Causeway and Malibu or the GIII Sam F. Davis S Y The $410,000 FTSAUG buy Battle of Moon, with advancing Midway (Smart Strike) earned >TDN Rising Star= status with a years being a seemingly effortless debut score at Santa Anita Jan. 21 Y contributing factor to Impressive Edge (Harlan=s Holiday), a $400,000 OBSMAR buy, some of these. broke his maiden with authority sprinting at Gulfstream Jan. 15 Heading in the other after a layoff and stable switch to trainer Dale Romans, who said direction were such sires he thinks the colt Ajust needed to mature.@ as War Front, Curlin, Smarty Jones S. runner-up Petrov (Flatter) will Aprobably@ try Uncle Mo and Into Uncontested again in the 1 1/16-mile Southwest S. trainer Ron Mischief, each of whom Finest City | Benoit photo Moquett reported, noting that the lone-speed winner he chased has enjoyed a spectacular rise over the last few years. War Front had everything his own way over a sloppy surface Y has gone from $10,000 in 2010 to $250,000, while Curlin has Owner/trainer Dallas Stewart scratched two-for-two Saint=s leapt from $25,000 to $150,000 in the space of only four years. Fan (Tale of Ekati) from last Saturday=s GIII Lecomte S. at Fair Uncle Mo has gone from $25,000 in his fourth season in 2015 to Grounds because he didn=t like the outside post and will likely today=s $150,000, and Into Mischief from $7,500 as recently as aim for a softer Louisiana-bred spot in February instead ... 2012 to 10 times that amount five years later. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 15 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

While the fees for Ghostzapper and City Zip haven=t risen After all, this 19-year-old son of Carson City has managed to nearly as sharply, these Grade I-winning sons of Broodmare of sire three Eclipse Award winners. Work All Week and the Year Baby Zip both have records to be proud of. Dayatthespa set the ball rolling by landing the 2014 titles of Ghostzapper, of course, paid the penalty for having been Male Sprinter and Female Turf Horse. And now Finest City has over-priced at the start of his career. At a time when it cost become his third Eclipse Award winner, having dominated the $300,000 to use proven sires of the calibre of A.P. Indy, Giant=s 2016 Female Sprinter category. These three all won at the Causeway and Kingmambo, Ghostzapper started out at Breeders= Cup, and City Zip has a fourth Breeders= Cup winner to $200,000--a fee which put him above Distorted Humor, his credit, with Catch A Glimpse taking the 2015 Juvenile Fillies Unbridled=s Song, Awesome Again, El Prado, Gone West, Seeking Turf. For the record, Dayatthespa, Work All Week and Finest City the Gold and Dynaformer. That=s some competition for an were all sired at fees of $15,000, while Catch a Glimpse is the unproven sire, and in next to no time Ghostzapper was plying his result of a $20,000 season. City Zip has also enjoyed Grade I trade at fees of $30,000 and then $20,000. success with Palace (Forego S. and Alfred G. Vanderbilt H.), To his credit, the Adena Springs stallion quickly proved to be a Bustin Stones (Carter H.) and Personal Diary (), very reliable source of graded winners, siring 17 in his first three with Bustin Stones now doing increasingly well as a stallion in crops, including five Grade I winners in a single crop. Needless to New York. say, his much cheaper crops have generally failed to match The exploits of Finest City, Work All Week, Palace and Bustin those types of figures, but Ghostzapper has done well enough to Stones are proof that City Zip can sire top winners on the main set his fee climbing steadily again, from $20,000 in 2012 to track, but he is $75,000 this year. His unbeaten son McCraken--number two on admirably versatile. this week=s TDN Kentucky Derby 12--was sired at $40,000 and With Catch A his current 2-year-olds are off a $50,000 fee, with two $60,000 Glimpse, crops to follow. Dayatthespa and Ghostzapper=s older half-brother City Zip has never enjoyed Personal Diary all the silver spoon treatment and the increase in his fee to a enjoying Grade I career-high $50,000 this year reflects the fact that his Average success on turf, City Earnings Index stands at 1.71, while his mares= Comparable Zip has become a Index is only 1.44. After beginning his stallion career with three regular among North seasons at $7,500 in New York, he moved to Lane=s End, starting America=s top 10 turf City Zip | Lane=s End in 2005. sires, finishing 2016 One important fact which mustn=t be overlooked is that none as the fourth highest North American-based turf sire, behind of City=s Zip=s racing age progeny was sired at a fee higher than Kitten=s Joy, War Front and Scat Daddy. $25,000--and that includes his 2017 2-year-olds. There is Finest City, of course, pulled off another important win, this therefore good reason for having high expectations of his 2016 time under top weight in the GII Santa Monica S. over seven and =17 crops, both sired at $40,000. furlongs, on the very day that she was named champion female sprinter. Although this versatile mare has performed respectably FINEST CITY, m, 5 on turf--she was beaten only a head in the GII John C. Mabee S. Raise a Native Mr. Prospector over a mile and an eighth last September--she has done all her Gold Digger Carson City winning on dirt. Blushing Blushing Groom (Fr) Promise It is hardly surprising, in view of her heritage, that she handles Abifaith City Zip In Reality both surfaces. Her dam Be Envied made only one of her 17 Relaunch Foggy Note Baby Zip starts on dirt, winning on turf and all-weather. Be Envied=s Tri Jet Thirty Zip durable half-brother Burning Roma was versatile enough to earn Sailaway Mr. Prospector nearly $240,000 on turf, even though this son of Rubiano also Kingmambo Miesque garnered over $1.1 million on dirt, notably winning the GI Lemon Drop Kid Seattle Slew Futurity S. Be Envied Charming Lassie MSP, 17-3-3-4, Lassie Dear Finest City=s third dam Fiddlesticks was by Northern Dancer. $200,697 While Rome Nodouble 6Fls,1Ch,1GISW, Overskate Fiddlesticks never ran but she was an extremely well-connected Burns Overstate 12Fls, 1GISW, mare and her bloodlines helped her produce Vivano, a smart 1SP Fiddlesticks Northern Dancer 13Fls, 1GSW, 6Wnrs Discipline filly who twice finished second at Grade I level on dirt. New for 2017 Indian Charlie – Ten Halos, by Marquetry | $5,000 S&N Share the Upside fee: $5,000

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Precocious 2yo: Won Churchill’s Bashford Manor S. (G3) in second start

7 total stakes wins—most by any son of INDIAN CHARLIE at stud

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The next dam is Princequillo=s daughter Discipline, a high-class performer who produced Squander, one of the best American juvenile fillies of 1976. Squander in turn became the second dam of that outstanding filly Goodbye Halo. Discipline was also a half-sister to the smart American juvenile In Hot Pursuit (dam of the top English miler Posse), Uncommitted (dam of the GI winner Wavering Monarch and third dam of Derby winner Motivator) and Bold Example (second Australian developer plans $800m extreme sports park near dam of the top European milers Zilzal and Polish Precedent). Town Square Josh Kearney has the plans, the site lined up, and, Current stallions from this female line include Trappe Shot and he says, the money. And after upping his vision for an extreme Power Broker. sports park in Las Vegas, he wants to start building. Eli Segall, Even though Finest City=s dam sold for only $37,000 while Review Journal carrying this champion, Be Envied represents a formidable female line and she also has the attraction of being a daughter Casinos Push Towards Millennials by Booking Hipper Concert of Lemon Drop Kid. With his eldest daughters 14-year-olds in Acts Casinos are chasing the millennial, and in order to get them 2016, the champion older male of 2000 is still short of full inside their doors, numerous gambling venues are booking production as a broodmare sire (his daughters had 243 runners concert acts that appeal to the 20 and 30-somethings. Katie last year, when older rivals had contingents numbering in the Barlowe, www.casino.org. five, six and seven hundreds). Lemon Drop Kid is now the broodmare sire of eight Grade I Lengthening Odds for Australian Casinos= VIP Gamble ASF=s winners, with Finest City, Yellow Agate, Divisidero, Tamarkuz resort on the Gold Coast is one of a$10bn-plus in casino and Forever Unbridled all scoring at the top level last year. It investments planned in Australia, which is counting on Asian looks a pretty safe bet that this grandson of that remarkable punters to help its economy transition from mining-led mare Lassie Dear is destined to shine increasingly brightly in the expansion to growth in services, such as tourism. Macau Daily role of broodmare sire. Times

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WITH MIKE ROGERS The Stronach Group likes to think big--so big that it has created the richest horse race in the history of the world, the $12 million Pegasus World Cup, which will BIG SINK STAR, 12, A.P. Indy--Simadartha, by Gone West be run Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park. One of the people Foal born Jan. 8, a colt by Street Sense. leading the team is Mike Rogers, the President of the Will be bred back to . Stronach Group, and he is this week's guest on the Owned by Taylor Brothers Properties, George Saufley, Pollock Farms, William Hovis, Louis Brooks, Boyd Brooks. Thoroughbred Daily News podcast. Click here to Boarded at Taylor Made Farm. listen, or subscribe in your Podcast app on your Accomplishments: Dam of Calgary Cat (Cowtown Cat), Ch. iPhone or iPad. Sprinter-Can, MGSW, $910,521. GRADED STAKES ENTRIES

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:40 p.m. EST PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $12,000,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Arrogate K Unbridled's Song Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Baffert Smith 124 2 Prayer for Relief K Jump Start Zayat Stables, LLC and Rosedown Racing Stables, LLC Romans Geroux 124 3 Neolithic K Harlan's Holiday Starlight Racing Pletcher Velazquez 124 4 Noble Bird Birdstone Oxley, Mack, Fostock, Broman Casse Leparoux 124 5 War Story K Northern Afleet Loooch Racing Stables, Inc., Ellis, Imaginary Stables Navarro Gallardo 124 and Daybreak Racing, LLC 6 War Envoy War Front Ruis Racing LLC Ruis Saez 124 7 Shaman Ghost Ghostzapper Stronach Stables Jerkens Ortiz 124 8 Semper Fortis K Distorted Humor Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gaffalione 124 9 Keen Ice K Curlin Donegal Racing, Jerry & Ronnie Frankel & Calumet Farm Pletcher Castellano 124 10 Breaking Lucky K Lookin At Lucky Gunpowder Farms LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds et al. Baker Contreras 124 11 Eragon (Arg) Offlee Wild James McIngvale Wohlers Prado 119 12 California Chrome Lucky Pulpit California Chrome, LLC Sherman Espinoza 124 13 Stanford K Malibu Moon Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith Pletcher Velazquez 124 and Stonestreet Stables LLC 14 Sea Raven Mineshaft Gunpowder Farms LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds et al. Rubley Contreras 124 15 Madefromlucky K Lookin At Lucky Cheyenne Stables LLC and Mac Nichol Pletcher Castellano 124

Breeders: 1-Clearsky Farms, 2-G. R. Aschinger, 3-Edwin Anthony, 4-Jack Swain, 5-Jack Swain III, 6-Joseph Allen, 7-Adena Springs, 8-Coffee Pot Stable, 9-Glencrest Farm, 10-Christine Hayden, 11-Avourneen, 12-Perry Martin & Steve Coburn, 13-WinStar Farm, LLC, 14-Louis P. Ferrari, 15-RMF Thoroughbreds

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:14 p.m. EST LA PREVOYANTE H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Quiet Kitten Kitten's Joy Crossed Sabres Farm LLC Romans Gaffalione 117 2 Gypsy Eyes (Ire) High Chaparral (Ire) Swettenham Stud and Linda Shanahan Biancone Saez 117 3 Try Your Luck K Lookin At Lucky Out Of This World Racing LLC Maker Geroux 121 4 Desiree Clary (Ger) Sholokhov (Ire) Gary Barber, Merrylegs Farm and Robert G. Schaedle, III Clement Castellano 119 5 Stay the Night Arch Joseph Allen LLC McGaughey III Juarez 117 6 Promotional Artie Schiller Glen Hill Farm Proctor Lezcano 117 7 Arles (Fr) Monsun (Ger) Team Valor International and Green Lantern Stables Motion Rosario 117 8 Lobelia K Paddy O'Prado William Cubbedge Vaccarezza Lanerie 117 9 Flipcup Milwaukee Brew Team Penney Racing, Wachtel Stable and Brous Stable Mott Velazquez 119 10 Wapi (Chi) Scat Daddy Glen Hill Farm and Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. Proctor Leparoux 119 11 Paige Sky Mesa Jim Wells and Cheyenne Stables LLC Clement Lopez 121 12 Suffused (GB) Champs Elysees (GB) Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Ortiz 123

Breeders: 1-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 2-Kenny Lane Thoroughbred, 3-Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding, 4-Frau B. u. B. Matusche, 5-Joseph Allen, 6-Glen Hill Farm, 7-S.A.R.L. Ecurie D, 8-William D. Cubbedge, 9-Team Penney Racing, 10-Haras Paso Nevado, 11-John C. Oxley, 12-Juddmonte Farms Ltd Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:50 p.m. EST W. L. MCKNIGHT H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Taghleeb Hard Spun Michael M. Hui Maker Gaffalione 121 2 Montclair (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. De la cerda Prado 117 3 Diamond Bachelor K War Front Diamond 100 Racing Club, R Trussell & P Biancone LLC Biancone Saez 119 4 Danish Dynaformer Dynaformer Charles E. Fipke Attfield Rosario 121 5 Applicator Henrythenavigator Olympia Star, Inc. Yanakov Reyes 117 6 Charming Kitten Kitten's Joy Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey Maker Smith 119 7 Twilight Eclipse K Purim West Point Thoroughbreds Albertrani Ortiz 119 8 Generous Kitten K Kitten's Joy Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey Maker Geroux 117 9 Patterson Cross Arch James S. Karp and James Patterson Mott Lezcano 117 10 Mr Maybe K Ghostzapper M Dubb, Head of Plains Partners & Highclere America Brown Castellano 121 11 Sadler's Joy Kitten's Joy Woodslane Farm Albertrani Leparoux 117 12 Hunter O'Riley K Tiz Wonderful Sean Shay and Michael J. Ryan Toner Velazquez 117

Breeders: 1-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 2-Elisabeth Fabre, 3-Jamm, Ltd., 4-Charles Fipke, 5-Mikhail Yanakov, 6-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 7-Epona Thoroughbreds, 8-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 9-James S. Karp, 10-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings,Liberation Farm & et al., 11-Woodslane Farm, LLC., 12-Mike G. Rutherford

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 12:30 p.m. EST HURRICANE BERTIE S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Genre K Bernardini Cheyenne Stables LLC Pletcher Velazquez 123 2 Distinta K Summer Bird VEB Racing Stable Corp Barboza, Jr. Zayas 117 3 Curlin's Approval Curlin Alter's Racing Stable, Inc. Wolfson Saez 117 4 Sugar Cone K Street Sense G. Watts Humphrey Jr. Arnold, II Bravo 117 5 You Bought Her Graeme Hall Richard Perkins and Hinsley Racing Stable Hinsley Lanerie 119 6 Improv Distorted Humor G. Watts Humphrey Jr. Arnold, II Castellano 117 7 Bodacious Babe K Mineshaft Panic Stable LLC Cibelli Lopez 121 8 Linda Linda (Chi) Bluegrass Cat Jaime Allende Marin Quiroz Lezcano 119

Breeders: 1-William E. Graves &Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 2-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton &Silver Fern Farm, 3-Happy Alter, 4-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. &St. George Farm LLC, 5-CLDelaplane & RGDelaplane Trust UA6/1/92 & Shade Tree Thoroughbred, 6-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & Louise IrelandHumphrey Revocable Trust - 2008, 7-Hubert H. Vester Jr., 8-Haras Cinco Estrellas

Sunday, Sam Houston Park, post time: 5:10 p.m. EST HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC S.-GIII, $400,000, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Danzatrice K Dunkirk Gainesway Stable Asmussen Saez 117 2 Another Bond Girl Don't Get Mad Higgins, William H. and Davidson, M. Brent Davidson Cabrera 117 3 Family Tree K Smart Strike Gary and Mary West Catalano Leparoux 119 4 I'm a Chatterbox K Munnings Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Gray Jones Geroux 121 5 Tiffany Case K Uncle Mo Jerry Jamgotchian Reed Parker 116 6 Steel Cut Cactus Ridge Wesley E. Hawley Hawley Albarado 117 7 Unbridled Mo Uncle Mo Red Oak Stable Pletcher Ortiz 121

Breeders: 1-Glenn Justiss, 2-William Higgins & Brent Davidson, 3-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC & Sam-Son Farm, 4-Fletcher Gray & Carolyn Gray, 5-JSM Equine LLC & Greathouse HorseProperty LLC, 6-Dream Walkin' Farms Inc., 7-Red Oak Stable

Sunday, Sam Houston Race Park, post time: 4:40 p.m. EST JOHN B. CONNALLY TURF CUP S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Domikate Kitalpha Brenda R. Olson Pearson Singh 115 2 West Road K Hard Spun Richard Drake Davidson Nolan 115 3 Hay Dakota K Haynesfield Alice Mettler Berndt Velazquez 121 4 Bigger Picture Badge of Silver Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz 124 5 Greengrassofyoming K Quest Michael M. Hui Maker Albarado 121 6 Phantom Trip Summer Bird Lester Ellenz Stuart Cabrera 124 7 Fall of Troy Notional Darrell Brian Bravenec Bravenec Radosevich 115 8 Oscar Nominated Kitten's Joy Sarah K. and Kenneth L. Ramsey Maker Geroux 124

Breeders: 1-Rick Olson, 2-H. Allen Poindexter, 3-Brereton C. Jones, 4-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 5-Stone Farm, 6-Center Hills Farm, 7-Richard Snyder & Connie Snyder, 8-Mrs. Jerry Amerman

REGIONAL REPORT TUESDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017 NYSGC PROPOSES OVERHAUL OF DRUG, subjected to another endoscopic examination following the horse=s next race or workout, and trainers would be required to VETERINARY RULES by T.D. Thornton provide such information to subsequent owners within 48 hours Five proposed new rules dealing with Thoroughbred of a request for it. The proposal would also codify the standard medication, prohibited substances, minimum drug penalties, practice of excluding a horse that experiences epistaxis for out-of-competition testing, and airway bleeding in racehorses specific minimum time periods. were advanced to a 45-day public-comment period by the New Minimum Penalty Enhancement Rules: Initially adopted by the York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) at the board=s monthly NYSGC in February 2016, these rules were designed to ensure meeting Jan. 23. that a mandatory minimum penalty is imposed whenever a Board members only briefly discussed specifics of the broad horseperson reaches a certain level of multiple equine drug set of changes before what appeared to be a series of violations (MMV). The proposed amendment is intended to unanimous voice votes of passage, and much of the meeting=s conform New York=s rules to changes in the national model rules business consisted of NYSGC executive director Robert Williams recently adopted by the Association of Racing Commissioners reading into the record a set of recommendations written by International (ARCI). The proposed revisions will focus the MMV NYSGC general counsel Edmund C. Burns (see a copy the system on those who consistently violate serious medication meeting packet here) that explained the rationale behind each and anti-doping rules and assist in developing national of the proposed rules. consistency in regard to punishment. Several of Burns=s explanations about the proposals Out-of-Competition Testing (OCT) Rule: Intended to conform referenced AThe Asmussen Report,@ which was a 176-page study the existing rule to the national model rule of the ARCI. In released by the NYSGC in November 2015 that cleared trainer January 2015, the NYSGC authorized a proposal to amend the Steve Asmussen of 10 of 14 specific Aunfounded@ allegations Thoroughbred OCT rule to match updates to the state=s about horse mistreatment while fining him $10,000 for multiple Standardbred OCT rule. But before the proposal was published violations of administering a synthetic thyroid hormone in the State Register, a national effort to revise the ARCI Model supplement within 48 hours of raceday. Rule was undertaken. As such, that new proposal was not In the Asmussen Report, the NYSGC forewarned that the published. Now, the NYSGC=s 2015 proposed amendments, commission would pursue Asweeping equine drug medication together with recommendations from many other sources, are regulations,@ going forward. Now, 14 months later, these new contained within the new ARCI Model Rule. rule proposals represent the NYSGC=s attempt to follow through Prohibited Substances: Would implement several rulemaking on that vow. proposals recommended in the Asmussen Report. Two industry In addition to tightening its own state rules as they pertain to comments were received. The New York Racing Association the sport=s controversial twin topics of drug cheating and (NYRA) expressed support for the intent of the proposal, but Thoroughbred welfare, the NYSGC appears to be cognizant that raised general concern with possible vagueness and suggested if these rules eventually get adopted, New York will be setting the NYSGC develop a rule proposal that enjoys national, uniform an example for America=s other racing jurisdictions to follow. support. The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen=s Association For example, when asked by a board member what impact a (NYTHA) suggested a similar cooperative commitment, but proposed minimum penalty enhancement might have, Williams sought discussion regarding the regulation of certain substances. answered, AI think it will be greater acceptance by other states Trainer Medication Logs: Would require trainers to keep a in the model national rules, which will allow a progressive, record of medications administered after having been dispensed nationwide penalty structure. [Acceptance nationwide] will be by veterinarians. NYRA raised concern with the rule as being more widespread.@ impractical, suggesting that few trainers would adhere to the The five proposed rules (summarized below from explanations requirement and suggested the NYSGC instead develop a rule provided by the NYSGC) will all be published in the New York proposal that enjoys national, uniform support. NYTHA State Register, after which they will be subject to a 45-day public suggested no concern with the record-keeping requirements, comment period. That means the earliest they could be enacted provided the proposal did not interfere with the administration would be at the NYSGC=s March meeting. of non-injectable substances a trainer might need to administer Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH): Would in emergency situations when veterinarians are not available. require trainers to maintain a record of serious EIPH episodes, Anti-ulcer medications commonly added to feed and other which are defined with the universally used one-to-four grading non-injectable Class 5 drugs rated Aharmless@ by the ARCI would system, and epistaxis (visible bleeding from the nostrils). In also be excluded. general, the most salient portions of the rule would require that a horse that has experienced a serious EIPH episode must be TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 4 • THETDN.COM TUEDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

Tuesday, Ocala Training Center, post time: 3:20 p.m. OBS SPRINT S., $50,000, (R), 3yo, c/g, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Silver Defense First Defence Bravo T Wismer Tuesday, Ocala Training Center, post time: 3:45 p.m. 2 Mizzen Lynx Mizzen Mast Bocachica Dini OBS CHAMPIONSHIP S., $100,000, (R), 3yo, f, 1 1/16m (AWT) 3 Made to Fit Custom for Carlos Ortiz K Rice PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 4 My Friend Stay Thirsty Lezcano Pilotti 1 Bella Vincenza Biondetti Leyva O’Connell 5 Simply Tizway Tizway Uske Bush 2 Miss O’Hara Colonel John Cruz Arnold 6 Front Loaded Kantharos Jaramillo Pinchin 3 Bill’s Legacy Gone Astray Panici Gold 7 Sailing Home Mast Track Leparoux Casse 4 Paz the Bourbon Mission Impazible Lopez Hennig 8 Storming My Way High Cotton Lopez Plesa 5 Dynatail Hightail Bocachica Dini 9 Uncle B Zensational L Saez Gonzalez 6 Larryandpearlslucy Circular Quay Mejias Hendry 7 Livin a Dream Munnings Centeno Stewart OBS WINTER MIXED SALE 8 My Arch Enemy Arch L Saez Casse 9 On Her Honor To Honor and Serve Ortiz Santangelo UNDER-TACK SHOW RESULTS 10 Fun Harlan’s Holiday Leparoux Wilkes Fastest Three-Furlong Works 11 Schema Gemologist Velazquez Correas Time Hip Name :33 4/5 297 Hill Croome (g, 3, American Lion--Sauternes) Tuesday, Ocala Training Center, post time: 4:10 p.m. Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent XI OBS CHAMPIONSHIP S., $100,000, (R), 3yo, c/g, 1 1/16m (AWT) :34 flat 233 Voo Dude (c, 3, --Itsgetineardawn) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER Consigned by All Dreams Equine, agent 1 Adonis Creed Brilliant Speed Lezcano McLaughlin :34 flat 262 River of Love (c, 3, Majesticperfection--Sing our Song) 2 Harlan’s Quest Harlan’s Holiday Lopez T Wismer Consigned by RiceHorse Stables (Brandon & Ali Rice) 3 Major Key Crown of Thorns Trujillo Ramirez 4 Convict Pike Broken Vow Cruz Arnold 5 Sailing Home Mast Track Leparoux Casse Fastest Four-Furlong Work 6 Manifest Destiny City Zip Zayas Brown :47 2/5 253 Dubai Princess (f, 3, Overdriven--Poitrine) 7 Master Plan Twirling Candy Velazquez Pletcher Consigned by Corona Leaders Cup, Agent I 8 My Friend Stay Thirsty no rider Pilotti 9 Shiraz Tale of the Cat Ortiz Maker

Tuesday, Ocala Training Center, post time: 2:55 p.m. OBS SPRINT S., $50,000, (R), 3yo, f, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Heart Astray Gone Astray Walker G Wismer 12-1 Beautyinthepulpit to Buckridge Farm: 2 My Arch Enemy Arch Leparoux Casse 6-1 Multiple stakes placed Beautyinthepulpit (Pulpit--Stolen 3 Love and Lemons Lemon Drop Kid Lopez T Wismer 8-1 Beauty, by Deputy Minister) has been retired and will take up 4 Lady Racer Biondetti Velazquez Pletcher 12-1 5 Yes I’ll Go Yes It’s True L Saez De La Cerda 3-1 stud duties next month at Amy and Jody Boll=s Buckridge Farm in 6 Schema Gemologist no rider Correas 10-1 Kinderhook. Four times stakes placed, Beautyinthepulpit won 7 Spirituality Gemologist Ortiz Pletcher 9-2 eight of 31 starts and earned $410,627. A son of graded stakes 8 Rockin Hard Spun Carrasco Nations 10-1 winner Stolen Beauty, he is a half to the dam of graded stakes 9 Star Gala Wildcat Heir Gonzalez Hemingway 8-1 winner Giant Moon (Giant=s Causeway). The 9-year-old will 10 Historical Tablet First Dude Morales Connelly 8-1 stand as the property of Buckridge for a private fee, with the 11 My Ticket Home Shackleford Cruz Arnold 10-1 stud fee waived for mares who have black-type anywhere in the first two dams; who earned more than $50,000 on the track; Monday Cancellations who have produced a winner of $50,000 or more; or for breeders who send more than one mare per season. The deal to send Beautyinthepulpit to Buckridge was brokered by New PARX (due to storm) Jersey-based bloodstock agent Michael Slezak. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 4 • THETDN.COM TUEDAY • JANUARY 24, 2017

REWARD THE CAT (Good Reward), 5/0/0 10-HOU, Msw 5 1/2f, +Mi Laurens's Pride, 5-1 SHACKLEFORD (), Darby Dan Farm, $20K, 208/23/1 8-OTC, $50K OBS Sprint (Fillies Division) S., 6f, My Ticket Home, $47K RNA OBS OPN 2yo, 10-1 Monday=s Results: STAY THIRSTY (Bernardini), Ashford Stud, $17.5K, 159/20/1 6th-HOU, $19,000, (S), Msw, 1-23, 4yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:07.08, 11-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Colts and Geldings Division) S., 1 ft. 1/16m, My Friend, $72K RNA OBS MAR 2yo +CORNELIUS SPRINGS (f, 4, Menhal--Devilish Look, by Pleasant TO HONOR AND SERVE (Bernardini), Gainesway Farm, $30K, 171/15/1 Colony), dismissed at 13-1 in this career bow, tracked from a 10-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Fillies Division) S., 1 1/16m, On joint second through a :23.63 quarter, drew alongside favored Her Honor, $30K OBS OPN 2yo firster Our Flashy Girl (Eaton=s Gift) at the five-sixteenths pole and wore that one down in the final 100 yards before holding off late-running longshot Sweet Normairine (Whitehouse Charlie) by three-quarters of a length. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,280. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O/B-Stephen P. Whiting (TX); T-Eric W. Schneider.

IN JAPAN: Earth Mystery, c, 3, Overdriven--Terry M., by Crusader Sword. Nakayama, 1-22, Novice Race, 6f, Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $43,860. O-Green Farm; B-Best A Luck Farm LLC; T-Masamichi Wada. *$120,000 2yo >16 OBSAPR. **AThe blinkers were very effective,@ said winning hoop Genki Maruyama. AHe is still Second-crop starters to watch: Tuesday, January 24 green and needs to focus more when asked.@ Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ A Shin Run Away, h, 6, Old Fashioned--Catspaw, by Storm Cat. BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) Kyoto, 1-22, Plate Race, 6f. Lifetime Record: 16-4-6-1, BIONDETTI (Bernardini), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $4K, 101/10/0 $504,299. O-Eishindo Inc.; B-BryLynn Farm Inc.; T-Masato 8-OTC, $50K OBS Sprint (Fillies Division) S., 6f, Lady Racer, $125K Nishizono. *$55,000 Ylg >12 OBSAUG; $37,000 RNA Ylg >12 OBS APR 2yo, 12-1 FTKOCT; $190,000 2yo >13 OBSAPR. **AHe sat easily and 10-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Fillies Division) S., 1 1/16m, Bella traveled nicely from the position before he displayed strong Vincenza, $66K OBS APR 2yo acceleration,@ said winning jockey Yasunari Iwata. BRILLIANT SPEED (Dynaformer), Three Chimneys Farm, dead, 54/12/1 11-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Colts and Geldings Division) S., 1 1/16m, Adonis Creed, $40K OBS APR 2yo GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15K, 205/17/2 BREEDERS’ EDITION 10-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Fillies Division) S., 1 1/16m, Schema, $135K OBS APR 2yo 8-OTC, $50K OBS Sprint (Fillies Division) S., 6f, Spirituality, $150K ALLOWANCE RESULTS: OBS MAR 2yo, 9-2 8th-HOU, $20,000, 1-23, (C), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.93, ft. HANSEN (Tapit), KOR, $12.5K, 129/22/1 EVENT OF DEFAULT (f, 4, Hard Spun--Queen's Court, by 4-MVR, Alw 1m, Hansenation, 2-1 Monarchos) Lifetime Record: 12-3-1-1, $32,701. O-Viola HIGHTAIL (Mineshaft), Trophy Club Training Center, 5/1/0 Salisbury; B-Patinack Farm (KY); T-Joyce Salisbury. *$110,000 10-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Fillies Division) S., 1 1/16m, Wlg '13 KEENOV; $140,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. Dynatail, $5K OBS OPN 2yo MCKENNA'S JUSTICE (Medaglia d'Oro), 13/2/0 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 7-SUN, Msw 5 1/2f, +Mc Miracle, 5-1 An Khe Pass, g, 4, Old Fashioned--Castlebrook (MSW, MISSION IMPAZIBLE (Unbridled's Song), Sequel Stallions New York, $445,700), by Montbrook. GG, 1-22, 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:03.89. $7.5K, 121/8/1 B-Town & Country Farms Corp. (KY). *$40,000 Wlg '13 10-OTC, $100K OBS Championship (Fillies Division) S., 1 1/16m, Paz KEENOV; $170,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. the Bourbon, $150K OBS MAR 2yo

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ASTERN PLEASES DOYLE IN BARRIER TRIAL YOUNG PRETENDER Godolphin=s top-class homebred Astern (Aus) (Medaglia MAKING GIANT STRIDES d=Oro) came through a barrier trial at Warwick Farm on Monday in pleasing fashion. The G1 Golden Rose S. winner was partnered by James Doyle who never asked the colt a question, finishing midpack in the 1000m heat. Doyle was very happy with the John O=Shea trainee and commented, "He travelled through the trial very well, quickened towards the end and hit the line quite well. He was nice and relaxed and moved great. He=s a colt with a lot of strength and class, it=s easy to understand why the stable has such a high opinion of him.@ Cont. p5

IN TDN AMERICA TODAY PEGASUS WORLD CUP POST POSITION DRAW Champion and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) Henri-Francois Devin pictured with Alexis Badel | Scoop Dyga drew the rail for the $12-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational and is listed at 7-5 on the morning line. His rival, 2016 by Tom Peacock Horse of the Year and 6-5 favorite California Chrome (Lucky There has barely been a ruffle in the top order of French Pulpit), will break from the 12-hole for the 1 1/8-mile Jan. 28 trainers since Henri-Francois Devin started school. Now 33, he is Gulfstream Park feature. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN not quite yet in a position to challenge the long-established America. hierarchy of Andre Fabre, Jean-Claude Rouget, Alex Pantall, Alain de Royer-Dupre et al, but he is one of the select few that could do so some day. "When you look at some of the older trainers around Chantilly, they're still training as if it's their first day, very enthusiastic," he said. "It keeps people young, this business. It's like a continued renewal of everything. Like breeding, every year you have new foals, all the yearlings, its >perpetual recommencement', like the never-ending start." Devin effortlessly mixes his English and French with an Irish accent, inherited from his mother Antonia. His father Henri is the latest member of the family to run the historic Haras du Mesnil stud near Le Mans. This leaves him with split loyalties when it comes to sporting contests between his two nationalities, admitting only to a soft spot for Munster Rugby. Despite his evident racing pedigree, Devin tried working in finance for a year before being drawn back to horses. "I didn't really like working in an office, it's not as nice as being outside," he said. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 5 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 24 JANUARY, 2017

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Instead, he managed to attain one of the most sought-after positions as a budding trainer, assisting Fabre for two years, and a subsequent year with the jumps maestro Jean-Paul Gallorini. Devin started out with half a dozen horses in only April 2013, a number which should nudge 55 by the spring. His impressive total of 23 winners last year came from only 33 to set foot on the track. "Basically the last three years we've been picking up, the horses were better and we've had more of them. When you have six there are only so many races you can win," Devin said. "In 2014, I felt they were running to the very best of their ability and in 2015 we had Physiocrate (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}). She had won twice, we supplemented her into the [G1] French Oaks and she was second. That kind of got the ball rolling, and we had a few running in listed races."

Benoit Jeffroy, Henri-Francois Devin, Nicolas de Watrigant & Francis Graffard | Emma Berry

Physiocrate, owned by his parents, was sold to Japan, but French racing had taken note. As much as it would be understatement to describe Devin as well-connected, it is another thing to entrust a rookie with valuable bloodstock. This year's portfolio would be the envy of any yard, with half a dozen for Khalid Abdullah, and names like Baron Edouard de Rothschild, Bobby Flay and Lady O'Reilly. Devin has already earned his stripes for Al Shaqab with Al Johrah (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), who beat all but Wesley Ward's stunning Lady Aurelia in the G2 Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 24 JANUARY, 2017

Young Pretender Making Giant Strides Cont. death." Her final outing, a disappointing fifth when a strong favourite Potential standard-bearer again this term is the Flay-owned for the G3 Prix Eclipse at Maisons-Laffitte can be written off. Banzari (GB) "I think she was ridden a bit too close to the pace and she did a (Motivator {GB}), bit too much, she'd also who helped Devin had quite a tough season," to his first domestic Devin explained. "She had group win last a hard enough race in the autumn and went [G1] Prix Morny (fourth) on to post an when she ran brilliantly. excellent third in Then there was the [G2] the G1 E.P. Taylor Prix Robert Papin and S. she'd run twice before "She is back in Team Devin with their first Group winner Banzari | Scoop Dyga Ascot." training, her two The trainer laughs main objectives are the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville and then sheepishly when asked if the race she ran in Canada again," he said. "Now she's a stakes Al Jorah could develop filly, she'll have to go for tougher races, so she'll probably start into a Classic filly. in the [G3] Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud in March, if that goes well "I'd be a bit worried then there's the [G2 Prix] Harcourt, the [G2 Prix] Corrida or about the trip,@ Devin said maybe the [G1 Prix] Ganay, but whether she's good enough to frankly. AThere's a take on the older colts, we'll see." six-furlong listed race at With assistance from his girlfriend, Louise Boakes, and a team Chantilly a few weeks Henri-Francois Devin & Guillaume Vitse of staff that it has taken three years to refine, Devin can be before the Prix Emma Berry quietly optimistic that 2017 will help him draw that next step Imprudence, maybe we'll closer to the old guard. run there over seven furlongs and we'll know whether to drop "I'd rather expect the worst and hope for the best, but I'm her in trip or take a shot at the [G1] French Guineas. At this looking forward to it, within reason,@ he concluded. "Some of moment she's probably six not a mile, but she went to Sheikh the 2-year-olds are relatively forward and Al Shaqab sent a few Joaan's farm for a few weeks and came back looking fantastic, more, including the sister to Al Johrah, and she looks quite a she seems to have grown a bit." nice filly. We're running against big stables with a lot more Elaborating on his 3-year-olds, he continued, "Charm Appeal horses than we have. If we keep our feet on the ground and the (Fr) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) is owned by a great supporter in horses in good health, hopefully we'll be OK." Stephen Hillen, she won her first two and was a bit caught for experience more than ability in her listed race at Chantilly. She'll be a nice filly, entered for the French Guineas, and will probably run in a six and a half furlong race at Chantilly on the Polytrack at the start of the season.@ Continued Devin, AGolden Legend (Fr) BIG BROTHER, LITTLE BROTHER (Doctor Dino {Fr}) is by John Boyce one of my parents' They are two of the most famous G1 Derby winners of our who won very nicely time, bred from the same G1 Arc-winning mare. Now, they're first time then we both excellent sources of staying Classic horses. Sea the Stars rode her from the (Ire)=s top 3-year-olds are only two pounds inferior to those of back on the Polytrack his famous brother. No other sire gets as close. Mind you, Sea to give her a bit more the Stars gets plenty of help from his mares. In fact, the Al Johrah | Scoop Dyga experience. She's a numbers in brackets, which represent what his mares' average filly to look forward to. There are one or two that haven't run, with other sires, suggest that his mates were even of a higher but I won't mention any names because every time it's a kiss of quality than Galileo (Ire)'s. Cont. p4 JANUARY 2017 TDN WEEKEND

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Big Brother, Little Brother Cont. Ladbrokes chief executive Jim Mullen, added, "I am extremely Nothing is ever that simple. It seems that Sea the Stars pleased and proud that Ladbrokes has reached a deal with covered proportionally more older proven mares in his early Newbury Racecourse and we have made a five-year years than most sires tend to. Hence, the higher averages for his commitment to sponsor the two-day late November/early stock's siblings. December meeting featuring the great steeplechase formerly known as the Hennessy Gold Cup. Horseracing is a vital part of the heritage of our business, and we are passionate about maintaining our support of the sport. We have committed to work in partnership with Newbury Racecourse to build the two Ranked by avg. Timeform rating of their top 5% of runners. days of this fixture into one of the most compelling attractions Sibling figures in brackets. not just in the racing calendar, but in that of sport as a whole." The final running of the Hennessy Gold Cup was won by the Sire 2yo 3yo 4yo+ Colin Tizzard-trained Native River (Ire) (Indian River {Fr}), who Galileo 117 (114) 126(122) 128 (125) will bid to emulate some previous illustrious winners such as Sea the Stars 106 (114) 124 (1250 122 (127) Denman (Ire) (Presenting {GB}) and Bobs Worth (Ire) (Bob Back) when he attempts to add the Cheltenham Gold Cup to his CV in March. Hennessy=s withdrawal from the Gold Cup follows their similar decision to end a long standing sponsorship of the Irish Gold Cup in 2015, a Grade 1 steeplechase held at Leopardstown each February.

LADBROKES TAKE OVER FROM HENNESSY PRODUCTIVE WEEKEND FOR IVAWOOD It has been confirmed that Ladbrokes will take over Coolmore stallion Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}--Keenes Royale sponsorship of the former Hennessy Gold Cup, one of the {GB}, by Red Ransom), one of the top 2-year-old=s in Europe in highlights of Newbury=s racing calendar and indeed the British 2014, had three impressive foals born on Sunday. John Malone jumps season. Hennessy ended their 60-year association with reported that Musical the race last year and the new sponsorship agreement will see Peace (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) Ladbrokes sponsor 13 of the 14 races over the two-day winter produced a Abig, strong festival scheduled for Dec. 1-2, 2017. Prize-money for the whole bay filly@ at his Ladytown meeting will increase to ,700,000, with the feature race also House Stud in Kildare. benefitting from a 25% boost to £250,000. Musical Peace is a winning Announcing the new association, Dominic Burke, Chairman of half-sister to stakes Newbury Racecourse winners Pugin (Ire) commented, "The (Darshaan) and Chartres Directors of Newbury are Ivawood | Coolmore Stud (Ire) (Danehill) from the delighted to welcome family of Group 2 winner Lilbourne Lad (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). Ladbrokes as sponsor of Fiona McStay of Moygannon Stud reported that her mare our most high profile and Beauthea (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}) foaled Aa lovely bay colt with popular jump meeting of plenty of size and bone.@ Beauthea, a dual winner and fourth in the year. Ladbrokes has the G2 Debutante S., is from the family of Group 1 winner supported many races at Simple Verse (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}) and Group 2 Connections of Native River receive the Newbury over the years, winner Even Song (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). final Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury and we are thrilled that Rainbow Song (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), owned by Massimo last November | Racingfotos.com Jim Mullen and his team Marchetti of Allevamento Gialloblu, foaled a colt at Patrick share our ambition to take Headon=s Wraymount Stud. Headon said, AHe=s a very good foal what is now a superb two-day race meeting to an even higher with size and strength, a smashing first foal for the mare.@ level, with both days being televised by ITV in 2017. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 5 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 24 JANUARY, 2017

Productive Weekend for Ivawood Cont. Rainbow Song is closely related to GI Del Mar Oaks winner EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Dublino (Lear Fan). Ivawood was a dual Group 2 winning juvenile i when trained by Richard Hannon and he stands for 7,500 in 2017. IN JAPAN: Neoattraction (GB), h, 5, Montjeu (Ire)--Attraction (GB) (Ch. 2yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eng, Hwt. 3yo Filly-Ire at 7-9f, Hwt. Older Mare-Ire at 7-9f, MG1SW-Ire & Eng, $1,583,910), by MARNANE EYEING QATAR CHALLENGE Efisio (GB). Kyoto, 1-21, Plate Race, 7f. Lifetime Record: Trainer David Marnane has enjoyed plenty of success in Dubai 15-2-1-0, $171,930. O-Masamichi Hayashi; B-Floors Farming; over the years and he is hoping he can add Qatar to that list next T-N Katsuhiko Sumii. *450,000gns Ylg >13 TATOCT. **1/2 to month. Marnane plans to Cushion (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), MSP-Eng, MGSP-US,$169,111; and aim Damian Lavelle=s Fountain of Youth (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSW-Ire. great money-spinner Elleval (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) at the HH The Emir=s Trophy at Al Rayyan Racecourse Feb. 25, providing he passes his Astern Pleases Doyle in Barrier Trial Cont. from p1 next test at Meydan later Following his Group 1 win last year, Astern was beaten by David Marnane | Racing Post this week. "I'm going to Russian Revolution (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) in the G2 Star Roman chance running him over a mile and a half for only the second Consul at Randwick in October before finding only Flying Artie time in his life on Thursday," Marnane told Irishracing.com. "If (Aus) (Artie Schiller) too good in the G1 Coolmore Stud S. later he gets on well, there is a race worth $1 million coming up in that month. Astern=s first 2017 target is the G1 Lightning S. at Qatar that he could go for after that." Despite only winning Flemington Feb. 18 and according to O=Shea=s assistant trainer three races, Elleval has banked well over ,500,000 in prize- Darren Beadman, Astern will trial again in a week or 10 days money for connections and the 7-year-old is currently before traveling to Melbourne. competing at his fifth Dubai Carnival in a row.

MCDONALD=S APPEAL SET FOR MARCH Jockey James McDonald, who was handed an 18-month ban by Racing NSW stewards after a betting offence, has an appeal set for Mar. 13, Racing And Sports reported Monday. The former CONDITIONS RESULT: retained rider for 3rd-CGN, i19,000, 1-23, 4yo, 2150mT, 2:25.21, sf. Godolphin in Australia, BAROU (FR) (g, 4, Le Havre {Ire}--Salamon {GB}, by Montjeu McDonald last rode Nov. {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-1, i38,900. O-Gerard 15, before he was stood Augustin-Normand; B-Franklin Finance S.A. (FR); T-Jean-Claude down after being Rouget. questioned by stewards regarding his association Lambourn-based trainer Archie in a winning bet on Astern Watson becomes the latest trainer (Aus) (Medaglia d=Oro) in James McDonald | Racing Post to be sponsored by Sirecam. He the Godolphin colt=s debut joins Hugo Palmer & Brian Meehan, from December of 2015. Officially disqualified at a stewards= who are also sponsored by the inquiry Dec. 5, the New Zealander netted A$4,000, with the help Thoroughbred marketing company, of punter Anthony Gardiner, who is yet to be interviewed by which was founded by Sam Archie Watson Racing NSW stewards. Sangster. Archie Watson Racing