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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 PROMISING JUVENILES 750 HORSES EVACUATED FROM GULFSTREAM, OTHERS STAY PUT WITH KEESEP KIN By Bill Finley With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the Florida coast, Gulfstream officials have ordered the evacuation of the barns they felt were most vulnerable to damage from the storm. According to Bill Badgett, Jr., a member of the upper management team at the track, about 750 horses have already left the track. Trainers were given the option of either sending them to Ocala or to Palm Meadows. The barns that were evacuated were the ones closest to the backstretch entrance on Hallandale Beach Boulevard. Not only are they the oldest barns on the Gulfstream backstretch but they are in a lower-lying area than other barns are more prone to flooding. Cont. p5 (Click here) Amedeo Modigliani | Racing Post by Brian DiDonato IN TDN EUROPE TODAY With summer racing in the books and the industry=s focus CHURCHILL MEETS NINE IN CHAMPION TEST shifting to Lexington and the Keeneland September Yearling With stablemate Winter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) heading to the Sale, the list below highlights some of the promising, lightly G1 Matron S., Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) heads the Ballydoyle raced juveniles with siblings catalogued in the first two books of charge for Saturday’s G1 Irish Champion S. that marathon auction. It does not include runners who have Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. already competed in stakes company and is not exhaustive. Note that last year=s list featured subsequent impressive GIII Iroquois S. winner and GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile runner-up Not This Time (Giant=s Causeway), as well as Gormley (Malibu Moon), who annexed the 2016 GI FrontRunner S. and this April=s GI Santa Anita Derby. MOLTO ALLEGRO (f, SpeightstownBMo Chuisle, by Free House) O-Chizu Yoshida. B-Town And Country Horse Farms, LLC & Frank & Kim Taylor (Ky). T-R Takei. Sales history: $525,000 yrl >16 KEESEP. Molto Allegro was backed down to strong favoritism for her dirt-track unveiling at Hakodate June 24, and showed good speed to stalk out wide before kicking it in determinedly late to score by 1 1/4 lengths (video, #8). Brought back in a high-quality open-class event going 1200 meters on the Sapporo sod Sept. 3, she broke awkwardly, but showed off a nice turn-of-foot after making a no-cover turn move to be a promising second (video, #7). In addition to being a half to ill-fated champion sprinter Points Offthebench (Benchmark) and GSW Bench Points (Benchmark), Molto Allegro is a half-sister to a Medaglia d=Oro filly consigned at KEESEP by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent LXXXIV as hip 53. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] Friday, September 8, 2017 EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Assistant Editor Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Eddie Perez and Erica Murray represented the Indiana Grand jockey colony Sept. 7 Alexa Reisfield Michelle Benson during the annual visit to Riley Hospital for Children in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness month. To help with the official kickoff Saturday, cancer survivor Cierra Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution McCauley will be trackside to raise funding and awareness for her “Reason to Dance” Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] campaign in support of Riley Hospital. | Indiana Grand Social Media Strategist Justina Severni MOHAYMEN RETIRED TO SHADWELL 6 MGSW Mohaymen (Tapit) has been retired from racing and Director of Customer Service will take up stud duties at Shadwell Farm’s Nashwan Stud. Vicki Forbes [email protected] Marketing Manager AMERICANS DRAW LOW FOR KOREAN FEATURES 7 Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen The two American-trained entries for Sunday's 1-billion (US$887k) Keeneland Korea Cup and 700-million (US$620k) Director of Information Technology Keeneland Korea Sprint, Papa Shot (Distorted Humor) and The Ray Villa [email protected] Truth of Else (Yes It’s True), were handed inside draws when post positions were drawn Thursday. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor TODAY’S GRADED STAKES Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] EST Race Click for TV European Editor 8:10a Prix La Rochette.-G3, STC -------------- ----- Emma Berry 8:40a Prix De Lutece-G3, STC -------------- ----- [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Promising Juveniles with KEESEP Kin cont. from p1 NERO (c, Pioneerof the Nile--Ocean Goddess, by Stormy Atlantic) O-Magnier, Tabor, Smith & Stonestreet Stables LLC. AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (IRE) (c, Galileo {Ire}--Gooseberry Fool B-Thor-Bred Stables LLC (Ky). T-Bob Baffert. Sales history: {GB}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) O-Magnier, Tabor, Smith & $950,000 yrl >16 FTSAUG. Jooste. B-Mt. Brilliant Broodmares II, LLC. T-Aidan O=Brien. Sales Nero, the lone maiden on this list, would=ve already earned his history: 750,000gns yrl >16 TATOCT. diploma if not for a much-talked-about and puzzling ride at Del This pricey Tatts grad closed quickly to be third first up at The Mar Aug. 27. Pounded down to 1-2 that day, he showed the way Curragh July 2 behind stablemate and subsequent and appeared liked he=d cruise to victory in the stretch, but was G2 Superlative S. hero Gustav Klimt (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was wrapped up late to the point of nearly being pulled up and was named a >TDN Rising Star= that day. Stretched out to about a nipped on the wire (video). His Medaglia d=Oro half-brother will mile at Galway Aug. 5, he too earned the >Rising Star= distinction be offered by Gainesway, Agent XI as hip 566. after sitting behind the speed and exploding in the straight to win as he pleased (video). Amedeo Modigliani=s full-brother will OH ZAP (f, Ghostzapper--Oh Carole, by Unbridled=s Song) be offered by Greg Goodman=s Mt. Brilliant Farm as hip 280. O-Robert S Evans. B-Chelsea Bloodstock, Galtee Bloodstock & Paget Bloodstock (Ky). T-Christophe Clement. Sales history: RETRO (f, Giant=s Causeway--Grace Anatomy, by Aldebaran) $320,000 yrl >16 KEESEP. O-LNJ Foxwoods. B-Barronstown Stud (Ky). T-Richard Mandella. Shipped to the Jersey Shore from Belmont for what seemed on Sales history: $170,000 yrl >16 KEESEP. paper to be a tougher-than-average Monmouth maiden, Oh Backed down to 24-10 on debut at Del Mar Sept. 4 for a barn Zap--installed the 5-2 chalk--sat in a far-back last early, but that=s generally pretty patient, Retro sat just off the pace early began to pick off foes in traffic under her own power turning for before out-gaming three foes late to don cap and gown by a home. Able to fully extend once tipped out past the quarter neck (video). Her performance looked stronger by the end of the pole, she showed off a good-looking stride to score by a day, as the final time of 1:36.98 was significantly quicker than widening 1 3/4 lengths (video). Padraig Campion=s Blandford the 1:37.57 it took to complete the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Bloodstock sells an Uncle Mo half-brother to the Clement S. later on the card. Eaton Sales will consign a Declaration of trainee as hip 568. War half-brother (hip 282) to Retro out of the Grade I-placed Grace Anatomy. Cont. p4 COUNT ALEXANDER (c, Scat Daddy--Intelyhente, by Smart Strike) O-Holly & David Wilson. B-William Duignan & Tranquility Investments Limited (Ky). T-Mary Lightner. Sales history: $260,000 yrl >16 KEESEP; $210,000 2yo >17 OBSJUN. Ignored at 14-1 for a low-profile barn going six panels on the Woodbine lawn, this chestnut colt showed good early speed without being asked for much to track from second. Prompted to quicken in upper stretch, he leveled off nicely to easily defeat a well-regarded Mark Casse trainee by four lengths before galloping out with good energy (video). Count Alexander is being pointed to the Sept. 17 GII Summer S. with an eye towards the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf (click for story). Out of a winning full-sister to MGSW Bel Air Beauty, in turn the dam of Canadian champion sprinter Stacked Deck (First Samurai), Count Alexander is half to an Into Mischief colt entered in Keeneland September as hip 351. Paramount Sales consigns the Apr. 18 foal. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Promising Juveniles with KEESEP Kin cont. Unbridled Empire was also responsible for this year=s GII American Turf S. upsetter Arklow (Blame). MARAUD (c, 2, Blame--Unbridled Empire, by Empire Maker) O-Treadway Racing Stable. B-John R & Frank Penn (Ky). T-Todd SULTRY (f, Malibu Moon--Viva Carina {Arg}, by Giant=s Pletcher. Sales history: $100,000 Causeway) O-Joseph W. Sutton. yrl >16 KEESEP; $375,000 2yo >17 B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC (Ky). EASMAY. T-Eddie Kenneally. Sales history: Backed down to a tick under 3- $400,000 yrl >16 KEESEP.