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THINK SUCCESS A CREDIT TO CUMMINGS HISTORY AWAITS By John Berry GOLDEN BOY No figure in Australasian racing history is more synonymous with the promotion of high-class stamina than the late, great J. B. 'Bart' Cummings, who passed away in August 2015 at the age of 87. Included among the winners of his 12 Melbourne Cups were some horses who will forever occupy a place in the highest pantheon of the sport. The last great stayer whom he trained, though, didn't win a Melbourne Cup, and ultimately brought the great trainer perhaps as much frustration as joy. However, the burgeoning stud career of the magnificent So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) will surely now have the great man looking down with pride. The magnificent near-black stallion is showing all the signs of being able to breath fresh life into the local middle-distance and staying scene at a time when the imports (those banes of Bart's life) are threatening to overwhelm the home-grown stock. Cont. p4

Vazirabad and work rider Eric Alloix | Emma Berry IN TDN AMERICA TODAY LEBHERZ LOOKING FOR PREMIER RESULTS AT BARRETTS By Emma Berry Phil Lebherz, who has had plenty of success as a horse owner, will DUBAI, UAE--A 6-year-old gelding with 11 group wins to his try to make his mark when he offers three horses at the Barretts name and 13 wins in total has very little left to prove, but when Spring sale Apr. 4. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Vazirabad (Fr) ( {Ger}) lines up for Saturday's G2 he has history to make. No horse in the 22-year span of the Dubai World Cup meeting has ever won in three consecutive years but the Aga Khan's homebred is currently a very short-priced favourite to do just that. This year, however, it could be harder than ever, with a high-class field assembled to take him on at Meydan, including the G1 winner (GB) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}). The Godolphin flagbearer Rare Rhythm (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who got the better of Vazirabad on his first run for 130 days back on Mar. 1 in the G3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy, is another of the six of the first seven home in that race, run over two furlongs shorter than the two-mile Gold Cup, who will meet again on Saturday. "What happens in the race, the tactics of the race, will be very important for him," says trainer Alain de Royer Dupre as the sun rises over the main track at Meydan and Vazirabad completes an easy canter behind his lead horse Canndera (Fr) with just over two days to go until his date with destiny. Cont. p2

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History Awaits Golden Boy Vazirabad cont. from p1 "The second time he raced he was second but after that he "I think we have three big opponents: Big Orange, Torcedor-- won seven races--bang, bang, bang," de Royer-Dupre recalls. he looks very good--and Charlie Appleby's horse [Rare Rhythm]. That septet of wins included his Dubai Gold Cup debut when He beat him very easily but the distance is longer this time and making his first start after winning the G1 Prix Royal-Oak the there wasn't enough pace for Vazirabad that day. But it's always previous October. The following season, he preceded his Gold difficult to win the same race three times." Cup appearance with a second to a Godolphin runner, Beautiful Romance (GB). Omen-seekers will take comfort in the fact that HE KNOWS THE JOB AND HE’S VERY he subsequently overhauled the filly in the Gold Cup, with Sheikhzayedroad (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Big Orange back in the INTELLIGENT. IF YOU CHANGE HIS minor places. ROUTINE HE IS NOT HAPPY. HE LIKES TO On the track in the mornings, Vazirabad, though gelded and now a grown-up, still doesn't look the most straightforward of HAVE A SAY IN WHAT’S HAPPENING. rides, often carrying his head askew and cocking his jaw. His Alain de Royer Dupre on Vazirabad trainer heaps praise on the horse's regular rider Eric Alloix, who helps keep at bay his wayward tendencies of old. De Royer-Dupre says, "He's not difficult to train. In fact, he's very amusing. When he's with his normal rider he does the In Vazirabad's early days, it was perhaps difficult for the minimum and is relaxed. If you put another rider on him he's trainer to imagine that he would win even one race, let alone a completely different. It's incredible. He knows the job and he's prestigious contest on the other side of the world. Unraced at very intelligent. If you change his routine he is not happy. He two, Vazirabad was reluctant to participate initially. A gelding likes to have a say in what's happening." operation helped slowly to change his mind, though when he eventually consented to race he finished an unpromising sixth of nine on debut in the May of his 3-year-old season. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

Vazirabad cont. There's a twinkle in the trainer's eye as he speaks and, despite a list of major race victories around the world, de Royer-Dupre clearly has a fondness for the equine rascal. He adds, "It's so different to train a horse for a long time because we know everything about him. It's very easy to understand what he likes and what he is capable of doing. We are like a couple." Indeed, having a horse in training through to the age of six for his principal owner the Aga Khan is unusual. Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}) stayed in training at four to give de Royer-Dupre Vice President, International Operations the first of three consecutive wins at Dubai's biggest meeting Gary King when winning the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in 2015. Since then, Twitter: @garykingTDN the trainer, the Aga Khan Studs' French manager Georges [email protected] Rimaud and racing manager Nemone Routh have been regular + 1.732.320.0975 visitors to the UAE in March. International Editor "In quiet times it keeps the flag up there and it gives us the Kelsey Riley opportunity to travel a bit," says Rimaud. "From the breeding Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN perspective this is not necessarily what we look for but for [email protected] racing it's really nice to have a horse like Vazirabad who carries on. Generally in racing we are so quick to take them out of European Editor training at three." Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected]

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Alain de Royer Dupre | Emma Berry Cafe Racing Sean Cronin For Visorama (Ire), the Jean-Luc Lagardere-bred dam of Tom Frary Vazirabad who has inherited his grey coat from his paternal sire [email protected] Linamix (Fr), there have been lean times since producing her Irish Correspondent most talented son. However, on the way through she has a Daithi Harvey 2-year-old colt by the pensioned Sinndar (Ire) and a yearling colt by Charm Spirit (Ire). Her loyalty to the home team at Haras de Regular Columnists Bonneval continues with her covering sire for 2017, the G1 Prix Andrew Caulfield Ganay winner Dariyan (Fr), another graduate of de John Berry Royer-Dupre's training establishment. Kevin Blake While his young half-brothers wait in the wings, Vazirabad Tom Peacock should continue to provide some high-class outings for his entourage. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

Vazirabad cont. Think Success A Credit To Cummings cont. from p1 "I think it could be good timing to go to Ascot for the Gold Cup The foundations of Bart Cummings's Melbourne Cup this year but only if the weather is not too hot," says his trainer. challenges were generally laid on his trips to New Zealand to "It's such a demanding track and I don't want to injure the horse buy the yearlings whom he would mould into champions. The because he's very generous and I don't want to ask too much. template was simple: buy imposing yearlings whose pedigrees And now that the Goodwood Cup is a Group 1 that could be a entitled them to be high-class gallopers at 2000m or farther. good one for him as you have to be malleable to race at Ideally the animal would be handsome, but that is not to say Goodwood and you have a long straight for the finish." that the great man was not prepared to overlook deficiencies of De Royer-Dupre will not be asking his old friend, consistent conformation. In his memoirs 'Bart, My life', Bart recalled an though he is, to take a shot at winning the inaugural Weatherbys exchange at the Trentham Yearling Sale in 1964 when he had Hamilton Stayers' Million, which was launched on Monday. He just paid 3,500 guineas for a colt by the imported stallion says, "It's impossible because we have to go for the preparation Alcimedes (GB) (Alycidon {GB}) out of Galston (NZ) (Balloch race in England and then come back. If you like your horse it's {GB}) who was a half-sister to the 1963 Caulfield Cup winner too much to ask. I would prefer to have a preparation race in Sometime (NZ) (Summertime {GB}). Bart had inspected the colt France and then to go for the big one [Ascot Gold Cup] in before the sale at Trelawney Stud and he had been more England after that. It's not easy to move all the time, especially impressed by colt's athleticism and pedigree than concerned by travelling when it's hot. It takes up a lot of a horse's energy." how badly his front legs turned in. Even so, as the hammer came With the mercury predicted to nudge the 35-degree mark in down, T. J. Smith's chortle rang in his ears, "It's a cripple! You Dubai on Saturday, Vazirabad will need every ounce of Gallic bought a cripple!" Bart, of course, had the last laugh when the sangfroid he can muster. In , his partner for horse, gelded shortly after the sale and given the name Galilee every stakes victory, including three Group 1 wins in France, he (NZ), became the first horse in history to win the Caulfield, has found the perfect ally with whom to keep calm and carry on Melbourne and Sydney Cups in the same season. into the history books. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

Bart later observed that the fact that Galilee was so As it happened Bart didn't have to wait forever. Many would pigeon-toed "didn't discourage me, because it didn't contradict argue that he found the perfect horse in the 1990s, and the fact any of the principles of spotting yearlings that my father had that the chapter in his book on Saintly (Aus) is titled 'My horse taught me. First among those principles was to look at the dam's from Heaven' suggests that Bart would not disagree. However, side, and see what proportion of winners she has produced. A Bart arguably saved the most perfect to last. So You Think was good mare will usually produce a useful horse no matter what yet to come. the sire. When a good mare goes to a champion sire, the So You Think was unearthed in New Zealand by Bart Cummings chances are increased that she will produce top-line offspring... and Duncan Ramage (racing and breeding manager for Bart's There was nothing in dad's principles about a yearling needing long-time friend and patron Dato Tan Chin Nam) and bought at to have a perfect conformation. The perfect horse hasn't yet the 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale at been bred...If you're waiting for the perfect horse, you'll be Karaka for NZ$110,000, consigned in the Windsor Park Stud waiting forever." draft. His pedigree conformed closely to the Cummings blue-print. His first three dams had all been stakes-performed multiple winners and boasted solid breeding records. His dam WHILE THE CUMMINGS BLUEPRINT Triassic (NZ), a daughter of the imported Nijinsky stallion Tights, ALLOWS A FAIR BIT OF LEEWAY AS had scored twice in stakes company. By the time the young So You Think headed to Karaka, she had already bred winners by REGARDS CONFORMATIONAL FAULTS, Tale Of The Cat, Last Tycoon (Ire), Carnegie (Ire) and Galileo WITH SO YOU THINK IT (Ire). In retrospect and even without considering his subsequent DIDN’T NEED TO. achievements, NZ$110,000 seems remarkably inexpensive for a well-bred yearling of So You Think's quality. While the Cummings blue-print allows a fair bit of leeway as regards conformational faults, with So You Think it didn't need to. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

So You Think cont. taking the G1 Cox Plate over 2040m at Moonee Valley. He A truly beautiful and extraordinary well-balanced horse, he probably would then have beaten a field of top-class older would score highly in any milers under handicap show-ring; but, then again, by the conditions two weeks later had time he went through the sale he been ridden with more ring, even New Zealand had restraint; as it was, he set a succumbed to the modern fashion strong pace in the G1 Emirates of putting a premium on S. at Flemington before seemingly precocious weakening in the closing sprinter/milers. So You Think was stages and finishing second to never going to be a Golden Slipper All American (Aus) (Red contender. Even so, though, he Ransom). was still forward enough to make When So You Think resumed a winning debut as a 2-year-old, as a spring 4-year-old, he was scoring over 1400m at Rosehill majestic. He landed a sparkling late in the autumn of 2009. The Group 1 four-timer in the beautiful seed was clearly starting So You Think=s Randwick Guineas Underwood S., the Yalumba to germinate. The following spring winner Inference (right) | Bronwen Healy Caulfield S, his second Cox it burst into flower, and then Plate, and the Mackinnon S. In continued to bloom for three glorious years. true Cummings style, So You Think backed up three days later in The story of So You Think's racing career can be summed up in the Melbourne Cup. Punters kept the faith and sent So You four short words: he was a champion. On only his fifth start he Think off the 2-1 favourite, but reality kicked in as weight and defeated the best older horses in Australasia at weight-for-age, distance made this a bridge too far. Cont. p7

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So You Think cont. It is fair to say that he would have won that third Cox Plate Even so, So You Think went down fighting, finishing an with his head in his chest. No doubt he would have won the honourable third of the 23 runners behind the French visitor great race for a fourth time in 2012 had his connections chosen. Americain (Dynaformer). He was only given two starts in Europe that year, but he won After Flemington, So You Think, his trainer and all Australian them both: the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh and the racing fans had history in their sights: a third Cox Plate in 11 G1 Prince of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot. After 23 starts and 14 months' time. Only Kingston Town (Aus) (Bletchingly {Aus}), wins (13 of them in group races, 10 in Group 1s) he was in the trained by Cummings's former arch-rival Tommy Smith, had ever form of his life. However, there would be no repeats of his landed this mighty hat-trick. It seemed that all So You Think had Eclipse or Irish Champion S. wins, no further challenge for the to do was to stay sound for another 11 months. G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (in which he had finished fourth It transpired, however, that there was another proviso: So You the previous year). The breeding shed at Coolmore's Australian Think also had to stay in Australia for another 11 months. division beckoned. We often hear the phrase that a horse 'has Staying sound was the easy part; staying put was the problem. nothing left to prove' and we are generally being lied to; in the With Cummings laid up in hospital, a deal was done with case of So You Think, however, such words would have been Coolmore which saw So You Think heading to Ireland to join nothing but the truth. Aidan O'Brien's team at Ballydoyle. Cummings was furious, not The addition to the Australian stallion ranks of So You Think least because the deal had been done while he was indisposed, has proved to have been very timely. He began covering mares but his anger and sadness could not turn back the tide. One in the Hunter Valley in September 2012. Just over two years would like to hope that Cummings eventually took some later, his sire High Chaparral died unexpectedly, aged just 15. His consolation from the glory which his protege garnered in death left a big hole in the ranks of European Classic stallions, Europe, where he doubled his Group 1 tally. In 2011 (aged five and an even bigger hole Down Under. by Northern Hemisphere reckoning) his wins included the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh, the G1 Eclipse S. at Cont. p8 Sandown and the G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown.

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So You Think cont. This season So You Think's second crop of 3-year-olds has It is worth remembering that, while High Chaparral (although thrown up his third Group 1 Classic winner: D'Argento (Aus), extremely successful) was eclipsed in Europe by his paternal winner last Saturday of the G1 Rosehill Guineas in a manner half-brother Galileo, it was the other way round in Australasia. which has seen him promoted to favouritism for the G1 When the two Derby winners began shuttling (Galileo to Australian Derby at Randwick on Apr. 7. That Rosehill Guineas Coolmore in Australia, High Chaparral initially to Windsor Park triumph made it a black-type double on Rosehill's Golden Slipper Stud in New Zealand until his excellent results prompted card for So You Think following the win earlier in the afternoon Coolmore to bring his shuttling duties 'in-house') it was High of The Pinnacle (Aus) in the G3 Epona S. The previous day the So Chaparral who achieved significantly the better results. You Think 3-year-old Think Bleue (Aus) had taken the The results from So You Think's four seasons at Coolmore in G3 Alexandra S. in Melbourne. Ireland (2013 to '16 inclusive, meaning that his eldest offspring So You Think's stud career is thriving. One can imagine that have just turned four) have so far been relatively unspectacular, Bart Cummings is looking down and smiling. Return to story p1 but Down Under he has excelled. He seems currently to be shaping up as Australasia's most promising young source of high-class middle-distance gallopers. He seems to be his father's heir. (It should be added that there are still some younger High Chaparral stallions as yet unproven, most obviously the Arrowfield-based Dundeel (NZ), himself a seven-time Group 1 winner).

FROM THE OUTSET, SO YOU THINK HAS TOP SIRES REPRESENTED AT GORESBRIDGE BEEN THROWING A STARTLINGLY HIGH Goresbridge has unveiled the catalogue for its Breeze-Up sale, PROPORTION OF GOOD HORSES. one of Europe=s fastest-growing sales, on May 24 and 25. The sale enjoyed record returns in 2016 and despite a smaller offering last year figures rose yet again, the aggregate topping out at i6,102,500, the average rising 19.3% to i34,477 and the median climbing 31.3% to i21,000. Last year=s i210,000 top lot, Landshark (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), won at first asking and From the outset, So You Think has been throwing a startlingly was second to U S Navy Flag (War Front) in the G3 Round Tower high proportion of good horses. The 114 members of his first S. This year=s juveniles will breeze at Gowran Park on May 24, Australian crop are still only 4-year-olds so we can expect their with selling set for May 25. Sires represented include collective statistics to improve further, but already more than Acclamation (GB) and his standout son Dark Angel (Ire), Frankel 10% of them are stakes performers. Of the 89 who have run, 58 (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kitten=s Joy, Medaglia d=Oro, Oasis (ie 65%) have won, accumulating a total of 110 victories. Of the Dream (GB), Sea The Stars (Ire), Scat Daddy, Siyouni (Fr) and 12 stakes performers in that crop, two were Group 1 Union Rags. Classic-winning 3-year-olds: G1 Randwick Guineas winner Inference (Aus) and G1 NZ 1,000 Guineas heroine La Diosa (NZ). The crop also included the top-class NZ-based Group 2-winning juvenile Gold Rush (NZ), emphasising the versatility of a stallion whose first crop has registered stakes victories at distances from © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. 1200m to the 2500m at which Hobart Guineas and Tasmanian Derby winner Northwest Passage (Aus) won last season's Night This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any Cup at Moonee Valley. means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission Prior to taking last season's Randwick Guineas, Inference had of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the finished third in the spring in the G1 VRC Derby. Subsequently American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services he finished second in the G1 Rosehill Guineas with another son and utilized here with their permission. of So You Think, So Si Bon (Aus), a short head away in third. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

CARAVAGGIO TO SHUTTLE TO AUSTRALIA on to achieve success throughout the year. The Best Horse, Jockey, Trainer and Owner Awards are decided by a tally of Dual Group 1-winning sprinter Caravaggio (Scat DaddyBMekko statistical data, and they were won by Gun Runner (Candy Ride Hokte, by Holy Bull) will shuttle to Coolmore Australia in 2018. {Arg}), Christophe Soumillon, Aidan O=Brien and Godolphin, Coolmore also announced this week that another of its Irish- respectively. The People=s Choice Award went to Lady Eli (Divine based first-season sires, Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), will shuttle Park) and her recovery from laminitis. Down Under. ACaravaggio was a very mature 2-year-old that developed into an awesome sprinter,@ said Tom Magnier. AHe has an excellent pedigree, free from Danehill and all our team see him as the perfect fit for this part of the world. With himself and Churchill joining the roster and American Pharoah returning, we=re giving Australian breeders access to three world-class shuttle stallions. It=s a very exciting time for the farm.@ Caravaggio went unbeaten at two for Aidan O=Brien, culminating in a four-length win in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. He added the G1 Commonwealth Cup last year at three, where he beat the subsequent champion sprinter Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), and also added the G2 Flying Five S. later in the season. The grey will stand for A$33,000.

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Friday, Newcastle, post time: 3.55 p.m. 32RED BURRADON S.-Listed, £100,000, 3yo, 8f 5y (AWT) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Another Batt (Ire) Windsor Knot (Ire) Tudhope Scott 131 2 7 Dark Acclaim (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Egan M Botti 128 3 3 De Medici (Ire) Makfi (GB) Greatrex Watson 128 4 8 Fortune’s Pearl (Ire) Harbour Watch (Ire) Probert Balding 128 5 9 Freescape (GB) Cityscape (GB) Mulrennan Marnane 128 6 2 Great Prospector (Ire) Elzaam (Aus) Hamilton Fahey 128 Caravaggio winning the Commonwealth Cup | Coolmore 7 10 Gronkowski Lonhro (Aus) Spencer Noseda 128 8 5 Iconic Sunset (GB) Farhh (GB) Morris Tate 128 9 1 Purser Mizzen Mast Havlin Gosden 128 10 6 Nyaleti (Ire) Arch Egan Johnston 123 HEAD-MAAREK EARNS EXCELLENCE AWARD All-weather contests of this nature and purse are still relatively Criquette Head-Maarek, who retired from the French training new in Britain, but this is a significant event for this time of year ranks in February, was named the recipient of the Lifetime as the European road to the Kentucky Derby continues to be laid Achievement Award as part of the HH Sheikh Mohammed bin out. Gronkowski is looking to grab a place in the Run For the Rashid al Maktoum Horseracing Excellence Awards announced Roses and maintain his unbeaten sequence on artificial surfaces. on Thursday. Head-Maarek trained more than 60 Group 1 Not so flashy when winning a Kempton conditions race over this winners, won three editions of the Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe and trip Mar. 7, he has been drawn on the outside and faces a trained a record-tying seven winners of the French 1000 proper test of his ability. AIt=s another step up in class for him. Guineas among her accomplishments. This is really going to ask some questions of him,@ trainer Jeremy The Horseracing Excellence Awards are handed out annually to Noseda commented. Cont. p10 participants on the prior year=s Dubai World Cup card that went TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

Burradon S. cont. The winner is the first representative on the track for the dam, AHe=s in great order, I believe in him, but we=ll learn a bit on who also has a yearling colt by Mastercraftsman (Ire). Unraced, Friday and see where we stand.@ Mark Johnston brings the Woodland Scene is a half to the G1 Racing Post Trophy hero G3 Princess Margaret S. winner Nyaleti back to the fray and she Crowded House (GB) (Rainbow Quest) connected to the GI is the clear form pick, while the omnipresent Gosden stable American Oaks Invitational and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge supply the G3 Autumn S. third Purser. Cup heroine Ticker Tape (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) and her G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest-winning son Brando (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Thursday=s Results: Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $6,082. Video, sponsored by Fasig- 2nd-CHD, ,12,900, Cond, 3-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 10f (AWT), 2:06.69, Tipton. st. O/B-Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar (GB); T-William Haggas. ESPADRILLE (GB) (f, 3, Dubawi {Ire}--High Heeled {Ire} {GSW & MG1SP-Eng, MGSP-Fr, $340,161}, by High Chaparral {Ire}), an 800,000gns Tattersalls December foal, was an eyecatching fifth on debut behind stablemate and subsequent Listed Montrose Fillies= S. winner Hadith (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) over an extended mile at Nottingham in October before making all to Thursday=s Results: win at Kempton the next month at a mile. In front initially PRIX RIGHT ROYAL-Listed, i52,000, CHY, 3-29, 4yo/up, 15fT, before accepting a lead, the 4-5 favourite picked it up again at 3:31.33, hy. the two pole and when briefly threatened by Heeyaam (GB) 1--HOLDTHASIGREEN (FR), 128, g, 6, Hold That Tiger-- (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) stayed on powerfully to score with Greentathir (Fr), by Muhtathir (GB). O-Claude Le Lay; B-J authority by 2 1/2 lengths. Espadrille=s price tag was no surprise Gilbert & C Le Lay (FR); T-B Audouin; J-Tony Piccone. i26,000. given the talent of her dam, whose sole pattern-race success in Lifetime Record: G1SP-Fr, 21-9-2-4, i305,955. the G3 St Simon S. at Newbury told only a part of her story. 2--Nabunga (Fr), 126, g, 6, Aussie Rules--Grantsville (Ger), by Third in the G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Coronation S., High Heeled Trempolino. O-Stefano Bacci. i10,400. was also placed in the G2 Lancashire Oaks, G2 Prix de Pomone 3--Nardo (Fr), 126, g, 8, Aussie Rules--Nannetta (Ire), by Mark of and G2 Prix de Royallieu. Her second foal, the listed-winning Pabouche (Ire), was also a daughter of Dubawi (Ire) for whom Esteem (Ire). O-Gilbert Goeffic. i7,800. this operation paid 450,000gns for at Tattersalls December. A Margins: 10, NO, SNK. Odds: 0.70, 10.00, 8.00. Click for the year later Neshmeya (GB) ( {Fr}) was bought by Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Shadwell for 425,000gns before winning two races and 12 Since his first win in this race 12 months ago, the lightly-raced months ago it was the MV Magnier-Mayfair-Doyle combination Holdthasigreen has shown that age is no barrier to improvement who secured her daughter of Dansili (GB) for 600,000gns at the and after his third placing in Deauville=s G2 in same sale. High Heeled, a daughter of the GII San Clemente H. August began to emerge as a leading domestic stayer. Second to and GII San Gorgonio H. scorer Uncharted Haven (GB) (Turtle Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}) in the G3 in Island {Ire}) from the family of the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and September, the chestnut chased home Ice Breeze (GB) (Nayef) GI E.P. Taylor S. heroine Just the Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), also and that rival in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud in October. has a filly foal by Invincible Spirit (Ire). Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, Registering a 6 1/2-length fifth black-type success in the Listed $16,006. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Prix Max Sicard back at 12 furlongs at Toulouse in December, he O-Godolphin; B-Mr J. Wigan & Mr G. Strawbridge (GB); T-Charlie returned in imperious condition to suggest a pattern-race win Appleby. could be on the cards in 2018. Never remotely out of his comfort zone as he bossed this from the front, he ate up the 3rd-WOL, ,5,800, Mdn, 3-29, 3yo/up, 8f 142y (AWT), 1:51.18, ground with relish late to extend his winning margin and st. hammer home his superiority. MARTINEO (GB) (c, 3, Declaration of War--Woodland Scene Owner and part-breeder Claude Le Lay was on hand to pay {Ire}, by Act One {GB}), who was an obvious eyecatcher when more respects to his former stable star, who has a 3-year-old third on debut over a mile at Kempton Mar. 7, was keen early half-sister by Sri Putra (GB) named Srilandagreen (Fr) and a tracking the leader Grecian Spirit (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}). Sent up to 2-year-old half-brother by that same sire named Sridedgreen tackle that rival on the home turn, the 4-7 market principal had (Fr). won the argument passing the furlong marker and asserted to score by a half length. Cont. p11 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 11 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

French Report cont. AI=m getting old, so I handed the training of him over to my EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS son-in-law but I=m still involved,@ he explained. AThis is the first time he has had a break over the winter and he has been doing very well. He has lost none of his sparkle and is even more IN AUSTRALIA: relaxed than he was. We will follow the stayers=s route in France Sea Spirit (GB), g, 6, Sea the Stars (Ire)--Lindelaan (SW-US, and head for the [G3 Prix de] Barbeville and [G2 Prix] $146,475), by Rahy. Pakenham, 3-29, Hcp. (,15k/i17k), Vicomtesse Vigier.@ 1600mT, 1:41.12. B-Waratah Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd.

2nd-CHY, i25,000, Mdn, 3-29, 3yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:35.84, hy. IRISH EMPEROR (IRE) (c, 3, Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}--Irish FIRST-SEASON SIRES Queen {Fr} {SP-Fr}, by Speedmaster {Ger}), third on the WITH RUNNERS Polytrack over a mile here on debut Feb. 8, broke well before being restrained to race in a stalking third under cover. Taking until the final yards to get to Unplugged (Fr) (Power {GB}), the 11-2 shot showed determination to prevail by a short head. The dam, who also has a 2-year-old colt by Zoffany (Ire) named Irish Tomba (Ire) and a yearling colt by Fastnet Rock (Aus) named Irish Rambo (Ire), emanates from a German family which features the MGSW Ituango (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, i16,250. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Chevotel Racing; B-Chevotel De La Hauquerie (FR); T-Pia Brandt.

4th-CHY, i25,000, Mdn, 3-29, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:35.54, hy. EPOUVILLE (FR) (f, 3, Footstepsinthesand {GB}--Vidiyna {Fr}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}), sixth on her racecourse bow over 7 1/2 furlongs on the Polytrack here Mar. 2, was sent up to race prominently on the outside. Taking over travelling strongly Olympic Glory has his first runner on Friday | Asuncion Pineyrua approaching the quarter pole, the 57-10 chance saw off Society Lady (Fr) (Zafeen {Fr}) to win by 1 1/4 lengths as they drew clear of the remainder. Vidiyna was a i170,000 purchase from the Friday, March 29: Aga Khan Studs draft by Sylvain Vidal at the 2009 Arqana UNITED KINGDOM December Sale. A half-sister to the current star MG1SW stayer Bungle Inthejungle (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Rathasker Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}) from the excellent family of the Stud sires Varenar (Fr) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), Visindar (GB) (Sinndar 95 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners {Ire}) and Visionary (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}), she has a 2-year-old filly 16:25-NEWCASTLE, 5f, LIPPY LADY (IRE) by Rajsaman (Fr) named Crollon (Fr) and a yearling filly by Le 3,500gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016 Havre (Ire) named Varaville (Fr). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, 14:20-BATH, 5f, NAKAKANDE (IRE) i12,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. i1,400 RNA Goffs November Foals Sale 2016; i1,000 RNA O-Chevotel Racing; B-Chevotel De La Hauquerie (FR); T-Pia Goffs Open Yearlings HIT Sale 2017

Burwaaz (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Longford House Stud ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 14 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Rock Or Bust (Fr), g, 3, Kentucky Dynamite--Platense (Fr) (Ch. 16:25-NEWCASTLE, 5f, HARPERELLE (GB) 2-y-o Filly-Spa), by Luth Dancer. NTS, 3-29, 8fT, 1:52.65. B-X 4,572gns Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sept. Yearling Sale 2017 Moyer (FR). Zambella (Fr), f, 3, Zambezi Sun (GB)--Visby (Fr), by Irish Wells Heeraat (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Mickley Stud (Fr). NTS, 3-29, 11fT, 2:45.08. B-Mme A Boisnard & Y Fouin 71 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners (FR). 14:20-BATH, 5f, ARBUCKLE (GB)

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Olympic Glory (IRE) (Choisir {Aus}), Haras de Bouquetot SMERDON RETIRES AMIDST CHARGES 118 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Trainer Robert Smerdon, who currently faces 115 charges 14:20-BATH, 5f, YNYS MON (IRE) related to race day bicarb doping as part of the Aquanita Racing i26,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2016; 85,000gns Tattersalls scandal, has told Racenet.com.au he is retiring from training. October Yearling Sale 2017 - Book 1 Smerdon, as well as float driver Greg Nelligan, a central figure in the case accused of distributing the doping agents, have said they will not take part in the upcoming hearing that will deal with 271 total charges against Aquanita trainers and employees when it resumes on Apr. 30. AIt just seems the right time to retire,@ Smerdon told Racenet. AFollowing the commencement of the current inquiry, I voluntarily stood down from training which I believed was in the best interests of the industry. A consequence of standing down was that my entire racing infrastructure has been dispersed-- training facilities, staff, horses and clients have all been designated to other trainers. I realise that none of these lost resources could readily be recouped, be it now or at some point in the future. I am 63 and the thought of possibly starting again Click here to listen to Teddy Grimthorpe talk about Juddmonte=s from scratch seems an unrealistic prospect so the decision has G1 Dubai Turf contender Monarchs Glen at Meydan on Thursday. been taken that it is time for me to move on.@ He also provides an update on Enable. | racingfotos.com

IN-FORM GAILO CHOP LEADS TANCRED

BOWMAN OUT UNTIL QUEEN ELIZABETH Hugh Bowman, the 2017 Longines World=s Best Jockey and rider of Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), will be on the sidelines until partnering the 6-year-old mare in the Apr. 14 G1 Queen Elizabeth S. Bowman suffered a severe concussion when falling from Performer (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the G2 Todman S. on Mar. 10, and sat out a week before returning to ride Winx to win last weekend=s G1 George Ryder S. (and Performer in the Golden SlipperBthat one beat just two home). Bowman was riding at Warwick Farm on Wednesday but was stood down after it was determined he was suffering from concussion after effects and a subsequently discovered viral Gailo Chop | Bronwen Healy infection. Bowman will need medical clearance to ride Winx in Backing up from his decisive three-length victory in the two weeks= time. G1 Ranvet S. (2000m) last Saturday, the Darren Weir-trained Gailo Chop (Fr) (Deportivo {GB}) is the form horse going into Saturday=s G1 Tancred S. (2400m) at Rosehill, and once again should prove very hard to beat. The way he surged away for jockey Mark Zahra last time out suggests the 2400m should pose no concern, and with only one prior attempt at the distance, the 7-year-old looks the one.

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Tancred S. cont. While Aloisia is already a winner over 2040m, on pedigree The 2016 Melbourne Cup winner Almandin (Ger) ( Alizee would be a query, with one having to go back to her {Ger}) has recorded two very good efforts, both over 2000m this fourth dam Triscay (Aus) (Marscay {Aus}), a dual Oaks winner, to time in and the step up in distance to the 2400m will be right up find a winner above 1400m, but the Godolphin-owned filly has his alley. With a win and a second from just two starts over the been racing like she should appreciate the trip. distance, the Liam Howley-trained gelding could prove the Chris Waller=s Unforgotten (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) better of favourite Gailo Chop if he is found wanting over the produced a well-timed run to take victory on Mar. 17 in the G2 concluding stages of the race. Phar Lap S. and although she is stepping past the 1500m for the While she is a Group 1 winner over 2000m, it=s actually hard to first time, her pedigree suggests she will appreciate the extra pinpoint exactly what the best trip is for Nick Olive=s Single Gaze journey. (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}). A runner in the G1 Golden Third in the G2 Wakeful S. (2000m) in the spring, Rimraam Slipper (1200m) and also the G1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), the (NZ) (Commands {Aus}) will be ready at her fourth start in of her talented 5-year-old is nothing but consistent, and after looming current campaign for the Vinery, and with jockey Damien Oliver up as if she was going to make a race of it with Gailo Chop in the having already tasted stakes success on the filly, a very forward Ranvet, her run petered out, suggesting she may not be looking showing heading into the Oaks would not surprise. for the 2400m, or she is still reaching peak fitness. Either way, she=ll be in it for a long way. Impressive when capturing the G3 Sky High S. (2000m) on >SWORD= AIMS SECOND STRIKE Mar. 17, the Richard Freedman-trained Auvray (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) is another with good form at the trip, winning four of his eight starts, and although he is meeting some true Group 1 class horses, he is in form and will run all day. A dual 2400m winner in France, the Hayes, Hayes and Dabernig-trained Harlem (GB) (Champs Elysses {GB}) comes into the Tancred off a slightly indifferent performance in the Ranvet when beaten close to seven lengths, but with his form at the trip and also around the favourite, the Michael Walker-ridden 6-year-old should not be discounted.

IT=S NOT ALL TOO SOON Sword Of Osman | Race Images Trainer David Payne has always indicated his filly All Too Soon The once-beaten Sword Of Osman (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}) has (Aus) (All Too Hard {Aus}) is his Oaks horse, and although she is already ticked his Group 1 box when winning the G1 Sistema S. yet to contest a black-type race, here she is being thrust into over 200 metres shorter at Ellerslie last time on Mar. 10 with Te Group 1 company in Saturday=s Vinery Stud S. (2000m), having Akau Racing stablemate Avantage (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) shown she is ready for the trip and is clearly stakes class. ($4.60) relegated to bridesmaid duties that day. The $3.40 Taking on the older horses last start, she chased hard from favourite returns in the second and last of the New Zealand back in the field to fall short, finishing second, on what would juvenile top-flight contests, the NZ$225,000 G1 Courtesy Ford otherwise be an unbeaten campaign. Manawatu Sires Produce S. at Awapuni on Mar. 31 and will Danzdanzdance (Aus) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) was third in the break from gate 12. G1 New Zealand Derby against the boys, and if the drop back in A winner over subsequent G3 Phoenix Park 2yo Classic second trip doesn=t pose any issues for her, the Donna Logan and Chris Platinum Mam=selle (Aus) (Fighting Sun {Aus}) at first asking Gibbs-trained filly has the right form on the board to cause an locally on Dec. 23, Sword Of Osman was relegated to eighth in upset. Avantage=s Karaka Million on Jan. 27, but rebounded nicely to Even though Group 1 winners Aloisia (NZ) (Azamour {Ire}) and score an open-length victory over Thomas Aquinas (NZ) Alizee (Aus) (Sepoy {Aus}) have both put in a few indifferent (Jakkalberry {Ire}) and Phoenix Park 2yo Classic third Handsome performances of late, it is hard to discount Group 1 form and Rebel (Aus) (Denman {Aus}) in the Feb. 24 G3 Reid & Harrison the pair have the class to play their roles in the finish. Ltd. Slipper in dead going at Matamata. Cont. p14 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 14 OF 14 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 30 MARCH, 2018

Manawatu Sires= Produce S. cont. DUBAI WORLD CUP B JAPANESE VIDEO PAST PERFORMANCES

The Sistema sixth, the favoured Melt (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}), had GODOLPHIN MILE previously landed the Listed Ashford Lodge S. on Nov. 25 and Adirato (SC 16) the Jan. 1 G3 Eclipse S. with She=s A Thief (NZ) (Showcasing Akito Crescent (SC 14) {GB}) third in her abbreviated career. Second choice on the board at $4.00, she will attempt to regain her top form from UAE DERBY stall three on Saturday, but will be traveling left-handed for the Ruggero (SC 7) (Cattleya Sho) first time. Taiki Ferveur (SC 8) Listed Wellesley S. hero Sir Nate (NZ) (Nadeem {Aus}) bested Hyacinth S. (Taiki Ferveur 2d, Ruggero 3d) the winning What a Smasher (NZ) (Swiss Ace {Aus}) in a Trentham 1200-metre event in a warm up for this contest Mar. GOLDEN SHAHEEN 17. He is one of two in the race for trainer Lisa Latta. Matera Sky (SC 8)

DUBAI TURF Crocosmia (SC 11) (2017 G2 Fuchu Himba S.) Deirdre (SC 14) (2017 G1 Shuka Sho) Neorealism (SC 5) (2017 G1 APQEII Cup-Hong Kong) Real Steel (SC 8) (2017 G2 Mainichi Okan) Vivlos (SC 9) (2017 G1 Dubai Turf) Thursday=s Results: NAGOYA DAISHOTEN-Listed, -31,500,000, Nagoya, 3-29, SHEEMA CLASSIC 4yo/up, 1900m, 2:02.40, gd. Mozu Katchan (SC 5) (2017 G1 QE II Cup-Japan) 1--SUNRISE SOAR (JPN), 119, c, 4, Symboli Kris S--Amelia (Jpn), Rey de Oro (SC 12) (2017 G1 Tokyo Yushun) by Special Week (Jpn). *1ST STAKES WIN. O-Takao Matsuoka; Satono Crown (SC 11) (2017 G1 Takarazuka Kinen) B-Tomita Bokujo; T-Hiroshi Kawachi; J-Mirco Demuro; -21,000,000. Lifetime Record: MGSP-Jpn, 15-4-3-3, WORLD CUP -116,355,000. Awardee (SC 9) (2016 JBC Classic) 2--Mitsuba (Jpn), 121, h, 6, Kane Hekili (Jpn)--Saint Christmas (Jpn), by Commander in Chief (GB). O-Kyoei Inc; B-Tabata Farm; -5,040,000. 3--Key Ground (Jpn), 119, c, 4, Asakusa Kings (Jpn)--Key Tsuyoi Want to send a “LETTER TO THE EDITOR” (Jpn), by Tabasco Cat. O-Koichiro Kitamaei; B-Nakamoto Farm; of the Thoroughbred Daily News? -2,520,000. Send an e-mail to: [email protected] Margins: HF, 3/4, 2HF. Odds: 1.00, 2.80, 31.10. VIDEO

GROUP ENTRIES

Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 8:50 p.m. (12:50 p.m. EST/5:50 p.m. GMT) DUBAI WORLD CUP SPONSORED BY EMIRATES AIRLINE-G1, $10,000,000 (£7,091,079/€8,098,941), NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 2000m PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Awardee Jungle Pocket (Jpn) Matsunaga Take 125 2 North America (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Seemar Mullen 125 3 Gunnevera K Dialed In Sano Rosario 125 4 Furia Cruzada (Chi) Newfoundland Charpy Fresu 121 5 Mubtaahij (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Baffert Espinoza 125 6 Forever Unbridled Unbridled’s Song Stewart Smith 121 7 Talismanic (GB) Medaglia d’Oro Fabre Barzalona 125 8 Pavel K Creative Cause O’Neill Gutierrez 125 9 West Coast K Flatter Baffert Castellano 125 10 Thunder Snow (Ire) Helmet (Aus) bin Suroor Soumillon 125

Breeders: 1-North Hills Management (KY); 2-Qatar Bloodstock Ltd; 3-Brandywine Farm & Steven Upchurch (KY); 4-Haras Dadinco; 5-Dunmore Stud Ltd; 6-Charles Fipke (KY); 7-Darley; 8-Brereton C Jones & WinStar Farm LLC (KY); 9-CFP Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); 10-Darley

Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 8:10 p.m. (12:10 p.m. EST/5:10 p.m. GMT) LONGINES DUBAI SHEEMA CLASSIC-G1, $6,000,000 (£4,253,790/€4,857,735), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2410mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Mozu Katchan (Jpn) Harbinger (GB) Sameshima Demuro 120 2 Idaho (Ire) Galileo (Ire) O’Brien Moore 125 3 Rey de Oro (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) Fujisawa Lemaire 124 4 Khalidi (GB) High Chaparral (Ire) Cox De Sousa 124 5 Poet’s Word (Ire) Poet’s Voice (GB) Stoute Dettori 125 6 Cloth of Stars (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Fabre Barzalona 125 7 Hawkbill K Kitten’s Joy Appleby Buick 125 8 Satono Crown (Jpn) Marju (Ire) Hori Moreira 125 9 Desert Encounter (Ire) Halling Simcock Levey 125 10 Best Solution (Ire) Kodiac (GB) bin Suroor Cosgrave 124

Breeders: 1-Masaji Kitagawa; 2-Hveger Syndicate; 3-Northern Racing; 4-Aston House Stud; 5-Woodcote Stud Ltd; 6-Peter Anastasiou; 7-Helen K Groves Revokable Trust (KY); 8-Northern Racing; 9-Tally-Ho Stud; 10-Cecil & Martin McCracken Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 7:35 p.m. (11:35 a.m. EST/4:35 p.m. GMT) DUBAI TURF SPONSORED BY DP WORLD-G1, $6,000,000 (£4,253,790/€4,857,735), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1800mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Championship (Ire) Exceed And Excel (Aus) bin Harmash De Sousa 125 2 Neorealism (Jpn) Neo Universe (Jpn) Hori Moreira 125 3 Promising Run Hard Spun bin Suroor Cosgrave 121 4 Trais Fluors (GB) Dansili (GB) Fabre Cheminaud 125 5 Benbatl (GB) Dubawi (Ire) bin Suroor Murphy 125 6 Janoobi (SAf) Silvano (Ger) de Kock Crowley 125 7 Vivlos (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Tomomichi Demuro 121 8 Real Steel (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Yahagi Barzalona 125 9 Monarchs Glen (GB) Frankel (GB) Gosden Dettori 125 10 War Decree War Front O’Brien Heffernan 125 11 Crocosmia (Jpn) Stay Gold (Jpn) Nishiura Iwata 121 12 Lancaster Bomber War Front O’Brien Moore 125 13 Deirdre (Jpn) Harbinger (GB) Hashida Lemaire 121 14 Leshlaa Street Cry (Ire) bin Suroor Soumillion 125 15 Blair House (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Appleby Buick 125

Breeders: 1-Ms Natalie Cleary; 2-Northern Racing; 3-Darley (KY); 4-SCEA Haras de Saint Pair; 5-Darley; 6-Maine Chance Farms Pty Ltd; 7-Northern Racing; 8-Northern Farm; 9-Juddmonte Farms Ltd; 10-AR Enterprises (KY); 11-Hideo Takadaru; 12-Sun Shower Syndicate; 13-Northern Farm; 14-Darley (KY); 15-Darley

Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 6:40 p.m. (10:40 a.m. EST/3:40 p.m. GMT) DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN SPONSORED BY GULF NEWS-G1, $2,000,000 (£1,405,188/€1,607,149), NH & SH 3yo/up, 1200m PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT N/A Muarrab (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) SCR SCR SCR 1 Mind Your Biscuits K Posse Summers Rosario 125 2 X Y Jet Kantharos Navarro Jaramillo 125 3 Reynaldothewizard K Speightstown Seemar Mullen 125 4 Wild Dude Wildcat Heir bin Harmash De Sousa 125 5 Matera Sky K Speightstown Mori Take 125 6 Roy H K More Than Ready Miller Desormeaux 125 7 Shillong (GB) Dubawi (Ire) SCR SCR SCR 8 My Catch (Ire) Camacho (GB) Watson Dobbs 125 9 Jordan Sport (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Nass De Vries 125

Breeders: 1-Jumping Jack Racing LLC (NY); 2-Didier Plasencia (FL); 3-Gibraltar Group LP (KY); 4-Versatile Thoroughbreds (FL); 5-Lynch Bages LTD (KY); 6-Ramona S Bass LLC (KY); 7-Darley; 8-D Noonan & Loughphilip Bloodstock; 9-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 6:05 p.m. (10:05 a.m. EST/3:05 p.m. GMT) AL QUOZ SPRINT SPONSORED BY AZIZI DEVELOPMENTS-G1, $1,000,000 (£702,785/€803,542), NH & SH 3yo/up, 1200mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT N/A Ertijaal (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) SCR SCR SCR 1 Faatinah (Aus) Nicconi (Aus) Hayes Crowley 125 2 Washington DC (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) O’Brien Moore 125 3 Librisa Breeze (GB) Mount Nelson (GB) Ivory Winston 125 4 Illustrious Lad (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Gelagotis Darmanin 125 5 Stormy Liberal Stormy Atlantic Miller Rosario 125 6 Holding Gold Lonhro (Aus) Casse Castellano 125 7 Richard’s Boy Idiot Proof Miller Desormeaux 125 8 Baccarat (Ire) Dutch Art (GB) Appleby Barzalona 125 9 Conquest Tsunami K Stormy Atlantic Miller Espinoza 125 10 Jungle Cat (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Appleby Doyle 125 11 Magical Memory (Ire) Zebedee (GB) Hills Dettori 125 12 Music Magnate (NZ) Written Tycoon (Aus) Baker Shinn 125 13 Blue Point (Ire) Shamardal Appleby Buick 125 14 Hit The Bid (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Bunyan Roche 125

Breeders: 1-Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd (NSW); 2-P Hyland & C & J McHale; 3-Newsells Park Stud; 4-Yarraman Park Stud Pty Ltd (NSW); 5-Dapple Bloodstock & Gryphon Investments LLC (KY); 6-Live Oak Stud (FL); 7-Harold & Pamela Tillema (CA); 8-Twelve Oaks Stud; 9-Josham Farms Limited & Yvonne Schwabe Thoroughbreds (ON); 10-Darley; 11-Wardstown Stud Ltd; 12-NZ Thoroughbred Holdings Ltd; 13-Oak Lodge Bloodstock; 14-W & R Barnett Ltd

Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 5:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EST/2:30 p.m. GMT) UAE DERBY SPONSORED BY SAEED & MOHAMMED AL NABOODAH GROUP-G2, $2,000,000 (£1,405,188/€1,607,149), NH & SH 3yo, 1900m PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Rayya Tiz Wonderful Watson Dobbs 121 2 Ruggero (Jpn) Kinshasa no Kiseki (Aus) Shikato Lemaire 125 3 Reride Candy Ride (Arg) Asmussen Castellano 125 4 Mendelssohn K Scat Daddy O’Brien Moore 125 5 Gold Town (GB) Street Cry (Ire) Appleby Buick 125 6 Seahenge K Scat Daddy O’Brien O’Brien 125 7 Yulong Warrior K Street Cry (Ire) Seemar Mullen 125 8 Taiki Ferveur (Jpn) Furioso (Jpn) Makiura Moreira 125 9 Threeandfourpence War Front O’Brien Heffernan 125

Breeders: 1-Mineola Farm II LLC, James W Hirschmann & Silent Grove Farms LLC (KY); 2-Shadai Farm; 3-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); 4-Clarkland Farm (KY); 5-Godolphin; 6-K & G Stables (KY); 7-Mossarosa LLC (FL); 8-Victory Horse Ranch Inc; 9-Mrs E Stockwell (KY) Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 3:45 p.m. (7:45 a.m. EST/12:45 p.m. GMT) GODOLPHIN MILE SPONSORED BY MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY-DISTRICT ONE-G2, $1,000,000 (£702,785/€803,542), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1600m PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Capezzano Bernardini Jadhav Smith 125 2 Second Summer K Summer Bird Watson Hitchcott 125 3 Muntazah (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Watson Crowley 125 4 Musawaat (GB) Equiano (Fr) Nass De Vries 125 5 Adirato (Jpn) Rulership (Jpn) Sugai Lemaire 125 6 Special Fighter (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Al Mheiri Jara 125 7 Shamaal Nibras K First Samurai Watson O’Neill 125 8 Economic Model K Flatter Brown Rosario 125 9 Heavy Metal (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Jadhav Moore 125 10 Secret Ambition (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Seemar Cosgrave 125 11 Akito Crescent (Jpn) War Emblem Shimizu Take 125 12 Kimbear K Temple City Watson Dobbs 125 13 Rosa Imperial (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Fabre Barzalona 121 14 Raven’s Corner (Ire) Raven’s Pass Seemar Mullen 125

Breeders: 1-Darley (KY); 2-Richard Shultz (FL); 3-Shadwell Estate Company Limited; 4-Lark Copse Ltd; 5-Tagami Farm; 6-Darley; 7-Andrew Cohen & Gary Tolchin (KY); 8-Claiborne Farm (KY); 9-Darley; 10-Darley; 11-Shadai Corporation Inc; 12-John C Oxley (KY); 13-Darley; 14-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd

Saturday, Meydan, United Arab Emirates, post time: 4:50 p.m. (8:50 a.m. EST/1:50 p.m. GMT) DUBAI GOLD CUP SPONSORED BY AL TAYER MOTORS-G2, $1,000,000 (£702,785/€803,542), NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 3200mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Dal Harraild (GB) Champs Elysees (GB) Haggas Moore 126 2 Run Time K Gio Ponti Maker Rosario 126 3 Los Barbados (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Nass De Vries 126 4 Parviz (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Hickst Lerner 121 5 Vazirabad (Fr) Manduro (Ger) De Royer-Dupre Soumillon 126 6 Janszoon (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Al Rayhi Soumillon 121 7 Sheikhzayedroad (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Simcock Harley 126 8 Prince of Arran (GB) (Ger) Fellowes Murphy 126 9 Red Galileo (GB) Dubawi (Ire) bin Suroor Mosse 126 10 Frontiersman (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Appleby Doyle 126 11 Al Sahem (SAf) Silvano (Ger) de Kock Delpech 125 12 Big Orange (GB) Duke of Marmalade (Ire) Bell Dettori 126 13 Natural Scenery (GB) Dubawi (Ire) bin Suroor Cosgrave 122 14 Rare Rhythm (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Appleby Buick 126 15 Torcedor (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Harrington O’Donoghue 126 16 Gold Star (GB) Nathaniel (Ire) bin Suroor Crowley 121

Breeders: 1-St Albans Bloodstock LLP; 2-Indian Creek (KY); 3-Milanova Syndicate; 4-Haras de la Perelle; 5-Haras de Son Altesse L’Aga Khan SCEA; 6- Andrew Rosen; 7-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited; 8-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited; 9-T R G Vestey; 10-Stanley Estate & Stud Co; 11-Al Adiyaat (Sheikh Mohd bin Khalifa al Maktoum); 12-Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs; 13-Darley; 14-Highclere Stud & Floors Farming; 15-Barronstown Stud; 16-Darley Saturday, Rosehill, New South Wales, Australia, post time: 3:30 p.m. (12:30 a.m. EST/5:30 a.m. GMT) H E TANCRED S.-G1, A$2,000,000 (US$1,536,014/£1,088,339/€1,243,368), WFA, 3yo/up, 2400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 8 Gailo Chop (Fr) Deportivo (GB) Weir Zahra 130 2 10 Almandin (Ger) Monsun (Ger) Howley McEvoy 130 3 3 Ambitious (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Freedman Williams 130 4 7 Harlem (GB) Champs Elysees (GB) D & B Hayes/Dabernig Walker 130 5 9 Who Shot Thebarman (NZ) Yamanin Vital (NZ) Waller Bowman 130 6 2 Auvray (Fr) Le Havre (Ire) Freedman Collett 130 7 6 Libran (Ire) Lawman (Fr) Waller Avdulla 130 8 4 Ventura Storm (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) D & B Hayes/Dabernig Oliver 130 9 1 Single Gaze (Aus) Not A Single Doubt (Aus) Olive O’Hara 125 10 5 Lasqueti Spirit (Aus) Beneteau (Aus) Curtis Ford 124

Saturday, Rosehill, New South Wales, Australia, post time: 4:10 p.m. (1:10 a.m. EST/6:10 a.m. GMT) VINERY STUD S.-G1, A$500,000 (US$384,015/£272,159/€310,929), Set Weights, 3yo, f, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 14 Aloisia (NZ) Azamour (Ire) Purcell Zahra 123 2 9 Alizee (Aus) Sepoy (Aus) Cummings Avdulla 123 3 10 Bring Me Roses (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) McEvoy Currie 123 4 13 Luvaluva (NZ) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Sargent McEvoy 123 5 11 Torvill (Aus) Not A Single Doubt (Aus) Conners Reith 123 6 3 Rimraam (NZ) Commands (Aus) D & B Hayes/Dabernig Oliver 123 7 8 Unforgotten (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Waller Bowman 123 8 5 Danzdanzdance (Aus) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Gibbs Walker 123 9 1 Hiyaam (NZ) High Chaparral (Ire) Price Dee 123 10 12 All Too Soon (Aus) All Too Hard (Aus) Payne Angland 123 11 2 Dancers (Aus) Husson (Arg) Widdup Collett 123 12 7 Semari (NZ) Sebring (Aus) Busuttin/Young Williams 123 13 4 Miss Admiration (Aus) Sebring (Aus) Price Clark 123 14 6 Madame Markievicz (NZ) O’Reilly (NZ) A & E Cummings Brown 123

Saturday, Awapuni, New Zealand, post time: 3:34 p.m. (10:34 p.m. EST/3:34 a.m. GMT) COURTESY FORD MANAWATU SIRES PRODUCE S.-G1, NZ$225,000 (US$162,816/£115,440/€131,867), 2yo, 1400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 12 Sword Of Osman (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Autridge/Richards Bosson 124 2 1 Bocce (Aus) Foxwedge (Aus) Moroney/Gerard Lammas 124 3 5 Sir Nate (NZ) Nadeem (Aus) Latta Parkes 124 4 10 King Louis (NZ) Equiano (Fr) Johnson Bary 124 5 6 Thomas Aquinas (NZ) Jakkalberry (Ire) Baker/Forsman Riddell 124 6 7 Handsome Rebel (Aus) Denman (Aus) Autridge/Richards Rusof 124 7 11 Top Ofthe Straight (NZ) Bachelor Duke Vile Allpress 124 8 13 Avantage (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Autridge/Richards Johnson 120 9 3 Melt (NZ) Iffraaj (GB) Tiley Innes 120 10 9 She’s A Thief (NZ) Showcasing (GB) Moroney/Gerard Bayliss 120 11 2 Platinum Mam’selle (Aus) Fighting Sun (Aus) Latta Du Plessis 120 12 4 What A Smasher (NZ) Swiss Ace (Aus) Gray Colgan 120 13 8 Valalie (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) Baker/Forsman Collett 120 *All posts are listed in local time. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018

BARON HOPES FOR MORE ROMANS STARTS PETITION TO REINSTATE DUTROW >FULFILLED= PROMISE by Bill Finley Trainer Dale Romans has started an online petition asking the New York Gaming Commission to reinstate trainer Richard (Rick) Dutrow, Jr., who has served five years of a 10-year suspension first handed down in 2011. As of 2 p.m. (EDT) Thursday, 1,258 people had signed the petition, nearing its stated goal of 1,500 signatures. AHe got screwed over so bad,@ Romans said. AHe did not deserve 10 years. If it can happen to him, it can happen to any of us. Somebody needs to stand up and help put a stop to this.@ Dutrow=s problems began when a horse he trained had a positive test for Butorphanol, a painkiller. Cont. p4 (click here)

Robert Baron (second from left) & Promises Fulfilled | Coglianese by Christie DeBernardis IN TDN EUROPE TODAY HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--Robert Baron has owned racehorses HISTORY AWAITS GOLDEN BOY VAZIRABAD for 20 years, but his name has only just recently become more Emma Berry talks to trainer Alain de Royer Dupre ahead of widely known in the industry thanks to the aptly named Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger})’s bid for a historic third G1 Dubai Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford), who runs in Saturday's Gold Cup. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Xpressbet GI Florida Derby at Gulfstream. The chestnut lived up to his name, which is a sentimental one for Baron and his wife Deborah, with a front-running victory in the Mar. 3 GII Xpressbet Fountain of Youth S. "I was struggling trying to name the horse and Dale [Romans] thought he was a nice horse," Baron said. "It was August 2017, we hadn't named him yet and he was going to run him in September. It was around my anniversary so we said, >Why not Promises Fulfilled?' We were celebrating 44 years of marriage, fulfilling our promises to one another, raising our kids and all those types of things. I told Dale, >I am throwing you in this too because you always promised me we would have a good horse.' He said, >I hear you.' I actually submitted the name on my anniversary Aug. 18." Baron grew up in upstate New York and still lives in that region today, where he runs a commercial construction business and two dealerships, Albany Mack Sales and Albany Truck Sales. He spent a lot of time at Saratoga and came from a family of racing fans, so when the opportunity arose to become an owner by claiming a horse with the late California-based trainer Mike Mitchell, he took it. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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Baron Hopes for More Fulfilled Promise cont. from p1

Promises Fulfilled | Coglianese AI claimed some horses on the West Coast and some on the East Coast and then tried to do a little breeding,@ said Baron, whose claims include MGSW Kessem Power (NZ) (Kessem). AI made all the classic mistakes, so around 2011, I decided to start buying horses at the Keeneland sale. I used Dale and a gentleman by the name of [Elloree Training Center=s] Frank Smith, who breaks all of Dale=s babies in South Carolina.@ Baron now keeps his entire 10-horse string with Romans, which is led by Promises Fulfilled. A decisive debut winner at Churchill Downs in September, the $37,000 KEESEP buy followed suit with a gate-to-wire optional claimer score at Keeneland a month later. Third in what has proven to be a very productive renewal of the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. in November, he was subsequently shelved and returned with an 18-1 upset in the Fountain of Youth. AI wasn=t really that surprised,@ Baron said of the Fountain of Youth win. AI was kidding Dale going into the race. I said, >Did I tell you I=ve got this great trainer Dale Romans and he is going to bring this horse around?= A lot of people didn=t know that in the Kentucky Jockey Club, Promises Fulfilled popped a splint in the beginning of the race. He led until about 100 yards from the wire. He was laid up through December into early January.@ Baron continued, AHe put like five works into him to get him ready for the Fountain of Youth. I went to watch him train a few times and he was doing :59 and change easy. He is just such an easy-moving horse. I think we had high expectations for the horse [going into the Fountain of Youth]. We didn=t think he was going to run poorly. He was training so well going into that race. I was hopeful, let=s put it that way.@ Promises Fulfilled get his first shot at top-level company Saturday in a test that includes GII Holy Bull S. romper Audible (Into Mischief) and GII Remsen S. hero Catholic Boy (More Than Ready). His owner believes he is up to the challenge. Cont. p4 By the undefeated Champion juvenile and Derby hero. The beginning is Ny...

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AI am going to use the word hopeful,@ Baron said. AEvery race Romans Starts Petition for Dutrow cont. from p1 you go into, you step up in class and there is a different set of Had that been the extent of the alleged infraction, Dutrow=s horses you have to run against. He, once again, has to move penalty would have likely been a lot less harsh. However, forward and I think he is capable of doing so. He only had five around the same time as the positive was reported, works going into the last race and I think the race did a lot for investigators claimed they also found three syringes loaded with him as far as condition. Dale says he is training great. He is a a prohibited substance in the desk drawer of Dutrow=s office. May foal too, so he is still developing, still growing and still Romans told TDN he believes the syringes were planted. putting on weight. He has to improve, but I am hopeful that he AI=m not a conspiracy theorist in any way, but I believe the will do that.@ syringes were planted in his barn,@ Romans said. Currently ranked number five on the GI Kentucky Derby Dutrow=s career had been marked by both success and leaderboard with 52 points, Promises Fulfilled=s spot in the controversy. He guided Big Brown (Boundary) to wins in the Derby starting gate is already secured and Baron=s family is GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. in 2018 and admitted wasting no time planning for their trip to Louisville. during the run-up to the GI Belmont S. that he treated the horse AIt=s pretty exciting,@ Baron said. AAll my kids think they are with steroids. going, so I have to make a lot of reservations to get them all Even though steroid use was largely legal at the time, Dutrow=s down there. Of course, they are all grown ups. We have four admission brought harsh criticism from many concerned about kids and 10 grandkids, so I=ve got a lot of work to do!@ the overuse of legal and illegal drugs in the sport and led to an Baron and his wife will also be in attendance for the Florida eventual ban of steroids throughout the industry. Dutrow has Derby and even rearranged their vacation plans to be at also received numerous suspensions and fines, though most Gulfstream. were for minor infractions. According to the website My wife and I will be there,@ Baron said. AI am actually heading horseraceinsider.com, his only penalties for the use of illegal up from my vacation to see the race. I wouldn=t want to miss substances were for the Butorphanol use and a 2003 positive for that. How many chances do you get to run in the Florida Derby?@ Mepivacaine. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

Dutrow was also known for his brash and somewhat unusual appreciate Dale=s efforts and I hope it helps me return to the job personality. He referred to virtually everyone as Ababe@ and I love.@ seemed to not have a filter. He said what was on his mind. When asked where he is currently residing, he texted back, ARick is a guy who cannot tell a lie,@ Romans said. AThat might @I=m not living, just hanging.@ sound stupid. But if they ask him a question, he tells the truth In April of 2017 it was reported that Dutrow had filed for and he has said he never used bankruptcy. Dutrow claimed to have anything illegal. He admitted using $1.76 million in liabilities while his steroids, but everyone in the game assets amounted to $50 cash and was using them at the time and they $12.50 he had in a joint checking were legal.@ account with his ex-wife. Then known as the New York Racing Not only would Romans like to see and Wagering Board, the commission Dutrow reinstated as soon as possible, announced that Dutrow=s lengthy he said he finds it hard to believe he penalty was due to Aconduct at was ever guilty in the first place. racetracks in New York State and AI know he didn=t cheat,@ Romans elsewhere has been improper, said. AI know people think he did, but obnoxious, unbecoming, and most of those people don=t detrimental to the best interests of Rick Dutrow | Adam Coglianese understand the racing game. The thing racing.@ is, he=s just so good at what he does. Dutrow continued to train while appealing his case in both He never had catastrophic injury in 11 years. Anyone that hasn=t state and federal courts, but eventually exhausted all his had a catastrophic injury over that long a period of time can=t be appeals. He last started a horse on Jan. 16, 2013. cheating. If you give horses medicines to make them go faster When contacted by TDN yesterday, Dutrow declined a full than they=re capable of, they=re going to blow apart. They=re interview, but did answer some questions via text, saying, AI going to drop over dead. They can=t handle that.@ Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

APeople love to criticize, but they don=t know the facts,@ What would it be like to go to the GI Kentucky Derby? Romans continued. AI would like to run into someone who thinks AIf we make it to the Derby, it is going to be because we had a he cheated and have them be able to give me some evidence of very good effort in the Florida Derby and that would be a great that.@ thing. We are taking it one step at a time. The Florida Derby is Romans said he has been working for about two years to help very important to us and we are treating it as an important race. Dutrow get his license back, talking to the Gaming Commission, If we make it to the Derby, it is because good things have attorneys and some media members. But he grew discouraged happened.@ by his lack of progress. AWe kept running into dead ends, so we thought we=d take this public,@ he said. AWe worked with his attorney to take this public to show the powers that be in New York that this isn=t right, that they ought to at least take another look at this. He=s done enough time with the time served. Let the man go back to work.@ Romans alleges Dutrow=s personality played a role in the Racing and Wagering Board=s decision. AHe got 10 years because people didn=t like him,@ he said. According to the website that is home to the petition, MLB Executive, former New York Yankee manager and horse owner Joe Torre wrote the commission in support of Dutrow=s return. Dutrow trained several horses for Torre. Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado was among those to sign the petition and he added the following in the comment section: AA Jonathan Thomas | Sarah Andrew great horseman, very dedicated to his horses. I think they need to review and reconsider. It=s been a long time.@ New York Gaming Commission spokesman Brad Maione How is Catholic Boy training coming into the race? declined to comment on Romans's allegations. AHe has trained very well. The preparation has gone as well as we could have hoped for and everything is being executed properly.@

Jockey Irad Ortiz is riding Catholic Boy for the first time Saturday. How do you think he will get along with the horse? AT THE RAIL ATo me, his style really suits this horse. He is a very patient rider who seems to allow the race to develop around him. He HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--The TDN=s Christie DeBernardis is out doesn=t seem to force the issue in races. He has a very good at Gulfstream this week providing on-site coverage of the GI gauge on how things are developing around him, so I think he Florida Derby and she caught up with trainers Jonathan Thomas suits the horse excellent.@ and Dale Romans Thursday morning. Thomas runs GIII Sam F. Davis S. runner-up Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) and Romans How do you feel about the draw? sends out GII Fountain of Youth S. upsetter Promises Fulfilled AThe draw is fine. I was hoping for something low, but six is (Shackleford), as well as Storm Runner (Get Stormy), who certainly acceptable. It is kind of odd because you=ve got speed finished seventh in that test. on the rail, you=ve got speed in the eight hole with Audible (Into Mischief) and you=ve got speed with Promises Fulfilled in post JONATHAN THOMAS four. You also have Mississippi (Pioneerof the Nile) with blinkers for the first time, so I assume they are going to put him in the How does it feel having your first Florida Derby contender? race and he is going to have to come out of there running from AIt is a privilege to have a horse like this for a great client like his draw [on the far outside].@ Bob LaPenta and the corresponding partnerships that have evolved out of it with Sol Kumin and Mr. Manganaro.@ Cont. p7 Share this job

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With that said, sprinters can tend to maintain their form and even improve with age in a way few middle- or long-distance horses manage. Ireland's Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) and Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) are just two prominent recent examples of this and both registered high-level sprint form into their ninth year.

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What do you think of the draw for your horses with Promises Fulfilled in gate four and Storm Runner beside him in five? Reynaldothewizard winning the 2013 Golden Shaheen | Horsephotos AI think we got perfect draws and both horses are doing excellent. You can=t go wrong with four and five.@ The Satish Seemar-trained Reynaldothewizard (Speightstown), named a >TDN Rising Star= fully a decade ago when trained by How do you feel about having Robby Albarado back in the Eoin Harty, makes the above-mentioned sprint stalwarts appear irons on Promises Fuflilled? positively youthful however, as at the age of 12 he prepares to AHe=s my go-to jock. He=s two-for-two on the horse and we are make his final outing in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen (1200m) glad to have him back.@ during Saturday's Dubai World Cup meeting. Assistant trainer Bhupat Seemar reflected on the remarkable career of this Meydan specialist and offered insights into how 'Reynaldo' has Will the plan for Promises Fulfilled be to go to the front? managed to retain and enhance his ability through the years. AYes.@ AHe's an absolute legend for us. The most incredible horse,@ he said. AHe is such a strong and determined athlete and just defies What did you think of Storm Runner=s race in the Fountain of his age and the usual logic we follow with most racehorses. At Youth and his chances to improve Saturday? 12, he's still got that competitive spirit, probably because we AI didn=t think he had any chance after the debacle on the have raced him so lightly with normally between 2 and 4 races a backside and he is going to run a much better race.@ year. And any time he hasn't been completely right, we haven't pushed him. Even this World Cup night, if he had any issue before the race we wouldn't risk it. We've taken care of him over the years and he's given us more than we could ever have AGE NO OBJECT FOR >REYNALDO=, 12YO TO hoped for in return.@ For the Seemars' Zabeel Stables, Reynaldothewizard has SIGN OFF IN GOLDEN SHAHEEN indeed been a breakthrough horse, providing Satish his first by Alex Cairns Group 1 winner in the 2013 Golden Shaheen. He also won what Turning 12 wouldn't be considered a major milestone in most is now the G3 Dubawi S. four times between 2013 and 2017, as lives, but for a horse trained in the UAE, it means they are well as landing Meydan's only other group dirt sprints, the G3 Al entering the final year of their permitted racing career. In truth, Shindagha Sprint and G3 Mahab Al Shimaal. rules requiring obligatory retirement at 13 are rarely called into Reynaldo's Golden Shaheen victory was notable too as a major action due to breeding duties, dwindling form or injury milestone in the career of UAE-based jockey Richard Mullen, preventing the vast majority of flat Thoroughbreds from who is the retained rider at Zabeel Stables and has ridden the enjoying such extended careers. horse in all but one of his 24 Meydan starts. Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

AReynaldo and Richie have a great partnership and Reynaldo five months to get fit. Not because of any deficiency, but just put Richie on the big stage by giving him his first Group 1 winner because we train him really lightly. He gets out and has plenty of in the 2013 Golden Shaheen,@ Seemar said. AThey really are a time in the paddocks, so he just enjoys his life and it's only when great team. Reynaldo doesn't actually ever show much at home he's ripe and ready that we think about putting him in the gates. when being ridden by his regular work rider, but when Richie In this way he is happy to reward us by winning at least one race sits on him then he knows that it's time to do the business.@ almost every year.@

“We have to be realistic, but we wouldn't be in it if we didn't think he had a chance. If there's a good strong pace then he can run home. If it's a really hot pace...he'll definitely be right there.". --Bhupat Seemar

This bay son of Speightstown, a $400,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $775,000 Fasig-Tipton Florida juvenile, did not always appear destined to compete at the top level, however. Having won his maiden and been placed third in the GII Saratoga Special in his first two juvenile outings, his form drifted at three, prompting a move to the UAE as a 4-year-old in 2010. With his new base at Zabeel, he established himself as a consistent handicap performer at Meydan, but it wasn't until he turned seven that he really started to rise through the ranks. This was due to a combination of factors, as Bhupat Seemar explains. AWe got to know him over time and Richie did too, so he started to enjoy training and racing more and more. But the Reynaldothewizard | Alex Cairns photo improved form he showed at the beginning of 2013 was actually due to two things in particular: blinkers and gelding. First he was Having run well when attempting to take a fifth Dubawi S. in gelded and then we ran him in the blinkers that he has worn in January (finished third) and again in the Al Shindagha last month every start ever since. These two changes at once made him (third), perhaps Reynaldo is saving 2018's victory for his easier to handle and more focused. Suddenly his mind was only swansong in the Golden Shaheen. on racing as soon as the gates opened.@ AIt's certainly possible, even if he's by far the oldest in what I So this partly explains both the improvement and the think is a good field,@ Seemar said. AThere's a Japanese horse consistency he has managed to show across 10 seasons on the who's four years old in the race and Reynaldo's 12. We have to track, but many other horses are subject to comparable be realistic, but we wouldn't be in it if we didn't think he had a treatment and fail to enjoy any such sustained effect. Might chance. If there's a good strong pace then he can run home. If there be some secret to his admirable longevity? it's a really hot pace then he'll definitely be right there.@ AI don't really think so, to be honest,@ Seemar said. AWe just Experience over the Meydan dirt track and post position can know his physical and mental preferences so well and he knows prove pivotal in the Golden Shaheen. With a left turn not long our training regimen inside out. When we start him off each after the stalls and strong kickback to be contended with, a year he only trains three or four days a week and it takes him prominent placing through the race is an advantage. Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

Reynaldo's draw in stall three would normally be considered a A budget bill was introduced by New York state governor positive, but may not suit the racing style that has come to be Andrew Cuomo Jan. 16 that included proposed legislation that his signature. would have allowed the New York Racing Association to conduct AThree is fine. In fact, we could even have done with it being a night racing up to three nights a week. While current law allows little bit wider,@ Seemar admitted. AThese days he tends to be a for racing to be conducted between sunrise and sunset, the bit slow at the break and you can get away from the kickback if proposed legislation would have permitted racing at night from you're wide, but we're happy enough and Richie knows him well Thursday through Saturday, provided the cards concluded by enough to find the best position possible in the moment.@ 10:30 p.m. While Zabeel Stables are far from a one-horse yard (they will run four others on World Cup Night, including impressive Al Maktoum Challenge R3 winner North America in the Dubai World Cup itself), Reynaldothewizard has flown the stable flag for eight successful seasons and his $2.2 million in earnings will surely be hard to replace. Are there mixed feelings about the enforced retirement that will follow Saturday's run? AReally, I just hope he enjoys the race, runs to the best of his ability, and comes home healthy,@ Seemar said. AThen it will be kind of the end of an era for us at Zabeel Stables because he will be retiring. So there are mixed emotions and we will miss training him for sure, but the time has come.@ With aftercare taking an increasingly prominent role in the racing industry, retiring racehorses should (at least in theory) no longer be allowed to drift to an uncertain end as they have Racing at Belmont | Sarah K. Andrew sometimes done in the past. Thankfully for Reynaldothewizard, it appears that his connections are ready to assure him the long, AAs the cornerstone of an industry responsible for 17,000 jobs happy life that his impeccable service deserves. and more than $2 billion in annual economic impact, NYRA AThere are a lot of options,@ Seemar said. AI know that he is believes that night racing is an important component in very close to Satish's heart and he wants to have him nearby. recruiting and maintaining new generations of fans to secure We'll just need to sit down and talk about it. If he can spend his the long-term future of in New York,@ read a days somewhere where he can run around in a big paddock and statement issued Thursday afternoon from NYRA spokesman enjoy his time then that would be great.@ Patrick McKenna. AThe public has a right to choose the sporting Before the years of lush grass and easy living can be enjoyed events that they wish to watch, and legislation that would allow Reynaldothewizard has one more date with the Meydan dirt. If NYRA to conduct Thoroughbred racing at night provides them he wins on Saturday, it will be the 12th victory of his career. Like with that choice--the same choice that the public currently turning 12, this wouldn't be a major milestone in itself. But enjoys with respect to every other athletic league able to offer when you know the story of the remarkable Reynaldothewizard, their product at night.@ it would certainly bear celebrating. The issue during discussions, according to the Blood-Horse report, was that Standardbred owners were unhappy with a proposal that infringes on their control over the nighttime racing market and consequently sought a hold-harmless provision to NIGHT RACING AT BELMONT HITS A SNAG account for potential damages. NYRA, conversely, was reportedly unwilling to consent to such an agreement. IN NY BUDGET While no Thoroughbred tracks in the state are currently A plan to allow night-time racing at Belmont Park was allowed to conduct racing after sunset, Standardbred tracks are scrapped after falling through during the latest New York State often allowed to hold cards during daytime hours, including budget discussions, according to numerous reports. As first Yonkers Raceway=s International Trot card, which was scheduled reported by Blood-Horse, attempts to secure a deal to allow for on a Saturday afternoon in 2017. Thoroughbred racing at night were strongly opposed by AThe limited scope of night racing at Belmont Park means that Standardbred horsemen, who are currently the sole occupiers of the overlap with Standardbred racing would be minimal,@ the evening racing time slot. McKenna said. Cont. p10 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

AIn addition, NYRA believes that the addition of Thoroughbred racing at night would contribute to Standardbred handle by increasing the potential audience wagering at night. That=s why we have been willing to collaborate with the Standardbred owners to stagger post times to benefit both parties.@ With the Belmont Park property chosen as the site for a new arena for the NHL=s New York Islanders in late December, NYRA CEO Chris Kay has continually asserted that nighttime racing is an important way to expose a new audience to the game. AWe would like to see night racing at Belmont, primarily because the sport of horse racing needs to generate new generations of fans, like millennials,@ Kay told the TDN=s T.D. Thornton in December. AAnd those folks are working on a Thursday or a Friday afternoon. They like to go out and have a good time--we want to provide them with that opportunity. We want to offer our sport the way baseball offers their sport, at night when people can go.@ Although nighttime racing is almost certain to not be included in the current budget, the door remains open for further discussions in the future. AWe will continue to work on advancing night racing in order Phil Lebherz to reach new audiences, drive tourism and expand our economic Lebherz, who shares the Oakdale property with Pat Grohl=s impact in New York,@ McKenna said. Premier Equine rehab facility, jumped into his new project with both feet, standing Smiling Tiger at the farm in his first season at stud in 2014. Among the sales-toppers from Smiling Tiger=s first crop was a son of Erica=s Smile who brought $190,000 at the 2016 Barretts LEBHERZ LOOKS FOR PREMIER RESULTS AT Fall Yearlings Sale and, in 2017, the stallion topped that auction BARRETTS again with a $220,000 filly. Smiling Tiger was represented by by Jessica Martini stakes winner Spiced Perfection last year, as well as stakes Phil Lebherz has been fortunate enough to enjoy plenty of placed Brown Tiger and Jacks Masterpiece and he went on to success as a racehorse owner, campaigning in partnership become California=s leading freshman sire. horses like champion She=s a Tiger (Tale of the Cat) and her AHe won California freshman sire and his babies did pretty three-time Grade I winning half-brother Smiling Tiger (Hold That well,@ Lebherz said of Smiling Tiger, who now stands at Harris Tiger), graded stakes winners Epic Honor (Honor Grades) and Farms. AThere were some stakes winners in there, but it was our Sierra Sunset (Bertrando) and Grade I placed Erica=s Smile very first year and we really didn=t know much what we were (Bertrando). Five years ago, the California native decided to doing. We didn=t really breed to the type of quality that we have venture into commercial breeding when he purchased the now.@ 40-acre Premier Thoroughbreds in Northern California. Through Three of Premier=s four Barretts catalogued offerings are by Havens Bloodstock Agency, Lebherz will offer three Premier- Smiling Tiger, including hip 114, a daughter of Tuscan Sunset bred juveniles at the Apr. 4 Barretts Spring 2-Year-Olds in (Trippi), who has been withdrawn from the sale. Lebherz owns the filly, and the mare, in partnership with Alan Klein. Through Training Sale at Del Mar. bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic, the two men purchased AThere was a farm out there in Oakdale, which is about an Tuscan Sunset, in foal to Into Mischief, for $36,000 at the 2013 hour and a half out of the Bay area, and a veterinarian [Dr. Jerry Keeneland November Sale. Black] was selling,@ Lebherz said. AI went out there and saw it AWe bought Tuscan Sunset when we were first starting out and I thought, >That=s nice.= We had already bred with Epic and we didn=t know what we were doing,@ Lebherz said. Honor actually, but we had just put him somewhere and let AMersad Metanovic bought her and I said, >Ok, bring her out.= them breed him. But breeding was intriguing to me--I like And we brought her out here and she had a baby and we=re like, farming.@ >Hey, a baby.=@ Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

The Premier Thoroughbreds broodmare band currently numbers some 25 head. AWe=ve been buying mostly Kentucky mares in foal and bringing them out here and we breed them back to Smiling Tiger or someone else,@ Lebherz said. AWe ship back to Kentucky [to breed] every other year and sometimes even more.@ Among the band is Sandi=s Ready (More Than Ready), who Premier manager Dennis Yokum acquired in foal to Point of Entry for $150,000 at the 2017 Keeneland November sale. Since that purchase, the mare was represented by the ill-fated Smarty Jones S. winner Mourinho (Super Saver) and Zia Park Oaks winner Sandy=s Surprise (Drosselmeyer). ARight after we bought the mare, all of a sudden they started running,@ Lebherz said of Sandi=s Ready. AThey did really well. Miss Sunset | Benoit We kept her back there [in Kentucky] and we=re breeding her to Gun Runner.@ The mare=s Into Mischief foal became Miss Sunset, who, racing Barretts has combined its two juveniles sales for the first time for Lebherz and Klein, won last year=s GII Lexus Raven Run S. at this year and Lebherz said he thinks the change, which could Keeneland and was most recently a dominant seven-length lead to later-developing 2-year-olds being rerouted to Barretts winner of the Mar. 17 Irish O=Brien S. at Santa Anita. Del Mar Paddock Sale in July, was a good idea. AWe raised her and we gave her to [trainer] Jeff [Bonde],@ ASome of the babies aren=t mature enough to go into a 2-year- Lebherz said of Miss Sunset. AAt first she was kind of a nervous old sale,@ Lebherz said. ASo I=m glad they did that. The Paddock Nellie and in two of her races, she actually jumped over tire sale gives you more time to get them healthy or it gives the ones tracks from a tractor and that wiped her out because she who don=t mature as fast or were born later, time to catch up. jumped twice each time. Then in another race [2017 GI La Brea So I think that makes sense. They=ve only done the [2-year-old] S.] against Unique Bella, she knocked one of her shoes loose, so sale at Del Mar twice. So this will be the third time and the last the jockey just pulled her up. That=s three races out of 15 and time they did better than the first time. I think people are she has nine wins, a second and two thirds. She=s been an getting it now. They had the Breeders= Cup there and it was a amazing horse and she=s really in form right now. We=re excited big success, and I think that might help the whole program.@ about her.@ The under tack show for the Barretts Spring sale will be held Of Tuscan Sunset=s juvenile filly, Lebherz explained, AWe are Apr. 2, beginning at 10 a.m. PT. The auction will be held Apr. 4 sitting on her. She is fine, a bit immature, needs more time.@ beginning at 2 p.m. PT. Lebherz, who has spent three decades working in the health insurance benefits fields and is founder and chairman of the insurance agency LISI, talks bemusedly about his quick success as a breeder. AThe dream is to get a black-type homebred that is world-class and I already did that in my very first try,@ Lebherz said. AI think now I have to try and win one of the major races like the Kentucky Derby or something. I talked to Bob Baffert after he won the Triple Crown, we were just sitting around Del Mar watching the works, and I said, AWhat are you going to do now?= TEAM VALOR BUYS HALF OF VIOLENCE >RISING and he said, >I want to breed a horse myself that wins the Triple Crown or a major race like the Kentucky Derby.= And I said, STAR= >That=s a worthy goal.= We=re all kind of nuts in this business.@ Team Valor International has acquired a 50% interest in >TDN Premier=s Barretts offerings also include hip 57, a filly by Rising Star= Talk Veuve to Me (Violence) after she stamped Smiling Tiger out of a half-sister to multiple graded stakes herself as a promising prospect with an effortless 11 1/4-length winner Anak Nakal; hip 63, a full-brother to Spiced Perfections; graduation Sunday at Fair Grounds. The bay filly, a $20,000 and hip 75, a daughter of Violence out of Red Hot Bullet (Red Keeneland September and $95,000 OBS March buyback, is co- Bullet). owned by Stephen McKay and trainer Rodolphe Brisset. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

AThis is a real machine,@ Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin said. AI Minor tweaks have been made to the track=s juvenile stakes worked with Rodolphe when he was an assistant to Bill Mott program, with the GII Sorrento S. and GII Best Pal S. being and have a lot of faith in him. He is a young man on the rise.@ shortened to six furlongs from six-and-a-half. Irwin is acquainted with Talk Veuve to Me=s family, as her dam, Biblical Point (Point Given), is a full-sister to stakes winner Winning Point, who was campaigned in Team Valor=s green and red silks. IN OTHER NEWS... A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Non-Industry Media

The Dubai World Cup, a Story of Horses and Money TOP MARES PRONOUNCED IN FOAL TO ARROGATE Although the World Cup began in 1996, Thoroughbred racing Juddmonte Farms released a list of the top-class mares that started in Dubai in 1981. The setup, however, was significantly have been pronounced in foal to Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song). more humble than what Meydan offers today. Counted among them are: multiple Champion and nine-time Amanda Duckworth, The New York Times Grade I winner Songbird (Medaglia d=Oro); multiple Grade I winner and Eclipse Award finalist Paulassiverlining California Chrome Was a Winner, but What About His Kids? (Ghostzapper), Perfectorthepart (Dynaformer), the dam of Several years removed from a Triple Crown run and a Dubai GI Del Mar Debutante S. winner Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate); World Cup victory, California Chrome is attempting to defy the Lucas Street (Silver Deputy), the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Filly odds again in his stallion career. and Mare Sprint winner Wavell Avenue (Harlington); Grade I Amanda Duckworth, The New York Times winner Centre Court (Smart Strike), Sortilege (Tale of the Cat), the dam of Grade I winner Sailor's Valentine (Mizzen Mast), Xpressbet Saturday on TheTDN.com: TDN is partnering with GI Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty (Medaglia d=Oro), Xpressbet=s XBTV to stream 14 hours of live coverage Saturday, champion and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner She Be Wild (Offlee Wild) as well as Grade I winner Lady Of Fifty (After which includes the full G1 Dubai World Cup day card from Market). Meydan and the full GI Florida Derby card from Gulfstream Park. The champion 3-year-old colt of 2016, a four-time Grade I Coverage, which begins at 6:30 a.m. ET, can be found on the winner and two-time winner of the Longines World's Best homepage of the TDN website. Racehorse title, Arrogate is the richest North American racehorse in history with earnings of $17,422,600.

DEL MAR ANNOUNCES SUMMER STAKES SCHEDULE Mirroring its 2017 summer stakes pattern, Del Mar will present 41 stakes races worth a combined $7.3 million over the course of its 36-day meet in 2018. Racing gets underway for the 79th season at the seaside oval Wednesday, July 18 and concludes Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. The marquee day at the meet will feature the GI TVG Pacific Classic Saturday, Aug. 18, one of six Grade I=s and 21 graded events overall. Nineteen of Del Mar=s stakes will be run on turf, with the other 22 coming on the main track. AWe=re very pleased to be able to offer the same stakes schedule as last year,@ said Del Mar=s racing secretary, David DID YOU KNOW? Jerkens. ASome stakes programs across the country are declining Undefeated GISW Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) a bit, but we are holding the line at Del Mar. We saw a lot of was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” new owners and trainers here last fall because of the Breeders= Cup and we heard a lot of positive reviews. We=re hopeful some Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website! of those outfits will be back for stakes races this summer.@ SALES STATISTICS

Leading 2018 Sires of 2-Year-Olds in Training by cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America

Rank Name FYr Loc 2015 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median 1 Scat Daddy F09 Dead $35,000 5 4 $658,750 $630,000 2 Uncle Mo F13 KY $25,000 9 6 $589,166 $605,000 3 Medaglia d'Oro F06 KY $125,000 4 3 $566,666 $450,000 4 Tiznow F03 KY $75,000 1 1 $550,000 $550,000 5 Itsmyluckyday F16 KY $8,000 3 1 $525,000 $525,000 6 Tapit F06 KY $300,000 3 1 $500,000 $500,000 7 Pioneerof the Nile F11 KY $60,000 8 6 $422,500 $300,000 8 Speightstown F06 KY $80,000 4 3 $403,333 $410,000 9 Dominus F14 KY $4,500 1 1 $400,000 $400,000 10 Curlin F10 KY $35,000 3 2 $387,500 $387,500 11 Fed Biz F16 KY $12,500 7 4 $381,250 $355,000 12 Strong Mandate F16 KY $10,000 7 4 $381,250 $312,500 13 Quality Road F12 KY $35,000 7 5 $363,000 $130,000 14 Into Mischief F10 KY $35,000 17 14 $361,071 $285,000 15 Malibu Moon F01 KY $95,000 7 4 $355,000 $375,000 Leading 2018 Freshmen Sires of 2-Year-Olds in Training by cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America

Rank Name Sire's Sire Loc 2015 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median 1 Itsmyluckyday Lawyer Ron KY $8,000 3 1 $525,000 $525,000 2 Fed Biz Giant's Causeway KY $12,500 7 4 $381,250 $355,000 3 Strong Mandate Tiznow KY $10,000 7 4 $381,250 $312,500 4 Real Solution Kitten's Joy KY $12,500 3 3 $336,000 $325,000 5 Mucho Macho Man Macho Uno KY $15,000 6 3 $298,333 $260,000 6 Will Take Charge Unbridled's Song KY $30,000 9 7 $290,000 $180,000 7 Cairo Prince Pioneerof the Nile KY $10,000 11 5 $276,000 $325,000 8 Goldencents Into Mischief KY $15,000 7 4 $267,500 $315,000 9 Can the Man Into Mischief KY $5,000 1 1 $230,000 $230,000 10 Verrazano More Than Ready KY $22,500 9 2 $192,500 $192,500 11 Noble Mission (GB) Galileo (Ire) KY $25,000 3 3 $151,666 $120,000 12 Shakin It Up Midnight Lute KY $10,000 2 1 $150,000 $150,000 13 Uncaptured Lion Heart FL $6,000 6 6 $132,500 $100,000 14 Central Banker Speightstown NY $7,500 7 6 $117,833 $97,500 15 Flashback Tapit KY $7,500 9 6 $109,166 $112,500

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2018 Leading General Sires by Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Wednesday, March 28th Earnings and Black-type represents North American/European figures & stud fees are for 2018

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Candy Ride (Arg) 6 10 2 4 1 1 119 41 $7,000,000 $8,647,879 (1999) by Ride the Rails Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Gun Runner 2 Into Mischief 4 14 1 5 -- -- 166 50 $208,320 $2,608,661 (2005) by Harlan's Holiday Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $100,000 Audible 3 Flatter 1 3 1 2 -- 1 94 24 $1,600,000 $2,589,406 (1999) by A.P. Indy Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $40,000 West Coast 4 Tapit 4 16 3 12 -- -- 140 37 $270,000 $2,374,722 (2001) by Pulpit Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $300,000 Synchrony 5 Malibu Moon 4 8 2 4 -- -- 140 32 $577,800 $2,177,363 (1997) by A.P. Indy Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $75,000 Magnum Moon 6 Dialed In 1 3 1 2 -- 1 52 11 $1,300,000 $1,942,267 (2008) by Mineshaft Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Gunnevera 7 Curlin 1 9 -- 6 -- -- 110 27 $650,000 $1,931,832 (2004) by Smart Strike Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $150,000 Stellar Wind 8 City Zip 1 6 -- 1 -- -- 128 39 $650,000 $1,913,270 (1998) by Carson City Stands: Lane's End Farm USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Collected 9 Quality Road 3 5 2 3 1 1 111 46 $240,000 $1,786,513 (2006) by Elusive Quality Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $70,000 City of Light 10 Blame 4 13 2 5 1 1 87 32 $360,000 $1,766,295 (2006) by Arch Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Fault 11 Ghostzapper 5 8 2 4 -- -- 111 33 $483,960 $1,754,759 (2000) by Awesome Again Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $85,000 Runaway Ghost 12 Uncle Mo 4 6 3 4 -- 1 107 35 $208,000 $1,611,273 (2008) by Indian Charlie Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $125,000 Mopotism 13 Scat Daddy 3 8 2 3 -- -- 131 35 $250,760 $1,564,064 (2004) by Johannesburg Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Flameaway 14 Kitten's Joy 5 9 3 5 -- -- 163 48 $128,340 $1,555,479 (2001) by El Prado (Ire) Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farm KY Fee: $60,000 Oscar Nominated 15 Midnight Lute 4 5 1 2 -- 1 103 35 $200,000 $1,480,857 (2003) by Real Quiet Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $15,000 Midnight Disguise

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 6:30 p.m. EDT XPRESSBET FLORIDA DERBY-GI, $1,100,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Strike Power K Speightstown Courtlandt Farms Hennig Saez 122 2 Millionaire Runner K Warrior's Reward Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Batista 122 3 Tip Sheet Brethren Arindel Gold Zayas 122 4 Promises Fulfilled K Shackleford Robert J. Baron Romans Albarado 122 5 Storm Runner Get Stormy Team Valor Int’l & Gemstone Racing Stables Romans Gaffalione 122 6 Catholic Boy K More Than Ready Robert LaPenta, Madaket Stables & Siena Farm Thomas Ortiz, Jr. 122 7 Hofburg Tapit Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Ortiz 122 8 Audible Into Mischief China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Pletcher Velazquez 122 Starlight Racing & WinStar Farm 9 Mississippi K Pioneerof the Nile Magnier, Tabor, Oxley, Smith & Jooste. Casse Leparoux 122

Breeders: 1-Courtlandt Farm, 2-Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson), 3-Arindel, 4-David Jacobs, 5-Hurstland Farm, James H. Greene Jr. & Courtney O'Brien, 6-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding, 7-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 8-Oak Bluff Stables, LLC, 9-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 3:13 p.m. EDT GULFSTREAM PARK HARDACRE MILE S.-GII, $300,000, 4yo/up, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Conquest Big E K Tapit Daniel C. Hurtak Hurtak Batista 119 2 Always Dreaming K Bodemeister Brooklyn Boyz Stbls, Teresa Viola Racing Stabls, Pletcher Velazquez 119 Siena Farm LLC, et al. 3 Mr. Jordan Kantharos Melin, David, Ellman, Leon and Plesa, Laurie Plesa, Jr. Zayas 121 4 Irish War Cry Curlin Isabelle de Tomaso Motion Ortiz 119 5 Tommy Macho Macho Uno Paul P. Pompa, Jr. Pletcher Saez 123 6 Page McKenney Eavesdropper Staple, Adam and Jalin Stable Eppler Ortiz, Jr. 121

Breeders: 1-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 2-Santa Rosa Partners, 3-Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews, 4-Isabelle de Tomaso, 5-John Liviakis, 6-Dr. James E. Bryant & Linda P. Davis

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:22 p.m. EDT GULFSTREAM PARK OAKS-GII, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Eight Thirtyone K Graydar Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Quartarolo Jimenez 122 2 Coach Rocks Oxbow R. Valente, RAP Racing & West Point T’breds Romans Saez 122 3 Take Charge Paula K Take Charge Indy Peter Deutsch McLaughlin Ortiz 122 4 Cache K Distorted Humor Courtlandt Farms Hennig Leparoux 122 5 Daisy Blame Fox Hill Farms, Inc. Servis Velazquez 122 6 Blonde Bomber Fort Larned Arindel Gold Zayas 122 7 Heavenhasmynikki Majestic Warrior Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Quartarolo Albarado 122 8 C. S. Incharge Take Charge Indy W. Pacella, F. L. Jones, Jr. & F. Shoop Romans Landeros 122 9 Princess Warrior Midshipman Evan, Matthew & Andrew Trommer McPeek Ortiz, Jr. 122 10 Tell Your Mama Blame Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Hess, Jr. Colon 122 11 Silver Bay Currency Swap Richlyn Farms Hickey Gaffalione 122 12 Mihrab Tiznow RMJ Stables Motion Juarez 122 13 Alter Moon Alternation JAL Racing Velez Rios 122

Breeders: 1-Wolverton Mountain Farm, LLC & CameronS. Wheeler, 2-Calumet Farm, 3-Extern Developments LTD., 4-WinStar Farm, LLC, 5-Jonathan Sheppard, 6-Arindel, 7-Langsem Farm, Inc., 8-Pacella Racing, Frank L. Jones Jr. &Frank Shoop, 9-George M. Veloudis Jr., 10-Robert D. DeWitt, 11-Renee Parks-James, Melvin James & JudyKarlin, 12-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 13-C. Hunter Hager & E. Claire Hager Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:56 p.m. EDT PAN AMERICAN S.-GII, $250,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Markitoff K Giant's Causeway Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gaffalione 117 2 Bullards Alley Flower Alley Wayne Spalding & Faron McCubbins Glyshaw Ortiz, Jr. 123 3 Hi Happy (Arg) Pure Prize La Providencia, LLC Pletcher Saez 119 4 Classic Covey Spring At Last Joseph V. Shields, Jr. Mott Velazquez 117 5 Little Nick V. K Colonel John Little Dreams Racing Vaccarezza Juarez 117 6 Tiz a Slam Tiznow Chiefswood Stable Attfield Albarado 117 7 Bigger Picture Badge of Silver Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz 123 8 Sadler's Joy Kitten's Joy Woodslane Farm Albertrani Leparoux 123 9 One Go All Go K Fairbanks Rodney Paden Dickey Landeros 117

Breeders: 1-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 2-Eugene Melnyk, 3-La Providencia, 4-J. V. Shields Jr., 5-Hickstead Farm, 6-Chiefswood Stables Limited, 7-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 8-Woodslane Farm, LLC., 9-Albert P. Coppola

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:47 p.m. EDT HONEY FOX S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Glory to Kitten Kitten's Joy Michael Dubb Abreu Albarado 121 2 Lull War Front Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider. Clement Ortiz 123 3 Stormy Victoria (Fr) Stormy River (Fr) Tango Uniform Racing & The Elkstone Group LLC Clement Gaffalione 121 4 Team of Teams Elusive Quality Joseph Allen LLC Jerkens Velazquez 121 5 Conquest Hardcandy K Candy Ride (Arg) Alfonso Cammarota Sano Zayas 117 6 Grizzel (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Merriebelle Stable LLC and Doyle, Mrs. Anna Doyle Saez 119 7 Island Reward K Street Boss Bruno Schickedanz Belsoeur Juarez 117 8 Res Ipsa K English Channel Deborah V. Wilson Wilkes Leparoux 119 9 Liberty Kitten K Kitten's Joy Robert Marzilli De Paulo Jimenez 117 10 On Leave War Front Stuart S. Janney, III McGaughey III Ortiz, Jr. 123

Breeders: 1-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 2-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 3-Haras d'Etreham, 4-Mr. Joseph Allen LLC, 5-The New Hill Farm LLC, 6-Martin Butler, 7-Mike Abraham, 8-Calumet Farm, 9-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 10-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC

Saturday, Golden Gate Fields, post time: 6:45 p.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO MILE S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Editore (Brz) Redattore (Brz) Bonne Chance Farm, LLC & Stud R D I, LLC. Lobo Blanc 122 2 Frank Conversation Quality Road Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Hernandez 122 3 Syntax (Ire) Haatef Matthew Schera D'Amato Franco 122 4 Aqua Frio K Uncle Mo Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd. Wright Antongeorgi III 122 5 Camino Del Paraiso Suances (GB) Glen Road Racing, LLC & Herb Moniz Jauregui Martinez 122 6 No More Talk Not For Love DB DOJO LLC Papprdrmou Gonzalez 122 7 Flamboyant (Fr) Peer Gynt (Jpn) David Bienstock & Charlies N. Winner. Gallagher Couton 122 8 Grecian Fire Unusual Heat KMN Racing LLC Hollendorfer Orozco 122 9 Bird Is the Word K Birdstone Heart Racing Stables Almeida Alvarado 122 10 Full of Luck (Chi) Lookin At Lucky C T R Stables, Hollendorfer & West Point TB Hollendorfer Prat 122 11 Many Roses Many Rivers Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, Inc. & J & M. Martin Jackson Cedillo 122 12 Mr. Roary K Scat Daddy Kretz Racing LLC Papprdrmou Quinonez 122

Breeders: 1-Stud Rio Dois Irmaos, 2-Marc Keller, 3-Ringfort Stud, 4-Parrish Hill Farm, Amanda P. Roach &Ashford Stud, 5-Red Baron's Barn LLC, 6-Robert T. Manfuso & Katharine M. Voss, 7-SNC Regnier & San Gabriel Inv. Inc., 8-KMN Racing, 9-Machmer Hall, 10-Haras Paso Nevado, 11-Ellen Jackson, Jerry Martin & MargaretMartin, 12-Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel IN ORDER OF PURSE: IN ORDER OF PURSE: 7th-OP, $82,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-29, 3yo, f, 5th-OP, $81,000, Msw, 3-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.18, my. 1m, 1:40.41, my. GOOD CREATION (f, 3, Creative Cause--Dance to Reason, by TAHOE DREAM (f, 3, Afleet Alex--Trout River Red {MSW, Devil's Bag) rallied from last to grab fourth when debuting at $222,006}, by Indian Charlie) earned her diploma in her fourth Churchill Downs Sept. 28. The 7-2 shot settled in midpack here start here last time out Mar. 8. The 7-2 third choice sat towards while tucked in the two path through an opening quarter in the rear of the field around the first turn and onto the :22.44. She angled out three wide at the top of the stretch and backstretch. She made steady progress down the backside and was locked in battle with the 3-5 favorite Kalalou (Lookin At was within striking range at the quarter pole. The bay stuck her Lucky) entering the final furlong. Good Creation took command head in front just inside the furlong marker and , despite drifting inside the sixteenth pole and held on to score by a half-length. out late, held off an on-rushing Nucla (Malibu Moon) by a neck Kalalou was 9 1/2 lengths clear of the rest of the field to for the victory. Dam Trout River Red is also responsible for a complete the exacta. Good Creation, a $55,000 Keeneland juvenile colt by Archarcharch and a yearling colt by Cross Traffic. September purchase, hails from the family of GISW Island Sand She was bred to Central Banker in 2017. Sales history: $40,000 (Tabasco Cat). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $51,150. Click for the Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $115,180. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Jico, Inc., John P. Dauner & Donnie K. Von Hemel; B-E. T. O-Hugh H. Robertson, John Mentz & Jeff Larson; B-T/C Stable, Buckley (KY); T-Donnie K. Von Hemel. LLC (KY); T-McLean Robertson. 6th-SA, $54,345, Msw, 3-29, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:45.72, ft. 7th-SA, $56,345, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-29, 3yo, f, LONGDEN (GB) (r, 3, Bernardini--Gracefield, by Storm Cat) had 6 1/2f, 1:17.16, ft. faced some quality Southern California-based rivals in each of TRUE ROYALTY (f, 3, Yes It's True--High Wire, by Street Cry his first five starts, which included runner-up efforts in his last {Ire}) checked in second at 23-1 on debut at Del Mar July 30, two behind stablemate Restoring Hope (Giant=s Causeway) and and returned approximately a month later to don cap and gown Core Beliefs (Quality Road). The 6-5 favorite hesitated out of the over two next-out winners as well as recent GII Las Virgenes S. gate and was last through the first furlong and around the runner-up Exuberance (Archarcharch). Supported at 9-2 against clubhouse turn. He inched closer to the leaders down the this promising bunch of sophomore fillies, the $180,000 OBS April juvenile buy exited alertly and sat second from the two backstretch and split horses around the far turn to take path through a :22.99 opening quarter. Still keeping pace in command entering the straightaway. The dark bay gradually between foes hitting the bend, she vied for the lead past a pulled away from his rivals in the stretch to graduate by :46.05 half and kept on resolutely to out-kick stablemate 2 1/4 lengths. Formal Dude (First Dude) grabbed second as the Highland Lass (Quality Road) by a neck. True Royalty is out of an second longest shot on the board at 19-1. Gracefield is a unraced half-sister to MGSW Bel Air Beauty (Smart Strike), who daughter of GSW and GISP Illustrious Miss (Kingmambo). She is in turn produced Canada=s champion sprinter Stacked Deck (First represented by a juvenile colt by Kingman (GB) and a yearling Samurai). High Wire produced a Strong Mandate filly and colt in filly by Dubawi (Ire). Lifetime Record: 6-1-2-0, $61,185. Click for 2016 and 2017, respectively, and was bred back to Noble the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Mission (GB). Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $81,600. Click for the O/B-Godolphin, LLC (GB); T-Bob Baffert. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Batchelor Family Trust; B-SJT Racing Stable LLC (FL); T-John W. FIND US ON FACEBOOK Sadler. www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Stephens Thoroughbreds Graduate • 352.812.5399 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 4 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 30, 2018

7th-GP, $48,700, Msw, 3-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:38.67, ft. OX EYED DAISY (f, 3, Oxbow--A P's Hidden Honey, by A.P. Indy) chased throughout in her debut here Feb. 25 and settled for second behind impressive stablemate Mo Smart (Uncle Mo). The heavy 2-5 favorite broke a step slow, but quickly recovered up the rail and took command exiting the chute. She was still in hand and unchallenged up front around the far turn before kicking away from the competition in the final furlong for a four- = length graduation, good for one of Luis Saez s seven winners on First-/second-crop starters to watch: Friday, Mar. 30 the card, which also tied him for a meet record of 132 set by Farm and fee represent current information Javier Castellano. Lone firster in the field Consider This (Union Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}), Jonabell Farm, Rags) rallied to grab second. The homebred winner comes from $35,000 the same female family as MGSW Top Secret (Afleet). This is the 215 foals of racing age/16 winners/3 black-type winners first winner out of A P=s Hidden Honey, who has also produced a 4-SA, Aoc 1 1/8mT, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, 12-1 juvenile colt by Snapy Halo (Arg) and a yearling filly by Red Rocks $45,000 BAR OCT yrl; $245,000 BAR MAY 2yo (Ire). She visited English Channel last year. Sales history: $145,000 Ylg '16 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $37,830. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Bind (Pulpit), Red River Farms, $1,500 O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. 54 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner 8-FG, Msw 6f, BINDING MAGIC, 20-1 5-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, STUCK IN VEGAS, 3-1

Corfu (Malibu Moon), Bridlewood Farm, $3,500 41 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 6-GP, Msw 7 1/2fT, PACO ENSACO, 10-1

Denman (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), Darley, $15,000 47 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners 4-SA, Aoc 1 1/8mT, EAST RAND, 6-1

El Padrino (Pulpit), Northview PA, $5,000 113 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners 6-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, EL BESTIA, 15-1 $1,000 EAS OCT yrl

Flat Out (Flatter), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 230 foals of racing age/29 winners/1 black-type winner Jockey Luis Saez celebrated his second seven-win day of the 6-SA, Aoc 6 1/2f, ALLIANNA, 12-1 Gulfstream Park Championship Meet Thursday. The feat has also $80,000 FTK OCT yrl; $200,000 EAS MAY 2yo been accomplished one time each by Jerry Bailey and Tyler 8-FG, Msw 6f, FLAT OUT BIG MONEY, 20-1 Gaffalione. Saez=s 132 victories are tied with Javier Castellano for $7,500 ESL MIX yrl the single-season record at Gulfstream Park. | Lauren King Photo 8-FG, Msw 6f, FLAT OUT SASSY, 6-1 $28,000 OBS AUG yrl

Graydar (Unbridled's Song), Taylor Made Stallions, $15,000 193 foals of racing age/29 winners/1 black-type winner 6-OP, Msw 1 1/16m, ABSOLUTE LOVE, 5-1 $105,000 KEE SEP yrl True Royalty (Yes It’s True) makes 3-year-old debut a winning one in strong Santa Anita allowance. Cont. p3 The National Steeplechase Association achieved record spring purses in 2017, and the growth

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2017 spring purses $2,780,400 2018 spring purses (Est.) $2,890,000

Up more than 10% since 2016 UPCOMING GRADE 1 RACES $150,000 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup (Gr. 1) • Carolina Cup Races • Saturday, March 31

$200,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (Gr. 1) • Iroquois Steeplechase • Saturday, May 12

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Liaison (Indian Charlie), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 Violence (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $15,000 166 foals of racing age/17 winners/2 black-type winners 248 foals of racing age/42 winners/5 black-type winners 6-PEN, Msw 1m, ROLE MODEL, 3-1 6-AQU, Msw 1m, YOUMAKEMEBLUSH, 15-1 $20,000 KEE NOV wnl; $27,000 RNA FTK JUL yrl; $40,000 EAS $49,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl OCT yrl

Morning Line (Tiznow), Lane's End Farm, $10,000 134 foals of racing age/20 winners/2 black-type winners 10-FG, Aoc 5 1/2fT, ZIPPY, 8-1 $15,000 OBS WIN yrl; $20,000 KEE SEP yrl; $45,000 OBS APR 2yo

Norman Asbjornson (Real Quiet), Pin Oak Lane Farm, $2,500 Saturday, March 31, 2018 3 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 2nd-HSN, -9,550,000 ($90k), Maiden, 3yo, 1200m 6-PEN, Msw 1m, QUEEN STINKER, 6-1 AMERICAN ACE (c, 3, Tale of the Cat--Practice, by Smart Strike), a decent sixth over 1800m when trying the dirt for the O'Prado Again (El Prado {Ire}), Peaceful Valley Farm, $5,000 first time Feb. 25, cut back to be third, beaten a head, over 15 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners course and distance Mar. 17. A $45K KEESEP yearling whose Scat 7-TP, Msw 1 1/16m, O'PRADO'S GIFT, 15-1 Daddy half-brother fetched $800K from Godolphin at that venue last fall, American Ace is a maternal grandson of Dress Rehearsal Prospective (Malibu Moon), Ocala Stud Farm, $5,000 (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), winner of the GIII Orchid S. and a SW in 97 foals of racing age/17 winners/1 black-type winner Ireland. B-Ben Sangster (KY) 8-FG, Msw 6f, CARSON'S PROSPECT, 15-1 6-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, SILKY MITTS, 5-2 3rd-NKY, -9,550,000 ($90k), Maiden, 3yo, 1200m $30,000 OBS APR 2yo OMEGA QUALITY (c, 3, Elusive Quality--Juhnaya {Arg}, by Johannesburg) finished well down the field in a 1600m grass Shanghai Bobby (Harlan's Holiday), Ashford Stud, $20,000 test on debut, but perked up to finish third over track and trip 237 foals of racing age/20 winners/3 black-type winners Mar. 18 (video, gate 9). The colt=s dam was a treble Group 1 3-MVR, Msw 6f, TORN APART, 9-2 winner and two-time champion in Argentina, while his second dam Jus Agendi (Brz) (Nugget Point {Ire}) was victorious in the Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), Kor, $20,000 1996 G1 Brazilian Oaks. Omega Quality=s Heart=s Cry (Jpn) half- 202 foals of racing age/37 winners/5 black-type winners brother was sold for -160 million (US$1.4 million) as a foal at 7-TP, Msw 1 1/16m, BURCIAGA, 3-1 last year=s JRHA Select Sale. B-Teruya Yoshida (KY) $14,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl 6-AQU, Msw 1m, TAKE CHARGE AUBREY, 4-1 11th-HSN, -41,800,000 ($393k), Open Class, 4yo/up, 1400m $42,000 RNA SAR AUG yrl; $20,000 EAS MAY 2yo MOANIN (h, 6, Henny Hughes--Giggly, by Distorted Humor) won six of his first seven career appearances, including a Tokyo Treasure Beach (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Pleasant Acres Stallions, track record-setting performance in landing the G1 February S. $10,000 (1600m) in 2016 (video, gate 14). The New York-bred, a $90K 128 foals of racing age/18 winners/0 black-type winners FTSAUG yearling turned $335K OBSMAR breezer, has placed just 6-GP, Msw 7 1/2fT, BETA MAX, 5-1 twice in 11 runs since, but he was runner-up in listed company 6-GP, Msw 7 1/2fT, WHISKEY MOMENT, 12-1 in his most recent try at a dirt sprint. B-Empire Equines (NY)

Trinniberg (Teuflesberg), Rockridge Stud, $7,500 Sunday, April 1, 2018 23 foals of racing age/3 winners/1 black-type winner 8th-HSN, -19,950,000 ($188k), Allowance, 4yo/up, 1200m 6-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, FOREVER DREAMS, 2-1 OLD BAILEY (c, 4, To Honor and Serve--Passion Du Coeur, by $10,000 FTN MIX wnl Distorted Humor), a $220K FTSAUG acquisition by Sheikh Mohammed in 2015, has amassed a record of 6-2-2 on the dirt. Turbo Compressor (Halo's Image), Breakway Farm, $3,500 An easy allowance winner at Chukyo last December (video, gate 34 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners 10), he most recently returned from a freshening to be a close 6-SA, Aoc 6 1/2f, ATREVIDA, 20-1 third over course and trip Mar. 11. Cont. p4

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Old Bailey cont. Macha's Reward, c, 3, Warrior=s Reward--Sapphire Hill, by The dark bay is out of a full-sister to MSW & MGSP Distorted Smart Strike. OP, 3-29, (C), 1 1/16m, 1:46.51. B-James R. Clanin Passion (o/o SW Arianna=s Passion, by Unbridled=s Song), dam of (KY). *$10,000 Ylg '16 KEEJAN. MGSW & GISP Mrs McDougal (Medaglia d=Oro). His now 2yo Gosilently, g, 5, Silent Name (Jpn)--Beauty by George, by half-brother by Union Rags was a $650K purchase by Honour and Glory. SA, 3-29, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.98. B-Peggy Conroy Baker/Mack at Saratoga last summer. B-Elm Tree Farm (KY) (NY). *$9,500 RNA Ylg '14 FTNMIX.

ADMIRAL'S CRUISE, Admiral's Win, m, 6, o/o Win Sting, by Scorpion. AOC, 3-29, Gulfstream Park ALLOWANCE RESULTS: AFLEET ALEX, Tahoe Dream, f, 3, o/o Trout River Red, by Indian 8th-OP, $84,000, (NW1$6MX)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-29, 4yo/up, Charlie. AOC, 3-29, Oaklawn Park 6f, 1:10.04, gd. BERNARDINI, Longden (GB), r, 3, o/o Gracefield, by Storm Cat. SMART SPREE (g, 7, Smart Strike--Celebrate, by Rahy) Lifetime MSW, 3-29, Santa Anita Record: 33-9-6-1, $301,525. O-Trinity Racing Stables, Inc. & CREATIVE CAUSE, Good Creation, f, 3, o/o Dance to Reason, by Racer's Edge Inc.; B-George Strawbridge (ON); T-Norman Devil's Bag. MSW, 3-29, Oaklawn Park McKnight. *1/2 to Occasional View (Silver Deputy), GSW, DISCREETLY MINE, Discreetly D, g, 3, o/o Evening Muse, by $628,455; Lucky Lindy (Harlan=s Holiday), MGSW, $319,771. Invasor (Arg). MSW, 3-29, Fair Grounds MORE THAN READY, Cocktail Skirt, f, 3, o/o Jovani, by Broad Brush. MCL, 3-29, Gulfstream Park 4th-SA, $64,035, (C)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-29, 4yo/up, 1mT, OXBOW, Ox Eyed Daisy, f, 3, o/o A P's Hidden Honey, by A.P. 1:33.94, fm. Indy. MSW, 3-29, Gulfstream Park KENJISSTORM (h, 6, Stormy Atlantic--Back in Time, by Empire SILENT NAME (JPN), Gosilently, g, 5, o/o Beauty by George, by Maker) Lifetime Record: 29-5-4-2, $231,650. O-Head of Plains Honour and Glory. MSW, 3-29, Santa Anita Partners LLC, KM Racing Enterprise, Inc. & J. Carillo; B-Dapple SMART STRIKE, Smart Spree, g, 7, o/o Celebrate, by Rahy. AOC, Bloodstock & Susan Bunning (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. *$130,000 3-29, Oaklawn Park Wlg '12 FTKNOV; $145,000 RNA Ylg '13 FTSAUG; $95,000 RNA STORMY ATLANTIC, Kenjisstorm, h, 6, o/o Back in Time, by 2yo '14 OBSAPR; $165,000 2yo '14 OBSOPN. Empire Maker. AOC, 3-29, Santa Anita WARRIOR'S REWARD, Macha's Reward, c, 3, o/o Sapphire Hill, by Smart Strike. MCL, 3-29, Oaklawn Park 10th-GP, $48,000, (S),(NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 3-29, 4yo/up, YES IT'S TRUE, True Royalty, f, 3, o/o High Wire, by Street Cry f/m, 1mT, 1:35.99, fm. (Ire). AOC, 3-29, Santa Anita ADMIRAL'S WIN (m, 6, Admiral's Cruise--Win Sting, by Scorpion) Lifetime Record: 19-4-0-5, $92,820. O/B-Santa Cruz " " " Ranch (FL); T-Juan P. Rizo.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Discreetly D, g, 3, Discreetly Mine--Evening Muse, by Invasor Thoroughbred Daily News (Arg). FG, 3-29, (S), 6f, 1:10.75. B-Michael & Cynthia Villar (LA). *$23,000 Ylg '16 ESLYRL. **1ST-TIME STARTER. @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN Cocktail Skirt, f, 3, More Than Ready--Jovani, by Broad Brush. @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN GP, 3-29, (C), 1 1/16mT, 1:44.68. B-Kendall E. Hansen, M.D. @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley Racing, LLC (KY). *$65,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $30,000 RNA 2yo '17 FTFMAR. @MKane49 @thorntontd @garykingTDN @SarahKAndrew @theTDN @JBiancaTDN