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TEPIN RETURNS AT TAMPA MOHAYMEN STILL ON HIS GAME Mohaymen (Tapit), the undefeated early favorite for the GI Kentucky Derby, has apparently exited his decisive tally in Gulfstream=s Jan. 30 GII Holy Bull S. in good order. Shadwell=s $2.2-million KEESEP yearling breezed four panels in a bullet :47.75 at Palm Meadows Friday and has the GII Fountain of Youth S. back in Hallandale next on his agenda. AHe worked great,@ offered trainer Kiaran Mohaymen | Coglianese McLaughlin. AI was looking for a little bit slower work [Friday] just because we=re not looking to go fast. But, he did it easy. He started off like :12 Tepin | Keeneland/Coady 4/5 and then he just picked it up on his own and finished great. He went in :47 3/5, but didn=t look like he went that fast. We=re Last year=s champion female turf horse Tepin (Bernstein) kicks very happy. He wouldn=t blow out a match after and came back off her 5-year-old season against a number of formidable foes in great.@ He added, AWe have one more work next week and on to Tampa=s GIII Lambholm South Endeavour S. Saturday. The Bat Masterson colorbearer was a head and a nose away from a the Fountain of Youth. He=s just doing great. We=re very happy.@ perfect seven-for-seven season in 2015, suffering heartbreakers in Saratoga=s GI Diana S. and GI Ballston Spa S. after annexing the GII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile in May and Belmont=s GI Just a Game S. in June. Putting those tough beats behind her with a seven-length drubbing over soft turf in Keeneland=s GI First Lady S. Oct. 3, Tepin turned in one of the most impressive performances of Breeders= Cup weekend when she comfortably CHINA HORSE CLUB BUYS SIYOUNI SHARE handled males in the GI Mile Oct. 31. AWe feel she is training The China Horse Club purchased another share in Siyouni super,@ offered trainer Mark Casse, also saddles 2014 Canadian through Arqana Online Friday. Horse of the Year Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) in this spot. AShe is Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. the same Tepin we saw last year, and we=re expecting big things from her again.@ Cont. p7 This colt from the first crop of Itsmyluckyday looks to have PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord caught the attention of the mares [email protected] in the nearby paddock with his SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER already lovely stride. Out of Said Sue Finley @suefinley and Done, he was born at [email protected] Spendthrift Farm Jan. 30. Photo V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN courtesy foalphotos.com. Users [email protected] may submit foal photos directly EDITORIAL to the site. [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor: Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor: >FIRE= FACES SHIPPERS IN DAVIS 5 Steve Sherack @Steve SherackTDN Racing Editor: Fleet-footed and locally based Morning Fire (Friesan Fire) will look to Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN carry his speed around two turns for the first time while facing rivals Associate Editor: from several high-profile barns in Tampa's GIII Sam F. Davis S. Saturday. Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Assistant Editors: Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN 3YOS HIT THE HIGHWAY AT GOLDEN GATE 6 ADVERTISING With no shortage of sophomore prospects in the stable, trainer Doug O'Neill [email protected] and Reddam Racing LLC have a major chance to mint another graded stakes Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer winner when Frank Conversation (Quality Road) goes to post as the 2-1 morning Advertising Manager: Lia Kusch Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: line choice in Saturday's GIII El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry MARKETING STRATEGIST Brittlan Wall @BrittlanWall [email protected] EST Race Click for TV CUSTOMER SERVICE 2:00p Royal Delta S.-GII, GP (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG [email protected] Director of Customer Service: 2:15p Sam F. Davis S.-GIII, TAM (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG Vicki Forbes 3:43p Barbara Fritchie S.-GII, LRL (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 3:45p Endeavour S.-GIII, TAM (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG Director of IT: Ray Villa 4:35p Arcadia S.-GII, SA (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG [email protected] 4:45p Tampa Bay S.-GIII, TAM (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley 7:00p El Camino Real Derby-GII, GG (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG [email protected] 7:15p Santa Maria S.-GII, SA (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG European Editor: Emma Berry [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax)

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>CITY GIRL= LOOKS TO FILL BIG SIS=S SHOES With her two-years-older half-sister and former stablemate La Verdad (Yes It=s True) officially retired after earning an Eclipse as champion female sprinter in 2015, Hot City Girl (City Zip) kicks off her 4-year-old campaign for Lady Sheila Stable and Linda Rice in Saturday=s GII Barbara Fritchie H. at Laurel Park. The chestnut earned her first graded victory with a front-running success in the GIII Charles Town Oaks Sept. 19, and added a facile optional claiming tally at Belmont before airing by 8 1/4 lengths in the track-and-trip Safely Kept S. Nov. 14. She nearly ran away with the GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita Dec. 26, only to settle for second behind the late charge of Birdatthewire (Summer Bird). La Verdad finished second in this event two years ago. In addition to training that champion, Rice conditioned both Hot City Girl=s sire and dam for different owners. With some higher-profile connections shipping horses in, local hope Lady Sabelia (Majestic Warrior) could receive a little less support than she might normally as defending champion. The dark bay earned her fourth-consecutive victory over Princess Violet (Officer) here 12 months ago, but faded to last after setting very swift splits in Keeneland=s GI Madison S. in April. Second in Pimlico=s Skipat S. in May, she resurfaced to romp by 7 1/4 lengths with a career- best 101 Beyer Speed Figure in Belmont=s Pumpkin Pie S. Nov. 1 and was last seen annexing the Willa On the Move S. here Dec. 5. >TDN Rising Star= Wonder Gal (Tiz Wonderful) has a chance to regain her best form on the cut back in distance. The Leah Gyarmati pupil has hit the board four times at the highest level, most recently when second in Belmont=s GI Mother Goose S. last June. A disappointing eighth in the GI Test S. at Saratoga in August, the New York-bred bounced back to take the 8 1/2- panel, restricted Empire Distaff H. Oct. 24 before filling out the trifecta in both Aqueduct=s nine-furlong GIII Comely S. Nov. 28 and Ladies H. over an extended mile Jan. 10.

Saturday, Laurel Park, post time: 3:43 p.m. EST BARBARA FRITCHIE H.-GII, $300,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Sweet On Smokey Successful Appeal Carrasco Gonzalez 20-1 2 Clothes Fall Off K Daaher Toledo McLaughlin 8-1 3 Hot City Girl City Zip Ortiz Rice 9-5 4 Princess Violet Officer McCarthy Hushion 6-1 5 Lady Sabelia Majestic Warrior Karamanos Graham 2-1 6 Dancing House Tapit Carmouche McLaughlin 5-1 7 Wonder Gal Tiz Wonderful Ortiz, Jr. Gyarmati 10-1 TJCIS PPs Owners: 1-BB Horses, 2-Cheyenne Stables LLC, Southern Equine Stable LLC and Hat Creek Racing, 3-Lady Sheila Stable, 4-Barry K. Schwartz, 5-Mrs. Frank P. Wright, 6-Godolphin Racing LLC, 7-Treadway Racing Stable. Breeders: 1-Tom McCrocklin & Frank Mermenstein, 2-Dean Hayes & Shadwell Farm, LLC., 3-Eklektikos Stable LLC, 4-Stonewall Farm, 5-Mrs. Frank P. Wright, 6-Darley, 7-Apache Farm LLC HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 4 OF 10 $ THETDN.COM SATURDAY $ FEB. 13, 2016

INTRIGUING GROUP ASSEMBLED FOR ARCADIA settled for a close third at odds-on after failing to make the lead in Del Mar=s GI Hollywood Derby Nov. 28. He had no trouble Accomplished 8-year-old Obviously (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) takes sitting second, however, when annexing the GII Mathis Brothers on some hot shots half his age Saturday in an interesting Mile here Dec. 26. Bolo (Temple City) was a stakes-winning renewal of the GII Arcadia S. at Santa Anita. The earner of over turfer at two, but found himself on the GI Kentucky Derby trail $1.5 million earned his second career at three, and finished third in both the GII Grade I tally in the 2014 Shoemaker Mile San Felipe S. here in March and GI Santa over course and distance, but and Anita Derby in April. Twelfth in the ARun finished that year=s campaign with a fifth- for the Roses,@ he bounced back in a place run in the GI Breeders= Cup Mile. grassy allowance here later that month, He made only two starts last season, but was pulled up and vanned off after finishing a valiant third over yielding sod setting the pace as the favorite in the GI in the GI Woodbine Mile Sept. 13, and Belmont Derby July 4. Three time graded fading to ninth after predictably showing stakes-placed on the dirt last season, the way in the BC Mile at Keeneland on Prospect Park (Tapit) turned in an Halloween. Proving he hasn=t lost a step explosive performance to defeat Om in at his age, the Phil d=Amato pupil nearly Om | Benoit Photo the GIII La Jolla H. at Del Mar Aug. 9, but ran off with the nine-furlong GII San hasn=t been seen since finishing third at 3-10 in the Del Mar Gabriel S. here Jan. 2, only to be collared late by 46-1 outsider Derby. He is expected to scratch in favor of an allowance Flamboyant (Fr) (Peer Gynt {Jpn}), who proved that effort was Sunday. no fluke with a victory in last Saturday=s GII San Marcos S. Flashy 4-year-old Om (Munnings) sports a three-for-three record over this turf course, including two tallies at the distance. The K chestnut annexed the Sept. 6 GII Del Mar Derby and local GII Look for the throughout the TDN graded stakes Twilight Derby Oct. 24--both going an additional furlong--but entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. 2016 Fee: $6,500 Stands and Nurses

First-Crop 2YOs make their Debut this year

“After Maclean’s Music breezed “I have never sat on a horse that ran that fast 6 furlongs in 1:10 flat, I called and won so easily. He was just cruising and I never asked him to run and we went in Stonestreet and told them, ‘he is a 1:07 2/5. That was unbelievable, I am certain different breed, they don’t come this fast.’” Maclean’s Music was a superstar.”

“Maclean’s Music, those are nice horses. “Maclean’s Music is one of the fastest colts We’ve had maybe four or five of them. I have been a part of breeding and racing. I bought one ... and I also bred to him. We knew he was something special, and he They just have a nice way about them. proved it. His physical presence alone would They’re good movers who have got a bit of entice any mare owner to breed to him, but quality. They’re going in the right direction.” that coupled with his amazing speed and brilliance? It’s the recipe for greatness.”

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Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 4:30 p.m. EST handles it,@ offered trainer Keith Nations. AIt=s always a good ARCADIA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1mT thing to play in your own backyard and not have to ship, and I PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML think [the Pasco victory] will benefit him... If he handles the K 1 Om Munnings Stevens Hendricks 7-5 distance and gets a good trip, I think he should fit well with 2 Cape Wolfe (GB) Piccolo (GB) Bejarano D'Amato 6-1 those horses.@ Todd Pletcher, who owns a record five Davis 3 Yes Yes Yes K City Zip Blanc Eurton 20-1 trophies, saddles a pair of runners in search of number six. 4 Big Cazanova (Arg) Giant's Causeway Talamo Miller 20-1 5 Bolo Temple City Prat Gaines 4-1 Gettysburg (Pioneerof the Nile) failed to overcome a rough start 6 Obviously (Ire) Choisir (Aus) Smith D'Amato 6-5 when unveiled at Belmont Oct. 29, but checked in a well-beaten 7 Prospect Park Tapit Desormeaux Sise Jr. 4-1 third behind stablemate Neolithic (Harlan=s Holiday) in TJCIS PPs Hallandale Dec. 12. He was most recently seen dictating terms Owners: 1-Sareen Family Trust, 2-Sterling Stables LLC, Ellis or Gorman Et Al, and drawing off in a nine-furlong affair Jan. 9. Pletcher=s other 3-Always Believe, Inc., 4-Dona Licha or Barber or Wachtel Stable, Et Al, runner is Destin (Giant=s Causeway), who donned cap and gown 5-Golden Pegasus Racing, Inc. & E.I. Mack, LLC, 6-Fanticola or Scardino, first up at Belmont Oct. 11 before being upset at 3-10 in a one- 7-Pam & Martin Wygod. Breeders: 1-Lavin Bloodstock, Bernie Sams mile Gulfstream optional claimer Dec. 18. He was fourth last &William S. Farish, Jr., 2-Fernham Farm Ltd, 3-Royal Pegasus LLC, 4-Haras time in the GIII LeComte S. at Fair Grounds. Graham Motion de La Pomme, 5-Spendthrift Farm, LLC, 6-Miss Deidre Cogan, 7-Pam & trainee Rafting (Tapit) was last seen annexing Gulfstream Park Martin Wygod. West=s Smooth Air S. Nov. 28, while Mark Casse pupil Whatawonderflworld (Tiz Wonderful) wheels back off short >FIRE= FACES SHIPPERS IN DAVIS rest, having scored a third-straight victory in the restricted OBS Fleet-footed and locally based Morning Fire (Friesan Fire) will Championship S. over that venue=s synthetic track Jan. 26. look to carry his speed around two turns for the first time while facing rivals from several high-profile barns in Tampa=s GIII Sam F. Davis S. Saturday. Second in a pair of restricted stakes at Parx late last year, the chestnut resurfaced in this venue=s seven- Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 2:15 p.m. EST furlong Pasco S. Jan. 23, SAM F. DAVIS S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m and turned in a sharp PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML front-running 1 No More Chillin First Dude Villa-Gomez Potts 30-1 K performance to earn his 2 Gettysburg Pioneerof the Nile Castellano Pletcher 5-2 3 Destin K Giant's Causeway Velazquez Pletcher 3-1 first stakes victory and 4 Whatawonderflworld Tiz Wonderful Lezcano Casse 7-2 a career and field-best 5 Rafting Tapit Prado Motion 7-2 90 Beyer Speed Figure. 6 Morning Fire Friesan Fire Centeno Nations 4-1 This will be his first 7 Awesome Slate K Summer Bird Leparoux Lynch 15-1 attempt beyond seven TJCIS PPs eighths, but experience Owners: 1-The Elkstone Group, LLC, 2-WinStar Farm, LLC, 3-Twin Creeks Morning Fire | Tampa Bay Downs over the local strip has Racing Stables, LLC, 4-Gary Barber, 5-Wertheimer and Frere, 6-Mercedes proven an advantage here before. AI=ve been looking forward to Stables, LLC, 7-Riversedge Racing Stables, Ltd. Breeders: 1-Crane South, stretching him out, and it will be interesting to see how he 2-Whisper Hill Farm, 3-James C. Weigel &Taylor Made Stallions Inc., 4-T/C Stable, LLC, 5-Wertheimer et Frere, 6-Cynthia Hipple, 7-WinStar Farm, LLC. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 6 OF 10 $ THETDN.COM SATURDAY $ FEB. 13, 2016

3YOS HIT THE HIGHWAY AT GOLDEN GATE behind subsequent >TDN Rising Star= Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy) in his seven-furlong unveiling at Santa Anita Dec. 26 and With no shortage of sophomore prospects in the stable, recently graduated over 6 1/2 furlongs there Jan. 18. Graham trainer Doug O=Neill and Reddam Racing LLC have a major Motion sends a pair of runners to Berkeley for this increasingly chance to mint another graded stakes winner when Frank rare graded stakes opportunity over an all- Conversation (Quality Road) goes to post as weather surface. the 2-1 morning line choice in Saturday=s GIII Team Valor International and Gary Barber=s El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields. Kasseopia (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) was The bay broke his maiden in a down-the-hill privately purchased following a dominant turf dash at Santa Anita in October and ran maiden score in England and traveled across third behind Dressed in Hermes (Hat Trick the Atlantic to run second behind Riker {Jpn}) in the GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. at Del Mar (Include) in Woodbine=s Grey S. Oct. 4. The Nov. 29 prior to closing out his juvenile chestnut adds Lasix for this first start in the campaign with a fifth-place run in the GI Los Motion barn and perhaps signaled his Alamitos Futurity back on dirt Dec. 19. Frank Frank Conversation | Vassar Photography readiness with a bullet five-panel drill in Conversation=s primary advantage in this 1:00.90 at Palm Meadows Jan. 30. AWe gave test, however, comes with the experience gained from a him an easy month after the race in Canada with the idea of decisive 2 1/2-length score over the local synthetic surface in taking him to Florida,@ Motion said. AHe=s been breezing on the the Jan. 16 California Derby. The colt earned a career-top 91 dirt at and he handled it well. Ideally, we=d like to run him in an Beyer Speed Figure and defeated three re-opposing rivals in that allowance on the dirt, but there isn=t anything until the end of effort--one that stamps him clearly as the one to beat in the El the month and we want to get him going.@ Meanwhile, Camino Real. stablemate Tusk (Tapit) recently returned from a brief layoff to His stiffest competition may come from Mr. Coker (Candy Ride run third in a grassy one-mile optional claimer in Arcadia and {Arg}) and Jerry Hollendorfer, who has trained a record six ships north for this first try at the nine-furlong distance. Cont. p7 winners of the race. Mr. Coker reported home a clear second HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 7 OF 10 $ THETDN.COM SATURDAY $ FEB. 13, 2016

ECR Derby cont. 13 Mana Strike Papa Clem Mawing Lucarelli 15-1 Klein, Lebherz or Meister=s Marqula (Coast Guard) has 14 Giopress K Gio Ponti Gomez Gonzalez 20-1 demonstrated steady improvement in each of his last four TJCIS PPs starts, and looms as an intriguing longshot based on his Owners: 1-Napoleon M. Lopez, 2-Team Valor International & Barber, consistency alone. Conditioned by Jeff Bonde--who won last 3-Johnny Taboada, 4-Steve Beneto, 5-Ronald Day & Derrick Fisher, 6-Godolphin Racing LLC, 7-Klein, Lebherz or Meister, 8-Flaxman Holdings, year=s renewal with Metaboss (Street Boss)--Marqula was last Ltd., 9-Rozamund Barclay, 10-Bloom Racing Stable LLC or Head of Plains seen rallying late to complete the exacta behind Frank Partners LLC, 11-Barrows, Brehm, Desormeaux, Fox or Mitchell, 12-Reddam Conversation in the California Derby. Racing LLC, 13-David P. Taylor, Jr., 14-Al Bresciani or Cindy or Tom Waterson. Breeders: 1-Whitehall Lane Farm, Inc., 2-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd, 3-George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt, 4-Blue Heaven Farm, 5-Whisperview Trading Ltd, 6-Darley, 7-Jean M. G. Welch, 8-Flaxman Holdings Limited, Saturday, Golden Gate Fields, post time: 6:45 p.m. EST 9-Rozamund Barclay, 10-Oxley, TCF Stallions et al& Robert Losey, EL CAMINO REAL DERBY-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m 11-Summer Wind Farm, 12-Marc Keller, 13-Bar C Racing Stables Inc, 14-J. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML D. Squires & P. Frank Gardner. 1 Kelly With a Twist High Cotton Cedillo Calvario 30-1 2 Kasseopia (GB) Showcasing (GB) Van Dyke Motion 7-2 3 Touched by Autism Sierra Sunset Alvarado Stortz 30-1 ENDEAVOUR S. CONT. FROM P1 4 Mr. Coker K Candy Ride (Arg) Gonzalez Hollendorfer 9-2 Tepin=s training has been disrupted slightly due to wet 5 Oscar Dominguez (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Couton Gallagher 15-1 weather, but she returned to the Palm Meadows turf course for 6 San Dimas Hard Spun Gonzalez Harty 20-1 her final drill--a :49 2/5 (6/21) breeze Feb. 6. AIt has been a bit of 7 Marqula Coast Guard Frey Bonde 8-1 a challenge getting her ready because of the weather. That said, 8 Tusk K Tapit Hernandez Motion 15-1 all systems are go,@ Casse offered. AShe is a tough horse and a 9 Algenon Aragorn (Ire) Martinez Kasmerski 15-1 good work horse, and that helps you because those kind of K 10 Diplodocus Sky Mesa Baze Baltas 15-1 horses put a lot into it. I believe in confidence, and she has a lot K 11 Go Long Congrats Lopez Desormeaux 20-1 of confidence. She got into a groove last year and hopefully it 12 Frank Conversation Quality Road Gutierrez O'Neill 2-1 will keep going.@ Cont. p8 TDN=s Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato will make $50 Win/Place bets on each Kentucky Derby prep and Triple Crown race. The handicapper with the highest bankroll after the Belmont Stakes wins. Scratches will result in the post time favorite. GIII Robert B. Lewis S. - I Will Score got the trip I was looking for GIII Robert B. Lewis S. - Let=s Meet in Rio went off at better on the front end through sensible early fractions, but got reeled odds than I was expecting (9-1), but he stopped badly and in late to finish a respectable third at 5-2. Total: $0. finished a well-beaten fifth behind his stablemate. Not the most auspicious start to this contest, but I usually take some time to GIII El Camino Real Derby - Was I a week too early on the lightly warm up. On to the next one... Total: $0. raced Hollendorfer runner stretching out? Let=s hope so. Mr. Coker (Candy Ride {Arg}) stamped himself as one to watch with GIII El Camino Real Derby - This race obviously goes through a strong second behind impressive next-out optional claiming Frank Conversation (Quality Road), who was very visually winner and GII San Felipe S.-bound Danzing Candy in his seven- impressive beating three returning rivals in the California Derby furlong debut at Santa Anita Dec. 26 (worth watching his gallop- here last month. But he got as perfect a trip as a horse can get, out). He ran to the money with a 1 1/2-length graduation going and that race was a huge jump up from a speed figure 6 1/2 furlongs in Arcadia Jan. 18, and now tackles two turns and perspective. He can win, but from the 12 hole he=s definitely winners for the first time in this ambitious spot. Hollendorfer worth taking a shot against. Kasseopeia (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) has won this race four times since 2006, including with Candy feels like the most intriguing alternative. He finished his British Ride=s Chocolate Candy in >09. It=s no secret that progeny of the campaign with a Polytrack romp at Kempton in September Lane=s End sire love the all-weather--see Shared Belief, (video), and gave a good account of himself when second to Misremembered, Sidney=s Candy, Twirling Candy, Dubai Sky, completely loose-on-the-lead Riker in Woodbine=s GIII Grey S. etc.--and Mr. Coker certainly has every right to improve. The The chestnut had some time off, but makes his first start for chestnut has some pedigree to go long, too. His dam Our Graham Motion, who is struggling a bit at the moment, but who Khrysty (Newfoundland), a half-sister to GI Whitney H. winner does exceptional work with European imports. Selection: #2 Bullsbay (Tiznow), won the GIII Turnback the Alarm H. going Kasseopeia (7-2). 1 1/16 miles at Belmont. Selection: #4 Mr. Coker (9-2). HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 8 OF 10 $ THETDN.COM SATURDAY $ FEB. 13, 2016

Endeavour S. cont. Certainly no other runner in the Endeavour boasts a resume like Tepin=s, but that=s not to say there aren=t other accomplished mares in the group. Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) broke through at the graded level for trainer Graham Motion in Monmouth=s GIII Violet S. Aug. 29, and shipped to Santa Anita to upset the GI Rodeo Drive S. Sept. 26. Fifth in the Oct. 31 GI Breeders= Cup F/M Turf, she subsequently sold for $3 million to J. J. Crupi=s New Castle Farm on behalf of Teresa Viola Stables and was turned over to Todd Pletcher. Lady Lara (Ire) (Excellent Art {GB}) went 3-2-1-0 in her first three North American appearances, but endured a three-race off-the-board streak behind Tepin in the Distaff Turf Mile, Just a Game and Diana. Second and third, respectively, in Belmont=s GIII Noble Damsel S. Sept. 19 and GIII Athenia S. Oct. 17, she rediscovered her best form to take Gulfstream Park West=s GIII My Charmer H. Nov. 21. Third finisher Sandiva (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) returned to take Gulfstream=s GIII Marshua=s River S. Nov. 21, and is the morning-line favorite for Saturday=s GII Royal Delta S. Owners: 1-Miller Racing, LLC, 2-Calumet Farm, 3-Derrick Smith, Michael B. Tabor and Mrs. John Magnier, 4-Godolphin Racing LLC, 5-Al Shaqab Racing, 6-Miller Racing, LLC. Breeders: 1-Don Ameche III, Don Ameche Jr. &Prancing Horse Enterprises, 2-Padua Stables, LLC, 3-John D. Gunther, Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 3:45 p.m. EST 4-Darley, 5-Denis McDonnell, 6-James & Janeane Everatt & J. Arika LAMBHOLM SOUTH ENDEAVOUR S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT Everatt-Meeuse PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Lovely Loyree Cactus Ridge De La Cruz Boyce 12-1 Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST K 2 Partisan Politics More Than Ready Velazquez Brown 5-1 SANTA MARIA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m 3 Lady Lara (Ire) Excellent Art (GB) Lezcano Mott 4-1 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 4 Photo Call (Ire) K Galileo (Ire) Castellano Pletcher 9-2 1 Star Act Street Cry (Ire) Baze Sherman 15-1 5 Tepin Bernstein Leparoux Casse 7-5 2 Gas Total (Brz) Sulamani (Ire) Prat Mandella 6-1 6 Bureau de Change Exchange Rate Bravo Lynch 10-1 3 Birdatthewire K Summer Bird Smith Proctor 5-2 7 Lexie Lou Sligo Bay (Ire) Gallardo Casse 8-1 4 Big Break Mr. Big Maldonado Knapp 20-1 TJCIS PPs 5 Kyriaki K Scat Daddy Bejarano Eurton 12-1 Owners: 1-Feel The Thunder Stable, Oak Rock Racing, LLC and Biondo 6 Living The Life (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Stevens Mandella 6-1 Bojarski, et al., 2-Klaravich Stables, Inc. and William H. Lawrence, 7 Yahilwa K Medaglia d'Oro Talamo Cassidy 7-2 3-Swettenham Stud, 4-Teresa Viola Racing Stables, 5-Robert E. Masterson, 8 Tara's Tango Unbridled's Song Garcia Hollendorfer 2-1 6-Amerman Racing, LLC, 7-Gary Barber. Breeders: 1-Barr Three LLC, 2-Dell TJCIS PPs Ridge Farm, LLC, 3-Shanty Syndicate, 4-Mrs Evie Stockwell, 5-Machmer Hall, Owners: 1-George Krikorian, 2-Haras Phillipson, Inc., 3-Forum Racing IV, 6-Mrs. Jerry Amerman, 7-Paradox Farm. LLC, 4-Barron or Knapp, 5-Ciaglia Racing LLC or Savides, 6-HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing, LLC, 7-DP Racing, 8-Stonestreet Stables, LLC. Breeders: 1-George Krikorian, 2-Haras Phillipson, 3-Lynn Jones & Kathy Jones, Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 2:00 p.m. EST 4-George Krikorian, 5-James T. Scatuorchio, 6-Michael Begley, 7-Avalon ROYAL DELTA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m Farms, Inc., 8-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Call Pat K Lawyer Ron Lopez Cox 4-1 Don=t miss the latest episode of 2 Gamblers Rose K Pulpit Lanerie Romans 20-1 Thoroughbred Week, where John 3 Enchantress K Malibu Moon Gaffalione Pletcher 15-1 Henderson recaps the major North 4 Penwith Bernardini Saez McLaughlin 5-2 American stakes from the past week, 5 Sandiva (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Rosario Pletcher 2-1 including the Las Virgenes Stakes, 6 Best Behavior K Into Mischief Zayas Wolfson 3-1 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, Palos Verdes TJCIS PPs Stakes and more. Click here. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 9 OF 10 $ THETDN.COM SATURDAY $ FEB. 13, 2016

Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 4:45 p.m. EST TAMPA BAY S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/16mT FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII SOUTHWEST S. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 War Correspondent War Front Velazquez Clement 7-2 2 Old Time Hockey Smarty Jones Allen Jr. Proctor 8-1 3 A Lot K Tapit Lezcano Mott 10-1 4 Flashy Chelsey K Flashy Bull Albarado O'Connor 30-1 5 Special Envoy Stroll Centeno Delacour 15-1 6 Sky Captain K Sky Mesa Gallardo Casse 5-1 7 Reload Hard Spun Castellano McGaughey 6-1 8 Take the Stand (Arg) Not For Sale (Arg) Prado Mott 15-1 Monday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:09 p.m. EST 9 Spark Kit Kitalpha De La Cruz Aschinger 30-1 SOUTHWEST S.-GIII, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m 10 Grand Tito K Candy Ride (Arg) Jaramillo Delgado 4-1 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 11 Karibu Gardens Flower Alley Bravo Carroll 6-1 1 Collected K City Zip Garcia Baffert 122 12 Solemn Tribute K Medaglia d'Oro Leparoux Lynch 12-1 2 Whitmore Pleasantly Perfect Smith Moquett 117 TJCIS PPs 3 American Dubai K E Dubai De La Cruz Richards 115 Owners: 1-Calumet Farm, Sagamore Farm and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, 4 Torrontes Macho Uno Hill Gorder 115 2-Glen Hill Farm, 3-Amerman Racing, LLC, 4-Bruce McCrea, 5-Mr. and 5 Bird of Trey Birdstone Navarro Servis 117 Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone, 6-John C. Oxley, 7-Phipps Stable, 8-Earle I. 6 Synchrony Tapit Bridgmohan Von Hemel 117 Mack, LLC, Wachtel Stable and Brous Stable, LLC, 9-Aschinger Bloodstock, 7 Z Royal Eskendereya Stevens Lukas 115 LLC, 10-Grupo 7C Racing Stable, 11-Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc., 12-Lael 8 Gordy Florida Cactus Ridge Corbett Smith 115 Stables. Breeders: 1-Joseph Allen, 2-Glen Hill Farm, 3-Liberty Road Stables, 9 War Stroll Stroll Landeros McPeek 115 4-Augusta Farm, 5-Mr. & Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone, 6-Three Chimneys Farm, 10 Cutacorner Even the Score Hamilton Van Berg 117 LLC &Serengeti Stable, 7-Phipps Stable, 8-Santa Maria de Araras, 11 Siding Spring K Warrior's Reward Rocco, Jr. Casse 115 9-Bloodstock Holdings, LLC, 10-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton &Ben P. 12 Luna de Loco Malibu Moon Santana, Jr. Asmussen 115 Walden Jr., 11-Eugene Melnyk, 12-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. 13 Suddenbreakingnews K Mineshaft Quinonez Von Hemel 117 14 Discreetness K Discreet Cat Court Fires 122 Monday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 5:30 p.m. EST Owners: 1-Speedway Stable LLC, 2-Robert V LaPenta, Harry T Rosenblum & SAN VICENTE S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, 7f Southern Springs Stables (R Moquett), 3-Richard Keith, 4-Beckett Racing Team PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT LLC (Richard T Beckett) & David Thornton, 5-JRita Young Thoroughbreds LLC 1 Nyquist K Uncle Mo Gutierrez O'Neill 124 (Rita & Everett Young), 6-Pin Oak Stb (Josephine Abercrombie), 7-Zayat 2 Electrifying K Dunkirk Baze Baffert 120 Stables, LLC (Ahmed Zayat), 8-Dream Walkin Farms Inc (Toby Covel), 9-Turf 3 El Charro Put It Back Talamo Jacobson 120 Stable Racing (Lawrence R. Jones), 10-Kay Stillman, 11-Gabe Grossberg, 4 Denman's Call Northern Afleet Prat O'Neill 120 12-Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley), 13-Samuel F. Henderson, 14-Xpress 5 Exaggerator K Curlin Desormeaux Desormeaux 124 Thoroughbreds LLC (Dwight Pruett). Breeders: 1-Runnymede Farm Inc. & 6 Sheikh of Sheikhs K Discreetly Mine Bejarano Ward 120 Peter J. Callahan, 2-John Liviakis, 3-Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin III, 4-Crumbaugh Owners: 1-Reddam Racing, LLC, 2-Kaleem Shah, Inc., 3-Head of Plains Lane LLC, 5-JRitaYoung Thoroughbreds, LLC, 6-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 7-Zayat Partners LLC or Jacobson, 4-Gilman Racing or Westside Rentals.com or W. C. Stables, LLC, 8-Dream Walkin' Farms, 9-Barak Farm, 10-Millennium Farms, Racing, Inc., 5-Big Chief Racing, LLC, Rocker O Ranch, LLC or Desormeaux, 11-Doug Branham & Felicia Branham, 12-Calumet Farm, 13-Branch Equine, 6-Abdullah Saeed Almaddah. Breeders: 1-Summerhill Farm, 2-J. S. LLC, 14-Trackside Farm & Tenlane Farm McDonald, 3-Cherie M. Abner & Michael A. Bossio, 4-W C Racing, Milt Gilman & Mark Verge, 5-Joseph B. 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Warrior TBA Dilodovico 118 Information as to the American races, race results and 5 Sonny Inspired Artie Schiller Toledo Schoenthal 118 earnings was obtained from results charts published by 6 Majestic Affair K Majesticperfection Carmouche Brown 120 The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here 7 Any Court Inastorm Successful Appeal Boyce Egan 118 with their permission. 8 Fabulous Kid Congrats McCarthy Jacobson 118 9 Majestic Hussar Majestic Warrior Carrasco Campbell 118 HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 10 OF 10 $ THETDN.COM SATURDAY $ FEB. 13, 2016

General George S. cont. Owners: 1-Mark Stansell, 2-Carl R. Moore Management, LLC (Carl R. Owners: 1-Mary E. Eppler Racing Stable, Inc. & Adam Staple, 2-Adam Staple Moore), 3-Rosemont Farm, LLC (James Eigel), 4-Katsumi Yoshida, 5-Charles & Jalin Stable, 3-Grant, Gaston and Grant, Anthony, 4-Richard J. E. Fipke, 6-Cottonwood Stables, LLC (Tommy Ligon & Pete Nance), 7-Hugh Hackerman, 5-D Hatman Thoroughbreds, 6-Coleman, Thomas and Doheny H. Robertson, 8-Mike G. Rutherford, 9-Stonestreet Stables, LLC (Barbara Racing Stable, 7-Joan P. Everett, 8-David Jacobson, 9-William B. Bayne, Jr. Banke). Breeders: 1-Mark Stansell, 2-Lakland Farm, 3-Rosemont Farm LLC, Breeders: 1-Gilbert G. Campbell, 2-Dr. James E. Bryant & Linda P. Davis, 4-Debby Oxley, 5-Charles Fipke, 6-Cottonwood Stables, LLC, 7-Thorostock 3-Kaz Hill Farm, 4-Richard J Hackerman, 5-Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGinnes, LLC, 8-Mike G. Rutherford, 9-Marbat, LLC 6-Doug Oliver, 7-W. Dale & Joan Everett, 8-Dr. K. K. Jayaraman MD &Dr. Vilasini Devi Jayaraman MD, 9-Joseph Witek Saturday, Feb. 20, Fair Grounds, post time: 3:25 p.m. EST MINESHAFT H.-GIII, $125,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m Saturday, Feb. 20, Fair Grounds, post time: 6:21 p.m. EST PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT VETERANS FORD RISEN STAR S.-GII, $400,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m 1 Majestic Harbor K Rockport Harbor Lanerie McGee 117 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 2 Point Piper Giant's Causeway Leparoux Hollendorfer 118 1 In Equality K Quality Road Alvarado Gyarmati 116 3 International Star Fusaichi Pegasus Mena Maker 121 2 Mo Tom K Uncle Mo Lanerie Amoss 120 4 Eagle Candy Ride (Arg) Hernandez, Jr. Howard 120 3 Dolphus Lookin At Lucky Hernandez Jr Sharp 116 5 Jessica's Star K Magna Graduate Geroux Stidham 112 K 4 Bistraya Haynesfield Maldonado Agarie 116 Owners: 1-Gallant Stable, LLC (Ron Beegle, et al), 2-Jose Luis Espinoza, 5 Forevamo Uncle Mo Hernandez Stall, Jr. 120 3-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey, 4-W. S. Farish, 5-Mark D. Breen. 6 Gun Runner Candy Ride (Arg) Geroux Asmussen 116 Breeders: 1-Liberation Farm & Brandywine Farm, 2-Barronstown Stud, K 7 Its All Relevant Hard Spun Bravo Schettino 116 3-Katharine M. Voss & Robert T. Manfuso, 4-W. S. Farish, 5-Elisabeth H. K 8 Tom's Ready More Than Ready Velazquez Stewart 116 Alexander. 9 Laoban K Uncle Mo Mena Guillot 116 10 Airoforce Colonel John Leparoux Casse 122 Saturday, Feb. 20, Fair Grounds, post time: 5:52 p.m. EST 11 Zapperini Ghostzapper Torres Foley 116 12 Uncle Walter K Uncle Mo Castellano Maker 116 FAIR GROUNDS H.-GIII, $125,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT 13 Candy My Boy K Candy Ride (Arg) Bridgmohan Brueggemann 116 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Wireless Future K Scat Daddy Lanerie Amoss 116 Owners: 1-Treadway Racing Stable (Jeff Treadway), 2-G M B Racing (Gayle 2 Potomac River English Channel Vargas Engler 115 K Benson), 3-Dede McGehee, 4-LeeAnn Ohanesian, 5-Brittlyn Stable, Inc. 3 Roman Approval Roman Ruler Castellano Maker 118 (Evelyn Benoit), 6-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimneys Farm, 4 Pumpkin Rumble English Channel Murrill Scherer 116 7-MeB Racing Stables LLC and Brooklyn Boyz Stables, 8-G M B Racing (Gayle 5 Same As Smart Strike Torres Engler 112 K Benson), 9-McCormick Racing LLC and Southern Equine Stable LLC, 10-John 6 Chocolate Ride Candy Ride (Arg) Geroux Cox 123 C. Oxley, 11-Lloyd Madison Farms IV, LLC (Fred Schwartz, et al), 7 Departing War Front Velazquez Stall, Jr. 121 12-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey, 13-Frank Mancari. Breeders: 1-Robert J. 8 Blarp War Front Hernandez Sharp 116 Costigan, 2-Hargus & Sandra Sexton & Silver FernFarm, 3-Heaven Trees Farm, 9 String King Crowned King Graham Smith 116 4-Avalon Farms, Inc., 5-Ocala Stud, 6-Besilu Stables, LLC, 7-Green Lantern Stables, LLC, 8-Blackstone Farm LLC, 9-Respite Farm, 10-Stewart M. Owners: 1-Klaravich Stables, Inc. (S. Klarman) & William H. Lawrence, Madison, 11-Lloyd Madison IV, LLC, 12-Lantern Hill Farm, 13-Craig B. 2-Maribel Ruelas, 3-Three Diamonds Farm (Kirk Wycoff), 4-Al & Bill Singer Ulwelling, 5-Galloping Gator, LLC (Wayne Carucci & Mick Cronin), 6-Wentworth Brochu, LLC (J. Wentworth & S. Brochu), 7-Adele B. Saturday, Feb. 20, Fair Grounds, post time: 5:23 p.m. EST Dilschneider & Claiborne Farm (Seth Hancock), 8-Robert L. Persons & Earl TWINSPIRES.COM RACHEL ALEXANDRA S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m Conrad Sanderson, Jr., 9-Charles C. Smith. Breeders: 1-Serendipity Farm, PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 2-Mereworth Farm, 3-Glencrest Farm LLC & Fox-Straus, 4-Smart Angle, 1 Shaken K Uncle Mo Hernandez Jr Stidham 116 5-Wertheimer & Frere, 6-Brian Kahn, 7-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. 2 Finley'sluckycharm K Twirling Candy Albarado Calhoun 116 Dilschneider, 8-James S. Karp, 9-Charlie Smith 3 Venus Valentine K Congrats Lanerie Amoss 116 4 Forever Darling K Congrats Castellano Baltas 122 5 Lemon Drop Belle Lemon Drop Kid Alvarado Stewart 116 6 Midnight On Oconee Midnight Lute Graham Jones 116 7 Lovable Lyss K Big Brown Torres Robertson 116 8 Stageplay Curlin Geroux Asmussen 120 9 Royal Obsession K Tapit Velazquez Asmussen 116 REGIONAL REPORT Saturday • Feb. 13, 2016 GLAUCINE: NEXT BIG PERFORMANCE- Pennsylvania authorities worked up some tests that involved exposing horses to different levels of tulip wood shavings, Aand ENHANCER OR ACCIDENTAL they actually found out that there was some potential for it to CONTAMINANT? be due to environmental contamination at the concentrations By T.D. Thornton that they found it,@ Benson said. When news broke early Thursday about an alleged series of ASo you have to look at the totality of the circumstances,@ positive tests for the substance glaucine involving high-profile Benson cautioned. ABecause [accidental contamination] is a Standardbred trainers in New York, the story was picked up by a possibility if you see it across horses, across trainers, and it all of number of international publications because of its potential for a sudden just kind of pops upY Now if it=s one horse, and it=s off creating bombshell reverberations in the rest of the racing the charts, then it=s a different question.@ world. The 2014 book Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A Worldwide The most arresting aspect of the story first reported by the Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions describes website Harnesslink.com was that two of the trainers allegedly glaucine as a Anon-narcotic antitussive agent with involved were Ron Burke and Julie Miller--among the biggest anti-inflammatory action but little analgesic actionY It is as names in United States harness racing. Miller is employed by Jeff effective as codeine, but has a shorter duration action.@ Gural, a track owner and racehorse owner who is known for his The book also describes human abuse of glaucine in herbal draconian, zero-tolerance crusading against drug cheats. Ahead candy@ tablet form to induce psychotic hallucinations. A secondary concern that filtered through the racing world in the last 48 hours is open speculation about whether glaucine, The initial Harnesslink story cited correspondence from which is known to ease breathing and improve airway intake, attorney Howard Taylor, who is also a Standardbred owner, could be the Atip of the iceberg@ in terms of being the latest claiming that Ahe has been retained by several trainers whose performance-enhancing drug to besmirch the sport. horses recently had positive tests in New York.@ But Dr. Dionne Benson, executive director and chief operating As of 5:00 p.m. Friday, the New York State Gaming officer for the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, the Commission online database of rulings listed no recent rulings industry-backed organization that develops uniform rules, related to glaucine. Lee Park, the director of communications for policies and testing standards, told TDN in a Friday phone the New York State Gaming Commission, did not immediately interview that because New York has yet to issue any official respond to a TDN request asking about details of how or if the rulings or disclose any concentration levels about the alleged state tests for glaucine. glaucine positives, it would be premature to leap to conclusions Gural owns the Meadowlands in New Jersey and Vernon of widespread abuse. Downs and Tioga Downs in New York. He campaigns a Glaucine isn=t even listed on the Uniform Classification Standardbred stable and owns at least one Thoroughbred that Guidelines for Foreign Substances and Recommended Penalties, has competed in New York over the past year. He has frequently Benson confirmed. been in the news over the past decade for his attempts to clean AIt certainly has potential to be performance-enhancing,@ up harness racing by barring dozens of horsemen from his tracks A = Benson said. It s used in European countries as a for alleged drug violations that Gural tests for independently pharmaceutical. The U.S. does not have any FDA-approved beyond what is required by state racing rules. over-the-counter or prescription drugs for animals or humans He issued a statement Friday that read, in part: that have glaucine in them. So if someone=s getting it, they=re AAlthough I am currently on vacation, I have been made aware not getting it though appropriate channels. It=s going to come that apparently several trainers at Yonkers Raceway including down to what kind of concentrations, whether horses had been Julie Miller and Ron Burke have had horses test positive for exposed to it, and whether the concentrations that they found are consistent with inadvertent environmental exposure.@ glaucine. As you know, Ms. Miller trains several horses for me In fact, Benson=s first thought when asked about glaucine and Mr. Burke trains Gural Hanover, a horse of which I am a positives was the possibility of accidental contamination from part-owner. Both trainers have already called me and vigorously wood shavings derived from tulip trees. denied the accusationsY Until an official announcement has AGlaucine is found in the tulip tree,@ Benson explained. been made by the NYGC, Ms. Miller, Mr. Burke, and other AInterestingly, we=ve seen this before. In 2013, the Pennsylvania trainers whose horses received positive tests are otherwise in commission had a rash of positives for glaucine. They were very good standing at our three facilities.@ concerned because it was across barns and it was across Benson said she didn=t know exactly which states test for trainers.@ glaucine or what their threshold levels might be. Cont. p2 Regional Report • PAGE 2 of 7 • thetdn.com Saturday • Feb. 13, 2016

Glaucine: Next Big Performance-Enhancer Cont. people over a couple times during the season if I can. This is a APennsylvania found it as early as 2013, so it=s not a new test,@ business that is totally consuming on every level. You have to be Benson said. AI=m not sure whether the lab director at the time able to switch it off sometimes and have confidence that shared it with anyone else, but it wasn=t something that they everything will still be there when you switch it back on. It took certainly kept hidden. Now as far as other laboratories, you=d me about 15 years to figure that out, but I knew that if I didn't, I have to ask them whether they have tests for it. But it does have wasn't going to be able to stay healthy." a specific molar mass, so hypothetically, with modern testing Despite losing one of his largest clients--Ike and Dawn Thrash-- methodology, you could have a test for it.@ just prior to the start of the Fair Grounds meet, healthy is just Benson said that although no one involved in New York equine how the veteran conditioner's season is going. Currently striking drug testing has contacted her office directly to discuss the at 22% and leading all conditioners at the New Orleans oval in RMTC=s glaucine protocols, the topic did come up at an RMTC both wins and earnings, the multiple Grade I-winning scientific advisory committee meeting earlier this week. 58-year-old native of Neptune, NJ, is on the threshold of Dr. Scott Palmer, the Equine Medical Director for the NYSGC, potentially claiming his first career training title when the asked about glaucine, Benson said, and he happened to be 19-week meet ends Mar. 27. sitting next to Dr. Mary Robinson, the director of Pennsylvania=s Equine Pharmacology Laboratory. "The Thrashes are good ASo they=ll get some information about the likelihood and the people and I enjoyed working types of concentrations that Pennsylvania saw so that they can with them," he explained. "I kind of compare it,@ Benson said. don't have a negative thing to say about them. I think that the move that they made was strictly from a business BALANCE THE KEY FOR STIDHAM standpoint and had everything to do with my program of By Michael Adolphson When Speedway Stable's 2013 Canadian champion 3-year-old moving from track-to-track not filly Leigh Court (Grand Slam) made her victorious 6-year-old working for them. Owners like bow for trainer Mike Stidham in Tuesday's Mardi Gras S. at Fair them put a lot of money into Grounds, it was a winner's circle scene that has become the game, so if something's not standard so far this working for them, they're going Leigh Court | Coady 2015-16 meet. This is a to make a business-based segment racing fans change." have seen ad After helping bring the Thrashes' Her Emmynency (Successful nauseam. A successful Appeal) back from a nearly life-threatening bout of colitis to a leading trainer holding victory in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland the hind quarters of one year later in October, the Thrashes' 13 horses--many of his victorious pupil into stakes caliber--were transferred from Stidham's care to that of place, flexing a smile Southern California-based Kristin Mulhall. for the camera with Mike Stidham | Horsephotos "I have to admit that it was naturally hard to take from a the comfort of a dental personal standpoint," he continued. "We put everything into our cleaning and then rushing off, phone deliberately in hand to jobs and when you get to the pinnacle--which is to win a Grade I report to the appropriate clients. at Keeneland--you think that you've not only given people what Stidham, though, has learned through 37 years of training they want, and you've achieved what everybody wants in Thoroughbreds that sometimes you have to replace that cellular winning the big race. To get told within a week of that the device--after all pertinent dealings have been dealt with--with a horses are being taken away was very tough, especially while we pair of running shoes or a wine glass in order to remain were preparing for the Fair Grounds, our premier meet of our prosperous. "I learned that you have to keep a balance to keep the sanity year. It was like the carpet got pulled out from under us. Luckily and be healthy," he said. "I put my headphones on and go things have gone our way since--we just had to restructure a running almost every day at City Park [in New Orleans] or have little bit." Cont. p3 Regional Report • PAGE 3 of 7 • thetdn.com Saturday • Feb. 13, 2016

Balance the Key for Stidham Cont. OVERFLOW CROWD AT >TENSE= MEETING While some tweaks have been made to recover--and subsequently flourish--Team Stidham finds its nucleus in the FOR TIMONIUM OTB By T.D. Thornton same values that have kept the barn as arguably one of the most A public hearing about whether a year-round simulcasting respected in the Midwest since the mid-1980's. room will be allowed to open within the grandstand of the "We've always just tried to treat every horse individually, Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium drew an overflow crowd of hundreds on Thursday night, but the Maryland State whether it's a Grade I or a $5,000 horse," Stidham explained. Racing Commission deferred a vote on the controversial issue "We work them into our program and have a specific plan for until its next scheduled meeting on Tuesday. each. It's not an assembly line. With [assistant trainer] Hilary The plan, which would be a partnership between the Maryland [Pridham] on horseback and breezing a lot of them and me Jockey Club and the fairgrounds operators, has drawn watching from the stands, we have both perspectives. She can unexpected, but highly charged opposition in recent weeks. tell me what she's feeling on a horse and I can tell her what I WBAL-TV in Baltimore described the meeting as Atense@ and see. I am lucky to have great assistants, foremen and riders reported that Amany people were turned away from Thursday's whose opinions I respect and we're not afraid to get behind the meeting because the room was full, leading some to question barn every day and jog [for soundness] anything that's even whether a conspiracy theory was taking place.@ remotely a question mark. Several Aemergency@ bills were filed in the Maryland General "When we got here for this meet, we were worried about Assembly last week to try and stop the off-track betting plan where we stood, but the meet has really come together and from moving forward. we've been very fortunate," he continued. "The team works Timonium, which hosts 10 days of Thoroughbred races every hard and we have horses who have fit the condition book well. August, is currently only allowed to simulcast when the fair=s For me to win my first title where I call home would be amazing racing is in session. if it happens." The OTB within the fairgrounds is part of a larger statewide The Stidham stable is gearing up for an even more productive MJC expansion into a network of a half-dozen or so simulcasting spring and summer. Grade II winner Leigh Court is aiming sites where revenues are split in even thirds among the property toward a return to Grade I company, and the shedrow also owners, the MJC, and Maryland horsemen. houses stakes winners Fila Primera (War Front) and Jessica's Shawn Blair, president of the local Stratford Community Star (Magna Graduate), as well as the promising 4-year-old Association, contacted TDN last week to say that the MJC has Zipessa (City Zip) and 3-year-old filly Shaken (Uncle Mo), a been misrepresenting the views of residents in published first-out graduate on Jan. 30. No matter the performer, all reports about the proposed OTB. Blair said the chief concern of residents is gambling, trainees will be subject to balance-oriented high standards that specifically in terms of the OTB being a potential foothold for have been as intrinsic to the equilibrium of the barn as they has future expanded gaming and fears that the OTB will bring down been to the 30-time graded stakes-winning conditioner, himself. property values. Blair also said an apparent lack of permitting "My dad (former jockey and trainer George Stidham) used to for the construction phase of the project is troubling. The traffic > say, Don't think that your job is done at 11:00' and I didn't start in that neighborhood is already over-saturated, he also said, so taking this advice until about 10 years into my career when I any new amount of daily flow will have an adverse impact. almost gave up," he said. "The game has changed and it's often MJC Vice President and General Manager Sal Sinatra has about how well you can sell yourself and communicate with asserted throughout the process that he projects only about people who demand it. You also have to be credible, honorable 100-150 horseplayers arriving in about 35-50 vehicles to visit the and a good horseman while making sure you network and be OTB daily, and that the MJC is willing to put it in writing that the around the people who are making the business happen. The MJC is not aiming to establish any form of expanded gaming at great breeders out there like the Arthur Hancocks and Josephine the fairgrounds. Abercrombies of the world don't just want to read a name on a sheet of paper, they want to see your face and talk to you. "Luckily I figured that out a long time ago," he concluded. "We've done well so far and hopefully it continues to work. Saturday Cancellations Believe me, no matter what happens, this has been a really MAHONING VALLEY fantastic meet and I'm very happy and thankful." (weather)

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Pedigree & Conformation Clinic to Be Held at Gulfstream: The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association is hosting a Pedigree & Conformation clinic Mar. 1st at Gulfstream Park. Friday=s Results: The day-long clinic will be held the day after the breeze show for 10th-GP, $41,000, Msw, 2-12, 3yo, f, 1 3/16mT, 1:54.96, fm. the Fasig-Tipton Florida March Sale and the day before the sale VERBOUWEN (f, 3, Kitten=s Joy--Gone Overboard, by Gone begins. Features include conformation presentations from West) finished fifth behind recent GSW Pricedtoperfection Hagyard Equine; rail-side analysis of working horses by Equine (Temple City) on debut over the Belmont lawn Oct. 17 and Analysis; a backside tour and older horse inspection at Todd completed the trifecta next out going nine panels over this Pletcher's barn with Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, as well as a course Dec. 20. Sent off as the 2-1 second-choice, the chestnut leading; trainer's viewpoint, pedigree theories, auction was boxed in in mid-pack early and began to inch into procedures from Fasig-Tipton; and a live conformation contention approaching the far turn. Launching a two-wide bid workshop with 2-year-olds in training. Speakers and classroom at the top of the stretch, she found more late with the help of lectures will include renowned trainers, veterinarians, owners, Javier Castellano to collar favored Gioia Stella (Medaglia d=Oro) agents, etc. late and win by a half-length. Sales history: $40,000 Ylg '14 "We're excited for the first clinic of the year,@ said Aly Strainer, KEESEP; $100,000 2yo '15 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-1, TOBA Director of Membership & Marketing. AFocusing on $29,850. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored Pedigree & Conformation is a topic that everyone can learn by Fasig-Tipton. about and hear different viewpoints from professionals at each O-Sheep Pond Partners; B-John A. Chandler (KY); T-Chad C. stage of a horse's life. The clinic is open to everyone. It attracts a Brown. wide range of people from fans, prospective breeders seeking a foundation of education to longtime owners and even outside 6th-GP, $32,000, (S), Msw, 2-12, 3yo, 1mT, 1:34.61, fm. disciplines who want to expand on the education they have OUR WAY (g, 3, Tizway--She's Sensational {MSW, $174,540}, acquired from their own experience." by Point Given) made up some late ground to complete the The 2016 schedule and registration are available at trifecta going 1 1/16 miles over the Aqueduct lawn Nov. 8, but www.toba.org. TOBA members receive a discounted rate for could only manage sixth trying the main track here Dec. 12. The each clinic and non-members can join TOBA today to take gelding improved to fourth over this course, despite a rough advantage of the discount. break and a wide journey Jan. 30 and was sent off at 5-2 facing state-breds for the first time. Stalking from a three-deep fifth through the early going, the chalk was full of run as noses pointed for home. He swooped three wide after three-quarters in 1:10.84 and kicked away to win well. It was 2 1/4 lengths back to Leonardo Da Vinci (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) in second. She=s Dr. Robert Leonard Passes at 92: Sensational, a half to MGISW Lady of Shamrock (Scat Daddy) and Dr. Robert A. Leonard, co-founder of Glade Valley Farm in GSW Smooth Jazz (Storm Boot), foaled a colt by Candy Ride Maryland and former chief veterinarian for the Maryland Racing (Arg) in 2014, a colt by City Zip last year and is due to Will Take Commission, passed away the evening of Feb. 10 at his home on Charge. Sales history: $42,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $140,000 2yo '15 Kent Island, Md. Arrangements will be private. He was 92. OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 5-1-0-1, $29,690. Click for the Leonard took up veterinary studies at Ohio State University, Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. and, after serving in the army during Word War II, was O-W. L. Clifton, Jr.; B-Farm III Enterprices LLC (FL); T-H. J. Bond. employed by W. B. Alexander and lived at the Rocky Fork Hunt Club to school hunters. He joined a general veterinary practice with Dr. Irvine Frock in Maryland in 1951 and began a practice of his own a couple years later. Always interested in the breeding industry as well, he jumped at the opportunity when Humphrey Finney recommended him to Larry MacPhail to manage his farm. Along with Jack I. Bender, he purchased Glade Valley Farm in 1959 (later sold his interest to Howard Bender in 1995). Chiding (Blame) won Leonard also served two terms as the Maryland Horse Breeders the eighth race at Fair Grounds Friday. Association=s president in the 1960s. Cont. p5 Regional Report • PAGE 5 of 7 • thetdn.com Saturday • Feb. 13, 2016

Dr. Robert Leonard Passes at 92 Cont.

Multiple stakes winner Rollicking--bred, owned and raced by his wife Nancy M. Leonard--retired to stud at Glade Valley Farm. Spring Double and Shelter Half also stood at Glade Valley. Frac Friday=s Results: Daddy (Scat Daddy), a two-time graded winner and GI Arkansas 2nd-SA, $56,345, Msw, 2-12, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:37.71, ft. Derby runner-up, was the most recent stakes winner bred by ACTION HERO (c, 4, Street Cry {Ire}--Starrer {MGISW, Mrs. Leonard. $1,043,033}, by Dynaformer) has yet to be off the board when switched from Tom Proctor to Tim Yakteen last summer. Runner-up at Del Mar Sept. 7, the Krikorian homebred rallied mildly to finish third there Nov. 19 and took second transferred to Los Alamitos Dec. 12. Making his first start of the season in Arcadia, the 8-5 favorite dueled for the lead with a rival to his Friday=s Results: inside through a half in :48.25. Traveling sweetly on the final 8th-FG, $38,240, Alw, 2-12, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, bend, Action Hero stuck his head in front in upper stretch and 1:05.50, fm. cruised home to win by 1 3/4 lengths. Clickjab (Rock Hard Ten) CHIDING (f, 4, Blame--Sangrita {GSW, $171,508}, by Mr. made a late run to nab second. The winner=s dam, a $47,000 Greeley), only a neck short of graduation in Hallandale last KEESEP RNA, was snapped up by Krikorian for $35,000 as a January, dropped to fifth stretched to a mile there Mar. 1. FTKOCT yearling in 1999 and carried his colors to victory in six Running sixth after a slow beginning at Parx July 7 for Michael graded stakes, two at the highest level en route to millionaire and Dorothy Matz, was purchased by these connections for status. A half-sister to MGISW Stellar Jayne (Wild Rush), Starrer $45,000 at KEENOV in 2015 and returned off the long layoff with foaled a filly by Paynter in 2015 and was bred back to Artie a 6 3/4-length romp over the dirt here Jan. 23. Pounded down Schiller. Lifetime Record: 8-1-2-1, $70,930. Click for the to 7-5 favoritism, the bay led the vanguard in this turf bow, but Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. soon came under pressure on the far turn. Digging deep, Chiding O/B-George Krikorian (KY); T-Tim Yakteen. knuckled down and held off the late rally of Colour Party (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) at the wire to win by a head. GII Chilukki Los Alamitos Unveils Spring Meet Schedule: S. heroine Sangrita, a half-sister to GI Suburban H. hero Offlee Los Alamitos Race Course unveiled their inaugural Spring Meet Wild (Wild Again), foaled a filly and a colt by Union Rags in 2014 schedule, highlighted by the 6 1/2f-furlong $200,000 GII Great and 2015, respectively. Sales history: $45,000 3yo '15 KEENOV. Lady M. S. for fillies and mares and the 5 1/2-furlong $100,000 Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $55,300. Click for the Equibase.com GIII Los Angeles S. for 3-year-olds and up, Friday. The 12-day chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. stand will begin Thursday, Apr. 14 and run through Sunday, May O-John Fielding & Frederick Hertrich, III; B-Dorothy A. Matz (KY); 1. Other notable races include the one-mile $100,000 Bertrando T-Brad H. Cox. S. for older Cal-breds, the first running of the 1 1/16-mile $150,000 California Chrome S. for 3-year-olds--named after 2014 Horse of the Year and dual Classic hero who is based at the 3rd-FG, $40,000, (S), Msw, 2-12, 3yo, 6f, 1:11.29, track-- and the six-panel Surfside S. for 3-year-old fillies. ft. +SMART GALAXY (g, 3, Greeley's Galaxy--Smart Sue, by Homebuilder), the longest shot on the board at 20-1 in this TODAY’S INSIGHTS debut, hesitated at the break, but soon showed a good turn of foot to lead from his rail draw. He rattled off splits of :22.40 and 8th-OP, $70K, Alw, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 5:38 p.m. ET :45.97, and although a bit weary late, held on to win by a length The promising GET JETS (Scat Daddy) kicks off his 3-year-old over the onrushing duo of Make Do (Lion Tamer) in second and campaign here. The New York-bred, a $300,000 OBSAPR Southern Argument (Closing Argument). Lifetime Record: juvenile acquisition by Team D, was last seen capturing 1-1-0-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Belmont=s Sleepy Hollow S. going a mile versus state-breds sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Oct. 24. He makes his first attempt around two turns here. Click O/T-Brian Schweda; B-Margie K. Averett (LA). for the TJCIS PPs. Regional Report • PAGE 6 of 7 • thetdn.com Saturday • Feb. 13, 2016

Insights Cont. AHe has been involved in racing a long time, and was even a 7th-SA, $58K, OC 40k, 4yo/up, 7f, 6:41 p.m. ET trainer, so he understands the business and knows what needs Richard C. Pell=s CALCULATOR (In Summation) makes his to be done,@ continued Prescott. AHis effort behind >Jockeys >N much-anticipated return in this spot. Runner-up behind Horse of Jeans= at Indian Grand last year was phenomenal and they raised the Year American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in the 2014 a lot of money for PDJF.@ GI Del Mar Futurity and GI FrontRunner S., the gray has been The Jockeys= Guild Awards Banquet will also see the sidelined since breaking his maiden in style in the GIII Sham S. distribution of the Laffit Pincay, Jr. Award, the Jacky Martin here last January. Calculator, tabbed as the 9-5 morning-line Award, the Most Improved Rider for 2015, The Comeback Rider favorite in this 10-horse affair, has plenty of bullets for his of the Year, and the Courage Award, which will be presented by return, including a best-of-five six-furlong move in 1:12 at Peter Hall of Famer Ron Turcotte, rider of Triple Crown winner Miller=s San Luis Rey base Feb. 6. Click for the TJCIS PPs. Secretariat.

APPOINTMENTS INDUSTRY INFO Drew Fleming: Senior Vice- President of Development and Brian Elmore Receives Jockeys= Guild Eddie Arcaro Award: Administration, Breeders= Cup Brian Elmore, part of the Centaur Gaming team that oversees $ AWe welcome Drew to the operations at Indian Grand Racing and Casino and Hoosier Park Breeders= Cup and look forward to Racing and Casino, will receive the 2016 Eddie Arcaro Award him providing us with a vital and from the Jockeys= Guild at the annual Jockeys= Guild Awards creative direction in new business Banquet in Hollywood, Florida Feb. 16. The Sullivan, Indiana, development and take advantage of Drew Fleming | Breeders= Cup native is one of six individuals honored at the meeting who have his knowledge, expertise and contributed to the betterment of racing. The Eddie Arcaro connections within our industry,@ said Craig Fravel, Award, named in honor of the dual Triple Crown- winning Hall of Breeders= Cup President and CEO. ADrew=s close working Fame jockey who also helped establish the Jockeys= Guild, is relationship with us over the past few years and his ability presented to a person or group that shows exceptional to build and expand relationships with our nominators, commitment to jockeys and the organization. owners and breeders, and with the communities of our AI am very humbled to be chosen for the award,@ said Elmore, Breeders= Cup host sites, will be a great asset for our vice-president of Centaur Gaming, who will retire at the end of company and the World Championships.@ February. AI truly believe this $ Graduated with honors from Washington and Lee honor is a reflection of the University with a B.S. degree and added a law degree from efforts of our company and so the University of Kentucky College of Law. many others in the state of $ Previously worked as an attorney at Stoll Keenon Odgen Indiana who have worked PLLC, where he focused on corporate transactions with an diligently to ensure the best is emphasis on equine transactions, mergers and provided for our participants. acquisitions, and venture capital. Brian Elmore | Dean Gillette The greatest thing is when $ AIt is a tremendous opportunity to work for a pillar in our people come together in an industry,@ Fleming said. AWorking for the Breeders= Cup is effort to accomplish great things.@ certainly a dream job, and I am excited to pair my prior During his tenure with Centaur Gaming, Elmore helped legal experience with my love for Thoroughbred racing. organize the second annual >Jockeys >N Jeans,@ which raised over Getting to work with such talented individuals at the $200,00 for the Permanently Disable Jockeys Fund. He also was highest level is a true honor. I had the good fortune to instrumental in the opening of Hoosier Park Racing and Casino in work with the best and brightest of the legal industry at the 1990s and improving the overall racing product at Indiana Stoll Keenon Ogden, and it is with great pleasure that I now Grand and Hoosier Park. have the opportunity to work with the best and brightest Added Rodney Prescott, local Guild representative and a member of the equine industry.@ of the Jockeys= Guild Central Region Senate, ABrian always puts safety first and takes that into consideration before he does anything.

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ROOKIES B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N AMERICA First/second-crop starters to watch: Saturday, February 13 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2012 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) ALBERTUS MAXIMUS (Albert the Great), Shadwell Farm, Pvt., 93/5/2 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 2-TP, Msw 1m, +Fourinthemorning, 15-1 7th-SA, $69,475, 2-11, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT, 1:13.50, fm. ARCHARCHARCH (Arch), Spendthrift Farm, $10K, 248/23/2 NITE DELITE (f, 4, War Chant--One Tough Cat {SP}, by Mountain 4-TP, $50K Cincinnati Trophy S., 6 1/2f, Tia Flor, $2K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 Cat) Lifetime Record: 10-3-1-1, $124,390. O-F. Jack Liebau, Sr.; 5-SA, Msw 5 1/2f, Always Believe, $55K OBS APR 2yo, 2-1 B-Angel Crest Farms Ltd (CA); T-Art Sherman. *$40,000 Ylg '13 4-TP, $50K Cincinnati Trophy S., 6 1/2f, Tia Chuy, $1K FTK OCT yrl, 50-1 BAROCT. CAPE BLANCO (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), JBBA Shizunai Stln Stn, $18K, 259/16/1 Consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency 2-TP, Msw 1m, Yarbrough, 9-5 COAST GUARD (Stormy Atlantic), El Dorado Farms, 23/4/0 8th-AQU, $59,000, (S), (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-12, 7-GG, $200K GIII El Camino Real Derby, 1 1/8m, Marqula, $15K WAS SEP yrl, 8-1 4yo/up, 6f, 1:12.45, ft. COURT VISION (Gulch), Spendthrift Farm, $10K, 127/12/0 5-MVR, Msw 6f, +Top Vision, 20-1 HERE'S A JETPACK (g, 5, Here's Zealous--Reasontofly, by Sky D= FUNNYBONE (D'wildcat), Rockridge Stud, $4K, 48/6/0 Classic) Lifetime Record: 16-3-3-2, $105,775. O-John F. Moran; 4-TP, $50K Cincinnati Trophy S., 6 1/2f, Nick's Funnybone, 15-1 B-Kaz Hill Farm (NY); T-Edmund Pringle. FIRST DUDE (Stephen Got Even), Double Diamond Farm, $7.5K, 195/18/1 4-TAM, Msw 7f, +Dudette, $34K RNA OBS AUG yrl, 20-1 6th-AQU, $57,000, (S), 2-12, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.93, ft. 5-TAM, $250K GIII Sam F. Davis S., 1 1/16m, No More Chillin, $65K FTK JUL yrl, 30-1 SPLENDID GOLD (f, 4, Mineshaft--Karakorum Splendor {MSW, FRIESAN FIRE (A.P. Indy), Country Life Farm, $4K, 102/13/1 $346,854}, by A. P Jet) Lifetime Record: 11-4-3-1, $137,340. 5-TAM, $250K GIII Sam F. Davis S., 1 1/16m, Morning Fire, 4-1 O-My Purple Haze Stables; B-Gallagher's Stud (NY); T-Chris J. GIANT OAK (Giant's Causeway), Millennium Farms, $8K, 68/3/1 Englehart. *$65,000 Ylg '13 FTKOCT. **1/2 to Lemon Splendor 2-TP, Msw 1m, Tavernonthecrow, 5-1 (Lemon Drop Kid), SW, $134,300. ***Won by 10 lengths. GIO PONTI (Tale of the Cat), Castleton Lyons, $20K, 196/10/0 12-GP, Msw 1mT, Sir Dudley Digges, $130K OBS OPN 2yo, 4-1 7th-LRL, $49,320, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($28,000-$32,000), 2-12, 7-GG, $200K GIII El Camino Real Derby, 1 1/8m, Giopress, $19K RNA 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:39.45, ft. BAR MAY 2yo, 20-1 BUSY BUSY BUSY (f, 4, Andiron--Empty Canvas, by Catienus) HERE COMES BEN (Street Cry {Ire}), Mcmahon of Saratoga T=breds, $8K, 73/6/0 Lifetime Record: SP, 7-3-1-0, $97,830. O/B-Tea Party Stable, Inc. 7-TAM, Aoc 6f, Brassy Ben, $25K OBS AUG yrl, 20-1 (PA); T-Carl Doran. MISREMEMBERED (Candy Ride {Arg}), Hill 'N' Dale Farms, $8K, 57/8/0 2-TP, Msw 1m, Dontmisstheprize, 2-1 7th-CT, $24,000, 2-11, (NW2LX), 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:20.98, ft. 8-OP, Alw 1 1/16m, Dazzling Gem, $95K KEE SEP yrl, 6-1 GIANNA BELLA (f, 3, Fiber Sonde--Cheryl's Diamond, by PADDY O=PRADO (El Prado {Ire}), Spendthrift Farm, $15K, 229/16/1 Diamond) Lifetime Record: 7-2-3-0, $48,275. O-Dun Roamin 12-GP, Msw 1mT, Classy O'Prado, 15-1 RUN BROTHER RON (Perfect Mandate), Paradise Road Ranch, $500, 16/1/0 Farm, Inc.; B-Sal Debunda (WV); T-Cynthia E. O'Bannon. 5-SA, Msw 5 1/2f, Yes Virginia, 20-1 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: SIDNEY=S CANDY (Candy Ride {Arg}), WinStar Farm, $15K, 165/11/0 5-SA, Msw 5 1/2f, +Foxy Fresh, $70K BAR OCT yrl, 10-1 Call the Colonel, c, 3, Colonel John--Touch Dial (SW & GSP, SIERRA SUNSET (Bertrando), Paradise Road Ranch, $3K, 55/5/0 $366,328), by Phone Trick. FG, 2-12, 1m 70y, 1:44.28. B-J. M. 7-GG, $200K GIII El Camino Real Derby, 1 1/8m, Touched by Autism, Herbener, Dr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Ford DVM & Matthew R. $3K NCA AUG yrl, 30-1 Herbener (KY). *$30,000 Ylg '14 FTKFEB; $1,000 Ylg '14 SOCIETY'S CHAIRMAN (Not Impossible {Ire}), Shannondoe Farm, $5K, 22/3/3 FTKOCT. 9-SA, Msw 1 1/8mT, Lady Chairman, 20-1 Reincarnation, f, 3, Malibu Moon--Robbery Suspect, by Tactical TIZWAY (Tiznow), Spendthrift Farm, $25K, 183/11/2 Cat. OP, 2-12, (C), 6f, 1:14.21. B-Gabriel & Liam Duignan, Will 8-TP, Aoc 1m, Quality Street, 6-1 Arvin & Tranquility Investments (KY). *$45,000 RNA Ylg '14 TRAPPE SHOT (Tapit), Claiborne Farm, $10K, 182/17/0 7-GP, Msw 5fT, Shoppingforsilver, $75K OBS OPN 2yo, 12-1 KEESEP; $80,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSMAR. TWIRLING CANDY (Candy Ride {Arg}), Lane's End Farm, $15K, 145/30/0 New London, f, 3, Rockport Harbor--Heater, by Dixieland Heat. 9-SA, Msw 1 1/8mT, Last Resort, 12-1 CT, 2-11, (S), 7f, 1:27.67. B-Coleswood Farm, Inc. (WV). *Won 10-OP, Msw 6f, +La Joie de Bon Bon, $2K TEX OCT yrl, 30-1 by 5 1/2 lengths. **1/2 to Sea Rescue (Brahms), SW, UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie), Ashford Stud, $35K, 261/33/7 $414,340; and Waves and Tides (Cape Town), SW, $228,638. 7-TAM, Aoc 6f, Outwork, 5-2 Pretty Philly, f, 3, Unbridled's Song--Home Crowd (SP), by Came ZOFFANY (IRE) (Dansili {GB}), Coolmore Stud, $8K, 217/32/5 Home. TAM, 2-12, (C), 1 1/16mT, 1:46.21. B-Momkids, Inc. 7-GG, $200K GIII El Camino Real Derby, 1 1/8m, Oscar Dominguez (KY). *$85,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. (IRE), 15-1 SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016

BENTLEY SIGNS ON FOR VARIAN RETAINER CHINA HORSE CLUB BUYS Jockey Harry Bentley has signed up to ride for Newmarket- ANOTHER SIYOUNI SHARE based trainer Roger Varian for the British flat season. The 23- year-old Bentley, who also has a retainer with owner Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani, will ride alongside Varian’s first-call jockey Andrea Atzeni. Atzeni is retained by owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid, who transferred his entire string to Varian Harry Bentley | Racing Post late last season, and Varian explained Atzeni will be his first-call rider when available, with Bentley filling in where possible. Cont. p2

Siyouni at Haras de Bonneval | Aga Khan Studs

The China Horse Club, through agent Mick Flanagan, secured a share in leading French sire Siyouni (Fr) for €330,000 through TEPIN RETURNS AT TAMPA Arqana Online Friday. It was the fourth share in the popular Champion Tepin (Bernstein) kicks off her 5-year-old season young sire to be sold through Arqana’s online platform, one of in Tampa's GIII Lambholm South Endeavour S. Saturday. which was bought by the China Horse Club for €360,000 Jan. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. 13. The other two both sold late last year for €355,000 to Hesmonds Stud and Merriebelle Stable, respectively. Eighteen bids were made during the online auction yesterday, with Flanagan making the winning click. He said, “We are delighted to be involved in such an exciting young sire as Siyouni, who is supported by an extremely solid infrastructure in the Aga Khan Studs. We are very comfortable with the average price of the two shares we bought, which looks like good value. The China Horse Club has been investing increasingly in stallion shares around the world, both as an investment and as part of a long-term plan to grow our broodmare band. The mares that will visit Siyouni will probably stay in France so that their progeny becomes eligible for the French premiums. It hasn’t been decided yet whether we will race or sell the resulting foals.” Siyouni, who is booked full for 2016, stands at the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval for €30,000. His progeny include last year’s triple Group 1-winning filly Ervedya (Fr) and three Group 3 winners. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 of 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016

Bentley Signs On For Varian Retainer cont. from p1 MURPHY, LANE OUT OF ACTION "We are delighted to have first call on Harry for the upcoming Jockeys Oisin Murphy and Martin Lane will both be briefly season when he is not fulfilling his commitment for Sheikh sidelined after falls Wednesday. Murphy broke his collarbone Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani,” Varian said. "We were keen to after being dislodged from Vivacissimo (Ire) (Muhtathir {GB}), secure a jockey who can work alongside Andrea, has big-race experience and is young and on the up. Harry fits that profile." who slipped and fell on the turn and was fatally injured at "I am delighted to be joining the team at Roger Varian's," Southwell. Murphy rode in the next race, finishing second on the Bentley told racinguk.com. "Roger has one of the biggest strings Andrew Balding-trained Mystic Blaze (Ire) (Arcano {Ire}). Balding in Newmarket and there will be plenty of opportunities to get on said, "He broke his collar bone when he had the fall and will be some quality horses. Last season was my best to date with 56 out for three or four weeks. He took the ride after it and rode winners and I am keen to build on that in terms of quantity and through the pain but then took himself off to hospital. I think quality." they said he had snapped his clavicle." Bentley is a champion jockey in Qatar, where his mounts Lane, meanwhile, is expected to be out about a week after included the 2013 Qatar Derby winner Dubday (GB) (Dubawi falling from Wink Oliver (GB) (Winker Watson {GB}) at Kempton {Ire}). He finished second in the 2014 G1 1000 Guineas and Irish Wednesday. "He's stiff and sore and will be out for a week to 10 1000 Guineas aboard Lightning Thunder (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}). days," said his agent Simon Dodds, who added that Lane will be back in action before heading off for a brief stint in Dubai. "He's looking forward to riding in Dubai for a couple of weeks and then coming back for the all-weather championships finals on Good Friday." CLICK HERE FOR subscription IT’S FREE and ALWAYS WILL BE

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Friday’s Results: ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Crazy Tornado (Ire), g, 3, Big Bad Bob (Ire)--All Day (Chi) (G1SW-Chi), by Jaded Dancer. DUN, 2-12, 8f (AWT), 1:12.77. B-Celbridge Estates Ltd (IRE). *€53,000 Wlg ‘13 GOFNOV; €80,000 Ylg ‘14 GOFORB. Rocking the Blue (Ire), c, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Butterfly Blue (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells. DUN, 2-12, 12f (AWT), 2:32.72. B-Barronstown Stud (IRE). *90,000gns RNA Ylg ‘13 TAOCT.

This colt, pictured at three weeks of age, is one of the first foals by G1 Prix Morny and G2 Norfolk S. winner No Nay Never. He is out of Chaibia (Peintre Celebre), winner of the G3 Prix de Psyche and a half- ASCOT FEBRUARY CATALOGUE ONLINE sister to Epsom Derby winner Erhaab. Chaibia, who is owned by The catalogue for Tattersalls Ireland’s Ascot February Sale, set Brittas House Stud, will return to No Nay Never this year. for Feb. 23, is now online. The 90 entries–with 25 spots still available for wildcards–include nine 2-year-olds by the likes of Bahamian Bounty (GB), Mount Nelson (GB) and Paco Boy (Ire). There are fillies and mares catalogued by the likes of Dubawi (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Medaglia d’Oro and Friday’s Results: Teofilo (Ire), as well as National Hunt prospects and horses with 4th-WOL, £4,000, Mdn, 2-12, 3-5yo, 5f 612y (AWT), 1:14.38, ft. form, as well as point to pointers. BIG AMIGO (IRE) (c, 3, Bahamian Bounty {GB}--Goldamour Wildcard entries will be taken up to Feb. 17. {Ire}, by Fasliyev), a debut eighth going a shade over seven panels here last time Dec. 22, was well away to race in a close-up second after the initial strides of this one. Stirred into action at the top of the straight, the 4-6 favourite ran green when seizing the initiative at the eighth pole, but returned on an even keel in the closing stages to comfortably best Sandacres (GB) (Frozen Power {Ire}) by 2 1/4 lengths. The €65,000 GORORB yearling’s dam is out of a half-sister to three-time GI Breeders’ Cup Mile heroine and MG1SW champion Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), G1 Prix Vermeille victress Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}) and GI Breeders’ Cup Mile runner-up and MG1SP Anodin (Ire) (Anabaa). Big Amigo’s kin also includes a 2-year-old filly by Rip Van Winkle (Ire) and a yearling filly by Footstepsinthesand (GB). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $3,754. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Laurence Bellman; B-Kildaragh Stud (IRE); T-Tom Dascombe.

This colt from the first crop of Kingman, born at Juddmonte Farm, is out of All Time, a full-sister to Group 1 winner Passage of Time, who is also currently in foal to Kingman and who is the dam of multiple group winner Time Test. They are also half-sisters to G1 Falmouth S. winner Timepiece | Photo courtesy Juddmonte Farm TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 of 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016

Gary King: V.P. International Operations Kelsey Riley: International Editor Emma Berry: European Editor Daithi Harvey: Irish Correspondent OFFICIALS MEET OVER RACE SCHEDULING Sean Cronin & Tom Frary: Newmarket Bureau Officials from Racing Victoria and Racing NSW met Friday to Regular Columnists: Bill Oppenheim, Andrew Caulfield, discuss the implications of Racing Victoria’s current trial of 30- John Berry, Chris McGrath, Kevin Blake minute gaps between races, as opposed to 35 minutes. The potential for change is an issue that has divided racing across the country, with some supporting the change, some open to it Darley Classic conqueror Delectation (Aus) (Shamardal) by a on weekdays but not weekends and others concerned about the head, with G1 Coolmore Stud S. winner Japonisme (Aus) (Choisir clash of races in other states, particularly as it relates to {Aus}) back in third in the three-horse 800 metre test (video). television broadcasting. During the first part of the trial that “He did everything right but it’s not really about what opposition took place last week, seven of Caulfield’s nine races on Saturday he had there, it’s about doing it within yourself. He’s come back were bumped to Sky Racing’s secondary channel, Sky Racing 2, great and done really well and had a good spell.” due to clashes. For that reason, Racing Victoria Executive All three Group 1 winners will be making their first starts since General Manager Greg Carpenter said the organization was the Melbourne Cup Carnival and Japonisme’s trainer Chris unable to gather an accurate set of data on how the change Waller told Racing.com of the jumpout, “They stayed together-- affected wagering, prompting the decision to extend the trial it was just nice, controlled work for all three horses. Obviously another week. we all know Chautauqua, and Delectation is a pretty handy Racing Victoria and Racing NSW issued the following horse. We’ve just got to make sure [Japonisme] is a consistent statement after their meeting Friday: “The meeting considered Group 1 horse now. He was probably beaten a half to the experiences of both states through the current trial and three-quarters of a length [in the jumpout]; I guess you’d expect discussed the potential implications and opportunities that any that, but he’ll race in the Lightning with a bit of weight relief.” future expansion may bring. The discussions were fruitful and a Also expected for the Golden Rose are Group 1 winners possible future compromise was put, which will now be referred Exosphere (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) and Terravista (Aus) (Captain Rio to both boards for consideration. No further comment will be {GB}). made at this time.”

SO YOU THINK INDUCTED INTO NZ HOF CHAUTAUQUA A LIGHTNING POSSIBLE Ten-time worldwide Group 1 winner So You Think (NZ) (High Dual Group 1-winning sprinter Chautauqua (Aus) (Encosta de Chaparral {Ire}) and blue hen broodmare Eight Carat (GB) Lago {Aus}) bested a pair of confirmed runners for next (Pieces Of Eight {GB}) were Saturday’s G1 Lightning S. in a among the inductees into New Flemington jumpout Friday, Zealand’s Racing Hall of Fame but the 5-year-old gelding’s Friday. status for that prized sprint is So You Think, whose first 2- still hanging in the balance, year-olds hit the track this year co-trainer Wayne Hawkes in both hemispheres, won two told Racing.com. Cox Plates and three other “You need to let the dust So You Think | Coolmore Group 1s through his first two Wayne Hawkes | Racing and Sports settle to see whether he’s seasons Down Under before being bought by the Coolmore going to run in the Lightning partners and transferred to Ireland, where he was trained by or not,” Hawkes said shortly after Chautauqua bested his G1 Aidan O’Brien to win five additional Group 1s. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 of 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016

So You Think Inducted into NZ HOF cont. Eight Carat is one of New Zealand’s most legendary broodmares, having produced five Group 1 winners including Australian champion Octagonal (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), now best known as the sire of champion sire Lonhro (Aus). Eight Carat is also the dam of sire Kaapstad (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), and her other direct descendants include sires Danewin (Aus), Commands (Aus), Don Eduardo (NZ), Viscount (Aus) and numerous other Group 1 winners and producers. Also inducted into the Hall Of Fame were G1 Melbourne Cup winner Ethereal (NZ) (Rhythm), champion Daryl’s Joy (NZ) (Stunning {GB}) and human inductees Seton Otway, a legendary Waikato breeder; rider Shane Dye, trainer Laurie Laxon, breeder Gary Chittick and writer John Costello.

EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS

IN SINGAPORE: Luminiff Lad (Ire), g, 4, Iffraaj (GB)--Luminata (Ire) (SW & G1SP- Ire, G1SP-Fr, $172,524), by Indian Ridge (Ire). Kranji, 2-12, Novice race (£37k/€48k), 1000m (AWT), :59.09. B-Keatly Overseas Ltd. VIDEO.

Purchased for €24,000 ‘12 Goffs November Foal Sale Vendor: Ballylinch Stud, agent Buyer: Mattock Equine Purchased for €50,000 ‘13 Goffs October Yearlings Vendor: Barouche Stud Buyer: Con Marnane Purchased for 35,000gns ‘14 Tattersalls April 2YOs Vendor: Bansha House Stables, agent Buyer: Premier Racing (Singapore) IN AUSTRALIA: Tucano (Ire), h, 5, Monsun (Ger)--Tenderly (Ire), by Danehill. Moonee Valley, 2-12, Hcp. (£20k/€25k), 2000mT, 2:06.06. B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof. *88,000gns RNA Ylg ‘12 TATOCT. **1/2 to Ten Meropa (Johannesburg), GSW-US. ***Won by 5 1/2 lengths.