TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019

OBS APRIL SALE ROYAL DELTA, PERRET HEADLINE 2019 HALL OF FAME CLASS STARTS TUESDAY The National Museum of Racing will induct 16 new members into its Hall of Fame Friday, Aug. 2. The 2019 induction class is comprised of jockey Craig Perret; the racehorses Royal Delta (Empire Maker), My Juliet (Gallant Romeo) and Waya (Fr) (Faraway Son); and Pillars of the Turf James E. “Ted” Bassett III, Christopher T. Chenery, Richard L. “Dick” Duchossois, William S. Farish, John Hettinger, James R. Keene, Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe, Gladys Mills Phipps, Ogden Phipps, Helen Hay Whitney, Marylou Whitney, and Warren Wright, Sr. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion. The event is open to the public and free to attend. Legendary racecaller Tom Durkin will serve as master of ceremonies. Cont. p4

OBS | Photos by Z IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini THE WEEKLY WRAP: THAT FRIDAY FEELING The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-Year-Olds in Emma Berry is back with the latest edition of The Weekly Training Sale, which has made setting records an annual event in Wrap where she chronicles all the results from last week’s recent years, returns for a four-day engagement Tuesday in Craven Meeting. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Central Florida. Due to modifications in the under-tack show Europe. schedule, bidding will begin at noon Tuesday, with subsequent sessions commencing as regularly scheduled at 10:30 a.m. With 1,221 juveniles catalogued, the sale continues through Friday. The April sale has firmly entrenched itself as the industry’s bellwether juvenile auction in the last decade and OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski is expecting another strong renewal this week. “April has proven itself to be the premier 2-year-old sale in the country and probably in the world,” said Wojciechowski. “We have buyers from all over the country and all over the world looking for horses at every level.” The April sale set records for gross, average and median in both of the last two years. In 2018, 698 juveniles grossed $68,735,500 for an average of $98,475 and a median of $55,000. Demand was high throughout the market in 2018, and the sale concluded with an impressive 18.1% buy-back rate. Asked if the 2019 renewal of the sale could match up to those record-setting trends, Wojciechowski said, “That’s our goal. I think this is as good a catalogue as we’ve had and certainly with the activity on the grounds, everything suggests that we can do it. We are cautiously optimistic.” Cont. p3

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OBS April Sale preview cont. from p1 “We love the April sale,” said Top Line Sales’ Torie Gladwell. Heavy rain and winds forced OBS to cancel Friday and Saturday “There are all kinds of buyers coming in; you have buyers sessions of the breeze show, with a longer session Thursday and coming in to buy $10,000 horses and you’ve got buyers who are an added session Sunday. just looking for those top horses. So it’s a great sale to bring any “Everyone has reacted positively to the changes,” type of horse to.” Wojciechowski said. “You wish you didn’t have to make changes Despite an on-going polarization, demand for 2-year-olds has like that, but certainly everyone recognized the issues we were remained high in 2019 and Gladwell looks for those trends to going to face with the weather. The consignors work hard all continue through the April sale. year long to have the opportunity to showcase their horses. And “I think the market is going to remain strong,” Gladwell said. our goal is to give them the best opportunity to showcase their “It’s been strong all year. I think the good horses will sell well, horses. If we have to make a little adjustment here or there, I like always. The middle market is a little bit weaker than the think they appreciate our efforts trying to do that. And I upper echelon, but I think it’s going to be a really strong sale certainly think the buyers understand, too.” overall.” Recent graduates of the April sale include multiple Grade I winner Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute), Eclipse champion Shamrock Rose (First Dude), Queen’s Plate winner Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d’Oro) and G2 Godolphin Mile winner Coal Front (Stay Thirsty). The success of April graduates on the racetrack keeps buyers returning for more, Wojciechowski said. “The people who have bought here have obviously been happy with what they’ve bought,” he said. “That’s why they keep coming back. It becomes self-perpetuating.” While the buyers keep coming back, consignors also have plenty to like about the April sale. OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR. 23 2019

OBS April Sale Tuesday, Apr. 23

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 5 F Race Day-Fast Deal $30,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales

6 F Shanghai Bobby-Fast Resource $95,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Hartley/DeRenzo T'breds Hartley/DeRenzo T'breds

7 C Flatter-Fast Tigress $75,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Antorwag Investments SBM Training & Sales

9 C Maclean's Music-Fearless Wildcat $57,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 E J Stable Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co.

10 F Summer Front-Feline Flatline $45,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 First Stop Stable Niall Brennan Stables

11 C Fed Biz-Fiercely $170,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Alrashid Stable Eddie Woods

12 F Palace Malice-Fifth of April $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Steven Spielman Mayberry Farm

16 C Tapiture-First Freedom $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Another Brick Stables Ends Well

17 C Daredevil-First Installment $67,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Abbie Road Farm Mayberry Farm

20 C Congrats-Flit $25,000 FTI YRLG OCT 18 Jeanne Mayberry Mayberry Farm

25 F Pioneerof the Nile-Forestry's Magic $200,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Junie B. Jones Eddie Woods

26 F Twirling Candy-Forever Sunshine $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine

27 C Shanghai Bobby-Forever Vow $155,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jake Ballis SBM Training & Sales

28 C Lea-Fortune Candy $18,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine

31 C Tapizar-Franchesca $17,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Off the Hook Off the Hook

32 C Competitive Edge-Frazier's Finest $37,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Brian Holmes Robert Brewer

34 C Wicked Strong-Friendly Livi $28,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Julio D. Davila De Meric Sales

37 F Quality Road-Frost Bite $65,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Eisaman Equine Eisaman Equine

38 C Midshipman-Gabeira $115,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Zayat Stables McKathan Bros.

39 C Gemologist-Galileo's Star $50,000 FTK FALL MIX 2017 Khalid Mishref SBM Training & Sales

43 F Verrazano-Gayatri $30,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Hemingway Racing & Training Stables Hemingway Racing & Training

44 C Constitution-Ghostly Darkness $30,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 K.O.I.D. Whitman Sales

48 F Goldencents-Gimme Sugar $21,000 OBS WNT MIX 18 Bryan Rice Woodside Ranch

51 F Animal Kingdom-Girl Gone Crazy $20,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Pinnacle Racing Stable/Sean Perl Paul Sharp

53 C Tonalist-Giulietta $35,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Antonio Cioffi Racing De Meric Sales

54 F City Zip-Giulio's Jewel $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 English Range Farm Envision Equine

57 F Union Rags-Glenbriar Girl $35,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Bradley T'breds Shooting Star Sales OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR. 23 2019

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 58 C Kantharos-Glitterama $35,000 OBS WNT MIX 18 Philip Lebherz TIP T'bred Invest. Possibilities

60 F Mineshaft-Glorious Sky $52,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Louisiana Leasing Niall Brennan Stables

61 F Daredevil-Go Go Tammy $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Randy Miles Randy Miles

64 C Uncaptured-Golden Nip $20,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Solitary Oak De Meric Sales

65 F Shakin It Up-Gold Ring $35,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Marc Tacher Eddie Woods

66 F Lookin At Lucky-Goldspun $35,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Bradley T'breds Eddie Woods

67 F Mizzen Mast-Gone Overboard $12,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine

68 F Pioneerof the Nile-Gone Purrfect $50,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Knollwood Stables Top Line Sales

70 C Kantharos-Goodgollymissdolly $30,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Blue River Bloodstock Blue River Bloodstock

71 C Daredevil-Good Mood (Ire) $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 J. Keith Desormeaux Mayberry Farm

73 C Twirling Candy-Graceful Cat $100,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 TEP Boys SGV T'breds

74 C The Factor-Gracewood $12,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 T'bred Champions Training Center T'bred Champions Training Cntr

76 F Carpe Diem-Grandtessa $330,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Carlo Vaccarezza Top Line Sales

79 C First Dude-Grazettes Muchacha $20,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Jeffrey Bloom Tom McCrocklin

83 F Cross Traffic-Greer Lynn $120,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Timber Stables Paul Sharp

85 C Carpe Diem-Guiltless $90,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Brick City T'breds Brick City T'breds

88 F Distorted Humor-Hangingbyamoment $70,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Stacy Leppala Randy Miles

89 C Palace Malice-Happy Flight $80,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Crimson Commons Bloodstock Niall Brennan Stables

93 F Palace-Harborinthetempest $15,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Ruth Casanova Eddie Woods

101 F Constitution-Heart of Grace $65,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Crow-Sharp Venture Paul Sharp

102 F Midnight Lute-Heat Sweep $85,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Cheyenne Stables Eisaman Equine

103 C Palace-Heavenly Alibi $17,000 ESLA SEPT YRLG 2018 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales

105 F Uncaptured-Heavens to Beauty $95,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Bruno DeBerdt Scanlon Training & Sales

107 F Tonalist-Helen Kathleen $150,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 McKathan Bros. McKathan Bros.

108 F Bodemeister-Heleonor Rugby $25,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Laura Paynter Omega Farm

109 F Twirling Candy-Henley $62,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 De Meric Sales De Meric Sales

114 C Wicked Strong-Herman's Wildcat $35,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Marc Tacher Eddie Woods

118 C Competitive Edge-Hey Little Sister $75,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Stonehaven Steadings Woodford T'breds

120 C Cross Traffic-Highbury $6,000 KEE JAN ALL AGES 18 Case Erwin Camelot Acres Rcing & Sales

122 C Overanalyze-High Tee $70,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales

124 F Palace Malice-Hi Lili $95,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Machmer Hall Q Bar J T'breds OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR. 23 2019

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 125 F Orb-His Beauty $60,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jeffrey Bloom Randy Miles

129 F Daredevil-Holy Blitz $150,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Baccari Bloodstock Hartley/DeRenzo T'breds

133 F Palace-Honest Cause $25,000 OBS WNT MIX 18 Flemington Farm All In Sales

139 C Malibu Moon-Hour Glass $80,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Joseph S. Maroun Jr. Gene Recio

141 C Mr Speaker-How Cheeky $22,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 JVC Training & Sales J V C Training & Sales

143 F Union Rags-Humble $180,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Hades Racing Niall Brennan Stables

145 C Fed Biz-Icee Sara $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Carlo Vaccarezza Top Line Sales

146 F Constitution-Icy Tea $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Bruno DeBerdt Scanlon Training & Sales

147 C City Wolf-I Drink Alone $35,000 OBS WNT MIX 18 Patrick Hoppel Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co.

148 C Tapiture-I Lost My Choo $70,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 W.D. North T'breds Starting Point T'breds

149 C Elusive Quality-Im Cruising Dixie $42,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Margaret Fauber Bobby Dodd

151 C Take Charge Indy-Impressive Jewel $32,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Rodolfo Garcia/Off the Hook Off the Hook

154 F Distorted Humor-Inclined to Dream $130,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Southern Comfort Farm Ends Well

157 C Into Mischief-Indian Gracey $300,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Scott & Evan Dilworth McKathan Bros.

158 C Liam's Map-Indian Legend $180,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Pebble Farm Niall Brennan Stables

159 C Colonel John-Indy Cheers $15,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Songbird Stables Whitman Sales

160 C Honor Code-Infanta (Ire) $140,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales

162 C Commissioner-Inner Groove $40,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Exclusive Equine Inv. Top Line Sales

163 C Munnings-Inside Passage $125,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Mellon Patch Omega Farm

166 F Fast Anna-Invalida $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Julie Davies Julie Davies

167 F Danza-Irish Ridge $15,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Whitehall Lane Farm Wavertree Stables

168 F Take Charge Indy-Irishtocat $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 John Servis Randy Miles

170 C Carpe Diem-Istanford $150,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 McMahon & Hill Bloodstock Eddie Woods

172 C Declaration of War-It Must Be Magic $30,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Equest T'breds Equest T'breds

174 F Congrats-Itsyesornoihavtogo $45,000 KEE JAN ALL AGES 18 Kilgus T'breds Hartley/DeRenzo T'breds

175 F Orb-Ivory Coast $25,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Sabine Holdings Scanlon Training & Sales

176 C Tapiture-I Want to Dust Her $40,000 FTK WNT MIX 2018 Bryan Rice Woodside Ranch

177 C Twirling Candy-Jacky Halo (Arg) $20,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Quarter Pole Enterprises Eddie Woods

178 C Bahamian Squall-Jade's Rainbow $7,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Jose Cuellar Blas Perez Stables

179 F Mucho Macho Man-Jaguariuna $60,000 ESLA SEPT YRLG 2018 B&C Horses & Reeves T'bred Racing SBM Training & Sales

180 F Cairo Prince-Jahwhol $65,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Betty Ennis Starting Point T'breds OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR. 23 2019

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 181 C Stormy Atlantic-Jane's the Name $20,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Blas Perez Stables Blas Perez Stables

182 F Street Boss-Jeannie S $55,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales

185 F Afleet Alex-Jinny Jump Up $30,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Dennis Farkas Woodford T'breds

186 C Brethren-Jitterbug Blues $27,000 OBS YRLG 2018 W.D. North T'breds Starting Point T'breds

187 C Lemon Drop Kid-Joffe's Run $95,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales

190 F Congrats-Joyce $45,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Michelle Redding Julie Davies

193 C Shackleford-Judy's Magic $25,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jimmy Vail Wavertree Stables

194 C First Samurai-Juke $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Exclusive Equine Investments Top Line Sales

195 F Competitive Edge-Junkinthetrunk $24,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Parrish Farms Parrish Farms

197 F Blame-Justenufappeal $35,000 FTN FALL MIXED 2017 Global T'breds Brick City T'breds

198 C Bodemeister-Just Fabulous $27,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 K.O.I.D. Whitman Sales

200 F Constitution-Just Joyful $17,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Michelle Redding De Meric Sales

201 C Race Day-Just Married $135,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jay Rodgers Top Line Sales

205 F Constitution-Katana (NZ) $11,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Addiction Therapy Stables De Meric Sales

206 C Verrazano-Kate C. $50,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Danielle Bricker Wavertree Stables

207 C Hard Spun-Katerbug $105,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Red Wings Enterprises Wavertree Stables

209 F Will Take Charge-K D's Girl $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Hebert Bloodstock Scanlon Training & Sales

212 C Bayern-Key Is to Win $150,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Whetstone Farm Paul Sharp

214 C Bayern-Kherington Ann $65,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Redwings Wavertree Stables

215 F Palace Malice-Kid Silver $37,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Sean S. Perl Bloodstock Paul Sharp

218 F The Factor-Kind Turn $17,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Fox-Straus Wavertree Stables

219 C Violence-Kiowa $40,000 FTI YRLG OCT 18 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales

222 C Shackleford-Kittenkittenkitten $60,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Les Wagner Desert T'breds

223 C First Samurai-Kitten's Peak $40,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 M. Hemingway Hemingway Racing & Training

224 F Flat Out-Knockatrina $30,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 South Paw Costanzo Sales

229 F Bodemeister-Kuhlu $20,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Nick Palmer Winners Circle T'breds

230 C Summer Front-La Belle Epoque $12,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 English Range Farm Envision Equine

231 F Wicked Strong-Lacie Slew $14,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Jacobo Ordonez Golden T'breds Trnng & Sales

232 C Tapizar-Lady Aspen $50,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Apogee Bloodstock Eddie Woods

240 C Amira's Prince (Ire)-Lady Halite $25,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Blue River Bloodstock Blue River Bloodstock

242 C Sky Mesa-Lady Lavery $75,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Zayat Stables Top Line Sales OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR. 23 2019

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 245 F Karakontie (Jpn)-Lady Pewitt $8,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 TMC Best A Luck Farm

246 C Street Boss-Lady Rushmoore $32,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Stone Bridge Farm Crupi's New Castle Farm

248 F Constitution-Lake Como $190,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Khalid Mishref/Bruno DeBerdt Scanlon Training & Sales

249 C First Samurai-Lakenheath $50,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Antonio Sano Off the Hook

252 C Wicked Strong-Lastaria $22,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Jorge Luis Diaz Off the Hook

253 C Hard Spun-Last Kitten $135,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Hoby & Layna Kight Hoby & Layna Kight

255 F Kitten's Joy-Laureldean Gale $110,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Blevin Farm Niall Brennan Stables

256 F Summer Front-Lauren Byrd $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 McCrary Cove Bloodstock Eddie Woods

261 C Race Day-Lebo Lady $12,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Jose Cuellar Julie Davies

263 C Honor Code-Lemon Liqueur $125,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Lynwood Stable Gene Recio

269 C Twirling Candy-Liberty's Lyric $52,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Knollwood Stables Top Line Sales

270 C Karakontie (Jpn)-Light Blow $6,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 New Hope AB New Hope AB

271 F Cairo Prince-Light Cat $40,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Tari Brocklebank TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities

272 F Super Saver-Lilies So Fair $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jeffrey Bloom Randy Miles

274 F Creative Cause-Lil Miss Jones $6,500 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 A B T'breds A B T'breds

276 C Take Charge Indy-Lily Olay $55,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 E J Stable Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co.

279 C Micromanage-Lisabellbobo $1,000 FTN FALL MIXED 2017 Antigo Ranch Whitman Sales

280 C Congrats-Lisa's Dream $26,000 KEE JAN ALL AGES 18 BFI Products Brick City T'breds

281 F Make Believe (GB)-Lisselan Diva (Ire) $37,379 TAT OCT YRLG BK TWO 2018 Gill Richardson Bloodstock Top Line Sales

282 F Union Rags-Litigating $100,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 X-60 Ranch Paul Sharp

290 C Will Take Charge-Louisiana Times $410,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Sippican Partners Niall Brennan Stables

291 F Competitive Edge-Love Co $60,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 SBM Training & Sales SBM Training & Sales

293 C Kantharos-Luca's Lady $72,000 OBS YRLG 2018 W.D. North T'breds Starting Point T'breds

296 C Tapiture-Macho Woman $15,000 FTK WNT MIX 2018 Tanner R. Wingo Q Bar J T'breds

300 F Competitive Edge-Magical Solution $35,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Erich Brehm Mayberry Farm

302 C Handsome Mike-Magnolia's Sister $42,000 OBS YRLG 2018 SGV T'breds SGV T'breds

304 F Majesticperfection-Maid in Heaven $13,000 OBS YRLG 2018 Omega Farm Omega Farm TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

2019 Hall of Fame inductees cont. from p1

Royal Delta | Susie Raisher

Perret and Royal Delta were elected to the Hall via the contemporary voting process; My Juliet and Waya were chosen by the Museum’s Historic Review Committee; and the Pillars were selected by the Museum’s Pillars of the Turf Committee. Craig Perret, 68, was North America’s leading apprentice jockey by earnings in 1967 (prior to the Eclipse Awards) and won the 1990 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. A native of New Orleans, La., Perret won 4,415 races in a career that spanned from 1967 through 2005. He won the GI Belmont S. in 1987 with Bet Twice, denying Alysheba the Triple Crown. Three years later, Perret won the GI Kentucky Derby with Unbridled. He won four Breeders’ Cup races, including two editions of the Sprint, as well as two runnings of both the GI Travers S. and Queen’s Plate, among others. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Royal Delta was bred in Kentucky by Palides Investments N.V., Inc. and campaigned by Besilu Stables. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Royal Delta won three Eclipse Awards (Champion 3-Year-Old Filly in 2011 and Champion Older Mare in 2012 and 2013) and consecutive runnings of the GI Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic (2011 and 2012). A dark bay, she won nine graded stakes in her career, including six Grade I events. Competing from 2010 through 2013, Royal Delta made 22 starts with a record of 12-5-1 and earnings of $4,811,126. My Juliet was bred in Kentucky by J. R. Bettersworth and owned for most of her career by George Weasel, Jr. The dark bay won the 1976 Eclipse Award for Champion Sprinter before there were separate championship designations for males and females. Competing from 1974 through 1977, My Juliet raced 36 times with a record of 24-4-2 and earnings of $548,859. Trained for most of her career by Eugene Euster, My Juliet won 17 stakes races, including six graded events. Cont. p5

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Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice | Bill Denver/Equi-Photo

Waya was bred in France, where she competed for her owner/breeder Daniel Wildenstein and trainer Angel Penna, Sr. She won the G2 Prix de l’Opera and the G3 Prix de Royaumont as a 3-year-old before being sent to the United States at age four. In her first American campaign, the bay equaled a world record for 1 1/8 miles on grass, covering the distance in 1:45 en route to winning the 1978 Diana H. at Saratoga. She also defeated males in two Grade I races that year at Belmont, the Man o’ War S. and Turf Classic. Sold to George Strawbridge, Jr. and Peter M. Brant prior to her 5-year-old season, Waya won the 1979 Eclipse Award for Champion Older Mare while being trained by David Whiteley. She won five stakes that year, including Grade Is in the Santa Barbara, Top Flight, and Beldame. Waya was retired at the end of her 5-year-old campaign with a record of 14-6-4 from 29 starts and earnings of $822,948. Among the most notable of the Pillars of the Turf inductees, William S. Farish, 80, was born in Houston Mar. 17, 1939. He is the owner of the 2,300-acre Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky., recognized as one of the world’s leading breeding operations. A two-time Eclipse Award winner for Outstanding Breeder (1992, 1999), Farish served as the Chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs from 1992 through 2001 and won the Eclipse Award of Merit in 2009. Farish has campaigned more than 165 stakes winners and Lane’s End has bred more than 300 stakes winners, Will Farish with Honor Code | Sarah Andrew including Horse of the Year winners A.P. Indy, Charismatic, and Mineshaft, and champion Lemon Drop Kid. Like his family’s Wheatley Stable, which was brought to Ogden Phipps (1908-2002) was born in New York City, prominence by his mother, Phipps bred and developed his graduated from Harvard University, and served in the Navy in horses at Claiborne Farm through much of his career. Phipps World War II. Phipps bought a group of horses from the estate bred 12 champions and was the leading breeder in money won of Col. E. R. Bradley’s dispersal in 1946 that served as the initial in 1988 and 1989. He won two Eclipse Awards as outstanding core of a successful operation that built on his family’s already owner (1988, 1989) and one as outstanding breeder (1988). extensive legacy in racing. Overall, Phipps bred 108 stakes winners either individually or in partnership. Cont. p6

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QUARTET OF DERBY CONTENDERS WORK AT CHURCHILL

Marylou Whitney | Horsephotos Marylou Whitney, 93, was born Dec. 24, 1925 in Kansas City, Mo. An actress, author, and philanthropic socialite, Whitney took up her pursuit of racing following the death of her husband, C. V. Whitney, in 1992. Whitney spent a substantial amount of time and money trying to buy back mares associated Tacitus breezes in company Monday | Coady with the Whitney family for breeding. She purchased Dear Birdie, who proved to be the foundation for Marylou Whitney Four contenders for next Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby Stables. Dear Birdie was named Broodmare of the Year recorded official breezes Monday at Churchill Downs, headlined in 2004 and is the dam of Classic winner Birdstone and by Juddmonte Farms’ Tacitus (Tapit), who went an easy champion Bird Town, who gave Whitney the distinction of being half-mile in :50 flat (50/79) under exercise rider Juan Quintero. the only woman to breed and own a GI Kentucky Oaks winner. The gray colt sits at the top of the Derby points leaderboard One of the founding members of The Thoroughbred Retirement with 150, by virtue of scores in the GII Wood Memorial S. and Foundation and a major contributor to the opening of the GII Tampa Bay Derby. Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park, Whitney has Working in company with Grade I stakes-placed turfer Ballagh been an advocate for finding retired Thoroughbreds new careers Rocks (Stormy Atlantic), Tacitus produced splits of :13.40, and homes once their racing careers have ended. She has also :25.80, :38.40 and :50 and galloped out five furlongs in 1:02.80 done substantial charitable work with backstretch workers. In and six furlongs in 1:15.80. 2010, Whitney was awarded the Eclipse Award of Merit. She “It was his first work since the Wood Memorial and I thought it was elected to The Jockey Club the following year. was very good,” trainer Bill Mott said. “He doesn’t work fast; he For more information on all of the 2019 inductees, click here. does what his companion does. I thought his gallop out was very good.” Mott, whose first Derby starter came in 1984, will be trying to win the Run for the Roses for the first time. Hofburg’s seventh-place finish last year produced Mott’s best result from eight starters. TDN CRITERIA “You always want to feel like you have a chance, even if you The races covered in the TDN are as follows: are 20-1,” the Hall of Famer said. “You always think that and I think that way for him. He is very well bred, has a good race • Stakes: purses of $50,000/up record and seems to be a horse on the improve.” • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up WinStar Farm and China Horse Club’s Improbable (City Zip) • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up breezed a half-mile as well, which drew a surprise appearance • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum from trainer Bob Baffert, on his way to Ocala for Tuesday’s OBS claiming price of $40,000 April Sale. The Grade I winner covered the distance in :48 flat (4/79), clicking off fractions of :11.80, :23.40 and :35.60 and galloping out five furlongs in 1:01.40. Cont. p7 TUESDAY APRIL 23

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“I haven’t seen press like that since Santa Anita closed,” Baffert joked as he met a large contingent of the news media. “I picked a beautiful day here. He went really nice. I liked the way he bounced over the track. Everybody is happy with him.”

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Improbable breezed without blinkers after getting agitated while wearing them prior to his runner-up finish in the GI Arkansas Derby Apr. 13. Baffert confirmed that the shades would be removed for the first Saturday in May. Also on the worktab for the Derby were Allied Racing Stable’s GII Louisiana Derby upsetter By My Standards (Goldencents), who went six furlongs in 1:12 4/5 (2/5) and Willis Horton Racing’s Long Range Toddy (Take Charge Indy), who drilled five panels in 1:02 3/5 (29/35). “That was about as good as you can get two weeks out from the race,” trainer Bret Calhoun said of By My Standards. “This horse is just hitting his best stride and I think that’s what we’ll see from him going into the Derby. I put the work off a little bit due to weather but he really showed his stuff this morning. I’m not taking a sigh of relief yet but I feel really pleased by the way he went this morning.”

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termed it an “old issue” that has not affected the horse, and THE TDN DERBY TOP 12 by T.D. Thornton Mandella flew out his blacksmith, Ben Craft, from California to We’re now inside the two-week mark for the May 4 Churchill Downs to apply a new patch that went on when GI Kentucky Derby and big jumps in the pecking order have Omaha Beach had shoes changed on Sunday. given way to behind-the-scenes strategizing, jockey intrigue, and the intensity of big-race anticipation. Please note the rankings below are independent from the “Road to the Derby” points leaderboard Churchill Downs uses to determine starting berths. That list can be accessed here.

1) OMAHA BEACH (c, War Front--Charming, by Seeking the Gold) O-Fox Hill Farms, Inc. B-Charming Syndicate (KY). T-Richard Mandella. Sales History: $625,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GISW, 7-3-3-1, $1,121,800. Last Start: 1st, GI Arkansas Derby, OP, Apr. 13 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 137.5.

Omaha Beach has the momentum of a three-race win streak, elite-level tactical prowess, a stamina-sturdy pedigree, proven Omaha Beach | Sarah K. Andrew off-track ability, and a stylish résumé that includes back-to-back slugfest victories over the number two and four contenders on 2) GAME WINNER (c, Candy Ride {Arg}--Indyan Giving, by A.P. this list. Now you can add the endorsement of Mike Smith, Indy) America’s most successful big-money jockey, who last week ‘TDN Rising Star’. O-Gary & Mary West. B-Summer Wind Equine elected to vacate the mount on Roadster (Quality Road) in order (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $110,000 Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. to retain the ride on this War Front colt in the Derby. Smith’s Lifetime Record: MGISW, 6-4-2-0, $1,846,000. choice will ensure Derby favoritism for Omaha Beach. Last Start: 2nd, GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 6 But the most tantalizing asset is the fact that we have yet to Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 85. see what this horse can do when fully unleashed to the true depth of his torque reserves. His GII Rebel S. win over the If ‘TDN Rising Star’ Game Winner ends up wearing a blanket of juvenile champ was visually impressive considering Game roses one week from Saturday, it’s because he’s a Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}) was being pushed on for run while been-there/done-that pro who willingly takes cues from his Omaha Beach remained hand-encouraged. And in the rider, settles into a keen and often-imposing stalk mode, then GI Arkansas Derby, Smith was still sitting chilly turning for home fights through adversity without shying away from while Improbable (City Zip) was driven hard without eroding the confrontation. Even though he didn’t beat Omaha Beach in their margin. In both of those Oaklawn races, it was a wide gap back head-to-head tilt, he did determinedly close the gap, and this to the third-place horses. Trainer Richard Mandella disclosed on $110,000 KEESEP Candy Ride (Arg) bay did so while racing for Sunday that Omaha Beach has been training and racing with a the first time in four-plus months while the much tighter Omaha patched quarter crack since breaking his maiden on Feb. 2. He Beach was making his third start of 2019. Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

The elusive Breeders’ Cup/Derby double has only been pulled connections that the €250,000 ARQMAY War Front colt is off twice in 34 previous years (by Street Sense in 2007 and physically ready to pick up where he left off prior to a scary Nyquist in 2016). And you have to go back to Super Saver in slipping incident leaving the gate in the GII Louisiana Derby. That 2010 to find any Derby winner who did not win a sophomore misstep caused him to lose his action and he was never truly in race prior to winning the Derby. But Game Winner is poised to that race to win it. But to see the bigger picture, rewind War of buck both of those trends, and if you like his chances, you’ll be Will’s career arc back to a solid foundation of five 2-year-old rewarded with a square price for the first time in his career. races (four at a mile or longer), including a trip-troubled fifth in Game Winner has never gone off above 19-10 odds in his six the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Trainer Mark Casse then races, but he’s shaping up to be about a 5-1 second choice in the transitioned him to dirt just before the start of his sophomore Derby. season, and War of Will responded with three high-impact wins (one in the slop at Churchill and two in stakes at Fair Grounds). 3) WAR OF WILL (c, War Front--Visions of Clarity {Ire}, by Purely from a visual perspective, War of Will catches the eye as Sadler’s Wells) a sharp gate-breaker who can fluidly assert himself near the fore O-Gary Barber. B-Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY). T-Mark Casse. of large fields, and the way he advanced upon and inhaled Sales History: $175,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 KEESEP; €250,000 2yo ‘18 overmatched competition in his first two New Orleans races ARQMAY. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 8-3-1-1, $501,569. stamped him as the most authoritative prep-race victor of 2019 Last Start: 9th, GII Louisiana Derby, Mar. 23 --until Omaha Beach came along. Right now I’m leaning toward Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 4 War of Will being the most value-conscious Derby bet, probably Equineline PPs. Caulfield on War of Will. KY Derby Points: 60. somewhere in the 12-1 range. Cont. p10

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4) IMPROBABLE (c, City Zip--Rare Event, by A.P. Indy) horses at the mercy of traffic. Tacitus has also taken a path of ‘TDN Rising Star’. O-WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club lesser resistance to Louisville, as neither the GII Tampa Bay International Ltd. & Starlight Racing. B-St. George Farm LLC & G. Derby nor the Wood Memorial drew A-list heavy hitters this Watts Humphrey Jr. (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $110,000 year. Historically, only one horse has ever parlayed the Wlg ‘16 KEENOV; $200,000 Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: Tampa/Kentucky Derbies (Street Sense). And it’s now nearly two GISW, 5-3-2-0, $619,520. decades since any Wood winner went on to capture the Last Start: 2nd, GI Arkansas Derby, OP, Apr. 13 Kentucky Derby (Fusaichi Pegasus). Equineline PPs. Caulfield on Improbable. KY Derby Points: 65. 6) ROADSTER (c, Quality Road--Ghost Dancing, by Silver Ghost) ‘TDN Rising Star’. O-Speedway Stable LLC. B-Stone Farm (KY). ‘TDN Rising Star’ Improbable, like stablemate Game Winner, T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $525,000 Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. Lifetime will enter the Derby with two honest second-place efforts that Record: GISW, 4-3-0-1, $706,200. demonstrate progression beyond what appears in his running Last Start: 1st, GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 6 lines. This $200,000 KEESEP City Zip chestnut was four wide on Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 100. both turns of the GII Rebel S. and only beaten a neck, then came up one length shy of top-ranked Omaha Beach after they locked ‘TDN Rising Star’ Roadster’s stock dipped slightly when Mike horns the length of the homestretch in the Arkansas Derby. Smith chose to ride top-ranked Omaha Beach instead of this Improbable did show improved focus in that race (he had been $525,000 KEESEP Quality Road gray. I have to think that if Smith cocking his head in previous works and races), but he was believed the two horses were closer together ability-wise, he’d fractious in the post parade and anxious in the gate. Trainer Bob have retained the mount on Roadster considering trainer Bob Baffert had been schooling Improbable to be more of a Baffert routinely supplies Smith with a pipeline of Grade I speed-oriented horse and even added blinkers as an experiment mounts. But this “tell” might not matter dependent on post in the Arkansas Derby. But after the race Baffert said he didn’t position draw, and Florent Geroux is a capable replacement. think the blinkers helped, so maybe Improbable will remain a This athletic-framed colt was highly regarded last summer at Del stalker in a Derby that does not have any tour-de-force early Mar before he needed soft palate surgery to correct a breathing speed on paper. Improbable is athletic, light on his feet, and has problem, and Roadster could be peaking at the right time based a long stride. Last Breeders’ Cup weekend, Baffert told TDN this on the long, loop-the-group drive that he sustained through the colt was a “50% version of Justify. He’s the same color and has GI Santa Anita Derby stretch with enough grinding the same markings on his face.” Even if Improbable hasn’t determination to put away favored stablemate Game Winner. rounded into the other 50% of last year’s Triple Crown winner, This decade has been good for Santa Anita Derby winners: another 20% or so of improvement would put him in the hunt as They’ve won the Kentucky Derby in 2012, 2014 and 2018. But a legit Derby win threat. 25 consecutive grays have gone to post and lost the Derby since the last gray, Giacomo, roared home at 50-1 in 2005. 5) TACITUS (c, Tapit--Close Hatches, by First Defence) O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc. (KY). T-Bill Mott. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 4-3-0-0, $653,000. Last Start: GII Wood Memorial S., AQU, Apr. 6 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 150. As a Derby prospect, Tacitus brings a unique blend of patience (it might take him a mile to fully uncoil), aggression (he admirably fights for position when he has to, like on both the first turn and the stretch run of his GII Wood Memorial win), and stamina (by Tapit out of an Eclipse champion mare who excelled in dirt routes). Mott doesn’t generally gush about potential Derby prospects when they’re 2-year-olds, but he was on record as saying the colt might be the Classics threat to emerge from his barn. Is a body of four races enough to get Tacitus to the Derby winner’s circle? This gray has needed encouragement to stay engaged in his races, and firing from well off the pace in the 20-horse Derby can be a strategy that leaves even the best of Roadster (left) | Benoit photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

7) WIN WIN WIN (c, Hat Trick {Jpn}–Miss Smarty Pants, by Parfait will reunite with jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. in the Derby. Smarty Jones) The two teamed for a maiden win at Keeneland last October in O-Live Oak Plantation. B-Live Oak Stud (FL). T-Michael front of second- and third-place finishers who subsequently won Trombetta. Lifetime Record: SW & MGSP, 6-3-2-1, $367,300. graded stakes. Last Start: 2nd, GII Blue Grass S., KEE, Apr. 6 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 50. 9) VEKOMA (c, Candy Ride {Arg}--Mona de Momma, by Speightstown) This Hat Trick (Jpn)-sired homebred has a pair of O-R. A. Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables. B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC Derby-winning grandsires in his pedigree (Sunday Silence and (KY). T-George Weaver. Sales History: $135,000 Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. Smarty Jones), and he started his sophomore season with a Lifetime Record: MGSW, 4-3-0-1, $788,850. track-record score over seven furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs. He Last Start: 1st, GII Blue Grass S., KEE, Apr. 6 has intrigued but not truly delivered on his potential in a pair of Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 110. two-turn stakes preps since then, although you could point to realistic excuses in both those efforts. In the Tampa Bay Derby, Win Win Win was hooked five wide off the turn as the beaten Vekoma owns three wins from four starts (two of them in fave behind upstart Tacitus, who has since gone on to graded stakes) but seems stuck with the “overachiever” label. convincingly win the Wood Memorial. And at Keeneland, Win Part of that has to do with him being a May 22 foal who is Win Win was closing against the grain of a fairly potent Blue physically smaller in stature than his peers. Another part is his Grass Day speed bias. He has never been off the board from six lack of stretch-run focus (he is prone to shifting and drifting and lifetime starts, but then again, he’s also never won around two cocking his head; as a 2-year-old he was on the wrong lead). A turns or at any other track besides Tampa or Laurel. At third factor has to do with his GII Blue Grass S. victory being somewhere in the vicinity of 20-1 in the Derby, I’ve got him on aided by a speed-friendly Keeneland surface (seven of eight my bet list as a horse to play underneath in exotics as insurance, main-track winners that day were first or second at the second but not as a key win threat. call). But the $135,000 KEESEP Candy Ride (Arg) colt keeps ending up in the winner’s circle after most of his races, so he 8) PLUS QUE PARFAIT (r, 3, Point of Entry--Belvedera, by must be doing something right. The main question Vekoma will Awesome Again) have to answer in Louisville deals with his pedigree: With 2004 O-Imperial Racing LLC. B-Calloway Racing LLC (KY). T-Brendan champion sprinter Speightstown as his damsire, is 10 furlongs Walsh. Sales History: $24,000 RNA Wlg KEENOV ‘16; $135,000 under constant pace pressure in a 20-horse field within his Ylg KEESEP ‘17. Lifetime Record: GSW, 7-2-1-2, $1,590,400. grasp? Last Start: 1st, G2 UAE Derby, MEY, Mar. 30 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 104. 10) TAX (g, Arch--Toll, by Giant’s Causeway) O-R. A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Lynch, Hugh Foaled and Raised at OAK LODGE and Corms Racing Stable. B-Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider (KY). T-Danny Gargan. Lifetime Record: GSW, 5-2-2- Every year, the G2 UAE Derby winner has a perceived 1, $326,300. advantage at having won the longest race among any of the Last Start: 2nd, GII Wood Memorial S., AQU, Apr. 6 Kentucky Derby hopefuls (1 3/16 miles). But that’s a theoretical Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 52. edge that has never translated into better than a sixth-place try in Louisville. This $135,000 KEESEP Point of Entry ridgling has Tax is aiming to carve out a reputation as the $50,000 dark-horse potential, though, if you dismiss his aberrational maiden-claimer who got away. He’s run third, first, then second losses at the Fair Grounds on the basis of trainer Brendan in a trio of graded New York stakes since being claimed at the Walsh’s assertion that Plus Que Parfait just didn’t like the track end of the Keeneland fall meet, and as an Arch gelding out of a there. In five races over four other surfaces, he has never Giant’s Causeway mare, it was evident that he had no problems finished worse than third and has never been more than 3 1/2 distance-wise in back-to-back nine-furlong tries. In the Wood lengths behind the winner. Plus Que Parfait showed promise in Memorial, Tax muscled his way to a contending position from Dubai cutting through traffic for a sustained 2 1/2–furlong the one hole despite traffic to his outside that resulted in a winning bid, and Walsh has said this ridgling has a mature disqualification, and he settled well on the backstretch run enough temperament to handle the Derby hoopla. Plus Que behind daylight-margin duelers. Cont. p12

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Tax got first run on the wilting pacemakers, then fought on Record: GISP, 6-1-2-1, $260,175. resolutely while pinned on the inside with the assertive Tacitus Last Start: 3rd, GI Arkansas Derby, Apr. 13. KY Derby Points: 50. bearing down on him. This gelding’s ability to consistently attain a prime stalking position will likely serve him well in the cavalry charge that comprises the crucial first turn of the Derby. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Country House has run second, third, and fourth against graded stakes company in recent starts, but he’s still winless beyond the maiden level. Trainer Bill Mott has expressed confidence that the colt can get 10 furlongs, but Country House is a May 8 foal who has been green at times during his stretch runs. “He keeps knocking at the door and running at the end. He’s the type of horse that would benefit from a fast pace in the Derby and hopefully that’s the case and he can pick up the pieces.” Mott has not yet named a rider on Country House for the Derby.

Rounding out the starting gate… 13) Cutting Humor (First Samurai): The Derby mount is still open on this $400,000 FTSAUG track-record holder (GIII Sunland Derby). If you exclude this colt’s seventh-place puzzler as the Tax | Sarah K. Andrew beaten fave in the GIII Southwest S., he’s never been off the board in five other starts. 11) CODE OF HONOR (c, Noble Mission {GB}--Reunited, by Dixie Union) O/B-W. S. Farish (KY). T-Shug McGaughey. Sales History: $70,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, 4-2-1-0, 14) Long Range Toddy (Take Charge Indy): This colt’s seven $384,820. solid races of two-turn experience under the guidance of a Last Start: 3rd, GI Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 30 trainer who has hit the board four times in the Kentucky Derby Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 74. (including twice in the past three years with decent-odds horses) are obvious pluses. But the fact that this Take Charge Indy Classics races aren’t always about brawn and power. homebred was a non-threatening sixth in his only go against Sometimes a race like the Derby is won by a nimble, agile stayer Grade I competition is what relegates him to long-shot status, who lucks out with the right trip. If Code of Honor is to win a probably somewhere north of 40-1 for the Derby. week from Saturday, that scenario could be the game plan for DAM PURCHASED BY MACHMER HALL how he gets it done. This first-crop Noble Mission (GB) homebred is a light-bodied May 23 foal. While consistency has not been his calling card, Code of Honor has flashed glimmers of 15) Maximum Security (New Year’s Day): This undefeated promise, like in his adversity-overcoming second in the wire-to-wire winner of the slow-tempo GI Florida Derby began GI Champagne S. or when he reeled in the field in the his career with a 9 3/4-length romp in a $16,000 maiden-claimer GII Fountain of Youth S. Although exact foaling date records are at Gulfstream before dominating in a pair of optional sketchy prior to 1940, 10 known May foals have won the Derby claiming/allowance races by a combined 24 3/4 lengths. After dating to 1875, and three of those winners had a May 23 or later Maximum Security stole the Florida Derby under pace foaling date: Exterminator in 1918 (May 30), Northern Dancer in conditions that he will be unlikely to replicate in the Kentucky 1964 (May 27), and Thunder Gulch in 1995 (May 23). Derby, trainer Jason Servis said, “Candidly, if you read between the lines, there had to be a reason why I ran him for $16,000. 12) COUNTRY HOUSE (c, Lookin At Lucky--Quake Lake, by War Am I glad I didn’t lose him? Hell, yeah. Is he training good and Chant) sound? Yes. But there was a reason why I ran him for $16,000.” ‘TDN Rising Star’. O-Mrs. J. V. Shields, Jr., E. J. M. McFadden, Jr. & LNJ Foxwoods. B-J.V. Shields, Jr. (KY). T-Bill Mott. Lifetime Cont. p13 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

16) Spinoff (Hard Spun): Can you find true, legitimate frontrunning speed with staying power in this year’s Derby lineup? I have trouble doing so. Maybe you could make a 60-1 case for this colt, who hails from the barn of a two-time Derby-winning trainer and held on for as long as he could in the HOW CLASSIC WINNERS MEASURE UP Louisiana Derby despite getting roughed up and hooked wide in Like many a 6-year-old in 1951, your correspondent’s world the early stages of that stakes. was suddenly turned upside down with the arrival in our family apartment in Queens of a strange piece of furniture with a 17) By My Standards (Goldencents): The 22-1 Louisiana Derby window which, when clicked on, brought up all sorts of things upsetter worked six furlongs in 1:12.80 Monday at Churchill from movies to newscasts to baseball games and something (2/5) with regular jockey Gabriel Saez aboard. “That was about called I Love Lucy. But two years later, quite by accident, there as good as you can get two weeks out from the race,” trainer appeared on the screen a gray ghost on four legs running Bret Calhoun said. “This horse is just hitting his best stride and I around a racetrack in a distant place called Kentucky finishing think that’s what we’ll see from him going into the Derby.” second to a black horse (not a color TV, obviously) in a race Scanlon Training & Sales Graduate which, we were told, was the “fastest two minutes in sports.” Native Dancer losing the Kentucky Derby was our introduction to this game as well as our obsession with the Triple Crown that has defined it for so many generations. We became addicted to 18) Gray Magician (Graydar): Rallied credibly behind Plus Que newsreels of War Admiral, Omaha, Whirlaway, Count Fleet and Parfait in the UAE Derby, but the best stateside races in his Citation winning the Crown, all narrated by the great Clem past-performance block are a six-horse one-mile maiden romp McCarthy. at Del Mar and a six-horse, one-turn-mile second in a minor At the rambunctious age of 15, we invited a friend to ride our stakes at Laurel. bikes 10 miles from Astoria to Ozone Park where our Uncle Joe had a parking lot at the clubhouse turn of some place called Aqueduct. 19) Haikal (Daaher): It will be a big jump from one-turn success exclusively at Aqueduct to 10 furlongs in the Derby. This colt is an opportunist, though, who knows how to close into collapsing pace scenarios, and there is enough stamina foundation deeper into his pedigree to aid his stretch-out journey.

20) Master Fencer (Jpn) (Just A Way {Jpn}): This year’s Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby invitee was fourth on the points scheme, and his connections accepted the Derby invitation after the first three qualifiers opted out. He ran in a pair of 10-furlong turf races prior to winning two nine-furlong dirt events, then rallied from last to finish second in his most recent race, the Fukuryu S. at Nakayama Mar. 31. Native Dancer at Aqueduct in 1953 | courtesy Keeneland library Because of age restrictions, we were not allowed into the track, but Uncle Joe allowed us to stand on the hood of a huge 60 Broad St. pink Cadillac convertible to witness what turned out to be Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Victoria Park winning the Remsen. We were so overwhelmed Fax (732) 747-8955 that we came back the next year on the same day and the same Phone (732) 747-8060 Cadillac perch allowed us to witness Victoria Park’s stablemate [email protected] Northern Dancer accomplish the same task. We were crushed when he lost the Belmont S. the following June. Cont. p14 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

To say we were hooked is an understatement because, by the Now, look what has happened in the 1980s. There is still a time we were compelled to write our major project in preponderance of Stride mechanics, but there is also a sharp journalism as sophomores in college, we were able to achieve shift toward lighter bodies, horses that in the past were mostly the only Grade A of our undergraduate career with a 105-page more efficient as milers. Indeed, it was in the 1980s that trainers tome titled The History of Horse Racing in America. The began to show a preference for larger horses, many of which professor was a 60-year-old editor at the New York Daily News were more lightly bodied than previous generations. and may have been a closet racing fan because he liked the By the time the 1990s were completed, the shift toward paper despite most classmates having snickered when it was Power-types had been strongly established, and the handed in. lightly-made contingent continued to be prominent. Fast forward 20 years or so, when your correspondent was Now look what has happened in the past two decades. getting involved professionally in this game and quite by While this research gives us a good overview of the shift in the accident was also introduced to the art-plus-science of equine aptitudes of the breed over the past half-century or so, we were biomechanics. Our first lesson was about phenotypes, and we curious as to whether there were individual biomechanical were shown how measuring a horse and computing the growth components that were common to a majority, or large number, curve algorithms involved could alter one’s impressions, and of Classic winners in the past two decades. What we found was perceptions, of how a racehorse is structured (bio) and what quite interesting. that means about its true racing aptitude (mechanics). Ž 92% of them have very good to excellent power. The relationship between the length of the back cannon to the bone lengths of the upper leg (tibia) and hip is how Power is generated. Power is speed, and a horse needs speed in the Classics to get position and finish. Ž 72% of them have good to excellent stride extension. This is combination of factors that expresses how well a horse can extend his stride length without interference. Fair or poor extension may cause a horse to interfere with itself and therefore lose stride rhythm (or action). Therefore, a good trip is essential for horses with fair or poor extension.

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2018 Triple Crown winner Justify | Sarah Andrew As it turned out, the early 1980s was the dawning of a new era in the evolution of the Thoroughbred racehorse, which is sharply illustrated by the sudden shift in the phenotypes of winners of the individual Triple Crown races compared to the previous two decades (and though lacking data, by inference, the previous half-century). O.K. “Lucy, ’splain.” For example, “to the eye,” most of the winners of Triple Crown races over the years appeared to be the same “type,” i.e., an average-sized horse with good power, good stride extension and enough body weight to process the energy needed to get the distance. Indeed, here are the phenotypes of every single Classic race winner from the 1970s in our database--only one was way out there as a lightly-made individual. The rest were either heavily tilted toward the Stride quadrant or very well balanced between Stride and Power. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 16 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

Ž 46% of them have uphill trajectories--higher at the elbow than at the flank and/or longer front legs than rear legs. These factors or combinations are often very desirable in turf horses, but in Classic races they also give somewhat of an advantage. If combined with good power, a horse can reach out early to establish good position and rhythm and pounce when ready. Ž 30% of them have downhill trajectories--lower at the elbow THOROUGHBRED WEEK RETURNS AS DIGITAL than at the flank and/or shorter front than rear legs. These CONTENT PLATFORM factors or combinations are very desirable in front-running Thoroughbred Week, a new digital content platform for sprinters or milers--some of which can control the pace to their industry participants to tell their stories, launched today. The ultimate advantage in two-turn races. However, this website features original content, with an emphasis on video, combination is also very common in horses who need to settle and first-person articles provided by industry stakeholders from and build momentum and appear to go into downhill drives late. all segments of the business. Ž 100% of them have rear triangles that are geared for quick With early support from the likes of Graham and Anita Motion, starts and excellent finishing kick. The rear triangles are formed Jill Baffert, Hall of Fame jockey Ramon Dominguez, and by the ilium, femur, and tibia, and these deliver most of the photographer Alex Evers, Thoroughbred Week will feature power and efficiency of a horse. A study of our database shows articles, photography, interviews, and videos aimed to educate that Classic type horses prior to the 21st Century tended to have and create awareness about the Thoroughbred industry. longer tibias than iliums and femurs, a combination which The racing telecast, “Thoroughbred Week,” aired for 21 years enhances the ability to carry speed over a distance of ground (1995-2016). The 30-minute program highlighted the week’s top through momentum. When all three are of equal length, or the stakes winners and their connections and was hosted and tibia is shorter than the ilium and femur, late quickening is co-produced by John Henderson along with Scott Rion. In 2018, enhanced. This is more common in turf horses, but over the past Jon and Christine Siegel acquired the rights to the name, and are two decades as the breed has become more diversified in taking the brand in a new direction. aptitude as well as pedigree crosses we’ve seen it more and “At our core we are storytellers,” said Jon Siegel. “We've more in dirt performers. assembled a team based on our relationships over the last 20 There you go, Lucy--Classic winners, ’splained. years, looking for people who are like-minded in our pursuit of promoting this great sport. To have Graham and Anita, Ramon, Bob Fierro is a partner with Jay Kilgore and Frank Mitchell in Jill, and Alex all agree to join our existing team of Christine DataTrack International, biomechanical consultants and Siegel, Michael Compton, and myself is very exciting.” developers of BreezeFigs. He can be reached at [email protected].

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“Through our Derby, Belmont and Breeders’ Cup Handicapping Saturday, Gavea, Brazil events, in partnership with DRF and the NBC racing team, we GRANDE PREMIO ZELIA GONZAGA PEIXOTO DE CASTRO-G1, have been able to raise and donate over $300,000 to the jockeys BR$136,200 (US$34,682), Gavea, 4-20, 3yo, f, 2400mT, 2:26.20, and horses that make this beautiful and demanding sport so fm. special,” said Dr. Pete Hester, president of the Charitable Impact 1--NAOMI BROADWAY (BRZ), 125, f, 3, Salto (Ire) Group. “We like to believe that we have, more importantly, 1st Dam: Via Broadway (Brz), by Northern Afleet created a much-needed awareness of these brave and bold 2nd Dam: Nights On Broadway (Brz), by Candy Stripes athletes when they are injured or when their racing careers 3rd Dam: Infinit Winner, by L’Emigrant end.” 1st GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Haras Do Morro (Brz); T-L. Esteves; J-A. Gulart. Lifetime Record: 10-2-2-3. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A++. 2--Gaivina (Brz)*, 125, f, 3, Gone Astray--Calandra, by Put It Back. O/B-Haras Santa Maria de Araras (Brz); T-C. Oliveira. 3--Grandeza (Brz)*, 125, f, 3, Put It Back--Vanua Levu (Brz), by Wild Event. O/B-Haras Santa Maria de Araras (Brz); T-C. Oliveira. Margins: HF. 1 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 4.20, 2.10, 3.50. Also Ran: Midsummer Rain (Brz), Kassie’s Angel (Brz), Perigoosa (Brz), Jurere Girl (Brz), Lisboeta (Brz). *Gaivina dq’d from first to second & Grandeza dq’d from second to third. Click for the Gavea chart and video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Saturday, Gavea, Brazil GRANDE PREMIO CRUZEIRO DO SUL-DERBY CARIOCA-G1, BR$231,300 (US$58,924), Gavea, 4-20, 3yo, 2400mT, 2:26.79,

fm. 1--JET LAG (BRZ), 125, c, 3, Public Speaker 1st Dam: Emissora Regional (Brz), by Trempolino 2nd Dam: Crazy About You (Brz), by Basim 3rd Dam: Our Funny (Brz), by Western 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Alberto Juarez Tiellet Miorim; B-Haras Palmerini (Brz); T-V.S. Lopes; J-H. Fernandes. Lifetime Record: 13-4-2-1. *1/2 to Corsario Trempoli (Brz) (Redattore {Brz}), GSP-Brz; and a full to Hotaru (Brz) (Public Speaker), GSW-Brz. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Galaxy Runner (Brz), 125, c, 3, Drosselmeyer--Unique Zuca (Brz), by Northern Afleet. O-Haras Sweet Carol; B-Haras Anderson (Brz); T-Ad. Menegolo. 3--Olympic Ipswich (Brz), 125, c, 3, Shanghai Bobby--Maybe DID YOU KNOW? Sunday, by Any Given Saturday; O/B-Haras Regina (Brz); T-R. MGISW Oscar Performance (Kitten’s Joy) Solanes. was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” Margins: 1, 2 1/4, HF. Odds: 64.20, 7.30, 47.20. Also Ran: Taksim (Brz), Tanto Riso (Brz), Olympic Icecream (Brz), Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website! Miracle Mile (Brz), George Washington (Brz), Garrison (Brz), Medjugorje (Brz), Flash Olimpico (Brz). Click for the Gavea chart and video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. SALES STATISTICS

Leading 2019 Sires of 2-Year-Olds by cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America (through Apr. 21)

Rank Name FYr Loc 2016 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median 1 Curlin F10 KY $100,000 4 4 $1,254,750 $682,500 2 Tapit F06 KY $300,000 5 4 $1,025,000 $950,000 3 Medaglia d'Oro F06 KY $150,000 4 4 $683,410 $641,820 4 Pioneerof the Nile F11 KY $125,000 3 3 $613,333 $450,000 5 Bernardini F08 KY $100,000 4 2 $557,500 $557,500 6 American Pharoah F17 KY $200,000 18 10 $526,571 $405,000 7 Into Mischief F10 KY $45,000 16 11 $516,818 $350,000 8 Speightstown F06 KY $100,000 5 2 $512,500 $512,500 9 Blame F12 KY $25,000 2 2 $400,000 $400,000 10 More Than Ready F02 KY $50,000 3 2 $353,146 $353,146 11 Sky Kingdom F17 KY $5,000 4 3 $335,666 $110,000 12 Lemon Drop Kid F02 KY $40,000 4 3 $319,982 $400,000 13 Uncle Mo F13 KY $75,000 22 15 $290,881 $300,000 14 Super Saver F12 KY $65,000 3 3 $273,333 $200,000 15 Majestic City F17 NY $3,500 1 1 $270,000 $270,000 Leading 2019 Freshmen Sires of 2-Year-Olds by cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America (through Apr. 21)

Rank Name Sire's Sire Loc 2016 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median 1 American Pharoah Pioneerof the Nile KY $200,000 18 10 $526,571 $405,000 2 Sky Kingdom Empire Maker KY $5,000 4 3 $335,666 $110,000 3 Majestic City City Zip NY $3,500 1 1 $270,000 $270,000 4 Carpe Diem Giant's Causeway KY $25,000 9 7 $241,966 $185,000 5 The Big Beast Yes It's True FL $6,000 7 7 $226,000 $95,000 6 Constitution Tapit KY $25,000 11 7 $220,285 $140,000 7 Liam's Map Unbridled's Song KY $25,000 5 5 $216,000 $175,000 8 Karakontie (Jpn) Bernstein KY $15,000 3 3 $205,000 $150,000 9 Commissioner A.P. Indy KY $7,500 6 5 $199,000 $145,000 10 Tapiture Tapit KY $7,500 10 6 $196,833 $157,500 11 Tonalist Tapit KY $30,000 7 5 $190,000 $150,000 12 Bayern Offlee Wild KY $15,000 10 6 $177,833 $130,000 13 Palace Malice Curlin KY $20,000 12 10 $154,500 $75,000 14 Summer Front War Front KY $10,000 3 1 $130,000 $130,000 15 Fast Anna Medaglia d'Oro KY $7,500 7 6 $119,666 $43,500

TO GENERATE OTHER TDN SALES STATISTICS LISTS, OR TO SEE A LIST OF SALES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/INSTA-TISTICS/ Sunday, Lone Star, post time: 5:40 p.m. EDT STEVE SEXTON MILE S.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Title Ready More Than Ready Charles E. Fipke Asmussen Eramia 119 2 G's Turn Alternation Tom Galvin Willis McMahon 117 3 Phat Man Munnings Brad Grady Sharp Beschizza 119 4 King Abner Hansen Little Red Feather Racing, Summit Racing LLC, D'Amato Baze 119 Ticket to Ride LLC, and Rojas, Jackie 5 Analyze This Jet K Overanalyze Evans, Johnny B. and Eoff, Terry Eoff Risenhoover 117 6 Air Strike Street Sense Madaket Stables LLC, Slam Dunk Racing and D'Amato Talamo 119 Nentwig, Michael 7 Forevamo Uncle Mo Brittlyn Stable, Inc. Asmussen Diego 121 8 Minister of Soul Ministers Wild Cat Esteban Martinez Martinez Wade 119 9 Mocito Rojo Mutadda Wayne T. Davis Wilson Rodriguez 119 10 Shotgun Kowboy Kodiak Kowboy C. R. Trout Trout Cabrera 119

Breeders: 1-Charles Fipke, 2-Ed Few, 3-Kim Nardelli & Rodney Nardelli, 4-Golden Eagle Farm, 5-Jay Goodwin, Al Adams & Chip Montgomery, 6-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc., 7-Ocala Stud, 8-Dahlberg Farms LLC, 9-Paul Van Doren & Andrena Van Doren, 10-C. R. Trout

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

break to take dead aim on favored Shanghai Bonnie (Shanghai Bobby) turning for home before moving past that one to score by 2 3/4 lengths. The winner is a half to Sky Treasure (Sky Mesa), GSW, $492,426; and Surgical Strike (Red Giant), GSW, $402,897. Preemptive Attack is also responsible for an unraced juvenile filly by Uncle Mo named Positive Danger, as well as a IN ORDER OF PURSE: yearling filly by that same sire. She produced a colt by Into 7th-Parx Racing, $48,524, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 4-22, Mischief this year. Ode to Joy=s second dam is dual Canadian 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.04, ft. champion Bold Ruritana. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $22,800. BETHLEHEM ROAD (g, 3, Quality Road--Alydarla {GSP, Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- $150,650}, by Henny Hughes) was a commanding wire-to-wire Tipton. debut winner here Apr. 1 traveling seven furlongs and O/B-Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson (KY); T-Justin J. successfully shortened up in distance to remain undefeated Nixon. here. Showing up as a first-time gelding and bet down to 3-2 favoritism, the homebred son of Quality Road set the pace through an opening quarter-mile in :22.48 and widened en route to a 3 1/4-length victory over Fix Me a Sandwich (To Honor and Serve). Alydarla produced a filly by City Zip in 2017, a filly by Malibu Moon in 2018 and a filly by Outwork this spring. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $54,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. IN JAPAN: O/B-Gryphon Investments, LLC, Don Ameche III & Randy Reed Cafe Crown, c, 3, Mineshaft--Two Trail Sioux (GSW & GISP-US, (KY); T-Dee Curry. $664,960), by Indian Charlie. Tokyo, 4-21, Plate Race, 8f. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $117,857. O-Koichi Nishikawa; B-Jason Litt Litt Family Horse Trust & Alex Solis (KY); T-Noriyuki Hori. *$300,000 2yo >18 OBSAPR. ***AHe jumped well from the gate and traveled well behind the leaders,@ said winning jockey Mirco Demuro. AThe kickback did not bother him and I did not use my whip in the stretch. He is still green, but must have a bright future.@ VIDEO. IN ORDER OF PURSE: 5th-Parx Racing, $61,880, Msw, 4-22, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.22, ft. I'M THE TALENT (f, 3, Talent Search--Oh Lolly Lolly, by Ecclesiastic) led wire to wire to capture her career debut by 6 3/4 lengths Monday afternoon, giving trainer Scott Lake his 6,000th career victory. Diva Drama (Medallist) was second best. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $37,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Aurora Vista LLC; B-Golden Oak Farm LLC (PA); T-Scott A. Lake.

9th-Laurel, $47,600, Msw, 4-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:01.70, FIND US ON FACEBOOK fm. www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews ODE TO JOY (f, 4, Artie Schiller--Preemptive Attack, by Smart Strike) posted two local works in preparation for this career unveiling and proved up to the task, overcoming an uneven TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • APRIL 23, 2019

Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), Adena Springs, $10,000 122 foals of racing age/15 winners/2 black-type winners 9-Will Rogers Downs, $55K Will Rogers S., 1m, DAK DA MAN, 3-1

Real Solution (Kitten's Joy), Blue Star Racing, $5,000 61 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, APRIL 23 4-Indiana Grand, Msw 4 1/2f, TRIGZ, 6-1 Daredevil (More Than Ready), WinStar Farm, $7,500 $1,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; RNA KEE SEP yrl 80 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 6-Indiana Grand, Msw 4 1/2f, DARE QUEEN, 15-1 $1,000 KEE SEP yrl

Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein), Gainesway Farm, $10,000 88 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 4-Indiana Grand, Msw 4 1/2f, KARAOKE NIGHT, 20-1 RNA KEE SEP yrl

SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, APRIL 23 Beggarthyneighbor (Half Ours) 17 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 9-Will Rogers Downs, $55K Will Rogers S., 1m, HALF OURS TO KEEP, 2-1

Can the Man (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $3,500 137 foals of racing age/18 winners/0 black-type winners 8-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, CAKE INA CAN, 4-1

Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song), Spendthrift Farm, $25,000 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 162 foals of racing age/28 winners/6 black-type winners 6th-Laurel, $46,485, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 4-22, 3yo/up, 3-Will Rogers Downs, Alw 5 1/2f, DAME PLATA, 4-1 f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:01.97, fm. $35,000 MNS AUG yrl SOUPER ECHO (f, 4, Macho Uno--Seasoned Warrior {GSP, $138,519}, by Majestic Warrior) Lifetime Record: SP, 15-4-6-1, Flashback (Tapit), Diamond B Farm, $3,500 $167,594. O-Live Oak Plantation; B-Live Oak Stud (FL); T-Michael 175 foals of racing age/20 winners/0 black-type winners J. Trombetta. 6-Indiana Grand, Msw 4 1/2f, SHE'S FLASHY, 6-1 $10,000 KEE NOV wnl; $8,000 FTK OCT yrl 5th-Mahoning Valley, $25,000, (NW3X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 4-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.65, ft. Goldencents (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $20,000 HIDATSA PARK (m, 5, Divine Park--Hidatsa, by Proud Citizen) 256 foals of racing age/43 winners/4 black-type winners Lifetime Record: 37-5-6-9, $102,854. O/T-Ricardo Bailey; 8-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, BRIBE, 4-1 B-Brereton C. Jones (KY). *$22,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP. 8-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, MINING GOLD, 12-1 $25,000 KEE NOV wnl; $29,000 RNA BAR SEL yrl; $47,000 BAR ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: OCT yrl Total Distraction, g, 3, Don'tsellmeshort--Albertrandi, by Bertrando. Golden Gate Fields, 4-21, (S), 5 1/2f (AWT), Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron), Spendthrift Farm, $3,500 1:04.09. B-Herb Lang (CA). 136 foals of racing age/22 winners/0 black-type winners Bee Bit, f, 3, English Channel--Sun Disk, by A.P. Indy. Lone Star, 8-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, ABBY'S LUCKY HEART, 8-1 4-21, 1mT, 1:37.78. B-Calumet Farm (KY).

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ARTIE SCHILLER, Ode to Joy, f, 4, o/o Preemptive Attack, by Smart Strike. MSW, 4-22, Laurel DIVINE PARK, Hidatsa Park, m, 5, o/o Hidatsa, by Proud Citizen. AOC, 4-22, Mahoning Valley DON'TSELLMESHORT, Total Distraction, g, 3, o/o Albertrandi, by Bertrando. MSW, 4-21, Golden Gate ENGLISH CHANNEL, Bee Bit, f, 3, o/o Sun Disk, by A.P. Indy. MSW, 4-21, Lone Star MACHO UNO, Souper Echo, f, 4, o/o Seasoned Warrior, by Majestic Warrior. AOC, 4-22, Laurel OVERANALYZE, Suzette, f, 4, o/o Anna Bird Rulez, by Sharp Humor. ALW, 4-22, Will Rogers QUALITY ROAD, Bethlehem Road, g, 3, o/o Alydarla, by Henny Hughes. AOC, 4-22, Parx Racing TALENT SEARCH, I'm the Talent, f, 3, o/o Oh Lolly Lolly, by Ecclesiastic. MSW, 4-22, Parx Racing

Quality Road, sire of Parx winner Bethlehem Road | Lee Thomas

TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2019

URBAN ICON REMAINS IN GUINEAS PICTURE THE WEEKLY WRAP: THAT Trainer Richard Hannon thinks GSP Urban Icon (GB) (Cityscape FRIDAY FEELING {GB}) could have slipped under the radar in the May 4 G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas. The son of Cityscape lost his unbeaten record when third in the G3 Greenham S. at Newbury on his reappearance, but the Marlborough handler feels he can make his presence felt in the one-mile Classic at Newmarket, for which he is a general 33-1 chance. Hannon said, "He ran a super race at Newbury. I normally look on the bright side of things, but Tom [Marquand] got off him and said he has given him the best feel of any horse he has ever ridden at Newbury. He said he will definitely get a mile and the ground just slightly stunned his speed. He could just fly to the Guineas under the radar. He was having the third run of his life. You go to a trial to find out if you have got a good horse--we have and at worst he is a Jersey horse, and at best he will run well in the Guineas."

Pizzicato scoring at Lingfield | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY by Emma Berry OBS APRIL BEGINS IN OCALA ON TUESDAY Outside the major stakes races, the equine traffic between The OBS April Sale kicks off its four-day run in Ocala, FL on Tuesday. Britain and France is largely one way, with plenty of British Jessica Martini and Christie DeBernardis are on the scene. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. challengers heading across the Channel on a regular basis. Given the enviable levels of prize-money on offer in France, this is hardly surprising. Arena Racing Company (ARC) being awarded the right to race on Good Friday was helped by the fact that the All-Weather Championship Finals Day was, at ,1 million, the richest day's racing to be staged on the surface in Europe, not to mention one of the most valuable run in the UK on either turf or all-weather. Breaking the racing drought on a day that had hitherto been sacrosanct on religious grounds had to be for show-stopping reasons, and judging by the large annual crowd at Lingfield for this fixture there are many people wanting to enjoy that show. Last Friday, the sixth championship climax was staged, with Pizzicato (Ity) (Dabirsim {Fr}) becoming the third French-trained winner at the meeting after City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Funny Kid (Lemon Drop Kid) last year. The ,93,000 won by Fabrice Chappet's gelding compared favourably to the equivalent of around ,41,000 (including premiums) he won for his previous victory in the Listed Prix Montenica at Chantilly. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 23 APRIL 2019

Andre Fabre to make within the next week, and judging by his recent comments, it will be largely weather-dependent. With That Friday Feeling Cont. from p1 Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) now out of the 2000 Guineas on his home track, the temptation to run Persian King (Ire) Both of France's 2018 All-Weather (Kingman {GB}) on May 4 must have increased, though Fabre Championship winners went on to notch has indicated that the colt who has been unbeaten in his last Group 3 victories on the turf on their next four startsCincluding, crucially, over course and distance on the starts, with the Stephane Wattel-trained City Rowley Mile in OctoberCis much more likely to run in the Poule Light then being beaten just a short-head by d'Essai des Poulains at ParisLongchamp eight days later. Merchant Navy (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) on It is almost a quarter of a century since Fabre won his second his return visit to Britain for the G1 Diamond 2000 Guineas with Pennekamp (Bering {GB}) but it is only five Jubilee S. years since he claimed his first 1000 Guineas with Miss France ARC has come in for much criticism of late regarding its hasty (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) for Diane Wildenstein of Ballymore decision to cut prize-money ahead of the reduction in FOBT Thoroughbreds, who also bred and still part-owns Persian King stakes coming into play, but it must be applauded for its with Godolphin. commitment to this championship series, which is playing its The trainer's strike-rate on the Rowley Mile stands at a part in raising the profile of all-weather racing in attracting formidable 34%. Of his 70 runners there, 24 have won, while better horses. The qualifying races throughout the winter also another 19 have finished in the first three. With another 11 colts mean that it's not merely a case of them turning up on the big from his stable remaining in the French Guineas at this stage, day to plunder the large pots on offer. and with no Brexit-related travel complications to consider for now, the Wrap will be hoping, perhaps against hope, to see Fabre the Formidable Persian King back in Newmarket the weekend after next. Whether or not to launch a cross-channel raid is a decision for Cont. p3

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Don't Dream It's Over The lack of participation in formal trials make the first Classics of the year an even bigger guessing game than they should be. Scat Daddy is the sire of the first two fillies in the betting for the 1000 GuineasClast week's Nell Gwyn winner Qabala and Skitter ScatterCand grandsire of 2000 Guineas favourite Ten Vice President, International Operations Sovereigns (Ire), a son of last season's leading freshman sire No Gary King Nay Never. While Coolmore and Juddmonte will respectively be Twitter: @garykingTDN hoping that No Nay Never and Kingman can build on their [email protected] blistering starts at stud by siring a first-crop Classic winner, it has + 1.732.320.0975 been encouraging to see the Juddmonte stalwart Oasis Dream (GB) enjoy something of a resurgence after becoming International Editor unfathomably cold in the sales ring two years ago. The Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN 19-year-old has a chance of success in each of the Newmarket [email protected] Classics. His daughter Pretty Pollyanna (GB) has not lined up for a trial and, while trainer Michael Bell has sounded a note of European Editor caution regarding her homework, the G1 Prix Morny winner is at Emma Berry this stage still an intended runner for the 1000 Guineas. Twitter: @collingsberry Oasis Dream was also the sire of the first and third home in the [email protected] European Free H. at the Craven meeting in Shine So Bright (GB) and Azano (GB), both of whom have 2000 Guineas entries. Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN

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Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield John Berry | Kevin Blake Pretty Pollyanna with Cameron Noble in the irons | Emma Berry We mentioned in this column last week the excellent start to the season for King Power Racing and the operation's newly IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY retained jockey Silvestre de Sousa. The good fortunes of both continued apace last week, with Shine So Bright and Fox 2019 YEARLING SALE REVIEW Champion (Ire) (Kodiac {GB) winning at the Craven meeting and John Boyce analyzes the yearling market at the conclusion of Fox Power (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) following up with victory in the yearling sales’ season. Click or tap here to go straight to the Listed Burradon S. on Good Friday. Cont. p4 TDN Aus/NZ.

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The Weekly Wrap Cont. (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) among his seven winners. Shine So Bright, yet another stakes winner for Kirsten Charlie Appleby's four winners at the Craven Meeting included Rausing's fruitful Alruccaba family, was notable in being the first his first 2-year-old scorer of the campaign, Well Of Wisdom (GB) black-type winner as broodmare sire for the Lanwades stallion (Oasis Dream {GB}), a son of Alessandria (GB) (Sunday Silence) Sir Percy (GB), his dam Alla Speranza (GB) having won the G3 who has already provided Godolphin with two of its 10 Group 1 Kilternan S. for Rausing when trained by Jim Bolger. wins of the year via another son, the Australian-based Avilius Both trainer Andrew Balding and de Sousa seem unconvinced (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), winner of the Ranvet S. and the Tancred S. of Shine So Bright's staying power beyond the seven furlongs on consecutive weekends last month. over which he won from the front last week, and he is certainly Also noteworthy in the royal blue was Jalmoud (GB), by Derby a free-running individual, but his pedigree gives cause for hope winner New Approach (Ire) out of Oaks winner Dancing Rain that he could see out a mile. (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Winner of the 10-furlong novice race, he has it all to do in attempting to emulate the similarly Locals Clean Up well-credentialed Australia (GB) in landing the Derby himself, but Appleby, who gave New Approach his first Derby hero with Masar (Ire) last year, has indicated that Jalmoud will be sent next for a trial.

Heed the Warning In a week in which climate change protestors glued themselves to Waterloo Bridge and caused mayhem in London, it was perhaps prophetic that Global Warning (GB) should win at Newcastle on Friday. The son of Poet's Voice (GB) was well backed for his handicap debut for Dr. Johnny Hon and Ed Dunlop and, under a resurgent Gerald Mosse, looked to be a 3-year-old with a bright future when winning by more than three lengths. Bred by Ken and Elizabeth Grundy, Global Warning pays a further compliment to the Hertfordshire-based breeders' Bishop Skardu defeats Momkin in the Craven | Racing Post Of Cashel (GB) mare Persario (GB). Now 20, she is already the dam of The Tin Man (GB) (Equiano {Fr}), the winner of three Fifteen of the 22 races at the Craven meeting were won by Group 1 sprints for James Fanshawe, who also trained his Newmarket stables, with William Haggas and Roger Varian half-brother Deacon Blues (GB) (Compton Place {GB}). The taking the two major Classic trials courtesy of Skardu (Ire) latter's swansong came in the QIPCO British Champions Sprint in (Shamardal) and Qabala, respectively. 2011 before it was upgraded to a Group 1 and won five years The latter provided a second group win for 19-year-old former later by The Tin Man, who has remained in training at the age of champion apprentice David Egan, who has worked for Varian seven. Cont. p5 since leaving school four years ago. Son of Classic-winning jockey John Egan and Irish Grand National-winning former trainer Sandra Hughes, David Egan is every bit as well-bred for the job as the most blue-blooded incumbents of Varian's stable, having dual British Flat champion jockey Richard Hughes as an uncle, former leading Irish National Hunt jockey Dessie Hughes as a grandfather and leading northern-based British Flat jockey Paul Mulrennan as a cousin. Varian has been running at a decent strike-rate since the beginning of the season and last week sent out not just the Nell Gwyn winner but also runner-up Mot Juste (Distorted Humor), G3 Earl Of Sefton S. winner Zabeel Prince (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), eye-catching Wood Ditton Maiden winner UAE Jewel (GB) Global Warning | Racing Post (Dubawi {Ire}) and Listed Landown S. victrix Queen Of Desire TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 23 APRIL 2019

The Weekly Wrap Cont. AXANA DOMINATES THE SCHWARZGOLD- The Grundys, who have sent Persario for two return visits to Equiano in recent seasons, have a yearling full-sister to The Tin RENNEN Man, while Karl Burke is the trainer of the mare's 2-year-old Acquired by Team Valor after her success in the Listed Grosser Muhaarar (GB) colt, So Hi Star (GB), for Nick Bradley Racing and Soldier Hollow Preis at Hannover in October, Axana (Ger) Ken Grundy. (Soldier Hollow {GB}) provided an instant healthy return on that It's too early to say whether Global Warning will scale such investment with an authoritative success in Cologne=s G3 Karin lofty heights as his elder brothers, but he is now his dam's Baronin von Ullmann-Schwarzgold-Rennen on Monday. Making seventh winner and, as a member of a progressive family, is one her debut for the Andreas Wohler stable, having been handled to watch. by Jens Hirschberger at two, the 43-10 shot was a touch keen throughout the early stages in the hands of Eduardo Pedroza Glory Takes Honours before being granted a lead. Sent back to the front with a decisive thrust approaching the two-furlong pole, the bay While we all get carried away with the first-season sire tables, wrapped it up instantly and was way beyond recall as Anna the real interest comes when stallions have their first 3-year-old Pivola (Ger) (Pivotal {GB}) stayed on to secure second, 2 3/4 runners and it's fair to say that this year's sophomores look to be lengths away at the line. an above-average bunch. As the Classics and Royal Ascot unfold along with other high-profile meetings, the standings will doubtless shift with regularity, and we can reasonably expect to see bold showings from Australia (GB), Kingman (GB), No Nay Never and Sea The Moon (Ger) in the coming months. At this stage, however, the top three slots in the second-crop sires' list are occupied by stallions with ties to France. Olympic Glory (Ire), out in front on prize-money and with 13 winners, has stood his entire career at Al Shaqab's Haras de Bouquetot, starting at i15,000 in 2015 and dropping to i8,000 this season. He recorded a double at Saint-Cloud last week with the Al Shaqab homebred Barsham (Fr) and Grand Glory (GB), who was also runner-up to another daughter of Olympic Glory, Phoceene (Fr), in the Listed Prix Rose de Mai in March. Earlier this month the 9-year-old son of the much respected Choisir (Aus) was represented by his first group Axana | Galopponline.de winner, Watch Me (Fr), in the G3 Prix Imprudence. Phoceene now looks set to line up in the G3 Prix Penelope on May 1 alongside another Olympic Glory filly, the unfortunately Pedigree Notes named Got Wind (Fr), who really should be by his stud-mate Axana, who has a 2-year-old full-sister in the wings, is out of a currently lying in third in the table, Toronado (Ire). daughter of the GII Diana H. winner Via Borghese (Seattle He too has had 13 winners this year and has an interesting Dancer), whose descendants include the GIII Oklahoma Derby 2000 Guineas entry in the form of Saturday's Kempton scorer Tonito M (Rock Hard Ten) and the G1 Premier=s conditions race winner Name The Wind (GB), who is now two Champion S. third Solid Choice (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}). from two for James Tate. The third dam is the G2 Premio Legnano winner Angela Serra Presently splitting these two Bouquetot stallions in the (GB) (Arctic Tern), whose four stakes winners include Italy=s European second-crop list is Charm Spirit (Ire), who has divided champion miler and sire Miswaki Tern (Miswaki), the GI Eddie his time between Tweenhills and Haras de Bonneval and was Read H. runner-up and fellow sire El Angelo (El Gran Senor) and represented last week by Qatar Racing's Listed Feilden S. Kick the G3 Prix du Bois scorer Porto Varas (Miswaki). On (GB), who may take aim at the Poule d'Essai des Poulains.

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Monday, Cologne, Germany KARIN BARONIN VON ULLMANN - SCHWARZGOLD- FIRST-SEASON SIRES RENNEN-G3, i32,000, Cologne, 4-22, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:34.80, gd. WITH RUNNERS 1--AXANA (GER), 128, f, 3, by Soldier Hollow (GB) 1st Dam: Achinora (GB), by Sleeping Indian (GB) 2nd Dam: Villa Borghese, by Seattle Dancer Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2019: 3rd Dam: Angela Serra (GB), by Arctic Tern UNITED KINGDOM 1ST GROUP WIN. (i15,000 RNA Ylg >17 BBAGS). O-Team Hot Streak (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Tweenhills Stud Valor; B-Sergej Penner (GER); T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo 79 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Pedroza. i32,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, i50,500. Werk 14:00-YARMOUTH, 5.25f, KELINDA DICE (GB) Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 20,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017; ,30,000 Goffs Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock UK Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2018 2--Anna Pivola (Ger), 128, f, 3, Pivotal (GB)--Queen=s Hall (GB), by Singspiel (Ire). O/B-Gestut Brummerhof; T-Markus Klug. i12,000. 3--Satomi (Ger), 128, f, 3, Teofilo (Ire)--Swordhalf (GB), by Haafhd (GB). (i130,000 Ylg >17 BBASEP). O-Stall Helena; B-Gestut Wittekindshof (GER); T-Markus Klug. i6,000. Margins: 2 3/4, 1HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 4.30, 14.30, 13.20. Also Ran: Wish You Well (Ger), Akribie (Ger), Linaria (Ger), Barbados (Fr), Wild Emotion (Ger), Eternal Summer (Fr), Peace of Paris (Ger). Scratched: Stex (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Monday, San Siro, Italy PREMIO AMBROSIANO-G3, €71,500, San Siro, 4-22, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 1:59.70, gd. 1--DIRK (IRE), 135, h, 5, Mujahid 1st Dam: Docksil (GB) (Hwt. Older Mare-Ity at 5-7f, GSW-Ity, $309,331), by Docksider 2nd Dam: Simil, by Apalachee Hot Streak has a runner at Yarmouth on Tuesday | Tweenhills Stud 3rd Dam: Clever Edge, by Clever Trick O-Quafin Spa; B-Allevamento Dei Lagoni Srl (Ire); T-A. Botti Srl Soc Al Di; J-Carlo Fiocchi; €27,625. Lifetime Record: 17-7-4-1, OBSERVATIONS €146,915. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. on the European racing scene Werk Nick Rating: A. 2--Presley (Ity), 133, h, 6, Gladiatorus--Pasionaria (Ire), by Celtic 3.35 Yarmouth, Novice, ,5,800, 3yo, 8f 3yT Swing (GB). O-Quafin Spa; B-Al Dei Lagoni Srl (Ity); €12,155. KING OF COMEDY (IRE) (Kingman {GB}) earned >TDN Rising 3--Assiro (GB), 133, c, 4, Declaration of War--T=As d=Beaux Yeux Star= status with a debut win in a decent Sandown novice (GB), by Red Ransom. (€85,000 Ylg >16 ARAAUG). O-Rovedo contest in July only to be a surprise second on his next start at Luigi Pietro; B-Gestut Zur Kuste AG (GB); €6,630. Redcar in November. Lady Bamford=s half-brother to her G1 Prix Margins: 3/4, NO, 5. Odds: 0.91, 0.91, 5.63. de Diane heroine Star of Seville (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) Also Ran: Lamarck (GB), Azzurro Cobalto (Ity). still has plenty of time to make up into the performer he looked Click for the San Siro chart or the free Equineline.com first time and John Gosden is going softly with the May-foaled catalogue-style pedigree. bay. He meets three in the Godolphin blue including Saeed bin Suroor=s Sendeed (Ire) (Shamardal), a son of the high-class G1 Irish and Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Prix de l=Opera heroine Petrushka (Ire) (Unfuwain).

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1 9 Lidena (Fr) Iffraaj (GB) Eyquem Rouget 2 10 Lucky Lycra (Ire) Olympic Glory (Ire) Bertras Rohaut 3 6 Samothrace (Fr) Iffraaj (GB) Barzalona Graffard 4 4 Queendara (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Gavilan Guillemin 5 3 Paravent (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Forest Rohaut Monday=s Result: 6 5 Bonnoeil (Fr) Rajsaman (Fr) Crastus Soubagne 1st-Redcar, ,7,000, Novice, 4-22, 3yo/up, 7f 219yT, 1:38.47, 7 8 Volskha (Fr) Le Havre (Ire) Mendizabal S Brogi g/f. 8 11 Suquitho (Fr) Authorized (Ire) Lemaitre Pantall COUNTRY (GB) (c, 3, Dubawi {Ire}--Birjand {GB}, by Green 9 7 Paramount (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) Auge Ferland Desert), who was sixth on debut over seven furlongs at 10 12 Izvestia (Ire) Battle of Marengo (Ire) H Doyle Watson 11 1 Fan Zone (Fr) Zizany (Ire) Blondel Montzey Doncaster at the end of March, travelled easily in a close-up 12 2 Norathir (Fr) Muhtathir (GB) Peslier D de Watrigant second early. In front and in total command at halfway, the 1-2 All carry 123 pounds. favourite was pushed out to secure a facile 3 3/4-length success from Dancingwithwolves (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}). The Monday=s Results: dam is a daughter of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. scorer Belle 5th-ParisLongchamp, i35,000, Cond, 4-22, 3yo, c/g, 8fT, Genius (Beau Genius). She is also responsible for the classy 1:40.90, g/s. Lucky Nine (Ire), another son of Dubawi who was Hong Kong=s EAGLE HUNTER (GB) (c, 3, Dansili {GB}--Zeva {GB}, by champion sprinter on two occasions, MG1SW-Sin & G1SW-HK, Zamindar) registered runner-up finishes in each of his first three G1SP-UAE, G1SP-Aus, GSP-Jpn, $6,652,807, and the smart outings, including a Mar. 17 reversal over this trip at Saint-Cloud Japanese group performers Sudden Storm (Jpn) (Storming Home in his first start for Francis-Henri Graffard last time, and trailed {GB}), MGSP-Jpn, $2,085,223, and Teehaff (Jpn) (Storming Home all five rivals through halfway in this contest. Inching into {GB}), GSW-Jpn, $2,249,793. Her daughter Win Cash (Ire) contention in the straight, the 5-2 chance came under increased (Alhaarth {Ire}) produced the G3 Concorde S. third Coolnagree pressure to challenge wide entering the final furlong and (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $5,881. quickened smartly for one crack of Pierre-Charles Boudot=s whip O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin (GB); T-William in the latter stages to assert by a short neck from Melicertes Haggas. (GB) (Poet=s Voice {GB}) nearing the line. The homebred bay is the second foal and scorer produced by a winning half-sister to ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: three stakes winners headed by MGSW GI Breeders= Cup Liliofthelamplight (Ire), f, 3, Helmet (Aus)--Lilakiya (Ire), by Dr Juvenile Fillies Turf third Osaila (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). His Fong. Wolverhampton, 4-22, 8f 142y (AWT), 1:50.90. B-L. dam Zeva (GB) (Zamindar), herself a granddaughter of G1 Prix Montgomery (IRE). *i17,000 RNA Wlg >16 GOFNOV; i13,000 de l=Arc de Triomphe heroine Detroit (Fr) (Riverman), has a 2- Ylg >17 GOFSPT. year-old filly by Golden Horn (GB) and a yearling colt by Mastercraftsman (Ire) to come. Lifetime Record: 4-1-3-0, i26,325. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Al Asayl France; B-Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. Tuesday, Toulouse, post time: 1.25 p.m. PRIX FBA - AYMERI DE MAULEON-Listed, i55,000, 3yo, 8fT 4th-ParisLongchamp, i35,000, Cond, 4-22, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:41.29, SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER g/s. 1 1 Quindio (Fr) Evasive (GB) Barzalona Thomas-Demeaulte SIYARAFINA (FR) (f, 3, by Pivotal {GB}--Siyenica {Fr} {SW & 2 4 Sagauteur (Fr) Literato (Fr) Peslier Guillemin MGSP-Fr, $102,865}, by Azamour {Ire}), who earned >TDN Rising 3 3 Kanderas (GB) Rip Van Winkle (Ire) Lemaitre Pantall 4 7 Likala (Fr) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Journiac Rouget Stardom= with an impressive two-length triumph in her Apr. 4 5 2 Got Wind (GB) Olympic Glory (Ire) Auge Ferland debut over this trip at Saint-Cloud last time, settled last of the 6 6 Tilett (GB) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Bertras Rohaut seven runners after an adequate break from the outside box in 7 5 Concello (Ire) Society Rock (Ire) H Doyle Watson this return. Taking closer order on the bridle once into the home All carry 122 pounds bar Quindio, Sagauteur & Kanderas, 126. straight, the 3-5 favourite loomed large on the outer with 300 metres remaining and required little encouragement from Tuesday, Toulouse, post time: 2.42 p.m. Christophe Soumillon in the closing stages to easily account for PRIX DU HARAS DES GRANGES - PRIX CARAVELLE-Listed, i55,000, >TDN Rising Star== Commes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) by 1 1/2 lengths. 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 23 APRIL 2019

4th-ParisLongchamp Cont. Swiftly into stride to lead from the break proper in this debut for AShe=s a lovely filly who had done well at home since her first the Pia Brandt stable, the 9-1 chance poached a commanding run,@ explained trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre. AIt was the plan to advantage under urging approaching the final furlong and was adopt hold-up tactics because we didn=t want her to do too ridden out to hit the line three lengths in advance of Orbaan much too soon from a bad draw. The lack of a strong pace (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Half-brother to the unraced 2-year- meant she made her challenge a bit earlier than planned, but old filly She=s My Type (Fr) (Dunkerque {Fr}) and a yearling colt Christophe [Soumillon] gave her a good ride and she quickened by Dunkerque (Fr), the bay is one of two scorers produced by a really well. If everything goes to plan, and there are no problems winning half-sister to MGSW dual GII Knickerbocker S. victor in the meantime, she will most probably be supplemented for Blacktype (Fr) (Dunkerque {Fr}), from a family featuring multiple the [May 12 G1 Poule d=Essai des] Pouliches.@ The homebred champion and sire Northern Dancer (Nearctic). Sales history: bay, who also holds entries in the May 26 G1 Prix Saint-Alary i3,000 Ylg >16 ARQNOV. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt, Ch. 3yo and June 16 G1 Prix de Diane, is the second foal and scorer for Colt & Ch. Sprinter-Hun, 9-9-0-0, i49,836. Video, sponsored by MGSP Listed Prix de Bagatelle victress Siyenica (Fr) (Azamour Fasig-Tipton. {Ire}) and she is a half-sister to a 2-year-old filly by Invincible O-Dr Elemer Hammersberg; B-Haras du Quesnay (FR); T-P Brandt. Spirit (Ire) and a yearling colt by Golden Horn (GB). Siyenica, herself out of a stakes-winning half to MG1SW sire Slickly (Fr) 6th-ParisLongchamp, i28,000, Cond, 4-22, 3yo, 11fT, 2:22.49, g/s. (Linamix {Fr}), is kin to three black-type performers headed by MOTAMARRIS (IRE) (c, 3, Le Havre {Ire}--Thamarat {GB} G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {SP-Fr}, by Anabaa), who justified favouritism with a seven- {GB}) and G1 Sun Chariot S. and GI E.P. Taylor S. heroine length rout in a 9 1/2-furlong heat for newcomers tackling Siyouma (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, Chantilly=s synthetic surface last time Mar. 8, settled fourth off i30,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. the clear leader for most of this turf debut. Taking closer order O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s Studs SC (FR); T-Alain with three furlongs remaining, the 1-2 favourite made further de Royer-Dupre. headway under pressure to launch his bid wide approaching the final furlong and was ridden out to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths from Himola (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}). Hailing from a family featuring storied blue hen Urban Sea (Miswaki) and one of five winners from as many runners out of Listed Prix Yacowlef third Thamarat (GB) (Anabaa), the June 2 G1 Prix du Jockey Club nominee is kin to Listed Prix de Thiberville second Saraaba (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) and the three-times stakes-placed Riqa (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who in turn is the dam of G3 Prix de Cabourg, G3 Prix de Meautry and G3 Prix du Petit Couvert victress Tantheem (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}). Thamarat is a half-sister to MG1SW sire Tamayuz (GB) (Nayef) and has also produced the unraced 2-year-old colt Sharib (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who is in training with Francois Rohaut. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, i26,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (IRE); T-Freddy Head. Siyarafina makes it two on the bounce | Scoop Dyga 2nd-ParisLongchamp, i25,000, Cond, 4-22, unraced 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT, 2:15.85, g/s. 7th-ParisLongchamp, i33,000, Cond, 4-22, 4yo/up, 7fT, DARIYZA (FR) (f, 3, Dawn Approach {Ire}--Daryakana {Fr} 1:19.85, g/s. {G1SW-HK, GSW & G1SP-Fr, $1,372,923}, by Selkirk) settled off TOUR TO PARIS (FR) (c, 4, Fuisse {Fr}--Theoricienne {Fr}, by the tempo in seventh for the most part in this unveiling. Taking Kendor {Fr}), a multiple Hungarian champion making his first closer order in the home straight, the 31-10 second choice kept start in front of a French crowd coming back from the latest of on relentlessly under whipless cajoling inside the final quarter eight straight wins at Budapest in September, broke loose during mile to deny Hawkamah (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) by a head in the loading process and caused a delay before being retrieved. the dying stride. Cont. p9 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 23 APRIL 2019

2nd-ParisLongchamp Cont. CONDITIONS RESULT: 6th-Le Lion d=Angers, i22,000, 4-22, 3yo, 7fT, 1:27.53, sf. She is the fourth winner from as many runners produced by ECOLO (FR) (c, 3, Invincible Spirit {Ire}--Never Green {Ire} G1 Hong Kong Vase victress Daryakana (Fr) (Selkirk) and the {SW-Fr}, by Halling) Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 6-2-1-1, i41,550. homebred chestnut is kin to G1 Prix Ganay hero Dariyan (Fr) O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. *1/2 to (Shamardal), himself third in the G1 Hong Kong Vase, Listed Galipad (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), SW-Fr. Grand Prix de Clairefontaine victor Darabad (Fr) (Dansili {GB}) and a 2-year-old filly by Golden Horn (GB). Daryakana is one of ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: four black-type performers and the leading representative out Al Tariq (Fr), c, 3, Oasis Dream (GB)--El Cuerpo E l=Alma, by of G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Daryaba (Ire) Harlan=s Holiday. Le Lion d=Angers, 4-22, 7fT, 1:26.83. B-S (Night Shift). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Video, Blanga Moghrabi (FR). *i140,000 RNA Wlg >16 ARQDEC; sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. i135,000 Ylg >17 ARQOCT; i150,000 2yo >18 ARQMAY. **2 1ST-TIME STARTER. O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s to Lehaim (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), MGSP-Fr, $153,529. Studs SC (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre.

1st-ParisLongchamp, i25,000, Cond, 4-22, unraced 3yo, c/g, 10 1/2fT, 2:17.99, g/s. MONTABOT (FR) (g, 3, Le Havre {Ire}--Salamon {GB}, by Monday=s Results: Montjeu {Ire}) was positioned off the pace in fifth and slipped to GROSSER PREIS DER PRIVATBANK ODDO BHF-Listed, i25,000, sixth at halfway in this newcomers= heat. Making headway Hannover, 4-22, 4yo/up, 6fT, time: n/a, gd. under pressure in the straight, the 33-5 chance was ridden along 1--SHINING EMERALD (GB), 126, g, 8, Clodovil (Ire)--Janayen, to challenge entering the final furlong and kept on well to deny by Zafonic. O-UNIA Racing; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (GB); Aramhes (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) by a short neck nearing the line. T-Andreas Wohler; J-Jozef Bojko. i14,000. Lifetime Record: He becomes the fourth winner out of a half to three black-type Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 5-7f, MGSW-Ger, SW & GSP-Ire, performers, headed by MGSP Listed Zetland S. victress Under 34-11-4-6, i228,265. The Rainbow (GB) (Fantastic Light), and the gelded bay is a full- 2--Zargun (Ger), 126, c, 4, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)--Zenaat (GB), by brother to the dual stakes-placed Saane (Fr), the unraced 2- Galileo (Ire). (i61,000 Ylg >16 BBASEP). O-Darius Racing. i6,500. year-old filly Sartilly (Fr) and the yearling colt Saint Riquier (Fr). 3--Clear For Take Off (GB), 122, m, 5, Soldier Hollow (GB)-- His stakes-winning second dam Farfala (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) is a Chantra (Ger), by Lando (Ger). (i160,000 Ylg >15 BBASEP; full-sister to G1 Prix Jean Romanet heroine Alpine Rose (Fr) and i62,000 HRA >17 ARQAUT). O-Gestut Brummerhof. i3,000. G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud victor Fragrant Mix (Fr). Lifetime Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 5.10, 3.10, 9.50. Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1st-Hannover, i7,000, Mdn, 4-22, 3yo, 10fT, 2:12.92, gd. 1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Gerard Augustin-Normand; B-Franklin WOODKING (GER) (c, 3, Le Havre {Ire}--Waldtraut {Ger} {SW & Finance SA (FR); T-Pascal Bary. G1SP-Ger, $108,305}, by Oasis Dream {GB}) was swiftly into stride and dominated from the outset of this debut. Holding 2nd-Le Lion d=Angers, i18,000, Debutantes, 4-22, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, sway throughout, the 13-5 second favourite was last off the 1:10.13, sf. bridle when shaken up at the top of the straight and kept on MUZY (FR) (c, 2, Penny=s Picnic {Ire}--Madeenh {Fr}, by Pivotal well under minimal coaxing in the closing stages to easily hold {GB}), sent off the 13-10 favourite, was a touch slowly away but Alario (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) by 1 1/4 lengths. He is the quickly recovered to take the lead from the Marnane clour- third foal and scorer for stakes-winning G1 Preis der Diana bearer Fan Club Rules (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}). Hard pressed by that runner-up Waldtraut (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), herself a half- rival in the run to the line, the bay whose extended family sister to MGSW sire Wiesenpfad (Fr) (Waky Nao {GB}). Half to includes the Classic-winning Sire Jaazeiro stuck to his guns to the 2-year-old colt Winwood (Ger) (Siyouni {Fr}), the bay is from prevail by a neck. Sales history: i20,000 Ylg >18 OSASEP. a family featuring top-level winners Waldpark (Ger) (Dubawi Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i9,000. Video, sponsored by {Ire}), Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), Waldgeist (GB) Fasig-Tipton. (Galileo {Ire}) and Wake Forest (Ger) (Sir Percy {GB}). Sales O-Gerard Augustin-Normand & Alain Jathiere; B-M Daguzan- history: i30,000 RNA Ylg >17 BBAGS. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, Garros & A Lorca (FR); T-Didier Guillemin. i3,500. 1ST-TIME STARTER. O/B-Gestut Brummerhof (GER); T-D Moser. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 23 APRIL 2019

3rd-Hannover, i7,000, Mdn, 4-22, 3yo, 7fT, 1:27.64, gd. SUPRIMO (GER) (c, 3, Maxios {GB}--Survey {Ger} {GSW-Ger, $245,718}, by Big Shuffle), a Nov. 11 debut fifth going one mile at Munich last time, found a smooth rhythm racing in a handy fourth along the fence for most of this seasonal return. Nudged along soon after turning for home, the 16-5 second favourite quickened smartly to seize control with 300 metres remaining and powered clear inside the final furlong to account for Namos (Ger) (Medicean {GB}) by an impressive six lengths. He becomes the second winner for G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen victress Survey (Ger) (Big Shuffle) and he is a half-brother to the three-times stakes-placed Sunny Belle (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), the unraced 2-year-old colt Senato (GB) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) and a yearling colt by Iffraaj (GB). Survey is one of two black-type performers produced by a winning half-sister to the dam of last year=s G1 South African Fillies Sprint heroine Sommerlied (SAf) (Var). Sales history: i28,000 RNA Ylg >17 BBAGS. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, i3,500. O-Gestut Ittlingen; B-Gestut Hof Ittlingen (GER); T-Peter Schiergen.

2nd-Cologne, i5,100, Mdn, 4-22, 3yo, 11fT, 2:15.76, gd. SO CHIVALRY (GER) (c, 3, Camelot {GB}--So Smart {Ger} {MSP- Ger}, by Selkirk), sent off the 27-10 second favourite, had one behind early taking time to warm into the race on debut. Delivered wide in the straight, the homebred hit the front a furlong from home and was pushed out with hands and heels to score comfortably by a half-length from Andoro (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}). The dam, who also has 2-year-old colt by Wiener Walzer (Ger) and a yearling colt by Guiliani (Ire) named So Official (GB), hails from the family of the G1 Deutsches Derby, GI Breeders= Cup Turf and G1 Coronation Cup hero and sire Shirocco (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i3,000. O-Gestut Schlenderhan; B-Stall Ullmann (GER); T-Jean-Pierre Carvalho.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Nijinska (Ger), f, 3, Iffraaj (GB)--Nianga (Ger) (MSW & GSP-Ger), by Lomitas (GB). Hannover, 4-22, 8fT, 1:42.99. B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof (GER). *i64,000 Ylg >17 BBAGS. **1/2 to Nossa (GB) (Areion {Ger}), SP-Ity. Ismene (Ger), f, 3, Tertullian--Imagery (Ger) (SW & GSP-Ger), by Monsun (Ger). Cologne, 4-22, 8fT, 1:35.28. B-Stall Ullmann

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Monday=s Results: PREMIO EMANUELE FILIBERTO-Listed, €42,900, San Siro, 4-22, 3yo, c/g, 2000mT, 2:02.80, gd. 1--AGENTE SEGRETO (IRE), 121, c, 3, Mastercraftsman (Ire) 1st Dam: Adamantina (GB) (GSW-Ity, $227,658), by Diktat (GB) 2nd Dam: Royal Hawk (Ire), by Wolfhound 3rd Dam: Rozala, by Roberto 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Sc Incolinx Di Romeo; B-Scuderia Incolinx (Ire); T-Simondi Soc All Di; J-Fabio Branca; €16,575. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, €24,495. *1/2 to Atiam (Ire) (Raven=s Pass), Hwt. 2yo Filly-Ity, SW-Ity. 2--Thunderman (Ity), 121, c, 3, Blu Air Force (Ire)--Yaldas Girl, by Unbridled=s Song. O-Sc Del Giglio Sardo Srl; B-Luciani Stefano (Ity); €7,293. 3--Bel Ami (Ity), 121, c, 3, Desert Prince (Ire)--Lomita=s Idea (Ire), by Lomitas (GB). (€11,000 Ylg >17 SGASEP). O-Dioscuri Srl; B-Sc Andy Capp Srl (Ity); €3,978. Margins: 2, 1, 1. Odds: 2.20, 1.76, 11.56. Also Ran: Keep and Love (Ire), Watch Tomorrow (GB), Siberius (Ity). Click for the San Siro chart.

PREMIO CERTOSA-Listed, €42,900, San Siro, 4-22, 3yo/up, 1000mT, :58.60, gd. 1--ZAN O=BOWNEY (ITY), 129, h, 7, Blue Air Force (Ire) 1st Dam: Blu Ransom (Ire), by Fasliyev 2nd Dam: Sarah Ransom, by Red Ransom 3rd Dam: Icterina, by Secreto 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€15,000 Ylg >13 SGSSEP). O-Pellitteri IN HONG KONG: Domenico; B-Az Ag Luciani Loreto (Ity); T-Simondi Soc All Di; Simply Big (GB), g, 4, Bated Breath (GB)--Oasis Jade (GB), by J-Fabio Branca; €16,575. Lifetime Record: GSP-Ity, 32-6-7-8, Oasis Dream (GB). Sha Tin, 4-22, Hcp. (,135k/i156k), 1200m €101,995. (AWT), 1:08.47. B-D J & Mrs Deer. *Formerly Expecting (GB). 2--Buonasera (Ire), 128, f, 4, Zebedee (GB)--Rosina Bella (Ire), by **90,000gns Ylg >16 TATOCT. VIDEO Oratorio (Ire). O-Sc Cavalli Da Corsa; B-Pierluigi Giannotti (Ire); €7,293. 3--Pensierieparole (GB), 129, g, 7, Exceed And Excel (Aus)-- Pursuit of Charge (GB), by Pursuit of Love (GB). (€75,000 Ylg Follow the TDN staff on Twitter >13 SGSSEP; €8,000 RNA HRA >16 SGANOV). O-Sc Arvenig Di Thoroughbred Daily News Omarini; B-Razza Del Sole Societa Agricola Srl (GB); €3,978. Margins: 2, 1 3/4, SHD. Odds: 6.89, 2.64, 4.31. @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry Also Ran: Intense Life (Ire), Potala (Ity), Penalty (Ity). @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN Click for the San Siro chart. SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

Leading Fifth-Crop Sires by Cumulative Black-Type Winners for stallions standing in Europe through Sunday, Apr. 21 Earnings represent European figures, stud fees listed are 2019 fees.

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Zoffany (Ire) 25 38 13 19 1 7 360 183 477,574 6,694,017 (2008) by Dansili (GB) FYR: 2013 Stands: Coolmore Stud Ire Fee: i25,000 Washington DC (Ire) 2 Dream Ahead 15 29 6 18 1 3 267 126 506,219 5,360,685 (2008) by Diktat (GB) FYR: 2013 Stands: Haras de Grandcamp Fr Fee: i12,000 Al Wukair (Ire) 3 Poet's Voice (GB) 11 15 9 9 1 1 330 164 2,023,828 6,781,866 (2007) by Dubawi (Ire) FYR: 2013 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud EUR (Dead) Poet's Word (Ire) 4 Canford Cliffs (Ire) 7 19 4 9 -- 2 267 143 442,219 4,167,437 (2007) by Tagula (Ire) FYR: 2013 Stands: Coolmore Stud EUR (Exp) Salouen (Ire) 5 Wootton Bassett (GB) 5 10 3 8 1 3 100 50 2,287,461 4,634,299 (2008) by Iffraaj (GB) FYR: 2013 Stands: Haras d'Etreham Fr Fee: i40,000 Almanzor (Fr) 6 Pour Moi (Ire) 4 8 2 4 1 2 159 77 1,066,776 3,172,587 (2008) by Montjeu (Ire) FYR: 2013 Stands: Grange Stud Ire Fee: i5,000 Wings of Eagles (Fr) 7 Lilbourne Lad (Ire) 3 9 1 3 -- 1 190 95 128,490 1,903,384 (2009) by Acclamation (GB) FYR: 2013 Stands: Ire Fee: N/A Surrounding (Ire) 8 Frozen Power (Ire) 2 4 ------145 58 224,471 1,643,194 (2007) by Oasis Dream (GB) FYR: 2013 Stands: Ity Fee: N/A Ice Age (Ire) 9 Appel au Maitre (Fr) 2 2 ------71 36 285,625 1,298,741 (2004) by Starborough (GB) FYR: 2013 Stands: Stutteri Hjortebo Den Fee: Private Suspicious Mind (Den) 10 Elusive Pimpernel 2 5 -- 2 -- -- 68 29 76,638 671,811 (2007) by Elusive Quality FYR: 2013 Stands: Irish National Stud Ire Fee: i1,000 La Grande Bellezza (Ire) 11 Dick Turpin (Ire) 2 3 ------97 32 76,164 668,963 (2007) by Arakan FYR: 2013 Stands: Eng Fee: N/A Billesdon Bess (GB) 12 Never On Sunday (Fr) 1 1 ------37 15 110,744 848,195 (2005) by Sunday Break (Jpn) FYR: 2013 Stands: Haras Des Granges Fr Fee: N/A Miss Julia Star (Fr) 13 Milanais (Fr) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 25 9 103,120 366,099 (2006) by Dyhim Diamond (Ire) FYR: 2013 Stands: Haras de Lonray Fr Fee: i3,500 Larno (Fr) 14 Sehrezad (Ire) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 10 4 309,717 350,736 (2005) by Titus Livius (Fr) FYR: 2013 Stands: Gestut Helenenhof EUR (Dead/Ret/Exp) Millowitsch (Ger) 15 Shakespearean (Ire) -- 5 -- 1 -- -- 66 25 81,125 821,740 (2007) by Shamardal FYR: 2013 Stands: Haras de la Barbottiere Fr Fee: i2,500 Fils Prodigue (Fr) FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/

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The median price for the four majors in 2019 was A$100,000, 2019 YEARLING the same mark as in 2018, up from A$90,000 the year before and a good deal higher than the A$60,000 recorded in 2012. Yet SALE REVIEW more evidence that the yearling market is in good health can be gleaned by breaking down the returns into 10% segments which usually exposes fundamental weaknesses, especially at the middle and lower tiers of the market. The top 10% of yearlings sold in 2019 averaged A$535,000 up from A$522,000 last year and considerably well in advance of the A$304,513 seven years ago. It's a similar story in the middle market: the average for the fifth decile is A$125,000, which has grown every year since the A$70,000 average in 2012. Even the bottom 10% of yearlings have moved up from A$11,000 in 2012 to A$18,000 this year, although this sector's uninterrupted growth stalled last year at an average of A$19,000. So, by all reasonable measures, the yearling market remains vibrantly healthy at all levels. The most sought after stallions at this year's sales offer no surprises. The late Redoute's Choice posted the best average Vancouver | Coolmore price of A$490,000, well ahead of the up-and-coming I Am Invincible, who recently equalled the record of 26 stakes winners in a season, also held by Snitzel and Danehill. Mention by John Boyce of the great Danehill, it's worth pointing out that five of the top The state of yearling market is often a good barometer when six commercial sires by average are his male-line descendants. evaluating the health of the Thoroughbred industry in general. Vancouver was the winner among first-season sires from Pride Thoroughbred racing requires continual inward investment and Of Dubai, and the Darley pair Kermadec and Exosphere. Cont. p2 although there will not be a positive return on investment for the majority of participants, Australia operates one of the best risk/reward ratios anywhere in the world. Only 31% of all starters come via the yearling sales, but 65% of stakes horses are sourced from the sales. So the relationship between the yearling market and top-end racing is a very powerful one. This year's sales continued the upward trajectory of investment in the raw material offered for sale. Using the four main auctions--Easter, Magic Millions, Melbourne and Karaka-- to evaluate the state of affairs, the first thing to note is that the average price topped A$160,000 for the first time ever. In 2012- -only seven years ago--these four sales produced an average price of just A$93,000. That represents a phenomenal growth rate of 72%. Where else in the investment field can you find such good returns over such a short timescale? And it's not as if it's a volatile marketplace either. On the contrary, it's very stable, producing sustainable year-on-year growth, with averages of A$93k, A$100k, A$104k, A$120k, A$128k, A$144k, A$156k and A$160k, although it must be said there was a Brazen Beau | Darley five-point fall in the clearance rate in 2019 from the year before. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 23 APRIL 2019

2019 Yearling Sale Review Cont. from p1 produced on an A$11,000 fee. His phenomenal first European Darley also provided the leading second-season sire in Brazen crop--which lead to a hike in fee to i100,000--won't have Beau, whose Group 2-placed son and one-time Slipper favourite escaped buyers' attention at this year's sales, so it's no surprise Tassort--plus stakes winner Accession--raised his profile that he's the leading sire both by average/fee (12.8) and considerably this year. No Nay Never and Rubick were other median/fee (9.1) multiples. second-season sires that clearly interested the leading buyers.

IN HONG KONG: Perfect Match, g, 3, Not A Single Doubt--Modave (NZ), by Montjeu (Ire). Sha Tin, 4-22, Hcp. ($247k), 1400mT, 1:21.42. B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd (NSW). *1/2 to Schiffer (Snitzel), SP-Aus, $379,000. **$130,000 Ylg >17 INGFEB. VIDEO Voyage Warrior, g, 3, Declaration of War (USA)--Chaleur (NZ), by Stravinsky (USA). Sha Tin, 4-22, Hcp. ($247k), 1000mT, :54.89 (new class record). B-R A Emery (NSW). *1/2 to Speech Craft (Oratorio {Ire}), SW-NZ, NZ$201,290. **NZ$55,000 Ylg Snitzel | Bronwen Healy >17 NZBFEB; NZ$280,000 2yo >17 NZBRTR. VIDEO Fortune Booth, g, 5, More Than Ready (USA)BGunawati, by Assessed by median price, none could match Snitzel's Galileo (Ire). Sha Tin, 4-22, Hcp. ($348k), 1200m (AWT), A$350,000, although his sire Redoute's Choice came close with 1:08.14. B-Kia Ora Stud (NSW). *Formerly Taj Mahal. A$320,000 as did I Am Invincible with A$330,000. With a **$450,000 Ylg >15 INGEAS. VIDEO conception fee of A$55,000, and given what we now know, the I Am Invincible yearlings look incredibly cheaply produced, so it's no surprise that 103 of his 104 yearlings sold made enough to cover their sire's conception fee and costs of A$20,000. This measure tends to favour emerging stallions like Zoustar, whose yearling crop--produced on a A$44,000 conception fee, saw 75 Newgate Announces 2019 Fees of his 80 make money for their vendors. Veterans Not A Single Doubt and Lonhro, also had high ratios of profitable yearlings. National Defense to Sun Stud The small number of Lonhros at the sales certainly had scarcity value given the brilliant season he's had on the track, principally Bright Future for The Chosen One through Group 1 winners Lyre and Aristia. Three Kiwi sires--Per Incanto, Pins and Savabeel--also produced profitability ratios in Five Toronados Nominated for the Showdown excess of 90%. Perhaps the sire with the biggest upgrade on service fee was No Nay Never, whose current yearlings were Viddora Progressing Well Towards Sprint