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UNDER THOMAS, SEPTEMBER: THE BIG PICTURE AND THE SECOND WEEK by Bill Oppenheim BRIDLEWOOD TRAINING When you look at the 4,309 yearlings catalogued over 13 days of selling, there=s just no other sensible overall organizing tool PROGRAM TAKING OFF we can use besides chronological: the first week will consist of the new Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase on Sunday, Sept. 10, and four days of selling at Keeneland--Book 1 on Monday, Sept. 11, and Book 2 Tuesday--Thursday, Sept. 12-14. The second week will begin after the one-day break on Friday, with Keeneland Book 3 starting Saturday, Sept. 16 and continuing for eight days, finishing Saturday, Sept. 23. Of the 4,309 catalogued, there are 1,373 catalogued in the first week (32%, 171 at Fasig and 1,202 in Keeneland Books 1-2), and 2,936 catalogued in the second week (68%), Keeneland Books 3-6. Click to cont. on p5

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY BATED BREATH COLT TOPS GOFFS UK Thomas (left) with Catholic Boy | Coglianese Photo A £270,000 colt by Bated Breath (GB) was the top lot on a by Brian DiDonato strong opening day of the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale at SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York--As a former assistant to top Doncaster on Tuesday. conditioners Todd Pletcher, Christophe Clement and Dale Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Romans, and now trainer at Bridlewood Farm since billionaires John and Leslie Malone acquired the historic Florida nursery in 2013, Jonathan Thomas has had his hand on plenty of big winners up at Saratoga. In Wednesday=s, GIII With Anticipation S. he=ll run one in his own name in the form of Bob LaPenta=s promising Catholic Boy (More Than Ready). The colt was a fast-finishing debut winner going 7 1/2 grassy furlongs at Gulfstream Park July 20 (video), one of 11 victories enjoyed by Thomas and his team at Bridlewood this season from 42 starters (26%). AI actually bought him as a short yearling,@ Thomas said of Catholic Boy, who was acquired privately after he RNA=d for $190,000 at last year=s Keeneland January sale. AHe was kind of a two-turn, growthy colt who seemed like he might benefit from an easier jurisdiction. He trained up to his debut organically and, to be honest, we weren=t expecting him to jump up and win, but we were certainly happy with it.@ Thomas, who was born and raised on Paul Mellon=s famed Rokeby Farm in Virginia and who is a former steeplechase jockey, is pleased with how Catholic Boy is doing entering this major class test. Cont. p3

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Under Thomas, Bridlewood Training AEarth was always a very, very clever horse,@ Thomas said. AHe picked up on training very early. He had very good instincts. He=s Program Taking Off (cont. from p1) a horse who we thought if he got to the races early enough, he AHe=s been training well,@ said Thomas. AWe brought him up to was definitely the sort who would win first time out. He was just Saratoga early and let him have an light on his feet, a quick study.@ easy work over the turf (4f, :51, What=s it like competing at this 32/54 on the Oklahoma Aug. 25) level with a horse like Catholic Boy with [rider] Manny [Franco]. I=ve who he=s had in his care for so been really happy with how he=s long? handled the surroundings, and he=s AThere=s nothing better,@ said paddock schooled great, gate Thomas. ATo be training for Mr. schooled well. But, obviously, LaPenta, and to have bought this when you come to New York, it=s a horse--we broke him, we=ve been lot tougher competition.@ running him--I=ve had him since he And Thomas knows more about was a baby. So it=s been cool that Catholic Boy=s competition than way as well. But there=s no place most trainers would. He also broke like Saratoga. Just to have a horse With Anticipation hopeful Earth up here to run in a graded stake is (Orb) for one of his main clients, fantastic.@ Catholic Boy | Lauren King Aron Wellman=s Eclipse Thomas had 12 starters in 2015 Thoroughbred Partners. Turned over to Pletcher, the dark bay and 18 last year, but has seen significant increased interest from graduated narrowly first out Gulfstream going five furlongs on Bridlewood=s clients in keeping horses in his care as their on- the lawn, and was a well-beaten third at odds-on in Monmouth=s track careers begin. Aug. 6 Tyro S. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

He=s had two prior starts this meet at Saratoga with Eclipse=s Orrechiete (Harlan=s Holiday), whose best finish was a close third Aug. 14. AAron Wellman had a few, I guess you could call them >experimental types= where the track was maybe just a little bit too much for them.@ explained Thomas. AHe asked if we=d try to run a couple off the farm. It was new for me--obviously I=ve got experience on the racetrack--but it=s been a learning experience, getting them ready off the farm and trying to figure out the little nuances. As it=s worked, a couple of other owners have noticed and asked us to do similar things for them. So far I=ve been really proud of our team and the results. It=s one thing when you have horses with racing experience. You could train them on the moon. It=s just a matter of the shipping and getting them there. But I=ve been really happy with our first- and second-out results. We=ve had a handful of first-out winners who did 95% of their work at Bridlewood and that=s something we=re proud of.@ Thomas is quick to point out that the resources he has at his disposal at Bridlewood, whose general manager is George Isaacs, are much more extensive than what is typical at most farms, and that gives him and his team some advantages over conditioners based at racetracks. AWhat it=s really turned into is more of a training center,@ he said of the Ocala operation. AIt almost mimics a little Fair Hill. We=ve got a seven-furlong dirt course, a three-quarter-mile turf track, we=ve got a five-eighths uphill Tapeta track, saltwater spas--all the amenities. So we=re trying to be able to take horses a step further than say your traditional farm. One advantage is that we can use the turf course whenever we want. I think with the variety of terrain we=re able to get a bottom into a horse, whereas it might be hard to do at some other places. We=re able to cater a little more to a horse=s individual needs.@ Bridlewood has had major success on the track itself this year with GI Belmont S. and GII Lambolm South Tampa Bay Derby hero Tapwrit (Tapit), who was acquired in partnership with Eclipse and LaPenta for $1.2 million at last year=s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. Gainesway and Whisper Hill have since bought into the Pletcher pupil, who was fourth in last Saturday=s GI Travers S. AIt=s a real cool story from start to finish,@ Thomas said. AWe bought him with Aron Wellman and [LaPenta=s racing manager] John Panagot, and Aron and John have become very good friends of mine. It=s been such a fun partnership. We got together at the sale, made it happen where we had the resources to get the horse bought, and obviously we got him back to Bridlewood, and then to Todd who, aside from being one of my mentors, is an idol of mine--he=s someone I=m still awestruck by. To pay back Todd a bit by getting a horse of this ilk to him, and then having become a Classic winner was incredible.@ Cont. p5

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Thomas also handled the early training of Destin (Giant=s Causeway), who came up a nose short in the 2016 ATest of the Champion@ for Twin Creeks Racing, Eclipse and Pletcher. When asked if there are any 2-year-olds he=s excited about, September: The Big Picture and Thomas is quick to single out Montauk (Medaglia d=Oro), a son of MGSW Indian Vale (A.P. Indy), grandson of GISW Marley Vale the Second Week (cont. from p1) (Forty Niner) and an $850,000 OBSAPR 2-year-old (:10 1/5) If all sires combined have roughly one-third of owned by the usual suspects: Bridlewood, Eclipse, Twin Creeks their yearlings in the first week and two-thirds in and LaPenta. AHe=s with Todd at Belmont and he=s a very the second week, it stands to reason that the best interesting horse,@ Thomas said. sires will have most of their yearlings catalogued in the first Another juvenile Thomas has high hopes for is Moonshine week, and especially in Keeneland Books 1-2: Tapit for example Memories (Malibu Moon), who carried the old Bridlewood silks has 44 yearlings in the entire sales, of which 41 are in Books 1-2 en route to a >TDN Rising Star=-worthy winning performance and three in Books 3-6. War Front has 34 catalogued in the first out at Del Mar Aug. 19. The $650,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga entire sales, one in the Fasig Turf Showcase, the other 33 in buy is owned with the Coolmore partners and is trained by Keeneland Books 1-2. So it=s illuminating to look at, first, the Simon Callaghan. number of yearlings a sire has catalogued from the total of 4,309; but also the distribution of those yearlings between the first and second weeks. For the overall September sales series--one day at Fasig plus 12 days at Keeneland--Coolmore Ashford=s late, great Scat Daddy is the leading sire by number catalogued, with 88: five at Fasig, 66 in Keeneland Books 1-2, and 17 in Keeneland Books 3-6. Spendthrift=s Into Mischief is still the leading sire of 3-year-olds standing in North America by 2014 crop earnings (click here) with 97 winners, 21 black-type horses, and the earners of over $8.1-million, including, of course, Practical Joke, who scored his third Grade I win in last weekend=s GI H. Allen Jerkens S. (formerly the King=s Bishop), and was the subject of Andrew Caulfield=s column in Tuesday=s TDN. Into Mischief has 83 catalogued in September, all at Keeneland (39 in Books 1-2, Moonshine Memories | Benoit Photo 44 in Books 3-6). WinStar=s Bodemeister, leading North American second-crop sire (click here), sire of GI Kentucky Derby AI hope Simon will bring her to New York for the [GI] Frizette,@ winner Always Dreaming and Grade II winner American Anthem said Thomas. AShe was a star yearling for me--I absolutely loved in his first crop, has 80 catalogued, again all at Keeneland and her. That=s fun seeing that happen. Plus, obviously, if we can have with a similar distribution to Into Mischief=s, in his case 35 in some success with Coolmore, there=s nothing wrong with that.@ Books 1-2, 45 in Books 3-6. Cont. p6 WEEKLY SALES TICKER by Bill Oppenheim

“With a welcome 4% improvement in the clearance rate from the catalogues (65% from 61%), the yearling sales so far this year show an 8% gain in gross and a 10% gain in average from the corresponding sales last year, and the yearling gross so far is even 2% ahead of 2015 levels, with a 6% improvement in the clearance rate (65% from 59%), though this has resulted in a 5% dip in the average yearling price so far compared to 2015, The overall North American and European auction marketplace for the year so far has now reached $462-million, a 10% gain over 2016, and $20-million, or 4.5%, ahead of corresponding 2015 totals.”

TOTAL US AND EUROPEAN YEARLING SALES AS OF AUGUST 28, 2017 YEAR CAT RING SOLD % W/D % S/R % S/C GROSS AVE 2017 1,295 1,117 847 13.7% 75.8% 65.4% $136,943,206 $161,680 2016 1,409 1,217 865 13.6% 71.1% 61.4% $126,880,540 $146,683 2015 1,336 1,044 791 21.9% 75.8% 59.2% $134,493,028 $170,029 2014 1,236 1,090 819 11.8% 75.1% 66.3% $112,288,742 $137,105 2013 1,206 1,065 799 11.7% 75.0% 66.3% $102,799,686 $128,660 2012 1,257 1,105 721 12.1% 65.2% 57.4% $89,076,989 $123,546

TOTAL US AND EUROPEAN SALES AS OF AUGUST 28, 2017 YEAR CAT RING SOLD % W/D % S/R % S/C GROSS AVE 2017 11,792 9,210 7,174 21.9% 77.9% 60.8% $462,258,598 $64,435 2016 11,774 9,054 6,844 23.1% 75.6% 58.1% $420,122,118 $61,385 2015 11,301 8,647 6,770 23.5% 78.3% 59.9% $442,266,425 $65,327 2014 11,187 8,802 6,951 21.3% 79.0% 62.1% $402,027,039 $57,837 2013 10,121 7,977 6,150 21.2% 77.1% 60.8% $355,168,645 $57,751 2012 9,990 7,913 5,982 20.8% 75.6% 59.9% $298,633,955 $49,922 Data compiled by Brianne Stanley TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

A total of 30 sires have 50 or more yearlings catalogued in the Among sires with their first 2-year-olds, Ashford=s Declaration seven books of September (one Fasig, six Keeneland), and it=s of War, from his first Kentucky crop after standing his first striking that they have sired 1,926 of the 4,309 yearlings season in Ireland, leads the pack with 78 yearlings catalogued catalogued, which is 44%; in other words, four out of every nine (fourth overall), including 13 at the Fasig Turf sale, 34 in yearlings catalogued will be by one of these 30 sires--but Keeneland Books 1-2, and 31 in Books 3-6. Claiborne=s Orb and notably these 30 do not include Tapit (44) or War Front (34). Of WinStar=s Paynter have 54 each; Ashford=s Shanghai Bobby has the 30, eleven are sires which have their first yearlings (4), 53. Among sires with their first 3-year-olds, so their third crop of 2-year-olds (4), or 3-year-olds (3)--this is for all 13 days, yearlings, Lane=s End=s The Factor, like Declaration of War a son remember. of War Front, has 72 catalogued, and the farm=s Union Rags, number two freshman sire last year, has 61. Gainesway=s Tapizar has 50 catalogued. Having looked at the sires of >first week= yearlings in last week=s column and tables, let=s now look at the sires of the 2,936 Book 3-6 yearlings. Of the 193 sires represented by Book 3-6 yearlings, 16 have 40 or more yearlings catalogued in Books 3-6. Naturally younger, unproven sires are more to the fore in the second week, and in fact, eight of the nine sires already mentioned among this top 16 (meaning they had 50+ catalogued total) are in the younger sire crops. F2014 The Factor (61), who has his first 3-year-olds, has the highest number of yearlings in Books 3-6, with Tapizar (49) and Bodemeister (45) also from the F2014 sire group. Verrazano (54), Will Take Charge (42), and Cairo Prince (40) represent F2016 sires, with their first crops selling, along with WinStar=s Fed Biz (43, also has two in Verrazano has 75 first-crop yearlings set to go under the hammer Book 2 for 45 total), a >market darling= in his own right whose during the September sales | Christie DeBernardis stock has impressed a lot of judges, and Spendthrift=s Goldencents (also 43), a dual GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile winner from Into Mischief=s first crop. Of the four stallions with their first yearlings, the top sire numerically is Ashford=s Verrazano (75), winner of the GI Wood Memorial S. and GI Haskell Invitational S. (by nearly 10L, Beyer 116) in 2013. Three Chimneys= Will Take Charge (65) was unplaced in all three Triple Crown races, but Wayne Lukas brought him back with four wins and four seconds in his next eight starts in five Grade I and three Grade II races, including wins in the GI Travers S. and GI Clark H. (against olders), split by a nose defeat by Mucho Macho Man in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, all of which earned him the 2013 Eclipse Award for 3-year-old males. He=s deservedly been this crop=s commercial leader so far, and figures to remain in that spot. Lane=s End=s full brother to Frankel, Noble Mission, has 58 catalogued, and Airdrie=s >market darling=, Cairo Prince, has 54. Cairo Prince | EquiSport TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

Sires with first 2-year-olds with 40+ catalogued in Book 3-6 LADY AURELIA RETURNS TO KEENELAND include Paynter (54) and Shanghai Bobby (53). Into Mischief Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy), who just got nipped on the wire in (44), by the way, is the one proven sire whom we had the G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. at York, is returning to mentioned earlier with 40+ catalogued in the >back books=. Keeneland later this week and will be aimed at a start in the Five other sires have 40+ catalogued in Books 3-6. Ramsey Nov. 4 GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar. The 3-year-old Farm=s Kitten=s Joy has 49 in the back books, 77 overall as he filly has made two transatlantic crossings this year. She won the also has seven in the Fasig Turf sale and 21 in Books 1-2. Three G1 King=s Stand S. at Royal Ascot in June before missing by just a F2012 sires (first 5-year-olds) are on this list: WinStar=s Super nose to Marsha (Ire) (Acclamation) on the Knavesmire last Saver (52 in Books 3-6, 66 total); Ashford=s Munnings (42, plus Friday. one in Book 2); and Spendthrift=s Temple City, who is the top AShe thinks she won,@ trainer Wesley Ward said of the sire in the Fasig sale, with 18. He also has four in Books 1-2 and Nunthorpe. AThey do know. If they=re running hard and they=re 40 in Books 3-6 (62 total). Lane=s End=s F2013 Twirling Candy, in front and then somebody blows by them, the next day they=re whose first foals are 4-year-olds, has 42 in the >back books=, plus kind of like ears back, dejected and sad almost. But the ones four in Book 2. That crop=s leader, Ashford=s Uncle Mo, has 43 in that win are the opposite. Their ears are up; they come out of Books 1-2 and another 30 in Books 3-6, for a total of 73 through the stall bouncing. She really thinks she won. The filly that won the entire sales fortnight. Our thanks to TDN=s Heather it, she ran a valiant race to run us down. She was very Anderson, who compiled the tables we=ve used for last week=s courageous to come and get what I believe is the fastest horse and this week=s columns. (Click to return to p1) in the world.@ Contact Bill Oppenheim at [email protected] (cc Lady Aurelia began her 2017 campaign with a win in the [email protected]). Giant=s Causeway S. at Keeneland in April before her back-to- back English efforts. AI was proud Lady Aurelia made such a tremendous effort back to back from here in the spring at Keeneland to Ascot to that race,@ Ward said. AWe=ll look forward to the Breeders= Cup, then we=ll put her away.@ Ward said plans are for Lady Aurelia to remain in training next season. A[Owners] Barbara Banke and Peter Leidel have committed to running her next year and possibly the year after that,@ Ward said. AIt=s good for racing to have a filly of this quality to keep going. Hopefully, she can maintain her form to where she runs such great races.@

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STALLIONS REPRESENTED AT FASIG-TIPTON TURF SHOWCASE SEPT. 10 & KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE SEPT. 11-23

FT & K. ‘17 Ylg Mid-Year Sire B1/B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B 3-6 Total Total Avg. '17APEX 1st Fls ‘15 fee ‘17 fee ST Farm Afleet Alex 0 0 2 16 8 26 26 26 170000 1.29 2007 12500 10000 KY Gainesway Farm Algorithms 0 0 3 8 0 11 11 11 62000 1.02 2014 5000 7500 KY Claiborne Farm Alpha* 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 3 25000 N/A 2016 8500 7500 NY Sequel Stallions NY Alternation 0 0 4 7 6 17 17 17 50000 N/A 2015 7500 7500 KY Pin Oak Stud American Lion 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0.71 2013 5000 1000 OK River Oaks Farm Animal Kingdom 11 11 16 4 4 35 41 46 251166 N/A 2015 35000 30000 KY Darley Arch 14 4 2 0 1 7 20 21 140000 1.56 2000 40000 dead KY Claiborne Farm Archarcharch 1 0 0 1 6 7 7 8 N/A 0.16 2013 9000 6000 KY Spendthrift Farm Artie Schiller 2 0 2 3 3 8 8 10 N/A 1.03 2008 15000 10000 KY WinStar Farm Astrology 0 1 1 6 5 13 13 13 42000 0.54 2014 7500 6500 KY Taylor Made Stallions Atreides* 0 0 1 5 6 12 12 12 71500 N/A 2016 6500 5000 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Australia (GB)* 4 1 1 0 0 2 6 6 N/A N/A 2016 50000 35000 IRE Coolmore Stud Awesome Again 5 9 3 3 1 16 21 21 180000 1.8 2000 75000 Private KY Adena Springs Awesome Patriot 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 4 6850 N/A 2015 3500 2500 KY Spendthrift Farm Bellamy Road 0 1 2 1 4 8 8 8 N/A 1.02 2008 10000 7500 NY Dutchess Views Farm Bernardini 35 10 3 0 0 13 48 48 175000 2.44 2008 85000 100000 KY Darley Big Brown 0 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 69000 1.39 2010 8500 7500 NY Dutchess Views Farm Big Drama 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 N/A 0.89 2013 10000 7500 FL Prestige Stallions Birdstone 0 0 0 4 7 11 11 11 66000 1.15 2006 5000 5000 KY Gainesway Farm Blame 12 8 5 14 3 30 38 42 63500 1.75 2012 20000 25000 KY Claiborne Farm Bodemeister 35 21 16 6 2 45 80 80 192500 2.17 2014 30000 25000 KY WinStar Farm Brilliant Speed 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0 2014 5000 dead KY Three Chimneys Farm Broken Vow 3 2 4 4 2 12 14 15 275000 1.01 2003 25000 25000 KY Pin Oak Stud Bullet Train (GB) 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 N/A 0 2014 7500 7500 KY Crestwood Farm Cairo Prince* 14 21 9 6 4 40 54 54 177647 N/A 2016 10000 15000 KY Airdrie Stud Camelot (GB) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 25000 35000 IRE Coolmore Stud Can the Man* 0 0 2 4 3 9 9 9 40000 N/A 2016 5000 3500 KY Spendthrift Farm Candy Ride (Arg) 42 11 6 3 0 20 62 62 355000 2.21 2006 60000 60000 KY Lane's End Farm Casamento (Ire) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 0.41 2014 5000 5000 ENG Dalham Hall Stud Cause to Believe 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0 2010 2500 2500 CAN Road's End Farm Central Banker* 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 59076 N/A 2016 7500 7500 NY McMahon of Saratoga City Zip 13 13 7 3 2 25 38 38 224285 1.77 2003 40000 50000 KY Lane's End Farm Colonel John 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 4 N/A 0.86 2011 10000 Pvt. KOR Jeju Stud Concord Point 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 N/A 0.93 2012 7500 Pvt. KOR N/A Congrats 5 7 14 10 0 31 36 36 135500 1.04 2008 35000 20000 KY WinStar Farm Country Day 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 N/A 0 2014 3500 3500 KY Crestwood Farm Courageous Cat 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 N/A 1.76 2013 6000 6000 NY Questroyal North Court Vision 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 1.49 2013 7500 3500 LA Acadiana Equine Cowtown Cat 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0.56 2010 2500 3000 OH Mapleton Thoroughbreds Creative Cause 1 6 6 10 3 25 26 26 45500 1.29 2014 15000 15000 KY Airdrie Stud TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

Fasig-Tipton Turf & Keeneland September Book 3-6 page 2 FT & K. ‘17 Ylg Mid-Year Sire B1/B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B 3-6 Total Total Avg. '17APEX 1st Fls ‘15 fee ‘17 fee ST Farm Cross Traffic* 1 5 8 4 4 21 22 22 58285 N/A 2016 12500 7500 KY Spendthrift Farm Curlin 47 15 1 1 1 18 65 65 437500 2.49 2010 35000 150000 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Dansili (GB) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 3.2 2002 100000 65000 ENG Banstead Manor Stud Data Link 7 2 10 12 7 31 31 38 35000 N/A 2015 7500 7500 KY Claiborne Farm Declaration of War 47 15 9 3 4 31 65 78 173571 N/A 2015 40000 35000 KY Ashford Stud Deep Impact (Jpn) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1028932 4.71 2008 Pvt. 30m JPN Shadai Stallion Stn. Dialed In 0 2 7 2 2 13 13 13 63750 2.34 2014 7500 15000 KY Darby Dan Farm Discreet Cat 1 0 1 3 4 8 8 9 N/A 1.61 2009 7500 1.5m JPN Darley Japan Discreetly Mine 0 0 0 3 3 6 6 6 N/A 0.81 2012 10000 Pvt. URU Haras Lacala Distorted Humor 27 14 1 2 1 18 43 45 252500 1.99 2000 100000 80000 KY WinStar Farm Divine Park 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 N/A 0.88 2010 7500 Pvt. KOR Jeju Stud Dominus 1 0 1 2 3 6 6 7 N/A 4.44 2014 4500 7500 KY Spendthrift Farm Drosselmeyer 0 0 1 2 2 5 5 5 N/A 1.26 2013 15000 1 BRZ Stud TNT Dubawi (Ire) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 3.56 2007 125000 250000 ENG Dalham Hall Stud El Padrino 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 5000 5000 PA Northview PA Elusive Quality 9 2 5 5 0 12 16 21 90000 1.18 2000 40000 Pnsd. KY Darley Empire Maker 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 1.49 2005 7000000 85000 KY Gainesway Farm English Channel 8 3 9 11 4 27 28 35 N/A 2.23 2009 25000 25000 KY Calumet Farm Epaulette (Aus) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 7000 7000 IRE Kildangan Stud Eskendereya 0 2 4 1 5 12 12 12 43000 1.99 2012 Pvt. Pvt. JPN Shizunai Stallion Stn. Even the Score 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0.32 2006 10000 5000 KY Millennium Farms Exceed And Excel (Aus) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 N/A 1.31 2006 40000 50000 IRE Kildangan Stud Exchange Rate 20 12 8 2 4 26 40 46 110000 1.19 2003 20000 Dead KY Three Chimneys Farm Exhi 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2013 3500 3000 CAN Highfield Stock Farm Fed Biz* 2 13 14 10 6 43 45 45 112500 N/A 2016 12500 10000 KY WinStar Farm First Defence 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 1.34 2010 10000 Pvt. SAU Half Stud First Dude 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 1.6 2013 7500 10000 FL Double Diamond Farm First Samurai 4 4 6 9 0 19 22 23 185833 1.87 2008 15000 15000 KY Claiborne Farm Flashback* 0 3 8 8 9 28 28 28 57571 N/A 2016 7500 7500 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Flat Out 1 3 13 17 6 39 39 40 42500 N/A 2015 10000 7000 KY Spendthrift Farm Flatter 9 12 9 2 1 24 33 33 173125 1.93 2005 20000 35000 KY Claiborne Farm Fort Larned 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 N/A N/A 2015 7500 7500 KY Adena Springs Frankel (GB) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 5.7 2014 125000 125000 ENG Banstead Manor Stud Frost Giant 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 30000 1.29 2010 10000 5000 NY Keane Stud Fusaichi Pegasus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 0.54 2002 7500 7500 KY Ashford Stud Gainango 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2008 Pvt. Pvt. MI Northwin Stable Galileo (Ire) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 N/A 4.73 2003 Pvt. Pvt. IRE Coolmore Stud Gemologist 4 5 7 16 3 31 35 35 52000 1.2 2014 15000 25000 KY WinStar Farm Get Stormy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 N/A 0.57 2014 5000 5000 KY Crestwood Farm Ghostzapper 25 10 1 3 0 14 38 39 233571 3.21 2007 60000 75000 KY Adena Springs Giant's Causeway 26 8 4 0 0 12 38 38 10000 2.21 2002 85000 75000 KY Ashford Stud Gio Ponti 7 1 4 7 7 19 20 26 N/A 0.53 2013 15000 7500 KY Castleton Lyons Girolamo 0 1 0 1 3 5 5 5 N/A 2.25 2013 5000 10000 KY Darley TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

Fasig-Tipton Turf & Keeneland September Book 3-6 page 3 FT & K. ‘17 Ylg Mid-Year Sire B1/B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B 3-6 Total Total Avg. '17APEX 1st Fls ‘15 fee ‘17 fee ST Farm Goldencents* 2 9 14 13 5 41 43 43 55000 N/A 2016 15000 15000 KY Spendthrift Farm Grasshopper 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 1.05 2012 3500 3500 TX Valor Farm Graydar 2 3 10 15 4 32 34 34 33857 N/A 2015 15000 12500 KY Taylor Made Stallions Great Notion 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 N/A 1.41 2006 3500 3500 MD Northview Stallion Stn. Grey Swallow (Ire) 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 N/A N/A 2008 Pvt. 5000 KY Calumet Farm Handsome Mike* 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2016 4000 5000 FL Pleasant Acres Hard Spun 33 21 8 2 2 33 65 66 196666 1.82 2009 35000 45000 KY Darley Hat Trick (Jpn) 0 0 0 2 6 8 8 8 N/A 1.35 2009 15000 5000 KY Gainesway Farm Haynesfield 0 0 1 1 5 7 7 7 3200 1.16 2013 10000 5000 CA Rancho San Miguel Hold Me Back 0 0 0 1 4 5 5 5 N/A 1.05 2012 5000 5000 NY Irish Hill Century Farm I Want Revenge 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 40000 N/A 2015 5000 5000 KY Millennium Farms Ice Box 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 N/A 0 2013 7500 7500 KY Millennium Farms Include 1 0 3 7 1 11 11 12 55000 1.77 2004 10000 10000 KY Airdrie Stud Into Mischief 39 31 10 2 1 44 83 83 278333 2.84 2010 35000 75000 KY Spendthrift Farm Invincible Spirit (Ire) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 1.72 2004 100000 120000 IRE Irish National Stud Istan 0 1 3 7 1 12 12 12 N/A 1.12 2009 7500 5000 KY Airdrie Stud Itsmyluckyday* 0 0 2 5 9 16 16 16 37500 N/A 2016 8000 5000 KY Spendthrift Farm Jersey Town 0 1 0 3 9 13 13 13 N/A 1.14 2014 10000 5000 KY Darby Dan Farm Jimmy Creed 0 2 7 9 5 23 23 23 130500 N/A 2015 12000 5000 KY Spendthrift Farm Jump Start 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 N/A 1.63 2004 10000 10000 PA Northview PA Justin Phillip 2 1 4 3 7 15 16 17 50666 N/A 2015 5000 5000 KY Castleton Lyons K One King 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0.42 2002 2500 2500 KY Millennium Farms Kantharos 0 0 2 3 1 6 6 6 130000 2.43 2012 5000 15000 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Keep Up 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 4000 4000 KY Mill Ridge Farm Kettle Corn 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 2500 2500 OH Fair Winds Farm Kitten's Joy 28 20 17 11 1 49 70 77 80000 2.63 2007 100000 100000 KY Ramsey Farm Lemon Drop Kid 30 19 8 5 1 33 62 63 197500 1.92 2002 40000 40000 KY Lane's End Farm Liaison 0 1 2 8 8 19 19 19 12250 N/A 2015 10000 5000 KY Spendthrift Farm Line of David 0 0 0 2 5 7 7 7 N/A 1.09 2012 3500 2500 LA Red River Farms Lookin At Lucky 1 8 11 9 4 32 33 33 200000 3.09 2012 25000 17500 KY Ashford Stud Macho Uno 0 1 5 6 2 14 14 14 N/A 1.64 2005 20000 15000 KY Adena Springs Maclean's Music 0 4 5 2 4 15 15 15 185000 2.27 2014 6500 8500 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Magician (Ire)* 8 2 2 11 1 16 17 24 N/A N/A 2016 12500 7500 KY Ashford Stud Magna Graduate 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0.38 2010 3000 2500 OK Rockin' Z Ranch Majestic Warrior 1 1 1 4 0 6 6 7 110000 1.12 2010 17500 Private JPN East Stud Majesticperfection 3 5 8 18 4 35 38 38 112500 1.96 2012 10000 15000 KY Airdrie Stud Malibu Moon 44 11 4 1 0 16 59 60 386875 1.71 2001 95000 75000 KY Spendthrift Farm Mark Valeski* 0 0 0 3 3 6 6 6 N/A N/A 2016 2500 Pvt. KY Airdrie Stud Medaglia d'Oro 51 6 1 0 0 7 56 58 756250 3.41 2006 125000 150000 KY Darley Midnight Lute 4 9 9 6 5 29 33 33 86000 1.65 2010 25000 20000 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Midshipman 0 1 4 3 2 10 10 10 54250 1.74 2012 7500 8500 KY Midshipman Milwaukee Brew 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 0.96 2005 7500 5000 CAN Adena Springs North Mineshaft 3 12 6 4 2 24 27 27 103333 1.67 2005 25000 25000 KY Lane's End Farm TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

Fasig-Tipton Turf & Keeneland September Book 3-6 page 4 FT & K. ‘17 Ylg Mid-Year Sire B1/B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B 3-6 Total Total Avg. '17APEX 1st Fls ‘15 fee ‘17 fee ST Farm Mission Impazible 0 0 0 1 4 5 5 5 80800 0.94 2014 7500 7500 NY Sequel Stallions NY Mizzen Mast 4 1 6 5 1 13 14 17 N/A 1.52 2004 25000 10000 KY Juddmonte Farms Monarchos 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0.5 2003 4000 dead KY Nuckols Farm More Than Ready 33 16 6 3 0 25 53 58 270555 1.53 2002 50000 60000 KY More Than Ready Morning Line 0 1 6 1 1 9 9 9 49000 N/A 2015 10000 10000 KY Lane's End Farm Moro Tap* 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2016 2500 2500 TX Double Infinity Ranch Mucho Macho Man* 1 3 2 3 4 12 13 13 61166 N/A 2016 15000 10000 KY Adena Springs Munnings 1 10 21 9 2 42 43 43 84000 2.05 2012 12500 25000 KY Ashford Stud Musketier (Ger) 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 N/A N/A 2014 7500 5000 KY Calumet Farm New Year's Day 0 1 0 4 7 12 12 12 55000 N/A 2015 7500 3500 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Noble Mission (GB)* 26 11 12 7 2 32 45 58 80000 N/A 2016 25000 25000 KY Lane's End Farm Northern Afleet 0 0 2 2 3 7 7 7 75000 1.08 2000 7500 6500 KY Taylor Made Stallions Not Bourbon 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 N/A 1.5 2012 5000 3500 CAN Colebrook Farms Orb 27 14 10 2 1 27 54 54 336428 N/A 2015 25000 25000 KY Claiborne Farm Overanalyze 0 3 6 18 4 31 31 31 52500 N/A 2015 10000 10000 KY WinStar Farm Oxbow 1 3 5 7 1 16 17 17 32000 N/A 2015 17500 20000 KY Calumet Farm Paddy O'Prado 0 0 0 2 3 5 5 5 N/A 0.46 2013 9500 3500 KY Spendthrift Farm Paynter 3 14 18 13 6 51 54 54 55000 N/A 2015 25000 20000 KY WinStar Farm Perfect Soul (Ire) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 N/A 0.53 2006 7500 2000 KY Darby Dan Farm Pioneerof the Nile 53 6 1 1 0 8 61 61 458333 2.12 2011 60000 110000 KY WinStar Farm Poet's Voice (GB) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 0.49 2013 12000 8000 ENG Dalham Hall Stud Point Given 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 N/A 0.68 2003 7500 5000 KY Calumet Farm Point of Entry 6 6 4 4 1 15 20 21 49000 N/A 2015 25000 20000 KY Adena Springs Power Broker 0 0 5 4 4 13 13 13 82000 N/A 2015 5000 3500 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Proud Citizen 1 1 1 3 0 5 6 6 N/A 1.09 2005 10000 Dead KY Airdrie Stud Quality Road 34 19 8 1 3 31 65 65 115000 2.51 2012 35000 35000 KY Lane's End Farm Raison D'Etat 1 0 1 4 8 13 13 14 N/A N/A 2015 7500 5000 KY Calumet Farm Raven's Pass 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 1.14 2010 20000 12000 IRE Kildangan Stud Real Solution* 2 0 0 3 11 14 14 16 N/A N/A 2016 12500 5000 KY Calumet Farm Red Rocks (Ire) 5 0 0 2 8 10 10 15 N/A N/A 2011 12500 10000 KY Calumet Farm Regal Ransom 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 70000 0.32 2013 Dead Dead KY Darley Revolutionary* 0 4 2 9 9 24 24 24 63800 N/A 2016 7500 7500 KY WinStar Farm Richard's Kid 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 3000 2500 CA Magali Farms Run Away And Hide 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 14000 1.69 2010 7500 5000 KY Darby Dan Farm Scat Daddy 71 11 5 1 0 17 83 88 373000 2.49 2009 35000 Dead KY Ashford Stud Seville (Ger)* 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2016 6000 6000 MD Heritage Stallions Shackleford 3 7 10 10 3 30 33 33 74111 1.85 2014 20000 15000 KY Darby Dan Farm Shakin It Up* 0 1 6 7 6 20 20 20 67333 N/A 2016 10000 5000 KY Spendthrift Farm Shanghai Bobby 3 14 18 15 3 50 53 53 81416 N/A 2015 15000 25000 KY Ashford Stud Sidney's Candy 0 0 0 2 7 9 9 9 17000 0.63 2013 15000 Pvt. ARG Haras La Pasion Silent Name (Jpn) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 1.91 2009 7500 10000 CAN Adena Springs North Skipshot 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0 2014 2500 7500 KY Considine Farm Sky Mesa 2 6 11 12 4 33 35 35 24333 1.63 2005 20000 15000 KY Three Chimneys Farm TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

Fasig-Tipton Turf & Keeneland September Book 3-6 page 5 FT & K. ‘17 Ylg Mid-Year Sire B1/B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B 3-6 Total Total Avg. '17APEX 1st Fls ‘15 fee ‘17 fee ST Farm Smart Strike 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 N/A 2.57 1998 100000 dead KY Lane's End Farm Smiling Tiger 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2015 5000 4000 CA Harris Farms Snapy Halo (Arg) 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 N/A N/A 2015 7500 2500 KY Calumet Farm Soaring Empire 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 0 2014 3500 3500 NY Rockridge Stud Soldat 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 N/A N/A 2015 5000 5000 FL Woodford T’breds Speightstown 46 9 1 1 1 12 58 58 258750 2.71 2006 80000 100000 KY WinStar Farm Stay Thirsty 0 2 3 9 5 19 19 19 N/A 0.8 2014 10000 10000 KY Ashford Stud Stormy Atlantic 3 3 4 5 1 13 14 16 N/A 1.44 2000 25000 15000 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm Street Boss 2 4 12 4 3 23 25 25 56250 1.41 2010 10000 17500 KY Darley Street Sense 21 17 9 1 2 29 49 50 136250 1.83 2009 35000 45000 KY Darley Stroll 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A 1.07 2006 5000 2000 IA Iowa State University Strong Mandate* 1 11 15 8 3 37 38 38 222833 N/A 2016 10000 10000 KY Three Chimneys Farm Successful Appeal 0 0 1 4 0 5 5 5 15000 2.27 2002 10000 6500 KY Walmac Farm Super Saver 14 23 23 5 1 52 66 66 219000 1.26 2012 35000 50000 KY WinStar Farm Take Charge Indy 2 4 12 7 12 35 37 37 78333 N/A 2015 20000 Private KOR N/A Tale of Ekati 0 0 1 4 2 7 7 7 N/A 1.58 2012 15000 7500 KY Darby Dan Farm Tale of the Cat 6 7 14 1 1 23 28 29 135000 1.03 2000 30000 30000 KY Ashford Stud Tapit 41 3 0 0 0 3 44 44 600000 3.04 2006 300000 300000 KY Gainesway Farm Tapizar 1 2 18 14 15 49 49 50 59200 0.81 2014 15000 15000 KY Gainesway Farm Temple City 22 7 13 10 10 40 44 62 63750 1.57 2012 12500 15000 KY Spendthrift Farm The Factor 11 23 17 20 1 61 66 72 88000 1.11 2014 15000 25000 KY Lane's End Farm Tiznow 36 14 3 4 0 21 57 57 316000 1.73 2003 75000 60000 KY WinStar Farm Tizway 2 1 4 5 12 22 22 24 32000 1.24 2013 15000 7500 KY Spendthrift Farm To Honor And Serve 0 0 3 6 11 20 20 20 86000 1 2014 20000 10000 KY Gainesway Farm Touch Gold 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 N/A N/A 2000 3500 Pnsd. KY Adena Springs Trappe Shot 0 3 9 13 10 35 35 35 25000 1.37 2013 10000 7500 KY Claiborne Farm Twirling Candy 4 9 15 15 3 42 46 46 81400 2.38 2013 10000 20000 KY Lane's End Farm Uncaptured* 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 40000 N/A 2016 6000 6000 FL Ocala Stud Farm Uncle Mo 43 19 8 2 1 30 73 73 326000 4.59 2013 25000 150000 KY Ashford Stud Union Rags 35 16 4 4 2 26 61 61 237500 2.69 2014 35000 50000 KY Lane's End Farm Unusual Heat 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 2.24 1999 20000 Dead CA Harris Farms Verrazano* 21 19 19 11 5 54 71 75 143625 N/A 2016 22500 17500 KY Ashford Stud Violence 8 19 13 5 2 39 47 47 114571 N/A 2015 15000 15000 KY Hill 'n' Dale Farm War Command* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A 2016 15000 12500 IRE Coolmore Stud War Front 34 0 0 0 0 0 33 34 710000 4.15 2008 150000 250000 KY Claiborne Farm Warrior's Reward 0 0 3 17 6 26 26 26 18766 0.57 2012 25000 7500 KY Spendthrift Farm Wilburn 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 N/A 0.54 2013 6500 2500 OK River Oaks Farm Will Take Charge* 23 24 14 4 0 42 65 65 257272 N/A 2016 30000 30000 KY Three Chimneys Farm With Distinction 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 0.81 2008 7500 7500 FL Hartley/De Renzo Yes It's True 0 3 5 5 4 17 17 17 75666 1.18 2002 10000 Dead KY Three Chimneys Farm 30 SIRES with 50+ CATALOGUED, FASIG TURF + KEENELAND SIRE F-1-2 K B3 K B4 K B5 K B6 3 to6 Kee T TOT Scat Daddy 71 11 5 1 0 17 83 88 Into Mischief 39 31 10 2 1 44 83 83 Bodemeister 35 21 16 6 2 45 80 80 Declaration of War 47 15 9 3 4 31 65 78 Kitten's Joy 28 20 17 11 1 49 70 77 Verrazano* 21 19 19 11 5 54 71 75 Uncle Mo 43 19 8 2 1 30 73 73 The Factor 11 23 17 20 1 61 66 72 Hard Spun 33 21 8 2 2 33 65 66 Super Saver 14 23 23 5 1 52 66 66 Curlin 47 15 1 1 1 18 65 65 Quality Road 34 19 8 1 3 31 65 65 Will Take Charge* 23 24 14 4 0 42 65 65 Lemon Drop Kid 30 19 8 5 1 33 62 63 Candy Ride (Arg) 42 11 6 3 0 20 62 62 Temple City 22 7 13 10 10 40 44 62 Pioneerof the Nile 53 6 1 1 0 8 61 61 Union Rags 35 16 4 4 2 26 61 61 Malibu Moon 44 11 4 1 0 16 59 60 Medaglia d'Oro 51 6 1 0 0 7 56 58 Speightstown 46 9 1 1 1 12 58 58 More Than Ready 33 16 6 3 0 25 53 58 Noble Mission (GB)* 26 11 12 7 2 32 45 58 Tiznow 36 14 3 4 0 21 57 57 Orb 27 14 10 2 1 27 54 54 Cairo Prince* 14 21 9 6 4 40 54 54 Paynter 3 14 18 13 6 51 54 54 Shanghai Bobby 3 14 18 15 3 50 53 53 Street Sense 21 17 9 1 2 29 49 50 Tapizar 1 2 18 14 15 49 49 50

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THIS TIME, HORSE RACING'S AGING The above pillars have allowed racing to hold an advantageous position in the wagering market. As regular, everyday patrons DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEM IS VERY REAL pass on, the top of the funnel keeps getting stuffed with by Dean Towers younger customers eager for skill-game wagering opportunities. For decades, the horse racing chicken littles have been proven Racing has owned its space. wrong with their "our patrons are dying off" narrative, but the Although this has worked well for decades, I'm here to submit tide is changing and racing needs to be ready for it. that we are seeing cracks in racing=s near impenetrable wall. I Alarmism is defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary as the believe there's strong evidence that the alarmist "we need to "often unwarranted exciting of fears or warning of danger." If get younger or die" message is finally very real. we turn on the news or open an online magazine, we see it almost daily. It's everywhere. The Numbers Are, Frankly, Staggering Racing is certainly not immune to alarmism, and the narrative A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to present on a panel that racing does not attract a younger customer is one which has at the World Trotting Conference in Prince Edward Island. A led to many fantastical claims. Year after year, decade after co-presenter on my topic--"A Brave New World, New Ways to decade, we've been told that one day soon everyone will die off Bet on Horses"--was Chris Lush, Senior Vice President of and Kentucky Derby ratings will be lower than that of Matlock Technology, Wagering and Broadcast for Woodbine reruns; attendance for the Breeders' Cup will consist of Entertainment Group. A part of Chris's presentation focused on horsepeople, a few octogenarians and a half dozen barn cats; demographics for Woodbine's nationwide betting ADW, and it that when the game's patrons get older and pass on, it's over. was eye-opening. This, in large part, hasn't happened. Sure, racing is not as From 2009 to 2017, Woodbine has garnered the most business popular as it was once was, but revenue keeps chugging along; from those above the age of 60, with the over-50 set holding this despite the fact that many fans and bettors born in 1930's their own. This in itself is not new news. But what was most or 1940's are no longer with us. worrisome was that the top of the funnel for this lifetime I think the alarmists have been wrong for several reasons: pursuit we all enjoy has been sputtering--the 20's to 40's $ Racing has always enjoyed a quasi-monopoly in the skill game segment is seeing negative growth. gambling market, i.e. if you want to play a legal brain game, the sport is right in front of you, licensed in almost every state. Others have not been so lucky. $ In the online, connected age--an age in which only 20 short years ago Amazon.com didn't exist, and Mark Zuckerberg was in grade school--racing, through the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, has continued to exploit its carve out. $ The sport has been regulated since the early 1900's and this has had many benefits. Regulatory capture has helped the business, and states have long depended on horse racing for revenue. Racing is the devil the regulators and politicians know; slot machine revenue didn't go into general state revenues, it went to racetracks for this very reason. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

What caused an audible gasp from a few in the audience was when Chris extended the graph, as below:

Based on analysis of Woodbine's current trends, in two decades wagering will be a fraction of what it is today, with most almost all the betting giant's patrons over 60 years of age. To Woodbine's credit, Chris shared what he and the executive team was working on to slow this trend and capture new markets. However, the takeaway was very obvious. A quarter century ago this graph would've never existed.

What Has Changed in 25 Years? In the late 1960's and early 1970's, lotteries and gaming expansion occurred, with both governments and smart entrepreneurs looking for new revenue. Despite these new competitors, racing soldiered on. I believe one reason it did was because horse racing was not a slot machine or a lottery ticket; in fact, it's probably the antithesis of a slot machine or a lottery ticket. Horse racing commonly attracted a completely different gambler and that gambler--outside betting with his or her bookie, or flying to Vegas to play poker--had little choice in the matter. It was racing or bust. Forty or so years later, this is no longer the case:

$ While Las Vegas slot machines and table games stagnate, betting on sports is flourishing. From 2006 to 2016--which includes the years of the great recession--handle on sports in Vegas casinos has doubled. This market, which is now offering in-game betting and other innovative ways to wager, appears to be only scratching the surface of what's possible. This doesn't even include the likelihood that sports betting will become legal in the not so very distant future.

$ Fantasy sports--something played for years by engaged sports fans--became more mainstream and lucrative through Daily Fantasy Sports, or DFS. This form of gambling has grown from no handle in 2009, to over $3.2B last year. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

$ While you and I may have played Atari in our basements, As horse racing (or other skill games) bettors we are others do things a little differently in the present day. More hard-wired a certain way. Today's millennial is not much people play the "League of Legends" than live in France, and different than Pittsburgh Phil a century ago seeking out an edge; video game markets with highly challenging game play have not different than Andy Beyer in 1970 trying to figure out how exploded in popularity. This has spawned a new betting medium he can gain an advantage using the variant of a racetrack to called "E-Sports". Wagering on team play is slated to grow standardize time. The main difference is that the Andy or Phil of rapidly in the coming years; with a bull case scenario calling for 2017 has a choice of games to play where they can use their over $13.6B in handle by 2020. skillsets to their full potential. And many of these games represent much better value than horse racing. Back in the early 1980's I was 12 or 13 years of age, sitting up in the grandstand, dutifully reading the past performances. An old-time railbird commented to my chaperon that he didn't see too many kids at the track reading the PP's, and that the game would be dead in 20 years. I didn't believe him, or the long line of those who followed him professing the same opinion. But, in 2017, I must confess, I'm coming around. The gambling world is changing rapidly, and so are those who patronize it. Horse racing needs to be ready. Dean Towers has been a board member of the Horseplayers Association of North America since 2008. Dean would like to Horse racing is not battling slot machines or lottery ticket thank Chris Lush and Woodbine for allowing him to share the competition; it's now competing with innovative tech companies screenshots in the above piece. offering younger demographics the skill game gambling choices that they crave. Why Does This New Type of Betting Attract Millennials in Such HURRICANE IMPERILS HORSES, BUT Big Numbers? As I explored in a previous column, today's under 30s are not THOROUGHBREDS LARGELY SPARED remotely comparable to the same demographic of even a half by T.D. Thornton generation ago. These millennials have grown up in the As heavy tropical downpours Tuesday continued to submerge smartphone age and are smarter in science, math and parts of Houston, pushing rain totals in coastal Texas and computing than any generation before them. Louisiana toward 50 inches, local and national equine entities Jeff Hwang, an expert on this burgeoning gambling market, banded together in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to help postulates that there's never been a more savvy generation save horses imperiled by the rising, state-of-emergency when it comes to wagering, and this group is acting rationally. floodwaters. They tend to avoid high-hold games of chance and are more There have been numerous news reports and dramatic attracted to games of skill, but only if these games are priced internet photos and videos of horses being moved from flooded right with something he calls "skill-based pricing"--where the ranches, stables, and paddocks in the deluged region. But no game compensates for that skill. This, in part, he believes, explains firm number of equine rescues, injuries, or deaths has yet been some of the growth we've seen in sports betting or E-Sports, reported by any animal welfare agency, mainly because tallying while at the same time slot machine revenue has fallen. and communicating such figures is a difficult, secondary task as the potentially deadly waters continue to rise. Yet the Thoroughbred population in the region seems to have been spared by the worst of the damage and danger, at least according to various racing and breeding entities in Texas and Louisiana that the TDN was able to reach via phone on Tuesday. And nearly every Thoroughbred industry person contacted for this story had the same message to get out to the larger equine community: We=re here to help--not just right now, but in the difficult weeks and months ahead as the cleanup begins and a Source, STATS, Inc. Anew normal@ settles in. Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

ARight now it is truly a rescue and recovery sort of mode, so because there=s not a lot of communication that=s able to come unless people are physically there, there=s not a lot we can do out of that area.@ other than make sure we are prepared, both monetarily and Mary Ruyle, the executive director of the Texas Thoroughbred with supplies to try and help any way possible,@ said Eric Association, said that she too was surprised how few Hamelback, chief executive officer for the National Horsemen=s Thoroughbred owners have reached out to her organization for Benevolent and Protective Association. AI do know from talking assistance. to folks on the ground there that Sam Houston Race Park (SHRP) AIt=s kind of odd, but we are not hearing anything right now is not a part of the flooding zone, and as a matter of fact the from people who are requesting help to move their horses out,@ racecourse is accepting horses as a refuge spot if--and I stress if- Ruyle said. AI=m hoping that is because people paid attention to -they can get there safely. That=s a big >if= because my the evacuation notices and made provisions for their animals. understanding is it wouldn=t be an easy trek to get there.@ And because there is not a live meet running yet at SHRP, I=m The primary reasons Thoroughbreds avoided the brunt of the hoping that there just weren=t a lot of horses in the area at this disaster are that no Thoroughbred racing is scheduled at this time, and that those that were, got out. At this point we=re just time of the year in Texas and very few racehorse farms were in asking everybody if they know of a resource or can be a the hurricane=s path. resource to let us know and we=ll get that out there for people ASo from that standpoint, horsemen have been fortunate that to see. I=m expecting as things go along over the next few days not a lot of horses are on the grounds of [Texas] racetracks,@ we=ll begin to get more requests for help.@ Hamelback said. ABut again, if there=s a positive side to it, [the Some 240 miles east of Houston in Louisiana, Evangeline empty stables] give us a little bit of a spot for refuge for Downs is in the midst of the closing week of its Thoroughbred recreational horses, if they can get to those tracks. season. As a precaution because of anticipated roadway AHaving lived through many hurricanes myself, I know it takes flooding, the track has canceled Wednesday evening=s program a little bit of time just to kind of get your feet on the ground and as rain moves into that region, said JoAnn Comeaux, the track=s know what the next step is,@ Hamelback continued. ASo we may program coordinator. even be a little bit too early to get a grasp of what folks need Cont. p12 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 12 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

Delta Downs, situated roughly between Evangeline Downs and Mallet said that the grim economics of racing in Texas have metro Houston, doesn=t start it=s Thoroughbred season until Oct. taken such a toll on Thoroughbred owners over the past several 18. There are no horses stabled on the grounds, and no horse years that there are not too many racing operations left for the owners have requested refuge in the track=s stable area, said hurricane to wipe out. director of racing Chris Warren. AUnfortunately, with the state of racing in Texas, most of the But Karl Broberg, the nation=s leading trainer in terms of wins farms have left,@ Mallet said. AMy farm used to be part of the (320), has a Thoroughbred farm about a mile form Delta Downs, original Lane=s End Texas that the Farishes owned, and they sold and he told TDN there is a possibility he might have to evacuate out last summer. So the stallions left here and we lost all our his horses. broodmares. It=s been pretty rough for us. There=s probably only AThe water has actually gone down in the last 24 hours, but we half a dozen Thoroughbred farms left in Texas.@ are supposed to get blasted again beginning [Tuesday] evening, Once the rains stop, the rescue efforts will not be over. Even so the verdict is still out,@ Broberg said. AFortunately I=m blessed after floodwater recedes, it can leave behind sewage and with a lot of good help and couple of drivers on standby if chemicals that can cause infections and diseases in both horses [flooding] were to actually become as issue. I know there are a and people. lot of people in the area that have it far worse off than I do.@ Vanning his horses to slightly higher ground at Delta Downs, How to help Broberg said, Awas considered as a possibility, [but] has not even The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) been addressed yet, which is actually a little surprising to me." Foundation=s Equine Disaster Relief Fund is accepting aid to help Plan B, he added, is to Aship them all up to the Shreveport area.@ horses in Texas and Louisiana affected by Hurricane Harvey. SHRP initially took in about a dozen horses when it opened its Donations will be distributed among credible programs and barns earlier this week. But two large incoming shipments on organizations that are helping with recovery and rebuilding Tuesday swelled the number to about 100. Roland Tamez of the efforts in the aftermath and towards preparedness efforts for track=s security department said SHRP still has room to offer future disasters. To donate, click here. emergency stabling. If you instead wish to offer assistance with supplies or other AIn this approximate area we don=t have any high water. It=s a resources, please email the AAEP=s Keith Kleine at higher elevation. There is no flooding or wind damage to the [email protected] and you will be contacted with further racetrack,@ Tamez said. AIt is wet and it was raining, but that=s instructions. about it. Most of Houston, the downtown area versus the The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is also outskirts, a lot of the freeways and the interstates are flooded accepting donations to its disaster fund here. Since noon on still. Today we took in about 10 to 12 owners. One had 50 Tuesday, donations have exceeded $50,000. A generous donor (horses) and another had about 40. One had several big trailers has pledged to match the next $25,000 in donations, and the following each other. The other group, they made multi trips to USEF is aiming to reach $100,000. bring the horses here.@ Teo Mallet, who owns Century Acres in Hempstead, some 55 miles northwest of Houston, said the 24 Thoroughbreds at his farm were not affected by flooding, even though neighboring ranches were. AI=m high and dry. Luckily, I have some pretty high property next to the old Lane=s End Texas. My hundred acres and paddocks are dry. I=ve almost not even been affected besides the rain,@ Mallet said. AI feel guilty, because I=ve got family and friends in Houston that have lost everything, and luckily, thanks to God, we=ve been Furniture store converted into Makeshift Shelter for Harvey not affected,@ said Mallet. AWe=ve taken in a bunch of horses Victims A Houston furniture store is offering to help the from other people that weren=t so lucky. I have room for thousands of displaced Texas residents that have nowhere to anybody who needs help. We=ve been putting it out, that I=ve stay following the catastrophic flooding and dangerous still got some room to take in more horses. We=ve taken in six so conditions created by Hurricane Harvey. Gallery Furniture, a far; we rescued some yesterday from a neighbor whose barn Houston-based chain store, opened two of its locations@ has flooded. I wish I could do more.@ Jennifer Calfas, Time Wednesday, Saratoga, post time: 5:40 p.m. EDT WITH ANTICIPATION S.-GIII, $150,000, 2yo, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Morrison K The Factor Newport Stables LLC Sharp Ortiz, Jr. 20-1 2 Nauti Buoy Mizzen Mast Kerri Szegi McClellan Carmouche 20-1 3 Catholic Boy K More Than Ready Robert V. LaPenta Thomas Franco 15-1 4 Earth Orb Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Pletcher Castellano 6-1 5 Fort Wise Treaty Fort Larned Mark D. Breen Cox Geroux 20-1 6 Irish Territory (Ire) Declaration of War Zayat Stables, LLC Mott Lezcano 15-1 7 Machtree K Kitten's Joy Stonestreet Stables LLC and Fogden, Kacy Casse Saez 9-2 8 Untamed Domain K Animal Kingdom West Point Thoroughbreds Motion Ortiz 6-1 9 Evaluator Overanalyze R and H Stable Dilger Rosario 8-1 10 Trumpi Majestic Warrior Peter Vegso Mott Alvarado 7-2 11 Seabhac K Scat Daddy Donegal Racing Pletcher Velazquez 4-1 Breeders: 1-Golden Goose Enterprise, 2-Kerri Szegi, 3-Fred W. 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ASo I went out on a limb because Mr. West doesn=t like to buy WEST COAST THE TOAST OF SARATOGA foals [born] after May 10,@ Glass continued. ASo with that said, by Jessica Martini on the page I had written, >Very athletic, athletic walk. Love AInside the Winner=s Circle, Presented by Keeneland@ is a series him.=@ showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale that Sent to Ocala for his early training, initial reports on the colt have gone on to achieve success on racing=s biggest stages. were promising. AJeff Kirk, whose been breaking our horses for us for about 25 Owners Gary and Mary West were understandably over the years, always told me the horse was something special,@ Glass moon after watching West Coast (Flatter) carry their colors to a said. AHe saw it early on. So when we came down to look at him, wire-to-wire victory in a talent-packed renewal of the GI Travers there were four or five in the bunch that Jeff really liked and he S. last Saturday. was one of them.@ AIt was exciting. That=s all I can say,@ Mary West said in a post- A narrowly beaten second while race press conference. AI could making just his third lifetime start hardly walk down the stairs.@ in the GIII Stonestreet Lexington S. In more than 30 years in the at Keeneland, West Coast took a racing game, the Wests have Santa Anita optional claimer at enjoyed many high-level Santa Anita in May before successes, including New returning to the stakes ranks to Year=s Day (Street Cry {Ire})=s win Belmont=s Easy Goer S. in June win in the 2013 GI Breeders= and the July 15 GIII Los Alamitos Cup Juvenile, but Gary West Derby. The Travers was by far the admitted West Coast=s Travers biggest test of West Coast=s young win was extra special. career, but Glass was confident ATruthfully, we won the the colt was up to the task. Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and AI told Mr. West, I don=t want to that was a very exciting thing jinx it, but I think he=s going to run to do,@ he said. ABut next to a big race,@ Glass said. AI didn=t the GI Kentucky Derby, this Gary West (right) leads West Coast into Travers winner=s circle think he would go to the front and would have to be the most Sarah Andrew win by that big a margin. I thought second coveted thing on our racing bucket list.@ it would be a lot tougher race than that. He proved me wrong The story of the Wests= first Travers victory started two years there, but I really did like him going into the race.@ previously when racing manager Ben Glass purchased the colt For his part, it sounded like Gary West was taking a more for $425,000 at the 2015 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. guarded stance going into the Travers. The son of juvenile filly champion Caressing (Honour and Glory) AI didn't think the first couple, three races that he ran--to be (hip 1206) was one of 26 yearlings purchased by Glass, and his honest with you, I didn't think we'd be sitting here today having second highest acquisition at the auction. won the Travers. We knew he was nice, and then when Mike The colt has a deep female family and was a striking individual, [Smith] rode him in the Easy Goer, he really kind of woke up on but Glass admitted he had one reservation about the yearling. that day, and then he won the Los Alamitos Derby,@ West said. AObviously, I liked him a lot,@ Glass recalled Tuesday. ABut we AIt was a 1 1/8 mile-race, and he ran about a 1 1/4 mile in the don=t usually buy that late a foal. I just looked back at my race. So we knew he could run a long distance. He's been catalogue page and I saw at the top I had May 14 circled and progressively getting better.@ then under that I had written, >But I really like him.=@ INSIDE THE WINNER’S CIRCLE • PRESENTED BY KEENELAND WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

AI've watched the last couple of his breezes with Bob [Baffert],@ West continued. AHe=s been progressively getting better. He=s been working with some really older, high-caliber stakes horses and working head-to-head with them. I thought he had a decent shot in here, but you=ve got to remember you=ve got the winner of the Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont, the first and second finishers of the Haskell, the first and second finishers of the Jim Dandy. You have to go back a lot of years in history to see a Travers with this many quality horses in it.@ At the end of the day, West Coast came home largely unimpeded, winning the 148th Travers by 3 1/4 lengths. Of the experience of watching a horse he selected coming down the stretch in front in the historic Travers, Glass said, AI can=t explain it--it=s the greatest feeling. But you know what, if I have a $25,000 claimer win, I get all excited. Whenever our West Coast sails to victory in Travers | Sarah Andrew horses win, I get excited, but I can=t tell you how I felt with that horse because I was really excited with that horse. To win the With three different horses winning the 2017 Triple Crown Travers...that=s like wow.@ races and with no consistent sophomore taking charge of the division, the discussion of champion 3-year-old is muddled to say the least. Still, Glass thinks West Coast has put himself in the conversation with his Travers victory. AHe was a May 14 [foal], so we couldn=t push him,@ Glass said. AI guess it depends on the couple of races left in the year, but he beat the winner of every Triple Crown race, the first and second in the GII Jim Dandy and the first and second horse in the GI Haskell. So I don=t know where they=d put him, but that sort of puts him pretty close to the top, in my opinion.@

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Connections are taking their time in discussing West Coast=s next start. AWe have a conference call tonight,@ Glass said. AYou=ve got to go with your trainer the most and Bob Baffert is pretty handy at knowing what to do with the horse,@ Glass said. ASo I don=t try to get into that too much. I just sort of leave it to Mr. West and Bob. Bob is usually not wrong. He usually knows what is going on. I trust him 100% and I leave it to Bob.@ KENTUCKY CUP CLASSIC RETURNS The Kentucky Cup Classic will return to the Turfway Park stakes schedule for the first time since 2011 when the Florence track opens for its 59th season Nov. 29. The race, which was last run as a Grade II event, has been won by Classic winners Tabasco Cat, Silver Charm and Thunder Gulch, as well as G1 Dubai World Cup winner Roses in May and Grade I winners Perfect Drift and Hard Spun. It will be run as part of Turfway=s GIII Spiral S. card Mar. 17 and will be worth $100,000 for 4-year- olds and up going nine furlongs. Turfway has also renamed the Wintergreen S. Now named the Latonia S., the race for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles will also be run on the Mar. 17 card and will be worth $75,000. The new name honors the original Latonia Race Track, which operated from 1883 to 1939 about 10 miles north of present-day Turfway Park, and is Turfway=s original name. AReviving the Kentucky Cup Classic and celebrating our history with the Latonia S. will make Spiral S. day more exciting for fans,@ said Turfway General Manager Daniel AChip@ Bach. AAdding stakes for older horses rounds out the card and gives trainers wider opportunities and greater incentive to ship. Three-year-olds looking to enhance their chances at making the GI Kentucky Derby or Oaks field will have that opportunity in the Spiral or Bourbonette. Focusing on higher-caliber races across the entire card will make the day more attractive to bettors as well.@ The Spiral, which offers 34 points towards a Kentucky Derby berth, will be worth $200,000 in 2018. The GIII Bourbonette Oaks, which offers 34 points towards a Kentucky Oaks berth, will be worth $100,000. Turfway has also moved five stakes races from traditional Saturday runnings to Friday evenings: the Dec. 1 Holiday Inaugural; Dec. 29 Prairie Bayou; Jan. 19 Forego; Feb. 9 Cincinnati Trophy; and the Feb. 23 Battaglia Memorial. Turfway will race Wednesday through Saturday from opening day Nov. 29 through Dec. 31 and Thursday through Saturday from Jan. 1 through the close of the season on Mar. 31.

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Maas Appointed to CHRB Board of Directors: Fredric Maas, 59, of San Diego, has been appointed to the California Horse Racing Board of Directors by Governor Edmund Brown, Jr. Maas has been executive chairman at MRV Systems 8th-SAR, $85K, Alw, 3yo/up, 7f, 5:02 p.m. ET since 2014. He was founder and chief executive officer at Pacific The very promising MR. CROW (Tapizar) makes his first EcoCompanies LLC from 2009 to 2014, president and chief attempt versus winners since posting a jaw-dropping >TDN executive officer at Black Mountain Ranch LLC from 2003 to Rising Star= maiden victory at second asking on opening 2009 and chairman and chief executive officer at Centre City weekend at the Spa. The bay, owned by KRA Stud Farm and Development Corporation from 2005 to 2010. Maas must now trained by Todd Pletcher, earned a gaudy 109 Beyer Speed be confirmed by the state senate. Figure for that 11 1/2-length decision. The sophomore, a close debut second downstate June 24, went through the ring twice, bringing $12,000 as a KEESEP yearling, then $150,000 as an OBSMAR juvenile. TJCIS PPs.

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ANIMAL KINGDOM (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}), Darley, $35,000 107 foals of racing age/3 winners/2 black-type winners 9-SAR, $150K GIII With Anticipation S., 1 1/16mT, UNTAMED DOMAIN, 6-1 $90,000 KEE SEP yrl

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Animal Kingdom=s >TDN Rising Star= Untamed Domain returns in Saratoga=s GIII With Anticipation S. | Sarah Andrew TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

FORT LARNED (E Dubai), Adena Springs, $15,000 54 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 9-SAR, $150K GIII With Anticipation S., 1 1/16mT, FORT WISE TREATY, 20-1 $117,000 FTK JUL yrl; $170,000 OBS APR 2yo

FORTY TALES (Tale of the Cat), Sequel Stallions New York, $6,500 25 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 6-FL, Msw 5 1/2f, SCINTILLATION, 7-2 $29,000 RNA SAR AUG yrl

HEAVY BREATHING (Giant's Causeway), Dutchess Views Farm, $2,500 21 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 6-FL, Msw 5 1/2f, BORN SATURDAY, 10-1 Fort Wise Treaty became the first winner for GI Breeders= Cup JUSTIN PHILLIP (First Samurai), Castleton Lyons, $12,500 Classic hero Fort Larned at Ellis July 4 | Coady 71 foals of racing age/5 winners/1 black-type winner COLD HARBOR (Distorted Humor), Fieldstone Farms 5-WO, $200K OLG/OR Muskoka S. Presented by Signature Red, 6 2 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 1/2f, SAFE TO SAY, 12-1 6-WO, $200K OLG/OR Simcoe S. Presented by Samuel, Son and Co. CAN$95,000 CAN SEP yrl Limited, 6 1/2f, ESKIMINZIN, 3-1 CAN$11,000 RNA CAN SEP yrl ORB (Malibu Moon), Claiborne Farm, $25,000 99 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners CORFU (Malibu Moon), Bridlewood Farm, $3,500 9-SAR, $150K GIII With Anticipation S., 1 1/16mT, EARTH, 6-1 29 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners $190,000 FTK JUL yrl 5-FL, Msw 5 1/2f, CATCHING EMMA, 4-1 5-FL, Msw 5 1/2f, SOLAR ORBIT, 6-1 $2,000 OBS WIN yrl; $13,000 OBS APR 2yo $30,000 I '17 KEE JAN

DECLARATION OF WAR (War Front), Ashford Stud, $40,000 OVERANALYZE (Dixie Union), WinStar Farm, $10,000 135 foals of racing age/5 winners/2 black-type winners 113 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners 9-SAR, $150K GIII With Anticipation S., 1 1/16mT, IRISH TERRITORY 9-SAR, $150K GIII With Anticipation S., 1 1/16mT, EVALUATOR, 8-1 (IRE), 15-1 $30,000 SAR AUG yrl i475,000 GOF ORB yrl PAYNTER (Awesome Again), WinStar Farm, $25,000 EMCEE (Unbridled's Song), Sequel Stallions New York, $7,500 95 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 32 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 6-FL, Msw 5 1/2f, TAYNTED LOVER, 6-1 10-SAR, Msw 7f, SUNBLOCK, 8-1 $44,000 KEE NOV wnl; $47,000 RNA OBS AUG yrl; $8,000 OBS MAR $35,000 FTN MIX wnl; $60,000 OBS APR 2yo 2yo

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POOL PLAY (Silver Deputy), T.C. Westmeath Stud Farm Inc. MUSKETIER (GER) (Acatenango {Ger}), Calumet Farm, private 18 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 26 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 6-WO, $200K OLG/OR Simcoe S. Presented by Samuel, Son and Co. 6-WO, $200K OLG/OR Simcoe S. Presented by Samuel, Son and Co. Limited, 6 1/2f, ELLAS MY LOVE, 5-1 Limited, 6 1/2f, PACHI THE GREY, 30-1 CAN$30,000 CAN SEP yrl CAN$6,000 CAN SEP yrl

SMILING TIGER (Hold That Tiger), Harris Farms, $5,000 SANTIVA (Giant's Causeway), Midwest Equine & Veterinary 73 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners Hospital, $7,500 6-DMR, $100K Generous Portion S., 6f, HOLD THAT SMILE, 5-1 12 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners $26,000 WAS SEP yrl 7-IND, Msw 5 1/2f, SANTISTEBAN, 12-1 6-DMR, $100K Generous Portion S., 6f, SPICED PERFECTION, 6-1 $6,500 BAR OCT yrl; $50,000 BAR MAR 2yo SIGNATURE RED (Bernstein), Colebrook Farms Stallion Station 44 foals of racing age/9 winners/1 black-type winner TAKE CHARGE INDY (A.P. Indy), KOR, $20,000 7-WO, $125K OLG/OR Kenora S. Presented by HBPA of Ontario, 6f, 103 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner BEN LOMOND, 20-1 4-RP, Msw 5f, EMILY ROSE, 10-1 CAN$15,000 CAN SEP yrl $20,000 OKC YRL yrl

TOWN PRIZE (Speightstown), Curraghmore Farm Inc, $5,000 4 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 5-WO, $200K OLG/OR Muskoka S. Presented by Signature Red, 6 1/2f, MIDNIGHT STRIDER, 10-1 CAN$40,000 RNA CAN SEP yrl

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IN SINGAPORE: BODEMEISTER (Empire Maker), WinStar Farm, $30,000 262 foals of racing age/45 winners/5 black-type winners Situation, g, 3, War Front--Wild Poppy, by El Prado (Ire). Kranji, 5-DMR, Msw 5fT, SANTOKU, 6-1 8-27, Hcp. ($44k), 1400mT, 1:22.82. B-Bryant H Prentice III $67,000 KEE SEP yrl (KY). *Formerly Sportsmanship. **$500,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. VIDEO EMPIRE WAY (Empire Maker), Lovacres Ranch, $5,000 57 foals of racing age/8 winners/0 black-type winners IN SOUTH KOREA: 6-DMR, $100K Generous Portion S., 6f, EMPRESS OF LOV, 12-1 Moonhak Chief, c, 2, Pioneerof the Nile--Talullah Lula (GSP), by Old Trieste. Seoul, 8-27, Hcp. ($67k), 1200m. B-White Fox THE FACTOR (War Front), Lane's End Farm, $15,000 Farm (KY). *$37,000 RNA Ylg >16 KEESEP. 218 foals of racing age/55 winners/7 black-type winners Hip 845 - Half sis selling at KEESEP with TAYLOR MADE 9-SAR, $150K GIII With Anticipation S., 1 1/16mT, MORRISON, 20-1 $35,000 KEE SEP yrl; $90,000 OBS MAR 2yo

GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15,000 The Grand, c, 3, Dialed In--Believe In Wonder, by Aldebaran. 205 foals of racing age/52 winners/5 black-type winners Busan, 8-27, Hcp. ($80k), 1400m. B-Phillips Racing Partnership 6-WO, $200K OLG/OR Simcoe S. Presented by Samuel, Son and Co. Limited, 6 1/2f, GET MY GIST, 20-1 (KY). *$7,000 Wlg >14 KEENOV; $40,000 RNA Ylg >15 KEESEP; CAN$26,000 CAN SEP yrl $50,000 2yo >16 OBSJUN.

HANSEN (Tapit), Korean Racing Authority, $12,500 Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm 129 foals of racing age/45 winners/3 black-type winners 8-DEL, Msw 5fT, GO JAMIE GO, 12-1 Tariat Tale, c, 4, Tale of Ekati--Regally Bred, by . Busan, 8-27, $90,000 OBS APR 2yo Hcp. ($98k), 1400m. B-Charles Fipke (KY). *$30,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP. š › TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 5 OF 5 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 30, 2017

IN RUSSIA: ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Yaponchik, c, 2, Jersey Town--Speed Wagon (SW, $134,700), by Hyperspace, f, 2, Brilliant Speed--Lead Time, by Gilded Time. Tomorrow=s Cat. Central Moscow Hippodrome, 8-27, 2YO PID, 8-29, (S), 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:06.01. B-Horseshoe Valley Grand Prix (NB) ($35k), 1600m. B-Paul Knapper (KY). *$6,000 Equine Center, LLC. & Treasure Stables (PA). Ylg >16 KEESEP. VIDEO Lightning Lewis, g, 2, Flashpoint--Taralicious (MSP), by Street Boy The Nile, c, 3, Pioneerof the Nile--Angelic Lady (Ire), by Boss. LAD, 8-28, (S), 5f, 1:00.14. B-JRita Young Thoroughbreds, Sadler=s Wells. Central Moscow Hippodrome, 8-27, City of LLC (LA). *$5,000 Ylg '16 ESLYRL. Moscow S. (NB) ($24k), 2400m. B-Vartan Vartanov (KY). VIDEO Shyla, f, 2, Sangaree--Lady Francine, by Quiet American. IND, Dacci, h, 5, Arch--She Has Aptitude, by Aptitude. Central 8-29, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:06.68. B-Amy & Jim Elliott (IN). *$5,000 2yo Moscow Hippodrome, 8-27, Russian Coalminers= Cup (NB) '17 PSPRIN. **1/2 to Lord Kyle=s Quest (Sam Lord=s Castle), ($202k), 2400m. B-Nursery Place, Donaldson & Wilhite (KY). MSP, $169,889. *$55,000 RNA Ylg >13 KEESEP; $25,000 Ylg >13 FKTOCT. VIDEO Gimme Some Slack, g, 2, Storm Victory--Sheisrough, by Stephanotis. HST, 8-28, 6f, 1:11.60. B-Helen Klimes (BC). *C$3,000 Ylg '16 BRCSEP. BREEDERS’ EDITION Regal Dame, f, 2, Scat Daddy--Critic's Choice, by Smart Strike. IND, 8-29, 5f (off turf), :58.58. B-C Kidder, N Cole & N Strong (KY). *$70,000 RNA Wlg '15 KEENOV; $120,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; ALLOWANCE RESULTS: $145,000 RNA 2yo '17 OBSAPR. 4th-PID, $38,610, 8-28, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:15.44, ft. Consigned by GAINESWAY CAVALIA (m, 5, Ghostzapper--Tina Dynamite {SP, $165,069}, by Dynaformer) Lifetime Record: 13-7-1-3, $144,100. O-Ronald Gray Nicole, f, 3, Hansen--Delightful Nicole, by Monarchos. IND, Clark; B-Dave Cottle & Smart Angle, LLP (PA); T-Gerald E. Brooks. 8-29, 1m 70y (off turf), 1:43.02. B-Harace Armstrong (KY). $40,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV. *$22,000 Ylg '15 FTKFEB; $20,000 Ylg '15 OBSAUG; $47,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSAPR. 7th-IND, $36,000, (S), 8-29, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.18, gd. Well Known Fact, f, 4, Deer Lake--Well Known, by Known Fact. CALANDAVE (g, 3, Lunarpeal--Miss Misfit, by Patton) Lifetime IND, 8-29, (S), 6f, 1:13.76. B-Steve Fugitte & Chris Hancock Record: 10-2-3-2, $84,558. O/B-William J. Wargel (IN); T-R Short. (IN). *$2,200 Ylg '14 PEDIND.

3rd-PID, $32,175, 8-28, 3yo/up, 1m (AWT), 1:37.48, ft. © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. TALE OF THE NILE (g, 4, Pioneerof the Nile--Two Foxie, by Fair This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Skies) Lifetime Record: 16-5-2-1, $155,110. O-Live Oak any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written Plantation; B-Greg Partain, Cory & Ned Williams & Mike Matese permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information (KY); T-Michael J. Trombetta. *$65,000 Ylg '14 OBSAUG; as to the American races, race results and earnings was $180,000 2yo '15 OBSMAR. **1/2 to Maddalena (Good and obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Tough), GSW & GISP, $250,820; Haley=s Lolipop (Cuvee), GSP, Information Services and utilized here with their permission. $105,300. Purchased & Consigned by de Meric Sales

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Hanly explained the colt's presence in the catalogue, adding, BATED BREATH COLT TOPS "Nick Nugent saw him earlier in the year and loved him so he asked me to bring him here. I've always loved Bated Breath and GOFFS UK TRADE most of the foals out of this mare have been rated between 95 and 100. She's a beautiful mare and this colt has always been exceptional." A 91% clearance rate set the tone for a day of trade which boasted strength in depth. Only 19 of the 200 yearlings offered on the first day failed to find a buyer, pushing the day's turnover to ,10,653,500--up from ,8,751,000 on the same day last year--while the average rose 22.4% from ,43,537 to ,53,268, and the median climbed 4.3% from ,35,000 to ,36,500. There was plenty of early action in the ring as the sale started its two-day run. Mark Richards of Hong Kong Jockey Club was among those to make significant outlays within the first hour of the sale, going to ,260,000 for lot 33, the Grove Stud-consigned son of Kodiac (GB) who justified his fairly lavish foal price of ,75,000 to provide a nice return for John Cullinane and partners. Cont. p2

Steve Parkin and Joe Foley sign for the session-topping IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Bated Breath colt | Sarah Farnsworth SEPTEMBER: THE BIG PICTURE AND THE SECOND WEEK Columnist Bill Oppenheim dissects the catalogues for the upcoming September sales in Kentucky. Click or tap here to go By Emma Berry straight to TDN America. DONCASTER, UK--Bated Breath (GB) often plays second fiddle to Frankel (GB), who retired to Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud in the same year, but the former top-class sprinter has steadily been building an impressive record this season after a solid start with his first juveniles, and he had the spotlight all to himself at a red-hot opening session of the Goffs UK Premier Sale on Tuesday. Lot 195 was a rare offering in Doncaster from James Hanly's Ballyhimikin Stud, but the Irish farm's change of strategy proved worthwhile when the homebred Bated Breath colt out of winning Night Shift mare Night Sphere (Ire) took the top spot on day one. For a while it seemed as though the half-brother to four winners would be joining Sheikh Hamdan's string, but Angus Gold eventually gave way to Joe Foley, bidding in company with Steve Parkin of Clipper Logistics, and making the final play at ,270,000. "Steve and I saw him on Sunday morning and he was a special colt," Foley said. "He's a beautiful horse by an emerging sire and he comes from a great nursery." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 AUGUST, 2017

Bated Breath Colt Tops Goffs UK Trade cont. from p1 First foals have become increasingly sought after and this colt, bred by Con Marnane, is the first offspring of the lightly-raced Red Rocks (Ire) mare Folegandros Island (Fr), a half-sister to the Wokingham S. winner and Group 3-placed Dandy Boy (Ity) (Danetime {Ire}), who was trained by the breeder's brother David Marnane. According to Richards his purchase was a no-brainer, and there are plenty who agree with him when it comes to Kodiac. The stallion's first-day average for nine sold was ,156,889. "I liked him from the moment I saw him and he was the one we really wanted so we were prepared to push the boat out a little," Richards said. Just seven lots earlier (26), the HKJC buyer had gone to ,120,000 to buy Taroka Stud's speedily-bred colt by Equiano (GB), a 68,000gns foal purchase by Ghislain Bozo out of a daughter of the consistent multiple group-winning sprinter Millyant (GB) (Primo Dominie {GB}). His dam Fatal Attraction (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB})--a full-sister to another fast French group-race winner, Mirza--failed to win but was placed twice in six starts and has already produced three winners from three runners, including the Group 3 runner-up Take A Deep Breath (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). Richards also went to ,125,000 for lot 182, Owenstown Stud's colt out of the GIII Long Island H. third Musical Rain (Ire) (Val Royal {Fr}) by Holy Roman Emperor, whose reputation remains "We're delighted to be here and through we probably won't strong in Hong Kong racing. buy a lot in Europe this year we thought we'd spread it out a bit to be at all the premier sales," Flanagan said. "This colt is by a good stallion who seems to have a good season every year and he's the first foal of a good, precocious mare." Fig Roll, who was herself a first foal, did all her best work at two, as did her dam Cake (GB) (Acclamation {GB}), who won three races as a juvenile including the Listed St Hugh's S. Fig Roll's colt was consigned by Longview Stud on behalf of breeder Ed's Stud. Cont. p3

Trainers Ed Vaughan and Archie Watson at Doncaster | Emma Berry

Welcome To The Club... A colt who should feature in sprint contests before too long is lot 27, the first foal of Listed Empress S. winner Fig Roll (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}) and by the proven sire Iffraaj (GB). He was bought for ,190,000 by Mick Flanagan on behalf of China Horse Club, making its first purchase at Goffs UK. Trish Brown, Henry Beeby, David Brown, and Andy Lloyd Emma Berry TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 AUGUST, 2017

Goffs UK cont. Another Darley stallion made his way into the top 10 later in the day when lot 161, a Teofilo (Ire) colt out of the juvenile winner Midget (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), raised a bid of ,200,000 from Anthony Stroud, acting on behalf of Godolphin. Teofilo has already worked well with this family, with Midget's half-sister by the sire, Amralah (Ire), having won the G2 Herbert Power S. in Australia for Lloyd Williams and Robert Hickmott. A VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS bold pinhook by Luke Barry of Manister House Stud, the colt Gary King increased significantly in value from the i64,000 it took to buy Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] him at Goffs last November. + 1.732.320.0975

International Editor Angel Soaring High Again... Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN At this sale in particular, the name Dark Angel (Ire) is rarely far [email protected] from the leader board and so it proved again, with lot 125, a colt by the Yeomanstown sire offered by Guy O'Callaghan of European Editor Emma Berry Grangemore Stud, being bought by Ed Sackville on behalf of MV Twitter: @collingsberry Magnier for 250,000gns. [email protected] "He's by a very good stallion and is already a full-brother to a Associate International Editor stakes performer," Sackville noted. "It's a good, fast family and Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN this farm has already had plenty of success with Dark Angel as the breeder of [Group 2 winner] Birchwood (Ire)." Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen The February-born colt is the second foal of Last Bid (GB) (Vital Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Equine {Ire}), bought by O'Callaghan as a 2-year-old. Her first [email protected] foal is the Listed Empress S. runner-up Maggies Angel (Ire). Contributing Editor Shadwell is an operation that has often reaped the benefits of Alan Carasso Dark Angel's prowess, so unsurprisingly his name was also on

Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing the shopping list of Angus Gold, who bought lot 86, Glenvale Sean Cronin Stud's colt out of the unraced Inca Trail (Royal Academy) for Tom Frary [email protected] ,240,000.

Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Cont. p4

Regular Columnists Bill Oppenheim Andrew Caulfield John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock

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Goffs UK cont. Swann Keeps It In The Family... Peter Swann of the Cool Silk Partnership has been a loyal client "We know the sire well and I felt he was one of the better of the various sales at Goffs UK and was back in action on individuals here," Gold noted. "Needless to say, plenty of Tuesday when signing for a filly whose family is very familiar to members of the training fraternity were keen on him. He's a the owner. Lot 95, a daughter of Kodiac bred and offered by powerful horse who seems to have a good mind." Noel O'Callaghan's Mountarmstrong Stud, was the most Dark Angel topped the Premier Sale last year with a colt out of expensive filly of the session at ,180,000, but her appeal to the Lordship Stud mare Swiss Dream (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) Swann is that he currently races her half-sister Darkanna (Ire) who sold for ,280,000. Now named Yafta (GB), the Richard (Dark Angel {Ire}), who was runner-up to Tantheem (GB) (Teofilo Hannon trainee secured his first win in Sheikh Hamdan's colours {Ire}) in the G3 Prix de Cabourg last month. Furthermore, the last week at Bath. fillies' dam Jadanna (Ire) (Mujadil), also raced for the Cool Silk Partnership, for whom she won twice and finished third in the Highclere To Highclere... G2 Cherry Hinton S. Highclere Thoroughbred Racing annually recruits a select band "Obviously we know the family and Darkanna has been good of yearlings for its elite syndicates and that process began early to us this season. She really picked up in the soft ground to win on Tuesday morning when lot 10, an Oasis Dream (GB) colt bred at Haydock which is why we then sent her to France, hoping for in the Lake District by Gary and Lesley Middlebrook, was bought softer ground. This filly is a bit bigger and stronger than her by John Warren for ,190,000. sister and she will also go to Richard Fahey." The agent would have had plenty of chances to see the son of Swann has also had notable success when buying at the juvenile winner Eminently (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) as he breeze-up sales. In 2016, he bought subsequent G2 Norfolk S. was consigned by his wife, Lady Carolyn Warren, through winner Prince Of Lir (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) from Goffs UK for Highclere Stud. ,170,000. He is now resident at Ballyhane Stud but has been This is a family which has been good to the Middlebrooks, who replaced in the Cool Silk racing string by another smart own one of the most picturesque farms in Britain. The colt's breeze-up purchase, this one a recruit from Tattersalls Ireland second dam is the speedy multiple group winner Imperial Ascot but also a Bansha House graduate, Sands Of Mali (Fr). The Bailiwick (Ire) (Imperial Frontier), who has produced the dual Panis (Fr) colt won Saturday's G2 Gimcrack S. at York and will be Group 1-winning sprinter Reverence (GB) (Mark OF Esteem {Ire}) aimed next at the G1 Middle Park S. at Newmarket. and Chesham S. winner Helm Bank (GB) (Wild Again) among her "Saturday was an amazing day," Swann recalled. "We were 10 winners. patient with him and didn't push him to make Royal Ascot. I'm already working on my Gimcrack speech and it will be even better if Sands Of Mali wins the Middle Park." Cont. p5

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Notable Firsts... 86 Dark Angel (Ire) Inca Trail 240,000 The first yearling by Frankel to appear at Doncaster was lot B-Bakewell Bloodstock & Freynetown 120, a daughter of multiple stakes winner Ladies Are Forever Consigned by Glenvale Stud Purchased by Shadwell Estate Co Ltd (GB) (Monsieur Bond {Ire}), who was consigned by CBS Breeding 161 Teofilo (Ire) Midget (GB) 200,000 Ltd. Initially led out unsold at ,160,000, a private sale was later (i64,000 wnl >16 GOFNOV) agreed, with Dermot Farrington buying the chestnut filly at B-Mr P. Harney ,180,000. Farrington was also the purchaser of Frankel's Consigned by Manister House Stud first-crop Group 2 winner Eminent (Ire), trained by his Purchased by Godolphin Mgmt Co Ltd father-in-law Martyn Meade. Among a number of freshman sires with their first yearlings on Top Five Fillies sale this week, Mickley Stud's Heeraat (Ire) made the biggest 95 Kodiac (GB) Jadanna (Ire) 180,000 splash on the first day via the Yeomanstown Stud-consigned colt B-Mountarmstrong Stud , (lot 214) who was bought for 100,000 by Armando Duarte. Consigned by Mountarmstrong Stud Bred by Robert Percival and sold as a foal for 38,000gns, the colt Purchased by Cool Silk PS/Stroud Coleman BS is a son of Piranha (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), a dual winner 120 Frankel (GB) Ladies Are Forever (GB) 180,000 at two whose dam Mosaique Beauty (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) is a B-Mr Charles S. Bond sister to GI Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup H. winner Subtle Consigned by CSB Breeding Ltd Power (Ire). Purchased by Dermot Farrington (PS) Coolmore freshman War Command also made a good start, 209 Dark Angel (Ire) Patience Alexander (Ire) 120,000 with lots 175 and 37 fetching ,95,000 and ,92,000, respectively. B-Sherborough Developments Co Ltd The former, Duhill Stud's half-brother to 10-time winner Safari Consigned by Mountarmstrong Stud Sunseeker (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}), was bought by Ollie Cole, while Purchased by Gaelic Bloodstock Blandford Bloodstock bought West Moor Stud's filly out of the 226 Dark Angel (Ire) Providencia (GB) 110,000 dual winner Foreplay (Ire), whose five winners include the B-Liam Phelan cheekily-named Anticipated (Ire), a son of Whipper. Consigned by Midlands Farm Purchased by Joe Foley 37 War Command Foreplay (Ire) 92,000 (i18,500 wnl >16 GOFNOV) B-Kilmoon Syndicate Consigned by West Moor Stud SESSION TOPPERS Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock

GOFFS UK PREMIER YEARLING SALE Top Five Colts Lot Sire Dam Price (,) 195 Bated Breath (GB) Night Sphere (Ire) 270,000 B-J Hanley Consigned by Ballyhimikin Stud GOFFS UK PREMIER YEARLING SALE Purchased by Joe Foley SESSION TOTALS 2017 2016 33 Kodiac (GB) Folegandros Island (Fr) 260,000 $ Catalogued 235 245 (75,000gns wnl >16 TADEF) $ No. Offered 219 226 B-Con Marnane $ No. Sold 200 201 Consigned by Grove Stud $ RNAs 19 25 Purchased by HKJC $ % RNAs 8.7% 11% $ High Price ,270,000 ,250,000 125 Dark Angel (Ire) Last Bid (GB) 250,000 $ Gross ,10,653,500 ,8,751,000 B-Grangemore Stud $ Average (% change) ,53,268 (+22.4%) ,43,537 Consigned by Grangemore Stud $ Median (% change) ,36,500 (+4.3%) ,35,000 Purchased by SackvilleDonald TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 AUGUST, 2017

Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale, this filly ensured another NOTHING BUT NET profitable transaction for the bargain mare. This filly was bred on a i27,500 stud fee--two years later, Dark Angel stood for i65,000 this season. The pedigree is also helped by the fact that GOFFS UK PREMIER YEARLING SALE the dam=s half-brother Sword Fighter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) won last year=s G2 Curragh Cup. Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (,) 37 f War Command Foreplay (Ire) 92,000 214 c Heeraat (Ire) Piranha (Ire) 100,000 Consigned by West Moor Stud Consigned by Yeomanstown Stud Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock Purchased by Armando Duarte This filly from the first crop of Dewhurst winner War Command Progeny of Yeomanstown Stud resident Dark Angel were was passed-in in the ring at last year=s Goffs November Foal Sale expectedly popular on the opening day of this sale, but perhaps before selling privately for i18,500. That proved to be a shrewd a dark horse was that one=s sire son Heeraat, who stands for move when the daughter of the dual winner Foreplay (Ire) ,4,000 at Mickley Stud and has his first crop selling. This bay colt (Lujain {Ire}) and half-sister to the G3 Molecomb S. second was picked up by Yeomanstown for 38,000gns at Tattersalls Anticipated (Ire) (Whipper) realized ,92,000 from Blandford December last year and realized a smart return on Tuesday. The Bloodstock at Doncaster on Tuesday. dam has produced two winners from two to race.

89 c Dandy Man (Ire) Interlacing (GB) 110,000 Consigned by Ballyhane Purchased by Orbis Bloodstock Interlacing, an unplaced daughter of the stakes-winning Short Dance (Hennessy), had been a 20,000gns buy by Double L Bloodstock in 2014, and that operation sold this colt, her first foal, to Joe Foley=s Ballyhane Stud for i13,000 at last year=s Goffs November Foal Sale. The Feb. 25 foal proved a successful Wednesday, August 30: pinhook when returning ,110,000 on Tuesday. UNITED KINGDOM EPAULETTE (AUS) (Commands {Aus}), Kildangan Stud 93 c Excelebration (Ire) It=s True (Ire) 95,000 104 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners Consigned by Loughmore Stables 14:40-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, NIGHT MYTH (IRE) , Purchased by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock 35,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale 2016 This colt has enjoyed updates on both sides of his pedigree RED JAZZ (Johannesburg), Ballyhane Stud since being bought for i12,000 at last year=s Goffs November 103 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners Foal Sale. His sire, who had seen his fee dip from an initial 14:40-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, STORM JAZZ (IRE) i22,500 to i10,000 this year, has had his stock raised thanks 15,000gns Tattersalls December Foals Sale 2015; 28,000gns largely to the exploits of his first-crop son Barney Roy (Ire), Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2016 - Book 3 winner of this year=s G1 St James=s Palace S. The colt=s 2-year-old RELIABLE MAN (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}), Gestut Rottgen full-brother Billy Dylan (Ire), meanwhile, has won twice this year. 43 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners Therefore, it should not have come as a surprise that this colt=s 17:55-KEMPTON PARK, 8f, DEPENDABLE (GER) value rose markedly on Tuesday. i49,000 Baden-Baden Sept. Premier Yearling Sale 2016 SOCIETY ROCK (IRE) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), Tally-Ho Stud 129 f Dark Angel (Ire) Little Audio (Ire) 90,000 122 foals of racing age/17 winners/1 black-type winner Consigned by Yeomanstown Stud 15:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, DEAUVILLE SOCIETY (IRE) Purchased by Joe Foley i34,000 Goffs November Foals 2015; 20,000gns Tattersalls Little Audio, an unraced granddaughter of the G3 Park S. October Yearling Sale 2016 - Book 2 winner and stakes-producing Tarwiya (Ire), cost just 3,000gns at 14:00-MUSSELBURGH, 7.25f, PARTY FEARS TOO (IRE) Tattersalls=s February Sale in 2012. Her first foal, also by Dark i9,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2016; ,20,000 Angel (Ire), realized i120,000 as a yearling two years later, and Goffs UK 2yo Breeze-Up Sale 2017 while that one=s subsequently twice-placed full-brother Picture 15:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, VEGAS BOY (IRE) No Sound (Ire) was bought back for 40,000gns at this year=s i48,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale 2016

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SWISS SPIRIT (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Whitsbury Manor Stud 76 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners 13:50-CATTERICK BRIDGE, 5f, COOL SPIRIT (GB) ,34,000 Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale 2016; ,78,000 Goffs UK 2yo Breeze-Up Sale 2017 15:10-LINGFIELD PARK, 7f, ERASTUS (GB)

Dubai World Cup winner Prince Bishop was one of a handful of Group 1 winnersBalso including African Story, Cirrus des Aigles and SolowBon show at Au-Dela des Piste=s retrained racehorses day at Deauville on Saturday | Zuzanna Lupa

Tuesday=s Results: 2nd-EPS, ,6,000, Mdn, 8-29, 2yo, 8f 113yT, 1:44.57, g/f. French and Australian Group 1 winner Reliable Man has a runner LYNWOOD GOLD (IRE) (c, 2, Mastercraftsman {Ire}--Witch of at Kempton on Wednesday | Emma Berry Fife {SP-Eng}, by Lear Fan) was bounced from the gate to claim an early lead in this debut. Holding sway thereafter, the 4-1 FRANCE third choice was shaken up with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and DECLARATION OF WAR (War Front), Ashford Stud kept on well under mild coaxing to score by five lengths from I=m 135 foals of racing age/5 winners/2 black-type winners A Star (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) . The i60,000 GOFORB yearling 6-DEAUVILLE, 1200m, OONA (FR) is a son of Listed Sweet Solera S. third Witch of Fife (Lear Fan) i8,000 Osarus 2yo Breeze Up Sale 2017 and thus kin to stakes-winning G2 Gimcrack S. runner-up Ho Choi (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), G3 Solario S. victor Drumfire (Ire) FINJAAN (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), Gazeley Stud (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), G3 Silver Flash S. winner Cabaret (Ire) 30 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners (Galileo {Ire}) and a yearling filly by Born To Sea (Ire). He shares 6-DEAUVILLE, 1200m, SHESGOTTHELOT (GB) his stakes-placed granddam Fife (Ire) (Lomond) with GSW G1 ,4,000 RNA Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale 2016 Moyglare Stud S. runner-up Ugo Fire (Ire) (Bluebird) and is from INTELLO (GER) (Galileo {Ire}), Haras du Quesnay a family which features top-level winners Frenchpark (GB) (Fools 102 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners Holme) and Pearly Shells (GB) (Efisio {GB}). Lifetime Record: 1-DEAUVILLE, 1500m, LOUIS D'OR (IRE) 1-1-0-0, $5,019. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. i27,000 Arqana Deauville October Yearlings 2016 O-J Barson; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Mark Johnston. PEDRO THE GREAT (Henrythenavigator), Haras de la Haie Neuve 35 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner 1st-RIP, ,5,500, Cond, 8-29, 2yo, f, 5fT, 1:00.32, gd. 6-DEAUVILLE, 1200m, STROMBOLI (FR) REVIVED (GB) (f, 2, Dark Angel {Ire}--Tan Tan {GB}, by King=s i2,000 Osarus Sales La Teste Yearling 2016 Sale Best), who was an Aug. 2 debut fifth at Goodwood last time, raced three lengths off the pace in sixth through halfway in this WORTHADD (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}), Irish National Stud one. Nudged along passing the two pole, the 6-5 favourite was 20 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners ridden along to challenge entering the final eighth and pushed 6-DEAUVILLE, 1200m, SEE YOU IN PARIS (IRE) out late to best Deviate (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) by 1 1/4 7,000gns RNA Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up & HIT Sale 2017 lengths. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 AUGUST, 2017

1st-RIP, cont. Kin to a yearling colt by Camelot (GB), she is the third scorer from as many foals to raced produced by a winning daughter of G3 Molecomb S. victress Sahara Star (GB) (Green Desert). Other Tuesday=s Results: descendants of Sahara Star include G1 Cheveley Park S. runner- 5th-CLF, i25,000, Mdn, 8-29, 3yo, 9fT, 1:51.20, gd. up Princess Noor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), last term=s SMART VENDOME (GB) (g, 3, Kendargent {Fr}--Place Vendome G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third Now Or Never (Ire) (Bushranger {Fr} {MSP-Fr}, by Dr Fong) was reined back to race in a held-up {Ire}), dual European champion and MG1SW sire Dream Ahead sixth for most of this first go. Urged closer from the top of the (Diktat {GB}), and the latter=s MGSW G2 Flying Childers S.- straight, the 27-10 pick was among a leading wave of four winning dam Land of Dreams (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}). entering the final eighth and kept on powerfully under whipless Sales history: ,42,000 Ylg >16 GOUKPR; i130,000 2yo >17 cajoling in the latter stages to assert by 3/4-of-a-length from GBMBR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $4,602. Video, sponsored by Cascade (Fr) (Motivator {GB}). The i270,000 ARAUG yearling is Fasig-Tipton. the latest foal produced by Listed Prix Ronde de Nuit and Listed O-Clipper Logistics; B-Brightwalton Bloodstock Ltd (GB); Prix Sigy placegetter Place Vendome (Fr) (Dr Fong), and he is a T-Michael Bell. half to G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains-winning sire Style Vendome (Fr) (Anabaa) and to stakes-winning G1 Poule d=Essai des 4th-RIP, ,12,000, Cond, 8-29, 3yo, 8fT, 1:39.68, gd. Poulains and G1 Criterium International placegetter Prestige RODAINI (g, 3, Exchange Rate--Blessings Count, by Pulpit) Vendome (Fr) (Orpen). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Lifetime Record: SW-Eng, 10-5-1-0, $64,043. O-Abdullah Saeed Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Al Naboodah; B-Greenwood Lodge Farm (KY); T-Simon Crisford. O-Comte Andre de Ganay, Guy Pariente & Christian-Bernard *$140,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP; 340,000gns 2yo >16 TATBRE. **1/2 to Baillet; B-Guy Pariente Holding (GB); T-Nicolas Clement. Minds Eyes (Macho Uno), SP-US, $167,504. Greenwood Lodge Farm Bred, Raised and Sold 2nd-CLF, i26,000, Cond, 8-29, 3yo, 7fT, 1:24.80, gd. SECRET LADY (GB) (f, 3, Arcano {Ire}--Lady McBeth {Ire}, by Avonbridge {GB}) Lifetime Record: 16-3-3-4, i76,630. O-J C ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Smith & Myriam Bollack-Badel; B-Laundry Cottage Stud Farm Fake News (GB), g, 2, Paco Boy (Ire)--Day Creek (GB), by (GB); T-Myriam Bollack-Badel. *,8,000 Ylg >15 DNSIL. Daylami (Ire). CAR, 5f 193yT, 1:14.84. B-Andrew Parrish (GB). *9,000gns Ylg >16 TAOCT. 6th-DAX, i24,000, Cond, 8-29, 2yo, 7fT, 1:26.10, g/s. Sea Tide (GB), f, 3, Champs Elysees (GB)--Change Course (GB), AIYANA ROSE (FR) (f, 2, Shamalgan {Fr}--Bint Makbul {GB}, by by Sadler=s Wells. CAR, 8-29, 9fT, 1:58.54. B-Millsec Ltd (GB). Makbul {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-2, i26,550. O-Theresa Marnane; B-Olivier Triboire & Ecurie des Jap (FR); T-Mathieu = Palussiere. *i10,000 Ylg >16 OSLATE. **1/2 to Saxford (GB) BET365 TO SPONSOR FILLIES MILE (Reset {Aus}), SW-Eng & GSP-Fr. Newmarket Racecourse and bet365 have extended their partnership to include the G1 Fillies= Mile and Old Rowley Cup ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: on Oct. 13. Bet365's overall sponsorship portfolio has been Oleska (Ire), f, 2, Excelebration (Ire)--Varsity (GB) (MSP-Ire & extended as part of a new three-year contract, including the SP-Fr, $158,816), by Lomitas (GB). DAX, 8-29, 6fT, 1:14.70. bet365 Craven Meeting and the Moet and Chandon July Festival. B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran, SCEA Bissons & Jean-Louis Blot (FR). Amy Starkey, Regional Director, Jockey Club Racecourses East *i150,000 Ylg >16 ARAUG. **1/2 to GM Hopkins (GB) (Dubawi Region, said, AWe are delighted to be extending our already {Ire}), SW-Eng, $373,700. successful partnership with bet365 further to include two of our Poppet=s Promise (GB), f, 3, Bated Breath (GB)--Our Poppet autumn highlights, the bet365 Fillies= Mile and the bet365 Old (Ire), by Warning (GB). DAX, 8-29, 7fT, 1:25.80. B-Graham Rowley Cup. Following a successful inaugural bet365 Craven Robinson (GB). *1/2 to Overdose (GB) (Starborough {GB}), Ch. Meeting and Moet and Chandon July Festival, with bet365 as 2yo Colt, Ch. 3yo Colt, Ch. Sprinter & Ch. Grass Horse-Svk, Hwt. the Official Betting Partner, we are really pleased to be working 3yo-Ger & Ity at 5-7f, MGSW-Ger & Ity, $376,374; Majestic with them at one of our key festivals during the Gold Season and Mount (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), SW-Fr, $171,135. for them to put their name to a top-level contest such as the Lady Valdean (GB), f, 3, Helmet (Aus)--Symphonic Dancer, by Fillies= Mile.@ Smart Strike. CLF, 8-29, 12fT, 2:32. B-Bearstone Stud (GB). *,600 Ylg >15 TIADEC. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 AUGUST, 2017

French Report cont. Farclas (Fr), g, 3, Jukebox Jury (Ire)--Floriana (Ger) (SP-Ger), by Seattle Dancer. CLF, 8-29, 12fT, 2:31.30. B-Remy Giger, Hans- Ueli Fruh & Eduard Enz (FR). *i17,000 Wlg >14 ARQDEC; i34,000 RNA Ylg >15 ARQNOV. Mathix (Fr), g, 3, Kendargent (Fr)--Matwan (Fr) (SW-Fr, $106,930), by Indian Rocket (GB). PTB, 8-28, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:42.15. B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR). *i40,000 RNA Ylg >15 AROCT. **Full to Revedargent (Fr), SP-Fr; and 1/2 to Matorio (Fr) (Oratorio {Ire}), GSP-Fr, $145,999.

Sunday=s Results: NAGRODA ST LEGER (NB), ZL94,500 (,20,581/i22,155/ Bush Brave wins the Polish Triple Crown | torsluzewiec.pl US$26,589), Sluzewiec (Warsaw), 8-27, 3/up, 14fT, 3:01.3, gd. 1--BUSH BRAVE (IRE), 120, c, 3, Bushranger (Ire)--Moriches SLOVENSKE OAKS (NB), i23,000, Bratislava, 8-27, 3yo, f, (Ire), by Alhaarth (Ire). (i1,800 Ylg >15 TISEP). O-D Jaskolski; 2000mT, 2:07.09, gd. B-Elaine Banahan; T-W Olkowski; J-T Lukasek; ZL54,000. 1--POLYANTA (ITY), 128, f, 3, Soldier of Fortune (Ire)--Peinture Lifetime Record: Hwt. 2yo-Pol, 9-6-2-1, ZL289,400. Naive (Fr), by Wagon Master (Fr). O-Staj DS Pegas; B-Jiri 2--Largo Forte (GB), 119, c, 3, Rip Van Winkle (Ire)--Passionate Travnicek; T-D Torok; J-P Foret; i11,500. Lifetime Record: Girl (Ire), by Grand Lodge. ZL21,600. 6-4-1-0, i27,910. 3--Neo (Pol), 132, c, 3, Ecosse (Fr)--Nowa Nadzieja (Pol), by Jape. 2--Sasa (GB), 128, f, 3, Makfi (GB)--Sharp Relief (Ire), by Galileo ZL10,800. (Ire). (5,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT). i5,290. Margins: 5HF, 1 3/4, 4HF. 3--Silver Empress (Fr), 128, f, 3, Silver Frost (Ire)--Last Empress Bush Brave, reigning champion 2-year-old in Poland, stormed (Fr), by Dernier Empereur. (i18,000 Ylg >15 ARQNOV). i3,450. through the final 300 metres and came away to an easy defeat Margins: 2, 1 3/4, NO. Odds: 1.60, 4.80, 1.60. VIDEO of his elders in the Polish St Leger. He became the second horse in three years to sweep the Polish Triple Crown and joins 2015 hero Va Bank (Ire) (Archipenko) as Triple Crown winners sourced EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS by Bobby O=Ryan at the Tattersalls Ireland yearling sale. Third of this quintet as Largo Forte galloped along uncontested on the lead, Bush Brave improved a spot through the middle IN CHINA stages and was poised as they rounded the second turn with Mei Tu (Ire), f, 2, Foxwedge (Aus)--Prom Dress (GB), by Mount about 800m to travel. Held together as long as possible by Nelson (GB). Yulong, 8-26, 2yo, 1000m, 1:05.13. RMB50,000. Tomas Lukasek, Bush Brave was finally given his head with less B-M. Phelan, Pipe View Stud. *i9,000 yrl >16 GOFSEP. VIDEO. than a quarter-mile to race and kicked readily clear. Embiran (Ire), c, 4, Shamardal--Emiyna (GSW-Ire), by Maria's Dam of a 2-year-old filly by Excelebration (Ire), who fetched Mon. Yulong, 8-26, 1200m, 1:15.08. RMB500,000. B-His i58,000 at the 2015 Goffs November foal sale, Moriches foaled Highness The Aga Khan's Studs S. C. *i35,000 HRA >16 a filly by Camacho (GB) in 2016. Bush Brave=s second dam GOFNOV. **SP-Ire. VIDEO. Almaaseh (Ire) (Dancing Brave) produced Hong Kong Horse of the Year Military Attack (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}). Bushranger, winner of the 2008 G1 Darley Prix Morny, originally retired to his breeding place at Tally-Ho Stud and was exported to Turkey in 2016. VIDEO

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The top six stallions with averages over -10,000,000 (i76,501/,71,073) were Screen Hero (Jpn) (-15,079,500), selling eight of 10 lots; second-crop sire Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) (-14,148,000) selling seven of eight lots; French Deputy (-11,880,000) selling four of six lots, first-crop sire Just a Way O=SHEA FINED IN STRANGLES CASE (Jpn) (-11,029,500) selling eight of 10 lots; the late Manhattan Trainer John O=Shea has been fined A$30,000 for his part in the Cafe (Jpn)'s final crop, -10,800,000 for one lot; and first- crop Godolphin strangles case. Racing NSW stewards found that sire Cape Blanco (Ire) (-10,164,705) selling 17 of 20 lots offered. former Godolphin Australia head trainer John O=Shea and former Godolphin Australia Managing Director Henry Plumptre had failed to properly report a case of strangles in the stable last August. Plumptre pled guilty and had a A$20,000 fine reduced to A$15,000, while O=Shea, who pled not guilty, was further penalized for allegedly providing false or misleading evidence to stewards.

RECORDS CONTINUE AT SUMMER SALE By Kate Hunter After a record-setting July sales season in Japan, the trend continued into August with the Hokkaido Summer Sale on Aug. 21 to 25 accumulating a record -5,461,992,000 (i41,757,379/,38,801,991) gross, a 36% increase from last year. The clearance rate jumped to 78.58% from 63.5% last year. Each Lot 454, the sale-topping Screen Hero colt | hba.or.jp day saw high clearance rates, with the lowest being on the fifth Aside from the many hungry Japanese buyers, Irish trainer and final day (70.56%), while the highest was on day four Emmet Mullins made the long journey to Japan to buy some (83.41%). The rain mid-week did nothing to slow down the Japanese-bred yearlings to take home to Europe. Singapore buyers during Japan's largest yearling auction. buyers were also active during the week taking home several The overall average for the sale was -5,749,465 lots. (i43,932/,40,832), up 15% from last year. Colts averaged All of the major sales in Japan this year have seen significant -6,468,797 (i49,463/,45,976), up 17.8%, and fillies averaged gains across the board. While foreign buyers have played an -3,866,029 (i29,556/,27,477), up 11%. active role in each sale, the domestic market this year has been Based on gross, South Vigorous, a very successful dirt stallion, stronger than ever. The next yearling sale in Japan is the was by far the most popular sire at the sales with -270,216,000 Hokkaido Autumn Sale held in October. The three-day sale will (i2,065,823/,1,920,830) spent on his 28 lots sold from 32 be held at the Hokkaido Sales Pavilion in Shizunai, Hokkaido on offered. He had the most lots sold of any sire in the sale, with Oct. 2 to 4. popular sprint sire Kinshasa No Kiseki (Aus) having 27 of his 31 lots sold. South Vigorous was tied with Japan Cup winner Rose Kingdom (Jpn) for the second most expensive lot in the sale. Screen Hero (Jpn), the sire of six-time Group 1 winner Maurice (Jpn), topped the sale with lot 454, a colt out of Love Dylan (Jpn) SALES TOPPERS (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) which was bought by Sachiaki Kobayashi for -43,200,000 (i330,267/,307,044). Kobayashi has campaigned HOKKAIDO SUMMER YEARLINGS several Group 1 winners in Japan including Copano Rickey (Jpn) TOP THREE COLTS and Copano Richard (Jpn). Each day saw at least one lot sell for Lot Sire Dam Price (-) over -21,000,000 (i160,574/,149,257), which in previous years 454 Screen Hero (Jpn) Love Dylan (Jpn) 43,200,000 could have been the top lot sold. Aside from the sale topper, 45 B-Tanioka Stud lots sold for -10,800,000 (i82,581/,76,799) or more; 12 lots Consigned by Tanioka Stud sold for -20,520,000 (i156,963/,145,919) or more; and two Purchased by Sachiaki Kobayashi sold for -33,480,000 (i256,097/,237,952). TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 AUGUST, 2017

410 South Vigorous Preppy (Jpn) 33,480,000 Ashtomina (Aus), m, 7, Saint Thomas (Aus)--Asmahan (Aus), B-Tsuji Bokujo by Zabeel (NZ). Yulong, 8-26, 3YO+, 1800m, Cond, 2:01.79. Consigned by Tsuji Bokujo RMB50,000. B-Mr J Moore. *A$23,000 HRA >17 INGAPR. **1/2 Purchased by Kenji Ryotokuji to Anaheim (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), SW-Aus, $146,126. 415 Rose Kingdom (Jpn) Polyrhythm (Jpn) 33,480,000 VIDEO. B-Minao Inui Consigned by Urakawa Ikusei Center IN SOUTH KOREA: Purchased by Kenji Ryotokuji Gaeuli Jeonseol (Aus), c, 4, Casino Prince (Aus)--Chinese Whispers (NZ), by Woodman. Seoul, 8-26, Hcp. (A$101k), TOP THREE FILLIES 1800m. B-Patinack Farm (NSW). *Won by five lengths as the Lot Sire Dam Price (-) 3-1 favourite. **1/2 to Rock Robster (Aus) (Fastnet Rock 96 Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) Passion Red (Jpn) 14,040,000 {Aus}), SW-Aus, A$154,020. ***A$14,000 Ylg >14 MMPAT. B-Sakai Bokujo Consigned by Sakai Bokujo Purchased by Normandy Farm NEW ZEALAND-BRED WINNERS 207 Rulership (Jpn) Rose City (Jpn) 13,500,000 B-Yoichi Sato Consigned by Pioneer Farm IN CHINA Purchased by Big Red Farm Co. Ltd. +Ta Xue (NZ), h, 5, Thewayyouare--Miss Sacha (NZ), by 461 Taiki Shuttle Wasabi (Jpn) 13,500,000 Kaapstad (NZ). Yulong, 8-26, 4YO+, 1200m, 1:15.69. B-Chiyoda Farm Shinuzai RMB50,000. B-P A Fraser. *NZ$10,000 2yo >14 NZBRTR. VIDEO. Consigned by Chiyoda Farm Shinuzai Purchased by Tetsuji Yamamoto KOREA AUTUMN RACING CARNIVAL B FOREIGN ENTRIES w1-billion Keeneland Korea Cup (1800m)

Horse Country Trainer Nimr (GB) (Shamardal) France Phelippon Skiperia (Fr) (Gold Away {Ire}) France Barberot Circuit Land (Mizzen Mast) Hong Kong Shum Chrysolite (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) Japan Otonashi London Town (Jpn) (Kane Hekili {Jpn}) Japan Makita HOKKAIDO SUMMER YEARLINGS Papa Shot (Distorted Humor) USA Rice CUMULATIVE 2017 2016 $ Catalogued 1307 1366 w700-million Keeneland Korea Sprint (1200m) $ No. Offered 1209 1267 Horse Country Trainer $ No. Sold 950 805 City Money (Ire) (Elusive City) France Dlchr-Snchz $ RNAs 259 462 Lucky Year (Aus) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) Hong Kong Shum $ % RNAs 21.4% 36.5% Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) Ireland Hogan $ High Price (-) 43,020,000 29,160,000 Graceful Leap (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) Japan Hashiguchi $ Gross (-) 5,461,992,000 4,014,360,000 Wimbledon (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) Singapore Peters $ Average (-) (% change) 5,749,465 (+15.3%) 4,986,782 The Truth Or Else (Yes It=s True) USA McPeek

AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Thoroughbred Daily News IN CHINA: Hua Xing Zhui Xing (Aus), f, 3, Big Brown--River Shannon (Aus), @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry by Mossman (Aus). Yulong, 8-26, 3YO, 1000m, 1:03.81. RMB50,000. B-Mr G Harvey (NSW) *A$12,000 yrl >16 @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN MMGCYS. VIDEO.