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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: EQUESTRICON DAY ONE BRINGS PLENTY OF SUBSTANCE by Joe Bianca WILL PLAYERS TAKE A HIKE SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - A good crowd, lots of smiling faces and healthy debate over a host of hot-button issues comprised OVER HIKE IN TAKEOUT? the effective beginning of Equestricon, the first-ever national convention, Monday in Saratoga Springs. Though Equestricon hosted a number of events around town and at the racetrack Sunday, Monday morning was the opening bell of a jam-packed two days hosted at the Saratoga Springs City Center. There were panels, seminars, giveaways and dozens of booths ranging from industry stalwarts to upstarts. Topics covered in panel discussions ran the gamut from aftercare to handicapping tournaments. This is a slice of my experience at this decidedly new venture in horse racing networking and promotion. (Click here to continue p6)

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Keeneland | Horsephotos ALMANZOR RETURNS AT DEAUVILLE Tom Peacock has another edition of The Weekly Wrap, with by T.D. Thornton all the latest views from the past week’s European results. Imagine if management at a racetrack asked horse owners and Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. trainers to accept an up-front purse cut, in the form of a lower contractual slice of wagering revenue, so that the betting takeout could remain low enough to retain quality horseplayers. The reasoning behind the move would be that the track wanted to remain competitive as a top-tier wagering option in a shrinking marketplace, and the upside would be that if enough horseplayers embraced the low-takeout track, overall betting handle would rise, and so would purses. If everything worked out as planned, the larger theoretical pie would more than make up for the smaller-percentage slice. It=s unlikely any track management would ever initiate such a conversation in today=s pari-mutuel marketplace. It=s also difficult to think that owners and trainers would embrace any proposition that involved trading up-front money for a non-guaranteed future benefit. Yet if you think of the economic model of North American racing as a simplified triangle (whose three sides are comprised of owners/trainers, track managements, and bettors), and then switch around the above-referenced proposition so that the bettors and owners/trainers are on opposite sides of the equation, that pretty much sums up the argument that Keeneland Association offered to horseplayers last week when it came to light that the track would be increasing betting takeouts (story here). Cont. p3 LEADING TWO-YEAR-OLD SIRE BY NUMBER OF WINNERS, ABOVE SCAT DADDY AND INTO MISCHIEF

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The Week in Review (cont. from p1) In an attempt to represent views from all three sides of the triangle, I also left an Aug. 7 voicemail for Rick Hiles, the Starting with the upcoming fall meet, Keeneland intends to president of the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and hike the take on straight wagers from 16 to 17.5%, and the take Protective Association, asking what owners and trainers thought on most exotic wagers will go up from 19 to 22%. about the long-term implications of boosting purses via takeout AI think at the end of the day when the handicappers see the hikes, but have not received a call back as of press time. quality of racing we put on, [and] have a great experience when I wasn=t surprised there was immediate outcry from they come to the track, and know how we=re spending those horseplayers, including threats of organized betting boycotts monies back to promote the sport at the very highest level, I against Keeneland. But I was surprised at the volume and believe that they=re going to continue to support our racing,@ intensity of those protests. Bob Elliston, Keeneland=s vice president of racing and sales, told me in an Aug. 7 interview. That=s quite a leap of faith--not just the part about believing that the Keeneland product will be so irresistibly attractive that bettors will ignore the increased costs of playing it, but the implied belief that horseplayers will feel good about footing the bill to ensure a (theoretically) upgraded product. AI guess my first reaction is that I am extremely disappointed that Keeneland would do this to horseplayers,@ Jeff Platt, the president of the Horseplayers Association of North America, told me. AMy second reaction and prediction is that this is actually going to cause purse money to go down, that they=re actually going to have purse cuts as a result of this, not purse increasesY. Players are going to bet less as a result of this. There=s no question in my mind.@ Keeneland | Horsephotos TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

The level of immediate horseplayer pushback directed at " While individual players might gripe about the takeout Keeneland, at least anecdotally, seems to exceed the ire aimed situation, will they really walk away from betting Keeneland in at Downs, Inc., when that corporation used the same favor of C-level tracks whose takeouts are slightly lower? Kentucky law to raise takeouts in 2014 at its Louisville flagship Keeneland does have a point--quality, nationally prominent track. horses and outfits are a big part of the equation. So, if handle That=s notable in and of itself, because--as we all know--it=s does end up increasing at Keeneland as a result of the takeout easy to rail and spew vitriol at hike, expect lower-tier tracks to assume corporate entities when we don=t they too can follow suit with takeout like the decisions they make. increases--even if they don=t have the But venerable Keeneland has top-notch product to similarly ensure always been different, enjoying a that customers will stick around. uniquely trustworthy position in " Well-respected Las Vegas oddsmaker the pari-mutuel marketplace. For Roxy Roxborough needed only 140 decades, that association has characters to pinpoint the industry=s largely been recognized as a most ominous long-range on non-profit entity that does right by Twitter: A>Lower horse racing takeout the horses, the sport, its traditions, train= has left the station. Fiddling at the and horseplayers. margins is akin to rearranging deck As I was reporting on this story Dacita | Four Footed Fotos chairs [.] Non competitive structure [.]@ last Tuesday, I kept several internet Roxborough=s post left me with the browser windows open to monitor social media feeds and image of racing standing on the tracks looking forlornly after racing-related message boards that had quickly spiraling threads that departing takeout train, oblivious that the much-lower-take devoted to the takeout topic. As the anti-Keeneland backlash Sports Betting Express will be barreling in sooner than expected mounted, I was struck by the repeated AHow could they?@ tone from the opposite direction. of horseplayers expressing betrayal by a trusted source. Culling through the myriad complaints yielded three cogent >Brown on green= double at Arlington points that are likely to remain relevant long after the initial Trainer Chad Brown scored an unprecedented Grade I double anger has subsided: on Saturday, becoming the first conditioner to sweep Arlington " The boycott, if one occurs, might take a bite out of Keeneland=s Park=s two signature grass races on the same afternoon. autumn race meet handle. But in the grand scheme of things, a >TDN Rising Star= Beach Patrol (Lemon Drop Kid) scored in the boycott will just be huffing and puffing. The real threat to GI Arlington Million less than an hour after Dacita (Chi) (Scat Ablowing the house down@ (on a national level, not just at Daddy) took top honors in the GI Beverly D. S. Keeneland) already exists in the form of a slow but strong Each Brown trainee won by a hard-earned half-length, and breeze caused by mid-level horseplayers ebbing away from the neither was favored in the betting. United States betting marketplace because they have trouble The victories also represented a Grade I double for owner Sol justifying the disquieting costs of throwing money at short fields Kumin, who has an interest in the partnerships of both horses. amid widespread perceptions of not-on-the-level racing. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

Kumin told the Chicago Sun-Times that the deep competition in both races made him consider not attending the races in person. AI almost didn=t come. There=s so many good European horses, and they=re hard to handicap,@ Kumin said. AI didn=t think we were going to win two races today. No shot.@ The wins were Brown=s second and fourth victories, respectively, in the Million and Beverly D. In fact, he=s now won three consecutive runnings of the Beverly D. AI=ve watched [Brown] climb. He went from being a really good trainer to, in my opinion, being arguably in the conversation for best in the world,@ Kumin told the Sun-Times. AHe=s 38 years old and works as hard as anybody. And he is incredibly talented.@ The most visually impressive Grade I win on Saturday, though, belonged to Oscar Performance (Kitten=s Joy) in the Secretariat S.

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Tracking the action as a stalking second for most of the 10-furlong journey, Oscar Performance loomed as a menacing presence until he was fully unleashed in the Arlington stretch. The 3-year-old ridgling relished being roused for the drive, exhibiting a powerful kick to the wire as an all-out pack of pursuers chased in vain 2 1/4 lengths in his wake. Last year=s GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf winner has now won three straight graded stakes this season after faltering as the beaten favorite in his first two 2017 tries.

It=s post time (at multiple tracks) News out of The Jockey Club Round Table conference on Sunday that conflicting simulcast post times are costing the industry $400 million annually was an eye-popping revelation (story here). Finally, someone has put a lost-dollar number to the annoying, nonsensical practice of major tracks scheduling races right on top of one another--and it=s a huge number. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

Granted, no industry entity has the resources to refute or But now that the $400 million lost-revenue number has been confirm the magnitude of the study undertaken by the identified and publicly released in the context of a management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, so this is well-respected industry forum, perhaps the sport=s powers that only one party=s lost-handle prognostication. But even if be will be compelled to act. McKinsey was way off--say by a factor of 10--wouldn=t $40 million in lost handle still be worth chasing down and recovering? Plenty of Substance at Equestricon (cont. from p1) The coordination of post times seems like another project the The first thing you notice when you walk in the door is how industry could have tackled on its own long ago for relatively well-staffed Equestricon is. There are employees everywhere short money. I=d bet that for well under $1 million annually, the you turn with AAsk Me Anything@ shirts directing guests to the top five racing associations in the nation could get together, meeting room or booth commission someone to write software that displays post times of their desire. like an airport shows departing planes, and hire a team of Everything was competent every-day, industry-wise schedulers to oversee the organized smartly and grid like air-traffic controllers. the venue, which I had The goal would be for the top five tracks to adhere to strict, never been to in over a well-spaced post times, and the tracks would have to cede decade coming to control over optimizing those nationally coordinated post times Saratoga, was big and during the day to the independent scheduling grid controllers modern. they hire. So if there=s a delay at Belmont Park, the controllers Optimism permeated tell Gulfstream Park and Churchill Downs to adjust their post throughout the main times accordingly to maintain smooth scheduling--not the other hall of the convention, way around, with tracks telling the controllers when they=ll run. with cheery The incentive for compliance will be fully optimized handle for representatives ready to everyone. talk horse racing in As McKinsey exec Ben Vonwiller pointed out during his every capacity. While presentation, lower-level tracks wouldn=t need to directly there was a feeling-out participate in the optimized scheduling grid (in fact, they The author at Equestricon process as to the couldn=t, because the maximum number of tracks that can run direction of the event with so many disparate interests side-by- races five minutes apart over the course of an hour is only six). side, everyone I spoke to saw Equestricon as a net positive, and Yet those other tracks would still see some trickle-down benefits most importantly, an innovative idea that could beget other from being able to look at the national post time grid and decide innovation in a sport sorely in need of it. on their own where to best position their races in the gaps that The most engrossing part of my day was the Coast-to-Coast remain. Marketing Panel, sponsored by this very publication. A group of In addition, just the fact that the industry would be taking a five racetrack representatives broke down what they were proactive step to correct a problem simulcasting customers have doing to grow racing as a business in their jurisdiction, followed been complaining about for years would certainly have some by a lively question-and-answer session that often challenged ancillary public-relations value. those representatives. A myriad of viewpoints and strategies for Global management consulting companies like McKinsey make bringing new fans to the track were discussed, and Equestricon money by identifying problems and then selling solutions to did a good job to put officials from greatly varying size of those problems. The racing industry should have seen and operations in the mix, as NYRA=s Director of Marketing Darran solved the decades-long post time conflict on its own long ago. Miner sat alongside Remington Park racing analyst and handicapper Kathy O=Hara. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

Miner talked up NYRA=s Adigital transformation@ in the last few decrease in 2015 and the results have been overwhelmingly years, saying that the organization=s database of fans has gone positive, with handle at the Franklin oval jumping in each of the from 60 to 70,000 to over 220,000 names, which has let them last two years. Kentucky Downs has also drastically improved its better sell tickets and communicate with presentation, with high-definition broadcasts fans. He also noted that NYRA=s Facebook, and additional angles added to displaying races Twitter and Instagram followings have more over the quirky, European-style turf course. than doubled and that their choice to market AOur main goal has been to be a catalyst for Abig event@ days like the six-Grade I Belmont innovation in the industry,@ Johnsen said. AIt=s Stakes Day, has increased turnout in younger been hard having only five days, but we demographics. lowered takeout, we partnered with Old O=Hara, a former jockey whose career was Friends, we were one of the first tracks to have cut short by injuries, discussed the barn surveillance, we installed the Duralock rail challenges of running a racetrack in and this year we=re beginning the Jockey 7 Oklahoma City, where there are over 100 wager, where you can bet on a jockey to have casinos within the state and more than the most wins in seven races and part of the 15,000 slot machines in the city. She also commission will go the PDJF.@ touched on the challenges of keeping up Innovation has always been a strong suit of with an increasingly modern city when the Keeneland, and Director of Marketing Christa talk turned to upgrading racetrack facilities. Marrillia talked about how their technological C.J. Johnsen, the director of broadcasting Tom Durkin and Ramon Dominguez advances and ABetologists@ at the track have and wagering at Kentucky Downs, also chat with fans improved business, while Arlington=s Director brought a unique viewpoint--that of a track of Marketing Alyssa Ali impressed as well, running five days a year trying to stand out in an overcrowded noting among other initiatives the track=s engagement with the racing calendar. Johnsen spearheaded a marked takeout larger sports-crazy community of Chicago.

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Things got interesting when Christian Hellmers of the This crowd was not as big as the one for the marketing panel, Horseplayers reality television show asked a question about but skewed much younger and had power players in racing what tracks have done to market, not just the handicapping media like Pat Cummings and Nick Luck, who will be giving aspect of racing, but the gamblers themselves. He posited that Tuesday=s keynote speech, in attendance and asking questions. the sport had done a lousy job of celebrating the winners at the The half-dozen speakers on this panel, all directors of social racetrack and making apparent how much money can be made media in one form or another, had interesting things to say and playing a cerebral game like the horses, thus costing themselves a wealth of knowledge and experience despite all being a chance at the sophisticated, analytical, player who may have decidedly young. All of them agreed that horse racing was a put those talents into something like Wall Street. natural linkup with social media, especially on platforms like Miner responded that NYRA markets the winners of their Instagram, being such a visually arresting sport. They also all handicapping tournaments, but said that most big players, the found gratitude in their work of bringing the behind-the-scenes ones betting millions of dollars a year, don=t want the experience of horse racing to thousands of people who don=t recognition and Awould generally rather do their own thing.@ necessarily have those connections. O=Hara added that Remington will be producing a cable Susie Raisher, who runs social media for Centennial Farm and television show in 2018 that does follow some of the biggest used to have the same position at NYRA, talked about how bettors and personalities in Oklahoma horse racing. Johnsen said important community-building through social media has always baby steps were generally the way to go with new players, and been in racing, going back to the AOL message boards. As a Miner concurred, noting that even the terminology of betting former ESPN racing message board goer, I nodded in horses can be intimidating for newcomers. agreement. Perspectives: Social Media in Horse Racing sponsored by the Cummings asked a pointed question about racing=s obsession Maryland Horse Breeders= Association and Jim McKay Maryland with television ratings and how that is at odds with the trend Million Day was also a fascinating discussion, one of a rapidly- toward livestreaming. The panelists all said that broadcasting changing landscape in horse racing=s growing online footprint. contracts have gotten in the way of their ability to livestream content, whether internationally or locally. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

Woodbine=s Dawn Kay said, Asocial is supposed to be across them and put them to use as stable ponies. borders and our horse racing audience isn=t always local. It=s a AWith a lot of these horses, they really don=t like getting big industry shift in broadcasting.@ turned out,@ Ward said. ASome do, some don=t. I have a whole Raisher was asked to give her advice for racing entities to be farm full of them down in Florida that I have retired. In Ocala, I more effective in their social media reach and said, AStop using collect all my old horses. I have 13 ex-racehorses that we rotate channels that are giving you low ROI on your business because throughout the year and use as ponies.@ you think you should be on it. Livestreaming is huge and social in Strike the Tiger, who was reacquired by Ward shortly after his general has taken over the role of a website. Millenials go last race, a Mar. 5, 2014 claimer at Tampa, quickly adapted to straight to social instead of websites. It was built into us because his new job and did so well that he was assigned to the stable=s social came before mobile optimized sites. brightest star, Lady Aurelia. If day one was an indication, day two of Equestricon is going to AHe fell right into his role as a pony and he=s wonderful with all bring more thought-provoking debates on the future of racing, the horses,@ Ward said. AHe ponies Lady Aurelia by himself. He=s both big picture and small. These discussions need to be had in just a real gentle soul as a horse. I just can=t let him take her public with a lot of perspectives having input. So far, so good. behind the gate because when he goes near the gate he acts (Click to return to p1) differently because he remembers his old days as a war horse.@ Realizing that Lady Aurelia probably wouldn=t be happy traveling all the way to England by herself and without her best buddy, Ward got permission from the Stonestreet team to bring RETIRED LONG AGO, STRIKE THE TIGER STILL Strike the Tiger along. According to Matt Haugh, the U.S. representative for IRT, the company that will ship the Ward HELPING WARD WIN IN UK by Bill Finley horses to England, bringing Strike the Tiger only added about Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) likes having a friend around, and 20% to the price tag. who can blame her? Trainer Wesley Ward shipped his star filly Thursday to York, England for the Aug. 25 G1 Nunthorpe S. and didn=t want her to be by herself on the plane or for the van ride from the airport in Scotland to the race course. So he has enlisted an old pal to accompany her on the trip, former Royal Ascot winner Strike the Tiger (Tiger Ridge). It=s a glamorous assignment for the now 10-year-old, whose post-racing life could have easily taken a wrong turn. He=s a one-hit wonder, winning the Windsor Castle S. at Royal Ascot in 2009, giving Ward his first winner at the meet. But he was unable to sustain that top level of competition, and while he did finish second in the GIII Transylvania S. in 2010 at Keeneland, what followed was an all-too-typical decline down the class ladder. By 2014, he was running in $12,500 and $16,000 claimers at Tampa Bay Downs and struggling to so much as pick up an Strike the Tiger (stall) and Lady Aurelia occasional check. with long time Wesley Ward groom Michael Clark. With Strike the Tiger having obvious sentimental value to AI think it=s great, what Wesley is doing,@ Haug said. AAs soon as Ward, he kept close tabs on the horse and told his connections I heard Strike the Tiger, that name rang a bell, sounded familiar. that whenever they were ready to retire him, he wanted him Sure enough, he was in our database. In 2009, we shipped him back. over there and have been doing it for Wesley from day one. It=s AHe was making his way down the ladder and I went to Kellyn kind of neat to see him return to the scene of the crime, so to Gorder, who had him, and said that whenever you are ready to speak.@ retire the horse, I would give him a wonderful home for the rest Haugh said this is the first time he can ever recall a stable pony of his life,@ he said. AHe was very gracious, a wonderful guy. He accompanying an American horse on a trip overseas. didn=t require any payment. He gave me the horse.@ AUsually, I=m always going with a few horses over there, but Ward has done the same for many of his horses that start to this time Lady Aurelia was the only one going over to race and fall through the cracks and race in claiming races. He=ll reacquire TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

would have been going by herself,@ Ward said. ARCI ANNOUNCES PENALTY REVIEW AIn order to ensure a smooth trip, I wanted her best buddy to The Association of Racing Commissioners International will go with her,@ Ward continued. AI thought that would be better conduct an overall review of its recommended penalty than her traveling by herself.@ guidelines for medication and doping violations, the The Nunthorpe will be the fifth time Lady Aurelia has raced in organization announced in a press release Monday. Europe and her first start since she won the June 20 G1 King=s ASome have argued that the recommended penalties may not Stand S. at Royal Ascot. John Velazquez rode her that day, but be tough enough for the most egregious violations or that with again healthy, he will get the assignment. isolated minor offenses are treated too harshly,@ ARCI President AI=m really excited about racing her over there again,@ Ward Ed Martin said in the release. AThis has not been examined in said. AShe came out of the last race really well. I do go back and depth for many years and the board believes this review is forth with her a lot and when she comes home she gets a good overdue.@ three, three-and-a-half week break where we don=t do much RCI Chair Jeff Colliton, the chairman of the Washington Racing with her. The two months between races is ideal and I think Commission, assigned the review to the Drug Testing Standards she=s ready to put in a really good race.@ and Practices Committee. Committee chair Duncan Patterson, the chair of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, will coordinate, in consultation with committee members and industry representatives. The ARCI has also updated its Model Rules of Racing to allow stewards greater flexibility in deciding whether to deny the purse and disqualify a horse for lessor violations of racing=s medication rules. Version 8.1 of the model, which can be viewed at www.arci.com, permits the consideration of mitigating factors in deciding whether to deny a purse for some violations involving substances requiring a AClass C@ penalty. Consideration of mitigating circumstances has long been permitted for Class B penalty violations and this change extends current policy to lessor offenses.

WALDEN DISPERSING BLOODSTOCK (Press Release Follows) After more than 30 years as a staple in the Thoroughbred breeding and racing community, Ben Walden, Jr. has announced the full dispersal of more than 50 horses owned by he and his wife, Elaine, at the upcoming Keeneland September and Keeneland November sales. AThe last two years have brought forth several Christian Ministry opportunities in which I have found myself investing TDN NOW OFFERS DIRT SIRE LISTS more and more time,@ said Walden. AElaine and I have become The TDN now offers leading year-to-date and cumulative the host of an inventory and distribution facility for FirstLove sire lists with statistics specifically for dirt racing. The lists Publications, a Simi Valley, California-based book ministry that exclude any data from turf and all-weather racing, but distributes titles on sound Biblical doctrine and evangelism all include dirt racing from all over the world. These lists are over the world, free of charge. It is very difficult to be successful offered for general sires as well as first through sixth-crop today in the Thoroughbred industry without a singular focus and relentless commitment. Our farm, Paul=s Mill, is on the market, sires, both year-to-date and cumulative. Visit so this step is a natural part of our progression. www.thetdn.com/tdn-sire-stats/ to view the list and select the list you want from the Select List dropdown. Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

AA recent month-long mission trip to the Philippines had a After the partnership at Hurricane Hall was dissolved in 2008, unique impact on the decision to walk away from the horse Walden acquired Pauls Mill in Versailles. The 265-acre farm was business,@ he added. AIt has been a blessed vocation for me and virtually rebuilt for horses after Walden acquired the property in Elaine that no doubt has been a gift from the Lord. I wrestled 2008. Pauls Mill is currently for sale. with him on this decision for some time, failing to believe that APart of my passion for this business was building farms from He wanted us to give it up. But we believe He does.@ the ground up, and finding broodmares from female families with lasting value,@ Walden said. Walden is responsible for breeding over 100 stakes winners to date. Among the Grade I winners he bred are Breeders= Cup champions Corinthian and Artax, the latter capturing an Eclipse Award in 1999 as champion sprinter.

The Waldens The Waldens' full dispersal will include six yearlings at Keeneland September, including two Tiznow fillies and an Arch colt. At Keeneland November, his dispersal will consist of 18 weanlings and 27 mares and/or fillies in training. Among the Waldens= collection of broodmares are some deep Claiborne Farm families and mares in foal to leading sires like Uncle Mo, Pioneerof the Nile, Kitten's Joy, Distorted Humor, among others. A major component of Walden=s business approach through the years has been to buy and develop horse farms. He founded Vinery in 1985, and over the next 12 years built it into a successful commercial farm with over 30 stallions and a huge sales presence at the annual Keeneland September sales. Among Vinery=s three leading freshman sires was Red Ransom, who Walden purchased from Paul Mellon=s Rokeby Stable by Asealed bid@ as a non-stakes-winning son of Roberto that had set a track record at Saratoga in his first start as a 2-year-old. In 2000, the Waldens purchased 200 acres on the corner of Iron Works Pike and Newtown Pike from Castleton Farm. Named Gracefield, they developed the farm over a seven-year period before selling it to Lisa Lourie, who renamed it Spy Coast Farm. On behalf of Brad Kelley, Walden purchased Hurricane Hall from Dinwiddie Lampton in 2005, and he became partners in the business with Kelly, Pat Madden and David Hanley. Several restorations were made to Hurricane Hall under Walden=s management, including the addition of a one-mile Polytrack uphill gallop, and such top racehorses as Artie Schiller, Bellamy Road and English Channel were brought in off the track and given their respective starts at stud. AWe are just happy to be here. It worked out well for us,@ winning conditioner Rudy Rodriguez commented. AAll the credit has to go to Irad [Ortiz, Jr.]. He kept the filly very close and most of these horses don't want to go that far, so I think the key was to keep her close to the pace.@ Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton.

Monday=s Results: SARATOGA DEW S., $100,000, SAR, 8-14, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:52.16, ft. 1--#LITERATA, 120, m, 6, Read the Footnotes--Personal Wealth, by Personal Flag. ($18,000 Ylg '12 OBSAUG; $30,000 Ylg '12 FTKOCT). O-Michael Dubb; B-Meadow View , LLC. (NY); T-Rudy R. Rodriguez; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 33-8-9-4, $475,898. EQB yearling auction purchase • www.EQB.com Literata | Chelsea Durand

2--Jcs American Dream, 118, m, 6, Catienus--American Passage, 7th-SAR, $85,000, Alw, 8-14, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, by Quiet American. O-James A. Riccio; B-Miracle Man Racing 1:01.50, fm. Partners LLC (NY); T-Michelle Nevin. $20,000. HEAVENLY SCORE (f, 3, Even the Score--Celestial Crown, by 3--Jc's Shooting Star, 118, m, 5, Miracle Man--American Holy Bull) showed class from the outset of her career, parlaying Passage, by Quiet American. O-Shooting Star Stable; B-Miracle a runner-up finish in her unveiling into a second-out graduation Man Racing Partners LLC (NY); T-David G. Donk. $10,000. sprinting over the inner track at Aqueduct in January. Fifth in the Margins: HF, 2HF, 2. Odds: 3.15, 7.90, 1.90. Busher S. Feb. 25, the gray checked in second in the six-furlong Literata showed grit to fend off all challengers and annex Cicada S. in Ozone Park Mar. 25. She was a good third in a six- Saratoga=s Monday feature. The chestnut gradually climbed furlong turf sprint allowance at Belmont May 3 and was last through the allowance ranks in recent years and earned a seen in an even fourth-place effort in the course-and-distance second stakes placing when she came home a distant second S. July 31. Sent postward as the 5-2 second behind the undefeated Kathryn the Wise (Uncle Mo) in choice coming back on two weeks rest here, Heavenly Score Belmont=s one-mile Critical Eye S. May 29. She entered emerged from the gate in midpack and advanced to secure a Monday=s affair off a four-length win in a Finger Lakes allowance spot tracking the pace along the rail behind a quarter-mile in July 22--a race that emerged as a key race when third-finishing :21.65. Angled out to avoid a tiring rival soon after that juncture, Five Star Rampage (Quality Road) returned to capture the Jack she collared pacesetting Orecchiette (Harlan=s Holiday) in upper Betta Be Rite S. over nearly identical conditions to the Saratoga stretch, gradually edged away from that rival and held safe a Dew just minutes earlier in the afternoon. Showing good early late bid from Tizanillusion (Tizway) by 3/4 of a length. Sales speed, Literata pressed the pace from the two path through a History: $5,000 Wlg '14 OBSOCT; $4,500 Ylg '15 OBSAUG; half-mile in :49.18 and moved to take control on the far turn. $70,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-1, Traveling comfortably, but coming under fire from a pair of $136,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, rivals on both sides, she dug in to find more and reported home sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. a narrow winner. O-Curragh Stables; B-McDowell Farm (AR); T-John P. Terranova II. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

4th-SAR, $83,000, Msw, 8-14, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.11, fm. SNAPPER SINCLAIR (c, 2, City Zip--True Addiction {GSP, $115,510}, by Yes It's True) ran sixth in his career debut sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on the main track at Belmont July 8--a race that produced recent Saratoga maiden special weight graduate National Flag (Speightstown), who was seventh that day--and shipped upstate to resume training following that effort. Given a 6-1 chance off a workout in company with stakes winner Buy Sell Hold (Violence), the bay broke alertly from the First-crop starters to watch: Tuesday, August 15 inside stall and took back to track the pace in third as the two Farm and fee represent current information favorites dueled through a quarter-mile in :21.58. Shaken up HOLIDAY PROMISE (Harlan's Holiday) coming off the turn as well-regarded first-timer Gidu (Ire) 13 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners (Frankel {GB}) seized control, Snapper Sinclair was going best of 6-IND, Msw 5f, BLACK NOVA, 30-1 all late and swept by the aforementioned rival to score by four lengths. Gidu held second, just under a length clear of fellow TWINSPIRED (Harlan's Holiday), Poplar Creek Horse Center, $1,500 firster Nepthene (Exchange Rate). The winner=s dam ran second 6 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners in the GII Adirondack Breeders= Cup S., while his third dam is 6-IND, Msw 5f, SHINEONMEJUSTICE, 30-1 GSW Risen Colony (Pleasant Colony). Snapper Sinclair has a $9,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $9,500 PED IND yrl yearling half-brother by Tale of the Cat. Sales History: $30,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $180,000 2yo '17 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: Second-crop starters to watch: Tuesday, August 15 2-1-0-0, $50,550. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Farm and fee represent current information sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. ASTROLOGY (A.P. Indy), Taylor Made Stallions, $7,500 O-Bloom Racing Stable; B-K & G Stables (KY); T-Steven M. 156 foals of racing age/41 winners/2 black-type winners Asmussen. 2-PID, Msw 6f, GRANDMA DOTTIE, 8-1 $9,000 RNA KEE JAN yrl

2nd-SAR, $83,000, Msw, 8-14, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:01.73, fm. BREEDERS’ EDITION VIGOR (f, 3, War Front--Might, by Arch) delivered as the heavy favorite to graduate from the maiden ranks Monday at the Spa. Fifth in her February debut around two turns at Gulfstream after SALES RESULTS: flashing speed, the bay was a good third in a 6 1/2-panel main JACK BETTA BE RITE S., $50,000, FL, 8-14, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, track dash at Keeneland Apr. 15 and filled out that same 1 1/16m, 1:46.89, ft. position traveling six furlongs on the turf at Belmont May 27. 1--#FIVE STAR RAMPAGE, 124, f, 4, Quality Road--Genisa, by Bet down to 3-5 favoritism here, the filly broke a bit inwardly, Storm Cat. ($175,000 Ylg '14 FTSAUG). O-Late Night Stables but was quickly corrected to press the pace through a quarter- LLC; B-Sequel Thoroughbreds & JMJ Racing (NY); T-James A. mile in :21.44. Taking control with ease entering the stretch, Jerkens; J-Joshua Navarro. $30,000. Lifetime Record: 14-4-2-3, Vigor darted clear to a 3 1/4-length success over first-time $159,939. starter Boom Boom Boom (More Than Ready), who missed the break and closed impressively to complete the exacta. The 2--Pride of Saratoga, 119, f, 4, Proud Citizen--Mythical Brownie, winner=s dam--a full-sister to 2010 champion older horse Blame, by Lord Avie. ($80,000 Ylg '14 SARAUG). O-Spa City Stables; as well as a half to Apt (A.P. Indy), herself the dam of MGSW & B-McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC (NY); T-Jeremiah GISP Carve (First Samurai), GSW Sloane Avenue (Candy Ride C. Englehart. $10,000. {Arg}), and SW & GISP Apropos (First Samurai)--produced a colt by War Front last year and a filly by Distorted Humor this spring before being bred back to Ghostzapper. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-2, $64,680. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, 3--Daisy Cutter, 118, m, 5, Bellamy Road--Five Second Fuse, by sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Forestry. O/B-TIC Stables (NY); T-Linda Rice. $5,500. O/B-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY); T-William I. Margins: NK, 2 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 6.20, 2.00, 0.80. Mott. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • AUGUST 15, 2017

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-DEL, $40,125, (C)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 8-14, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36.27, ft. AFLEET WILLY (g, 4, Wilburn--Afleet Frio, by Afleet Alex) Lifetime Record: SP, 21-8-7-2, $258,235. O-BB Horses; B-Bryant H. Prentice (KY); T-Claudio A. Gonzalez. *$34,000 RNA Ylg '14 FTKOCT; $50,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN. IN JAPAN: Asakusa Genki, c, 2, Stormy Atlantic--Amelia (SW, $179,565), by 4th-TDN, $26,500, 8-14, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.44, ft. Dixieland Band. Kokura, 8-13, Novice Race, 6fT. Lifetime AD LUTEM (f, 4, Midnight Lute--Ad Litem, by Successful Record: 3-1-1-0, $74,312. O-Keiko Tahara; B-Alexander- Appeal) Lifetime Record: 9-3-1-1, $55,130. O/T-Charlie J. Groves-Matz, LLC (KY); T-Hidetaka Otonashi. *$210,000 Ylg >16 Williams LLC; B-GoldMark Farm (FL). KEESEP. **Full to Assateague, GSW, $398,059; 1/2 to Kindergarden Kid (Dynaformer), GSW & GISP, $341,690; He=s Had Enough (Tapit), GISP, $492,910; and Rainha Da Bateria 6th-TDN, $25,500, 8-14, (NW3L), 3yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:42.82, ft. (Broken Vow), MGSW & GISP, $617,960. ***Winning jockey FAT DADDY (g, 3, Gemologist--Ambitious Journey, by Ryuji Wada commented, AHe broke well from the gate. He also Bernardini) Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-1, $48,470. O-Tony Trusso; focused on the race better than last time.@ Video B-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc (KY); T-Julie A. Pappada. Sonic Arrow, c, 3, Kitten=s Joy--Hitch Village, by Old Trieste. *$42,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $105,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Sapporo, 8-12, Novice Race, 7.5fT. Lifetime Record: 8-1-1-0, Hill ‘n’ Dale Bred, Raised and Sold $94,495. O-Teruo Ono; B-Machmer Hall (Carrie & Craig Brogden) (KY). T-Tamio Hamada. *$250,000 Wlg >14 KEENOV; $300,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. **Winning jockey Yasunari Iwata commented, AHe traveled nicely and found another gear in the ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: stretch.@ Mileva, f, 2, Einstein (Brz)--Mrs. Rosa, by Mr. Greeley. PID, 8-14, 1m (AWT), 1:41.79. B-George M. Veloudis Jr. & Tiffiney Veloudis (KY). *$1,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP. WINNERS BY AMERICAN SIRES Obvious Two, f, 2, Take Charge Indy--Princess Cecilia (MSW, $176,880), by Sharp Humor. TDN, 8-14, 6f, 1:12.42. B-Classic Thoroughbred (KY). *$7,500 Ylg '16 EASOCT. **Seventh IN JAPAN: winner for freshman sire (by A.P. Indy). Vital Force (Jpn), g, 5, Quality Road--Tap Gold (MSP, $146,981), Bred, Raised & Sold CandyLand by Pleasant Tap. Niigata, 8-12, Plate Race, 9f. Lifetime Record: 11-3-6-0, $345,486. O-Koji Maeda; B-North Hills (Jpn); Southern Fried Fun, f, 3, Congaree--Suki, by Scarlet Ibis. FL, T-Kiyoshi Hagiwara. *$130,000 i/u >11 KEENOV. Video 8-14, (S), 1m 40y, 1:43.81. B-Find A Cure Stable, LLC (NY). *1/2 to Pennington (Western Expression), MSP, $285,690. Spring City Gal, f, 3, Temple City--Grabit, by Tapit. TDN, 8-14, 1m, 1:40.82. B-Arthur A. Coontz (IL). *$2,000 2yo '16 FTKFEB. TDN CRITERIA

The races covered in the TDN are as follows:

• Stakes: purses of $50,000/up • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum Literata (Read the Footnotes) wins the claiming price of $40,000 Saratoga Dew S.

TUESDAY, 15 AUGUST, 2017

GOFFS ORBY CATALOGUE ON-LINE THE WEEKLY WRAP Goffs have released their much anticipated Orby Yearling Sale catalogue which can now be viewed here. 464 yearlings have been catalogued for the two-day sale which takes place Sept 26- 27 and past graduates have been busy advertising the merits of the sale as recently as last weekend when Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), a i340,000 purchase in 2014, took his earnings to over i500,000 when winning the G3 At The Races Phoenix Sprint S. at The Curragh on Sunday. At an elite level the sale=s poster boy Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {Ire}) has established himself as one of the world=s leading milers following Group 1 wins this year in the G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. and the G1 Queen Anne S. The Richard Fahey trained 4-year-old was purchased by David and Emma Armstrong=s Highfield Farm for i105,000 in 2014. Commenting on the launch of the Orby Sale catalogue, Goffs Sioux Nation repels Beckford to win the Phoenix S. | Racing Post Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, AA Goffs Orby yearling [Ribchester] is the best horse in the world to have been sold in by Tom Peacock Europe. That is certainly a point worth dwelling on.@ Two juvenile sons of Scat Daddy provided Aidan O=Brien and Cont. p5 (click here) Coolmore with another rewarding afternoon=s work at the Curragh on Sunday - yet it would be difficult to find a pair that were further apart at this stage of their careers. Sioux Nation was up to the task of providing a remarkable 16th victory for O=Brien in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S, just an hour after Mendelssohn had looked anything but the finished article in a 1m maiden. The former, a January foal from John Halley=s Fethard Bloodstock, seems a colt for the here and now. There is sprinting form in the family of his dam Dream The Blues (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and this was already a sixth start for the winner of the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot. It did not seem at all surprising to learn that O=Brien is looking at pointing him towards the Middle Park and National S. and maybe even the Breeders= Cup. For Mendelssohn, the path will have to be trodden with far more care. The $3-million purchase from Keeneland=s Ribchester winning the G1 Queen Anne S. | Racing Post September Yearling Sale was not born until mid-May but expectations would have to be high given he is a half-brother to Beholder (Henny Hughes) and Into Mischief (Harlan=s Holiday), who were both top-level winners at two. Green on his debut IN TDN AMERICA TODAY behind classy stablemate The Pentagon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), he THE WEEK IN REVIEW wandered around on the track this time despite showing enough Will players take a hike over the rise in Keeneland takeout? That quality to hold off the newcomer Andesh (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). is one of the questions addressed in T.D. Thornton’s The Week in Cont. p2 Review. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

The Weekly Wrap Cont. from p1

While Sioux Nation has his Group 1 and has earned 20 times what Mendelssohn has on the track so far, it would be fascinating to know what the standings between them will be by this point next year. Ryan Moore=s view would be interesting, but he would be allowed a little while to collect his thoughts. The jockey seems to be able to defy the laws of time, making it to County Kildare to ride Mendelssohn just over 14 hours after partnering Deauville (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) into third in the GI Arlington Million S. So too does Frankie Dettori, who was out of luck with Mekhtaal (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in Chicago before being at his very best to force Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) home in the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville itself the following afternoon. Al Wukair will have blown away any of the jet lag as he took some riding, even attempting to take a chunk out of narrow runner-up Inns Of Court (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the final stages. They will have to settle their differences back at Andre Fabre=s stable but both are entitled to be set grand autumn targets as third-placed Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) is a proven campaigner at this level.

Carr On Track For Record Success... Another worth marking is that of Ruth Carr, who equalled her best ever tally of 43 when Racquet (GB) (Pastoral Pursuits {GB}) aced a handicap at Ayr on Saturday. Carr has followed in the example of her renowned late grandfather David Chapman and places great importance in turning her horses out in the paddock. After almost identical totals for the past few seasons, the results have been outstanding with 27 winning horses from the 47 to have run in 2017. Pick of the lot has been the popular grey Sovereign Debt (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who took the G2 Sandown Mile and the G3 Diomed S. at Epsom. AWe started off pretty well so it wasn=t a massive surprise, but still very nice,@ said Carr. AWe did put in a new gallop, which I think has helped some of them get going earlier. We used to be on natural sand, which could get difficult when it was wet, but now we have a carpet fibre gallop in a different place. We=ve just been doing what we=re doing and having the good horse has helped. Otherwise, it=s about placing handicappers in the right races.@

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European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry Menuisier Is Bouncing Back... [email protected] It would not be out of the question for trainer David Menuisier Associate International Editor to improve upon last year=s best tally of 15, too, albeit from Heather Anderson what has developed out of a rescue mission. The usually Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN cheerful Frenchman, long-time assistant to John Dunlop but now Marketing Manager based at Amanda Perrett=s Pulborough complex, did not even Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen get a winner on the board for 2017 until mid-July, having [email protected] discovered his horses were suffering from a low-level virus. Contributing Editor Four more have been added since then and most excitingly with Alan Carasso Vintager (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who was a commanding

Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing winner of a strong-looking newcomers= maiden at Newmarket. Sean Cronin AIt=s made me a lot happier,@ Menuisier chuckled. AIt was a big Tom Frary [email protected] call to shut the yard. From the Dante meeting until the beginning of July, we didn=t have a runner and we were just Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey hacking them for four weeks. Luckily we had the full support of all the owners and it looks as if we are getting the horses back to Regular Columnists Bill Oppenheim their best.@ Andrew Caulfield Vintager got loose going down to the start and left his groom John Berry Kevin Blake with bruises, so the 65,000gns purchase for Gail Brown=s Tom Peacock syndicate will have to be on better behaviour if allowed to follow a possible route of either the G3 Acomb S. at York or the S. at Sandown. AHe showed different sides we=ve not seen before. He=s like a pony at home so his behaviour was puzzling and very out of character. Hopefully he will settle down,@ Menuisier said. ARichard Frisby bought him but I saw him at the sales and I=ve always liked Mastercraftsman as a stallion. You get some weak ones but this was always quite a good-looking horse. Although his dam is by Orpen, we=ve always thought of him as a 3-year-old not a 2-year-old.

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Flag-bearer Contrapposto (Ire) (Cacique {Ire}) is slowly on the comeback trail after pulling a muscle in the Dante and there could be quite a few more useful juveniles on early evidence. AWe=ll have to see what happens when they run, maybe I=ll end up with five group horses, I don=t know,@ he said. ABut I do think they=re nice - I=ve got 16 or 17 2-year-olds and I think nine were from Tattersalls Book 1 so they=re well bred.@

Anniversary Marked At Brighton... It was 40 years ago that Sheikh Mohammed owned his first winner at Brighton, so there was an enjoyable symmetry that his son Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum=s colours should be carried to victory in the feature race of last week=s David Menuisier | Racing Post August Festival. The majestic trophy for the Marathonbet Sportsbook Brighton Challenge Cup is kept at the course and The Weekly Wrap Cont. traces back more than a century, having been won twice in the AI don=t tend to work my 2-year-olds with older horses and I late 60s by Park Top, who went on to land a Coronation Cup and had only run my first one of the season the day before and he King George. finished second. I suppose looking at the pedigrees in the race, Curlew River (GB) is no Park Top and the race is now a Class 4 he had no right to win, but I try not to think about the handicap, but she is proving a good advertisement for the first opposition, if you do that you get cold feet. I=m not saying he 3-year-old crop of her sire Casamento (Ire) as she has gone from was winning his gallops by 20 lengths at home but he was strength to strength for trainer Mark Johnston. She took this working well.@ with ease and some black type ought to be within her range. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

The Weekly Wrap Cont. Unfortunately some ordinary weather plagued the second stage of what used to be known as the >Sussex Fortnight= following Goodwood, probably reducing what can be an AL WUKAIR impressive attendance to merely a decent one. It is an event at a That old phrase about horses for courses was in unique racecourse in one of Britain=s most vibrant towns, and evidence again as Al Wukair thrust his nose ahead one that owners Arena Racing Company must continue to at exactly the right moment in the G1 Prix Jacques nurture and cherish. If not beloved of all trainers, it is certainly a le Marois two days ago. Deauville was the scene personal favourite. The great man himself ought to mark the of the first Group 1 success by this progressive anniversary with a visit sometime soon, too. colt, just as it had been for his sire Dream Ahead, winner of the 2010 Prix Morny. The sequence continues with Dream Ahead=s sire Diktat, who set off down the road to becoming Europe=s champion older sprinter of 1999 with his first G1 victory in the Catalogue Released for Goffs Orby Cont. from p1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. AOver the last few years the Orby catalogue has featured an The Jacques le Marois has itself been won in the past by three ever-increasing share of the best-bred yearlings available and consecutive generations of another male line, thanks to Dubai that quality can be seen through the performances of our Millennium in 1999, Dubawi in 2005 and Makfi in 2010. graduates on the track,@ he said. AWith so many leading Part of the explanation for these sequences is that Deauville, breeders choosing Orby as their first choice for more of their despite its being a glamorous seaside resort, is not immune to best yearlings, this can only increase the chances of buyers rain during the month of August. According to , the finding their own Ribchester of the future. It is our confident 1999 wins by Diktat and Dubai Millennium were respectively prediction that the 2017 catalogue is better than ever, making gained on soft and heavy going. The ground was dead for Orby >17 a date that simply must be in every international Dubawi=s win, good for Dream Ahead=s and soft for Makfi. It was buyer=s diary.@ soft again for Al Wukair. In other words, these sequences owed Some of the many choice pedigrees on offer include lot 87, a something to an inherited ability to handle give in the ground-- Dubawi (GB) half-sister to Group 2 winner Banimpire (Ire) (Holy not that Dream Ahead was a one-dimensional mud-lark. True, Roman Emperor {Ire}); lot 99 a daughter of Zoffany (Ire) and G1 he strolled home nine lengths clear in the G1 Middle Park S. on Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is soft going but the ground was on the firm side when he added already the dam of Grade I winner Zhukova {Ire} (Fastnet Rock three further Group 1 successes as a 3-year-old. Nor does Al {Aus}); lot 188, a colt by Frankel (GB) out of a stakes placed dam Wukair need soft ground, though he clearly handles it very well. who has already bred two stakes performers; lot 213, a colt by The ground was on the firm side when he ran on strongly to take Invincible Spirit (Ire) from the famed Kilcarn Stud nursery and a third place behind Churchill and Barney Roy in the G1 2000 half-brother to >TDN Rising Star= Tocco D=Amore (Ire) (Raven=s Guineas. Cont. p6 Pass) who topped the Orby Sale when selling for i2m in 2015; AL WUKAIR (IRE), C, 3 lot 362, a Dark Angel (Ire) half-brother to champion and Group 1 Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr, G1SP-Eng, 6-4-1-1, $654,270. winning-filly Chinese White (Ire) ( {Ire}); lot 449, a filly Known Fact Warning (GB) by Sea The Stars (Ire) who is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Slightly Dangerous Diktat (GB) Sadler’s Wells Rosdhu Queen (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and lot 455, a filly by Arvola (GB) Galileo (Ire) out of a dam that has produced 11 winners from 11 Dream Park Appeal (Ire) Ahead Young Generation (Ire) runners. (Click here to return to p1) Cadeaux Land of Dreams Genereux (GB) Smarten Up (GB) (GB) Green Desert Sahara Star (GB) Vaigly Star (GB) Raise a Native Mr. Prospector Gold Digger Machiavellian Macheera Coup de Folie Follow the TDN staff on Twitter (Ire) Raise the Standard 5-1-1-0, $20,127 Thoroughbred Daily News Caerlina (Ire) II 7Fls, 3Wnrs, Caerleon 1MSP, 1G1SW G1SW-Fr, Foreseer $414,576; 14Fls, @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry 9Wnrs, 1G1SP Dinalina (Fr) Top Ville (Ire) 11Fls, 1G1SW Shahinaaz (Fr) @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

This made good sense, as Dream Ahead and his sire Diktat had jointly gained three of their Group 1 successes in France. France was also the setting for some of the best efforts by his leading son Donjuan Triumphant, winner of the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and runner-up in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. The Grandcamp team had probably also been impressed by the fledgling Al Wukair. After a winning debut in September, he had accounted for the useful fillies Gold Luck and Hebah to take the Prix Isonomy, a listed race over a mile. The initial deal was reportedly for Dream Ahead to stand for a year at Grandcamp, but Al Wukair=s Group 1 success in France surely makes an extension likely. As I mentioned earlier, Dream Ahead excelled over six and seven furlongs, as might be expected of a colt of his pedigree. However, Al Wukair is a different type. Andre Fabre had at one Al Wukair, centre, snatches the victory | Scoop Dyga stage intended to aim him at the G1 Prix du Jockey-Club and Pedigree Insights: Al Wukair Cont. Frankie Dettori believes a mile and a quarter is within the colt=s Al Wukair spearheads the 86-strong second crop by Dream compass. Ahead which also includes the listed winners Visionary and A glance at the colt=s pedigree explains why. His second dam is Tisbutadream, as well as Boos and Dream of Dreams, who were Caerlina, a daughter of Nijinsky=s Prix du Jockey-Club winner Group 2-placed at two years. His larger first crop has produced Caerleon. Mention of Caerlina=s name revives memories of a seven horses which have either won or placed at group level, wonderful sequence for the Nijinsky clan in Europe=s 1991 including the Group 2-winning sprinter Donjuan Triumphant and middle-distance classics. Group 3 winner Final Frontier. Over an eight-day period in June, the Prix du Jockey-Club, the He is clearly doing quite well, but it was always likely that Derby, Oaks and Prix de Diane all fell to horses either sired by Dream Ahead=s stallion career would not be plain sailing. sons of Nijinsky or produced by one of his daughters. Green Although he was talented enough to share the title of champion Dancer started the sequence when his son Suave Dancer handed 2-year-old with Frankel before becoming the champion out a four-length defeat to the future Arc winner Subotica in the 3-year-old sprinter, the excellence of his racing career had to be Jockey-Club. Next came the five-length Derby success of weighed against a couple of less attractive aspects. Caerleon=s son Generous. The Oaks produced an even more He had to shrug off the stigma of having been cast off by impressive performance, when Jet Ski Lady--out of Nijinsky=s Darley for as little as $11,000 as a weanling, and there was also daughter Bemissed--romped home 10 lengths clear. the generally disappointing stallion career of his sire Diktat. On Cont. p7 the plus side, his grandsires Warning and Cadeaux Genereux both ranked among the stalwarts of the British industry and his first three dams--Land of Dreams, Sahara Star and Vaigly Star-- were all very talented sprinters with plenty of juvenile ability. Like many a young sire, Dream Ahead saw the size of his book fall over his first three years at Ballylinch Stud. It fell to 89 mares in his third season in 2014 before some impressive prices at the 2014 yearling sales contributed to a resurgence in 2015, with136 mares. However, there was a change of plans in December last year. Having been advertised as standing at Ballylinch once again in 2017, it was announced that Dream Ahead had been leased to France to stand at Haras de Grandcamp.

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Pedigree Insights: Al Wukair Cont. Finally, it was the Prix de Diane, which saw Caerlina prove too strong for Magic Night, a filly who went on to win the G1 Prix Vermeille and to finish second in the Arc and the . It=s a reminder of how quickly things can change in the bloodstock world that the Nijinsky male line has virtually died out in Europe and North America. This fairly rapid drift towards extinction is all the more surprising in view of the fact that the brilliant Nijinsky sired more than 20 Group 1-winning sons. Among them were three winners of the Derby, plus winners of the English, Irish and French 2000 Guineas. He also sired two winners of the King George and an Arc winner, and his sons sired two winners each of the King George and the Arc. His sons also featured winners of the Kentucky Derby, the Prix du Jockey-Club and even the Breeders= Cup Sprint. The Prix de Diane represented the pinnacle of Caerlina=s Gidu (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), knocked down to Justin Casse for career, though she had earlier finished second in the G1 Prix Zayat Stables at last year=s Arqana August Yearling Sale for i410 000, Marcel Boussac and third in the Poule d=Essai des Pouliches. ran second on debut at Saratoga on Monday. Click here for the race Caerlina=s dam, the Top Ville mare Dinalina, represented a replay. AHe=s the one horse everyone asks us about,@ Justin Zayat quality female line tracing back to Dorina, a top-class racemare told the TDN on Monday. AWe always thought he had plenty of ability in the mornings, but it was good to see it on the racetrack. whose victories included 1926 Prix de Diane. Dorina also landed It was a very encouraging effort. We will see how he comes out the Grand Criterium and Prix Vermeille, as well as finishing of the race, chat with Todd [Pletcher], and pick another second in the Arc. spot for him. I=m looking forward to going back to Dorina became the ancestress of several top-notch winners, the yearling sales in Europe this year.@ | Arqana including the classic winners and for Sir , as well as the Gold Cup winner . Another branch did well for the Aga Khan, with Al Wukair=s fourth dam Shahinaaz becoming the dam of the high-class stayer Karadar (Doncaster Cup) and second dam of the champion older mare Kartajana, whose wins featured the G1 Prix Ganay. As Karadar and Twilight Alley showed, this family is not short of stamina. When Wendylina, a half-sister to Caerlina, was NEW MINIMUM RATING REQUIREMENTS mated to the champion sprinter Oasis Dream the outcome was The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and Flat Pattern Sri Putra, who showed very smart form at up to a mile and a Committee (FPC) plan to introduce minimum rating criteria for half. all Group 1 races other than those restricted to 2-year-olds. It is going to be interesting to see how Al Wukair=s career From 2018 onwards no horse will be permitted to run in a develops, but he has surely already booked himself a place at his non-2-year-old Group 1 race unless it has achieved an official owner=s Haras de Bouquetot. His prospects won=t be harmed by rating of at least 80 by the day before the confirmation stage of the fact that his dam, the 2-year-old mile winner Macheera, is a the race, or in the absence of an official rating that their daughter of Machiavellian. Machiavellian mares are responsible racecourse performance(s) have been assessed by the for such popular stallions as Shamardal, Dark Angel and Zoffany. handicapper as being 80 or more. There could be more to come, as the young, unproven stallions Commenting on the news Ruth Quinn, director of international with a dam by Machiavellian include the 2015 Prix Jean Prat racing & racing development for the BHA, said, AThe question of winner Territories and last year=s July S. and Richmond S. winner whether the races that form the pinnacle of our sport should Mehmas. The latter having carried the same Al Shaqab colours require a minimum standard of competitiveness from equine as Al Wukair. participants is one that has been discussed in the past, but without an agreement being reached.@ Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

New Minimum Rating Requirements Cont. AThat type of horse they are all there. The horse that won at AThanks to the Professional Jockeys Association putting it back Leopardstown the other night [Spanish Steps] is also in it. So we on the agenda, a further proposal was already being considered have three or four possibles for that." by the FPC before the issues surrounding this year=s Derby put into clear focus the need for action to be taken,@ Quinn continued. AIntroducing a minimum rating for these races has three clear benefits. Firstly, it will help protect the welfare of the human and equine participants in our major races by reducing the risk that comes with inferior horses competing against far superior opponents. Secondly, it will ensure that the risk of unsatisfactory results in these races is reduced by taking out the unknown factor and complications that can be caused in-running by an inferior horse. Finally, it will help the reputation and public perception of our top races as crown-jewel events, ensuring the focus can remain on these races identifying and celebrating our sport=s champions.@ The issue of low rated horses taking part in elite races came to prominence before this year=s G1 when Diore Lia (Ire) (Yeats {Ire}) became the subject of intense media scrutiny due to her owner=s insistence that the filly run in the Derby despite her seemingly hopeless chance of being in the frame. After many column inches being devoted to whether the filly Churchill winning the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas | Racingfotos.com should or shouldn=t be permitted to take her chance she was withdrawn on the morning of the race due to a training injury.

ROUGET STAR ALMANZOR BACK IN ACTION Tuesday=s action at Deauville takes on an extra dimension with CHURCHILL ON TARGET FOR YORK the return to the fray of last year=s champion Almanzor (Fr) Aidan O=Brien has more or less given the green light for (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron Hong Kong Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to tackle the G1 Juddmonte Jockey Club. It was at this meeting last year that Antonio Caro International at York next week Aug 23. The 3-year-old colt was and Gerard Augustin-Normand=s bay began to be taken seriously withdrawn from the G1 Qatar Sussex S. after heavy rain turned on an international level as he dealt with a clutch of smart colts the ground soft at Goodwood and next week will see the dual in the G2 Prix Guillaume d=Ornano en route to G1 English and Classic winner step up to 10 furlongs for the first time. In Irish Champion S. glory. He was already a winner of the G1 Prix addition to the increase in distance Churchill will also face a du Jockey Club at that stage, but as his win in that Classic had deep field which should include Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration come at 20-1 he needed to demonstrate that it was no fluke and {Ire}) who won the G1 St James=s Palace S. when Churchill was he did so in style before beating the very best at Leopardstown only fourth. and Ascot. "Churchill looks like he is going to go there. We are happy with AIt=s a very big day,@ Augustin-Normand=s racing manager him and we are looking forward to it,@ O=Brien said. Sylvain Vidal said. AWe=ll see what happens, but it=s exciting. He "If he is going to go a mile and a quarter we need to try it now. worked very well last week. Jean-Claude is very happy with the We always thought it would be well within his compass." horse.@ The Ballydoyle trainer is sure to be well represented Despite his lengthy absence, defeat will be a huge upset, throughout the four day meeting and he could also run G1 Dubai especially as he is getting three pounds from the June 17 G3 La Duty Free Irish Derby winner Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coupe second and third Garlingari (Fr) (Linngari {Ire}) and First somewhat of a forgotten horse among the 3-year-old crop. The Sitting (GB) (Dansili {GB}). colt is one of a number of O=Brien entries in the G2 Great Voltigeur, a race often used as a stepping stone to the G1 St Leger. "Capri is in it and Venice Beach is in it,@ he continued. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

AHe=s had a bit of a break since the Eclipse and we=re pleased with him,@ trainer Martyn Meade said. AThe thinking behind bringing him for this race is that it will just take a bit of pressure off him a little bit. We were thinking of going for the Juddmonte International, but that would be putting the pressure back on him again and hopefully running in a group two with a small field, he=ll have a slightly easier time. Hopefully we get some good ground and it will act as a confidence booster for him.@

Almanzor beating Found in the G1 Champion S. at Ascot | Racing Post

FAMILIAR TERRITORY Just as Almanzor did 12 months ago, Brametot (Ire) (Rajsaman {Fr}) returns from a mid-summer break in Tuesday=s G2 Prix Guillaume d=Ornano Haras du Logis Saint-Germain at Deauville. At this stage, Al Shaqab Racing and Gerard Augustin-Normand=s bay has one up on his illustrious stablemate as he is the winner of the May 14 G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains as well as the G1 , where the re-opposing G2 Brametot gets the better of | Scoop Dyga winner Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper) was back in third. AHe is a very good horse and Jean-Claude is very happy with him,@ Augustin-Normand=s racing manager Sylvain Vidal said. FRESH START FOR LADY FRANKEL AWe=ll make plans after tomorrow, but I know Jean-Claude is Given time to strengthen by Andre Fabre since early summer, thinking of sending him straight for the Arc. We=ll have to see >TDN Rising Star> Lady Frankel (GB) (Frankel {GB}) returns to how he runs and Al Shaqab own 55 per cent of the horse, so attempt to live up to her early promise in Tuesday=s G3 Prix de they will also be a big part of making the decision.@ Lieurey at Deauville. Having beaten the subsequent G3 Prix de Andre Fabre saddles four, including =s Apr. 16 G3 Psyche winner Vue Fantastique (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) with style scorer Soleil Marin (Ire) (Kendargent {Fr}) who was at Saint-Cloud Mar. 19, Gestut Ammerland=s homebred disappointing when 11th in the Jockey Club when last seen June performed with credit when third in the G3 Prix de la Grotte at 4 and the unexposed and improving Last Kingdom (Frankel Chantilly Apr. 16 and sixth in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary over 10 {GB}). Prince Faisal=s bay has yet to prove his stamina for this 10- furlongs here May 14 before disappointing when third as the furlong trip, but the way the Frankels are going at present favourite for Maisons-Laffitte=s Listed Prix des Lilas that June 10. suggests he is imparting plenty of staying power. Coming off a Fabre also saddles the Wertheimers=s July 23 Listed Prix de career-best success in Maisons-Laffitte=s G3 Prix Daphnis over Bagatelle scorer Esquisse (GB) (Dansili {GB}), while another >TDN nine furlongs Jun 28, he is a fascinating rival to Brametot Rising Star> Monroe Bay (Ire) (Makfi {GB}) drops back to a mile alongside the Apr. 20 G3 Craven S. scorer Eminent (Ire) (Frankel after finishing runner-up in the nine-furlong G3 Prix Chloe at {GB}) who has been there or thereabouts in the G1 2000 Chantilly July 9. Guineas and G1 Epsom Derby and who has had a short rest since his latest fifth in the G1 Eclipse S. at Sandown July 8. GROUP ENTRIES

Tuesday, Deauville, France, post time: 4.45 p.m. PRIX GUILLAUME D’ORNANO HARAS DO LOGIS SAINT-GERMAIN-G2, €400,000, 3yo, 10fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 8 Brametot (Ire) Rajsaman (Fr) C Demuro Rouget 128 2 3 Salouen (Ire) Canford Cliffs (Ire) Guyon Kirk 128 3 7 Mask of Time (Ire) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Cheminaud Fabre 128 4 1 Recoletos (Fr) Whipper Peslier Laffon-Parias 128 5 5 Last Kingdom Frankel (GB) de Sousa Fabre 128 6 6 Avilius (GB) Pivotal (GB) Barzalona Fabre 128 7 2 Soleil Marin (Ire) Kendargent (Fr) Boudot Fabre 128 8 4 Eminent (Ire) Frankel (GB) Moore Meade 128

Tuesday, Deauville, France, post time: 4.00 p.m. PRIX GONTAUT-BIRON HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB-G3, €80,000, 4yo/up, 10fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 1 Garlingari (Fr) Linngari (Ire) Thomas Barande-Barbe 126 2 6 First Sitting (GB) Dansili (GB) Mosse Wall 126 3 4 Subway Dancer (Ire) Shamardal Cheminaud Koplik 123 4 5 Almanzor (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Soumillon Rouget 123 5 2 Zafiro (Fr) Sageburg (Ire) Eyquem Rouget 123 6 3 Alignement (GB) Pivotal (GB) Guyon Laffon-Parias 123

Tuesday, Deauville, France, post time: 5.30 p.m. PRIX DE LIEUREY-G3, €80,000, 3yo, f, 8fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 1 Monroe Bay (Ire) Makfi (GB) Soumillon Bary 123 2 8 Lady Frankel (GB) Frankel (GB) Boudot Fabre 123 3 2 Charm Appeal (Fr) Canford Cliffs (Ire) Badel Devin 123 4 6 Tisbutadream (Ire) Dream Ahead Moore Elsworth 123 5 7 Silver Storm (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Peslier Ferland 123 6 5 Limited Edition (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Piccone Lellouche 123 7 4 Enlighted (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Lemaitre Head 123 8 3 Esquisse (GB) Dansili (GB) Guyon Fabre 123

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FIRST-SEASON SIRES WITH RUNNERS

ENGLAND: DAWN APPROACH (IRE) (New Approach {Ire}), Kildangan Stud 111 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 18:10-CHELMSFORD CITY, 8f, DAFFRAH (GB) 38,000gns RNA Tattersalls October Sale 2016 - Book 1; 50,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale 2017 EPAULETTE (AUS) (Commands {Aus}), Kildangan Stud 104 foals of racing age/8 winners/0 black-type winners 14:00-THIRSK, 7f, CLARAMARA (IRE) i19,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale 2016 14:30-THIRSK, 6f, MOREMONEYMOREPARTY (IRE) i21,000 Goffs November Foals 2015; ,15,000 Goffs UK Premier Lethal Force | Emma Berry Yearling Sale 2016 FARHH (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), Dalham Hall Stud FRANCE: 38 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners DABIRSIM (FR) (Hat Trick {Jpn}), Haras de Grandcamp 17:55-NOTTINGHAM, 8.5f, SHAKIAH (IRE) 97 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner 36,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2016 - Book 2 2-DEAUVILLE, 60K PRIX DE LA VALLEE D'AUGE - ETALON KENDARGENT1000m, COEUR DE BEAUTE (FR) LETHAL FORCE (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Cheveley Park Stud i30,000 Osarus Sales La Teste Yearling 2016 Sale 101 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners 17:25-NOTTINGHAM, 6f, HARD GRAFT (GB) FRENCH FIFTEEN (FR) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}), Haras du Logis Saint 29,000gns Tattersalls December Foals Sale 2015; 50,000gns Germain Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2016 - Book 3 50 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 14:00-THIRSK, 7f, TROOP (GB) 2-DEAUVILLE, 60K PRIX DE LA VALLEE D'AUGE - ETALON ,15,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale 2016 KENDARGENT1000m, SESTILIO JET (FR) i17,000 Arqana Deauville October Yearlings 2016 MAZAMEER (IRE) (Green Desert), Kingfisher Stallions 2-DEAUVILLE, 60K PRIX DE LA VALLEE D'AUGE - ETALON 24 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners KENDARGENT1000m, TECKWIN (FR) 17:40-CHELMSFORD CITY, 5f, MILTON ROAD (GB) 18:10-CHELMSFORD CITY, 8f, MISS MAZZIE (GB) GEORGE VANCOUVER (Henrythenavigator), Haras de la Hetraie 800gns Tattersalls December Foals Sale 2015 69 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners MOST IMPROVED (IRE) (Lawman {Fr}), Coolmore Stud 1-DEAUVILLE, 1600m, JUGEOTTE (FR) 72 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners MOST IMPROVED (IRE) (Lawman {Fr}), Coolmore Stud 17:55-NOTTINGHAM, 8.5f, MISS CONDI (GB) 72 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 800gns Tattersalls December Foals Sale 2015 1-DEAUVILLE, 1600m, TREMONT (FR) RED JAZZ (Johannesburg), Ballyhane Stud i16,000 Arqana Deauville v2 August Yearlings 2016 103 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners 14:45-FFOS LAS, 7.5f, COAL STOCK (IRE) CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPEAN RACING WEBSITES i26,000 Goffs November Foals 2015; ,20,000 Goffs UK Premier Horse Racing Austria www.aroc.at Yearling Sale 2016 Magna Racino (Ebreichsdorf, AT) www.magnaracino.at Park (Budapest, HU) www.kincsempark.hu WORTHADD (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}), Irish National Stud Jockey Club Czech Republic www.dostihyjc.cz 20 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Velka Chuchle (Prague, CZ) www.velka-chuchle.cz 14:00-THIRSK, 7f, URBAN SOUL (IRE) Horse Racing Slovakia (Bratislava, SK) www.zavodisko.sk i38,000 Goffs November Foals 2015; ,27,000 Goffs UK Premier Tor Sluzewiec (Warsaw, PL) www.torsluzewiec.pl Yearling Sale 2016 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 11 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

relentlessly under forceful rousting inside the final quarter mile to score by an ultimately comfortable three lengths from Show of Force (GB) (Lethal Force {Ire}). Kin to a yearling filly by Helmet Monday=s Results: (Aus) and a filly foal by Iffraaj (GB), the 27,000gns TAOCT 5th-WDS, ,7,250, Hcp, 8-14, 2yo, 8f 31yT, 1:44.58, g/f. yearling is the first foal and scorer out of a winning half-sister to CODICIL (GB) (f, 2, Lawman {Fr}--Macleya {Ger} {MGSW & Listed Prix Urban Sea third Golden Accolade (GB) (Highest Honor G1SP-Fr, $392,915}, by Winged {Ire}), who had registered {Fr}) and to the dam of G2 Gimcrack S. hero Blaine (GB) narrow wins on Kempton=s Polytrack on debut June 28 and in a (Avonbridge {Ire}) and Listed Two-Year-Old Trophy victor Bogart novice contest at Beverley Aug. 1, was last of the quartet early. (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $7,563. Under pressure in early straight, the 10-11 favourite got to Ferik Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. (Ire) (Arcano {Ire}) with just over a furlong to race and held on to O-Saeed Manana; B-Whatton Manor Stud (GB); T-James Tate. win by a head. Macleya, who captured the 2007 G2 Prix de Pomone and G3 Prix Allez France and was second in the G1 Prix 2nd-WDS, ,4,500, Cond, 8-14, 2yo, 6f 12yT, 1:12.14, g/f. Royal-Oak for Andre Fabre, is a half-sister to Montclair (Ire) LANSKY (IRE) (c, 2, Dark Angel {Ire}--Goldthroat {Ire}, by (Montjeu {Ire}) who took the G3 Prix de Barbeville in 2014 for Zafonic), a 300,000gns Tattersalls Breezer, missed the break but the same stable. The fourth dam is the G2 German 1000 was able to gain a mid-division pitch despite showing signs of Guineas and G2 Preis der Diana-winning champion Majoritat greenness under Gerald Mosse. Sent up to draw level with (Ger) (Konigsstuhl {Ger}), responsible for the sire Malinas (Ger) Jupiter (GB) (Finjaan {GB}) a furlong out, the 15-8 favourite and the dams of the GII Long Island H. winner Moonlady (Ger) began to assert shortly after and was not fully extended to (Platini {Ger}) and G1 Preis der Diana heroine Mystic Lips (Ger) prevail by a neck. The winner is a half-brother to the G1 (Generous {Ire}). She also has a yearling filly by Le Havre (Ire) Criterium International and G3 Prix Perth scorer Zafisio (Ire) and a colt foal by Pivotal (GB). Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, (Efisio {GB}), who was also runner-up in the G2 ,13,164. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guineas), G1SW-Fr, GSW- O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Sir Mark Prescott. Ger, SW-Eng & GSP-Ire, $475,117. The dam, who also bred the useful Godolphin runner Gold Trail (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and has a 1st-AYR, ,8,000, Cond, 8-14, 2yo, f, 7f 50yT, 1:33.54, g/s. yearling filly by Born To Sea (Ire), descends from the Meon AFFINA (IRE) (f, 2, Kodiac {GB}--Epistoliere {Ire}, by Alzao), who Valley Stud mare Rappa Tap Tap (Fr) (Tap On Wood {Ire}), a half graduated going seven panels at Thirsk last time July 28, broke to the G1 Irish Champion S. hero Cezanne (GB) (Ajdal), the G1 alertly and was steadied in fifth after the opening exchanges of Irish Oaks heroine Colorspin (Fr) (High Top {Ire}) and the G2 Prix this one. Making smooth headway in the straight to loom large de l=Opera winner Bella Colora (GB) ( {Ire}). Sales approaching the two pole, the 3-1 second favourite poached a history: 175,000gns Wlg >15 TATFOA; 125,000gns Ylg >16 decisive advantage entering the final eighth and was ridden out TATOCT; 300,000gns 2yo >17 TATBRE. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, assert by two lengths from Kirbec (Ire) (Lord Shanakill). She is kin $3,788. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. to three black-type preformers headed by G1 O-Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited; B-Mrs S. M. Rogers & Sir runner-up Simenon (Ire) (Marju {Ire}). Her dam is a full-sister to Thomas Pilkington (IRE); T-Jeremy Noseda. G2 Grand Prix de Deauville-winning sire Epistolaire (Ire) (Alzao) and a half-sister to MGSW French highweight Epitre (Fr) ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: (Common Grounds {GB}). Sales history: i65,000 Wlg >15 Hello Girl (GB), f, 2, Bated Breath (GB)--Elysee (Ire), by Fantastic GOFNOV; 70,000gns Ylg >16 TAOCT. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, Light. WOL, 8-14, 5f 21y (AWT), 1:01.25. B-Mr Max Weston $12,638. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. (GB). *12,000gns RNA Wlg >15 TATFOA; ,5,000 RNA Ylg >16 O-Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Max Morris (IRE); GOUKSI. T-Simon Crisford. Dorcas (GB), f, 2, Havana Gold (Ire)--Mortitia (GB), by Dansili (GB). RIP, 8-14, 6fT, 1:13.58. B-Bearstone Stud Ltd (GB). 2nd-RIP, ,8,000, Cond, 8-14, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:42.52, gd. *,8,500 Ylg >16 GOYHIT. **13th winner for freshman sire (by VOICEMAIL (GB) (f, 2, Poet=s Voice {GB}--Dame Helen {GB}, by Teofilo {Ire}). Royal Applause {GB}), who hit the board behind Affina (Ire) Shania Says (Ire), f, 2, Red Jazz--Vexatious (Ire), by Shamardal. (Kodiac {GB}) in her July 28 Thirsk debut last time, tracked the WOL, 8-14, 6f 20y (AWT), 1:14.88. B-Cecil and Martin leaders in third for most of this return. Shuffled back to fourth at McCracken (IRE). *5,000gns Wlg >15 TATFOA; i45,000 Ylg >16 halfway, the 1-4 lock was scrubbed along soon after and kept on TIRSEP. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 12 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

APPOINTMENTS Tuesday, Deauville, post time: 2.05 p.m. PRIX DE LA VALLEE D=AUGE - ETALON KENDARGENT-Listed, Michael Orton: Marketing Director, Goffs UK i60,000, 2yo, 5fT $ Goffs UK have appointed Michael Orton to the position of SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 3 Sestilio Jet (Fr) French Fifteen (Fr) Soumillon Marcialis Marketing Director with immediate effect. Orton has been 2 4 Denaar (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Dettori Hannon Marketing Manager since 2016 having joined Goffs UK in 3 10 Mister Five Euros (Fr) Diamond Green (Fr) Piccone Chappet 2014 from a marketing role in New Zealand Bloodstock. He 4 8 Rimini (Fr) Elusive City Auge Ferland also works closely with the Goffs team in Ireland to ensure 5 7 Ken Colt (Ire) Kendargent (Fr) C Demuro Chappet strong cohesion across the entire Goffs Group. 6 1 Teckwin (Fr) French Fifteen (Fr) Peslier Toux $ Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, AMichael 7 2 Sagres (GB) Henrythenavigator Barzalona Graffard 8 6 Coeur de Beaute (Fr) Dabirsim (Fr) Pasquier Delcher-Sanchez made an immediate impact when he joined us having been 9 5 Reflect Alexander (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Guyon Evans the outstanding candidate at interview stage. His 10 9 Pursuing the Dream (Ire) Dream Ahead Costello Osborne knowledge, enthusiasm and skillset are a major asset to All carry 128 pounds bar Sagres, Coeur de Beaute, Reflect Alexander & Pursuing the company and I am delighted that he is taking on this the Dream, 125. enlarged role, one in which I know he will thrive and develop the company=s reputation still further.@ Monday=s Results: $ Orton added, AI am absolutely delighted to be appointed 1st-CLF, i26,000, Cond, 8-14, 2yo, 7fT, 1:24.80, gd. Marketing Director and it=s a privilege to be invited to join AFRICAN SKY (GB) (c, 2, Shamardal--Angelita {Ire}, by Alzao), a the Goffs UK Board. Goffs is a company with a global July 2 debut runner-up going six furlongs at Saint-Cloud last reputation for innovation and the utmost integrity that is time, was held up in touch racing at the back of the five-runner delivered by excellent team of people in the UK and field from the outset here. Improving one spot on the home Ireland, and I have been very lucky to share some turn, the 2-5 chalk was short of room inside the final quarter wonderful results with all of them since I started in 2014.@ mile and asserted under urging once finding a gap at the eighth pole to score by a length from Uther Pendragon (Ire) (Dragon Pulse {Ire}). The bay is the third winner from as many foals to race out of Angelita (Ire) (Alzao) and is a half-brother to G3 Prix Allez France victress Aquamarine (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and a yearling filly by Oasis Dream (GB). Angelita is kin to four black- type performers, headed by GI Beverly D. S. and GI Diana S. TO TRY HAND AT NEW DISCIPLINE heroine Angara (GB) (Alzao), and she shares her GSP granddam Albertine (Fr) (Irish River {Fr}) with G1 1000 Guineas-winning Au-DelB des Pistes, in partnership with , will hold European champion 3-year-old filly Cape Verdi (Ire) (Caerleon) a second raceday in honour of retrained and retired horses at and MG1SW dual highweight Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill). Deauville on Saturday Aug. 26, as part of the Lucien-BarriPre Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, i18,400. Video, sponsored by sponsored meeting. One of the highlights of the 2016 Retrained Fasig-Tipton. Racehorse Day was the Champions' Parade and this year's O-Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd; B-Dayton Investments Ltd (GB); renewal of the event promises to be even more popular with T-Andre Fabre. the return to the parade ring of the mighty five-time Group 1 winner Solow (GB) ( {Ire}). The former 2nd-CLF, i28,000, Cond, 8-14, 4yo/up, 7fT, 1:23.10, gd. trained grey will be joined by Au-DelB des Pistes ambassador, BOXEUR (IRE) (c, 4, Slickly {Fr}--Joha {Fr} {SW-Fr, $123,854}, by (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}), whose exploits need no Johann Quatz {Fr}) Lifetime record: 11-4-0-2, i63,200. introduction. Also taking part in the parade is former multiple O/B-Jean-Claude Seroul (IRE); T-Frederic Rossi. *Full to Le Ring Grade 1 winning steeplechaser Remember Rose (Ire) (Insatiable (Fr), MSW & GSP-Fr, $284,664; and Mariage Tardif (Fr), MSP-Fr, {Ire}), as well as three former Godolphin stars, the G1 Dubai $226,752. World Cup winning pair of African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and (Ire) and 2005 G1 Ascot Gold Cup winner 4th-CLF, i28,000, Cond, 8-14, 4yo/up, 12fT, 2:33.20, gd. Papineau (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}). OLIVE D=HAGUENET (FR) (g, 5, Fragrant Mix {Fr}--Pauline d=Haguenet {Fr}, by Arnaqueur) Lifetime Record: 15-3-2-0, i37,250. O/T-Mikel Delzangles; B-Martine Lelong (FR). TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 13 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS

IN AMERICA: Tooreen Dancer (Ire), f, 3, Vale of York (Ire)--Annmary Girl (GB), by Zafonic. Del Mar, 8-13, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($75k), 1mT, 1:35.18, fm. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $47,038. O-Little Red Feather Racing; B-Patrick Cummings (Ire); T-Philip D=Amato. *i6,500 Ylg >15 TISEP. Pas De Soucis (Ire), f, 4, Footstepsinthesand (GB)--Whip and Win (Fr), (SW & GSP, $125,931), by Whipper. Saratoga, 8-13, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62.5k), 1 1/16mT, 1:43.62, gd. Lifetime Record: SW-Fr, 8-3-3-0, $123,206. O-Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc., Sheep Pond Partners & Bradley Thoroughbreds; B-Knocktoran & Ballantines Racing Stud, Ltd. (Ire); T-Chad C. Brown.

IN JAPAN: Berry Squall (Fr), g, 4, Elusive City--Spark Sept (Fr) (SW-Fr), by Septieme Ciel. Sapporo, 8-12, Plate Race, 6fT. Lifetime Record: 15-2-3-1, $276,330. O-Toshihiko Tabata; B-Mr Franck Benillouche (Fr); T-Ichizo Iwamoto. *i140,000 i/u >12 GONNOV. **1/2 to Grafelli (Ire) (Hannouma {Ire}), MGSW-Ire, $238,739. Video

WINNERS BY EUROPEAN SIRES

IN JAPAN: Territorial (Jpn), c, 3, Teofilo (Ire)--Conservatoire, by Street Cry (Ire). Sapporo, 8-13, Plate Race, 9fT. Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-1, $181,651. O-H.H. Sheikh Mohammed; B-Darley Japan Farm (Jpn); T-Katsuichi Nishiura. Video

WINX FACES 10, SO FAR Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) makes her eagerly awaited return to competitive action in the G2 Warwick S. at Randwick on Saturday and she will face a field of 10 rivals, although Racing Australia has extended the window for nominating for the A$250,000 race until 11 a.m. Tuesday, in the hope of attracting some further opposition to the great mare. Cont. p14 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 14 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 15 AUGUST, 2017

Winx Faces 10, So Far Cont. Currently there appears to be very little in the way of Winx posting her 18th consecutive win, she has upwards of 20lbs in hand and her prohibitive odds back that up. She will be joined in the race by three stablemates and other trainers with nominations are under no illusions to the task at hand; one example being John Thompson, trainer of Zanbagh (Aus) (Bernardini), who labeled the race the >Winx Stakes=. Regardless of who takes on the Chris Waller trained star on Saturday, Australian racing fans will no doubt be thrilled to see her back in the fray in her buildup to land an historic third G1 Cox Plate.

Black Heart Bart is seeking his sixth Group 1 win | Racing And Sports

AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS

IN JAPAN: Gienah (Aus), f, 3, Redoute's Choice (Aus)--Zarakiysha (Ire), by Kendor (Fr). Kokura, 8-12, Novice Race, 9fT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $64,220. O-Kazumi Yoshida; B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd (Aus); T-Manabu Ikezoe. *A$420,000 Ylg >16 INGAPR. **1/2 to Zarzali (Aus) (Hussonet), GSP-Aus, $122,064. Video Winx makes her return to action on Saturday | Racing And Sports >BART=, HARTNELL FACE OFF IN LAWRENCE Another race in Australia on Saturday that should produce its share of excitement is the G2 P.B. Lawrence S. at Caulfield. The 1400m event features a clash between the two heavyweight geldings Black Heart Bart (Aus) (Blackfriars {Aus}) and Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {Ire}). Darren Weir=s Black Heart Bart has certainly shown a liking for the course and distance having logged five wins there to date including three Group 1 victories, the last one coming in the G1 Futurity S. in February when he edged out stable-mate Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) by a nose. In contrast Hartnell is having both his first start at Caulfield and his first start for Godolphin trainer James Cummings and he hasn=t run since being relegated to second by Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) in the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at Randwick in April. The pair aren=t the only high profile names among the 18 nominations for the Lawrence as Darren Weir also has Tosen Stardom engaged while former Horse Of The Year DID YOU KNOW? Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) is also a Vancouver (Medaglia d'Oro) possibility. Other Group 1 winners that could also take their was tabbed as a "TDN Rising Star" chance are He=s Our Rokkii (NZ) (Roc De Cambes {NZ}) and Abbey Marie (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}). Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website!